Intel Raptor AT User's Manual
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1. eeen teen nnne nnn 43 _ _ gt ___ _ __ __ 44 On board Devices eese 45 PCI Configuration Space 45 6 ________ __ 46 PCI Interrupt Routing Map 46 SMBUS 47 Connectors Pin out eese 47 Appendix B Flash BIOS programming 51 Appendix Disk On Chip 53 Introduction Appendix D On Board Industrial Devices 55 Watchdog Timer eere 55 Post Code Display sees 56 Appendix E On Board Ethernet 67 III Raptor AT Installation Guide Notice The company reserves the right to revise this publication or to change its contents without notice Information contained herein is for reference only and does not constitute a commitment on the part of the manufacturer or any subsequent vendor They are in no way responsible for any loss or damage resulting from the use or misuse of this publication This publication and any accompanying software may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied translated or reduced to any machine readable form without prior consent from the vendor manufacturer or creators of this publication exc2. Open Open Closed Manufacturer s Settings Watchdog Timer Selection The watchdog timer can be set as hardware software or disabled through JP10 JP8 sets the time out and JP6 sets the addresses Please refer to appendix D for more details Table 1 5 Watchdog Timer Selection Watchdog JP10 JP10 JP10 Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 Disabled Open Closed Open Software Open Open Closed Manufacturer s Settings Table 1 6 Watchdog Time out Selection Watchdog JP8 JP8 JP8 Timeout 1 2 2 3 3 4 1200 ms Open Closed Open Open Manufacturer s Settings Chapter 1 Pre Configuration Table 1 7 Watchdog Address Selection Watchdog JP6 JP6 Address 1 2 2 3 110h Closed Open Closed Manufacturer s Settings On board Ethernet The Raptor AT has a built in 10 100 Ethernet The jumper JP12 either disables 2 3 or enables 1 2 this feature For more information please refer to Appendix E Table 1 8 Ethernet Selection Ethernet Enabled Disabled Selection JP12 1 2 2 3 Manufacturer s Settings ATX Power Supply Enhancements The Raptor AT has a Power on mode selection The jumper JP4 selects the power on mode Table 1 9 POWER ON Mode Select Power on upon PWR_SW signal Button press Power on Power on mode immediately 1502 Manufacturer s Settings Raptor AT Installation Guide Step 2 DRAM CPU Disk on Chip and Cables Installat
3. Keyboard controller BAT command failed No FLASH EPROM detected Floppy controller failure Boot Block BIOS checksum error 10 Flash erase error 11 Flash program error 12 AMIBOOT ROM file size error 52 Appendix C Disk On Chip Disk On Chip The Raptor AT offers two on board flash disks as optional devices The Disk On Chip is a single chip flash disk device in a standard 32 pin DIP socket Appendix C It features up to 288MB each of storage capacity with high speed boot up capabilities including the Flash File System FFS for easy storage This feature of the Raptor AT is a perfect replacement for conventional hard drives in the harsh industrial environment where shock and vibration is a burden for standard hard drives Jumper JP7 selects the memory addresses to be used for the Disk On Chip Possible addresses are listed below Table C 1 Disk on Chip Selection JP7 JP7 JP7 JP7 DOOOh D400h Closed Open Open Open D400h D800h Open Closed Open Open D800h DCOOh Open Open Closed Open DCOOh DOOOh Open Open Open Closed Manufacturer s Settings For upgrade and technical specifications about Disk on Chip please contact the manufacturer M Systems at www m sys com 53 Raptor AT Installation Guide User s Notes 54 Appendix D Industrial Devices Appendix D On Board Industrial Devices The Raptor AT features two industri
4. Figure 1 1 Jumper Locations JP12 Chapter 1 Pre Configuration CMOS Reset This option is provided as a convenience for those who need to reset the CMOS registers It should always be set to Normal for standard operation If the CMOS needs to be reset turn off the system move JP5 to 2 3 turn the system on move jumper to 1 2 and press reset Table 1 1 CMOS Reset Reset CMOS Normal Clear CMOS JP5 1521 Manufacturer s Settings Disk on Chip Selection The jumper JP7 allows selection for the addresses on Disk on Chip devices Table 1 2 Disk on Chip Selection JP7 JP7 JP7 JP7 DOOOh D400h Closed Open Open Open D400h D800h Open Closed Open Open D800h DCOOh Open Open Closed Open DCOOh DOOOh Open Open Open Closed Manufacturer s Settings Flash BIOS Write Protect To program the optional flash BIOS Location U9 Figure 1 2 use JP2 to disable write protection For regular standard BIOS use default settings Table 1 3 Flash BIOS Programming Selection Flash Write protect Enabled Disabled Manufacturer s Settings Raptor AT Installation Guide Clock Speed Selection The Raptor AT has a CPU automatic speed selector device The jumper JP11 allows selection for this option Table 1 4 Clock Frequency Selection Clock JP11 JP11 JP11 Frequency 1 2 2 3 3 4 AUTODETECT Closed Open Open Open Closed Open
5. 1200ms Closed Open Open Open Closed Manufacturer s Settings Table D 3 Watchdog Address Selection Watchdog JP6 JP6 Address 1 2 2 3 110h Open Manufacturer s Settings Post Code Display The POST code display is a device implemented on the Raptor AT to help on failure diagnostics A POST code is transmitted by the BIOS during the POST Power On Self Test It is a number that refers to the state or test condition of a circuit or group of circuits Knowing the results of these tests hence the POST code can be very important in debugging a system 56 Appendix D Industrial Devices POST Checkpoint Codes When AMIBIOS performs the Power On Self Test it writes diagnostic codes checkpoint codes to I O port 0080h where the POST code display is connected Table D 4 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The uncompressed initialization checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Description DOh The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code checksum will be verified Initializing the DMA controller performing the Dih keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat mode next D3h Starting memory sizing next D4h Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and setting the stack next Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow D5h RAM at E000 0000h The initialization code is copied to segment 0
6. CTS Table A 10 1 Power LED Keylock Header Connector Pin out Power LED Anode NC Cathode KEYLOCK Cathode O1 Go Table A 11 131 Ethernet Header Connector Pin out Connected to pin 4 amp 5 of RJ45 Connected to pin 7 amp 8 of RJ45 RX RX Speed LED Cathode Speed LED Anode ACT LED Cathode ACT LED Anode TX TX o NJ CC CI amp Go o Appendix A Technical Specifications Table A 12 Parallel DB25 Connector 1 STROBE 2 DATA BIT 0 3 DATA BIT 1 4 DATA BIT 2 5 DATA BIT 3 6 DATA BIT 4 7 DATA BIT 5 8 DATA BIT 6 9 BIT 7 10 ACK1 11 BUSY 12 PAPER EMPTY 13 SLCT 14 AUTOFEED 15 ERROR 16 INIT 17 SLCT IN 18 25 GND Table A 13 USB Header Connector Pin out 5V USB1 5V USB2 D USBI D USB2 0 USB1 D USB2 GROUND USB1 GROUND USB2 49 Raptor AT Installation Guide Table A 14 Infra Red HDD LED CPU Fan SYS FAN LAN ACT LED LAN Speed LED Speaker and Wake On LAN Infra Red J25 1 Rx 2 Tx 3 GND 4 NC 5 Key 6 Vcc J5 HDD LED 1 Anode 2 Cathode J3 CPU FAN 1 Sense 2 12 3 GND JA SYS FAN 1 Sense 2 12 3 GND J2 Speake
7. 03D4 03D5 Video VGA 03DA Video VGA 03E8 03EF CONG if selected 03F0 03F5 Floppy Channel 1 03F6 Primary IDE channel command port 03F7 Floppy Channel 1 command 03F7 bit 7 Floppy disk change channel 1 03F7 bits 6 0 Primary IDE channel status report 03F8 03FF COMI default 0400 0401 INTC 1 Edge Level Control PESTER PCI configuration address register bytes OCF9 Reset control register ales PCI configuration data register bytes On board Devices DISK ON CHIP 1 Memory address selectable between D000 default D400 D800 DISK ON CHIP 2 Memory address selectable between 2000 D400 default D800 PCI Configuration Space Map Bus Device Function Description 00 00 00 440BX Host Bridge 00 07 00 PIIX4 PCI ISA bridge 00 07 01 IDE bus master 00 07 02 PIIX4 USB 00 07 03 PITX4 Power Management 00 OF 00 PCI expansion slot 1 00 10 00 PCI expansion slot 2 00 12 00 PCI expansion slot 3 45 Raptor AT Installation Guide Bus Device Function Description 00 14 00 PCI expansion slot 4 00 OE 00 82559ER Ethernet Interrupts IRQ System Resource NMI I O channel check 0 Reserved interval timer 1 Reserved keyboard 2 Reserved cascade 3 COM2 4 COMI 5 User Available Floppy Drive LPT1 Real time clock User Available User Available User Available PS 2 mouse port if prese
