RUBY-7720VG2A User`s Manual
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1. al charl unsigned char al char1 inportb EFDR amp 0xEF CR2B_bit4P0 outportb EFIR 0x2B init pin 89 to WDT outportb EFDR al charl CRO7 PO8 Ponit to LD8 outportb EFIR 0x07 outportb EFDR 0x08 LD8_CR30_bit0P1 Activate LD8 outportb EFIR 0x30 al_char1 inportb EFDR 0x01 CR30_bit0P1 outportb EFIR 0x30 Activate LD8 outportb EFDR al_char1 LD8_CRF7_bit 7 6 P 0 0 Not allow K B and Mouse s interrupts to reload WDT timer outportb EFIR 0xF7 al char1 inportb EFDR amp 0x3F CRF7_bit 7 6 P 0 0 outportb EFIR 0xF7 outportb EFDR al char1 Refresh WDT before it expires Once WDT expires system will be reset LD8_CRF5_bit3 0 second unit 1 minute unit LD8_CRF6 Twa Writing 00 means disable WDT 1 255 time unit time unit second minute CR2B_bit4P0 means Write 0 to bit4 of Configuration Register Ox2B RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 3 7 System Installation 3 6 GPIO GPOPO GPOP1 GPOP2 GPOP3 o VCC GPIP4 4bit GPI G 4bit GPO C5X2 GPIO_CONN J22 General Purpose Input Output Interface Connector There are 8 GPIO pins on RUBY 7720VG2A GPO GP1 GP2 and GP3 are dedicated GPO pins with 100mA current sink capacity at 5V signal level The output signals have internal weak pull high resistance 4 7K Ohm to 5V The GPO signals are driven by W83627HG SGPO 3 pi2. 3 1 Intel Pentium M Celeron M Processor Installing Intel mPGA479M CPU Socket 1 Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end s ss SEF DEER s eee 2 Align the processor pins with pinholes on the socket Make sure that the notched corner or dot mark pin 1 of the CPU corresponds to the socket s bevel end Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place If this operation is not easy or smooth don t do it forcibly You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 3 1 System Installation 3 Push down the lever to lock processor chip into the socket once CPU fits Close 4 Follow the installation guide of cooling fan or heat sink to mount it on CPU surface and lock it on the mPGA479M socket Removing CPU 1 Unlock the cooling fan first 2 Lift the lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 3 Carefully lifts up the existing CPU to remove it from the socket 4 Follow the steps of installing a CPU to change to another one or place handling bar to close the opened socket Configuring System Bus RUBY 7720VG2A will automatically detect the CPU FSB 400 533MHz used CPU speed of Intel Pentium M Processor for Mobile and Celeron M can be detected automatically JP11 CPU Type Setup JP11 Signal Description 1 2 Short BANIAS 1 8V 2 3 Short DOTHAN 1 5V Note Wrong voltage selection may damage the CPU P
3. Exit Fl Baral Help F5 Previous Value e F7 Optimized Defaults Onboard Serial Port 1 and Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice Disabled 3F8 IRO4 2F8 IRO3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Select This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode Disable Infrared function Select IrDA mode transmission ASKIR Select ASKIR mode transmission XRxD TxD Active This item is to configure Infrared transmission rate Four options are available High rate for receiving High rate for transmitting High rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting Low rate for receiving High rate for transmitting Low rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting XIR Transmission Delay This option will be available when IR is enabled The choice Enabled Disabled RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information XUR2 Duplex Mode The available choices are full duplex mode and half duplex mode The choice Full Half Use IR Pins The available choices are IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 and TxD2 The choice IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs System automatically restores Power back Off System stays at Power Off Watch Dog Timer Select The choice Disabled 10 20 30 40 sec 1 2 4 Min Onboard Seria
4. 8 Master Press Enter Item Help Menu Level To auto detect the HDD s size head this channel on PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optinized Defaults The oblique items are meaning base on what kind of storage device user employs E Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto detection Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Channel 0 None Selecting manual lets you set the Channel 1 Auto remaining fields on this screen Selects the Master or Slave Manual type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode CHS LBA Choose the access mode for this hard disk Large Auto Capacity Auto Display your Disk drive capacity Approximated Note disk drive size that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Manual The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information Cylinder Min 0 Max 65535 Set the number of cylinders for hard disk Head Min 0 Max 255 Set the number of read write heads Precomp Min 0 Max 65535 Warning Setting a value of
5. Inverter PowerConnector I5Pinwafer J12__ PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector 1 Ji3__ System Fani Connector 1 3 Pin Wafer Ji4 _ System Panel Connectors 2 5 Pin Header J15 PCI Express 16 Slot USB 4 5 Connector 2 5 1 Pin Header USB 6 7 Connector 2 5 1 Pin Header Po J19 PCT Express Slot d o J20 GPIO Connector 2 5 Pin Header J21__ GPIO Connector 2 1 Pin Header o J22 GPIO Connector 2 1 Pin Header o o J23 CPU Fan Connector 1 3 Pin Wafer 1 J24 System Fan2 Connector 1 3 Pin Wafer COMA RS 232 2 5 1 Pin Header MAA J26 Compact Flash Connector Vertical type 1 J27 COM3 RS 232 2 5 1 Pin Header O 28 Floppy Disk Driver Connector J9 SATA Connector 3 E l AAA LAA SATA1 Connector ATX Power In Connector 2 10 Pin Print Port Connector 2 13 Pin Box Header J33 Primary IDE Interface Connector 2 20 1 Pin Box Header Compact Flash Connector Horizontal type RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 2 4 Hardware Configuration Pin Assignments of Connectors J1 VGA Connector D SUB 15 Pin female J2 COM1 RS 232 amp COM2 RS 232 D SUB9 2 J3 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector 4 Line OUT Line IN Microphone connector J5 LAN2 RJ 45 amp USB 2 3 Connector J6 LAN1 RJ 45 USB 0 1 Connector J7 Audio CD IN Connector J9 IR Interface 1 6 Pin Header 6 N v ooo RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 2
6. Video off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend This allows user to enable disable video off in Suspend Mode The choice Yes No Suspend Type Two options are available Stop Grant and PWROn Suspend The choice Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 22 BIOS Setup Information HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15 Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN This item allows users to set the time to remove the power after the power button is pressed The choice Instant Off Delay 4 Sec CPU THRM Throttling Set the rate of the CPU Thermal Throttling The choice 75 096 50 096 25 096 Wake up by Onboard Lan The choice Enable Disabled Pow
7. amp Exit Setup gt Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Passuord Set User Passuord Save amp Exit Setup Exit Hithout Saving gt lt Select Item Time Date Hard Disk Tupe Note It is strongly recommended to reload Optimum Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual BIOS Setup Information 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt or lt gt lt gt keys to select the value or number you want in each item and press lt Enter gt key to certify it Follow command keys in CMOS Setup table to change Date Time Drive type and Boot Sector Virus Protection Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features 15 6 Tine hh mm ss Menu Level IDE Channel 8 Master Nonel IDE Channel 8 Slave Nonel IDE Channel 1 Master Nonel IDE Channel 1 Slave None Change the internal clock Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Uideo LEGAZVGAI Halt On All But Keyboard A E C C O O o tT4 gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F18 Save 2 F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimize ESC Exit F1 General Help d Defaults Note Obligue parameters are base on memory capacity which user adopts on single
