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1. o 7 a 27 ee 3 f a hi N A i a a wo s Y TS A aja XQ A a Q H AN 25 90 O o Ho Ao M M hu ay Thal fT 231 85 34 15 26 2 60 0 50 o e e Li O IN IN EE Lo Oy 8 co wo e ine S 2 4 B7 ole lt HS 9 Ere To N N 0 aly lt Bg WIN g lt q Ege oa o Lo F a i Ue Heel 1 50 alt 4 E wy W cote len Hi o Te ep Rep ES ies o L 0 62 i O o ol 43 43 76 20 oe 13 7 118 84 1 4 System Architecture The system architecture of ROBO 8712E series includes two main Intel chips Intel 845GV chipset supports Pentium 4 Celeron D Mobile Pentium
2. IDE Secondary Master CD 540E El ye day month IDE Secondary Slave None CO Drive A 1 4M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EVG VGA Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 1039360K Total Memory 1040384K Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults E 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 Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of Master menu detailed options IDE Primary Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Slave menu for detail hard drive settings IDE Secondary Options are in its sub Master menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page for detail hard drive settings ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 3 BIOS Setup Information IDE Secondary Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Slave 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 VGA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Displays the amount of conventional pase Memory os ae detected during boot up Extended N A Displays the
3. Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM 2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM 1 IRQ5 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ7 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 8 System ROM Real Time Clock IRQ 9 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 10 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 11 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRQ 15 Unassigned Usable IRQ ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual
4. 4 M Mobile Celeron processor DDR SDRAM 2D 3D graphic display and ICH4 supports PCI bus interface APM ACPI compliant power management USB ports SMBus communication and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 IDE Master The W83627HF I O Controller is responsible for PS 2 Keyboard Mouse UARTs Hardware Monitor Watch Dog Timer and Infrared interface The PCI to ISA bridge supports a standard 16 bit ISA bus interface which is applied for all slower I O operations In ROBO 8712E series it supports Type II CompactFlash disk ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 1 6 System Overview COMPACT FLASH VRM 1 10 0 478 PIN P4 PROCESSOR CK_409 Be TT E 2 ES AGTL BUS ME a la gt VGA G M C H DDR333 Connector 845GV V Modules PIRQHE IDE Primary y REQ4 GNT4 UDMA 100 LAN1 AD16 IDE Secondary l C H4 PIRQ F USB PORT USB REQ5 GNT5 1 6 USB2 0 pangus LAN2 ap17 PCI TO ISA REQA GNTA AD22 LPC BRIDGE PIRG ABCD ISA eus FirmWare slo AC 97 si Hub CODEC PICMG GOLDEN FINGER IrDA 8 BIT GPIO Serial_1 Serial_2 WDOG FDD Printer ROBO 8712E System Block Diagram ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 1 7 Hardware Con
5. CPU surface and lock it on the socket 478 Note You should know Pentium 4 processor need extra 12V power source DON T FORGET TO CONNECT 4pin 12V connector to J1 ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 3 1 System Installation Removing CPU 1 Unlock the cooling fan first 2 Lift the lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 3 Carefully lifts up the existing CPU to remove it from the socket 4 Follow the steps of installing a CPU to change to another one or place handling bar to close the opened socket Configuring System Bus ROBO 8712E series will automatically detect the CPU used CPU speed of Intel P4 can be detected automatically 3 2 Main Memory ROBO 8712E series provides two DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets to support DDR SDRAM as main memory The maximum memory size can be up to 2GB Auto detecting memory clock according to BIOS CMOS settings For system compatibility and stability don t use memory module without brand You can also use only one double sided DIMM in either one DIMM slot or two single sided DIMM in both slots Watch out the contact and lock integrity of memory module with socket it will 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 To maintain system stability don t change any of DRAM parameters in BIOS setup to upgrade your system perfor
6. EFDR Extended Function Data Register for accessing desired CR Below are some example codes which demonstrate the use of WDT Enter Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0x87 outp 0x002E 0x87 Assign Pin 89 to bea WDTO outp 0x002E 0x2B outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxEF Select Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x07 outp 0x002F 0x08 Active Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x30 outp 0x002F 0x01 ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 3 7 System Installation Select Count Mode outp 0x002E OxF5 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxF7 Count mode Register amp 0x08 Specify Time out Value outp 0x002E OxF6 outp 0x002F Time out Value Register Disable WDT reset by keyboard mouse interrupts outp 0x002E 0xF7 outp 0x002F 0x00 Exit Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E OxAA Definitions of Variables Value of Count mode Register 1 0x00 Count down in seconds Bit3 0 2 0x08 Count down in minutes Bit3 1 Value of Time out Value Register 1 0x00 Time out Disable 2 0x01 0xFF Value for counting down 3 6 On Board USB 2 0 Controller Drivers Support Please find Intel ICH4 USB driver in USB20 directory of ROBO 8712E series CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 and Windows XP USB 2 0 Driver This driver only works with Intel ICH4 and ICH5R chipset Install for Windows 9x system l Windows 200
7. Let GPIO10 as input pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit0 P0 Let CRF1_Bit0 non inverted Read LD7_CRF1h_Bit0 Read the status from GPIO10 pin J5_Pin1 1 0x2E EFER Extended Function Enable Register for entering Extended Function Mode EFIR Extended Function Index Register for identifying CR index number 2 0x2F EFDR Extended Function Data Register for accessing desired CR Below are some example codes which demonstrate the use of GPIO Enter Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0x87 outp 0x002E 0x87 Assign Pin121 128 to be GPIO port 1 outp 0x002E 0x2A outp 0x002F inp 0x002F 0x84 Select Logic Device 7 outp 0x002E 0x07 outp 0x002F 0x07 ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 3 10 System Installation Active Logic Device 7 outp 0x002E 0x30 outp 0x002F 0x01 Select Inversion Mode outp 0x002E OxF2 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp 0x0F Inversion Register amp OxFO Select I O Mode outp 0x002E OxF0 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp 0x0F I O Selection Register amp OxFO Access GPIO ports outp 0x002E OxF1 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp 0x0F Output Data amp 0xF0 or Input Data inp 0x002F Exit Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E OxAA Definitions of Variables Each bit in the high nibble of each Register represents the setting of a GPIO port Bit4 vs GPIO port 1 Bit5 vs GPIO port 2 Bit6 vs GPIO port 3 Bit7
8. Msec 250 Security Option Setup X APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Console Redirection Disabled X Baud Rete 19200 Agent Connect via NULL Agent wait time min 1 Agent after boot Disabled Small Logo EPA Show 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 ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 Item Help Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled Menu Level gt Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3 Should Be Disabled for WinXP Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Limit CPUID Maxval Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3 Should Be Disabled for WinXP Enabled For OS Windows NT4 0 Install Disabled For OS Windows XP Install 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 o
9. No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 Strobe 14 Auto Form Feed 2 Data 0 15 Error 3 Data 1 16 Initialization 4 Data 2 17 Printer Select IN 5 Data 3 18 GND 6 Data 4 19 GND 7 Data 5 20 GND 8 Data 6 21 GND 9 Data 7 22 GND 10 Acknowledge 23 GND 11 Busy 24 GND 12 Paper Empty 25 GND 13 Printer Select 26 N C ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 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 install Compact Flash disk set up onboard PCI device and handle WDT operation in software programming This chapter provides you with instructions to set up your system The additional information is enclosed to help you set up onboard PCI device and handle WDT operation in software programming 3 1 Pentium 4 Processor Installing Socket 478 CPU 1 Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 2 Align the processor pins with pinholes on the socket Make sure that the notched corner or dot mark pin 1 of the CPU corresponds to the socket s bevel end Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place If this operation is not easy or smooth don t do it forcibly You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly 3 Push down the lever to lock processor chip into the socket once CPU fits 4 Follow the installation guide of cooling fan or heat sink to mount it on
