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ROBO-8612VGA User`s Manual

1. Figure 2 1 ROBO 8612VGA Jumper Location P1 ATX AT Power Supply Selection JP1 Function 1 3 2 4 Short AT Power 3 5 4 6 Short ATX Power ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 1 Hardware Configuration JP2 COM2 Function Setting Function Jumper Settings pin closed 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 JP3 CMOS Clear JP3 Function 1 2 Short Clear 2 3 Short Normal ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration 2 2 Connector Location Please refer to Figure 2 2 for the Connector locations jl j2 J3 J4 1 1 1 1 1 amp m 4 Figure 2 2 ROBO 8612VGA Connector Location Component Side ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 3 Hardware Configuration 1 50 UDO J34 Figure 2 2 ROBO 8612VGA Connector Location Solder Side Connector s Function List Connector Location Reset Header External Speaker Header I I jl p Ja H Jo J6 y J8 J9 JD jy Co io gp O Lo O piang JB Lo p y EECH 9 Wake on Loan Connector ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 4 Hardware Configuration PIN1 GND PIN2 12V PIN3 Pull up 5V Reserved for sense signal External Keyboard connector VGA DSUB 15 connector CD IN pin Header FAN p
2. gt VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help gt VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter gt Super IO Device Press Enter Menu Level gt Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device OnChip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Item Help OnChip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto MED Lepel Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults OnChip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased p
3. The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information Date of Month Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the date parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice 0 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the time parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice hh 0 23 mm 0 59 ss 0 59 4 9 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed No Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Meng evel S X IRQ Resources Press Enter Select Yes if y X DMA Resources Press Enter ania eee plug and play capable PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Ger d stent ace Ne if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6
4. Removing CPU 1 Unlock the cooling fan first 2 Lift the lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 3 Carefully lift 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 ROB0 8612VGA will automatically detect system bus based on the type of CPU used However users may configure CPU core bus ratio in BIOS setup menu for engineering sample processors ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 3 1 System Installation 3 2 Main Memory Two DIMM sockets support 200 266 DDR SDRAM up to 2GB System Memory ROBO 8612VGA will automatically detect memory clock based on the processor and DDR SDRAM used For system compatibility and stability do not use memory module without brand ROBO 8612VGA uses non ECC non buffered DIMMS only Randomly installing DIMM in any one of the DIMM sockets is allowed User may install different size of DRAM module on DIMM1 DIMM2 or all to make the system boot Be cautious with the contact and lock mechanism of memory module and socket it may impact on the system reliability Follow normal procedures to install your DRAM module into memory socket Before locking make sure that all modules have been fully inserted into the card slots Note 1 To maintain system stability do not change any of DRAM parameters in BIOS setup to upgrade system performance without acqui
5. It is then very easy to find out which IRQ resource is ready for additional peripherals If IRQ resource is not enough please disable some devices listed above to release further IRQ numbers as desired ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 5 2 Troubleshooting 5 2 FAQ Unboot issues Symptom After installing CPU and everything required but why my ROBO 8612VGA is still not working Solution Please make sure that you ve used the backplane which follows PICMG spec Symptom After shutting down Windows why my system failed to boot up again Solution First please make sure your ACPI in the BIOS is disabled Indeed when system is running with AT power supply and enabled ACPI it will cause system to failed to boot up That s because system will go to sleeping mode as shutting down under Windows To solve this problem you have to either clean CMOS or push ATX Power button Symptom My ROBO 8612VGA just keeps beeping and nothing has been shown on the screen Solution As a matter of fact each beep sound represents different definition of error message Therefore please refer to the table as follow 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 P
6. Mon Jul 26 2004 Item Help Time hh mm ss 10 29 50 gt IDE Primary Master Maxtor 94098U8 Menu Level E gt IDE Primary Slave CD 540E gt IDE Secondary Master None Change d ed cay omen IDE Secondary Slave None e BOSE Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EVG VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 490496K Total Memory 491520K Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 3 BIOS Setup Information B 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 Primary Master Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page menu for detail hard drive settings IDE Secondary Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Master menu for detail hard drive settings IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page menu for detail hard drive settings Drive A None Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Drive B 360K 5 25 in for detail hard drive settings 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Video EGA V
7. Optimized Defaults Onboard FDC Controller This item allows you to enable disable onboard Floppy disk controller The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IROS 3E8 IROAM 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 13 BIOS Setup Information UART Mode Select This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode Disable Infrared function Select IrDA mode transmission ASKIR Select ASKIR mode transmission RxD 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 IR Transmission Delay This option will be available when IR is enabled The choice Enabled Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode The available choices are full duplex mode and half duplex mode The choice Full Half Use IR Pins The available choices are IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 The choice IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to configure I O address of the onboard parallel port The choice Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 and 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode There are four different modes for the onboard par
