ROBO-8914VG2AR User`s Manual
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1. P OB 1 P b d 2 o o E W j Sy 5 Uu Su C Q COOC o o C iL 1 en LN Lm mn n 17 Front Panel Pin HDR PIN No Signal Description Signal Description PWR_LED Speaker PWR LED N C LAN1 ACT N C LANI LINK Speaker 9 LAN2 LINK NC LANZ ACT NC HDD LED NC HDD LED NC E T 1 ue tf T li 2 BS esc mm Cooob50000 c KE CO OOOoO OCH es te 1 a Tipo DI Kf 1 LI Lfd LI p 25 130 J31 External USB Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 L Dual 3 USB 5 USB 6 br 7 Ground 8 Grund Key no pin Note 5V Dual is always available It s supplied by either 5V VCC power source in normal operation mode or 5V standby power source in standby mode ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 2 9 Hardware Configuration2. G tb J T ri i 1 K s 5 000 OQ DOO me 2 o o FS iL Ll i T LI LI LI p Signal Description N C IRRX IRTX Ground N C S m e 1 E16 1 i gt A p L 1 Ki EE E 1 T ooooo 2 x Luo i en EN Lr Ln n 29 Audio MIC Line in Line out Connector Signal Description Signal Description MIC with Reference Voltage Analog Ground Line in Left Channel Analog Ground Line in Right Channel Analog Ground Line out Left Channel Analog Ground Line out R
3. P e CE 9 b 4 o 4 E 3d a LIC lI a a EE 1 TY zuo 6 en LN Lm Ln n Boo ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 2 1 Hardware Configuration JP2 COM2 Interface Selection JP2 Function 5 6 9 11 10 12 15
4. So 7 I 2 a D n EL Pp E OOO N JL L oo 9 A GB om J Lf II Ly ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 2 4 Hardware Configuration J2 CPU Fan Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Fan on off output 4 Fan Speed control 6 mmc 1 Ho T 2 Ji DR Si GC 4 Z ooom 1 Cio D en Ln LI Ln B J3 System Fan Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 Fan speed control 3 Fan on off output om Ui 1 Ho S 2 1 A I
5. Function 2 WDT Enable WDT Disable 3 4 ATX emulation AT Enable Open 3 4 ATX emulation AT Enable i Z i GO o o c c3 l3 Ss Sa cde E oS a an er Ln LM Ln n ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 2 3 Hardware Configuration 2 2 Connectors I O peripheral devices and Flash disk will be connected to these interface connectors Connector Function Remark JA SMBUS Connector 5x1 pin header J2 FAN 1 CPU FAN Power Connector Ja FAN 2 SYSTEN FAN Power Connector J4 Parallel Port Connector J5 12V Power Connector Connect to CPU J6 CASEOPEN Reserved J7J8 J10 J13 DDR3 SLOT J9 Floppy Connector J11 COMI Serial Port 1 Connector J12 COM Serial Port 2 Connector J14 External PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector J15 General Purpose I O Connector J16 J20 Internal USB Connector JA7 Front Panel Pin HDR j18 19 21 22 SATA Connector J23 Ethernet RJ 45 Connector LAN 1 82567LM J24 Ethernet RJ 45 Connector LAN 2 82574L J25 J30 J31 External USB Connector J26 IrDA Connector 6x1 pin header J27 TPM Connector Reserved J28 VGA D SUB Connector J29 Audio Connector J1 SMBUS Connector PIN No Signal Description SMB_CLK 4 SMB_DAT 5 8 Cw o o
6. fiCPI Configuration gt AHCI Configuration gt APM Configuration Select Screen E 1 ANT Configuration ti Select Iten gt Enter Go to Sub Screen gt USB Configuration Fi General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 51 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 3 BIOS Setup Information CPU Configuration These items show the advanced specifications of your CPU Read only BIOS SETUP UTILITY For UP y leave 1t enabled For DPMP servers it may use to tune perfor ance B specific application Se Si ele ER t Scree d Dis i ts Sele ct Item oo Ghi e Optio Fi General Help EP Geen A ap 1 F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit Intel qo ferie tep tm tech C STATE tech 902 61 Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Hardware Prefetcher For UP platforms leave it enabled For DP MP servers it may use to tune performance the specific application The choice Disabled Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch For UP platforms leave it enabled For DP MP servers it may use to tune performance the specific application The choice Disabled Enabled Max CPUID Value Limit Disabled for Windows XP The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 4 BIOS Setup Information Intel R Virtualization Tech A VMM can utilize the additional HW Caps provided by Intel R Virtualization Tech Note A full reset is required to change the se
7. Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes Assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if card requests an IRQ No Does not assign IRQ to PCI VGA card even if card requests an IRQ The choice No Yes Palette Snooping Enabled informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system so the card will function correctly The choice Disabled Enabled PCI IDE BusMaster Enabled Uses PCI bus mastering for reading writing to IDE drives The choice Disabled Enabled OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card Some PCI IDE cards may require this to be set to the PCI slot number that is holding the card AUTO Works for most PCI IDE cards The choice Auto PCI Slot1 PCI Slot2 PCI Slot3 PCI Slot4 PCI Slot5 PCI Slot6 IR 3 IRQ 4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRO 9 IRO 10 IRO 11 IRO 14 IRO IS Available Specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI PnP devices Reserved Specified IRQ is reserved for used by Legacy ISA devices The choice Available Reserved ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 23 BIOS Setup Information DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 Available Specified DMA is available to be used by PCI PnP devices Reserved Specified DMA is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices The choice Available Reserved Reserved Memory Size Select Size of memory block to reserve for legacy ISA devices The choice Disabled 16K 32K 64K 4 5 Boot Configuration Features Use this menu to spe
8. s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information Suspend mode This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function If your operating system supports ACPI you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 POS or S3 STR fashion through the setting of this field Options are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware maintains all system contexts S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information of system configuration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a wake up event occurs Repost Video on S3 Resume Determines whether to invoke VGA BIOS post on S3 STR resume The choice No Yes Advanced ACPI Configuration Advanced ACPI Configuration settings Use this section to configure additional ACPI options BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Enable RSDP pointers to 64 bit Fixed Systen Description Tables Di ACPI APIC support Enabled fiCPI version has sone AMI OEMB table Enabled Headless mode Disabled Select Screen Ti Select Iten Change Option Fi General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit UO GLO Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 13 BI
9. 82567LM Gigabit Ethernet PHY for iAMT 5 0 function amp Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controller drivers Those two drivers support Windows XP LED Indicator for LAN status This provides two LED indicators to report Intel 82567LM amp 82574L Gigabit Ethernet interface status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide 82567LM Operation of Ethernet Port amp 825741 Color Name of LED EEUU NEN Status Grange LAN Linked amp Active LED LED Orange S uo gl Me LAN speed LED LED Green 3 3 4 On board High Definition Audio Controller Drivers Support Please select the Realtek High Definition Codec Audio driver form ROBO 8914VG2AR Driver CD title The driver supports Windows XP 3 3 5 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Device Drivers Support Please find utility tool for Intel ICH10DO of ROBO 8914VG2AR CD title The drivers support Windows XP Installing Serial ATA hard disks The ROBO 8914VG2AR supports Four Serial ATA hard disk drives For optimal performance install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration 1 Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays 2 Connect the SATA signal cables 3 Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 6 System Installation Intel RAID configurations This ROBO 8914VG2AR supports RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID
10. Module function for applications ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 1 1 System Overview ROBO 8914V G2AR features Support Intel Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Celeron processor in an LGA775 socket with 1333 1066 800MHz Front Side Bus Four 240 pin DDR3 SDRAM DIMM socket support for DDR3 1066 800 DIMMs up to 8GB system memory Intel Q45 integrated GMA 4500 that supports MPEG 2 Decode DirectX 10 OpenGL 2 1 and Shader Model 4 0 Equipped dual Intel Gigabit Ethernet ports Support iAMT 5 0 and iTPM function One PCI Express x16 external expansion one PCI Express x4 link can be configured as four PCI Express x1 and four PCI devices via backplane The PICMG 1 3 SHB is the best solution of applications such like flight simulation image processing broadcasting and so on that need performance of display and storage 1 2 Check List The ROBO 8914VG2AR package should cover the following basic items SANK SON One ROBO 8914VG2AR single host board One dual Serial ports cable kit One single Parallel port cable kit One FDD cable Two 7 pin SATA signal cables One Installation Resources CD Title Optional One bracket with PS 2 keyboard and mouse If any of these items is damaged or missing please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 1 2 System Overview 1 3 Product Specification Main processor Intel amp Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Cel