8. Above 1 MB Memory Test Advanced Setup option The settings are Enabled and Disabled Pri Master ARMD Emulated as Pri Slave ARMD Emulated as Sec Master ARMD Emulated as Sec Slave ARMD Emulated as If set to Auto the default emulation depends on ARMD drive The default emulation type is floppy for LS120 hard drive for MO and hard drive for ZIP drives 17 Raptor AT Installation Guide Ist Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device 4th Boot Device These options set the drive boot sequence that Raptor AT attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes The settings are Disabled 1st IDE 2nd IDE 3rd IDE 4th IDE Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CDROM SCSI Network and I2O The default is 1st Boot Device Floppy 2nd Boot Device 1st IDE HDD 3rd Boot Device ATAPI CDROM 4th Boot Device Disabled Try Other Boot Devices Set this option to Yes default to instruct AMIBIOS to attempt to boot from any other drive in the system if it cannot find a boot drive among the drives specified in the 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th Boot Device options Initial Display Mode Set this option to BIOS default to obtain the normal boot up screen Set to Silent to obtain the customized graphic boot up screen Floppy Access Control This option selects usage right from the floppy drive The setting is either Read Write default or Read Only Hard Disk Access Control This option selects usage right from the hard disk The sett
9. PCI PNP Reserved Memory Size This option specifies the size of the memory area reserved for legacy ISA adapter cards The settings are Disabled 16K 32K and 64K The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Reserved Memory Address This option specifies the beginning address in hex of the reserved memory area The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards The settings are C8000 CC000 D0000 04000 D8000 and DCO00 The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is 000 PCI Device Search Order This option determines which order the PCI slots will be scanned The setting is either First Last default or Last First Peripheral Setup Peripheral Setup options are displayed by choosing Peripheral Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Peripheral Setup options are described here Onboard FDC Set this option to Enabled to enable the floppy drive controller on the motherboard The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines if the floppy controller should be enabled Enabled and Disabled The default setting is Auto 3l Raptor AT Installation Guide Onboard Serial This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 1 The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I O port address Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h and 2E8h The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Auto Onboard Serial Port2 This option specifies
10. Setup esses 21 Power Management Setup 25 PCI Plug and Play Setup senes 28 Peripheral Setup eese 31 Auto Detect Hard Disk eee 34 Raptor AT Installation Guide Change User 34 Change Supervisor Password 35 Change Language 35 Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings 35 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings 36 Save Settings and Exit esses 36 Exit without Saving eee 36 Chapter 3 Upgrading 37 Upgrading the System Memory 37 Upgrading the Microprocessor 37 Appendix A Technical Specifications 39 Chipsets 39 System Memory 39 lt 3 lt 3 _ _ _ __ __ ___ _ 39 Embedded I O esses 40 Industrial Devices 41 Miscellaneous eere 41 Memory 43
11. board sockets up to 288MB each with FFS for diskless applications e Software and hardware programmable Watchdog Timer amp on board POST Display Diagnostics Four 16 bit ISA slots and four 32 bit PCI slots e Ethernet header e Power Button advanced management support e Automatic CPU voltage amp temperature monitoring device optional ROM BIOS e AMI BIOS BIOS HIFLEX with optional FLASH ROM On Board Ethernet e On board 10 100 Ethernet Conventions Used in this Manual Notes Such as a brief discussion of memory types Important Information such as static warnings or very important instructions When instructed to enter keyboard keystrokes the text will be noted by this graphic VIII Chapter 1 Pre Configuration Chapter 1 Pre Configuration This chapter provides all the necessary information for installing the Raptor AT into a standard PC chassis Topics discussed include installing the CPU if necessary DRAM installation jumper settings for CPU and standard I O Handling Precautions The Raptor AT has been designed to be as rugged as possible but it can be damaged if dropped jarred sharply or struck Damage may also occur by using excessive force in performing certain installation procedures such as forcing the system board into the chassis or placing too much torque on a mounting screw Take special care when installing or removing the system memory DIMMs Never force a DIMM into a sock
12. floor with the bare board in hand VI Introduction Warranty This product is warranted against material and manufacturing defects for two years from the date of delivery Buyer agrees that if this product proves defective the manufacturer is only obligated to repair replace or refund the purchase price of this product at manufacturer s discretion The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to alteration misuse or abuse if any repairs have been attempted by anyone other than the manufacturer or if failure is caused by accident acts of God or other causes beyond the manufacturer s control Raptor AT An Overview The Raptor AT represents the ultimate in industrial embedded motherboard technology No other system board available today provides such impressive list of features CPU Support e Supports full series of Intel Celeron and PGA370 processors up to 100MHz FSB Supported Bus Clocks e 66and 100MHz Memory e Three DIMM sockets up to 384MB or 768MB registered SDRAM PC100 recommended required for or 100 2 On Board I O 2 Floppies up to 2 88 MB Dual channel PCI 32 bit EIDE controller Two high speed RS 232 serial ports 16 Bytes FIFO 16550 One Centronics compatible bidirectional parallel port EPP ECP mode compatible VII Raptor AT Installation Guide One PS 2 mouse header and one AT keyboard connector e Two Universal Serial Bus headers e Two Disk on Chip on
13. press Enter This option will be available only if Supervisor Passwords exists 34 Chapter 2 BIOS Configuration Change Supervisor Password Select the Change Supervisor Password from the Security section of the AMIBIOS Setup main menu Enter the password and press Enter The screen does not display the characters entered After the new password is entered retype the new password as prompted and press Enter Remember the Password Keep a record of the new password when the password is changed If you forget the password you must erase the system configuration information in NVRAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory Change Language Settings N A Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings You can load the optimal default settings for the AMIBIOS by selecting the Optimal option The Optimal default settings are best case values that should optimize system performance If CMOS is corrupted the Optimal settings are loaded automatically 35 Raptor AT Installation Guide Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings You can load the Fail Safe AMIBIOS Setup option settings by selecting the Fail Safe option from the Default section of the AMIBIOS Setup main menu The Fail Safe settings provide far from optimal system performance but are the most stable settings Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system is behaving erratically Save Settings and Exit Exit AMIBIOS saving the changes Exit
14. requirements Designing for thermal performance In designing for thermal performance the goal is to keep the processor within the operational thermal specifications The inability to do so will shorten the life of the processor Fan Heatsink An active fan heatsink can be employed as a mechanism for cooling the Intel processors This is the acceptable solution for most chassis Adequate clearance must be provided around the fan heatsink to ensure unimpeded air flow for proper cooling Raptor AT Installation Guide Airflow management It is important to manage the velocity quantity and direction of air that flows within the system and how it flows to maximize the volume of air that flows over the processor Thermal interface management To optimize the heatsink design for the Celeron Pentium III processor it is important to understand the impact of factors related to the interface between the processor and the heatsink base Specifically the bond line thickness interface material area and interface material thermal conductivity should be managed to realize the most effective thermal solution This completes the installation of the CPU Now is it a good time to double check both the CPU and DIMM installation to make sure that these devices have been properly installed Disk on Chip installation The Raptor AT supports Two Disk on Chip on board up to 288 MB each with FFS for diskless applications Locate the Disk on Chip
15. software watchdog timer with VCC monitor POST Code On board POST code display for self diagnostics and custom applications refer to Appendix D Temperature and Voltage Device On board voltage CPU fan speed and CPU temperature monitoring devices optional Power Management Power button function advanced power management support Miscellaneous CMOS Battery RTC with lithium battery No external battery is required 41 Raptor AT Installation Guide Control Panel Connections Reset Keylock Speaker LEDs for power and IDE CPU Socket Standard ZIF Zero Insertion Force PGA 370 Form Factor Baby AT form factor 8 6 x 13 PCB Construction Four Layers dry film mask Manufacturing Process Automated surface mount Reliability MTBF 52 300 hours Table A 1 Environmental Temperature 0 to 55 C 40 to 65 C Humidity 5 to 95 40 C 5 to 95 6 40 C non condensing non condensing Shock 2 5G 6 10ms 10G 10ms Vibration 0 25 Q 5 100Hz 5 Q 5 100Hz 42 Appendix A Technical Specifications Memory Map Address Address Range Range Size Description Decimal Hexadecimal 0 0000 960K 1M OFFFFF 64 KB Upper BIOS 0 0000 896 960 OEFFEF 64 KB Lower BIOS Expansion 768K 896K Card BIOS ODFFFF and Buffer Standard 0A0000 PCI ISA 640K 768K OBFFFF 128 KB Video Memory Ext 080000 512K 640K O9FFFF 128 KB Conventional memory 000000 Conventi