8. Device Description 0000 003F 1K Interrupt Area 0040 004F 0 3K BIOS Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K System Data 0070 04C3 17K DOS 04C4 057F 2 9K Program Area 0580 9FFE 617K Available 9FFF 9FFF 0 1K Unused Conventional memory ends at 640K A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 CE7F 58K Video ROM CE80 D049 7 2K Unused D04A DFFF 62K High RAM E000 EFFF 64K Page Frame F000 FFFF 64K System ROM HMA 64K First 64K Extended ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual Appendix B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ Peripheral devices can use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board IRQ Current Use Default Use IRQ 0 SMARTDRV System Timer IRQ 1 SMARTDRV Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM1 ROS Usable IRO IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ 7 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 8 System ROM Real time Clock RQS Usable IRO IRQ 10 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 11 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRQ 15 Unassigned Usable IRQ ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual
9. F 70 C 158 F ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information 4 11 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk Enabled Item Help Menu Level N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk The choice Enabled Disabled 4 12 Default Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 21 BIOS Setup Information 4 13 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are Set Supervisor Password can enter and change the options of the setup menus Set User Password just can o
10. IDE cable One Y cable cable for PS 2 keyboard and mouse One 5 pin keyboard cable for backplane connection One 4 pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection One Installation Resources CD Title One booklet of ROBO 8612VGA manual If any of these items is damaged or missing please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance 1 3 Product Specification Main processor Intel Pentium III Celeron Processor FC PGA2 FSB 66 100 133MHz BIOS Phoenix Award system BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM with easy upgrade function ACPI DMI Green function and Plug and Play Compatible Main Memory Two DIMM sockets support 200 266 DDR SDRAM up to 2GB System Memory Non ECC non buffered DIMMS only L2 Cache Memory 512 256 128KB in Intel Pentium III Celeron Processor Chipset VIA CLE266 chipset VT8623 amp VT8235 Bus Interface Follow PICMG 1 0 Rev 2 0 standard 32 bit PCI and 16 bit ISA Fully complies with PCI Local Bus specification V2 2 support 4 master PCI slots PCI IDE Interface Support two enhanced IDE ports up to four HDD devices with PIO mode 4 and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 mode transfer and Bus Master feature ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 1 2 System Overview Floppy Drive Interface Support one FDD port up to two floppy drives and 5 1 4 360K 1 2MB 3 1 2 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB diskette format and 3 mode FDD Serial Ports Support two high
11. Purpose I O Port 4 GPIO4 7 General Purpose I O Port 6 GPIO6 General Purpose I O Port 7 GPIO7 5V Note All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level 0V 5V J20 Ethernet RJ 45 Connector PIN No Signal Description MDI0 MDIOP MDIO MDION MDI1 MDIIP 4 MDI2 MDI2P HE MDI2 MDI2N MDII MDIIN MDI3 MDI3P 8 MDI3 MDI3N J21 J22 Primary Secondary USB Connector PIN No Signal Description 5V USBO USBO ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 10 Hardware Configuration 123 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector 5 5 Keyboard Clock 6 Mouse Clock J24 J25 External USB Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 2 Frame Ground 5 JUL SH 7 Goud 8 USB O 126 30 CPU System Fan Connector Note Please make sure the fan connected to J26 30 must be a 12V input Fan Otherwise there might be unexpected damage with either Fan or SBC 127 External Keyboard Connector PIN No Keyboard Clock Keyboard Data 5V ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 11 Hardware Configuration US VGA DSUB 15 CRT Connector Monitor IDO MONIDO 5V I F 6 Grund 20 O 8 Grund O o II Ground Monitor ID1 MONID1 5V I F Horizontal Sync HSYNC 5V I F Vertical Sync VSYNC 5V I F J29 Audio CD in Connector 4 CD in Right Channel 31 Au
12. depends on CPU Chipset design Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Quick Power On Self Test Allows the system to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Device Select your Boot Device Priority The choice Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device Select Your Boot Device Priority The choice Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose enable to assign physical driver B to logical drive A and Vice Versa The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock The choice Off On Gate A20 Option Fast lets chipsets control Gate A20 and Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Default is Fast The choice Normal Fast Typematic Rate Setting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be select The choice Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars sec The rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key The choic
13. speed 16C550 compatible UARTs with 16 byte T R FIFOs Two RS 232 ports one RS 232 422 485 selectable port IR Interface Support one 6 pin header for serial Standard Infrared wireless communication Parallel Port Support one parallel port with SPP EPP and ECP modes USB Interface Support six USB Universal Serial Bus ports 2 port on bracket 4 port headers for high speed I O peripheral devices PS 2Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 6 pin Mini DIN connector for PS 2 keyboard mouse connection through Y Cable separation and one 5 pin shrouded connector for PS 2 keyboard connection through backplane connection ATX Power Control Interface One 4 pin header to support ATX power control with Modem Ring On and Wake On LAN function Auxiliary I O Interfaces System reset switch external speaker power and HDD active LED etc Real Time Clock Calendar RTC Support Y2K Real Time Clock Calendar with battery backup for 7 year data retention Watchdog Timer Support WDT function through software programming for enable disable and interval setting Generate system reset CompactFlash True IDE mode compatibles with the ATA ATAPI 4 specification One Type II CF socket on secondary IDE channel for supporting up to 1GB memory Bootable for no drives on primary channel On board VGA Integrated Graphics Video Accelerator Optimized share memory architecture GMA 16 32 64MB frame buff
