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ROBO-8120VG2R User`s Manual

1. Save ESC Exit Quiet Boot This BIOS feature determines if the BIOS should hide the normal POST messages with the motherboard or system manufacturer s full screen logo When it is enabled the BIOS will display the full screen logo during the boot up sequence hiding normal POST messages When it is disabled the BIOS will display the normal POST messages instead of the full screen logo Please note that enabling this BIOS feature often adds 2 3 seconds of delay to the booting sequence This delay ensures that the logo is displayed for a sufficient amount of time Therefore it is recommended that you disable this BIOS feature for a faster boot up time Choices Disabled Enabled ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 24 BIOS Setup Information Fast Boot Enabling this setting will cause the BIOS power on self test routine to skip some of its tests during boot up for faster system boot Choices Disabled Enabled Setup Prompt Timeout Choices 1 65535 Bootup Num Lock State 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 Choices On Off GateA20 Active Choices Upon Request Always Option ROM Messages This item is used to determine the display mode when an optional ROM is initialized during POST When set to Force BIOS the display
2. J20 COM port 2 header J21 CPU1 fan header J22 SMBus header J23 LAN port 2 J24 SATA port 0 J25 SATA port 1 J26 SATA port 3 J27 SATA port 2 J28 USB header ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 2 4 Hardware Configuration J29 DVI header J30 USB header J31 VGA2 connector J32 VGA1 header J33 USB connector J34 CPUO0 fan header J45 PCI e extension port for PCI e 16 4 lanes from CPU1 J48 LPT J49 TPM 15 J7 J9 J12 DDR3 DIMM slots Please insert same type of DDR3 module from DIMM 0 of channel A then DIMM 0 of channel B if dual channel mode is required J6 Floppy header PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 Density Select 0 3 Ground 4 N C 5 Ground 6 N C 7 Ground 8 INDEX 9 Ground 10 Motor EN AS 11 Ground 12 N C 13 Ground 14 Drive Select A 15 Ground 16 N C 17 Ground 18 Direction 19 Ground 20 Step 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 0 27 Ground 26 Write Protect 29 N C 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Head Select 33 N C 34 Disk Change ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Confi guration J8 Front panel header LED KB _LOCK7CASE OPEN J U Use JUU b PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 HDD LED 2 Power LED
3. SATA Port2 Not SATA Port3 Not SATA Porta Not SATA Ports Not Sertal ATA Controller o Compatible Serial ATA Controller 1 Enhanced F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save ESC Exit SATA Mode This setting specifies the function of the on chip SATA controller Choices Disabled IDE Mode RAID Mode AHCI Mode Serial _ ATA Controller 0 Choices Disabled Compatible Enabled Serial ATA Controller 1 Choices Disabled Compatible Enabled ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information fopuright C 2003 American Megatrends USB Configuration USB Devices 1 Keyboard 2 Hubs only for EFI applications ERCI Hand off Disabled USB hardware delays and time outs USS transfer time out 20 sec Device reset time out 20 sec Device power up delay Auto Select Screen ti Select Item Enter Select Change Opt Fi General Help F2 Previous Values Fa Optimized Defaults F Save ESC Exit 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 Choices Disabled Enabled Auto EHCI Hand Off This is a workaround for OSes without EHCI hand off support The EHCI ownership change should claim by EHCI driver Choices Disabled Enabled USB transfer timeout Choices 1 sec 5 sec 10 sec 20 sec Device Reset timeout Choices 10 sec 20 se
4. data storage Security wireless infrastructure and Converged Communications application The Intel C5500 C3500 series processors feature flexible design of dual PCI Express x8 that could be aggregated to one PCI Express x 16 for add in Graphic cards It means ROBO 8120VG2R can be suitable for all Portwell s PICMG 1 3 server and non server grade backplanes for more expansions and the backplanes support PCI X slots via PCle to PCI X Bridge Intel PXH 6700 to improve the bandwidth And there is one more PCle x16 links comes from 2 processor via high speed signal connector on back side Via one daughter card it can route the 24 PClex16 to dedicated backplane The two PCI Express x1 Links are dedicated to Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controller with two ports which are designed for high performance and low memory latency Graphics display is another advantage of this superior SHB because many industries need more than a display of most servers because those applications are image related ROBO 8120VG2R equipped XGI Z11 graphics processor with PCI Express x1 architecture Default configuration with 32MB DDR2 video memory delivers solid 2D performance Optional supports 2nd VGA or DVI D TMDS signal output ROBO 8120VG2R also provides six Serial ATA 300 ports which supports RAID 0 1 5 10 functions ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 1 1 System Overview ROBO 8120VG2R main features Support Intel Dual Core Quad Core Xeon C
5. Help Previous Values Optimized Defaults Save ESC Exit SMBus Controller Choices Disabled Enabled SLP SA Assertion Stretch Enable Choices Disabled Enabled SLP_S4 Assertion Width Choices 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 seconds High Precision timer Choices Disabled Enabled Wakeup by Ring Choices Disabled Enabled ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 21 BIOS Setup Information PCI Express Ports Configuration All PCI Express Ports can be set as choices Disabled Enabled Auto Apt io tat Copyright C 2003 American Megatrends Inc Chipset PCI Express Ports Configuration Enable or Disable the PCI Express Ports in the Chipset PCI Express Port PCI Express Port PCI Express Port PCI Express Port PCI Express Port PCI Express Port PEI Express Port On owe wr 6 Select Screen tl Select Item Enter Select Change Opt Fi Generel Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save ESC Exit USB Configuration Ar utility Cepuright C 2993 American Megatrencs Inc Chipset USB Configuration Enable Disable All USB Devices ERCI Controller 1 Enabled EHCI Controller 2 Enab led RHH Support Ruto Port Port Port Port Port Port Port Port Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enab Lect Select Screen Enabled Tk Select Item Enab lec Enter Select Enabled Change Opt Port Enabled Fi General Help Port Enab Lect F2 Previous Velues Port E