16. without Saving 36 Allows to exit AMIBIOS setup without saving Chapter 3 Upgrading Chapter 3 Upgrading Upgrading the System Memory The Raptor AT allows an upgrade of the system memory with up to 384MB unbuffered SDRAM and up to 768MB registered SDRAM DIMM modules ECC and non ECC modules are supported PC100 memory modules are recommended but required for or 100MHz FSB operation The Raptor AT offers 3 DIMM memory sockets It is very important that the quality of the DIMM is good Undesirable operation of the system may result if poor quality DIMMs are used Always purchase your memory from a reliable source Upgrading the Microprocessor The latest revision of the Raptor AT currently supports socket PGA370 architecture Intel Celeron Processors and PIII PGA processors Please check the manufacturer s web site for details and revisions regarding CPU speed Since the Raptor AT features CPU auto sensing device there is only one jumper to be set when changing the CPU JP11 if it s no set to auto This jumper is the Clock Speed selector 37 Raptor AT Installation Guide User s Notes 38 Appendix A Technical Specifications Appendix A Technical Specifications Chipsets Core Logic Intel 440BX Chipset Peripheral I O Standard Microsystems SMSC FDC37B722 Micro Processor Support Celeron and PIII PGA processors up to 100MHz FSB System Memory Memory Capacity Up to 768MB registered SDRAM or up t
17. B next The memory above 1 MB has been cleared via a soft 4Dh reset Saving the memory size next Going to checkpoint 52h next 61 Raptor AT Installation Guide Description AEh The memory test started but not as the result of a soft reset Displaying the first 64 KB memory size next The memory size display has started The display is 4Fh updated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next The memory below 1 MB has been tested and 50h initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next 51h The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Testing the memory above 1 MB next The memory above 1 MB has been tested and 52h Berar initialized Saving the memory size information next The memory size information and the CPU registers are 53h 1 saved Entering real mode next 54h Shutdown was successful The CPU is in real mode Disabling the Gate A20 line parity and the NMI next The A20 address line parity and the NMI are disabled 57h Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing next 58h The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit lt DEL gt message next The Hit lt DEL gt message is cleared The lt WAIT gt 59h message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next 60h The DMA page re
18. I O Connecting all the cables from the system board to the chassis and peripherals Chapter 2 BIOS Configuration This chapter shows the final step in getting your system firmware setup Chapter 3 Upgrading The Raptor AT provides a number of expansion options including memory All aspects of the upgrade possibilities are covered Raptor AT Installation Guide Appendix A Technical Specifications A complete listing of all the major technical specifications of the Raptor AT is provided Appendix B Flash BIOS Programming optional Provides all the information necessary to program your optional AMIBIOS Flash BIOS Appendix C Disk on Chip Two on board sockets for a solid state flash disk device Appendix D Industrial Devices Watchdog Timer and On Board POST Power On Self Testing code display Appendix E Ethernet On board 10 100 Ethernet Static Electricity Warning The Raptor AT has been designed as rugged as possible but can still be damaged if jarred sharply or struck Handle the motherboard with care The Raptor AT also contains delicate electronic circuits that can be damaged or weakened by static electricity Before removing the Raptor AT from its protective packaging it is strongly recommended that you use a grounding wrist strap The grounding strap will safely discharge any static electricity build up in your body and will avoid damaging the motherboard Do not walk across a carpet or linoleum
19. PCI IDE controller The settings are Disabled INTA INTB INTC INTD and Hardwired The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Disabled PCI 51011 IRQ Priority PCI Slot2 IRQ Priority PCI Slot3 IRQ Priority PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority These options specify the IRQ priority for PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion slots The settings are Auto IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 and 14 The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Auto DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 IRQ3 IRQ4 IROS IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQIO 18011 1012 16014 IRQIS 30 These options allow you to specify the bus type used by each DMA channel The setting is either PNP or ISA EISA The optimal and fail safe default setting is PNP These options specify the bus that the specified IRQ line is used on These options allow you to reserve IRQs for legacy ISA adapter cards These options determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to Chapter 2 BIOS Configuration devices that are configurable by the system BIOS If more IRQs must be removed from the pool the end user can use these options to reserve the IRQ by assigning an ISA EISA setting to it Onboard I O is configured as PCI PNP IRQI2 only appears if the mouse support option in advanced setup is set to disabled 14 and 15 will not be available if the onboard PCI IDEs are enabled The optimal and fail safe default setting is
20. Raptor AT Motherboard Installation Guide Introduction Table of Contents NOLICO a enis IV Introduction V Chapter 1 Pre Configuration 1 Step 1 Setting the Jumpers 3 Jumper 4 ener reri 5 Disk on Chip Selection esee 5 Flash BIOS Write Protect eres 5 Clock Speed Selection sees 6 Watchdog Timer Selection esses 6 On board Ethernet eese 7 ATX Power Supply Enhancements 7 Step 2 DRAM CPU Disk on Chip and Cables Installation 8 Raptor AT Memory Configuration 8 CPU Installation eei recente necu rc etuer 8 Disk on Chip installation eese 10 Installing Cables 10 Power and Control Panel Cables 10 Installing Peripheral 10 Index of Connectors esee 13 Chapter2 HIFLEX BIOS 15 Standard Setup 16 Advanced CMOS 17 Advanced Chipset
21. WINBIOS Setup code and executing the AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup utility next Returned from WINBIOS Setup and cleared the screen 88h Performing any necessary programming after WINBIOS Setup next 89h The programming after WINBIOS Setup has completed Displaying the power on screen message next The first screen message has been displayed The 8Bh lt WAIT gt message is displayed Performing the PS 2 mouse check and extended BIOS data area allocation check next 8Ch Programming the WINBIOS Setup options next 8Dh The WINBIOS Setup options are programmed Resetting the hard diskcontroller next The hard disk controller has been reset Configuring the 8Fh floppy drivecontroller next 91h The floppy drive controller has been configured Configuring the hard disk drive controller next 95h Initializing the bus option ROMs from C800 next See Table D 7 for additional information Initializing before passing control to the adaptor ROM 96h at C800 97h Initialization before the C800 adaptor ROM gains control has completed The adaptor ROM check is next 63 Raptor AT Installation Guide Description The adaptor ROM had control and has now returned 98h control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the option ROM returned control Any initialization required after the option ROM test has 99h completed Configuring the timer data area
22. al devices A watchdog timer that will reset the system is case of failure according to a pre set time out and a Post Code display that will help you on troubleshooting Watchdog Timer This device can be set as hardware software or disabled Table D 1 The watchdog timer will monitor your motherboard and reset if any problem occurs The time out ranges from 1200 600 and 150 milliseconds Table D 2 The Watchdog timer can work in two ways Hardware Reset The watchdog timer monitors the BALE signal If BALE stops oscillating for the time set at JP8 the watchdog will reset the board Software Reset The software has to access the watchdog timer at least every time out to prevent the board from resetting This allows a very tight control of the motherboards operation but involves writing software for the time out control For using software control you need to know the watchdog address the enable bit and the strobe bit For example if you set the watchdog timer to address 310h you have to output a 0 at bit 1 of 310h to enable the watchdog and then toggle bit 0 of 310h to strobe it If the strobe signal takes longer than the time out the board will reset 55 Raptor AT Installation Guide Table D 1 Watchdog Timer Selection Watchdog JP10 JP10 JP10 Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 Disabled Open Closed Open Software Open Open Closed Manufacturer s Settings Table D 2 Watchdog Time out Selection Timeout 1 2 2 3 3 4