14. system configurations 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 provide users some guidelines of trouble shooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Provides useful tips to quickly bring ROBO 8612VGA into desired operations 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 and EC declaration document is subject to change without prior notice These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the document Portwell may make supplement or change in the products described in this document at any time Updates to this manual technical clarification and answers to frequently asked questions will be shown on the following web site http www portwell com Preface EC Declaration of Conformity To Be Added For the following equipment Product Name Model Name Trade Name is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagneti
15. 0x2f 0x20 Step3 Select W83697 logic device 8 write 0x07 to port 2e to point W83697 CR_07 write 0x08 to port 2f to select logic device 8 Hi outportb 0x2e 0x07 outportb 0x2f 0x08 Step4 Enable Logic device 8 write 0x30 to port 2e to point W83697 CR 30 write 0x1 to port 2f to enable T outportb 0x2e 0x30 outportb 0x2f 0x1 Step5 Config W83697 WDT using second to be unit write 0xf3 to port Ze to point W83977ATF CR f3 write 0x00 to port 2f to select time out unit is second f outportb 0x2e 0xf3 outportb 0x2f 0x00 Step6 Set WDT time out time write Oxf4 to port 2e to point W83697 CR f4 write time out to port 2f to set time out time y outportb 0x2e 0xf4 outportb 0x2f time out Step7 Exit W83697 extended function mode write Oxaa to port 2e i outportb 0x2e Oxaa ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 3 6 System Installation j asm sti void retriggle WDT void j asm cli Step1 Enter W83697 extended function mode write 0x87 to port 2e twice outportb 0x2e 0x87 outportb 0x2e 0x87 Step2 Select W83697 logic device 8 write 0x07 to port 2e to point W83697 CR_07 write 0x08 to port 2f to select logic device 8 y outportb 0x2e 0x07 outportb 0x2f 0x08 Step3 Retriggle WDT time out time write Oxf4 to port 2e to point W83697 CR_f4 write time_out to port 2f to set time out time in W83697 id outportb 0x2e 0xf4 outportb 0x2f time ou
16. 2 Main Menu uot AA 4 2 4 3 5tandard CMOS Set p Menu Pt el ots e e teint eee e n err e IR 4 3 4A IDE Adaptors Setup Mefiu i eet eo ta nt pe ot GE oda eg 4 5 4 5 Advanced BIOS Features rie tertio a dok opor toto dun ee YET a RR opo eo ta na 4 6 4 6 Advanced Chipset Features epe Or lk 4 9 4 7 Integrated Peripherals NANANA ana NUNG rotta tek o a dada Ee ERR kokosa tia 4 10 4 8 Power Management Setup reet ute reete trt EES 4 15 4 9 PnP ebe ee E 4 18 10 PC HealthiStatus entr th rette eh eee tette tive 4 20 4 11 Prequency Voltage Control ones one Sak ANA e tere edente deine ooa 4 21 412 Default Menus erit reote i Y CI Re trei te TAKA 4 21 4 13 Supervisor User Password Setting EE 4 22 4 14 Exiting Selection innumerae e ieri re eo i 4 23 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting css ccccteccccbeteecctvesseetvecdec NA AARAL 5 1 5T BIOS Setting NANGANGARAL 5 1 epe 5 3 Appendix A Appendix B Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure Portwell ROBO 8612VGA system to meet various operating requirements It is divided into five chapters with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Board Computer Chapter 1 System Overview Presents package contents and an overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this model of single board computer Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Shows the definitions and locations of Jumpers and Connectors for convenient
17. 3 and P4 based system In additional to the features of processor and system memory CLE266 also integrates AGP 4X equivalent performance graphics accelerator With SMA Shared Memory Architecture it shares 16 32 or 64MB system memory for frame buffer Besides ROBO 8612VGA also supports one Gigabit Ethernet six USB 2 0 ports and Audio in out Ethernet and USB port become very popular interface for data upstream and downstream interfaces A higher bandwidth Ethernet port speeds up transactions with server to have Gigabit grade Ethernet is mandatory USB is a very friendly interface its hot swappable rich devices and easily installation are making it getting more and more popular With VIA chipset supply life cycle guarantee the chipset shall continue going till the end of year 2007 And last buy notice will be issued at least six months ahead of EOL End of Life In summary ROBO 8612VGA offers Cost effective design for P3 level processor and DDR memory AGP 4X equivalent performance display Gigabit Ethernet Audio in out Six USB 2 0 ports two serial ports two EIDE 133 channel one floppy channel one parallel port and one type II CompactFlash socket ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 1 1 System Overview 1 2 Check List The ROBO 8612VGA package should cover the following basic items ROR REN SON NN SN SN One ROBO 8612VGA single board computer One dual Serial ports cable kit One Parallel port cable kit One FDC cable One
18. 612VGA does not require its on board LAN device to be disabled to work with other add on LAN cards Drivers Support Please find 8110S driver in Ethernet R8110s directory of ROBO 8612VGA CD title The drivers support Windows NT 3 51 4 0 Windows 95 98 98SE Windows 2000 Windows 2000 SCO OpenServer 5 0 2 SCO Unixware 7 0 OS2 and Linux On board LED Indicator for LAN status ROBO 8612VGA provides two LED indicators to report Ethernet interfaces status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide Operation of Ethernet Port du o E e RENI LEDI LANLinkLED Goodlink Badlink LED2 LAN speed and Active LED 100 Mbps Green 10 Mbps Active 1000Mbps Orange ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 3 4 System Installation 3 3 4 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable CMOS Clear Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position FUNCTION Clear CMOS Contents Normal Operation To correct operate CMOS Clear function users may turn off the system move JP3 jumper to 1 2 position this will not consume any power To clear CMOS please turn on the power and turn it off again for AT system or press the toggle switch a few times for ATX system Move the JP3 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 in