8. 5 Hardware Configuration J10 LCD LVDS Connector 2 15 Pin Hirose Signal Description Signal Description LCD LCD 5 LVDSA DATAT _ 6 WDSAADATAW 7 WDSADATA 2 8 LVDSA DATAR O PS JN wn 25 LVDSB_CLKP 26 LVDSB_CLKM GND J11 Inverter Power Connector 1 5 Pin wafer Signal Description VCC 1 2 3 O JANV S 4 JGND S 1 A A J13 System Fan1 Connector 1 3 Pin Wafer J14 System Panel Connectors 2 5 Pin Header 1 5VSBCON 2 PowrONSW 85 REW E GN _ 5 VC3CON Le HDDEED 7 5VSBCON LB Suspend LED 9 GND 110 Power ED RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 2 6 1 3 5 7 Hardware Configuration J15 PCI Express 16 Slot J17 USB 4 5 Connector 2 5 1 Pin Header Signal Description Signal Description USB_D4 USB_D5 5 UBD __ Les USB DSH 7 oD __ se JoND Ss EA NS ei J18 USB 6 7 Connector 2 5 1 Pin Header 5 USB_D4 6 USB D5 I GND EE GND AAA LEGANES I 19 PCI Express 1 Slot J20 GPIO Connector 2 5 Pin Header Signal Description Pin No Signal Description GPI GPO0 ae EE 7 ler e eros Ps Jao oja J21 GPIO Connector 2 1 Pin Header Signal Description GPIO_35 J22 GPIO Connector 2 1 Pin Header Signal Description GPIO_34 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 2 7 Hardware Configuration J23 CPU Fan Connector 1 3 Pin Wafer S
9. No User Def ine DPMS Yes Vve Stop Grant Mode Disabled ver Doun Disabled Soft i off by PHR BTTN Instant 0ff CPU THRM Throttling 54 80 Hake Up bu Onboard LAN Disabled Pouer On by Ring Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled y Primaru DE Disabled Primary IDE Disabled secondary IDE B Disabled secondary IDE Disabled COM LPT Port Disabled PIRQLA D It Disabled Enter Selec PU PD Value F18 Save ESC ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type To decide which ACPI suspend mode to use The choice S1 POS S3 STR XRun VGA BIOS if S3 Resume The choice Auto Yes No RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 21 BIOS Setup Information Power Management This category allows selecting the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to HDD Power Down Suspend Mode There are three selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 Hour and HDD Power Down 15 Min Max Saving Maximum power management Suspend Mode 1 Min and HDD Power Down 1 Min User Define Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled Suspend Mode ranges from 1 min to 1 Hour and HDD Power Down ranges from 1 Min to 15 Min
10. PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults CPU Warning Temperature This item allows you to set a temperature above which the system will start the beeping warning Default setting is disabled This function will only with ACPI power management and S3 STR suspends type The choices Disabled 50 C 122 F 53 C 127 F 56 C 133 F 60 C 140 F 63 C 145 F 66 C 151 F 70 C 158 F RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 27 BIOS Setup Information 4 11 Freguency Voltage Control Phoenix uardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Freguency Uoltage Control Spread Spectrum Disabled Item Help Menu Level s tl gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Spread Spectrum This item allows user to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled 4 12 Default Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When lt Enter gt is pressed a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When lt Enter gt is pressed a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load O
11. User s Manual 4 13 BIOS Setup Information DVMT Fixed Memory Size This field is used to select the graphics memory size used by DVMT Fixed mode The choice 64MB 128MB Boot Display The choice CRT LVDS CRT LVDS Panel Scaling The choice Auto On OFF Panel Type The choice 640x480 18bit 1ch 800x600 18bit 1ch 1024x768 18bit 1ch 1400x1050 18bit 2ch FWH Write Protection The choice Enabled Disabled 4 7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix RwardBlOS CMOS Setup Utility gt OnChip IDE Device gt Onboard Device gt Superl0 Device Onboard Serial Port 3 Serial Port 3 Use IRQ Onboard Serial Port 4 Serial Port 4 Use IRQ Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Use IRQ Parallel Port Mode LPT ECP Mode Use DMA 1 t4 Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values OnChip IDE Device F6 Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter 3E8 LIRO10 2E8 IRQ18 3781 IRQS SPP 8 Item Help Menu Level PU PD Ualue FiG Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F Optimized Defaults Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AuardBI0S CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device 1 IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled IDE DMR transfer access Enabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Menu Level P IDE Primary Master PIO Aut
12. addressed in Chapter 2 this chapter will primarily focus on system integration issues in terms of BIOS setting and OS diagnostics 5 1 Hardware Guick Installation ATX Power Setting Unlike other Single board computer RUBY 7720VG2A supports ATX only Therefore there is no other setting that really needs to be set up However there are only two connectors that must be connected J31 20 pins Power Connector Figure RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 5 1 Troubleshooting CPU Jumper Setting JP11 CPU Type Setup JP11 Signal Description 1 2 Short BANIAS 1 8V 2 3 Short DOTHAN 1 5V JP10 CPU FSB Setup JP10 Signal Description 1 2 Short FSB 400MHz 2 3 Short FSB 539MHz Serial ATA Hard Disk Setting for IDE Each Serial ATA channel can only connect to one SATA hard disk at a time there are total two connectors J29 J30 The installation of Serial ATA is simpler and easier than IDE because SATA hard disk doesn t reguire setting up Master and Slave which can reduce mistake of hardware installation All you need to do is to plug in two cables and enable SATA in System BIOS Hard Drive Serial ATA Power Cable Serial ATA Data Cable RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 5 2 Troubleshooting 5 2 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the devices cables required before turning on ATX power CPU CPU Fan 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM keyboard mouse floppy drive SATA har
13. as following Beep sounds Meaning Action One long beep with one DRAM error Change DRAM or reinstall it short beeps One long beep constantly DRAM error Change DRAM or reinstall it One long beep with two Monitor or Display Please check Monitor connector short beeps Card error whether it inserts properly Beep rapidly Power error warning Please check Power mode setting Symptom There is neither no beeps nor screen output Solution Indeed you can do the stand alone to identify the root cause by isolating the board from other possible system devices such as PCI device backplane and so on If the system still cannot boot up please fill out RMA from which is provides on Portwell website and then send back to Portwell as a RMA Besides you also visit RMA site http www portwell com tw rma login asp to check RMA report if necessary Information amp Support Ouestion1 I power on the system but the CPU speed is not correct Why Answer If you have ever loaded the BIOS optimal default thank you for doing so Please check CPU FSB Voltage Reference CPU Jumper Setting JP10 11 Ouestion2 What kind of CPU supports Answer Intel Pentium M Celeron M Processor for Mobile FSB 533 400 MHz series CPU RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 5 5 Troubleshooting Question3 How do I install the OS into SATA HDD when I choose the Enhanced Mode in the BIOS for HDD setting Answer If you are going to use SATA and I