6. Year gt Use or to configure system Date System Time The time format is lt Hour gt lt Minute gt lt Second gt Use or to configure system Time ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Setup Information 4 3 Advanced Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features Ap Setup Wit Copyright C 2003 American Megatrends Inc Enable or Disable Boot Cotion Legacy OpROM Support for Legacy Network Devices Launch Storage OpROM Enabled gt PCI Subsystem Settings b ACPI Settings CPU Configuration gt Runtime Error Logging gt SATA Configuration gt USS Configuration gt Info Report Configuration gt Super Id Configuration gt HAN Monitor 6 Select Screen Tl Select Item Enter Select Change Opt Fi General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save ESC Exit Launch PXE OpROM Enable of Disable Boot Option for Lagacy Network Devices Choices Disabled Enabled Launch Storage OpPROM Enable of Disable Boot Option for Lagacy Mass Storage devices Choices Disabled Enabled ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual BIOS Setup Information PCI Susystems Settings ptic Setup utility Copyright C 209 american PCI Bus Oriver Version y 2 03 00 in case cf multiple Option 3 ROHS Legacy and EFI Above 46 Decoding Diseb led Comatibie specifies what PCI Option ROM ta launch PCI Common Settings Settings PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Bus C
7. bit 3 7 GPIO 3 37 mode 0 output 1 input void GPIO_Set_Mode2 int bit int mode int tmp 1 lt lt bit ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 12 System Installation if bit 0x02 return outp 0x2e 0x07 outp 0x2f 0x09 entry device 9 outp 0x2e 0xf0 outp 0x2f inp 0x2f amp tmp tmp mode 0 for output 1 for intput bit 2 3 GPIO 22 23 data 0 for low 1 for high void GPIO_Write1 int bit int data int tmp 1 lt lt bit if bit 0x02 return else if bit 0x03 return outp 0x2e 0x07 outp 0x2f 0x09 entry device 9 outp 0x2e 0xe4 outp 0x2f inp 0x2f amp tmp tmp data 0 for low 1 for high bit 0O 1 GPIO 30 31 bit 3 7 GPIO 3 37 data 0 for low 1 for high void GPIO_Write2 int bit int data int tmp 1 lt lt bit if bit 0x02 return outp 0x2e 0x07 outp 0x2f 0x09 entry device 9 outp 0x2e 0xf1 outp 0x2f inp 0x2f amp tmp tmp data 0 for low 1 for high bit 2 3 GPIO 22 23 high return 1 low return 0 if not GPIO22 23 return 0 int GPIO_Read1 int bit int tmp 1 lt lt bit int data if bit 0x02 return 0 ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 13 System Installation else if bit 0x03 return 0 outp 0x2e 0x07 outp 0x2f 0x09 entry device 9 outp 0x2e 0xe4 data inp 0x2f amp tmp read bit if data 0 return 0 else return 1 bit 0 1 GPIO 30 31 bit 3 7 GPIO 3 37 h
8. inp Ox002E 1 amp OxFE Select logic device 8 outp 0x2E 0x07 outp 0x2E 1 0x08 ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 8 System Installation Select Count Mode Minute or Second outp 0x002E 0xF5 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxF7 Count mode Register amp 0x08 Specify Time out Value outp 0x002E OKF6 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 0xAA 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 OxFF Value for counting down 3 6 GPIO The ROBO 8210VG2R 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 J15 GPIO header 5 GPIO22 From SUPER I O 6 GPIO36 From SUPER I O 7 GPIO23 From SUPER I O 8 GPIO37 From SUPER I O 9 Ground BV All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level OV 5V and each
9. 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 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 benefit
10. rights e Select Screen tl Select Item Enter Select Change Opt Fi General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save ESC Exit Administrator Password Administrator Password controls access to the BIOS Setup utility These settings allow you to set or change the supervisor password User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot These settings allow you to set or change the user password ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 26 BIOS Setup Information 4 7 Save amp 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 CH 2079 American Megatrends Inc Save amp Exit Exit system setup after saving Discard Changes and Exit the changes Save Changes and Reset Discard Changes and Reset Save Options Save Changes Discard Changes Restore Defaults Save as User Defaults Restore User Defaults Boot Override Sulit in EFI Sherr General Help Previous Values Optimized Defaults Save ESC Exit Save Changes and Exit Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS Pressing lt Enter gt 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 Save Changes and Reset Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS then reboot Discard Changes and Rese
11. sii TAHAN TPI CPUO J34 dP ot UP Tt J6 TAR re JA on 113 II mg ln mg Jig e 119 J23 128 KREE IER Figure 2 1 ROBO 8120VG2R Top side Jumper and Connector Locations J45 Figure 2 2 ROBO 8120VG2R Bottom side Jumper and Connector Locations ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 2 1 Hardware Configuration Jumper List JP5 Auto power button JP8 RS232 422 485 selection jumper for COM port 2 J20 JP9 PECFGSEL2 for PCI e link width strapping option JP10 PECFGSELO for PCI e link width strapping option JP11 PECFGSEL1 for PCI e link width strapping option JP12 CMOS normal clear jumper JP13 Voltage selection for VIO of PCI slot on backplanes JP5 Auto power on jumper JP5 Function 1 2Short System boots up automatically with jumper populated after PSU powered 2 3Short System requires power button pushed to boot up without jumper populated PS COM2 J20 Interface Selection EE eneke lak RS 232 22 201816 14 12108642 211917 1513 11975931 OS SESCH a 22 2018 161412108642 21191715131197531 SPISSSOBAOOM rsss 22 2018 161412108642 JP8 Function 1 2 7 9 8 10 19 20 Short JP9 JP10 JP11 PECFGSEL 2 0 for PCI e link width options JP9 JP10 JP11 1 2 Short JP9 PECEGSEL2 JP10 PECFGSELO JP11 PECFGSEL1 ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual Hardware Configuration There are 16 PCE e lanes from CRU User may de
12. source sink capacity up to 12mA ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 9 System Installation 3 6 2 ROBO 8120VG2R GPIO Programming Guide There are 8 GPIO pins on ROBO 8120VG2R These GPIO pins are from SUPER I O W83627DHG 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_GPIO30 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin2 GPIO1 from SUPER I O_GPIO34 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin3 GPIO2 from SUPER I O_GPIO31 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin4 GPIO3 from SUPER I O_GPIO35 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin5 GPIO4 from SUPER I O_GPIO22 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin6 GPIO5 from SUPER I O_GPIO36 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin7 GPIO6 from SUPER I O_GPIO23 with Ext 4 7K PH J15_Pin8 GPIO7 from SUPER I O_GPIO37 with Ext 4 7K PH lt lt lt lt lt Be careful PinI GND Pinl0 VCC gt gt gt gt gt There are several Configuration Registers CR of W83627DHG 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 W83627DHG 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 CR2C_Bit 7 5 P 1 1 1 to select multiplexed pins as GPIO32 34 pins Step2 LD7_CRO7h P 09h Point to LD9 Step3 LD7_CR30h_Bit1 P1 Enable GPIO3 Step4 Select GPIO direction Get Status or output va