19. BIOS default setting 3 3 5 Watch Dog Timer Programming Watch Dog Timer is a special function the user can monitor and control the system via software or hardware implementation If the implementation does not respond in seconds the system will be rebooted automatically With this mechanism the lost or damage can be minimized when there is not monitoring personnel onsite Following list are ROBO 8612VGA Watch Dog Timer sample Code this is for reference only W83697 WDT DEMO PROGRAM File Name 697_WDT C Write by John Ma include lt stdio h gt include lt conio h gt include lt dos h gt unsigned char time_out recode WDT time out value void show_title void clrscr printf printf printf printf printf ams y n nPortwell Inc W83697HF WDT DEMO PROGRAM V1 00 n n 1 Set WDT Time out value and Enable WDT n 2 Retriggle WDT n 3 Disable WDT and Exit n n nPress 1 3 e e A ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 3 5 System Installation j void enable WD void printf n nPress number 1 255 to select time out time second scanf d amp time_out asm cli Step1 Enter W83697 extended function mode write 0x87 to port 2e twice y outportb 0x2e 0x87 outportb 0x2e 0x87 Step2 Select W83697 Pin119 to be WDTO write 0x29 to port 2e to point W83697 CR 29 write 0x20 bit6 5 to port 2f to select WDTO outportb 0x2e 0x29 outportb
20. BIOS setting These variables may not be set back to the original values when needed These devices features will certainly fail to be detected ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 5 1 Troubleshooting When the above conditions happen it is strongly recommended to check the BIOS settings Make sure certain items are set as they should be These include the floppy drive COM1 COM2 ports parallel port USB ports external cache on board VGA and Ethernet It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device port to release IRQ resource A few good examples are Disable COM1 serial port to release IRQ 4 Disable COM serial port to release IRQ 3 Disable parallel port to release IRQ 7 Disable PS 2 mouse to release IRQ 12 etc A quick review of the basic IRQ mapping is given below for your reference IRQ Description IRQ 0 System Counter IRQ 1 Keyboard IRQ 3 COM2 IRQ 4 COM1 IRQ 5 Multimedia Device RQ 6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ 7 Printer Port Parallel Port IRQ 8 System CMOS Real time Clock IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI Compliant System IRQ 10 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Controller IRQ 10 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Controller IRQ 11 USB 2 0 ECHI Controller IRQ 11 Network Controller IRQ 12 PS 2 Compatible Mouse IRQ 14 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller IRQ 14 Primary IDE Controller IRQ 15 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Controller
21. Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PNP Configuration Select Yes if you are using a plug and play capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices The choice No Yes ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information Reset Configuration Data Default is disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot The choice Enabled Disabled Resource Controlled By BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and plug and play compatible devices If you choose Auto you cannot select IRQ DMA and memory base address fields since BIOS automatically assigns them The choice Auto ESCD Manual IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture Enter for more options IRO 3 IRO 4 IRQ 5 IRO 7 IRO 9 IRO 10 IRO 11 IRQ 12 TRQ 14 IRQ 15 assigned to The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA DMA Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel a type depending on the type of device us
22. GA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which you want No Errors the BIOS to stop the POST process and All But Keyboard notify you All But Diskette All But Disk Key Base Memory 640K Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system ROBO 8612VGA User s 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 cdrom drive It uses a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto taki x Access Mode Auto Menu Lere To atuo detect the HDD s Capac 40981MB pac size head on this Cylinder 19617 name Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 19616 Sector 255 Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults B Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD detection on this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Primary Master None Selectin
23. GA User s Manual 4 15 BIOS Setup Information Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to HDD Power Down Suspend Mode There are three selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 Hour and HDD Power Down 15 Min Max Power Saving Maximum power management Suspend Mode 1 Mim and HDD Power Down 1 Min User Defined Allow you to set each mode individually When not disabled Suspend Mode ranges from 1 min to 1 Hour and HDD Power Down ranges from 1 Min to 15 Min 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 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 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min and 1 Hour Video Off Option The choice Always On Suspend gt Off Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the vide
24. ROBO 8612VGA Single Board Computer User s Manual P N B8980070 Version 1 0 Copyright Portwell Inc 2004 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 aa 1 1 1 1 Iritrod etiori ie tee ettet toi tu te ri e TANAN RANA GN 1 1 entr 1 2 1 3 Product Specification nhe ee ete detent bawalan ie ett ei kaila a 1 2 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing ool enr egeret ledere ee Diei eee ento redes ete 1 5 1 4 System E 1 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration nennen nennen innen riens 2 1 241 Jumper Setting nacre nette eec ite i o n et e lated bacs 2 1 2 2 Conhectot Location idein enne mre re ave touc metes oct 2 3 Chapter 3 System Installation eene nnne nnne nnn nnne nien nre nnn innen 3 1 3 1 Socket 370 Celeron Pentium III Processor eese enne eene nnns 3 1 3 2 Mati Memory rS 3 2 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer NEEN 3 3 3 3 1 VIA CLE266 Chipset Component Driver 3 3 3 3 2 Integrated Graphics Video Accelerator Chipset esses 3 3 3 3 3 Realtek 8110S Gigabit Ethernet controller NEEN 3 4 3 34 Clear CMOS Operation 4 rte Rn opti eet e rettet 3 5 3 3 5 Watch Dog Timer Programming sss 3 5 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information eeeeeeeeseeeeeseesees ana 4 1 4 1 Entering Setup o nene ied eroe e i petu tfe uen p Tm daas 4 1 4