14. board 4 3 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual BIOS Setup Information m Menu Selections Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Change the day month year and century Time hh mm ss Change the internal clock IDE Channel 0 Master IDEChannel 0 Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of IDE Channel 1 menu described in detailed options Master Table of section 4 4 IDE Channel 1 Slave Video EGA VGA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On All Errors All Errors The boot process will halt No Errors on all errors All But Keyboard No Errors The POST will not stop of any type of error All But Keyboard The boot process will stop for any error except a keyboard error Base Memory 640K Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended N A Displays the amount of extended Memory memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system RUBY 7720VG2A Users Manual 4 4 BIOS Setup Information 4 4 IDE Adaptors Setup Menu The IDE adapters control the IDE devices such as hard disk drive or CD ROM drive It uses a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive IDE HDD Aut IDE Channel Access Mode 4 gt c Move Enter Select F5 Previous Ualues Note Phoenix uardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 8 Master o Detect ion Autol Auto
15. it is activated It will cause a system reset once it expires Before WDT expires a refreshing command with a Twa can be issued to re count WDT and continue the status monitoring If the system encounters a software or application hang WDT will generate a system reset after its timeout The related Control Registers of WDT are included in the following programming guide that is written in C language User can write a non zero value defined as Twa into the Time out Value Register CR_Twa to enable WDT Users can write 0x00 and then Twa to CR_Twa to refresh WDT To refresh WDT the time tolerance of refreshing interval must be considered The smaller of Twa the more deviation of WDT and you need to include more tolerance Let Twa be longer than 2 seconds is the recommendation due to the limitation of Winbond W83627HG WDT You can call Portwell support center for reference The value read back from CR_Twaindicates the counting down value instead of the original Twd System will be reset after the RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 3 5 System Installation Time out Value to be counted down to zero Users can directly fill a zero value into CR_Twa to disable WDT immediately To ensure a successful access to the desired Control Register the following programming guide should be followed Programming guide CR Configuration Register LD Logical Device of SIO There are 11 LDs in W83627HG SIO CR00 2F Global Control Registers All LDs share
16. these CRs CR07 LD selection CR30 FF Each LD has its own CR30 FF OxO Z logical device no t Ce per Losicel Device There are two I O ports as I O access window for configuring WDT 1 IO port 0x2E is H W strapped and named as EFIR Extended Function Index Register for identifying CR index number 2 IO port 0x2F is H W strapped and named as EFDR Extended Function Data Register for accessing desired CR Lo sical Device Confiscar lt lt How to access W83627HG Configuration Register gt gt First it needs to enter extended function mode Enter extended function mode for accessing W83627HG configuration registers outportb EFIR 0x87 outportb EFIR 0x87 double IO write Read Configuration Register CR_rx and keep this byte to unsigned char al_char outportb EFIR CR rx al_char inportb EFDR Write Configuration Register CR_wx with byte al charl outportb EFIR CR wx outportb EFDR al_char1 Exit extended mode after completion of configuration register access outportb EFIR 0xaa RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 3 6 System Installation lt lt How to access W83627HG WDT Configuration Register gt gt Must enter extended function mode first then follow the following steps for accessing Step l Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Notes WDT registers CR2B_bit4P0 Initialize the multiplex pin pin89 to WDTO function outportb EFIR 0x2B
17. 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Max 255 Number of sectors per track 4 5 Advanced BIOS Features This section allows user to configure your system for basic operation The system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security may be modified accordingly Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features CPU Feature Press Enter gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Virus Harning Disabled Menu Level P CPU LI amp L2 Cache Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Hard Disk Second Boot Device CDROM Third Boot Device LS120 Boot Other Device Enabled LAN PXE Boot Disabled Suap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate R20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Sett ing Disabled Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For 0S 1 4 Small Logo EPR Shou Disabled M gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F18 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix RwardBIOS CMOS Setup UtiTity CPU Feature rrr ET to Thermal 16 Min Iten Help Menu Level 4 gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults
18. 720VG2A Users Manual 4 25 BIOS Setup Information Resource Controlled By BIOS can automatically configure the entire boot and plug and play compatible devices If set to Auto IRO DMA and memory base address fields can not be selected since BIOS automatically assigns them The choice Auto ESCD Manual XIRO Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt The choice Press Enter IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 11 IRQ 12 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 assigned to The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA XDMA Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the DMA Resource The choice Press Enter DMA 0 DMA 1 DMA 2 DMA 3 DMA 4 DMA 5 DMA 6 DMA 7 assigned to The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA PCI VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not The default value is Disabled The choice Disabled Enabled Maximum Payload Size Set maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices The Unit is Byte The choice 128 256 512 1024 2048 and 4096 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 26 BIOS Setup Information 4 10 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Harning Temperature Disabled Item Help zal Menu Level MN gt e Move Enter Select
19. DE HDD simultaneously please follow the steps below to install OS properly Step1 Choose the Enhanced Mode in the BIOS Step2 Connect SATA HDD only Step3 Install OS Step4 Connect IDE HDD Please be noted that you cannot connect SATA and IDE HDD to install OS at the same time since the OS installation may fail Note Please visit our technical web site at http www portwell com tw For additional technical information which is not covered in this manual you can mail to tsd mail portwell com tw or you can also send mail to our sales they wull be very delighted to forward them to us RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 5 6 Appendix A System Memory Address Map Each On board device in the system is assigned a set of memory addresses which also can be identical of the device The following table lists the system memory address used for your reference Memory Area Size Device Description 0000 003F 1K Interrupt Area 0040 004F 0 3K BIOS Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K System Data 0070 0E2E 54K DOS 0E2F 0F66 4 9K Program Area 0F67 9F7F 576K Available Conventional memory ends at 638K 9F80 9FFF 2K Extended Bios Area A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 CE7F 58K Video ROM CE80 EEFF 130K Unused EF00 EFFF 4K ROM FO00 FFFF 64K System ROM RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual Appendix B Interrupt Reguest Lines IRO Peripheral devices can use interru