11. Self Monitoring Analysis amp Reporting Technology capability for the hard disks S M A R T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline 32 Bit Data Transfer Enable Disable 32 bit Data Transfer ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information Hard Disk Write Protect Disabled Enabled device write protection this will be effective only if device is accessed through BIOS The choice Disabled Enabled IDE Detect Time Out Sec Select the time out value for detecting ATA ATAPI device s The choice 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection Select the mechanism for detecting 80Pin ATA PI cable The choice Host amp Device Host Device Floppy Configuration This Sub Menu contains Setup Items which control configuration of the Internal Graphics Display Device BIOS SETUP UTILITY Floppy Configuration Select the type of Floppy drive connected to the systen Select Screen Ti Select Iten Change Option Fi General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 51 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information Floppy A Select the type of floppy drive connected to the system The choice None 360KB 5 1 4 1 2MB 5 1 4
12. Set GPIO Port 1 of Superio 2 Enable Set CFG2 0x07 0x07 Select logic device 07 of Superio2 Set CFG2 0x30 0x01 Enable GPIO Port 1 of Superio2 IO test loop 1 Set GPIO Port 1 of Superio2 Enable Set CFG2 0x07 0x07 Select logic device 07 Set CFG2 0xFO0 0xOF GPIO Port 1 of Superio2 is oooo iiii o output iinput Set CFG2 0xF2 0x00 GPIO Port 1 of Superio2 is non inversed ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 13 System Installation Set_CFG2 0x07 0x07 Select logic device 07 Set_CFG2 0xF1 OxFF Initial back all GPIO Port1 of Superio 2 to hi Set CFG2 0x07 0x07 Select logic device 07 Set CFG2 0xF1 OxEF GP14 of Superio2 gt GP10 of Superio2 Set CFG2 0x07 0x07 Select logic device 07 of Superio2 d2 Get_CFG2 0xF1 get GPIO Port 2 data if d2 OxEE printf n GPIO14 gt 10 test ok else printf n GPIO14 gt 10 test fail ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 14 BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8914VG2AR is equipped with the AMI 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 8914VG2AR communicates with peripheral devices and checks its hardware resources against the configuration inf
13. 1 0 and Intel Matrix Storage configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the Intel ICH10DO Southbridge chip RAID configurations RAID 0 Data striping optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel interleaved stacks Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate double that of a single disk alone thus improving data access and storage Use of two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup RAID 1 Data mirroring copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a second drive If one drive fails the disk array management software directs all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in the other drive This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system Use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup The new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives Among the advantages of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance fault tolerance and higher storage capacity The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing relational database applications enterprise resource planning and other business systems Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup RAID
14. 17 16 18 Short RS 232 3 4 7 9 8 10 13 15 14 16 21 22 Short RS 422 1 2 7 9 8 10 19 20 Short RS 485 J i I d r dl l o o E c E N c c amm 0000000000 0060000060 SW 1 Z SE x To en LN Lm LN n JP3 CMOS Clear JP3 Function 1 2 Short Normal Operation 2 3 Short Clear CMOS Contents i 5 pex o o Sn 1 Ho E B E JL SE S7 oeol en LN Li LN 1 JP4 ME Selection JP4 Function Short Disable Open Enable j 1 t i IP 1T 3 P SSS Ss 1 O z ie o o 3 5 Ela en LN LI LN 1 ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration P5 PCI E X1 X4 Interface Selection OOO JP5 Function Short 1 2 3 4 PCI E X4 Support one slot Open PCI E X1 Support four slot Ee 1 i Oe 20048 x E E D La L Hi 9 Lm Lm mn n
15. 30 Min 40 Min 50 Min 60 Min Suspend Time out Go into Suspend in the specified Time The choice Disable 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 50 Min 60 Min Resume On Ring The choice Disabled Enabled Resume On PME The choice Disabled Enabled Resume PCI E card wake up For J24 Ethernet RJ 45 Connector LAN 2 82574L The choice Disabled Enabled Resume On RTC Alarm The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information Intel AMT Configuration us BIOS SETUP UTILITY figure Intel AMT Parameters Options f Intel AT Support Jisabled Force IDER Force SOL Select Screen Se lect Item 1 Change Option EL General Help S ave and Exit y02 61 Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Intel AMT Support The choice Disabled Enabled Force IDER The choice Disabled IDER Pri Master IDER Pri Slave IDER Sec Master IDER Sec Slave Force SOL The choice Disabled Enabled Unconfigure AMT ME The choice Disabled Enabled Activate Remote Assistance The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information Trusted Computing BIOS SETUP UTILITY Trusted Computing 106 Gm 1 1 1 2 supp TCG TPM SUPPORT in BIOS Select Screen Select Iten hange Dn or General Hel Ip amp ave and Exit 902 61 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc TCG TPM SUPPORT Enabled
16. CI BIOS Support Enabled AHCI CD DUD Boot Time out BSI Detected f HCI Port2 Not Dete cted gt AHCI Por Mot Dete cted 2 AHCI Port4 Mot Mot Detectedl gt AHCI Portz Not Detected SERA 0 Copyr ight 1985 2006 American Megatrends ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 15 BIOS Setup Information AHCI BIOS Support Enables for supporting The choice Disabled Enabled AHCI CD DVD Boot Time out Some SATA CD DVD in AHCI mode need to wait ready longer The choice 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 AHCI Port0 Port5 While entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices BIOS SETUP UTILITY AHCI Porto Select the type Device Not Detected to the systen S M A R T Select Screen tl Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 665 C Copyright 1985 2009 fimerican Megatrends Inc SATA Port Port5 Select the type of device connected to the system The choice Auto Not Installed ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information S M A R T This allows you to activate the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis amp Reporting Technology capability for the hard disks S M A R T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offl
17. Function Installation ANEN 3 8 3 3 7 Intel Trusted Platform Module 3 8 34 Clear CMOS Operation nne e hie e EO bees 3 8 D0 WD F nctonc stes ee ee Eed 3 9 Ee 3 10 3 6L Pimassignment EE 3 10 3 6 2 ROBO 8914VG2AR GPIO Programming Guide EE 3 11 3 63 Example xtd eeu deett 3 12 Chapter A BIOS Setup Information eeeeeeseieeeeeeeeeeseee sienne nnne nnn tnnt nnne tnnt nenne 4 1 4 1 Entering Setup Launch System Setup sss eere 4 1 4 2 Maii Menu EE 4 2 4 3 Advanced BIOS Features un nep ep e pP repete 4 3 4 4 PCI PNP Resource Management 4 22 4 5 Boot Configuration Features ENEE 4 24 4 6 BIOS Security Feat res ede heat nine e a qe etia eode tete eise EHE ues 4 29 47 Advanced Chipset Features 52 ehe un emet visas slebssiapevsestbessivdbeacbavsseed 4 30 4 8 EXIU ee Rue eoe ODER Ee epe e REP ane ae 4 39 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting eeeeeeeeeeeeeee esie eese esee n eene n annnm nnn nnn hannes natns aiti n asina natn 5 1 5 1 Hardware Quick Installation E 5 1 b 2 BIOS SEEING A coe ete n etr init nibo pitt aniio e iiit tpa len 5 2 FD BAO eee e d a D PER EO OBERE Ri ei ri ip rei 5 3 Appendix A Appendix B Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO 8914VG2AR system to meet various operating requirements It is divided into five chapters with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Host Board Chapter 1 System Overview Pr