25. 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 a successful power up with ROBO 8612VGA it is recommended when going with the boot up sequence to hit DEL key and enter the BIOS setup menu to tune up a stable BIOS configuration so that you can wake up your system far well Loading the default optimal setting When prompted with the main setup menu please scroll down to Load Optimal Defaults press Enter and Y to load in default optimal BIOS setup This will force your BIOS setting back to the initial factory configuration It is recommended to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that Portwell has highly endorsed As a matter of fact users can load the default BIOS setting any time when system appears to be unstable in boot up sequence Auto Detect Hard Disks In the BIOS gt Standard CMOS setup menu picks 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 various occasions where users disable a certain device feature in one application through
26. allel port SPP Switch to SPP mode EPP Switch to EPP mode ECP Switch to ECP mode ECP EPP Switch to ECP EPP mode ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information EPP Mode Select Select different version of EPP mode The choice EPP1 7 EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a proper DMA channel for ECP mode The choice 3 1 Watch Dog Timer Select This BIOS testing option is able to reset the system according to the selected table The choice Disabled 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec 40 Sec 1 Min 2 Min and 4 Min 4 8 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled Item Help Power Management User Define HDD Power Down Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Menu Tevet Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off Ac Loss Auto Restart On gt IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8612V
27. c Compatibility Directive 89 336 EEC The equipment was evaluated and passed the test the following standards were applied EMC EN 55022 1994 A1 1995 Class A EN 50082 2 1991 EN 61000 4 2 1995 EN 61000 4 3 1996 EN 61000 4 4 1995 EN 61000 3 2 1995 EN 61000 3 3 1995 The following manufacturer is responsible for this declaration Portwell Inc Company Name 3F No 88 Sec 1 Nei Hu Rd Taipei Taiwan R O C Company Address Taipei R O C Place Date Legal Signature of Authorized Person System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 Introduction ROBO 8612VGA PICMG 1 0 SBC supports Intel Pentium III Celeron processor DDR SDRAM Video display Gigabit Ethernet and Audio The ROBO 8612VGA adopts VIA CLE266 chipset that support Intel Pentium III amp Celeron processor with DDR 200 266 up to 2GB system memory This special processor and memory combination provides user a lower TDP Thermal Design Power processor with smaller cooler and better availability of memory Under critical environment and space limitation consideration some users dare not use bigger TDP processor or cannot use processor that is bundled with big cooler Therefore Intel Pentium III level processor is still the best choice SBC designed with old chipset only supports SDRAM along with time shifting SDRAM availability is getting worse and worse It is wonderful idea to have common memory modules in stock for both P
28. dio MIC Line in Line out Connector 1 MICwith Reference Voltage 2 AnalogGround 3 lineinleftChannl 4 AnalogGround 5 Linein Right Channel 6 AnalogGround 7 Line outLeft Channel 8 AnalogGroud 9 jLineoutRightChame 10 N C Note The Reference Voltage on MIC signal offers 2 25V 2 75V with 5mA drive 1 3 5 7 ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 12 Hardware Configuration J34 Compact Flash Card 6 j Daa7 3 atta Ground 17 42 ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 13 System Installation Chapter 3 System Installation This chapter provides instructions to set up ROBO 8612VGA The additional information is enclosed to help set up onboard PCI device and handle WDT operation in software programming 3 1 Socket 370 Celeron Pentium Ill Processor Installing 5370 CPU 1 Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 2 Align the processor pins with pin holes 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 3 Push down the lever to lock processor chip into the socket 4 Follow the installation guide of cooling fan or heat sink to mount it on CPU surface and lock it on the socket 370
29. e 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic delay Msec The delay before key strokes begin to repeat The choice 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Select OS 2 only if you are running SO 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system The choice Non OS2 OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM Improves Performance The choice Fnabled Disabled 4 6 Advanced Chipset Features This section allows user to configure the system based on the specific features of the VIA CLE266 Chipset This Chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM DDR SDRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communication between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time one might consider making any changes would be if data lost is discovered while using your
30. e to recognize To overcome this compatibility issue for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 95 98 98SE 2000 please install VIA 4in1 Chipset Component driver before any of other Drivers are installed Chipset component driver can be found in Chipset VIA directory of ROBO 8612VGA CD title Please execute VIAHyperion4in1 v exe to start installation 3 3 2 Integrated Graphics Video Accelerator Chipset It is optimized share memory architecture and 16 32 64MB frame buffer using system memory This combination makes ROBO 8612VGA an excellent piece of multimedia hardware With no additional video adaptor this onboard video will usually be the system display output ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 3 3 System Installation Drivers Support Please find VIA CLE266 Graphica driver in the ROBO 8612VGA CD title Drivers support Windows 98 98SE ME Windows 2000 and Linux Pls confirm drivers Graphic Via Cle 1 Windows 95 98 98SE ME Please execute Graphic Via_Cle win9x Setup exe to start graphics driver installation 2 Windows 2000 XP Please execute Graphic Via_Cle Win2KXP Setup exe to start graphics driver installation 3 Redhat Linux Please refer to the VIA RH9 0 CLE266 Display Driver ver0 91A gz file in Graphic Via_Cle Linux directory for graphics drivers installation guide 3 3 3 Realtek 8110S Gigabit Ethernet controller There is not any jumper available for disabling on board Ethernet ROBO 8