20. Enabled Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M The choice Enabled Disabled PCI Express Root Port Func Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI Express Root Port Func Ge PCI Express Port 1 Auto Item Help PCI E Compliancy Mode vi Bal Menu Level toe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PCI Express Port 1 This field is used to enable or disable the PCI Express port function The choice Auto Enabled Disabled PCI E Compliancy Mode This field is used to select the mode for the PCI Express add in card The choice v1 0a v1 0 On Chip Frame Buffer Size The choice 1 MB 8 MB DVMT Mode This field shows the current DVMT mode When set to Fixed Mode the graphics driver will reserve a fixed portion of the system memory as graphics memory When set to DVMT Mode the graphics chip will dynamically allocate system memory as graphics memory according to system and graphics requirements When set to Both Mode the graphics driver will allocate a fixed amount of memory as dedicated graphics memory as well as allow more system memory to be dynamically allocated between the graphics processor and the operating system The choice Fixed DVMT Both RUBY 7720VG2A
21. Mode DUMT DUMT FIXED Memory Size 128MB Boot Display CRT LUDS Panel Scaling Auto Panel Type 1024x768 18bit ich FHH Hrite Protection Disabled PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults t12 lt Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values DRAM Timing Selectable This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM The choice By SPD Manual CAS Latency Time You can configure CAS latency time in HCLKs as 2 or 2 5 or 3 The system board designer should set the values in this field depending on the DRAM installed Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This option allows you to insert a delay between the RAS Row Address Strobe and CAS Column Address Strobe signals This delay occurs when the SDRAM is written to read from or refreshed Reducing the delay improves the performance of the SDRAM DRAM RAS Precharge This option sets the number of cycles reguired for the RAS to accumulate its charge before the SDRAM refreshes Precharge Delay tRAS The options are Auto 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 and 15 SLP S44 Assertion Width The options are 1 to 2 Sec 2 to 3 Sec 3 to 4 Sec and 4 to 5 Sec System BIOS Cacheable The choice Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable The choice
22. NG at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press lt Enter gt it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely APIC Mode The choice Enabled Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The choice 1 1 1 4 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information Small Logo EPA Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot up Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot up 4 6 Advanced Chipset Features This section allows user to configure the system based on the specific features of the Intel 915GME and ICH6M chipsets for RUBY 7720VG2A This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM DDR2 SDRAM and the external cache It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for the system The only time user might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while during system operation Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Iten Help Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD 4 to 5 Sec l SLP_S4 Assertion Width System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Menory Hole At 15M 16M Enabled Enabled Disabled PCI Express Root Port Func Press Enter1 On Chip Frame Buffer Size 8MB DUMT
23. OS Setup Information IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 66 100 implementation is possible only if IDE hard drive supports and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choice Auto Disabled On Chip Serial ATA Disabled Disables the onboard SATA Auto The system will detect the existing SATA and IDE drives then automatically set them to the available master slave mode Combined Mode This option allows you to use both IDE and SATA drives allowing a maximum of 4 drives 1 IDE Master 1 IDE Slave and 2 SATA supporting maximum of 2 drives on each channel Enhanced Mode This option allows you to use both IDE and SATA drives allowing a maximum of 4 drives 1 IDE Master 1 IDE Slave and 2 SATA SATA Only This option automatically sets the SATA drives to Primary Master mode Since the SATA drives are in Master mode you cannot set the IDE drive to Master mode PATA IDE Mode This field is used to select the function mode of the IDE connector Secondary Slave channel SATA 1 and SATA 2 serve as Primary Master and Primary Slave channel SATA Port If the PATA IDE Mode field is set to Primary this field will show P1 P3 is Secondary meaning SATA 0 and SATA 2 are Secondary If the PATA IDE Mode field is set to Secondary this f
24. Optimized Defaults CPU Feature Press Enter to configure the settings relevant to CPU Feature Delay Prior To Thermal This field is used to select the time that would force the CPU to a 50 duty cycle when it exceeds its maximum operating temperature therefore protecting the CPU and the system board from overheating to ensure a safe computing environment Thermal Management Select a thermal monitor in this field to enable the CPU s speedstep function Restart the system then go to the operating system s Control Panel Double click Power Options The Power Options Properties dialog box will appear In the Power Schemes menu select Por table Laptop Speedstep reduces the CPU s freguency and voltage in accordance to its load Thermal Monitor 1 On die throtting Thermal Monitor 2 Ratio and VID transition RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup UtiTity Hard Disk Boot Priority 1 Bootable Add in Cards Item Help Menu Level Use lt T gt or lt i gt to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu T4 Move PU PD Change Priority F18 Save ESC Exit FS Previous Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard or add on cards SCSI RAID etc Use lt gt or lt gt to se
25. RUBY 7720VG2A Micro ATX Mainboard User s Manual Version 1 0 Copyright O Portwell Inc 2009 All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners Preface Table of Contents How to Use This Manual Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 11 Introductorio uso dsl iia asada S 1 1 12 Check Listin ida EAR 1 1 1 3 Produc Specificatii sehi repii e sn des de hi sht 1 2 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing eisieu YF a do SAN nanus deo olj YUA AT 1 4 TA System Architecture see Ae bin inner 1 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration siennes 2 1 AR N E T N E A EE 2 1 2 2 Connector Allocation xi siennes dei debela cis d dh nat iiie upa n sasan kh 2 4 Chapter 3 System Installation U U u u uu u u u tere tete 3 1 3 1 Intel Pentium M Celeron M Processor ss 3 1 3 2 Main Memory u E Ge ai 3 3 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer ss 3 3 3 31 Chipset Component Liter tne uo im sened FT rindo tela rss 3 4 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip 3 4 3 3 3 Realtek Gigabit Ethernet Controller ss 3 4 3 3 4 Audio Controller aiii nu GT GG FR an FFR RNA 3 5 3 4 Clear CMOS Op ta lon ns rei AA NS A Mn Y su sayay 3 5 3 9 WPT FUNCION s a a A dE ad ee 3 5 EL EE 3 8 9 0 1 Pina nun ncu RY do hr e a eet eee 3 8 3 6 2 Programming Guid e tit cti GENE neja be deci 3 9 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Informa