18. Help F10 Save and Exit Thermal Sensor ESC Exit Displayed 2002 61 O Copyright 1985 2006 fimerican Megatrends Inc BootBlock HECI Message The choice Disabled Enabled HECI Message The choice Disabled Enabled End Of Post S5 HECI Message The choice Disabled Enabled ME HECI Configuration Enable Disable ME HECI ME IDER ME KT ME HECI Read Only This setting Enable the ME HECI ME IDER The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 36 BIOS Setup Information ME KT The choice Disabled Enabled ME QST Configuration Enable Disable FAN Speed Monitor1 2 3 FAN Speed Monitor1 The choice Disabled Enabled FAN Speed Monitor2 The choice Disabled Enabled FAN Speed Monitor3 The choice Disabled Enabled QST Configuration The choice Unlocked Locked OST SST BUS The choice Unlocked Locked OST Sensor Thresholds The choice Unlocked Locked OST Manual Fan Ctrl The choice Unlocked Locked QST Chipset The choice Unlocked Locked Thermal Sensor The choice Displayed Hidden ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 37 BIOS Setup Information iOST Hardware Health Sensor Monitoring Read Only iQST Harduare Health Sensor Monitoring QST Fani Speed 3869 RPM QST Fan2 Speed 0 RPH QST ICH Temperatur 62 C QST MCH Tenperatur Sec QST Processor Temperatur PROCHOT 41 C Select Screen t Select Item F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit 9
19. 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 COM1 COM2 ports USB ports external cache on board VGA and Ethernet It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device port to release IRQ resource A few good examples are Disable COMI serial port to release IRQ 4 Disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ 3 Etc ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 5 2 Troubleshooting A quick review of the basic IRQ mapping is given below for your reference IRQ Description IRQ 0 System Timer IRQ 1 Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Usable IRQ IRQ 3 COM2 IRQ 4 COMI IRQ 5 Usable IRQ IRQ 6 Diskette Event IRQ 7 Usable IRQ IRQ 8 Real Time Clock IRQ 9 Usable IRQ IRQ 10 Usable IRQ IRQ 11 Usable IRQ IRQ 12 IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 Hard Disk Event IRQ 15 Usable IRQ 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
20. a few useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8914VG2AR 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 Hardware Quick Installation ATX Power Setting Unlike other Single board computer ROBO 8914VG2AR supports ATX only Therefore there is no other setting that really needs to be set up However there are only two connectors that must be connected PWR2 24 pins Power Connector and PWRI Serial ATA Hard Disk Setting for IDE RAID AHCI Unlike IDE bus each Serial ATA channel can only connect to one SATA hard disk at a time there are total four connectors SATA1 4 port The installation of Serial ATA is simpler and easier than IDE because SATA hard disk doesn t require setting up Master and Slave which can reduce mistake of hardware installation All you need to operate IDE RAID 0 1 and AHCI application for system please follow up setting guide in BIOS programming Table 5 1 Detect sequence SATA1 gt SATA2 gt SATA3 gt SATA4 SATA1 Primary IDE Master SATA2 Secondary IDE Master SATA3 Primary IDE Slave SATA4 Secondary IDE Slave Hard Drive Serial ATA Power Cable Serial ATA Data Cable Table 5 1 SATA Mode setting guide ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 5 1 Troubleshooting 5 2 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and
21. connected all the devices cables required before turning on ATX power CPU CPU Fan 240 pin DDR3 SDRAM keyboard mouse floppy drive SATA hard disk DVI I connector device power cables ATX accessories are good examples that deserve attention With no assurance of properly and correctly accommodating these modules and devices it is very possible to encounter system failures that result in malfunction of any device To make sure that you have a successful start with ROBO 8914VG2AR 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 press Enter Setup the selected IDE port and its access mode to Auto This will force system to automatically pick up the
22. mode outportb Ox2E Oxaa 3 6 GPIO The ROBO 8914VC2AR 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 6 1 Pin assignment 15 General Purpose I O Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 General Purpose I O Port 0 GPIOO 2 General Purpose I O Port 4 GPIO4 3 General Purpose I O Port 1 GPIO1 4 General Purpose I O Port 5 GPIO5 5 General Purpose I O Port 2 GPIO 6 7 8 9 N General Purpose I O Port 6 GPIO6 General Purpose I O Port 3 GPIO3 General Purpose I O Port 7 GPIO7 Ground 10 5V All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level OV 5V and each source sink capacity up to 12mA ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 10 System Installation 3 6 2 ROBO 8914VG2AR GPIO Programming Guide There are 8 GPIO pins on ROBO 8914VG2AR These GPIO pins are from SUPER I O W83627THG GPIO pins and can be programmed as Input or Output direction J15 pin header is for 8 GPIO pins and its pin assignment as following J15_Pin1 GPIO0 from SUPER I O_GPIO10 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin2 GPIO4 from SUPER I O_GPIO14 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin3 GPI
23. the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function When enabled this BIOS feature allows the ROM BIOS of these host adaptors to capture Interrupt 19 during the boot process so that drives attached to these adaptors can function as bootable disks In addition it allows you to gain access to the host adaptor s ROM setup utility if one is available When disabled the ROM BIOS of these host adaptors will not be able to cap ture Interrupt 19 Therefore you will not be able to boot operating systems from any bootable disks attached to these host adaptors Nor will you be able to gain access to their ROM setup utilities The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 26 BIOS Setup Information Boot Device Priority BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Device Priority Specifies the boot sequence from the Ist Boot Device available devices 2nd Boot Device USB S anDisk Cruzer fi device e nclosed in pe A D IG e Select Screen TL Select Iten pone Change Option Fi General Help American Megatrends Inc 1st Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system First press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu Then you may use the arrow keys f to select the desired device then press lt gt lt gt or lt PageUp gt lt PageDown gt key to move it up down in the priority list The choice Network IBA GE Slot 00C8 v1324 Di
24. to ECP mode EPP Switch to EPP mode ECP amp EPP Switch to ECP amp EPP mode Watch Dog Timer set This BIOS testing option is able to reset the system according to the selected table The Choice Disabled 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 sec ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information Hardware Health Configure Configuration Monitor the Hardware Health Read only BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hardware Health Configuration Systen Temperature 38 C 100 F Ucore 12U SU AUCC 3 3U SUSB UBAT Select Screen 11 Select Iten F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 51 O Copyright 1985 2006 fimerican Megatrends Inc ACPI Configuration ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information AHCI Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY ACPI Settings General ACPI Configuration settings Advanced ACPI Configuration Chipset ACPI Configuration Select Screen TL Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit IA OE O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc General ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY General ACPI Configuration Select the ACPI es state used for Systen Suspend Repost Video on S3 Resume Select Screen tL Select Iten Change Option Fi General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v2 61 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc ROBO 8914VG2AR User
25. 02 61 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 38 BIOS Setup Information 4 8 Exit This menu allows you to load the BIOS default values or factory default settings into the BIOS and exit the BIOS setup utility with or without changes BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hain Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the changes Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes F10 key can be used for this operation Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults Select Screen 1i Select Iten Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 51 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Exit Saving Changes Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Save changes to CMOS and exit the Setup Utility Discard Changes and Exit Abandon all changes and exit the Setup Utility Discard Changes Abandon all changes and continue with the Setup Utility Load Optimal Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the SBC manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the SBC Load Failsafe Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 39 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides
26. 08BDBG 4 VGA Card Onboard Intel Q45 Express Chipset VGA Driver Intel Q45 Q43 Express Chipset Version 6 14 10 5248 LAN Card Onboard Intel 82567LM 3 Gigabit Network Connection ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual System Overview LAN Driver LAN Card LAN Driver Audio Card Audio Driver Chip Driver USB2 0 Driver SCSI Card SCSI HDD SATA HDD CDROM Power Supply Back plane Intel 82567LM 3 Gigabit Network Connection Version 10 3 39 0 Onboard Intel amp 82574L Gigabit Network Connection Onboard Realtek ALC662 Audio Realtek High Definition Audio Version 5 10 0 5735 Intel amp Chipset Device Software Version 9 1 1 1025 Adaptec 29160LP Seagate ST39173W 19GB Seagate ST3802110AS 80GB LITE ON LH20A1S DVD ROM FSP350 60GLC PBPE 12A9 100 Intel 82574L Gigabit Network Connection Version 10 3 42 0 Intel ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Version 9 0 0 1005 Operating Temperature 0 C 60 C 23 F 140 F Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C Relative Humidity 5 90 non condensing ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual System Overview 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing 338 58 F CHASSIS ASSEMBLY KEEP OUT ZONE 126 39 Nowa 32 CHASSIS ASSEMBLY KEEP OUT ZONE aac KPA ANE MBLY KEEP OUT AN CHIPSET HEATSINK CPU COOLER f AT MAX HEIGHT 8 5mm Pre HERI emm MAX HEIGHT tmm CH10 HEATSI
27. 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity redundancy data having to be calculated and written With the RAID 10 configuration you get all the benefits of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for this setup Intel Matrix Storage Manager The Intel Matrix Storage technology supported by the ICH10DO chip allows you to create a RAID 0 and a RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets This technology also allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 7 System Installation 3 3 6 AMT Function Installation A major barrier to greater IT efficiency has been removed by Intel Active Management Technology Intel AMT a feature on Intel vPro technology Using built in platform capabilities and popular third party management and security applications Intel AMT allows IT to better Discover Heal and protects their networked computing assets Drivers Support Installing ME Management Engine Drivers which includes HECI Driver and LMS_SOL Driver and operating PCI serial port and PCI simple communications controller Driver supports Windows XP 3 3 7 Intel Trusted Platform Module The Trusted Platform Module TPM can securely store keys
28. 720KB 3 1 2 1 44MB 3 1 2 2 88MB 3 1 2 Super IO Configuration Configure Win627DHG Super IO Chipset BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure Uin627THF Super IO Chipset fillous BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Controller Serial Porti Address 3F8 1RQ4 Serial Port2 Address D2FB8 IRQ3I Serial Port2 Mode Normal Parallel Port Address 3781 Parallel Port Mode Normal Parallel Port IRQ LRQ WatchDog Timer Set Disabled e Select Screen tL Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit 902 61 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc OnBoard Floppy Controller This item allows enable disable onboard Floppy disk controller The choice Disabled Enabled Serial Port 1 Address Allows BIOS to Select Serial Portl Base Addresses The choice Disabled 3F8 IRO4 3E8 IRO4 Serial Port 2 Address Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port2 Base Addresses The choice Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 2E8 IRQ3 ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information Serial Port 2 Mode This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode The choice Normal IrDA ASK IR Parallel Port Address This item allows you to configuring I O of the onboard parallel port The choice Disabled 378 278 3BC Parallel Port Mode There are five different modes for the onboard parallel port Switch to Normal mode Switch to Bi Directional mode ECP Switch
29. 8 20 22 i 24 i 26 8 Motor ENA Drive Select B Drive Select A Track O 2 ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 2 6 Hardware Configuration Read Data Head Select Disk Change g t mm o o i i L 3 f 2 9 N LI Lm n J11 COMI Serial Port nL It ico 8 ell anl 12 COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector Signal Description Lo RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 DCD Data Carrier Detect TX DATA DSR Data Set Ready N C N C RXD Receive Data TX DATA RTS Request to Send N C N C TXD Transmit Data RX N C 6 CTS Clear to Send N C N C DTR Data Terminal Ready RX N C ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 2 7 Hardware Configuration 8 RI Ring Indicator N C 9 GND Ground GND N C N C Note J12 COM2 could be config
30. Disable TPM TCG TPM 1 1 1 2 supp in BIOS The choice No Yes ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Configuration Enables support for Iegacn USB AUTO Module Version 2 24 3 13 4 option disables legacy support if USB Devices Enabled no USB devices are 1 Keyboard 1 Drive connected USB 2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed BIOS EHCI Hand Off Enabled gt USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Select Screen Ti Select Iten Change Option Fi General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit UO 0 Copyright 1985 2096 American Megatrends Inc Legacy USB Support Set to Enabled if you need to use any USB 1 1 2 0 device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB 1 1 2 0 driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix The choice Disabled Enabled Auto USB 2 0 Controller Mode This setting specifies the operation mode of the onboard USB 2 0 controller The choice FullSpeed HiSpeed BIOS EHCI Hand Off This is a workaround for OSes without EHCI hand off support The EHCI ownership change should claim by EHCI driver The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 21 BIOS Setup Information 4 4 PCI PNP Resource Management Advanced PCI PnP setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction Advanced PCI PnP Settings E B
31. H Handling and Installing SBC Caution Do not just hold any single side of the SBC hold evenly on both sides Heavy processor cooler may bend the SBC when SBC being held just on one side The bending may cause soldering or components damaged Preface W Fix your SBC in System Caution Suggest your S I or vendor to use a metal bracket to hold fix the desktop or server grade SBC to avoid the vibration damage during transportation Heavy processor cooler may bend ihe SBC when systems are during transportation without any holder Example e 4U chassis gt Use L type mental or plastic or rubber bracket to hold SBC 2U or 1U chassis a mental bracket on the bottom of chassis to balance and support SBC from bending LT d System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 Introduction ROBO 8914VG2AR the PICMG 1 3 SHB Single Host Board combined with either the Intel Core 2 Quad processor and with support 45nm Intel Core 2 processor family The attractive Core 2 Duo processor does not only posses amazing parallel computing power but also generates 65W TDP Thermal Design Power That makes the system more powerful and reliable with dual core processor with smaller and quieter cooling fan The SHB adopted Intel Q45 amp ICH10DO chipset The Q45 embedded Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 is the 5th generation Intel integrated graphics controller that supports DirectX 10 Shader model 4 0 and OpenGL 2 1
32. IOS SETUP UTILITY Hain Advanced PCI PnP Boot Secur ity Chipset Exit Advanced PCI PnP Settings Clear NURAM during VARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction Plug amp Play 0 S No PCI Latency Tiner 641 Allocate IRQ to PCI UGA Yes Palette Snooping Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster Enabled OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card futo ke Select Screen IRQ3 Available TL Select Item IRQ4 Available t Change Option IRQS fva i lable F1 General Help IRQ Avai lable F10 Save and Exit IRQS Available ESC Exit IRQ10 fiuai lable IRQ11 Available IRQ14 Avai lable IRQ15 Avai lable DMA Channel 8 Available Select Screen DMA Channel 1 Available Select Iten DMA Channel 3 Available Change Option DMA Channel 5 Available General Help DMA Channel 6 Avai lable Save and Exit DMA Channel 7 Avai lable Exit v2 61 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Clear NVRAM Clear NVRAM during System Boot The choice No Yes ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 22 BIOS Setup Information Plug amp Play O S No lets the BIOS configure all the devices in the system Yes lets the operating system configure Plug and Play PnP devices not required for boot if your system has a Plug and Play operating system The choice No Yes PCI Latency Timer Select value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register The choice 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 248
33. IRQ numbers 5 3 FAQ Installation Problem Question I forget my password of system BIOS what am I supposed to do Answer You can simply short 2 3 pins on JP3 to clean your password Note Please visit our technical web site at http www portwell com tw For additional technical information which is not covered in this manual you can mail to tsd mail portwell com tw or you can also send mail to our sales they wull be very delighted to forward them to us ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 5 8 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 0700 0483 16K DOS 0484 053F 2 9K Program Area 0540 9EFE 614K Available 9EFE 9EFE 0 1K Unused Conventional memory ends at 640K 9F00 9FBF 3K Extended BIOS Area 9FCO 9FFF 1K Unused A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 CAFF 44K Video ROM CB00 CC49 5 2K Unused CC4A CFFF 14K High RAM D000 DFFF 64K Page Frame E000 EEFF 60K Unused EF00 EFFF 4K ROM F000 FFFF 64K System ROM HMA 64K First 64K Extended ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual Appendix B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ Periphera