10. One VGA connector e Hardware Monitoring Support CPU voltage temperature and FAN monitoring e Watchdog Timer Support WDT function through software programming Software programmable time out internal setting Generate system reset O Real Time Clock Calendar RTC Support Y2K Real Time Clock Calendar with battery backup for 7 year data retention A high quality external Li battery e ACPI compliant support the Full On S0 Power On Suspend S1 Suspend to RAM S3 Suspend to Disk S4 and Soft Off S5 power management states e ATX Power Control Interface One 4 pin header to support ATX power control with Modem Ring On and Wake On LAN function e Auxiliary I O Interfaces e System reset switch external speaker Keyboard lock and HDD active LED etc CPU Cooling Fan Support one 3 pin header with wafer Remark 800MHz front side bus is over clocking over Intel 845GV chipset customers must to validate your own application before adopt this feature ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 1 4 System Overview Additional Main Peripheral Function On Board High performance Graphics Intel GMCH Integrated Graphics controller IGD with analog display port Analog Display Support up to 2048 x 1536 60Hz refresh AGP 2 0 AGP 4X 1 5V Software DVD at 30 fps full screen Motion Video Acceleration Dual or single on board Ethernet Support 10BASE T 100BASE TX 1000BASE T combination depends on mod
11. ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 24 BIOS Setup Information INT Pin 1 Assignment Devices S using this INT Display Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 2 Func 0 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev29 Func 0 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 INT Pin 2 Assignment Devices S using this INT Multimedia Device Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 5 Simple COMM Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 6 SMBus Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 3 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 INT Pin 3 Pin 6 Pin 7 Assignment Devices S using this INT USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 2 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 INT Pin 4 Assignment Devices S using this INT USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 1 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 INT Pin 5 Assignment Devices S using this INT Network Cntrlr Bus 1 Dev 0 Func 0 INT Pin 6 Assignment Devices S using this INT Network Cntrlr Bus 1 Dev 1 Func 0 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 INT Pin 7 Assignment The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 INT Pin 8 Assignment Devices S using this INT USB 2 0 EHCI Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 7 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 25 BIOS Setup Information 4 10 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Dis
12. The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 23 BIOS Setup Information 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 IRO Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt Enter for more options IRQ 3 IRO 4 IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 11 IRQ 12 IRQ 14 TRQ 15 assigned to Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA DMA Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel a type depending on the type of device using the DMA channel Enter for more options DMA 0 DMA 1 DMA 3 DMA 5 DMA 6 DMA 7 assigned to Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA PCI VGA Palette Snoop The choice Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA To enable VGA IRQ assignation by selecting enabled The choice Enabled Disabled
13. Y LJ ENE a e uag ya ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 2 1 Hardware Configuration VOM UUU i M IMM Figure 2 1 ROBO 8712E Jumper Connector Location JP1 RTC CMOS Clear Jumper Setting Normal Operation Clear CMOS Contents JP3 AT ATX Power Supply Selection 3 5 4 6 ATX Power Supply 1 3 2 4 AT Power Supply JP4 COM2 RS232 485 422 Selection J32 Mobile Pentium 4 Northwood Prescott Selection Process Selection Normal Support Mobile Pentium 4 MPM Support ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration 2 2 Connector Allocation I O peripheral devices and flash disk are connected to the interface connectors and DOC socket on this single board computer Figure 2 1 Connector Function List Description 4P Header for CPU 12V Power J2 4P Header for System Power Remark J3 IDE1 Interface Connector PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector J5 8 Bit GPIO Header J6 IDE2 Interface Connector Serial Port 1 Connector J8 Serial Port 2 Connector J9 External Wake on LAN Header 111 4 Pin Header Backplane 5VSB PS_ON and ATX PWROK PS_ON and ATX PWROK External Keyboard Connector J13 J33 J34 Fan Header Power On Header Reset Header External Speaker Header Keyboard Lock Header HDD LED Header IR Header External SMBus Header J21 J23 Bracket Side USB Connector J
14. also cause system failed to boot up Figure 5 1 ie Figure 5 1 ATX Power Setting This section would be more likely to introduce you how to set up ATX mode on your ROBO 8712E series Please refer to the following instruction Step 1 If you want to use ATX mode please removed the jumper on pin 3 PS ON and pin 4 GND of backplane ATX P S control connector And connect 4 pins power cable Figure 5 2 ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 5 1 Troubleshooting amp Q 2 ATX PZS CONTROL b INECTOR CN3 P r Figure 5 2 Step 2 And then use 4 pin power cable to connect both ATX P S Control Connector on backplane and ATX Power Control J11 on Signal Board Computer Figure 5 3 Figure 5 3 Step 3 Please adjust AT ATX Jumper on JP3 to short 3 5 4 6 pins then it can support ATX power scheme Figure 5 4 Figure 5 4 ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 5 2 Troubleshooting Step 4 Please check the connection of the 12V Power to CPU supplementary Power Connector properly J1 and J2 which shows on Figure 5 1 Step 5 Connect TOGGLE SWITCH with J14 connector on ROBO 8712E series Figure 5 5 which is used to power on ATX Power Supply Generally the TOGGLE SWITCH is located on the chassis of front panel Figure 5 5 Step 6 The figure below is the TOGGLE SWITCH which is used to switch the ATX Power on off for SBC Usually the TOGGLE SWITCH is located on the chassis front panel Pressing
15. check and make sure this jumper setting when use the Mobile Intel Celeron M Processor or Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor On the contrary please leave the jumper J32 open for using the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology and Intel Pentium 4 Celeron Processor Q Why the system had rapid alarm sound with DDR266 SDRAM Memory installed A Please notify When using Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology FSB 800 MHz processor then must using 400MHz DDR SDRAM Basically the board can detect the memory clock frequency automatically To match with the CPU PSB BUS frequency the board will down grade the memory clock frequency to meet the CPU PSB BUS frequency But it cannot up grade for over clocking Also Please check the Clock Latency value of the DDR DIMM Please check the Clock Latency value to meet the specification of the DDR DIMM in the BIOS setting ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 5 7 Troubleshooting For example when using the DDR333MHz SDRAM Memory with FSB400MHz CPU the board will down grade the memory clock frequency to DDR200MHz Q In addition to the above description is there anything to do to finish up an ATX system A Yes ROBO 8712E needs to be configured to support ATX function for the above cabling Please move jumper JP3 to 3 5 short and 4 6 short support ATX function Q How can I build up an AT system using ATX power supply A Do not
16. choice Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min and 1 Hour HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 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 When the CPU temperature reaches the preset standard The CPU usage will be reduced to a selected level to avoid overheating The choice 87 5 75 0 62 5 50 0 37 5 25 0 and 12 5 Wake Up by On Board LAN This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by on board LAN The choice Disabled Enabled Power On by Ring When select Enabled a system that is at soft off mode will be alert to Wake On Modem signal The choice Enabled Disabled USB KB Wake up From S3 The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 21 BIOS Setup Information Resume by Alarm This item allows users to enable disable the resume by alarm funct