23. and control will be transferred to segment 0 Control is in segment 0 Next checking if Ctrl Home was pressed and verifying the system BIOS checksum D6h If either Ctrl Home was pressed or the system BIOS checksum is bad next will go to checkpoint code EOh Otherwise going to checkpoint code D7h Main BIOS runtime code is to be decompressed and Dm control to be passed to main BIOS in shadow RAM 57 Raptor AT Installation Guide Table D 5 Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Description EOh The onboard floppy controller if available is initialized Next beginning the base 512 KB memory test Initializing the interrupt vector table next E2h Initializing the DMA and Interrupt controllers next Enabling the floppy drive controller and Timer IRQs E6h Enabling internal cache memory EDh Initializing the floppy drive Looking for a floppy diskette in drive A Reading the first sector of the diskette A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in EFh drive FOh Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM file in the root directory The AMIBOOT ROM file is not in the root directory Ph Next reading and analyzing the floppy diskette FAT to find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM file F3h Next reading the AMIBOOT ROM fil
24. and printer base address next 9Ah Set the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address next Returned after setting the RS 232 base address 9Bh Performing any required initialization before the Coprocessor test next Required initialization before the Coprocessor test is 9Ch MET over Initializing the Coprocessor next 9Dh Coprocessor initialized Performing required initialization after the Coprocessor test next Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete 9Eh Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next A2h Displaying any soft errors next The soft error display has completed Setting the A3h keyboard typematic rate next Mh The keyboard typematic rate is set Programming the memory wait states next ASh Memory wait state programming is over Clearing the screen and enabling parity and the NMI next NMI and parity enabled Performing any initialization required before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000 next Initialization before passing control to the adaptor ROM 8 at E000h completed Passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h next Returned from adaptor ROM at E000h control A9h Performing any initialization required after the E000 option ROM had control next Initialization after E000 option ROM control has AAh completed Displaying system configuration next ABh Uncompressing the DMI data and executin
25. and test is done The keyboard command byte is written next The keyboard controller command byte is written Next 10h issuing the Pin 23 and 24 blocking and unblocking command Next checking if lt End or lt Ins gt keys were pressed during power on 11h Initializing CMOS RAM if the Initialize CMOS RAM every boot AMIBIOS POST option was set in AMIBCP or the lt End gt key was pressed Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt 12h controllers 1 and 2 13h The video display has been disabled Port B has been initialized Next initializing the chipset 14h The 8254 timer test will begin next 19h The 8254 timer test is over Starting the memory refresh test next 59 Raptor AT Installation Guide eee Description The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15 1Ah second on off time next Reading the 8042 input port and disabling the 23h MEGAKEY Green PC feature next Making the BIOS code segment writable and performing any necessary configuration before initializing the interrupt vectors The configuration required before interrupt vector 24h initialization has completed Interrupt vector initialization is about to begin 25h Interrupt vector initialization is done Clearing the password if the POST DIAG switch is on 27h Any initialization before setting video mode will be done next Initialization before setting the video mode is complete 28
26. bled and Disabled default 22 Chapter 2 BIOS Configuration Aperture Access Global Enable The options are Enabled and Disabled default PCI 0 Agent to Aperture Access N A Memory Autosizing Support The settings for the option are Auto default uses SPD and Enabled BIOS test DRAM Integrity Mode The options are None default EC and ECC Hardware DRAM Refresh Rate The settings for the option are 15 6 default 31 2 62 4 124 8 7 8 and External Memory Hole The settings for the option are Disable default 512K 640K and 15M 16M SDRAM CAS Latency The options are Auto default 3 DCKLs and 2 DCKLs SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay The options are Auto default 3 SCKLs and 2 SCKLs SDRAM RAS Precharge The options are Auto default 3 SCKLs and 2 SCKLs 23 Raptor AT Installation Guide SDRAM Precharge Control The settings for this option are All Miss default and Miss AIl Power Down SDRAM The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled default ACPI Control Register The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled default Gated Clock The settings for this option are Enabled default and Disabled Graphics Aperture Size The settings for this option are 4 8 16 32 64 default 128 and 256 Search for MDA Resources N A 8 bit I O Recovery Time The settings are Disabled default 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 8 Sysclk 16bit I O Recovery Time The settings are Disabl
27. cution The setting is either Enabled or Disabled C000 16K Shadow C400 16K Shadow These options specify how the 32 KB of video ROM at C0000h is treated The settings are Enabled default Disabled and Cached C800 16K Shadow CC00 16K Shadow D000 16K Shadow D400 16K Shadow D800 16K Shadow DC00 16K Shadow These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option The ROM area not used by ISA adapter cards is allocated to PCI adapter cards The settings are Disabled default Cached and Enabled Advanced Chipset Setup USB Function Set this option to Enabled to enable USB Universal Serial Bus support The setting is either Enabled or Disabled default 21 Raptor AT Installation Guide USB KB Mouse Legacy Support The settings for this option are Disabled default Keyboard Auto and Keyboard Mouse Port 64 60 Emulation The setting for this option is either Enabled or Disabled default SERR The options are Enabled and Disabled default PERR The options are Enabled and Disabled default WSC Handshake The options are Enabled default and Disabled USWC WRITE POST The options are Enabled default and Disabled BX GX Master Latency Timer CLKS The options are Disabled 32 64 default 96 128 160 192 and 224 Multi Trans Timer CLKS The options are Disabled 32 default 64 96 128 160 192 and 224 PCI 1 TO PCI 0 Access The options are Ena
28. d installed in the computer requires VGA palette snooping The setting is either Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA This option determines if the BIOS should assign an IRQ to the VGA card The settings are either Yes or No The default setting is No PCI IDE Bus Master Set this option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus has bus mastering capability The setting is either Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled Off board PCI IDE Card This option specifies if an off board PCI IDE controller adapter card is used in the computer You must also specify the PCI expansion slot on the motherboard where the off board PCI IDE controller card is installed If an off board PCI IDE controller is used the onboard IDE controller on the CPU board is automatically disabled The settings are Auto default Slot Slot2 Slot3 Slot4 Slot5 and Slot6 If Auto is selected AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct setting for this option Off board PCI IDE Primary IRQ This option specifies the PCI interrupt used by the primary IDE channel on the off board PCI IDE controller The settings are Disabled INTA INTB INTC INTD and Hardwired The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Disabled 29 Raptor AT Installation Guide Off board PCI IDE Secondary IRQ This option specifies the PCI interrupt used by the secondary IDE channel on the off board
29. e cluster by cluster F4h The AMIBOOT ROM file is not the correct size F5h Next disabling internal cache memory FBh Next detecting the type of flash ROM FCh Next erasing the flash ROM FDh Next programming the flash ROM FFh Flash ROM programming was successful Next restarting the system BIOS 58 Appendix D Industrial Devices Table D 6 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The following runtime checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution These codes are uncompressed in F0000h shadow RAM Checkpoint Code Description 03h The NMI is disabled Next checking for a soft reset or a power on condition 05h The BIOS stack has been built Next disabling cache memory 06h Uncompressing the POST code next 07h Next initializing the CPU and the CPU data area 08h The CMOS checksum calculation is done next OAh The CMOS checksum calculation is done Initializing the CMOS status register for date and time next The CMOS status register is initialized Next OBh performing any required initialization before the keyboard BAT command is issued OCh The keyboard controller input buffer is free Next issuing the BAT command to the keyboard controller The keyboard controller BAT command result has been OEh verified Next performing any necessary initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test The initialization after the keyboard controller BAT OFh comm