34. More than that user could utilize even higher end the latest PCI Express x16 interface graphics card via backplane ROBO 8914VG2AR built with dual Intel Gigabit Ethernet Four DDR3 long DIMM sockets support system memory up to 8GB Six SATA 300 ports dual ports via backplane support RAID 0 1 5 10 To meet bandwidth of storage and expansion cards requirement the ROBO 8914VG2AR was designed flexible with four PCI Express lanes via backplane Those four PCI Express lanes could be four PCI Express x1 links or one PCI Express x4 link Four PCI Express x1 links configuration can support more PCI Express x1 devices via backplane and one PCI Express x4 link configuration can support RAID card or special add on cards such as image processing board In addition the flexible configuration can be leveraged with bridge on backplane to support more PCI or PCI X slots that benefits industries with legacy support Advanced Management Technology AMT 5 0 is feature that ROBO 8914VG2AR equipped This technology provides remote access capability via Intel Gigabit Ethernet controller The new technology is a hardware based solution that uses out of band communication for system management access to client systems Beside that the hardware and software information can be gathering by 3 d party software then storage in SPI interface EEPROM Therefore asset management could be done at the same time ROBO 8914VG2AR also supports iTPM Intel Trusted Platform
35. NK TPM MODULE PCIE GOLD FINGER ASSEMBLY x KFFP OUT 7ONF MAX HEIGHT 1 5mm MAX HEIGHT 4mm PCIE GOLD FINGER ASSEMBLY KEEP OUT ZONE CK PLANE ASSEMBLY EP OUT ZONE POLE vip 4 04 holes 10 4 pads A each side COOLER BACKPLATE E KEEP OUT ZONE CHASSIS ASSEMBLY KEEP OUT ZONE e EG REC R 7 CHASSIS ASSEMBLY MBRACKET ASSEMBLY KEEP OUT ZONE z KEEP OUT ZONE ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 1 6 System Overview 1 4 System Architecture All of details operating relations are shown in ROBO 8914VG2AR series System Block Diagram INTEL LAG775 CK505 fi 5269 Li EECH ce KR a Ee S25571M gt SATA CONN CES x4 82574L ICH10DO K 7 arcee2 USB PORT x12 PICMG BP W83627THG HW E llel ROBO 8914VG2AR System Block Diagram ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual Hardware Configuration Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers headers and connectors All of the configuration jumpers on ROBO 8914VC2AR are in the proper position The default settings shipped from factory are marked with an asterisk 2 1 Jumpers In general jumpers on the single board computer are used to select options for certain features Some of the jumpers are designed to be user configurable allowing for system enhancement The others are for testing purpose only and should not be altered To selec
36. O1 from SUPER I O_GPIO11 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin4 GPIO5 from SUPER I O_GPIO15 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin5 GPIO2 from SUPER I O_GPIO12 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin6 GPIO6 from SUPER I O_GPIO16 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin7 GPIO3 from SUPER I O_GPIO13 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin8 GPIO7 from SUPER I O_GPIO17 with Ext 4 7K PH Be careful PinJ GND Pinl0 VCC gt gt gt gt gt There are several Configuration Registers CR of W83627THG 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 W83627THG 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 CR07h 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 J15 Pin2 LD7 CRFOh BP Let GPIO10 as input pin LD7 CRE2h B
37. OS Setup Information ACPI Version Features Enable RSDP pointers to 64 bit Fixed System Description Tables The choice ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 ACPI v3 0 ACPI APIC support Include ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list The choice Disabled Enabled AMI OEMB table Include OEMB table pointer to R X SDT pointer list The choice Disabled Enabled Headless mode Enable Disable Headless operation mode through ACPI The choice Disabled Enabled South Bridge ACPI Configuration The South Bridge ACPI related Configuration settings Use this section to configure additional ACPI options BIOS SETUP UTILITY South Bridge ACPI Configuration Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Disabled Disabled USB Device Wakeup From S3 34 Disabled High Performance Event Timer Disabled Select Screen Ti Select Iten Change Option Fi General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v2 61 Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information Energy Lake Feature Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend The choice Disabled Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRO Enable Disable APIC ACPI SCI IRQ The choice Disabled Enabled USB Device Wakeup From S3 S4 Enable Disable USB device Wake from S3 S4 mode The choice Disabled Enabled High Performance Event Timer The choice Disabled Enabled AHCI Configuration Select for AHCI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY
38. ROBO 8914VG2AR Single Board Computer User s Manual Version 1 0 Copyright Portwell Inc 2010 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 cccssccseseecsseeeseseeenseeeeeeeeeeseesesneeeneeaeaseeeesaeasaseaeeseeeeaseesesseeenseaeneaes 1 1 TL l Introduction ise ne inte e nt iO E ee e eR es 1 1 1 2 Check LASt wee notae denen ete it e ep E ees 1 2 1 3 Product Specification aere Ee E A th EE etie etus 1 3 1 3 1 Mechan ical Drawing eterne eot ti o ee Reed rt toot eere ae eras 1 6 RR RE 1 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration csccccsecsseeceeeeeeeseeeseneeeeeeeeneneeesseesaseeeeeneaeaseeseeneesneneeneaes 2 1 QV JUMP DI Em 2 1 2 2 COMMECTOLS suse RN DRIN Red 2 4 Chapter 3 System Installation eeeeeeeeeeeeeeieeeeeeeeeeeee einn n nennen nnn nnn tnn annnm annt nunt 3 1 3 1 Intel LGA 775 Processor iere EENEG ete ib A redes 3 1 3 2 Maii MOM Ory i ete c ie eoe ete ee e ee eene 3 4 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer 3 5 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver oenpoeetbagcet Breeders 3 5 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip sse 3 5 3 3 3 On board Fast Ethernet Controllers sees ene 3 6 3 3 4 On board High Definition Audio Controller sese 3 6 3 3 5 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Device sse 3 6 3 3 6 AMT
39. al devices and secure it WARNING Please ensure that SBC is properly inserted and fixed by mechanism Note Please refer to section 3 3 1 to 3 3 7 to install INF VGA LAN Audio Raid AMT amp TPM drivers 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset on ROBO 8914VG2AR is a new chipset that a few old operating systems might not be able to recognize To overcome this compatibility issue for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows XP please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed You can select the Intel Chipset driver from the ROBO 8914VG2AR CD title 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip ROBO 8914VG2AR comes with the Intel GMA 4500 graphics supporting DVMT 5 0 display memory up to 287 MB Shared 32 accompany it to 1GB system Memory with Total Graphics Memory This combination makes ROBO 8914VG2AR 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 Express by 16 VGA card can take over the system display Drivers Support Please select Intel Graphic driver from the ROBO 8914VC2AR Driver CD title Driver supports Windows XP ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 5 System Installation 3 3 3 On board Fast Ethernet Controllers Drivers Support Please select Intel Ethernet driver from the ROBO 8914VG2AR Driver CD title to install those two integrated Intel
40. choice Compatible Enhanced SATA 2 Configuration The choice Disabled Enhanced Configure SATA 1 as This setting specifies the function of the on chip SATA 1 controller The choice IDE RAID AHCI ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information Primary Secondary IDE Master Slave While entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE Master Select the type of device connected Device Not Detected to the systen LBA Large Mode Ruto Block Multi Sector Transfer Auto PIO Mode futol DMA Mode Ruto S M A R T Ruto 32Bit Data Transfer Enabled ke Select Screen tL Select Iten Change Option Fi General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit EO C Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Type Press PgUp or PgDn lt gt to select Manual None or Auto type You can use Manual to define your own drive type manually LBA Large Mode Enabling LBA causes Logical Block Addressing to be used in place of Cylinders Heads and Sectors Block Multi Sector Transfer Any selection except Disabled determines the number of sectors transferred per block PIO Mode Indicates the type of PIO Programmed Input Output DMA Mode Indicates the type of Ultra DMA S M A R T This allows you to activate the S M A R T