17. click Power on using mouse right click Power on using any keyboard key Power on by power Button Keyboard 98 Power on by keyboard 98 Only power ON OFF key Keyboard Power On Password In the event of Power On Function being configured as Password this item will be enabled for tuning Press Enter key to enter a customized password and confirm again when being asked In the case that the confirmed password does not match the configured one the message of Password Disabled Press any key to continue will be prompted Hot Key Power On In the event of Power On Function being configured as Hot Key this item will be enabled for tuning The choice Ctrl F1 to Ctrl F12 ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information 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 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode Normal Disable Infrared function IrDA Select IrDA mode transmission ASKIR Select ASKIR mode transmission As Infrared transmission function shares onboard serial port 2 COM2 needs to be enabled RxD TxD Active This item is to configure Infrared transmission rate Four o
18. delay transaction This will enhance performance for data transmission between different PCI buses The choice Enabled Disabled Delay Prior to Thermal The choice 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min and 32 Min AGP Aperture Size MB The choice 4 8 16 32 64 128 and 256 On Chip VGA The choice Enabled Disabled On Chip Frame Buffer Size Users can set the display memory size that shared from main memory The choice 1MB 8MB On board AC97 Control Users can disable on board AC97 Audio function The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 13 BIOS Setup Information 4 7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Onboard LAN Boot ROM init On Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA USB Controller USB 2 0 Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Init Display First IDE HDD Block Mode POWER ON Function X KB Power ON Password X Hot Key Power ON Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select X RxD TxD Active X IR Transmission Delay X UR2 Duplex Mode X Use IR Pins Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode X EPP Mode Select X ECP Mode Use DMA PWRON After PWR Fail Watch Dog Timer Select Auto E
19. to RAM USB wake up On Board I O PCI IDE Interface Support two enhanced IDE channel up to four HDDs with PIO mode 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 model transfer and Bus master feature Floppy Drive Interface Support one FDD port up to two floppy drives 1 44MB diskette format Type II Compact Flash True IDE mode compatibles with the ATA ATAPI 4 specification bootable for no drives on primary channel Serial Ports Support two high speed 16C550 compatible UARTs with 16 byte T R FIFOs RS 232 422 485 selectable for COM2 by jumper IR Interface Support one 6 pin header for serial Standard Infrared wireless communication Shared with one serial port USB Interface USB 2 0 compliant Support six USB Universal Serial Bus ports for high speed I O peripheral devices Two on bracket dedicated for keyboard amp mouse four with pin header ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 1 3 System Overview PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 10 pin box header for PS 2 mouse keyboard connection through PS 2 keyboard and mouse cable with bracket e Auxiliary YO One 2 pin system reset switch One 4 pin external speaker interface One 5 pin key lock header One 2 pin HDD active indicator interface Two 10 pin USB dual port interface One 4 pin ATX power control interface One 10 pin connector for GPIO 4 GPI and 4 GPO e Bracket Two USB Ports dedicated for keyboard amp mouse Support two or one RJ45 connectors LAN
20. vs GPIO port 4 Value of Inversion Register Only high nibble is available for this function When set to a 1 the incoming outgoing port value is inverted When set to a 0 the incoming outgoing port value is the same as in Data Register Value of I O Selection Register Only high nibble is available for this function When set to a 1 respective GPIO port is programmed as an input port When set to a 0 respective GPIO port is programmed as an output port Value of Output Data Input Data Only high nibble is available for this function If a port is assigned to be an output port then its respective bit can be read written If a port is assigned to be an input port then its respective bit can be read only ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 3 11 BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8712E series is equipped 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 ROBO 8712E series 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 t
21. 0 USB 2 0 Guide Windows XP USB 2 0 Guide You can find other driver and install guide form chipsetiintel usb20 Pass below button into the dictionary Press here l High Speed USB USB 2 0 driver to provide high speed USB functionality on Portwell SBC Download File s http Awindowsupdate microsoft com ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 3 8 System Installation 3 7 GPIO The ROBO 8712E series provides 8 programmable input or output ports that can be individually configured to perform a simple basic I O function Users can configure each individual port to become an input or output port by programming register bit of I O Selection To invert port value the setting of Inversion Register has to be made Port values can be set to read or write through Data Register 3 7 1 Pin assignment 5 General Purpose I O Connector Signal Description General Purpose I O Port 1 GPIO10 General Purpose I O Port 2 GPIO11 General Purpose I O Port 3 GPIO12 General Purpose I O Port 4 GPIO13 Ground 3 7 2 Programming Guide There are 8 GPIO pins on ROBO 8712E series These GPIO pins are from SUPER I O W83627HF GPIO pins and can be programmed as Input or Output direction J5 pin header is for 8 GPIO pins and its pin assignment as following J5_Pin1 GPIO1 from SUPER I O_GPIO10 with Ext 4 7K PH J5_Pin2 GPIO2 from SUPER I O_GPIO11 with Ext 4 7K PH J5_Pin3 GPIO3 from SUPER I O_GPIO12 with Ext 4 7K PH
22. 2 Frequency Asking Questions viii rias 5 7 IBOR cri aa 5 11 Appendix A Appendix B Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO 8712E series 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 what you have in the box and give you an overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this series model of single board computer Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Shows the definitions and locations of Jumpers and Connectors that you can easily configure your system Chapter 3 System Installation Describes how to properly mount the CPU main memory and Compact Flash to get a safe installation and provides a programming guide of Watch Dog Timer function Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information Specifies the meaning of each setup parameters how to get advanced BIOS performance and update new BIOS In addition POST checkpoint list will give users some guidelines of trouble shooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Provides various useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8712E series 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 and EC declaration docum
23. 22 J26 Ethernet Link LED Header Ethernet RJ 45 Interface Connector J27 J28 2 Port USB Header CD IN Header D SUB 15 VGA Connector On Board AC97 Audio Header 132 Mobile Pentium 4 Northwood Prescott Selection J37 Compact Flash Socket on IDE1 Master FDC Interface Connector Printer Interface Connector ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 2 3 Hardware Configuration Pin Assignments of Connectors J1 4P Header for CPU 12V Power PIN No Signal Description ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 RESET 2 Ground 3 Data 7 4 Data 8 5 Data 6 6 Data 9 7 Data 5 8 Data 10 9 Data 4 10 Data 11 11 Data 3 12 Data 12 13 Data 2 14 Data 13 15 Data 1 16 Data 14 17 Data 0 18 Data 15 19 Ground 20 N C 21 DMA REQ 22 Ground 23 IOW 24 Ground 25 IOR 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 Pull down 29 DMA ACK 30 Ground 31 INT REQ 32 N C 33 SA1 34 N C 35 SAO 36 SA2 37 HDC CSO 38 HDC CS1 39 HDD Active 40 Ground 2 4 Hardware Configuration 137 Compact Flash Socket on IDE1 Master Signal Description PIN No Signal Description Ground 2 Data 3 Data 4 4 Data 5 Data 6 6 Data 7 SDCS 0 8 Ground Ground 10 Ground Ground 12 Ground 5V 14 Ground Ground 16 Ground Ground 18 SA2 SA1 20 SAO Data 0 22 Data 1 Data 2 24 NC NC 26 NC Data 11 28 Data 12 Data 13 30 Data 14 Data 15 32 SDCS 3 Ground 34 IOR IOW 36 WE INT 38 5V Ground 40 NC RESET 42 IORDY NC 44