13. w 150 ohm 5V pull up w 330 ohm 5V pull up 3 HDD LED 4 NC 5 PS2 Keyboard Lock 6 Power LED 7 PS2 Keyboard Lock 8 Case Open 10 Case Open J10 J21 J34 System fan header CPU1 fan header CPUO fan header PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 Fan Power 12V maximum 3 Fan PWM Input J13 PS2 keyboard mouse header PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 Mouse Data 2 Keyboard Data 3 NC 4 NC 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Mouse Power 8 Keyboard Power 9 Mouse Clock 10 Keyboard Clock PS PS2 KB MS function will be ready from R1 version only J15 GPIO header PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 GPIO30 From SUPER I O 2 GPIO34 From SUPER I O 3 GPIO31 From SUPER I O 4 GPIO35 From SUPER I O 5 GPIO22 From SUPER I O 6 GPIO36 From SUPER I O 7 GPIO23 From SUPER I O 8 GPIO37 From SUPER I O 9 Ground 10 5V J17 ATX 12V power supply connector for CPU Vcore PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 12V 6 12V 7 12V 8 12V ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual Hardware Configuration J18 J20 COM port 1 COM port 2 Pin No Signal Description 1 Data Carrier Detect 2 Data Set Ready 3 Receive Data 4 Reguest To Send 5 Transmit Data 6 Clear To Send 7 Data Terminal Ready
14. 2R User s Manual 3 5 System Installation LED Indicator for LAN status This provides two LED indicators to report Dual Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet interface status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide O ti f Eth t Port 82574L Name of LED Status i LED LAN Linked amp Active LED Speed LAN speed LED 3 3 4 On board High Definition Audio Controller Drivers Support Please select the Realtek High Definition Codec Audio driver form ROBO 8120VG2R Driver CD title The driver supports Windows XP Vista Win7 3 3 5 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Device Drivers Support Please find utility tool for Intel 3420 of ROBO 8120VG2R CD title The drivers support Windows XP Vista Win7 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The ROBO 8120VG2R 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 Intel RAID configurations This ROBO 8120VG2R supports RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 1 0 and Intel Matrix Storage configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the Intel 3420 chipset ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 6 System Installation RAID configurations RAID 0 Data striping
15. 5500 C3500 series processors in an LGA1366 socket 6 Four 240 pin DDR3 SDRAM DIMM socket for two channel and support for DDR3 1333 1066 800 DIMMs up to 32GB system memory On Board relative high performance graphic engine XGI Z11 provides 2D Accelerator with 32MB DDR2 video memory Flexible design of dual PCI Express x8 can be aggregated as one PCI Express x16 for the most add in graphic cards one PCI Express x 4 link can be configured as four PCI Express x 1 link four PCI devices via backplane Equipped two Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controller with dual RJ45 ports Rich and powerful I O that supports six SATA 300 ports twelve USB 2 0 ports two serial ports one parallel port and one FDD channel 1 2 Check List The ROBO 8120VG2R package should cover the following basic items One ROBO 8120VG2R Single Host Board One cooler for single CPU One Serial port amp Printer port cable kit 2 0mm pitch One FDD cable Two SATA signal cables One PICMG SBC Handling and Installation Notice One Installation Resources CD Title ROR Se fo S Ze Se If any of these items is damaged or missing please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance 1 3 Product Specification e Main processor Single or Dual Intel Dual Core Quad Core Xeon C5500 C3500 series processor in LGA1366 package 6 BIOS AMI EFI system BIOS with 64MB SPI Flash ROM ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 1 2 Sys
16. 8 Ring Indicator 9 Ground 10 NC J22 SMBus header Pin No Signal Description 1 SMBus clock 2 NC 3 Ground 4 SMBus data 5 3 3V J28 J30 USB header DEUM J UU Urs PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description SV 7 Grud LB Grund S O pO Ground ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 2 7 Hardware Configuration J29 DVI header 50000000000 LA nocco0000 E ee UI 7 Groun 8 Ground S O 3 DON TTP J32 VGA1 header 5000000000054 L 000000000 5 Ground NC 7 Gren LS Ground 9 Ground 10 VGA IC data ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 2 8 Hardware Configuration PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description STB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 a 13 Lian PIN No 2 LN EE SMB_PCH_3V3SB_C 14 SMB_PCH_3V3SB_DAT LK 15 VCC3P3_AUX IRQ SERIAL CND La NCU 17 GND ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 2 9 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 1366 Processor Installing a 1366 CPU ees ture aan Technologies Ideal for Processor Processor Speed Si Intel SpeedStep Wel Se Number Generati
17. Controller Device Settings Reset Required Change Settings Auto Device Hode Read Write Select Screen ti Select Item Enter Select Change Opt General Kelp F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F Save ESC Exit ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information Floppy Disk Controller Choices Disabled Enabled Change Settings Choices Auto IO 3F0h IRO 6 DMA 2 IO 3F0h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 DMA 2 3 10 370h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 DMA 2 3 Device Mode Choices Read Write Write Protect Serial Port 0 1 Configuration Aptic Setup utility Copyright C Serial Port 0 Configuration Enable or Olsable Serlal Port COM Device Settings I0 3F8h IRQ 4 Change Settings Ruto Enter Select Change Opt Fi General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save ESC Exit Serial Port Choices Disabled Enabled Change Settings Choices Auto IO 3F8h IRO 4 IO 3F8h IRO 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 2F8h IRO 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 3E8h IRO 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 2E8h IRO 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 13 BIOS Setup Information C 2003 American Megatrends Inc Parallel Port Configuration Enable or Disable Parallel Port LPT LPTE Device Settings 10 378h IRQ 5 Change Settings Auto Device Hode STO Printer Hodel b Select Screen tl Select Item Enter Select Change Opt Fi General Help F2 Prev
18. Disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ 3 Etc ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 5 2 Troubleshooting A quick review of the basic IRQ mapping is given below for your reference IRQ Description IRO 8 Real Time Clock It is then very easy to find out which IRQ resource is ready for additional peripherals If IRQ resource is not enough please disable some devices listed above to release further IRQ numbers 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 8120VG2R User s Manual 5 3 Troubleshooting 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 Memory Area Size Description 0000 003F 1K Interrupt Area 0040 004F 0 3K BIOS Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K System Data 0070 06D6 25K DOS 06D7 15E8 60K Program Area 15E9 9E7F 546K Available First Meg Conventional memory