41. cify the priority of boot devices Boot Setttings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Rain fidvanced PCIPnP Security Chipset Exit Boot Settings Configure Settings during Systen Boot Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives H Select Screen TL Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit 902 61 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 24 BIOS Setup Information Boot Setttings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Settings Configuration Allows BIOS to skip certain tests uhile booting This will Quiet Boot Disabled decrease the time fiddOn ROM Display Mode Force BIOS needed to boot the Bootup Mum Lock 0n systern PS 2 Mouse Support futo Uait For EU If Error Enabled Hit DEL Message Display Enabled Interrupt 19 Capture Disabled Select Screen tL Select Item Change Option Fi General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit 9002 61 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Quick Boot Allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system The choice Disabled Enabled Quiet Boot Disabled Displays normal POST messages Enabled Displays OEM Logo instead of POST messages The choice Disabled Enabled AddOn ROM Display Mode Se
42. digital certificates passwords and data Drivers Support Please select the TPM Driver form ROBO 8914VG2AR Driver CD title Driver supports Windows XP 3 4 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable Clear CMOS Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position JP3 CMOS Clear JP3 Function 1 2 Short Normal Operation 2 3 Short Clear CMOS Contents ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 8 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 8914VG2AR allows users control 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 z
43. empts to boot from a LAN boot image before it attempts to boot from a local storage device The choice Enabled Disabled GbE Wake Up From 5 This field specifies whether the system will be awakened from the S5 power saving mode when activity or input signal of onboard LAN For J23 Ethernet RJ 45 Connector LAN 1 82567LM is detected The choice Enabled Disabled GPI09 Configuration The choice WOL Enabled High Low HDA Controller This setting controls the High Definition Audio interface integrated in the Southbridge The choice Enabled Disabled SMBUS Controller The choice Enabled Disabled SLP S4 Min Assertion Width The choice 4 to 5 seconds 3 to 4 seconds 2 to 3 seconds 1 to 2 seconds PCIE Port 0 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 The choice Auto Enabled Disabled ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 35 BIOS Setup Information ME Subsystem Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY ME Subsystem Configuration HECI Message End Of Post SS HECI Message ME HECI Configuration ME HECI HE IDER HE KT ME QST Configuration FAN Speed Monitori FAN Speed Monitor2 FAN Speed Monitor3 QST Configuration QST SST BUS QST Sensor Thresholds QST Manual Fan Ctrl QST Chipset Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Unlocked Unlocked Unlocked Unlocked Unlocked Disabled Enabled Select Screen 1i Select Iten Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General
44. ero 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 W83627THG data sheet There are two PNP I O port addresses that can be used to configure WDT 1 Ox2E 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 WDT Step1 Enter W83627THG configuration registers mode outportb 0x2E 0x87 outportb 0x2E 0x87 Step2 Pin89 to be WDTO outportb 0x2E 0x2b outportb Ox2E 1 0x04 Step3 Select logic device 8 outportb Ox2E 0x07 outportb Ox2E 1 0x08 ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 9 System Installation Step4 Config WDT using second to be unit outportb Ox2E Oxf5 outportb Ox2E 1 0x00 Step5 Set WDT time out time outportb Ox2E Oxf6 outportb Ox2E 1 time out Step6 Exit configuration registers
45. eron Processor FSB 1 333 1066 800MHz BIOS AMI system BIOS with SPI Serial CMOS EEPROM with easy upgrade function ACPI DMI Green function and Plug and Play Compatible Main Memory Support dual channel DDR3 memory interface Non ECC non buffered DIMMs only Four DIMM sockets support 1066 800 DDR3 SDRAM up to 8GB System Memory L2 Cache Memory Built in Processor Chipset Intel Q45 GMCH and ICH10DO chipset Bus Interface Follow PICMG 1 3 Rev 1 0 standard PCI Express and PCI Support four PCI Express x1 can be aggregated as one PCI Express x4 through backplane Support four PCI devices through backplane SATA Four SATA 300 ports on board and dual SATA 300 ports via backplane Support Intel Matrix Storage Technology based on Intel ICH10DO 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 speed 16C550 compatible UARTs with 16 byte T R FIFOs Parallel Port Support one parallel port with SPP EPP and ECP modes USB Interface Support twelve USB Universal Serial Bus ports two USB ports on bracket that dedicated to keyboard amp mouse six USB ports on board and four USB ports via backplane for high speed I O peripheral devices PS 2Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 10 pin header for external PS 2 keyboard mouse connecti
46. esents 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 host board 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 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 8914VG2AR running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3 this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues in terms of backplane setup BIOS setting and OS diagnostics The content of this manual is subject to change without prior notice These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the document 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 wil be shown on the following web site http www portwell com tw Preface Notice SBC Handling and Installation Notice
47. et 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 ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 2 System Installation Configuring System Bus ROBO 8914VG2AR will automatically detect the CPU FSB 800 1066 1333 MHz used CPU speed of Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Core 2 Quad Processor can be detected automatically Inserting Memory Module We suggest you to insert the memory from DIMMO to DIMM3 sequentially when you have one more memory for using When you use only one memory in system we suggest to insert in DIMM 0 If you want to use the channel A slot 2 you must use channel A slot 1 first Otherwise the system can t boot The Channel B has the same rule ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 3 System Installation 3 2 Main Memory ROBO 8914VG2AR provide 4 x 240 pin DIMM sockets which supports 800 1066 DDR3 SDRAM as main memory Non ECC Error Checking and Correcting non register functions The maximum memory size can be up to 8GB capacity For system compatibility and stability do not use memory module without brand Memory configuration can be either one double sided DIMM in either one DIMM socket or two single sided DIMM in both sockets Watch out the contact and lock integrity
48. for basic system configurations such as time date etc Standard BIOS Features BIOS SETUP UTILITY fidvanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit System vervieu Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TABI to AMIBIOS select a field Version 08 090 15 Build Date 06 25 10 Use or to ID 1AAAAGOS configure system Tine Processor Intel R Core IID2 Quad CPU Speed 2666MHz Count 1 Systen Memory Select Screen Size 1982MB TL Select Item Change Field 18 16 Tab Select Field Systen Date Mon 01 97 2092 Fi General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit 902 61 O Copyright 1985 2006 fimerican Megatrends Inc AMI BIOS Processor System Memory These items show the firmware and hardware specifications of your system Read only System Time The time format is Hour Minute Second Use or to configure system Time System Date The date format is Day Month Date Year Use or to configure system Date ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Setup Information 4 3 Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCT PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Advanced Settings VARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction gt IDE Configuration gt Floppy Configuration gt SuperIO Configuration Harduare Health Configuration
49. h a LI E O OJW Si zZ L L d yos d ne uu p en Ln LI mn n J4 Parallel Port Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 14 Auto Form Feed 15 Errors 16 Initialization 17 Printer Select IN 18 Ground 19 Ground 7 20 Ground 21 Ground 22 Ground Acknowledge 23 Ground ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Configuration Bus 24 Ground Paper Empty 25 Ground Printer Select 26 NC S T A o Tf d l i d c0 amp e GE e 2 x trc 0 en LI LI mn mn J5 12V POWER Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 12V 4 12V 1 Ci I 2 Lo Ld 2 E 1 2 ma E L SS 1 wo A n HuJ 9 N LI Lm mn 2 4 10 12 14 16 1