24. J5_Pin4 GPIO4 from SUPER I O_GPIO13 with Ext 4 7K PH J5_Pin6 GPIO5 from SUPER I O_GPIO14 with Ext 4 7K PH J5_Pin7 GPIO6 from SUPER I O_GPIO15 with Ext 4 7K PH J5_Pin8 GPIO7 from SUPER I O_GPIO16 with Ext 4 7K PH J5_Pin9 GPIO8 from SUPER I O_GPIO17 with Ext 4 7K PH lt lt lt lt lt Be careful Pin5 GND Pinl0 VCC gt gt gt gt gt ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 3 9 System Installation There are several Configuration Registers CR of W83627HF needed to be programmed to control the GPIO direction and status GPI value GPO CROOh CR2F are common global registers to all Logical Devices LD in W83627HF CRO7h contains the Logical Device Number that can be changed to access the LD as needed LD7 contains the GPIO10 17 registers Programming Guide Step1 CR2A_ Bit 7 2 P 1 1 1 1 1 1 to select multiplexed pins as GPIO10 17 pins Step2 LD7_CRO7h P 07h Point to LD7 Step3 LD7_CR30h_Bit0 P1 Enable LD7 Step4 Select GPIO direction Get Status or output value LD7_CRFOh GPIO17 10 direction 1 input 0 output pin LD7_CRF2h P 00h Let CRF1 GPIO data port non invert to prevent from confusion LD7_CRF1h GPIO17 10 data port for input pin get status from the related bit for output pin write value to the related bit For example LD7_CRFOh_Bit4 P0 Let GPIO14 as output pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit4 P0 Let CRF1_Bit4 non inverted LD7_CRF1h_Bit4 P0 Output 0 to GPIO14 pin J5_Pin6 LD7_CRFOh_Bit0 P1
25. REQ IDEACT 46 PDIAG Data 8 48 Data 9 Data 10 50 Ground J4 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Signal Description 1 N C GND 7 a NN o 10 Keyboard Clock ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Configuration J5 8 Bit GPIO Header Signal Description GPIO12 GPIO15 GPIO16 GPIO17 PIN No Signal Description 1 Data Carrier Detect DCD 2 Receive Data RXD 3 Transmit Data TXD 4 Data Terminal Ready DTR 5 Ground GND 6 7 8 9 Data Set Ready DSR Request to Send RTS Clear to Send CTS Ring Indicator RI 10 N C PIN No Signal Description ATX Power Ok PA GND ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 2 6 Hardware Configuration J12 External Keyboard Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Keyboard Clock 1 No J13 133 134 Fan Header 1 GND J14 Power On Header PIN No Signal Description 5VSB 1 J15 Reset Header PIN No Signal Description 1 Reset 2 GND J16 External Speaker Header NC GND 2 3 5V ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 2 7 Hardware Configuration J17 Keyboard Lock Header PIN No Signal Description 2 NC 3 Power Suspend LED J18 HDD LED Header PIN No Signal Description 1 5V 19 IR Header PIN No Signal Description 5V NC 1 IRTX PENS S O J20 External SMBus Header PIN No Signal Description SMBCLK AA S J21 23 B
26. ROBO 8712E Series Single Board Computer User s Manual P N B8980851 Version 1 1 Copyright O Portwell Inc 2005 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 cssssscssssserseeesseeseeeseeesseessnesseesseesaneesensneeesseesenesseessensneeesenes 1 1 LLO UA eves ae ees ea is ee ene a eee 1 1 1 2 Check Listrinenn ie a EE EE E as ee eee eee 1 2 LI Product Specification A AA 1 2 1 3 1 Mechanica Drawing miima a E E E E ASA 1 6 TAS y stent Architecture AA EE 1 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration ccccessesesseesseesseesseesseesseeesensneesseeseseesseesenesseaseensnenesanens 2 1 2 1 Jumper Seung lia iodo S 2 1 2 2 Eonnector Alloca Noi ol il 2 3 Chapter 3 System Installation is sonda aaeain aaia nana aaeain niaaa 3 1 31 Pentium ProcessOr tail dnd Gach aaO Ee E ETO OSES E dira ios 3 1 32 M i Mem Or A NN 3 2 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer s ssssssseesssssssesesressistestestsstsntssentsntenenrensentreeneneennenene 3 3 3 91 Chipset Component DIVET oera aera a E NT SE SERER 3 3 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip s ssssesssssesssssesessessesteseesissentesrenesressenreseesnenen 3 4 3 3 3 On board Fast Ethernet Controller seeeeseseeesessseseseseseseseseseseseessesessessessesesseesesseeseses 3 5 3 3 4 On board AC 97 Audio Device se sseseseseeesesesseesesese
27. S 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 4 Min ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information 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 ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS X Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume No Menu Level gt Power Management User Define Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off CPU THRM Throttling 50 0 Wake up by On Board LAN Disabled Power On by Ring Disabled X USB KB Wake Up From S3 Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled X Date of Month Alarm 0 X Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD COM LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ A D Disabled Moe 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 Configurat
28. abled Item Help Current System Temperature 38 C 100 F Current CPU Temperature 47 C 116 F Current CPU FAN Speed 6026RPM Menu Level e Current System FAN Speed 0 RPM Current Power FAN Speed 0 RPM CPU Vcore 1 34 V 1 5 V 1 64 V 3 3 V 3 37 V 5 V 5 02 V 12 V 12 16 V 12 V 12 44 V 5 V 5 14 V UBAT V 3 16 V 5VSB V 5 09 V CPU Throttle Temperature 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 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 A 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 CPU Throttle Temperature This item allows you to set a temperature above whom the system will operate in lower speed immediately Default setting is disabled This function will only with ACPI power management and S3 STR suspends type The choice Disabled 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 F ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 26 BIOS Setup Information 4 11 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Spread Spectrum Disabled Item Help Menu Le
29. al 5 9 Troubleshooting Q When I try to boot from Removable USB HDD device why is it not working A Please first adjust the BIOS setting of First Boot Device to USB HDD USB Floppy Drive USB CDROM etc Also Please connected the 4Pin IDE power connector of J2 for extra support of 5V power input In additional some USB devices will need more power input on the 5V current 52 4Pin IDE power connector Q How can I use the SCSI interface for boot device A You need to plug the add on SCSI card and SCSI HDD properly and connect the SCSI flat cable with Terminator to the SCSI HDD which to have this function ready When you are using the SCSI devices please connect the SCSI Flat cable with Terminator to the SCSI HDD When system boot up the system will initialize the SCSI Utility to detect the HDD Use the SCSI Utility to configure the HDD setting In the BIOS setting please set the First Boot Device as from the SCSI During POST you can see the message while the SCSI Utility is running and the SCSI HDD is being detected Besides when install the Microsoft series OS please click F6 hotkey to Install the SCSI driver from the beginning You must install the SCSI driver properly and then the function can fully active ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 5 10 Troubleshooting 5 3 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the device cabl
30. all to Windows 2000 XP System file to start graphics driver installation ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 3 4 System Installation 3 3 3 On board Fast Ethernet Controller Drivers Support Please find Intel ICH4 LAN amp Intel 82541GI Gigabit LAN driver in Ethernet directory of ROBO 8712E series CD title The drivers support Windows 98 98SE NT4 0 2000 XP and only Windows 95 for ICH4 LAN _oon a 2 Intel PRO 100 1000 Ethernet Driver Please choose your OS to install Install for Windows 95 System Pro 100 only Install for Windows 9x System Install for Windows NT 4 0 System __ Install for Windows 2000 XP System LED Indicator for LAN status ROBO 8712EVLA provides three LED indicators to report 82551QM Fast Ethernet interfaces status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide Operation of Ethernet Port ON OFF LAN Linked amp Active LED _ Linked Active Blinking LAN speed LED 825510M Name of LED LED Indicator for LAN status ROBO 8712EVG2A provides two LED indicators to report Intel 82541GI x2 Gigabit Ethernet interface status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide Operation of Ethernet Port ON 82541GI Color Name of LED Active Blinking Status LED Speed Orange LAN speed LED LED Green LAN Linked amp Active LED Linked 100 Green ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 3 5 System Instal
31. amount of extended Memory memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system 4 4 IDE Adaptors Setup Menu The IDE adapters control the IDE devices such as hard disk drive or cdrom drive It uses a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto M pee Access Mode Auto SnU TEVE P To atuo detect the HDD s C 40022 MB apa size head on this Cylinder 19158 channel Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 19157 Sector 255 N gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 4 BIOS Setup Information E Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on detection this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Primary None Selecting manual lets you set the Master Auto remaining fields on this screen Selects Manual 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 Disk drive capacity A
32. 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 Frequency Voltage Control gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password gt Power Management Setup Set User Password gt PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup gt PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS T J Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Note It is strongly recommended to reload Optimal Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 2 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 Date mm dd yy Thu Apr 7 2005 Item Help Time hh mm ss 12 29 50 gt IDE Primary Master ST340015A Menu Level IDE Primary Slave None