31. ect IN 5 Daa3 18 Ground 6 Datad LD Ground 8 Datao 21 j Goud 2 Daa7 22 j Goud J13 Intruder Detection Connector PIN No Signal Description Intruder Signal Input Pin 1 Ground Signal Input Pin 2 J14 External Wake On Ring Connector PIN No Signal Description Ring Signal Input Active low J15 ATX Power button Interface PIN No Signal Description Pull high 1K Ohm to 5VSB Power Button Signal Input Active high ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 8 Hardware Configuration J16 COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector RS232 R942 X RS485 I C DTR Data Terminal Ready N C ND 6 DSR Data Set Ready N C N C N C 10 Note J16 COM2 could be configurable as RS 232 422 485 with jumper JP2 J17 COM1 Serial Port 1 Connector pRB 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 1 8 CTS CleartoSend 9 RI Ring Indicator J18 ATX Power Control Connector PIN No Signal Description ATX Power Good Signal PW OK ATX 5V Stand by 5VSB ATX Power On Control PS ON ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 9 Hardware Configuration J19 General Purpose I O Connector PIN No Signal Description I General Purpose I O Port 0 GPIOO 2 General Purpose I O Port 1 GPIO1 3 General Purpose I O Port 2 GPIO2 4 General Purpose I O Port 3 GPIO3 Ground General
32. en trying to enter Setup ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 22 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 you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit Without Saving Y N N This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 23 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides a few useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8612VGA running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 2 this chapter will primarily focus on system integration issues in terms of BIOS setting and OS diagnostics 5 1 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the device cables required before turning on AT power CPU CPU fan CPU fan power cable 184 pin DDR SDRAM keyboard mouse floppy drive IDE hard disk printer VGA connector device power cables ATX
33. er using system memory Graphics engine clocks up to 133MHz decoupled from memory clock Motion compensation for full speed DVD playback ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 1 3 System Overview On board Ethernet LAN Realtek 8110S Gigabit Ethernet controller to support RJ 45 connector High ISA Driving Capability Support 64mA high driving capability for multi slots ISA bus High Driving GPIO Support 8 programmable high driving GPIO Cooling Fans Support three 3 pin headers for CPU System and Power fans System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature system temperature and major power sources etc Bracket Support one Ethernet port with 2 indicators dual USB ports one Mini DIN port for PS 2 keyboard mouse and one CRT port Outline Dimension L X W 339 08mm 13 35 X 121 89mm 4 8 Power Requirements 12V System 0 5A 5V System 6 0A Test configuration CPU Intel Pentium III 1 2GHz 133 9 L2 Cache 512KB e Memory CENTON PC 2700 CL2 5 512MB 2 Primary Master IDE HDD Samsung SV2042H OS Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4 Test Programs 3D Mark 2001 PRO for loading VGA and Burning Test V3 0 for loading CPU Connected Fans Only CPU fan connected Run Time 30 minutes Operating Temperature 5 C 55 C 23 F 131 F Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C e Relative Humidity 0 95 non condensing ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 1 4 System Ov
34. erformance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 and Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choice Auto Disabled ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information IDE HDD Block Mode If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The choice Enabled Disabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device VIA 3058 AC97 Audio Audio Item Help Init Display First PCI Slot OnChip USB Controller Enabled M Lovel OnChip USB 2 0 Controller Enabled ope USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults VIA 3058 AC97 Audio This item allows you to enable AC97 Audio function The choice Auto Disabled Init Display First This item allows you to select the first display por
35. erview 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing 339 08 a b 195 a 133 58 i VA E Mounting holes 4 0 j n J Ng z ds d d SP ala 5 wir J als Es S 8 lla a 1 99 a g 1 Da 12 54 4 46 b 18 1 50 122 86 36 27 40 7 0 79 24 60 54 86 49 24 99 ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 1 5 System Overview 1 4 System Architecture Dual VT8623 Channel gek DSUB 15 CLE266 DDR 266 gt lt SE EE RTL8110S 3 3V LAN 2 5V POWER ULTRA DMA66 100 133 IDE Primary IDE Secondary USB Port 2 Winbond AC 97 LINK LPC SIO CF TYPE I II Cand PCI ADDR DATA VT8235 PCI CTRL USB 2 0 1 1 snd Djd ISA ADDR DATA PCI to ISA sna OdT ISA CTRL W83697HF FLOPPY PARALLEL SERIAL 1 2 KEYBOARD LPC ROM MOUSE ROBO 8612VGA System Block Diagram ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual Hardware Configuration Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter provides the definitions the positions of jumpers headers and connector All of the configuration jumpers on ROBO 8612VGA are in the proper position The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star 2 1 Jumper Setting Please refer to Figure 2 1 for the jumper locations
36. g manual lets you set the Auto remaining fields on this screen Manual Selects the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode CHS Choose the access mode for this hard LBA disk Large Auto Capacity Auto Display your Disk drive capacity Approximated disk drive size Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information program The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual Cylinder Min 0 Set the number of cylinders for this Max 65535 hard disk Head Min 0 Set the number of read write heads Max 255 Precomp Min 0 Warning Setting a value of 65535 Max 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 gra Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Number of sectors per track Max 255 4 5 Advanced BIOS Features This section allows user to configure the system for basic operation User has the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled M Level q Quick Power On Self Test Enabled dA First Bo