26. al Description 1 2 Short Clear CMOS Setup 2 3 Short Normal Keep CMOS Setup P7 COM3 RS232 RS422 RS485 Function Select COM Function RS 232 5 6 9 11 10 12 15 17 16 18 RS 422 3 4 7 9 8 10 13 15 14 16 21 22 RS 485 1 2 7 9 8 10 19 20 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration JP8 COM3 RI Function Setup Signal Description 1 2 Short 5V Output 3 4 Short 5 6 Short 12V Output JP9 CF Card Mater Slave Setup Signal Description 1 2 Short 1 2 Open JP10 CPU FSB Setup this setting is just for RUBY 7720 JP10 Signal Description 1 2 Short FSB400MHz 2 3 Short FSB 599MHz P11 CPU Type Setup this setting is just for RUBY 7720 JP11 Signal Description 1 2 Short BANIAS 2 3 Short DOTHAN JP12 COM4 RI Function Setup JP12 Signal Description 1 2 Short 5V Output 3 4 Short 5 6 Short 12V Output RUBY 7720VG2A Users Manual 2 3 Hardware Configuration 2 2 Connector Allocation I O peripheral devices are connected to the interface connectors Connector Function List J1_ VGA Connector D SUB 15 Pin female COMI RS 232 amp COM2 RS 232 D SUB9 2 D PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector 1 H Line OUT Line IN Microphone connector LAN2 RJ 45 amp USB 2 3 Connector M LANI RJ 45 amp USB 0 1 Connector KR I _J7_ Audio CD IN Connector J9 IRImerface I 6PinHeader J ooo J10 LCD LVDS Connector 2 15 Pin Hirose OO Jm
27. appears press lt Del gt key immediately to enter BIOS setup program If the message disappears before you respond but you still wish to enter Setup please restart the system to try COLD START again by turning it OFF and then ON or touch the RESET button You may also restart from WARM START by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys simultaneously If you do not press the keys at the right time and the system will not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to Press lt F1 gt to Run SEIUP or Resume In HIFLEX BIOS setup you can use the keyboard to choose among options or modify the system parameters to match the options with your system The table as below will show you all of keystroke functions in BIOS setup 9 Menu in BIOS 1 6 F7 Optimized Defaults F 10 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Menu Once you enter RUBY 7720VG2A AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility a Main Menu is presented The Main Menu allows user to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to switch among items and press lt Enter gt key to accept or bring up the sub menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup UtiTity gt Standard CMOS Features gt Advanced BIOS Features gt Advanced Chipset Features gt Integrated Peripherals gt Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Esc Quit F18 Save
28. cure it WARNING Please ensure that SBC is properly inserted and fixed by mechanism Note Please refer to section 3 3 1 to 3 3 4 to install INF VGA LAN Audio drivers RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 3 3 System Installation 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset on RUBY 7720VG2A is a new chipset that a few old operating systems might not be able to recognize To overcome this compatibility issue for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 2000 XP please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed You can find very easily this chipset component driver in RUBY 7720VG2A CD title 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip Using GMCH High performance graphic integrated chipset is aimed to gain an outstanding graphic performance Shared 64 accompany it to 160MB system DDRH DRAM with Total Graphics Memory This combination makes RUBY 7720VG2A an excellent piece of multimedia hardware With no additional video adaptor this onboard video will usually be the system display output By adjusting the BIOS setting to disable on board VGA an add on PCI or PCI Express VGA Card can take over the system display Please find Intel 915 Graphic driver in the RUBY 7720VG2A CD title Drivers support Windows 2000 XP 3 3 3 Realtek Gigabit Ethernet Controller Drivers Support Please find Reatlek 8111B LAN driver in Ethernet directory of RUBY 7720VG2A CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 XP LED Indicator for LAN
29. d disk VGA connector device power cables ATX accessories are good examples that deserve attention With no assurance of properly and correctly accommodating these modules and devices it is very possible to encounter system failures that result in malfunction of any device To make sure that you have a successful start with RUBY 7720VG2A it is recommended when going with the boot up seguence to hit DEL key and enter the BIOS setup menu to tune up a stable BIOS configuration so that you can wake up your system far well Loading the default optimal setting When prompted with the main setup menu please scroll down to Load Optimal Defaults press Enter and Y to load in default optimal BIOS setup This will force your BIOS setting back to the initial factory configuration It is recommended to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that Portwell has highly endorsed As a matter of fact users can load the default BIOS setting any time when system appears to be unstable in boot up seguence Auto Detect Hard Disks In the BIOS gt Standard CMOS setup menu pick up any one from Primary Secondary Master Slave IDE ports and press Enter Setup the selected IDE port and its access mode to Auto This will force system to automatically pick up the IDE devices that are being connected each time system boots up Improper disable operation There are too many occasions where users di
30. er On by Ring Select Enabled a system that is at soft off mode will be alert to Wake On Modem The choice Enabled Disabled xx USB KB Wake Up From S3 The choice Enabled Disabled Default Disabled Resume by Alarm This item allows users to enable disable the resume by alarm function When Enabled is selected system using ATX power supply could be powered on if a customized time and day is approached The choice Enabled Disabled XDate of Month Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the date parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice 0 31 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 23 BIOS Setup Information Time hh mm ss Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the time parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice hh 0 23 mm 0 59 ss 0 59 Primary Secondary IDE 1 This item is to configure IDE devices being monitored by system so as to Keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled FDD COM LPT Port This item is to configure floppy device COM ports and parallel port being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled PCI PIRO A D This option can be used to detect PCI device activities If t
31. hey are activities the system will go into sleep mode The choice Enabled Disabled RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 24 BIOS Setup Information 4 9 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Peripheral Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Iten Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level D Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD PCIZUGA Palette Snoop Disabled Maximum Payload Size 128 t4 gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F18 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults Optimized Defaults Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize the onboard VGA PCI Express or PCI first when the system boots The choice PCI Slot Onboard Reset Configuration Data Default is disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS can not boot The choice Enabled Disabled RUBY 7
32. i 1 3 5 7 11 15 15 17 19 21 23 25 oN SLCT Signal Description zis I UN m Z Z U O Z U O Z O Z g oO O O O Z Z Z Z O Z g 33 Primary IDE Interface Connector 2 20 1 Pin Box Header Pin No 3 DES Z 39 HDDACHVBE krame 2 i ES ESCH a 10 12 ES 14 16 EES 18 197 20 DE 22 ESCH 24 as 7 26 ES 28 297 50 eli 52 34 36 38 0 1 3 5 7 11 15 15 17 19 21 23 29 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 4 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual DATA 11 DATA 12 2 10 Hardware Configuration J34 Compact Flash Connector Horizontal type Signal Description Pin No Signal Description 26 NC 227 DATANT 28 DATA i O 29 DATA 50 JDATAT 31 DATAU 32 HDCCSL 38 GROUND 54 OR o 35 Log 56 VCCCOM O 37 IRO 59 40 N C HDD RESET PDIAG DATA 8 DATA 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 us 2 im Ei 45 HDDACTIVEE 46 WE TE DATA 10 50 GROUND 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 2 11 System Installation Chapter 3 System Installation This chapter provides you with instructions to set up your system The additional information is enclosed to help you set up onboard PCI device and handle Watch Dog Timer WDT and operation of GPIO in software programming