33. 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 8712E Series User s Manual 4 29 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides you a few useful tips to quickly get your ROBO 8712E series running with no failure As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3 this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues in terms of backplane setup BIOS setting and OS diagnostics 5 1 Quick installation Guide Backplane ROBO 8712E series is a full sized Signal Board Computer and therefore is only able to run on PICMG PCI ISA Backplane To know whether your Backplane is PICMG PCI ISA Backplane please contact with vendor or manufacturer P4 Power Connector ROBO 8712E series requires power drawing from two power connectors J1 and J2 please connect both power connectors If J2 isn t connected it could
34. damage processor socket which will cause poor contact between CPU amp socket m Handling SBC Caution Do not just hold any single side of the SBC hold evenly on both sides e Heavy processor cooler shall bend the SBC when SBC being held just on one side e The bending may cause serious soldering or circuit damage System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 Introduction ROBO 8712E series the enhanced model of ROBO 8712VLA supports both Northwood and Prescott core processor and this allows users adopt the most economic processor based on their own application More than that ROBO 8712E series also supports Mobile Intel Pentium 4 M amp Mobile Celeron processor Maximum TDP Thermal Design Power of Mobile Intel Pentium 4 M processor is 35W Processor frequency is 2 5GHz it is about half thermal power generated by the same frequency P4 processor Therefore customer can enjoy the processor speed without worry about heat and heavy mass of big CPU cooler under critical environment Performance and port of Ethernet are upgraded also The Fast Ethernet on ROBO 8712VLA is not enough for some applications although it could expanded by Portwell s proprietary Omni PCI connector people prefer to have a board with more powerful and more ports on it directly for space saving Echo to the request ROBO 8712EVG2A provides two Gigabit Ethernet ports on bracket The ROBO 8712E series support six USB 2 0 ports two on bracket f
35. el Dual or single RJ 45 connector Support two LEDs to indicator LAN access and link status on RJ45 jack Support Wake on LAN The port aside VGA port PICMG Compliant PCI plus ISA 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 1 support 4 master PCI slots On Board PCI to ISA Bridge Support ISA Bus mastering Support standard ISA slot 64mA high driving ISA64 High ISA Bus Driving Capability Support 64mA high driving capability for ISA Bus slots on back plane Physical and Environmental requirements Outline Dimension L x W 338 5mm 13 33 X 122mm 4 8 Power Requirements 12V CPU 6 76A 12V System 0 02A t5V 4 0A Test configuration CPU Intel P4 2 8GHz 800MHz FSB 1024KB L2 Cache Memory DDR SDRAM 512MBx2 Primary Master IDE HDD Seagate ST320014A 20GB OS Microsoft Windows 2000 professional with SP4 Test Programs 3D Mark 2001 Pro for loading VGA and Burning Test V4 0 for CPU loading Connected Fans Only CPU fan connected Run Time 10 minutes Operating Temperature 0 C 55 C 32 F 131 F Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C Relative Humidity 0 95 non condensing ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 1 5 System Overview 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing 339 08 s4 Holes 4 8 50 5 Pad 26 5 4 Pad 10
36. ent 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 Electromagnetic 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 Preface WARNING m Remove Processor Caution Do not pull out processor without opening socket handle e High viscosity thermal grease between processor and cooler will lead the processor be pulled out from socket when taking cooler off e This action may
37. es 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 accessories or 12V 4 pin power cable are good examples that deserve attention With no assurance of properly and correctly accommodating these modules and devices it is very possible to encounter system failures that result in malfunction of any device To make sure that you have a successful start with ROBO 8712E 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 pick up any one from Primary Secondary Master Slave IDE ports and pressed Enter Setup the selected IDE port and its access mode to Auto This will force system to a
38. figuration Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers headers and connector All of the configuration jumpers on ROBO 8712E series are in the proper position The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star 2 1 Jumper Setting Ji J20 H 6 h eq el u Efa s Es fame ___ Be g f Se a a A oo E T f M amp PI LL pannan ANONAI AAA AAA i o 7 j A Gs
39. forget to move JP3 of ROBO 8712E back to 1 3 short and 2 4 short support AT function If the ATX power supply has a switch such as ORION 330ATX 12V do not remove the jumper of Backplane connector in step 1 and use the power supply switch as the system power on switch In all cases users may apply a 2 pin AT on off switch over pin 3 and pin 4 of the Backplane connector in step 1 However power supply switch needs to be moved to on if there is one Q How to use Standard PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse A Users may always adopt the USB Keyboard Mouse though the USB ports on the back bracket Also Users may adopt PS 2 keyboard and mouse over the J4 connector interface on ROBO 8712E The PS 2 extension cable is the optional device for the ROBO 8712E which is only made for ROBO 8712EVG2A ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 5 8 Troubleshooting Q However it is also fine to adopt a standard keyboard over the standard keyboard connector on Backplane if provided In this way users need to adopt a 5 pin keyboard connection cable to line up external keyboard interface J12 on ROBO 8712E with the 5 pin keyboard connector on Backplane OK I have finished up hardware installation but I got nothing when I power on the system Why A There are thousands of different reasons to get this power on failure Q 1 Check ROBO 8712E jumper JP3 For AT power supply or ATX power supply used for AT system JP3 needs to be at 1 3 a
40. fy Baud Rate of console redirection The choice 9600 19200 38400 57600 and 115200 Agent Connect via Connection modes NULL Direct connection Agent wait time min ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information Agent wait time min Timeout for connection The choice 1 2 4 and 8 Agent after boot Keep Agent running after OS boot The choice Enabled Disabled Small Logo EPA Show The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information 4 6 Advanced Chipset Feature This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the Intel 82845GV chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM DDR SDRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications 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 you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD Item Help X CAS Latency Time 25 X Active to Precharge Delay 7 X DRAM RAS to CASH Delay 3 Menm beyek X DRAM RAS Precharge 3 Memory Frequency F
41. he 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 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 SETUP or Resume In HIFLEX BIOS setup you can use the keyboard to choose among options or modify the system parameters to match the options with your system The table below will show you all of keystroke functions in BIOS setup __ General Help _ Move _ Select _ Value _ Exit General Help Ttem Help Previous Values _ Fail Safe Defaults a Optimized Defaults _ Menu in BIOS Save ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Menu Once you enter ROBO 8712E series AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility you should start with the Main Menu The Main Menu allows you to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices Use
42. ice 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 selected The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information Typematic Rate Chars sec The rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic delay Msec The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat The choice 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the yet correct password is not entered at the prompt The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the Setup correct password is not entered at the prompt APIC Mode The choice Enabled Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The choice 1 1 1 4 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 Console Redirection Enabled Attempt to redirect console via COM port Disabled Attempt to redirect console when keyboard absent Baud Rate Speci