37. ing the DMA channel Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture Enter for more options DMA 0 DMA 1 DMA 3 DMA 5 DMA 6 DMA 7 assigned to The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information PCI VGA Palette Snoop Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The choice Enabled Disabled 4 10 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Item Help Current System Temp 61 12S Current CPU Temperature 40 C 104 F Current CPUFANI Speed 4856 RPM Mene R Current CPUFAN2 Speed 0 RPM Vcore 1 48 V 33 V 3 31V 5 V 4 89 V 12 V 11 91 V 12 V 12 11 V 5 V 4 89 V VBAT V 3 28 V 5VSB V 5 37 V Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Warning Temperature This item allows you to set a temperature above which the system will start the beeping warning Default setting is disabled 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
38. ity you should start with the Main Menu 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 Utility gt Standard CMOS Features gt Advanced BIOS Features gt Advanced Chipset Features gt Integrated Peripherals gt Power Management Setup gt PnP PCI Configurations gt PC Health Status gt Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F10 Save amp Exit Setup T 1 ce Select Item Time Date Hard Disk Type Note It is strongly recommended to reload Optimal Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Setup Information 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu This setup page includes all the items in a 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 desired 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 Date mm dd yy
39. missing Compact Flash is set to master on Secondary channel If you accidentally set any IDE device to the same channel as Compact Flash default does Your device will work improperly the setting of Compact Flash is unchangeable I am a customer of Portwell where can I get new BIOS to update my SBC A Indeed you can always go to Portwell Download center to download update BIOS Besides before downloading anything please mail us to get your download account number Portwell Download Center http www portwell com tw download as To request your Account Number for Download Center please fill out the information form on our Internet after selecting the information that you want Q How can password be erased when forgotten the password of BIOS A Please set JP13 to 1 2 pins for few sec and then put jumper back to 3 4 pins Note Please visit our technical web site at http www portwell com tw For additional technical information which isn t covered in this manual you can mail to tsd mail portwell com tw or you can also send mail to our sales they will be very delighted to forward them to us ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 5 4 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 Memory Area Size
40. nly enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press 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 you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 3 If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs wh
41. o buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information Soft Off by PWRBTN 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 Ac Loss Auto Restart 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 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Event Activity Detect Wake up by PCI card Disabled Item Help Modem Ring Resume Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled X Date of Month Alarm 0 mena level P X Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Wake Up by PCI card This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by on board LAN The choice Disabled Enabled Modem Ring Resume When select Enabled a system that is at soft off mode will be alert to Wake On Modem The choice Enabled Disabled RTC Alarm Resume 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
42. ot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Allow you ro choase tne Third Boot Device LS120 VIRUS warning feature for Boot Other Device Enabled IDE d Pok poot Sect sa Swap Floppy Seek Disabled protection If this function Boot Up Floopy Seek Enabled lt e an PE Boot up NumLock Status On Pigs AE AAO Gate A20 Option Fast this area BIOS will show a Typematic Rate Setting Disabled i ES SE E EM X Typematic Rate Chars sec 6 ne ee X Typematic delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Ne Move F5 Previous Values Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information Virus Warning It allows user to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table CPU Internal Cache External Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it
43. ower connector PIN1 GND PIN2 12V PIN3 Pull up 5V Reserved for sense signal J31 Audio Connector Pin Assignments of Connectors J1 Reset Button Connector PIN No Signal Description Reset Signal Input Active low J2 External Speaker Connector Note The pull high voltage of external speaker is limited at 5V maximum J3 Power LED Connector PIN No Signal Description 5V 330 Ohm pull up for power LED Ground For Power LED ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Configuration J4 Hard Disk Drive LED Connector PIN No Signal Description 5V 270 ohm pull up for HDD LED HDD Active HDD LED 5 J12 Primary Secondary IDE Connector IDE1 IDE2 5 Datae ata 7 Daas 8 Datal0 9 Datas 10 Daan J6 FDC Interface Connector 5 Ground 6 Density Select 7 Grud J 8 nde 9 Grund 10 Motor ENA ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 6 Hardware Configuration 31 Ground 32 Head Select 17 Standard 4pin Power Connector J8 IrDA Connector PIN No Signal Description N C NI J9 External Wake On LAN Connector PIN No Signal Description 5VSB External WOL Signal Input Active low J10 SMBus Connector PIN No SMBus Clock SMBus Data 3V ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 2 7 Hardware Configuration J11 Parallel Port Connector 4 Daa2 17 Printer Sel
44. ower error warning Please check Power mode setting Information amp Support Q I am using an ATA 66 or 100 hard drive how can I know that ATA 66 function is started A First of all you need to use the 80 pin ATA 66 IDE flat cable to have this function ready During POST you can see ATA 66 or 100 message while hard drive is being detected Besides after Microsoft series OS installation successfully you must install ATA 66 100 driver then the function can be active ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 5 3 Troubleshooting Q I am using an ATA 66 or 100 hard drive how can I know that ATA 66 100 is A active As matter of fact you need to use 80 pins ATA 66 IDE cable to enable ATA 66 function While POST stage of detecting hard drive you will see ATA 66 100 message Besides after installing Microsoft Windows system you also need to install ATA 66 100 driver Otherwise this function won t be active in Windows After setting up my serial port from RS 232 to RS 485 why my serial port still cannot work Unlike RS 232 RS 485 s signal is differential signal Therefore its data must connect to same definition of pins For example there are only two pins in RS 485 which are DATA and DATA Its connection must be DATA connects to DATA and DATA connects to DATA Otherwise RS 485 won t be able to transfer its data After installing Compact Flash why the device on Secondary has been