33. ield will show PO P2 is Primary meaning SATA 1 and SATA 3 are Primary Onboard Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix RwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device USB Controller Enabled USB 2 8 Controller Enabled USB Keuboard Support Enabled Menu Level USB Mouse Support Disabled Azalia AC9 Audio Select Enabled K _ Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi8 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults _ USB and USB 2 0 Controller Enabled or Disabled universal host controller interface for universal serial bus The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Mouse Support Legacy support of USB keyboard or mouse The choice Disabled Enabled Azalia AC97 Audio Select Enabled Select this option when using the onboard audio CODEC Disabled Select this option when using a PCI sound card The choice Disabled Enabled RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information Super IO Device Phoenix RwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SuperI0 Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 1R04 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 1R031 Menu Level URRT Mode Select Normal PHRON After PHR Fail Off Hatch Dog Timer Select Disabled t4 gt Move Enter Select SE Value F18 Save
34. ignal Description Fan Speed Detect xa 2 j 5V J24 System Fan2 Connector 1 3 Pin Wafer J25 COM4 RS 232 2 5 1 Pin Header Signal Description Signal Description DCD 4 RXD 4 5 GNDCOOM4 SRAA 7 JR LS CIS ERRE 126 Compact Flash Connector Vertical type Signal Description Signal Description pl GN 26 NI 2 DATAS LZ DATA 3 DATA4 _ DATAR 4 DATA5 _ 29 Data 5 DATA6 La DATAU 6 DATA7 LA DATAT 7 HDCO9W LS DCS 8 GROUND 3 GROUND 9 GROUND La oR 10 WE 12 13 Lae 15 16 GROUND 41 HDD_RESET 17 GROUND 42 IORDY RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 2 8 1 2 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 15 14 15 16 17 Hardware Configuration 18 SA2 45 SDREQ SDACK J27 COM3 RS 232 2 5 1 Pin Header Signal Description Signal Description sm S 2 a MR 2 LR E N em O7 S 8 DCD 4 2 RXD 4 GND_COM4 DSR 4 RTS 4 CTS 4 9 V RH ponj i 1 3 5 7 128 Floppy Disk Driver Connector J29 SATA2 Connector J30 SATA1 Connector J31 ATX Power In Connector 2 10 Pin 6 rev a GND o 8 PWROK _ 18 9 55B_ Lg RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 2 9 Hardware Configuration J32 Print Port Connector 2 13 Pin Box Header Pin No Signal Description STB PRDO PRD1 PRD2 PRD3 PRD4 PRD5 PRD6 PRD7 ACK BUSY o Ria N NINININ tr
35. l Port 3 Allows you to manual select an I O address for the onboard serial port 2 The choice Disabled 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Serial Port 3 Use IRO Allows you manually select an IRO for the onboard serial port 2 The choice IRO 10 IRO11 IRO 3 IRO 4 IRO 5 IRO7 Onboard Serial Port 4 Allows you manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port 4 The choice Disabled 3F8 2F8 3ES 2E8 Serial Port 4 Use IRO Allows you manually select an IRO for the onboard serial port 4 The choice IRO 10 IRO11 IRO 3 IRO 4 IRO 5 IRO7 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information Onboard Parallel Port The item allows you configure I O address of the onboard parallel port The choice 378 278 3BC Parallel Port Use IRO Allows you manually select an IRO for the onboard Parallel port The choice IRO 5 IRO7 IRO 10 IRO11 Parallel Port Mode There are three different modes for the onboard parallel port The choice SPP EPP1 9 EPP1 7 LPT ECP Mode Use DMA Select the DMA value of the LPT ECP mode The choice 0 1 3 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information 4 8 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows configuration of the system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power ei SCT ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type i y 53 e
36. lease survey the CPU s type before setup this jumper setting RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 3 2 System Installation JP10 CPU FSB Setup JP10 Signal Description 1 2 Short FSB 400MHz 2 3 Short FSB 533MHz Notes 1 The DDR2 frequency is followed the CPU FSB frequency For example the DDR2 module populated is DDR2 533 the CPU must be 533MHz FSB Please use same freguency of memory module and CPU 2 Neither CPU DDR 533 400 nor 400 533 are allowed This is the limitation of 915GME chipset 3 2 Main Memory RUBY 7720VG2A provide 2 x 240 pin DIMM sockets which supports 1 8V DDR2 SDRAM as main memory Non ECC Error Checking and Correcting non register functions The maximum memory size can be up to 2GB capacity Memory clock and related settings can be detected by BIOS via SPD interface Memory freguency CPU FSB synchronization RUBY 7720VG2A supports different memory freguencies depending on the CPU front side bus and the type of DDR2 DIMM CPU FSB Memory Freguency 533MHz 533 400MHz 400MHz 400MHz 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer To install your RUBY 7720VG2A into standard chassis or proprietary environment please perform the following Step 1 Check all jumpers setting on proper position Step 2 Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position Step 3 Place RUBY 7720VG2A into the dedicated position in the system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and se
37. lect a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu Virus Warning Allow you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a Enabled warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table CPU L1 amp L2 Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information Ouick Power On Self Test Allows the system skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Enabled Enable guick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Device Select your Boot Device Priority The choice Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP 100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM and Disabled Boot Other Device Select your Boot Device Priority The choice Enabled Disabled LAN PXE Boot This function decide whether to invoke the PXE Boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip The choice Enabled Disabled Swap Flopp
38. ns with four inverted gates GP4 GP5 GP6 and GP7 are dedicated GPI pins They are first inverted and then connected to W83627HG SGP4 7 pins Refer to the W83627HG data sheet to configure both input output port SGP0 7 by programming W83627HG GPIO registers To read write these 8 GPIO pins is simply to read write W83627HG SGP0 7 data register with setting inversed register bits due to there are inversed logical gates existing between this GPIO connector J20 and W83627HG SGP0 7 pins 3 6 1 Pin assignment J22 General Purpose I O Connector 6 GeneralPurposeOutputPortt2 3 8 General Purpose Output Do x 9 Ground 5V RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 3 8 System Installation 3 6 2 Programming Guide Must enter extended function mode Double I O write 0x87 to EFIR first then follow the following steps for accessing GPIO pins When completion of GPIO access Exit extended mode I O write Oxaa to EFIR 1 Initialize W83627HG multiplex pins to SGP0 7 function CR2A bit 7 3 P 1 1 1 1 1 outportb EFIR 0x2A al charl unsigned char al char1 inportb EFDR 0xF8 CR2A_bit 7 3 P 1 1 1 1 1 outportb EFIR 0x2A ZI init SGPO 7 function outportb EFDR al char1 2 Point to LD7 for SGP0 7 GPIO port registers and activate its function CR07_P07 Point to LD7 outportb EFIR 0x07 outportb EFDR 0x07 LD7 CR30 bitOP1 Activate LD7 outportb EFIR 0x30 al charl inpo