19. ET button It can be also restarted by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys on keyboard simultaneously Press lt F1 gt to Run SETUP or Resume The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen The menu can be easily called up from any menu by pressing lt F1 gt The Help screen lists all the possible keys to use and the selections for the highlighted item Press lt Esc gt to exit the Help screen General Help gt Move gt Seiect Vaive gt Exit gt Generel Heip gt Previous Valves z Optimizec Defaults gt Seve amp Exit Setup ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc J 2993 American Megatrencs Inc io Setup utility Ecpuright C BIOS Information Choose the system default 8I0S Vendor American Megatrends language Core Version 4 6 3 7 Project Version ORERE 0 23 x64 Build Date 07 26 2010 10 10 10 Memory Information Total Memory 4096 MB DDR3 System Date Wed 12 01 2010 System Time 13 45 54 4 Select Screen Access Level Administrator Th Select Item Enter Select Change Opt General Heip Previous Velues Optimized Defaults Save ESC Exit BIOS Information Memory Information These items show the firmware and memory specifications of your system Read only System Date The date format is lt Day gt lt Month gt lt Date gt lt
20. Ethernet Controllers ces eeccscssesesesececseeeseseeececsenseasseeesesnenssavseeesees 3 5 3 3 4 On board High Definition Audio Controller E 3 6 3 3 5 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Device 00000n ene nenen anana nenen ena nean ne nane anane nen 3 6 3 4 Cleat CMOS Operation sisian aa EE ABANG ENGGA ER a DKE NS NA GENE Ba enduron KU NAN ANGEN 3 7 SiO WDT PUnctonisa sss scsssssscsestesesssscbasetsicadlecssscbagedshedsesnsscasiesucadesssscbapstehcdaa ERAEN AEE raki ETE eeina 3 8 CREE AO EE 3 9 SNE EE en EE 3 9 3 6 2 ROBO 8120VG2R GPIO Programming Guide 3 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information 0ss0sanesane nawang anengen ea ngen aane wanen aren ea nagane nawang anengen eng 4 1 4 1 Entering Setup Launch System Getup NEEN 4 1 AD Main EE 4 2 AS AAV ANC EE 4 3 4 A CHIPSET n nag MG E ee 4 16 CEET 4 24 FO SECUTI aissi aen Eesen 4 26 47 Saye EE 4 27 AS Event Baja A a ae a e Eae a deed EEEIEE aKes SaS 4 28 Chapter 5 TroubleShooting s inon sesana naa nd aane ua aaa gada aaea daai ese nasa gabagen nane nean edane 5 1 5lElardware O uek Installations sasa sa ga an aaa pe Nan Ka aneng D KA EEN GANG ANAA KENAN ANENG NG 5 1 9 2 BIOS Setting ees te ga ag Aan AN Kg a ag a i GANG dave daa GN EE 5 2 DD E 5 3 Appendix A Appendix B Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO 8120VG2R system to meet various operating requirements It is divided into five chapters with each chapter addre
21. PHM Output DC Volta Select Screen Tk Select Item Enter Select Change Opt Fi General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save ESC Exit ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 15 BIOS Setup Information System Smart Fan Mode Choices Manual Mode Thermal Cruise Mode Fan Speed Cruise Mode System expect PWM Output DC Volta Choices 0 255 CPU Smart Fan 0 1 Mode Choices Manual Mode Thermal Cruise Mode Fan Speed Cruise Mode Smart Fan II Mode CPUFANO 1 expect PWM Output DC Volta Choices 0 255 4 4 Chipset This menu controls the advanced features of the onboard Northbridge and utility Copurignt C 2993 American Megatrencs Inc Chipset b ME Subsystem General Help Previous Values Optimized Defaults Save ESC Exit ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information North Brid uration Aptis Setup Htility Copyrignhr 4 e Chipset Config a trex Processor SKU af Jasper Forest IIQ Configuration Page QPI Link Memory Information Total Memory 4096 MB DORI Current Memory Mode Independent Current Memory Speed 1067 MHZ Mirror ing Not Possible Spar ing Not Possible Memory Configuration 6 Select Screen ti Select Item Memory Mode Independent Enter Select NUMA Enabled Change Opt Channel Inter leaving 6 Kay Fi General Help Rank Interleaving 4 Way F2 Previous Values Hardware Memory Test Dlsabled Optimized Defa
22. ROBO 8120VG2R Single Host Board User s Manual Version 1 0 Copyright Portwell Inc 2011 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 cccsccccesecesseeeseeeeeeeneessaeseseeeeeseeeeeeeesnaeeenseeeeeeeeeseaesaseeeeneeeeseeeeenaas 1 1 AW Tt OCU CH OD a AN MAN NA ee E tanked tata a EN 1 1 T X Check List eech d aaa aa Gn da ag a aga Naas d a Naga Sa S pa sears EAE aa e AGA NGA aaa a gah gan 1 2 Je Product Specificaton isis aga aa GG TAA EN KG NG A NENG NG NGA a GANG a e 1 2 Sy Stem Configuratio TEE 1 4 Ta Mechanical Drawing osscts secs Pon ons E a ht EE Eed Eed ee 1 6 DA System Architecture eet eating edu 1 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 ccsccccssccesseeeeeeeeeeneeeseaeenseeeeseeeeseaaesaseeeeseeeeseeseseeeenseeeneas 2 1 2l Jumper Sett ite sie Awan Eege EES 2 1 2 2 Connector Dellen eut 2 4 Chapter 3 System Installation ssanssanessanwsn awane wane wane wanara nawa ne wanan anae wane wane wanara nawa ne KEEN 3 1 3 1 Intel LGA 1366 Processor eet EES 3 1 3 2 Main Memory isa ag as apana an aa a Eege Gg KB A AGA ge Wa ANG a e A aga 3 4 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer ENEE 3 5 3 3 1 Chipset Component Drivetrain NE ENENG TA GEN NEGEN GA NE NK Na EN ANNA 3 5 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip anane nann nean nnnn anane ne naen ene 3 5 3 3 3 On board Fast
23. 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 amp TPM drivers 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset on ROBO 8120VG2R 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 Vista Win7 please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed You can select the Intel Chipset driver from the ROBO 8120VG2R CD title 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip ROBO 8120VG2R comes with the XGI Z11 graphics supporting Shared 32 accompany it to 256MB system Memory with Total Graphics Memory This combination makes ROBO 8120VG2R 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 Graphic driver from the ROBO 8120VG2R Driver CD title Driver supports Windows XP Vista Win7 3 3 3 On board Fast Ethernet Controllers Drivers Support Please select Intel Ethernet driver from the ROBO 8120VG2R Driver CD title to install those two integrated Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controller drivers Those two drivers support Windows XP Vista Win7 ROBO 8120VG
24. c 30 sec 40 sec ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information Device power up delay Choices Auto Manual t CH 29353 American Megatrencs Inc Info Report Configuration Post Report Support Enabied Gisabied Post Report Error Message Report Info Error Message Disabled Summary Screen Summary Screen Disabled Select Screen Tk Select Item Enter Select Change Opt General Heip Previous Velues Optimized Defaults Save ESC Exit Post Report Choices Disabled Enabled Info Error Message Choices Disabled Enabled Summary Screen Choices Disabled Enabled Super IO Configuratoin List all the option that can be set of Super I O Including Floppy Disk control Serial Port 0 1 Configuration and Parallel Port configuration ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information opt o Setup Gritt Copyright C 2003 American Megatrends Inc Super I0 Configuration Set Parameters of Floppy Disk Controiier FOC Super I0 Chip gt Serial Port 0 Configuration b Serial Port 1 Configuration b Parallel Port Configuration Case Open Narning Enabled Watch Dog Timer Disabled Power on after AC Loss Turn off Select Screen ti Select Item Enter Select Change Opt Fi General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F Save ESC Exit C 2009 American Megatrends Inc Floppy Disk Controller Configuration Enable or Disable Floppy Disk