43. ich IRQ resource is ready for additional peripherals If IRQ resource is not enough please disable some devices listed above to release further IRQ numbers The IRQ list will show on the Post sequences as system hardware checking ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 5 12 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 Device Description 0000 003F 1K Interrupt Area 0040 004F 0 3K BIOS Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K System Data 0070 0483 16K DOS 0484 085B 15K Program Area 085C 9F7F 604K Available 9F7F 9FFF 2K Unused Conventional memory ends at 638K A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 CB3F 45K Video ROM CB40 D549 40K Unused D54A DFFF 42K High RAM E000 EFFF 64K Unused F000 FFFF 64K System ROM HMA 64K First 64K Extended ROBO 8712E Series 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 IRQ1 SMARTDRV Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Unassigned
44. 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 when trying to enter Setup ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 28 BIOS Setup Information 4 14 Exiting Selection Save z Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for
45. ion 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 Date of Month Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the date parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice 0 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the time parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice hh 0 23 mm 0 59 ss 0 59 Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 This item is to configure IDE devices being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled FDD COM LPT Port This item is to configure floppy device COM ports and parallel port being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled PCI PIRQ A D This option can be used to detect PCI device activities If they are activities the system will go into sleep mode The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 22 BIOS Setup Information 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
46. ion and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information ACPI Suspend Type To decide which ACPI suspend mode to use The choice S1 POS S3 STR Run VGA BIOS if S3 Resume The choice Auto Yes No Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to HDD Power Down Suspend Mode There are three selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 Hour and HDD Power Down 15 Min Max Power Saving Maximum power management Suspend Mode 1 Min and HDD Power Down 1 Min User Defined Allow you to set each mode individually When not disabled Suspend Mode ranges from 1 min to 1 Hour and HDD Power Down ranges from 1 Min to 15 Min Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend This allows user to enable disable video off in Suspend Mode The choice Yes No Suspend Type Two options are available Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend The
47. 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 Menu Pevel X IRQ Resources Press Enter i X DMA Resources Press Enter IEE TE Ara n a Plug and Play capable PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled operating eten CENO Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled o BIORTS INT Pin 1 Assignment Auto configure non boot devices INT Pin 2 Assignment Auto INT Pin 3 Assignment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto INT Pin 5 Assignment Auto INT Pin 6 Assignment Auto INT Pin 7 Assignment Auto INT Pin 8 Assignment Auto Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed Select Yes if you are using a plug and play capable operating system select No if you need to BIOS to configure non boot devices The choice No Yes 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
48. lation 3 3 4 On board AC 97 Audio Device Please find Realtek AC 97 Audio driver of ROBO 8712E series CD title The drivers support Windows 95 NT4 0 98SE ME 2000 XP and AC97 Utility Install AC97 Audio Driver Realtek AC 97 Please choose your OS to install Install for Windows 95 System l _ Isstallfor Windows NT System Install for Win 98SE ME2K XP System l 3 4 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable CMOS Clear Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position 1 2 Short Normal Operation A 2 3 Short Clear CMOS contents To correctly operate CMOS Clear function users must turn off the system move JP1 jumper to short pin 2 and 3 To clear CMOS contents please turn the power back on and turn it off again for AT system or press the toggle switch a few times for ATX system Move the JP1 back to 1 2 position Normal Operation and start the system System will then produce a CMOS Check Sum Error message and hold up Users may then follow the displayed message to load BIOS default setting ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 3 6 System Installation 3 5 WDT Function The working algorithm of the WDT function can be simply described as a counting process The Time Out Interval can be set through software programming The availability of the time out interval settings by software or hardware varies from boards to boards ROBO 8712E series allows users contr
49. mance without acquiring technical information Memory frequency CPU FSB synchronization ROBO 8712E series support different memory frequencies depending on the CPU front side bus and the type of DDR DIMM CPU FSB Memory Frequency 800MHz 400MHz 533MHz 333 266MHz 400MHz 266MHz ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 3 2 System Installation 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer To install your ROBO 8712E series 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 8712E series into the dedicated position in your system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it WARNING Please ensure that your SBC is properly inserted and fixed by mechanism Otherwise the system might be unstable or do not work due to bad contact of PICMG 1 0 PCI plus ISA bus slot Note Please refer to section 3 4 1 to 3 4 3 to install INF VGA LAN drivers ROBO 8712EVG2 Install Chipset Driver Install USB 2 0 Driver Install Intel Graphic Driver Install Intel Ethernet Driver Install AC97 Audio Driver i Install Microsoft Direct X 8 1 Install Adobe Acrobat Reader A 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset on ROBO 8712E series is a new chipset that a few old operating systems might not be able to recognize To overcome
50. n the 5V loading Step 1 Please connect 4 pins IDE power connector to J2 in order to make system stand alone See Figure 5 9 Figure 5 9 Step 2 Please connect 12V Power connector to CPU supplementary Power Connector J1 which shows on Figure 5 1 Step 3 If you are using ATX power please short PS ON and Ground on ATX power connector As Figure 5 10 and turn on AC power switch of ATX power supply to let system boot up If you are using AT power supply you can simply turn on the power on AT power supply to boot up the system Figure 5 10 ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 5 5 Troubleshooting Note Due to the fact of different Power Supply Units had different definition on pin assignments Therefore please check Pin assignment on Power Supply or ask your vendor Unboot problem Symptom After changing power mode from ATX to AT my system is just not working Solution Due to ICH4 design when you change your power mode from ATX to AT or from AT to ATX you have to clean your CMOS in order to make your system boot up properly To clean CMOS please short 2 3 pins on JP1 for a moment and then change it back to its default setting Symptom SBC keeps beeping and no screen has shown Solution In fact each beep sound represents different definition of error message Please refer to table as following Beep sounds Meaning Action One long beep with one DRAM error Change DRAM or
51. nabled Enabled Enabled BUTTON ONLY Enter Ctrl F1 Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Normal Hi Lo Enabled Half IR Rx2Tx2 378 1RQ7 SPP EPP1 7 3 Off Disabled Item Help Menu Level gt N gt lt Move F5 Previous Values Enter Select PU PD Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults F10 Save ESC Exit F7 Optimized Defaults Fl General Help ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual BIOS Setup Information Onboard LAN Boot ROM init Select Enabled to Onboard Load Boot ROM to shadow RAM The choice Enabled Disabled On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 and Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 66 100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bu