39. o IDE Primary Slave PIO Autol If your IDE hard drive IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto supports block node IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto select Enabled for On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled automatic detection of IDE Secondary Master PIO Autol the optimal number of IDE Secondary Slave PIO futo block read urites per IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto sector the drive can IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto support On Chip Serial ATA Combined Mode PATA IDE Mode Secondary 4 gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F18 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults IDE HDD Block Mode If IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The choice Enabled Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access This field when Enabled will enhance the IDE DMA transfer of an IDE hard disk drive On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields allow set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 15 BI
40. or future replacement and maintenance RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 1 1 System Overview 1 3 Product Specification O Main processor Support Intel Pentium M Celeron M processor FSB 533 400 MHz e BIOS Award BIOS 6 Main Memory Support dual channel amp signal channel DDR memory interface Up to 2GB DDR2 533 400 SDRAM on two 240pin DIMM sockets 6 Chipset INTEL 915GME and ICH6 M e Expansion Interface One PCI Express X 16 slot One PCI Express X 1 slot Two 32 bit PCI expansion slots e IDE Interface Support only one IDE device Master with Ultra DMA 33 66 100 e SSD One Compact Flash Type I II socket support UDMA 6 SATA Interface Two SATA connectors data transfer rates up to 150MB s O Serial Ports Support four serial ports RS 232selectable x 3 RS 232 422 485 selectable x 1 e IR Interface IrDA 1 0 compatible Parallel Port Support one parallel port e USB Interface Support eight USB Universal Serial Bus ports four at rear I O four ports internal e PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support dual 6 pin mini DIN connector at rear I O panel for PS 2 keyboard mouse e Audio Interface Connector and header of Line in Line out MIC for external and internal usage O Real Time Clock Calendar RTC Build in ICH6 M Y2K compliant RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 1 2 System Overview e Watchdog Timer Support WDT function through software programming for enable disable and interval set
41. password is enabled you can also reguire the BIOS to reguest a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of the computer User may determine when the password is reguired within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 3 If the Security option is set to System the password will be reguired both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 29 BIOS Setup Information 4 14 Exiting Selection Save amp Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after system off During subsequent booting of computer the BIOS configures the system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit Without Saving Y N N This allows user to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer RUBY 7720VG2A Users Manual 4 30 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides a few useful tips to guickly get RUBY 7720VG2A running with success As basic hardware installation has been
42. pers on RUBY 7720 7721 are in the proper position The default settings are indicated with a star sign 2 1 Jumper Setting In the following sections Short means covering a jumper cap over jumper pins Open or N C Not Connected means removing a jumper cap from jumper pins Users can refer to Figure 2 1 for the Jumper allocations 11 A 20 Ce PCI PCI2 o o 940 so odo ef e SE SE las UEN mn E paj E S a l E J i a I s 2 Ued E 29 1 E ni E Soo ioi U20 E Dood E e 123 y i JP7 J26 DEIF EISEN 009000000000000000 J28 Fl DN 3 000000000000 i zak 0000000000000 133 JP9 J30 J29 J32 Figure 2 1 RUBY 7720 Jumper and Connector Locations TOP RUBY 7720VG2A Users Manual 2 1 Hardware Configuration JP1 COM1 RI Function Setup Signal Description 1 2 Short 5V Output 3 4 Short RI Function k 5 6 Short 12V Output JP2 COM2 RI Function Setup Signal Description 1 2 Short 5V Output 3 4 Short 5 6 Short 12V Output JP3 LCD Panel Voltage Setup Signal Description 1 2 Short 3 3V TFT LCD 2 3 Short 5V TFT LCD JP4 LCD Backlight enable Voltage Setup Signal Description 1 2 Short 3 3V TFT LCD 2 3 Short 5V TFT LCD JP6 CMOS Setup Sign
43. pt reguest lines to notify CPU for the service reguired The following table shows the IRO used by the devices on board RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual IRO Current Use Default Use IRO 0 System ROM System Timer IRO 1 System ROM Keyboard Event IRO 2 Unassigned Usable IRO IRO 3 System ROM COM2 IRO 4 System ROM COM1 IRO 5 Unassigned Usable IRO IRO 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRO 7 Unassigne Usable IRQ IRO 8 System ROM Real Time Clock IRO 9 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 10 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRO 11 Unassigned Usable IRO IRO 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRO 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRO 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRO 15 Unassigned Usable IRO
44. ptimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 28 BIOS Setup Information 443 Supervisor User Password Setting Either supervisor or user password can be setup or both of then The differences between are Set Supervisor Password can enter and change the options of the setup menus Set User Password just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When selecting this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will reboot and Setup can be entered freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled user will be prompted to enter it every time user tries to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a
45. rfaces multiple legacy I O and dual Ethernet RUBY 7720VG2A is capable to provide the most essential functions for the applications such as Lottery Gaming POS Medical and Digital Signage RUBY 7720VG2A can run with Intel Socket 479 Pentium M Celeron M processors and support two 240 pin DIMM sockets up to 2GB DDR2 Memory The onboard SATA and IDE controllers can support 2 SATA devices with data transfer rates up to 150MB s and 1 IDE devices with Ultra ATA 33 66 100 synchronous mode feature To expand storage using it also include 1 Type I II compact flash socket The onboard Super I O chip supports four serial ports one is RS232 422 485 selectable and three are in RS232 data format Besides it can also support dual display function by VGA LVDS interfaces RUBY 7720VG2A can support one PCI Express X 16 slot one PCI Express X 1 slot and two PCI slots It provides extra One Parallel and one FDD connectors The onboard Flash ROM is used to make the BIOS update easier One 20 pin standard connector is designed to support ATX power function All of these features make RUBY 7720VG2A series excellent in stand alone applications 1 2 Check List The RUBY 7720VG2A package should cover the following basic items v One RUBY 7720VG2A Mini ITX Board Y One SATA cable Y One IDE cable v One I O Shield v One Installation Resources CD Title If any of these items is damaged or missing please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials f