30. e BIOS Setup has a built in keyboard driver that uses simple keystroke combinations Keystroke Function Tab Enter lt Esc gt lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt lt Home gt lt End gt lt Alt gt lt H gt lt Alt gt lt Spacebar gt Alphabetic keys Numeric keys BIOS Setup Main Menu Move to the next window or field Move to the next field to the right left above or below Select in the current field Increments a value Decrements a value Closes the current operation and return to previous level Returns to the previous page Advances to the next page Returns to the beginning of the text Advances to the end of the text Access a help window Exit WINBIOS Setup A to Z are used in the Virtual Keyboard and are not case sensitive 0 to 9 are used in the Virtual Keyboard and Numeric Keypad The BIOS Setup main menu is organized into 14 windows Each window is discussed in this chapter Each window contains several options Clicking on each option activates a specific function The BIOS Setup options and 15 Raptor AT Installation Guide functions are described in this chapter Some options may not be available in your BIOS The windows are Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setting Power Management Setup PCI Plug and Play Setup Peripheral Setup Auto Detect Hard Drive Change User Password Change Supervisor Password Change Language Settings Auto Con
31. ed default 4 1 2 and 3 Sysclk PIIX4 SERR The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled default USB Passive Release The settings for this option are Enabled default and Disabled 24 Chapter 2 BIOS Configuration PIIX4 Passive Release The settings for this option are Enabled default and Disabled PIIX4 Delayed Transaction The settings for this option are Enabled default and Disabled Type F DMA Buffer Control 1 Type F DMA Buffer Control 2 The settings for these options are Enabled and Disabled default DMA 0 Type Thru DMA 7 Type The settings for these options are Normal ISA default PC PCI and distributed Memory Buffer Strength The settings for this option are Strong default Medium and Auto Manufacture Setting The settings for this option are Mode 0 default Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 and Mode 4 Power Management Setup All Power Management Setup options are described in this section 25 Raptor AT Installation Guide Power Management APM Set this option to APM to enable the power management and APM Advanced Power Management features The settings for this option are APM default and Disabled Power button Function This option specifies how the power button mounted externally on the computer chassis is used The settings are On Off and suspend The default setting is On Off Green PC Monitor Power State This option specifies the power state that the g
32. ems without video cards Password Check This option enables password checking every time the system boots or when you run AMIBIOS Setup If Always is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if AMIBIOS is executed See the Advanced Setup chapter for instructions on changing a password The Optimal and Fail Safe default is Setup BOOT to OS 2 Set this option to Enabled if running OS 2 operating system and using more than 64 MB of system memory on the motherboard The setting is either Yes or No default Wait for F1 If Error If this option is set to Enabled AMIBIOS waits for the user to press F1 before continuing If this option is set to Disabled AMIBIOS continues the boot process without waiting for F1 to be pressed Hit Del Message Display 20 Set this option to Disabled to prevent the message Hit DEL if you want to run Setup from appearing on the first AMIBIOS screen when the computer boots The setting is either Disabled or Enabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Enabled Chapter 2 BIOS Configuration Internal Cache This option enables or disables the L1 internal Cache System BIOS Cacheable When set to Enabled the contents of the F0000h system memory segment can be read from or written to cache memory The content of this memory segment is always copied from the BIOS ROM to system RAM for faster exe
33. ept for copies kept by the user for backup purposes Brand and product names mentioned in this publication may or may not be copyrights and or registered trademarks of their respective companies They are mentioned for identification purposes only and are not intended as an endorsement of that product or its manufacturer Third Edition August 2001 Introduction Introduction Thank you for your purchase of the Raptor AT industrial embedded motherboard The Raptor AT design was based on the Intel 440BX chipset providing the ideal platform to industrial applications The Raptor AT design is based on the Intel Celeron and PIII processor With proper installation and maintenance your Raptor AT will provide years of high performance and trouble free operation This manual provides a detailed explanation into the installation and use of the Raptor AT industrial embedded motherboard This manual is written for the novice PC user installer However as with any major computer component installation previous experience is helpful and should you not have prior experience it would be prudent to have someone assist you in the installation This manual is broken down into 3 chapters and 5 appendixes Chapter 1 System Board Pre Configuration This chapter provides all the necessary information for installing the Raptor AT Topics discussed include installing the CPU if necessary DRAM installation jumper settings for CPU and standard
34. et Screwdrivers slipping off a screw and scraping the board can break a trace or component leads rendering the board unusable Always handle the Raptor AT with care Special Warranty Note Products returned for warranty repair will be inspected for damage caused by improper installation and misuse as described in the previous section and the static warning below Should the board show signs of abuse the warranty will become void and the customer will be billed for all repairs and shipping and handling costs Static Warning The Raptor AT contains delicate electronic semiconductors that are highly sensitive to static electricity These components if subjected to a static electricity discharge can be weakened thereby reducing the serviceable life of the system board BEFORE THE BOARD IS REMOVED FROM ITS PROTECTIVE ANTISTATIC PACKAGING 1 Raptor AT Installation Guide TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS Work on a conductive surface that is connected to the ground Before touching any electronic device ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal object or and highly recommended use a grounding strap Chapter 1 Pre Configuration Step 1 Setting the Jumpers Your Raptor AT is equipped with a large number of peripherals and has the ability to run at a variety of speeds without the need to change any crystals or oscillators As such there are a large number of configuration jumpers on the board Taken step by step setting these ju
35. figuration with Optimal Settings Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings Save Settings and Exit Exit Without Saving Standard Setup Standard Setup options are displayed by choosing Standard option from the HIFLEX BIOS Setup menu All Standard Setup options are described below Date Time Select the Date Time option to change the date or time The current date and time are displayed Enter new values through the displayed window Floppy Drive A B Choose either Floppy Drive A or B to specify the floppy drive type The settings are 360 KB 54 1 2 MB 5 720 KB 312 1 44 MB 3 and 2 88 MB 32 16 Chapter 2 BIOS Configuration Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave Select one of these options to configure the hard disk drive Select Auto from the drive parameters screen to let AMIBIOS automatically configure the drive Choose the desired option to configure the drive Auto will automatically detect your hard drive every time the computer boots If required a specific Hard Drive type may be selected Boot Sector Virus Protection The options are either Enabled or Disabled Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup options are displayed by choosing the Advanced CMOS Setup option from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Advanced CMOS Setup options are described in this section Quick Boot Set this option to Enabled to instruct AMIBIOS to boot quickly when the computer is powered on This option replaces the old