52. nd 2 4 Otherwise it needs to be at 3 5 and 4 6 for ATX mode Incorrect power setting will not allow you to power on the system 2 Double check if every connector is attached with the correct cable 3 If you have changed processor with different system clock please move JP1 CMOS clear Jumper to 2 3 power on the system to clear CMOS move on off switch from off to on for AT mode or toggle the switch for ATX mode power off the system move JP1 back to 1 2 and power on again This way to process the action for Clear the CMOS Setting I connect two IDE devices over one IDE flat cable but the system either does not start or just hangs from time to time Why A Make sure that you have configured the two IDE devices as a master and a slave Q respectively I am using an ATA 66 or 100 hard drive how can I know that ATA 66 function is started 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 After inserting Compact Flash why doesn t it work at all A Compact Flash is occupied with the master device of IDE Secondary channel If there is any device occupying this Secondary IDE Master channel please remove it or set it as a slave device ROBO 8712E Series User s Manu
53. ng materials for future replacement and maintenance 1 3 Product Specification Main Features O Intel 845GV based PICMG 1 0 SBC with VGA LAN Audio e Support mPGA478 socket Pentium 4 Celeron D Mobile Pentium 4 M and Mobile Celeron processor e Processor FSB speed 400 533 800 MHz e Support DDR266 333 400 DDR SDRAM memory up to 2GB without ECC support e Intel GMCH integrated graphic device with up to 64MB Dynamic display memory e Support two a DMA 33 66 100 IDE e Support Standard I O including 2 serial ports 1parallel port one IrDA port 6 USB ports USB 2 0 compliant and 8 high driving GPIO e Compliant with PCI Bus spec V2 1 e Full size All in one SBC with PICMG 1 0 Rev 2 0 compliant ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 1 2 System Overview System Specifications Chipset Intel 845GV and ICH4 CPU Support one mPGA478 socket Pentium 4 Celeron D Mobile Pentium 4 M and Mobile Celeron Processor FSB speed 400 533 800 MHz With standard CPU retention for easy heat sink and fan installation Main memory Two 184 pin DIMM sockets Supports 200 266 300 400 Mhz DDR SDRAM up to 2GB Available bandwidth up to 3 2GB s DDR400 64 128 256 512 MB SDRAM technologies 2 5V DDR SDRAM support Registered DIMM not supported Do not support ECC functionality System BIOS Award BIOS 4Mbit flash ROM Intel FWH for easy upgrade Support DMI PnP Green function and ACPI ACPI support suspend
54. ol WDT through dynamic software programming The WDT starts counting when it is activated It sends out a signal to system reset or to non maskable interrupt NMI when time out interval ends To prevent the time out interval from running out a re trigger signal will need to be sent before the counting reaches its end This action will restart the counting process A well written WDT program should keep the counting process running under normal condition WDT should never generate a system reset or NMI signal unless the system runs into troubles The related Control Registers of WDT are all included in the following sample program that is written in C language User can fill a non zero value into the Time out Value Register to enable refresh WDT System will be reset after the Time out Value to be counted down to zero Or user can directly fill a zero value into Time out Value Register to disable WDT immediately To ensure a successful accessing to the content of desired Control Register the sequence of following program codes should be step by step run again when each register is accessed Additionally there are maximum 2 seconds of counting tolerance that should be considered into user application program For more information about WDT please refer to Winbond W83627HF data sheet There are two PNP I O port addresses that can be used to configure WDT 1 0x2E EFIR Extended Function Index Register for identifying CR index number 2 0x2F
55. or Auto System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Memory Hole At15M 16M Disabled Delayed Transaction Enabled Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min AGP Aperture Size MB 64 On Chip VGA Setting On Chip VGA Enabled On Chip Frame Buffer Size SMB Onboard AC97 Control Disabled 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 This chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario might well occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information DRAM Timing Selectable This option provides DIMM plug and play support by serial presence detect SPD mechanism via the system management bus SMBUS interface The choice Manual By SPD CAS Latency Time This option controls the number of SCLKs between the time a read command is sampled by the SDRAMs and the time the GMCH samples correspondent data from the SDRAMs The choice 1 5 2 2 5 SCLKs Active to Precharge Delay This is to DDR standard accordingly The choice 7 6 and 5 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This option controls
56. or external keyboard and mouse four internal for extension to front or rear side of system USB allows user to add on other function to system without pain such as IRQ interference ROBO 8712E series features O Support 400 533 800 MHz front side bus Northwood Prescott core Intel Pentium 4 amp Celeron D processor and e Support 400MHz front side bus low TDP Mobile Intel Pentium 4 M amp Celeron processor e Support DDR 266 333 400 up to 2GB system memory and integrated Intel Extreme Graphics with DVMT Dynamic Video Memory Technology that ensures the most efficient use of system memory Equipped dual or single Ethernet port on board e Audio in out Watch dog timer 6 USB 2 0 ports ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 1 1 System Overview 1 2 Check List The ROBO 8712E series package should cover the following basic items One ROBO 8712E series single board computer One serial port kit with two COM ports One IDE cable One Floppy cable One Parallel port cable kit One 4 pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection One Installation Resources CD Title Retention of CPU cooler on SBC One booklet of ROBO 8712E series manual SNKNNKSKSNSNSSS Optional Accessories not included in standard package Y PS 2 keyboard and mouse cable with bracket Y Multimedia kit with MIC Line In Line Out and USB connectors If any of these items is damaged or missing please contact your vendor and keep all packi
57. pproximated drive size Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program The following options are selectable only if the IDE 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 e Warning Setting a value of 65535 Max 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 cae Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Number of sectors per track Max 255 ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information 4 5 Advanced BIOS Feature This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt CPU Feature Press Enter ne Virus Warning Disabled CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled Menu Level Hyper Threading Technology Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device HDD 0 Second Boot Device HDD 1 Third Boot Device ZIP100 Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Normal Typematic Rate Setting Disabled X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 X Typematic Delay
58. ptions are available Hi Hi High rate for receiving High rate for transmitting Hi Lo High rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting Lo Hi Low rate for receiving High rate for transmitting Lo Lo Low rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting IR Transmission Delay This option will be available when IR is enabled The choice Enabled Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode The available choices are full duplex mode and half duplex mode The choice Full Half Use IR Pins The available choices are IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 The choice IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to configure I O address of the onboard parallel port The choice Disabled 378 1RQ7 278 TRQ5 and 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode There are four different modes for the onboard parallel port SPP Switch to SPP mode EPP Switch to EPP mode ECP Switch to ECP mode ECP EPP Switch to ECP EPP mode Normal Switch to Normal mode EPP Mode Select Select different version of EPP mode The choice EPP1 7 EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a proper DMA channel for ECP mode The choice 3 1 PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs On System automatically restores power back Off System stays at power off Watch Dog Timer Select This BIO
59. r hard disk partition table No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access Bisauiee the boot sector or hard disk partition table CPU L1 Cache L2 Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design Enabled Enable Cache Disabled Disable Cache Hyper Threading Technology Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4 X OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology and Disabled for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information 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 HDD3 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 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 cho