25. end at 634K 9ECO 9FFF 5K Extended BIOS Area 9E80 9EBF 1K Unused A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 C7FF 32K Video ROM C800 EFFF 160K Unused F000 FFFF 64K System ROM HMA 64K First 64K Extended Memory Area Size Description 0000 003F 1K Interrupt Area 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 System ROM System Timer IRQ 1 System ROM Keyboard Event IRQ2 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM1 IRQ5 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ7 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 8 System ROM Real Time Clock ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 5 4 Troubleshooting 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 8120VG2R User s Manual 5 5
26. erial 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 8120VG2R User s Manual 5 1 Troubleshooting 5 2 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the devices cables required before turning on ATX power CPU CPU Fan 240 pin 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 8120VG2R 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 mai
27. ew On board Ethernet LAN Two PCI Express x1 interface based Intel 82574L Ethernet controller to support dual Gigabit Ethernet MAC amp PHY e Expansion Interface Support three PCI Express x4 two PCI Express x8 or one PCIEx16 links from processors four PCle x1 or one PCle x4 from chipset and four PCI devices e Cooling Fans Support three 3 pin headers for CPU and System fans System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature system temperature and major power sources etc 6 Bracket Support dual Ethernet port with 2 indicators dual USB ports and one CRT port Outline Dimension L X W 338 58mm 13 337 X 126 39mm 4 987 Power Requirements 12V CPU 6 96A 12V System 0 33A 5V System 0 32A 3 3V System 2 494 CPU Type SBC BIOS Memory VGA Card VGA Driver LAN Card LAN Driver Chip Driver USB 2 0 Driver SATA HDD FDD CDROM Power Supply Back plane System Configuration Intel Xeon CPU C5539 2 27GHz ES Bus Speed 133 3MHz L3 4M Project Version OABRB 0 19 x64 Build Date 01 20 2010 10 10 10 Apacer ECC DDR3 1066 1GB ELPIDA J1108BDBG DJ F 2 Onboard XGI Volari Z7 Z9 Z9s Z11 V1 11 03 XGI Volari Z7 Z9 Z9s Z11 Version 6 14 10 1110 Onboard Intel 82574L Gigabit Network Connection Intel 82574L Gigabit Network Connection Version 11 4 7 0 Intel Chipset Device Software Version 9 1 2 1002 Intel 5 Series 3400 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Control
28. expansion 3420 supports one PCI bus which was designed to support external PCI devices and PCI E x1 bus was for on board display controller XGI Z11 XGI Z11 default equipped with 32MB DDR2 memory on board and scalable to expand to 64MB for higher memory resolution and frequency support Default configuration of display interface is one VGA connector on bracket and it can be extended to have 2 4 VGA or DVI D extension The chipset also features SATA USB and LPC Low Pin Count interface for storage devices and Super I O connections Super I O Winbond W83627DHG on LPC provides I O interfaces such as PS 2 keyboard mouse dual serial ports one parallel port one FDD channel and functions like WatchDog timer and Hardware Monitoring ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 1 7 System Overview Li ROBO 8120VG2R System Block Diagram ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 1 8 Hardware Configuration Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter indicates jumpers headers and connectors locations Users may find useful information related to hardware settings in this chapter The default settings are indicated with a star sign A 2 1 Jumper Setting In the following sections Short means covering a jumper cap over jumper pins Open or N C Not Connected means removing a jumper cap from jumper pins Users can refer to Figure 2 1 for the Jumper locations JS OI CDR JO GHB 1 JADMA 807 IZ CDM CHAT Ha 194 CPU JP E RER
29. fine the configurations with various kinds of PICMG 1 3 backplanes The configurations are shown as follows Link Width Strapping Options Behavior of PCIe Port 001 Reserved 010 x8x4x4 011 KAKANG 100 Wait On BIOS 01 X4x4x4x4 0 111 kal ta ke x lt CO Ka CO x lt ON in P9 JP10 JP11 PCIe configuration for PICMG 1 3 backplane JP9 JP11 JP10 PBPE 06V464 x4 x4 x4 x4 PBPE 06P4 JP9 JP11 JP10 E OO x4 x4 x8 JP9 JP11 JP10 PBPE 14AD64 x8 x4 x4 PBPE 19AG64 BCC WOO JP9 JP11 JP10 PBPE 06A364 WOCH WOCH x8 x8 PBPE 06P2 WO BOO PBPE 08P41 JP9 JP11 JP10 PBPE 06V3 ie GE PBPE 12A9 PBPE 12A A64 PBPE 13A8 ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 2 3 Hardware Configuration JP12 CMOS Normal Clear Jumper R A Normal Clear PN GO JP12 Function 1 2 Short Clear CMOS Disable Normal 2 3 Short Clear CMOS Enable Clear 2 2 Connector Allocation I O peripheral devices are connected to the interface connectors Connector List J5 DDR3 slot for DIMMO of channel B J6 Floppy header JZ DDR3 slot for DIMM1 of channel B J8 Front panel header J9 DDR3 slot for DIMM 0 of channel A J10 System fan header J12 DDR3 slot for DIMM1 of channel A J13 PS2 keyboard mouse header J14 USB connector J15 GPIO header J16 USB connector J17 ATX 12V power supply connector for CPU Vcore J18 COM port 1 header J19 LAN port 1
30. igh return 1 low return 0 if not GPIO 30 31 33 37 return 0 int GPIO_Read2 int bit int tmp 1 lt lt bit int data if bit 0x02 return 0 outp 0x2e 0x07 outp 0x2f 0x09 entry device 9 outp 0x2e 0xf1 data inp 0x2f amp tmp read bit if data 0 return 0 else return 1 ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 14 BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8210VG2R uses AMI BIOS strutcure 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 8210VG2R communicates with peripheral devices and checks its hardware resources against the configuration information stored in the CMOS memory If any error is detected or the CMOS parameters need to be initially defined the diagnostic program will prompt the user to enter the SETUP program Some errors are significant enough to abort the start up 4 1 Entering Setup 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 will enter BIOS setup screen Press lt Del gt to enter SETUP If the message disappears before responding and still wish to enter Setup please restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RES