36. for activity The computer enters the Full On state if any activity occurs AMIBIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if device activity occurs The settings are either Monitor or Ignore LAN Wake Up The settings for this option are Disabled default and Enabled PCl Plug and Play Setup PCI PnP Setup options are displayed by choosing the PCI PnP Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All PCI PnP Setup options are described in this section Plug and Play Aware OS Set this option to Yes if the operating system installed in the computer is Plug and Play aware AMIBIOS only detects and enables PnP ISA adapter cards that are required for system boot The Windows 95 and 98 operating systems detect and enable all other PnP aware adapter cards Windows 95 is PnP aware Set this option to No if the operating system such as DOS OS 2 Windows 3 x does not use PnP You must set this option correctly or PnP aware adapter cards installed in your computer will not be configured properly The setting is either No or Yes The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is No PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks This option sets latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus The settings are in units equal to PCI clocks The settings are 32 64 28 Chapter 2 BIOS Configuration 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is 64 PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option must be set to Enabled if any ISA adapter car
37. g DMI POST initialization next BOh The system configuration is displayed Blh Copying any code to specific areas 64 Appendix D Industrial Devices Checkpoint OS ode Description 00h Code copying to specific areas is done Passing control to INT 19h boot loader next Table D 7 Bus Checkpoint Codes The system BIOS passes control to different buses at the following checkpoints Ra Description Initializing the different bus system static and output 2Ah devices if present 38h Initialized bus input IPL and general devices if present 39h Displaying bus initialization error messages if any 95h Initializing bus adaptor ROMs from C8000h through D8000h Table D 8 Additional Bus Checkpoints While control is inside the different bus routines additional checkpoints are output to I O port address 0080h as word to identify the routines being executed These are word checkpoints The low byte of checkpoint is the system BIOS checkpoint where control is passed to the different bus routines The high byte of checkpoint indicates that the routine is being executed in different buses This information will not be shown on POST code display because this device is 8 bit only However it can be seen in any equipment connected to I O port address 0080h 65 Raptor AT Installation Guide The system BIOS passes control to different buses at the following checkpoint
38. gather bus mastering capabilities which enable the 82559ER to perform high speed data transfers over the PCI bus The 82559ER bus master capabilities enable the component to process high level commands and to perform multiple operations thereby off loading communication tasks from the system CPU It can operate in either full duplex or half duplex mode In full duplex mode it adheres to the IEEE 802 3x Flow Control specification Half duplex performance is enhanced by a proprietary collision reduction mechanism It can be enabled or disabled through jumper JP12 The Ethernet Header connector pin out can be seen on Table A 11 Table E 1 Ethernet Selection Ethernet Enabled Disabled Selection JP12 1 2 2 3 Manufacturer s Settings 67 Raptor AT Installation Guide User s Notes 68 MN RBXAT 03
39. gister test passed Performing the DMA Controller base register test next 62h The DMA controller 1 base register test passed Performing the DMA controller 2 base register test next 65h The DMA controller 2 base register test passed Programming DMA controllers and 2 next 66h Completed programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 Initializing the 8259 interrupt controller next 67h Completed 8259 interrupt controller initialization 7Fh Extended NMI source enabling is in progress The keyboard test has started Clearing the output buffer 80h and checking for stuck keys Issuing the keyboard reset command next 8th A keyboard reset error or stuck key was found Issuing the keyboard controller interface test command next 62 Appendix D Industrial Devices Description The keyboard controller interface test completed 82h Writing the command byte and initializing the circular buffer next The command byte was written and global data 83h initialization has completed Checking for a locked key next 84h Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error 85h and checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next 86h The password was checked Performing any required programming before WINBIOS Setup next The programming before WINBIOS Setup has 87h completed Uncompressing the
40. h Configuring the monochrome mode and color mode settings next Bus initialization system static output devices will be 2Ah done next if present See Table D 7 for additional information 2Bh Passing control to the video ROM to perform any required configuration before the video ROM test All necessary processing before passing control to the 2Ch video ROM is done Looking for the video ROM next and passing control to it The video ROM has returned control to BIOS POST 2Dh Performing any required processing after the video ROM had control Completed post video ROM test processing If the 2Eh EGA VGA controller is not found performing the display memory read write test next 2Fh The EGA VGA controller was not found The display memory read write test is about to begin 30h The display memory read write test passed Look for retrace checking next The display memory read write test or retrace checking 31h failed Performing the alternate display memory read write test next 32h The alternate display memory read write test passed Looking for alternate display retrace checking next 34h Video display checking is over Setting the display mode next 60 Appendix D Industrial Devices Description 37h The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next 38h Initializing the bus input IPL general devices next if present See Table D 7 for additional infor
41. imeout This option specifies the length of the period of system inactivity when the computer is in Full On mode before the computer is placed in Standby mode In Standby mode some power use is curtailed The settings are multiples of the standby suspend timer unit The default setting is Disabled Suspend Timeout This option specifies the length of the period of system inactivity when the computer is already in Standby mode before the computer is placed in Suspend mode In Suspend mode nearly all power use is curtailed The settings are multiples of the standby suspend timer unit The default setting is Disabled Slow Clock Ratio This option specifies the speed at which the system clock runs in the Standby Mode power saving state The settings are expressed as a percentage between the normal CPU clock speed and the CPU clock speed when the computer is in the power conserving state The settings are 0 12 5 12 5 25 25 37 5 37 5 50 50 62 5 62 5 75 and 75 87 5 The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is 50 62 5 Display Activity Device 6 Serial 1 Device 7 Serial2 Device 8 Parallel Device 5 Floppy 27 Raptor AT Installation Guide Device 0 Primary Master IDE Device 1 Primary Slave IDE Device 2 Secondary Master IDE Device 3 Secondary Slave IDE When set to Monitor this option enables event monitoring on the device If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state AMIBIOS watches
42. ing is either Read Write default or Read Only 18 Chapter 2 BIOS Configuration S M A R T for Hard Disks Set this option to Enabled to permit AMIBIOS to use the SMART System Management and Reporting Technologies The setting is either Enabled or Disabled default Boot Up Num Lock Set this option to Off to turn the Num Lock key off when the computer is booted so you can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard Floppy Drive Swap Set this option to Enabled to permit drives A and B to be swapped The setting is either Enabled or Disabled default Floppy Drive Seek Set this option to Enabled to specify that floppy drive A will perform a Seek operation at system boot The setting is either Disabled default or Enabled PS 2 Mouse Support Set this option to Enabled default to enable AMIBIOS support for a PS 2 type mouse Disabling mouse will also free up IRQI2 Typematic Rate The setting is either Fast default or Slow System Keyboard This option does not specify if a keyboard is attached to the computer Rather it specifies if an error message is displayed when a keyboard is not attached This option permits you to configure workstations with no keyboards 19 Raptor AT Installation Guide Primary Display This option configures the type of video card attached to the computer The settings are Mono 40 25 CGA80x25 VGA EGA default and Absent Use Absent for syst