60. racket Side USB Connector PIN No Signal Description Vcc Stand By ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 2 8 Hardware Configuration J27 128 2 Port USB Header Signal Description VCC Shield GND D0 GND D0 D1 GND D1 Shield GND VCC PIN No Signal Description MDI2P 2 MDLOP MDL_3P GND es mior SS o oO J22 26 Ethernet Link LED Header PIN No Signal Description ACTH ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 2 9 Hardware Configuration J29 CD IN Header PIN No Signal Description 1 CD L 2 CDGND 3 CDGND 4 CD R J31 On Board AC97 Audio Header Signal Description MIC Power AGND LINE IN Left AGND LINE IN Right AGND LINE OUT Left AGND LINE OUT Right Signal Description RED GREEN BLUE NC GND GND GND GND NC GND NC DDC DATA HSYNC VSYNC DDC CLK ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual Hardware Configuration J38 FDC Interface Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 GND 2 Density Select 0 3 GND 4 N C 5 GND 6 Density Select 1 7 GND 8 Index 9 GND 10 Motor ENA 11 GND 12 Drive Select B 13 GND 14 Drive Select A 15 GND 16 Motor ENB 17 GND 18 Direction 19 GND 20 Step 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 04 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 N C 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 N C 33 N C 34 Disk Change J39 Printer Interface Connector PIN
61. 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 might want to check the system with the stand alone to identify the root cause by isolating the board from other possible system devices such as PCI device Backplane and so on If the system still cannot boot up please fill out RMA form which is provides on Portwell website and then send back to Portwell Inc as a RMA goods Besides you also visit RMA site http www portwell com tw rma login asp to check RMA report if necessary ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 5 6 Troubleshooting 5 2 Frequency Asking Questions Q Why the system could not work with Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor A There is a jumper setting of the J32 which near the CPU Heat sink holder on the bottom of the system board Please check the Jumper Setting for J32 Please short the jumper J32 to enable the Mobile Pentium 4 MPM Support After changed the CPU please clear the CMOS setting by the JP1 jumper to reset the BIOS setting for CPU detection To short this jumper setting is required for both Mobile Intel Celeron M Processor and Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor Please
62. s master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choice Auto Disabled USB Controller This item allows you to enable disable USB Universal Serial Bus function The choice Enabled Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This item allows you to enable USB 2 0 controller as to provide high speed USB 2 0 devices connection The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to enable USB keyboard function under POST BIOS setup menu DOS or Windows NT with no USB driver loaded The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 15 BIOS Setup Information 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 Init Display First This item allows you to select the first display port to be initialized The choice PCI Slot Onboard 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 Power On Function This item allows you to select different power on scheme using ATX power supply Password Power on using customized password string Hot Key Power on using special customized key Mouse Left Power on using mouse left
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64. the number of SCLKs SDRAM Clock from a row activate command to a read or write command If your system installs good quality of SDRAM you can set this option to 3 SCLKs to obtain better memory performance Normally the option will be set to Auto The choice 2 or 3 DRAM RAS Precharge This option controls the number of SCLKs for RAS precharge If your system installs good quality of SDRAM you can set this option to 3 SCLKs to obtain better memory performance It is set to auto normally The choice 2 or 3 Memory Frequency For Users are recommended to use Auto for memory frequency selection Use DDR400 selects Auto The choice DDR266 DDR333 Auto ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 4 12 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 BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled to enable caching VGA BIOS into L2 cache to get higher display performance Disabled to ignore this BIOS caching function The choice Enabled Disabled Memory Hole At 15 16M 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 Enabled Disabled Delayed Transaction Select Enabled to enable
65. the switch button once will turn power on and press again to turn it off Figure 5 6 Figure 5 6 ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 5 3 Troubleshooting AT Power Setting This section will introduce you how to quickly and appropriately set up AT power on your system Step 1 If you were currently using ATX mode please remove 4 pins power cable and then put a jumper back on pin 3 PS ON and pin 4 GND of Backplane ATX P S control connector Figure 5 7 se IARTTepr Figure 5 7 Step 2 Please adjust AT ATX Jumper on JP3 to short 1 3 2 4 pins then it can support AT power scheme Figure 5 8 TETTI TIF ce RELEEEEEEEEEEE E NIE Figure 5 8 Step 3 Turn on the Power Supply then system will boot up Generally when using AT mode Power Supply there will be a power button connect to the front panel Note If you currently used ATX mode please clean CMOS first before adjusting Power setting to AT mode Otherwise system might not boot up properly ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 5 4 Troubleshooting Stand alone Setting The purpose of system stand alone function is to identify the root cause by isolating the board from other possible system devices such as PCI device Backplane and so on Please refer the following steps to make system at stand alone status Please check Power Consumption of processors because the wires of 4 pin peripheral power connector might not withstand too much current o
66. this compatibility issue for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 98SE 2000 XP Server 2003 please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed You can find very easily this chipset component driver in ROBO 8712E series CD title ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 3 3 System Installation 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip Using GMCH High performance graphic integrated chipset is aimed to gain an outstanding graphic performance Shared 8 accompany it to 64MB system DDR SDRAM with Intel DVMT This combination makes ROBO 8712E series 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 ISA VGA card can take over the system display Drivers Support Please find 845G GV GMCH driver in the ROBO 8712E series CD title Drivers support Windows 98 985E 2000 XP Windows NT 4 0 Intel Extreme Graphic Driver Please choose your OS to install Install to Windows 9x System Install to Windows NT 4 0 Sysiem l Install to Windows 2000 XP 1 Windows 98 98SE Please execute Install to Windows 9x System file to start graphics driver installation 2 Windows NT 4 0 Please install Windows NT 4 0 Service Pack 4 or above first please execute Install to Windows NT4 0 System file to start graphics driver installation 3 Windows 2000 XP Please execute Inst
67. utomatically pick up the IDE devices that are being connected each time system boots up Improper disable operation There are too many occasions where users disable a certain device feature in one application through BIOS setting These variables may not be set back to the original values when needed These devices features will certainly fail to be detected When the above conditions happen it is strongly recommended to check the BIOS settings Make sure certain items are set as they should be These include the floppy drive COM1 COM2 ports parallel port USB ports external cache on board VGA and Ethernet It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device port to release IRQ resource A few good examples are ROBO 8712E Series User s Manual 5 11 Troubleshooting disable COM1 serial port to release IRQ 4 disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ 3 disable parallel port to release IRQ 7 disable PS 2 mouse to release IRQ 12 etc Interrupt Request Lines IRQ A quick review of the basic IRQ mapping is given below for your reference IRQ Description IRQ 0 IRQ 1 IRQ 2 IRQ 3 COM2 nen IRQ 5 IRQ 5 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Controller Shareable nor IRQ 7 IRQ 8 IRQ 9 IRQ 9 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 10 Ethernet Controller Shareable ROAT IRQ 11 IRQ 12 IRQ 13 IRQ 14 Primary IDE Controller IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Controller It is then very easy to find out wh
68. vel gt 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 Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled 4 12 Default Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press 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 8712E Series User s Manual 4 27 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 only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you
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