31. ing web site http www portwell com tw Preface Notice SBC Handling and Installation Notice RH 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 Hm 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 the SBC when systems are during transportation without any holder Example 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 x wa i u S ra z System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 Introduction ROBO 8120VG2R the PICMG 1 3 Single Host Board supports Intel high performance single or dual Dual Core Quad Core Xeon C5500 C3500 series processors in LGA1366 package which adopts Intel 3420 chipset The special design CPU cooler can support single processor up to 85W max TDP for high computing power and also provide smart fan function support The board equipped four DDR3 DIMM sockets allows up to 32GB ECC registered memory for those market segments that could benefit from it such as Medical
32. ious Values Optimized Defaults Save ESC Exit 4 6 BIOS Setup Information Limit CPUID Maximum Disabled for Windows XP Choices Disabled Enabled Execute Disable Bit Choices Disabled Enabled Hardware Prefetcher For UP platforms leave it enabled For DP MP servers it may use to tune performance the specific application Choices 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 Choices Disabled Enabled Intel Virtualization Technology Choices Disabled Enabled Power Technology Choices Disabled Energy Efficient Custom ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information Runtime error Logging Runtime Error Logging Support Setup Options Apti Setup Btrility Copyright 0 2003 American Megatrends Inc Enable Disable Runtime Error Logging Support Select Screen tl Select Item Enter Select Change Opt General Help Previous Values Optimized Defaults Save ESC Exit Runtime error Logging Support Choices Disabled Enabled ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information SATA Configuration The SATA Configuration the SATA devices such as hard disk drive or CD ROM drive ADL io Setup UIsiity f C 2003 American Megatrends Inc SATA Configuration 1 IDE Mode 2 ARCI Mode 3 RAID Mode SATA Porto SATA Porti Not
33. ious Values Fa Optimized Defaults F4 Save ESC Exit Parallel Port Choices Disabled Enabled Change Settings Choices Auto JO 378h IRQ 5 10 378h JRO 5 6 7 10 11 12 IlO 378h IRQ 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 278h IRQO 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 38Ch IRQ 5 6 7 10 11 12 Device Mode Choices STD printer mode SPP mode EPP 1 9 and SPP mode EPP 1 7 and SPP mode ECP mode ECP and EPP 1 9 mode ECP and EPP 1 7 mode Case Open Warning Choices Disabled Enabled Watch Dog Timer Choices Disabled Enabled Power On after AC loss Choices Turn off Turn on ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information H W monitor 2077 American Megatrends Inc Pc Health Status Enable or Disable Smart Fan Smart Fan Mode Configuration SYSTIN temperature CPUO temperature CPU1L temperature system Fan Speed CPU Fano Speed CPU Fani Speed CPUO Vcore 12V AVEC Svcc CPu1 Vcore 1 05V SV 3VS8 VBAT 6 Select Screen ti Select Item Enter Select Change Opt Fi General Help F2 Previous Values FG Optimized Defaults F4 Save ESC Exit an an om bo ve op or on be bp nmn en Smart Fan Function Choices Disabled Enabled Smart Fan Mode Configuration Apt ic Serup Utility T 2993 American Megatrencs Irec Smart Fan Mode Configuration SYS Smart Fan Mode Select SYSFAN expect PNM Output OC Voltag CPU Smart Fan 0 Mode CPUFANO expect PHM Dutput DC Volta CPU Smart Fan 1 Mode CPUFANL expect
34. ler Ver 9 1 1 1013 Seagate ST3160815AS Teac 1 44 Pioneer DVD 227A FSP350 60GLC PBPE 06P2 ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 1 4 System Overview Power Consumption test Run Burning Test V6 0 RUN time 30 Minutes Operating Temperature 5 C 55 C 23 F 131 F Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C e Relative Humidity 0 90 non condensing ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 1 5 System Overview 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing Ol Ge Ze MAKE HN ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual System Overview 1 4 System Architecture ROBO 8120VG2R adopts Intel single or dual Dual Core Quad Core Xeon C5500 C3500 series processors in LGA1366 package and 3420 server chipset Intel Xeon processors support ECC amp registered DDR3 1333 1066 800 system memory up to 32GB on four DIMM sockets and two configurable PCI Express x8 links The PCI Express link was configured as four PCI Express x4 and one PCI Express x16 thru BIOS and jumper setting Two PCI Express x1 links were used to equip Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller which takes advantage of short route to processor and memory to increase it performance The other three PCI Express x4 and PCI Express x8 links are routed to gold finger for external
35. locks VGA Palette Snoop Disabled PERR Generation Disabled SERR Generation Disabled PCI Express Device Settings Relaxed Ordering Disabled Extended Tag Disebled No Snoop Enab lect 4 Select Screen Maximum Payload Ruto Til Select Item Maximum Read Request Ruto Enter Select Change Opt PCI Express Link Settings Fi General Help ASPM Support Disabled F2 Previous Values WARNING Enabling ASPM may cause some F3 Optimized fefauits PCI E devices to fail F4 Save ESC Exit Extended Synch Disabled PCI ROM Priority Choices Legacy ROM EFI Compatible ROM Above 4G Decoding Choices Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer Choices 32 PCI 64 PCI 96 PCI 128 PCI 160 PCI 192 PCI 224 PCI 248 PCI Bus Clocks VGA Palette Snoop Choices Disabled Enabled PERR Generation Choices Disabled Enabled SERR Generation Choices Disabled Enabled Relaxed Ordering Choices Disabled Enabled ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 4 BIOS Setup Information Extended Tag Choices Disabled Enabled No Snoop Choices Disabled Enabled Maximum Payload Choices Auto 128 Bytes 256 Bytes 512 Bytes 1024 Bytes 2048 Bytes 4096 Bytes Maximum Read Request Choices Auto 128 Bytes 256 Bytes 512 Bytes 1024 Bytes 2048 Bytes 4096 Bytes ASPM Support Choices Disabled Auto Force LO Extended Synch Choices Disabled Enabled ACPI Settings Aptis Setup Wrsiity Copyright C 2003 American Megatrend
36. lue LD9_CRFO0h GPIO37 30 direction 1 input 0 output pin LD9_CRF2h P 00h Let CRF1 GPIO data port non invert to prevent from confusion LD9_CRF1h GPIO37 30 data port for input pin get status from the related bit for output pin write value to the related bit For example LD9_CRFOh_Bit4 P0 Let GPIO34 as output pin LD9_CRF2h_Bit4 P0 Let CRF1_Bit4 non inverted LD9_CRF1h_Bit4 P0 Output 0 to GPIO34 pin J13_Pin1 LD9_CRFOh_Bit0 P1 Let GPIO30 as input pin LD9_CRF2h_Bit0 P0 Let CRF1_BitO non inverted Read LD9_CRF1h_Bit0 Read the status from GPIO30 pin J13_Pin2 ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 10 System Installation How to access W83627DHG CR In ROBO 8120VG2R the EFER 002Eh and EFDR 002Fh EFER and EFDR are 2 IO ports needed to access W83627HG 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 W83627HG 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 include lt stdio h gt include lt stdlib h gt include lt conio h gt void WDT_Enable int time int mode void WDT_Disable void GPIO_Set_Model int bit int mode void GPIO_Set_Mode2 int bit int mode