45. ring technical information 2 Due to VIA CLE266 chipset limitation the type of DDR SDRAM with ECC function is not supported In the event of ECC DDR SDRAM being adopted ECC function is NOT supported while ECC DDR SDRAM can act only as a normal DDR SDRAM without causing any error 3 Due to VIA CLE266 chipset limitation Buffered Registered DDR SDRAM is not supported Buffered DDR SDRAM will simply freeze up the system ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 3 2 System Installation 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer To install ROBO 8612VGA into standard chassis or proprietary environment you need to perform the following Step 1 Check all jumpers setting on proper position Step 2 Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position Step 3 Place ROBO 8612VGA into the dedicated position in your system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it WARNING Please ensure that single board computer is properly inserted and fixed by mechanism Otherwise the system might be unstable or do not work due to bad contact of golden finger and ISA bus slot It is recommended to apply 4 pin 5 1 4 IDE device power connectors from your power supply onto J7 to ensure a sufficient current supply Note Please refer to section 3 3 1 to 3 3 3 to install Chipset VGA LAN drivers 3 3 1 VIA CLE266 Chipset Component Driver VIA CLE266 chipset is a new chipset that a few old operating systems might not be abl
46. stem is turned on ROBO 8612VGA communicates with peripheral devices and checks its hardware resources against the configuration information stored in the CMOS memory If any error is detected or the CMOS parameters need to be initially defined the diagnostic program will prompt the user to enter the SETUP program Some errors are significant enough to abort the start up 4 1 Entering Setup Turn on or reboot the computer When the message Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP appears press lt Del gt key immediately to enter BIOS setup program If the message disappears before one can respond and reenter Setup is needed please restart the system to try COLD START again by turning it OFF and then ON or press the RESET button Also WARM START can be accomplished by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and Delete keys simultaneously If you do not press the key 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 SETUP or Resume In HIFLEX BIOS setup the keyboard may be used to choose among options or modify the system parameters to match the options with desired system configuration The table below will outline all of keystroke functions in BIOS setup F Menu in BIOS 1 2 5 6 5 10 ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Menu Upon entering ROBO 8612VGA AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Util
47. system Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Memory Hole Disabled Item Help System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled M Level Onboard LAN Control Enabled i aa VGA Share Memory Size 32M Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Memory Hole In order to improve performance certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB The choice Disabled 15M 16M ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled to enable caching VGA BIOS into L2 cache to get higher display performance Disabled to ignore this BIOS caching function The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard LAN Control This item allows you to enable LAN function The choice Enabled Disabled VGA Share Memory Size Users can set the display memory size that shared from main memory The choice 16M 32M and 64M 4 7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals
48. t Step4 Exit W83697 extended function mode write Oxaa to port 2e f outportb 0x2e Oxaa asm sti printf n n Trigle delay 1000 void disable WD void asm cli Step1 Enter W83697 extended function mode write 0x87 to port 2e twice outportb 0x2e 0x87 outportb 0x2e 0x87 Step2 Select W83697 logic device 8 write 0x07 to port 2e to point W83697 CR_07 write 0x08 to port 2f to select logic device 8 T outportb 0x2e 0x07 outportb 0x2f 0x08 ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 3 7 System Installation j Step3 Disable WDT write Oxf4 to port 2e to point W83697 CR_f4 write 0x00 to port 2f to set time out time in W83697 7 outportb 0x2e 0xf4 outportb 0x2f 0x00 Step4 Exit W83697 extended function mode write Oxaa to port 2e outportb 0x2e Oxaa asm sti int main void int key show_title while 1 key getch switch key case 1 enable_WDT break case 2 retriggle WDT break case 3 disable WDT return 0 default break j show title ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 3 8 BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8612VGA is equipped with the AWARD BIOS stored in Flash ROM This 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 sy
49. t to be initialized The choice PCI Slot AGP OnChip USB Controller This item allows you to enable disable USB Universal Serial Bus function The choice Enabled Disabled OnChip USB 2 0 Controller This entry is for disable enable EHCI controller only This BIOS itself may may not have high speed USB support built in the support will be automatically turn on when high speed device were attached The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8612VGA User s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to enable USB keyboard function under POST BIOS setup menu DOS or Windows NT with no USB driver loaded The choice Enabled Disabled USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enabled USB Mouse function under POST BIOS Setup menu DOS or Window NT with no USB driver loaded The choice Enabled Disabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Item Help Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRO4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal Menu Level X RxD TxD Active Hi Lo X IR Transmission Delay Enabled X UR2 Duplex Mode Half X Use IR Pins IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP X EPP Mode Select EPP1 7 X ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Watch Dog Timer Select Disabled Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7

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