43. ion Depending upon how your Raptor AT is configured you may need to install the following DRAM DIMMs e CPU e Disk on chip Raptor AT Memory Configuration The Raptor AT offers 3 DIMM memory sockets Locations J28 J27 and J26 Figure 1 2 They can be configured with 3 3V unbuffered SDRAM modules It is very important that the quality of the DIMMs is good Unreliable operation of the system may result if poor quality DIMMs are used Always purchase your memory from a reliable source We strongly recommend using PC100 memory module REQUIRED when using or 100MHz operation The Raptor AT also supports ECC memories The Raptor AT uses standard DIMMs To determine the actual capacity of a 1 by 64 DIMM simply multiply the IMB by CPU Installation The Raptor AT currently supports the following CPUs e Full series of Intel Celeron and processors 370 l Improper installation of the CPU may cause permanent damage to both the system board and the CPU Void of warranty 2 Always handle the CPU by the edges never touch the pins 3 Always use a heatsink and a CPU fan Chapter 1 Pre Configuration Locate the CPU socket on your Raptor AT system board PGA Socket Location U21 Figure 1 2 To install the processor lift the lever of the ZIF socket and gently insert the CPU The CPU will fit only in the right alignment Make sure the CPU is inserted all the way Lower the lever Insta
44. ll the CPU fan Make sure it is locked and connected to J3 see pin out in Appendix A The continued push of technology to increase performance levels higher operating speeds and packaging density more transistors is aggravating the thermal management of the CPU As operating frequencies increase and packaging sizes decreases the power density increases and the thermal cooling solution space and airflow become more constrained The result is an increased importance on system design to ensure that thermal design requirements are met for the CPU The objective of thermal management is to ensure that the temperature of the processor is maintained within functional limits The functional temperature limit is the range within which the electrical circuits can be expected to meet their specified performance requirements Operation outside the functional limit can degrade system performance cause logic errors or cause component and or system damage Temperatures exceeding the maximum operating limits may result in irreversible changes in the operating characteristics of the component If the Raptor AT industrial embedded motherboard is acquired without the CPU and the thermal solution extremely care must be taken to avoid improper thermal management All Intel thermal solution specifications design guidelines and suggestions to the CPU being used must be followed The Raptor AT warranty is void if the thermal management does not comply with Intel
45. mation 39h Displaying bus initialization error messages See Table D 7 for additional information 3Ah The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit DEL message next 3Bh The Hit DEL message is displayed The protected mode memory test is about to start 40h Preparing the descriptor tables next 42h The descriptor tables are prepared Entering protected mode for the memory test next 43h Entered protected mode Enabling interrupts for diagnostics mode next Interrupts enabled if the diagnostics switch is on 44h Initializing data to check memory wraparound at 0 0 next 45h Data initialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and finding the total system memory size next The memory wraparound test is done Memory size 46h calculation has been done Writing patterns to test memory next The memory pattern has been written to extended 47h memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB memory next 48h Patterns written in base memory Determining the amount of memory below MB next The amount of memory below 1 MB has been found and 49h verified Determining the amount of memory above 1 MB memory next The amount of memory above 1 MB has been found and ABh verified Checking for a soft reset and clearing the memory below MB for the soft reset next If this is a power on situation going to checkpoint 4Eh next 4Ch The memory below 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Clearing the memory above 1 M
46. mpers is easy We suggest you review each section and follow the instructions Jumper Types Jumpers are small copper pins attached to the system board Covering two pins with a shunt closes the connection between them The Raptor AT examines these jumpers to determine specific configuration information There are three different categories of jumpers on the Raptor AT A Two pin jumpers are used for binary selections such as enable disable Instructions for this type of jumper are open for no shunt over the pins or closed when the shunt covers the pins B Three or four pin jumpers are used for multiple selections Instructions for these jumpers will indicate which two pins to cover For example for JPx 2 3 the shunt will be covering pins 2 and 3 leaving pins 1 and 4 exposed C Grouped jumpers are used when a certain function has multiple selections There are two grouped jumpers on the board and careful attention should be given when setting these jumpers Instructions for grouped jumpers are similar to those above How to identify pin number 1 on Figure 1 1 Looking to the solder side The board side without components of the PCB Printed Circuit Board pin number 1 will have a squared pad Other pins will have a circular pad They are numbered sequentially Raptor AT Installation Guide Jumper Locations Use the diagram below and the tables on the following pages to locate and set the on board configuration jumpers
47. nt else user available Reserved math coprocessor Primary IDE if present else user available 15 Secondary IDE if present else user available Default but can be changed to another IRQ 11 12 13 PCI Interrupt Routing Map Sar IDSEL PIRQA PIRQB PIRQC PIRQD PCI Slot 1 AD26 INTC INTD INTA INTB PCI Slot 2 AD27 INTB INTC INTD INTA PCI Slot 3 AD29 INTA INTB INTC INTD PCI Slot 4 INTC Ethernet AD25 INTA USB INTD 46 Appendix A Technical Specifications SMBUS Device Slave Address 1617 00110006 LM79 0101101b DIMMO 1010000b DIMMI 1010001b DIMM2 1010010b SDRAM Clock 1101001b Connectors Pin out How to identify pin number 1 Looking to the solder side The board side without components of the PCB Printed Circuit Board pin number 1 will have a squared pad Other pins will have a circular pad How to identify other pins Connectors type Keyboard Power AT and Power ATX are industry standards Header connectors are numbered alternately i e pin number 2 is in the other row but in the same column of pin number 1 Pin number 3 is in the same row of pin 1 but in the next column and so forth I8 30 50 70 006 Header 10 pin connector 29 49 6e 391009 View from solder side of the PCB 47 Raptor AT Installation Guide Table A 9 Serial Ports COM 1 and COM 2 Connectors DCD RX TX DTR GND DSR RTS
48. o 384MB unbuffered SDRAM DIMM Modules Memory Type Three sockets for JEDEC standard 168 pins DIMMs The memory configuration is set automatically through BIOS via SPD Supports SDRAM 3 3V SDRAM PC66 and 100 memory modules ECC and non ECC registered and unbuffered modules are supported Bios System BIOS AMI Hiflex BIOS with Flash BIOS option 39 Raptor AT Installation Guide Flash BIOS Optional feature for System BIOS Flash programming built into the BIOS BIOS to be flashed is read from a floppy Embedded I O IDE Two PCI EIDE controllers Supports up to 4 devices Ultra DMA up to 33MB sec supported ATAPI compatible 34 pin headers on board Floppy Up to two floppy disk drives Sizes supported are 5 25 360K and 1 2MB 3 5 720K 1 44MB and 2 88MB Serial Ports Two high speed 16550 compatible UARTS BIOS configurable as COMI 4 USB Interfaces On board dual USB Parallel Port One Centronics compatible bi directional PS 2 compatible Microsoft HP EPC EPP high speed Mouse Port One PS 2 compatible mouse controller 40 Appendix A Technical Specifications Disk On Chip Solid State Flash Disk On board support for two Disk on Chip devices currently up to 288MB each Addresses selectable through jumper JP7 On board Ethernet On board auto sensing bus mastering 10 100 Ethernet Intel 82559ER Industrial Devices Watchdog Timer On board 150 600 and 1200ns hardware and
49. onal OK 512K 07FFFF 512 KB Channels Data Width System Resource 0 1 Parallel port for ECP 2 Floppy Drive 3 Parallel port for ECP 4 cascade channel 5 Open 6 Open 7 16 bits Open 43 Raptor AT Installation Guide Map Address hex Description 0000 000F DMA 1 0020 0021 Interrupt Controller 1 0040 Timer Counter 0 0041 Timer Counter 1 0042 Timer Counter 2 0043 Timer Control Word 0060 Keyboard Controller Byte _ Reset IRQ 0061 NMI Status and Control 0070 bit 7 NMI enable 0070 bits 6 0 RTC Index 0071 RTC Data 0072 RTC Extended Index 0073 RTC Extended Data DMA page registers POST code display also eas located at 0080h 0092 Port 92 00A0 00A1 Interrupt Controller 2 00B2 00B3 APM control 00C0 00DE DMA 2 00 0 Coprocessor Error 0110 Watch Dog Timer default 0170 0177 Secondary IDE channel 0160 01 7 Primary IDE channel 029x LM79 0278 027F LPT2 if selected 02E8 02EF COMA if selected 02F8 02FF CON2 default 0310 Watch Dog Timer if selected 0376 Secondary IDE channel command port 0377 Floppy channel 2 command 0377 bit 7 Floppy disk change channel 2 0377 bits 6 0 Secondary IDE channel status port 0378 037F 1 default 03B4 03B5 Video VGA 03BA Video VGA 03BC 03CD LPT3 if selected 03C0 03CA Video VGA 03CC Video VGA 03CE 03CF Video VGA 44 Appendix A Technical Specifications Address hex Description