46. rtb EFDR 0x01 CR30_bit0P1 outportb EFIR 0x30 Activate LD7 outportb EFDR al char1 3 LD7_CRF2_PFF Inverse input output signals outportb EFIR 0xF2 outportb EFDR OxFF 4 LD7_CRFO_PFO Set SGP0 3 as GPO pins and outportb EFIR 0xF0 SGP4 7 as GPI pins outportb EFDR 0xF0 5 LD7_CRF1 Data Register for reading writing data to GPIO pins E g if put four jumper caps on J20 pin1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 Warning J20 pin9 10 is not allowed to be short circuit and then Write 1 0 1 0 to bit 3 0 you can get 1 0 1 0 from bit 7 4 RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 3 9 BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information RUBY 7720VG2A is eguipped with the AWARD BIOS stored in Flash ROM These BIOS has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power off periods When system is turned on RUBY 7720VG2A communicates with peripheral devices and checks its hardware resources against the configuration information stored in the CMOS memory If any error is detected or the CMOS parameters need to be initially defined the diagnostic program will prompt the user to enter the SETUP program Some errors are significant enough to abort the start up 4 1 Entering Setup Turn on or reboot the computer Wait the message Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP
47. s series model of single host board Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Show the definitions and locations of Jumpers and Connectors that you can easily configure your system Chapter 3 System Installation Describes how to properly mount the CPU main memory and Compact Flash to get a safe installation and provides a programming guide of Watch Dog Timer function Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information Specifies the meaning of each setup parameters how to get advanced BIOS performance and update new BIOS In addition POST checkpoint list will give users some guidelines of trouble shooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Provide variously of useful tips to guickly get RUBY 7720VG2A running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3 this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues in terms of backplane setup BIOS setting and OS diagnostics The content of this manual is subject to change without prior notice These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the document The vendor may make supplement or change in the products described in this document at any time System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 Introduction RUBY 7720VG2A is a cost effective Micro ATX embedded board which takes the advantages of Intel Pentium M Celeron M processor and Intel 915GME ICH6 M chipset for the applications those need low power consumption or Fanless solution With various display inte
48. sable a certain device feature in one application through BIOS setting These variables may not be set back to the original values when needed These devices features will certainly fail to be detected When the above conditions happen it is strongly recommended to check the BIOS settings Make sure certain items are set as they should be These include the COM1 COM2 COM3 COMA4 ports USB ports external cache on board VGA and Ethernet It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device port to release IRO resource A few good examples are Disable COM1 serial port to release IRQ 4 Disable COM serial port to release IRO 3 Etc RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 5 3 Troubleshooting A guick review of the basic IRO mapping is given below for your reference Description IRO 5 Network Controller Multimedia Device Printer Port Parallel Port IRO 6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ 10 Network Controller USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Controller USB 2 0 EHCI F Controller COM3 4 IRQ 15 It is then very easy to find out which IRO resource is ready for additional peripherals If IRO resource is not enough please disable some devices listed above to release further IRO numbers RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 5 4 Troubleshooting 5 3 FAQ Unboot problem Symptom SBC keeps beeping and no screen has shown Solution In fact each beep sound represents different definition of error message Please refer to table
49. status RUBY 7720VG2A provides two LED indicators to report Reatlek 8111B Gigabit Ethernet interface status Please refer to the table below as a guick reference guide Reatlek Name of LED Operation of Ethernet Port Status LED Linked amp Active LED Speed Speed LED RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 3 4 System Installation 3 3 4 Audio Controller Please find Realtek ALC262 Audio driver form RUBY 7720VG2A CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 XP 3 4 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable Clear CMOS Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position 1 2 Short Clear CMOS contents CO 2 3 Short To correctly operate CMOS Clear function users must turn off the system move JP6 jumper to short pin 1 and 2 Move the JP6 back to 2 3 position Normal Operation and start the system System will then produce a CMOS Check Sum Error message and hold up Users may then follow the displayed message to load BIOS default setting 3 5 WDT Function The algorithm of the WDT function can be simply described as a timer counting process with an output event The Time Out period Twa can be set by software commands or hardware jumpers that depend on the board circuit design and may be different among the boards This timer can be used to monitor a software hang RUBY 7720 allows users to control WDT by issuing dynamic software commands The WDT starts counting when
50. ting Generate system reset e On board VGA GMCH integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 Intel GMA 900 e On board Ethernet LAN Two Gigabit Ethernet 10 100 1000 M bits sec LAN port e High Driving GPIO Programmable 8 bit Digital I O interface 6 System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature system temperature and major power sources etc e Outline Dimension L X W 243 8mm 9 6 X 243 8mm 9 6 6 Power Requirements Typical 5V 4 0A 12V 6 5A 3 3V 3A 6 Operating Temperature 0 C 6 Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C O Relative Humidity 5 90 non condensing RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 1 3 System Overview 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing 1 elelelejsJeleJeJeTe kedeleleleleleledelel RUBY 7720VG2A Mechanical Drawing RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual System Overview 1 4 System Architecture All of details operating relations are shown in RUBY 7720VG2A System Block Diagram gt gt poB333 DDR2 pnan zle q ee m zm salon ni KO PCI EXPRESS x16 SLOT A IM S A ICH6 M tel dr eer mem x2 BIOS gt 3 PCI_EXPRESS x1 SLOT USB x8 wp conec Y PIC SLOT x2 W83627HF W83627HF RUBY 7720VG2A System Block Diagram RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 1 5 Hardware Configuration Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers headers and connector All of the configuration jum
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52. y Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose enable to assign physical driver B to logical drive A and Vice Versa The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks The choice Enables Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock The choice Off On RUBY 7720VG2A User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information Gate A20 Option Fast lets chipsets control Gate A20 and Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Default is fast The choice Normal Fast Typematic Rate Setting Keyboard repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller when enabled the typematic delay can be selected The choice Enabled Disabled XTypematic Rate Chars sec The rate is which character repeats when you hold down a key at The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Default 6 XTypematic delay Msec The delay before keystrokes begins to repeat The choice 250 500 750 and 1000 Default 250 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTI
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