50. ight Channel N C 9 oc H E og b j o e H eo ET Gi DIE 0 2 OO O OO C a OOo eS m meon o en mn LI mn Ln ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 2 10 System Installation Chapter 3 System Installation This chapter provides you with instructions to set up your system The additional information is enclosed to help you set up onboard PCI device and handle Watch Dog Timer WDT and operation of GPIO in software programming 3 1 Intel LGA 775 Processor Installing LGA 775 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 ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 1 System Installation Triangle mark is meaning ME first pin position kindly ME assemble and take aim at p notch of top and bottom KR between CPU and socket Note Don t touch directly by your hand or impacts internal align balls of CPU socket to avoid motherboard destruction it is a precise actuator 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 CPU surface and lock it on the LGA 775 sock
51. ine The choice Disabled Enabled APM Configuration Select for APM Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY APM Configuration Enable or disable D R eem dnm On Off Restore on fiC Pouer Loss Pover Off Video Power Down Mode Suspend Hard Disk Pouer Doun Mode Suspend Standby Time Out Disabled Suspend Time Out Disabled Resume On Ring Disabled Resume On DRER Disabled Select Screen Resume PCI E card uake up Disabled tL Select Iten Resume On RTC filarm Disabled Change Option F1 General Help FIO Save and Exit ESC Exit v2 61 Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Power Management APM Enables for Power Management The choice Disabled Enabled Power Button Mode Go into On Off or Suspend when Power button is pressed The choice On Off Suspend ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual BIOS Setup Information Restore on AC Power loss This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs The choice Power Off Power On Last state Video Power Down Mode Power Down video in Suspend or Standby mode The choice Disable Standby Suspend Hard Disk Power Down Mode Power Down Hard Disk in Suspend or Standby mode The choice Disable Standby Suspend Standby Time out Go into Standby in the specified Time The choice Disable 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min
52. l 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 System ROM System Timer IRQ1 System ROM Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM2 IRQ 4 System ROM COMI IRQ 5 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ 7 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 IDE Usable IRQ ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual
53. o Function Configuration F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vO2 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Memory Remap Feature ENABLE Allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory DISBALE Do not allow remapping of memory The choice Disabled Enabled PCI MMIO Allocation 4GB To 3072MB Read Only DRAM Frequency Users are recommended to use Auto for memory frequency selection The choice Auto 533 667 800 1067 MHz Configure DRAM Timing by SPD This option provides DRAM plug and play support by serial presence detect SPD mechanism via the system management bus SMBUS interface The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 31 BIOS Setup Information 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 15 MB 16MB Initate Graphic Adapter Select which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device The choice IGD PCI IGD PCI PEG PEG IGD PEG PCI Internal Graphics Mode Select Select the amount of system memory used by the internal graphics device The choice Enabled 32MB Enabled 64MB Enabled 128MB IGD GTT Graphic smemory size No VT mode 2MB Read Only PAVP Mode GMCH Protected Audio Video Path PAVP BIOS Support The choice Disabled Lite High PEG Port This setting allows you to select whethe
54. of memory module with socket it will impact on the system reliability Follow normal procedures to install memory module into memory socket Before locking make sure that all modules have been fully inserted into the card slots Dual Channel DDR3 DIMM Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology doubles the bandwidth of memory bus Adequate or higher bandwidth of memory than processor would increase system performance To enable Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology you have to install dual identical memory modules in both memory sockets Following tables show bandwidth information of different processor and memory configurations CPU FSB Bandwidth 1066MHz 8 5GB s 800MHz 6 4GB s NSO Ee Si Dual Channel DDR Single Channel DDR Ee Bandwidth Bandwidth 1066MHz 17GB s 8 5GB s 800MHz 12 8GB s 6 4GB s Note To maintain system stability don t change any of DRAM parameters in BIOS setup to upgrade system performance without acquiring technical information ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 4 System Installation 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer To install your ROBO 8914VG2AR into standard chassis or proprietary environment please perform the following Step 1 Check all jumpers setting on proper position Step 2 Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position Step 3 Place ROBO 8914VC2AR into the dedicated position in the system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripher
55. on Auxiliary I O Interfaces System reset switch external speaker Keyboard lock and HDD active LED etc ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 1 3 System Overview 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 On board VGA GMCH integrated graphics 400MHz core frequency share system memory up to 1GB for system with greater than or equal to 192MB of system memory On board Ethernet LAN Dual Intel PCI Express x1 interface based Gigabit Ethernet to support RJ 45 connector High Driving GPIO Support 8 programmable high driving GPIO Cooling Fans Support one 4 pin power connector for CPU fan and one 3 pin power connector for system fan System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature system temperature and major power sources etc Bracket Support dual Ethernet port with 2 indicators dual USB ports and one CRT port Outline Dimension L X W 338 5mm 13 33 X 126 39mm 4 98 Power Requirements 12V CPU 3 86A 12V System 0 22A 5V 644A Test Programs BurnIn Test V5 3 Run Time Full loading Test configuration CPU Type Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q9400 2 66GHz L2 6144k FSB 1333MHz SBC BIOS Portwell Inc ROBO 8914 BIOS Rev R1 00 E0 05072010 Memory Apacer DDR3 1066 2GB ELPIDA J11
56. ormation 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 Launch System Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press lt Del gt key to enter Setup Press lt Del gt to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button You may also restart the system by simultaneously pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys Press lt F1 gt to Run SETUP or Resume The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing lt F1 gt The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press lt Esc gt to exit the Help screen General Help e Select Screen tL Select Iten Change Option Field Enter Go to Sub Screen PGDN Next Page PGUP Previous Page HOME Go to Top of Screen END Go to Bottom of Screen F2 F3 Change Colors F Discard Changes F8 Load Failsafe Defaults F9 Load Optimal Defaults F190 Save and Exit Exit ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Menu Use this menu
57. r to use the on chip graphics processor or the PCI Express card When set to Auto the BIOS checks to see if a PCI Express graphics card is installed If it detects that a PCI Express graphics card is present the motherboard boots up using that card Otherwise it defaults to the onboard graphics processor The choice Auto Disabled ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 32 BIOS Setup Information Video Function Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Video Function Configuration DUMT FIXED Memory Flat Panel Type Spread Spectrum Clock Select Screen tt Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit 902 61 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc DVMT Mode Select Intel s Dynamic Video Memory Technology DVMT allows the system to dynamically allocate memory resources according to the demands of the system at any point in time The key idea in DVMT is to improve the efficiency of the memory allocated to either system or graphics processor It is recommended that you set this BIOS feature to DVMT Mode for maximum performance Setting it to DVMT Mode ensures that system memory is dynamically allocated for optimal balance between graphics and system performance The choice Fixed Mode DVMT Mode DVMT FIXED Memory When set to DVMT FIXED Mode the graphics driver will allocate a fixed amount of memory as dedicated graphics memory as well as allow more system memory to be dynamically allocated between the g