50. ponents and Connectors 418 419 435 438 J20 421 422 423 431 43749 J41 J36 Mi I Mi 2 III J28 m J27 J26 J8 U13 Pin1 U13 U12 Pin1 U12 J4 416 J17 58 zz 8 I I M I I I 1 2 J5 J J25 J6 U21 U21 Pin1 12 Chapter 1 Pre Configuration Index of Connectors Please refer to Appendix A for pin out descriptions Table 1 10 Connectors descriptions J1 Power LED Keylock J2 Speaker J3 CPU Fan J4 Sys Fan J5 HDD LED J6 Power Switch J7 ATX Power J8 Wake On LAN J9 Keyboard J10 PS 2 Mouse J12 FDD Floppy J13 LPT Parallel J14 USB 2x J16 Primary IDE J17 Secondary IDE J18 ISA Slot 1 J19 ISA Slot 2 J20 PCI Connector 1 J21 PCI Connector 2 J22 PCI Connector 3 J23 PCI Connector 4 J25 Infra Red J31 Ethernet Header J33 RESET J35 ISA Slot 3 J36 COM 1 J37 COM 2 J38 ISA Slot 4 J41 AT Power 13 Raptor AT Installation Guide User s Notes 14 Chapter 2 BIOS Configuration Chapter 2 HIFLEX BIOS Setup Your Raptor AT features AMI BIOS The system configuration parameters are set via the HIFLEX AMIBIOS setup Since HIFLEX BIOS Setup resides in the ROM BIOS it is available each time the computer is turned on Starting BIOS Setup As POST executes the following appears Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP Using the Keyboard with BIOS Setup Th
51. r 1 5V 2 NC 3 NC 4 Signal J8 Wake On LAN 1 5V Standby 2 GND 3 WOL Signal 50 Appendix B Flash BIOS Appendix B Flash BIOS programming The Raptor AT offers the optional FLASH BIOS When installed you will be able to update your BIOS without having to replace the EPROM The AMIBIOS will read the new BIOS file from a floppy disk replace the old BIOS and reboot your computer When updating your BIOS make sure you have a disk with the correct BIOS file its size should be 256K Rename the file to AMIBOOT ROM Turn your computer off Move Jumper JP2 to 2 3 Insert the disk in Drive A Turn the computer on while pressing lt CTRL gt lt HOME gt Your computer will show no screen but will beep to indicate what is being done If the programming is successful you should hear 4 beeps and your computer will reboot with the new BIOS Please never turn the power off while reprogramming a FLASH BIOS Do not forget to move Jumper JP2 back to 1 2 after turning off Refer to the table on the next page for beep errors Table B 1 Flash BIOS Programming Selection Flash Write protect Enabled Disabled JP2 1 2 2 3 Manufacturer s Settings 51 Raptor AT Installation Guide Table B 2 Flash BIOS Beep Errors 1 Insert diskette in floppy A 2 The AMIBOOT ROM file was not found in the root directory of floppy drive A 3 Base memory error 4 Flash program successful 5 Floppy read error 6 7 8 9
52. reen PC compliant video monitor enters when AMIBIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Off Standby and Suspend The default setting is Suspend Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power management state that the video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Disabled Standby and Suspend The default setting is Suspend Hard Disk Power Down Mode This option specifies the power management state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings are Disabled Standby and Suspend The default setting is Suspend Hard Disk Timeout Minute This option specifies the length of a period of hard disk inactivity When this period expires the hard disk drive enters the power conserving mode specified in the Hard Disk Power Down Mode option described on the previous page The settings are Disabled 1 Min minutes and all one minute intervals up to and including 15 Min The default setting is Disabled 26 Chapter 2 BIOS Configuration Power Saving Type The settings for this option are Sleep Stop Clock and Deep Sleep The default setting is Sleep Standby Suspend Timer Unit This option allows a timer to be set for stand by and suspend modes The options are 32 seconds 4 miliseconds 4 minutes default and 4 seconds Standby T
53. s High Byte The high byte of these checkpoints includes the following information Bits Description Bits 7 4 Bits 3 0 0000 Function 0 Disable all devices on the bus 0001 Function 1 Initialize static devices on the bus 0010 Function 2 Initialize output devices on the bus 0011 Function 3 Initialize input devices on the bus 0100 Function 4 Initialize IPL devices on the bus 0101 Function 5 Initiate general devices on the bus 0110 Function 6 Initialize error reporting on the bus 0111 Function 7 Initialize add on ROMS for all buses Specify the bus 0 Generic DIM Device Initialization Manager Onboard System devices 2 ISA devices 3 EISA devices 4 ISA PnP devices 5 PCI devices Table D 9 AMIBIOS Beep Codes Except for beep code 8 these codes are always fatal lbeep Refresh failure 2beeps Parity error 3beeps Base 64K memory failure 4beeps Timer not operational 5 beeps Processor error 6 beeps 8042 gate A20 failure 7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error 8beeps Display memory read write failure 9 beeps ROM checksum error 10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read write error 11 beeps Cache memory bad 66 Appendix E Ethernet Appendix E On Board Ethernet The Raptor AT features a built in 10 100 Ethernet controller 82559ER The 89559ER is a 32 bit PCI controller that features enhanced scatter
54. socket on your Raptor AT system board Locations U12 and U13 Figure 1 2 Locate pin 1 Figure 1 2 To install the Disk on Chip gently insert the chip Make sure the Disk on Chip is inserted all the way Installing Cables Power and Control Panel Cables The Raptor AT gets power either from the power ATX connector J7 or the power AT connector J41 Installing Peripheral Cables Now it is a good time to install the internal peripherals such as floppy and hard disk drives Do not connect the power cable to these peripherals as it is easier to attach the bulky ribbon cables before the smaller power connectors If you are installing more than one IDE drive double check your master slave jumpers on the drives Review 10 Chapter 1 Pre Configuration the information supplied with your drive for more information on this subject Connect the floppy cable not included to the system board Then connect remaining ends of the ribbon cable to the appropriate peripherals Connect the Ethernet cable included Connect the mouse included and the parallel 2 serial cable included Finally connect the IDE cable not included to the system Then connect remaining ends of the ribbon cable to the appropriate peripherals This concludes the hardware installation of your Raptor AT system Now it is a good time to re check all of the cable connections to make sure they are correct 11 Raptor AT Installation Guide Figure 1 2 Location of Com
55. the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I O port address Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h and 2E8h The Optimal and Fail Safe default setting is Auto Serial Port2 Mode This option allows installation of a Infra red device by the Serial Port The settings are Normal default IRDA and ASK IR Infra Red Transmission Mode The settings are Full Duplex default or Half Duplex Receiver Transmitter Polarity Sets polarity for IR modes Onboard Parallel Port 32 This option specifies the base I O port address of the parallel port on the motherboard The settings are Auto Disabled 378h 278h and 3BCh The Optimal default setting is Auto Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode The settings are normal ECP default and EPP Chapter 2 BIOS Configuration EPP Version 1 7 and 1 9 default available only for EPP mode Parallel Port IRQ This option specifies the IRQ always used by the parallel port When the port is set to a fixed address the settings are IRQ 5 and IRQ 7 default otherwise it is set to Auto Parallel Port DMA Channel This option is only available if the setting for the Parallel Port Mode option is ECP This option sets the DMA channel used by the parallel port When the port is set to a fixed address the settings are DMA Channel 0 1 and 3 default otherwise it is set to Auto CPU Current Tempera
56. ture The current CPU temperature is shown only available with the optional hardware monitor CPU Overheat Warning The setting is either Enabled or Disabled default only available with the optional hardware monitor CPU Overheat Warning Temperature Sets the CPU Overheat Warning Temperature set point only available with the optional hardware monitor HW Monitor INO CPU HW Monitor IN2 3 3V HW Monitor IN3 5V HW Monitor IN4 12V HW Monitor INS 12V HW Monitor IN6 5V 33 Raptor AT Installation Guide The current voltage is shown only available with the optional hardware monitor CPU Fan Secondary Fan The current fan speed is shown only available with the optional hardware monitor Onboard IDE This option specifies the IDE channel used by the onboard IDE controller The settings are Disabled Primary Secondary and Both default Auto Detect Hard Disk Choose this option to let AMIBIOS find the IDE hard disk drive parameters for all IDE drives connected to the primary and secondary IDE channels installed in the system AMIBIOS automatically configures the drive parameters after it has detected these parameters Change User Password Select the Change User Password from the Security section of the AMIBIOS Setup main menu Enter the password and press Enter The screen does not display the characters entered After the new password is entered retype the new password as prompted and
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