37. mode used by AMI BIOS is used Select Keep Current if you want to use the display mode of optional ROM Choices Force BIOS Keep Current Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is 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 Choices Disabled Enabled Boot Option 1 Choices Built in EFI Shell Disable Other Devices ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 25 BIOS Setup Information 4 6 Security Use this menu to set supervisor and user passwords Utility Copyright iC 2009 omeclcan Megatremds Inc Secur ity Password Description Set Setup Administrator Password If ONLY the Administrator s password is set then this only limits access to Setup and is only asked for when entering Setup If ONLY the User s password is set then this is a power on password and must be entered to boot or enter Setup In Setup the User will have Administrator
38. n setup menu please scroll down to Restore 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 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 COM1 serial port to release IRQ 4
39. nabled F3 Optimized Defaults Port Enabled F4 Save ESC Exit Port Enabled Port Enabled DO d Ou bh Or oO ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 22 BIOS Setup Information ALL USB Devices Choices Disabled Enabled EHCI Controller 1 Choices Disabled Enabled EHCI Controller 2 Choices Disabled Enabled RHM Support Choices Disabled Enabled Auto USB Port 0 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Choices Disabled Enabled 1 2009 American Megatremds I Enable or Disable ME Subsystem Intel ME Subsystem Configuration via HECI Interface ME Version 6 0 30 1199 End of Post Message Enabled Execute MEBx Enabled 6 Select Screen ti Select Item Change Opt General Help gt Previous Values Optimized Defaults Save ESC Exit ME Subsystem Choices Enabled Disabled End of Post Message Choices Enabled Disabled Execute MEBx Choices Enabled Disabled ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 23 BIOS Setup Information 4 5 Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of boot devices lity Ccpuright 0 2005 American Megatrends I Boot Configuration Fast Boot Gisebled Setup Promot Timeout 1 Eootup NumLock State 0n CSM16 Module Verison 07 63 GateAZ0 Active Upon Request Option ROM Messages Force BIOS Interrupt 19 Capture Disabled Boot Option Priorities 4 Select Screen Boot Option 1 Built in EFI Shell Tk Select Item General Help Previous Values Optimized Defaults
40. on Process Socket TOP Cores VI 1 HT Technolog bit ree ed Te foe OR Dae TRET NTT E E E pi AS wee pn la LBS 48 ou y OV A Py yy Ea e on a a e Tani a DG wee nm GANG LA S 48 WB TY BT 4 CC EREECHEN AM Pa er Pema a a P AC ewe ambeng 170 48 we yf yy vy fv d Ch leket Sm iG Wh LB Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 1 System Installation 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 Triangle mark is meaning first pin position kindly assemble and take aim at notch of top and bottom between CPU and socket ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 2 System Installation 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 1366 socket Removing CPU 1 Unlock the cooling fan first 2 Lift the lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the othe
41. onvert O amp M Codes Disabled Select Screen Th Select Item NOTE ALL values changed here do not take effect Enter Select until computer is restarted Change Opt General Help Previous Velues Optimized Defaults Save ESC Exit Smbios Event Log Choices Enabled Disabled Erase Event Log Choices No Yes Next reset Yes Every reset When Log is Full Choices Do Nothing Erase Immediately MECI Choices 1 255 METW Choices 0 99 Log OEM Codes Choices Enabled Disabled Convert OEM Codes Choices Enabled Disabled View Smbios Event Log View smbios event log ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 29 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides a few useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8120VG2R 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 8120VG2R 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 PWRI1 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 S
42. quency Select Choices Auto 5 866GT s 4 8GT s 4 270 GT s Disable Fast mode RTID Profile UP Choices Default UP IO Centric Memory Mode Choices Independent Mirroring Lock Step Sparing NUMA Choices Disabled Enabled Channel Interleaving Choices Auto 6 Way 4 Way 3 Way 2 Way 1 Way Rank Interleaving Choices Auto 4 Way 2 Way 1 Way Hardware Memory Test Choices Disabled Enabled ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information Software Memory Test Choices Disabled Enabled Patrol Scrub Choices Disabled Enabled Demand Scrub Choices Disabled Enabled Fast MRC Choices Disabled Enabled DDR3 Memory Operating Speed Choices Auto 1333MHz 1067MHz 800MHz Memory Rank Margining Choices Auto 1333MHz 1067MHz 800MHz Closed Loop Throttling Choices Disabled Enabled Open Loop Throttling Choices Disabled Enabled DIMM Information Display DIMM presence and size information ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information South Bridge Configuration Copyright C 209 American Megatrencs Inc Enable Oisable SMBUS Sp Chipset Configuration Controller SLP_S4 Assertion Stretch Enable Enabled SLP_S Assertion Width 4 5 Seconds High Precision Event Timer Configuration High Precision Tiner Enabled Wakeup by Ring Enabled gt PCI Express Ports Configuration Select Screen P USB Conf igurat lon Change Opt General
43. r 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 8120VG2R 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 DIMM0 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 DIMM3 ECC DDR3 DIMM channel B slot 2 DIMM2 ECC DDR3 DIMM channel B slot 1 DIMM1 ECC DDR3 DIMM channel A slot 2 DIMMO ECC DDR3 DIMM channel A slot 1 ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 3 System Installation 3 2 Main Memory ROBO 8120VG2R provide 4 x 240 pin DIMM sockets which supports 800 1066 1333 ECC DDR3 SDRAM as main memory The maximum memory size can be up to 32GB 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 of memory module with socket it will impact on the s
44. s Inc Enables or Disables BIOS ACPI Auto Configuration Enable Hibernat Lon Enabled ACPI Sleep State S3 Suspend to R 3 Video Repost Olsabled e Select Screen Generel Help Previous Values Optimized Defaults Save ESC Exit ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information Enable ACPI Auto Configuration Choices Enabled Disabled Enable Hiberrnation Choices Enabled Disabled ACPI Sleep State Choices Suspend Disabled S1 CPU Stop Clock S3 Suspend to RAM S3 Video Report Choices Enabled Disabled CPU Configuration These items show the advanced specifications of your CPU Read only Copyright C 2933 american Megatrencs Inc CPU Configuration Intel R Xeon R CPU C5518 1 73GHz EMT64 Processor Speed Processor Stepping Microcode Revision Processor Cores Intel HT Technology Hyuper threading Active Processor Cores Limit CPUID Maximum Execute Disable Bit Hardware Prefetcher amp djacent Cache Line Prefetch Intel Virtualization Technology Power Technology New Max Non Turbo Ratio Choices 0 255 Hyper Threading Choices Disabled Enabled Active Processor Cores Choices All 1 2 ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 106e4 K3 Supported Enabled ALL Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Energy Efficient CPU Range 6 13 Sets Max non turbo ratio O Min ratio 255 Msx Ratlo General Help Prev