58. raphics processor and the operating system The choice 128MB 256MB ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 33 BIOS Setup Information Flat Panel Type The choice 640x480 18 bit 800x600 18 bit 1024x768 18 bit 1280x1024 18bit 1400x1050 18 bit 1600x1200 18bit 800x600 24 bit 1024x768 24 bit 1280x1024 24 bit Spread Spectrum Clock The choice Disabled Enabled South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY South Bridge Chipset Configuration USB Port Configure 6X6 USB Ports USB 2 0 Controller Enabled GbE Control ler Enabled GbE LAN Boot Disabled GbE Wake Up Fron S5 Disabled GPIOS Configuration UOL Enabled HDA Controller Enabled SMBUS Controller Enabled SLP S4 Min Assertion Width 4 to 5 seconds PCIE Ports Configuration Change Option PCIE Port 0 futo General Help PCIE Port 1 Auto Save and Exit PCIE Port 2 futo Exit PCIE Port 3 Ruto 9002 61 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc USB Functions This setting specifies the function of the onboard USB controller The choice Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports 6 USB Ports USB Port Configure The choice 6x6 USB Ports 8x4 USB Ports USB 2 0 Controller Set to Enabled if you need to use any USB 2 0 device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB 2 0 driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 34 BIOS Setup Information GbE LAN Boot When Enabled the BIOS att
59. sabled ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 27 BIOS Setup Information Hard Disk Drives BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hard Disk Drives Specifies the boot ist Drive soi ges ss available devices T1 Select Iten Change Option Fi Gene ral Help F10 Save and Exit EC Exit y82 61 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Negatrends Inc 1st Drive This setting allows users to set the priority of the removable devices First press Enter to enter the sub menu Then you may use the arrow keys to select the desired device then press lt gt lt gt or lt PageUp gt lt PageDown gt key to move it up down in the priority list ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 28 BIOS Setup Information 4 6 BIOS Security Features Use this menu to set supervisor and user passwords Security Settings Install or Change the password BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hain Advanced PCIPnP Boot i Chipset Exit Security Settings Install or Change the password Supervisor Passuord Mot Installed User Passuord Not Installed Change User Passuord Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Select Screen 1i Select Iten Enter Change Fi General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v2 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Supervisor Password Change Supervisor Password Supervisor Password controls access to the BIOS Setup utility These settings allow you to set or change the supervisor password Plea
60. se press Enter to key in User Password Change User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot These settings allow you to set or change the user password Boot Sector Virus Protection Boot Sector Virus Protection The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 29 BIOS Setup Information 4 7 Advanced Chipset Features This menu controls the advanced features of the onboard Northbridge and Southbridge BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hain fidvanced PCIPnP Boot Security Advanced Chipset Settings VARNING gt North SI GE x g Eu B ridg ge Configuration bsys te i Configuratio m e KE reen ban Go to Sub Se creen RSE 0 Copur one 1985 2006 American Megatr ends Inc ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 30 BIOS Setup Information North Bridge Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY North Bridge Chipset Configuration ENABLE Allow remapping of E overlapped PCI menory PCI MMIO Allocation 46B To 3072MB above the total DRAM Frequency futo physical memory Configure DRAM Timing by SPD Enabled Memory Hole Disabled DISABLE Do not allow remapping of memory Initate Graphic fidapter PEG PCII IGD Graphics Mode Select Enabled 32MB IGD GIT Graphic smemory size No UT mode 2MB PAUP Mode Lite Select Screen PEG Port Configuration tl Select Iten PEG Port futo Change Option F1 General Help Vide
61. t any option cover the jumper cap over SHORT or remove NC it from the jumper pins according to the following instructions Here NC stands for Not Connect J5 D 9 JA JPL H AT ole yhe lo 6 DE Soi SOTO ee d Jy ll SL Jelli r dl Im up weeex33 3m nm Jo T J8 F re eee eegen ae ni Y Ho Ji iia ess JJI 5 8 ns T n Klub 252714 NC O ns ai Eel oea Elie H ERIC 320 A CO O K COCA ST If Oc un TET JP1 ADD2 PGE Selection JP1 Function 1 2 Short PEG 2 3 Short ADD2
62. t display mode for Option ROM This item is used to determine the display mode when an optional ROM is initialized during POST When set to Force BIOS the display mode used by AMI BIOS is used Select Keep Current if you want to use the display mode of optional ROM The choice Force BIOS Keep Current ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 25 BIOS Setup Information Bootup Num Lock Select Power on state for Numlock This setting is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on Setting to On will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on Setting to Off will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad The choice Off On PS 2 Mouse support Select support for PS 2 Mouse Select Enabled if you need to use a PS 2 interfaced mouse in the operating system The choice Disabled Enabled Auto Wait For EU If Error When this setting is set to Enabled and the boot sequence encounters an error it asks you to press F1 If disabled the system continues to boot without waiting for you to press any keys The choice Disabled Enabled Hit DEL Message Display Set this option to Disabled to prevent the message as follows Hit Del if you want to run setup It will prevent the message from appearing on the first BIOS screen when the computer boots Set it to Enabled when you want to run the BIOS Setup Utility The choice Disabled Enabled Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is
63. tting The choice Disabled Enabled Execute Disable Bit capability When disabled force the XD feature flag to always return 0 The choice Disabled Enabled Core Multi Processing When disabled disable one execution core of each CPU die The choice Disabled Enabled PECI When enabled enables PECI interface The choice Disabled Enabled Intel R Speed Step tm Tech Disable Disable GV3 Enable Enable GV3 The choice Disabled Enabled Intel R C STATE Tech CPU idle is set to C2 C3 C4 State The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information IDE Configuration The IDE Configuration the IDE devices such as hard disk drive or CD ROM drive It uses a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Master and Slave BIOS SETUP UTILITY d pt ons i l abled SATANI Configuration Compatible Compatible breed Suid HU DEI Enhanced S ATAHZ 2 Conf ig uration tEnha cedi gt Pri imary IDE Me ister Mot Detected gt Primary IDE Slave Mot Detected Secondary eee estes Mot Detected Sec dir IDE Slave Not Detected gt T ird IBE Master Mot Detected Fourth IDE Master Not Detected ard Disk Urite Protect Disabled IDE Detect Time Out Sec 35 PI 80Pin Cable Detection Host 8 Device v02 51 O Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Mirrored IDER Configuration The choice Disabled Enabled SATA 1 Configuration The
64. u DU Let CRF1_BitO non inverted Read LD7_CRF1h_Bit0 Read the status from GPIO10 pin J15_Pin1 ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 11 System Installation How to access W83627THG CR In ROBO 8914VG2AR the EFER 002Eh and EFDR 002Fh EFER and EFDR are 2 IO ports needed to access W83627THG CR EFER is the Index Port EFDR is the Data Port CR index number needs to be written into EFER first Then the data will be read written from to EFDR To R W W83627THG CR it is needed to Enter Enable Configuration Mode first When completing the programming it is suggested to Exit Disable Configuration Mode Enter Configuration Mode Write 87h to IO port EFER twice Exit Configuration Mode Write AAh to IO port EFER 3 6 3 Example void enter_Superio2_CFG void outportb 0x2E 0x87 outportb Ox2E 0x87 void exit Superio2 CFG void j outportb 0x2E OxAAJ void Set CFG2 unsigned char Addr2 unsigned char Value2 unsigned char d2 outportb 0x2E Addr2 delay 2 outportb 0x2E 1 Value2 delay 2 ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 3 12 System Installation unsigned char Get_CFG2 unsigned char Addr2 unsigned char d2 j outportb 0x2E Addr2 delay 2 d2 inportb 0x2E 1 delay 2 return d2 int main void unsigned char d2 enter_Superio2_CFG CR2A B7 1 selet GPIO Port 1 d2 Get CFG2 0x2AJ d2 d2 amp Ox7F 0x80 Set CFG2 0x2A d2 IO test loop 1
65. urable as RS 232 422 485 with jumper JP2 1 Oe We E d est 2 X o L 3 Ke ess Jk cum gr e x E e 1 o o ESCH deet Ll i em LJ fy Lt g 14 External PS 2 Keyboar ouse Connector Signal Description Signal Description Keyboard Data N C N C Ground Ground PS2 Power PS2 Power Mouse Clock Keyboard Clock c D jj Es d i e s 4 P 1 EE 5 0 ooo OOO ES GC eeng 1 SS Lic LI en mn LI mn n PIN No Signal Description Signal Description GPIO0 GPIO4 GPIO1 GPIO5 GPIO2 GPIO6 GPIO7 9 j Grund O 5V Note All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level OV 5V and each Fan ROBO 8914VG2AR User s Manual 2 8 Hardware Configuration
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