45. s 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 3420 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 3 4 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable Clear CMOS Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position JP12 CMOS Clear JP12 1 2 Short Clear CMOS Disable Normal 2 3 Short Clear CMOS Enable Clear ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 7 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 8120VG2R_ 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 sen
46. ssing a basic concept and operation of Single Host Board 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 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 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 8120VG2R 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 will be shown on the follow
47. t Abandon all changes and exit the Setup Utility then reboot Save Changes Save all changes and continue with the Setup Utility Discard Changes Abandon all changes and continue with the Setup Utility ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 27 BIOS Setup Information Restore Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the SBC manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the SBC Save as User Defaults Save all changes and considers as User s default Restore User Default Restore the setting according to User s default Built in EFI Shell To enter the Built in EFI shell for further modification such as upgrade BIOS 4 8 Event Logs Aptic Setup utility Copyright C 2005 American Megatrencs Inc g t me Event Logs Press lt Enter gt to change the Simbios Event Log configuration View Smoios Event Log Select Screen IL Select Item Enter Select Change Opt Fi General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save ESC Exit ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 28 BIOS Setup Information Chan ze Smbios Event Log Setting Setup ut Ccpur t C 2993 American Megatrencs Inc Event Logs Enabling Olsabling Options Change this to enable or disable al features of Sabios Event Logging during boot Erasing Settings Erase Event Log No When Log is Full Do Nothing Smbios Event Log Standard Settings MECI 1 METH 60 Custom Options Log OEM Codes Enabled C
48. t 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 W83627DHG 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 Enter W83627DHG configuration registers mode outp 0x2E 0x87 outp 0x2E 0x87 Assign Pin77 to be WDTO outp 0x2E 0x2D outp 0x2E 1
49. tem Overview e Main Memory Support dual channel amp signal channel DDR3 memory interface ECC registered only Four DIMM sockets support DDR3 1333 1066 800 SDRAM up to 32GB System Memory L2 Cache Memory Built in Processor Chipset Intel 3420 chipset Bus Interface Follow PICMG 1 3 RC1 0 standard e 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 e Serial Ports Support one RS232 and one RS232 422 485 selectable e Parallel Port Support one parallel port with SPP EPP and ECP modes 6 USB Interface Support twelve USB Universal Serial Bus ports for high speed I O peripheral devices Dual USB ports on bracket Four USB ports route to backplane PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 2x5 pin connector for PS 2 keyboard mouse connection e Auxiliary I O Interfaces Keyboard lock and HDD active LED e Real Time Clock Calendar RTC Support Y2K Real Time Clock Calendar with battery backup for 7 year data retention On board VGA Via PCI Express x1 bus interface XGI Z11 graphics processor with 32MB DDR2 memory features high performance 2D Accelerator high efficient BroadBahn Memory architecture and high performance Flat Panel Display One VGA port on bracket Optional support TMDS interface for DVI D display or second VGA display ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 1 3 System Overvi
50. ults Software Memory Test Enabled Save ESC Exit Patrol Scrub Disabled Demand Scrub Disabled Fast MRC Enabled DORI Memory Operating Speed Auto Memory Rank Margining Disabled Margin Ranks Loop Count 15 Closed Loop Throttling Disabled Open Loop Throttling Diseb led ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information A American Megatrends Inc Intel R VT for Directed 1 0 Conf igurat ion Isoc Disabled Intel R I OAT Enabled DCA Support Enab Lect NTS setup questions for legacy 110 IIO O NTS Configuration Transparent Bridge NTB setup questions for non legacy IIO IIO 1 NTS Configuration Transparent Bridge Select Screen ti Select Item Enter Select Change Opt General Help Previous Values Optimized Defaults Save ESC Exit Isoc Choices Disabled Auto Enabled Intel R YOAT Choices Disabled Enabled DCA Support Choices Disabled Enabled I100 1 NTB Configuration Choices Transparent Bridge NTB to NTB NTB to RP ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information QPI Link Agtio Setup Wrility Coouwright CH 2009 American Hegsatrends Inc Chipset Allows for selecting the GPI Current QPI Link Speed Fast Frequency Current QPI Link Freq 4 8 GT s RTIO Profile UP befault Select Screen Tl Select Item Enter Select Change Opt General Help Previous Values t Optimized Oefaults Save ESC Exit QPI Fre
51. void GPIO_Write1 int bit int data void GPIO_Write2 int bit int data int GPIO_Read1 int bit int GPIO_Read2 int bit void main outp 0x2e 0x87 Input SIO entry key outp 0x2e 0x87 WDT sample code WDT_Enable 20 0 WDT_Disable GPIO sampe code GPIO_Set_Mode2 0 0 set GPIO 30 for output GPIO_Set_Mode2 1 1 set GPIO 31 for input GPIO_Set_Model1 2 1 Set GPIO 22 for input GPIO_Write2 0 1 Set GPIO 30 for high outp 0x2e 0xAA Input SIO Exit key ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 11 System Installation return time lt 255 mode 0 sec 1 min void WDT_Enable int time int mode outp 0x2e 0x2d outp 0x2f inp 0x2f amp 0xfe Enable WDT function outp 0x2e 0x07 outp 0x2f 0x08 entry device 8 outp 0x2e 0xF5 outp 0x2f inp 0x2f mode 0x08 bit3 0 second 1 Minute outp 0x2e 0xf6 outp 0x2f time Set time sec min outp 0x2e 0xf7 outp 0x2f inp 0x2f Oxc0 enable reset time by mouse keyboard interrupt void WDT_Disable outp 0x2e 0x2d outp 0x2f inp 0x2f 0x01 Disable WDT function bit 2 3 GPIO 22 23 mode 0 output 1 input void GPIO_Set_Model int bit int mode int tmp 1 lt lt bit if bit 0x02 return else if bit 0x03 return outp 0x2e 0x07 outp 0x2f 0x09 entry device 9 outp 0x2e 0xE3 outp 0x2f inp Ox2f amp tmp tmp mode 0 for output 1 for intput bit O 1 GPIO 30 31
52. ystem 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 1333MHz 10 6GB s 1066MHz 8 5GB s 800MHz 6 4GB s Memory Frequency Dual Channel DDR Single Channel DDR Bandwidth Bandwidth 1333MHZ 21 2GB s 10 6GB s 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 8120VG2R User s Manual 3 4 System Installation 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer To install your ROBO 8120VG2R 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 8120VG2R into the dedicated position in the system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripheral devices

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