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SPI-8451-LLVA, SPI-8451-LVA

1. CONTEC 96 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode Suspend Mode Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Min Min Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN When Instant off immediate system is turn off if a power button is pushed When Delay 4 Sec system is off if a power button is pushed over about 4sec Instant Off Delay 4 Sec T1 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 97 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice Power after PWR Fail PWRON After PwR Fail Select a Power On status by the BIOS setup when power fails When use ATX power supply and the setup jumper on the back plane is AT mode select this setting is 1l Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CPU THRM Throttling To select throttling ration for CPU speed down active when CPU temperature up to over specification CPU THRM Throttling Wake up by PCI card When Enabled your can awakens the system from Suspend mode from PCI card event Di
2. CPU L1 amp L2 Cache CPU L1 L2 Cache Enabled Disabled select Usually select Enabled CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled Disabled ENTER Accept ESC Abort Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST A quick POST skips certain steps Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Disabled Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort First Second Third Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items First Boot Device Floppy Cal SEE 1 HDD i 1 SENI s oe 1 CDROM lis 1 HDD 1 is 1 HDD 2 is 1 HDD 3 is 1 ZIPIOD 1 USB FDD 1 USB ZIP 1 USB CDROM 1 USB HDD 1 oss 1 Disabled 1 Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives Selecting Enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A and physical drive A to logical drive B If the system has two floppy drives you can swap the logical drive name assignments Disabled Enabled Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 82 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice Boot Up Floppy Seek When Enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB flop
3. eE ai 13 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATIONS 15 Tnistallation procedure REI EE ee e EE E Ale 15 CPU Inst llati on ERREUR UEM EE E HER RE 16 Main Memory Installation DIMMI DIMM2 sise 17 ATX Power Control Connector CNI sise 18 Front Panel Connector CN2 Floppy Disk Connector CNG Primary Secondary IDE Connector CN13 CNA esses 21 Parallel Port Connector CONS ae o e BER QURE PERI UE E remet tin rare etat 22 Serial Port connector CNO e e EET EET E ED Ee E eal 23 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA RS 422 RS 485 specifications en eren eti te aei ei e XE exe 24 IDE RAID Connector CN14 CN8 SPI 8451 LLVA only ss 25 Audio Connector CNO e Re OR OE Tee HER ER E ted 26 CD IN Connector JCDIN 5 oet aee nn nr en Ir nl 26 DVI I Connector CN15 SPI 8451 LLVA Only 27 VGA Connector CN24 SPI 8451 LV A only seen 28 LVDS LCD panel Connector CN11 CN12 SPI 8451 LLVVA only eee 29 LCD Backlight Connector CN10 SPI 8451 LLVA Only 30 GIGA LAN Connector CN16 SPI 8451 LLVA only ss 3l 10 100 BASE TX LAN Connector tee eg eee et ned eoe dco 31 USB Connector CONDO ni QURE PODER nan QE PCT RR 32 External Battery Connector CN21 SPI 8451 LVA Only 32 Keyboard Mouse Connector CIN22 iiiter tet bte e EE ERI Ed ERU TEES haee
4. CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 71 7 Watch Dog Timer WDT Setting 2 Example programming The following example is written in Intel8086 assembly language MOV DX 2EH MOV AL 87H OUT DX AL OUT DX AL MOV DX 2EH MOV AL 2BH OUT DX AL MOV DX 2FH MOV AL ODH OUT DX AL MOV DX 2EH MOV AL 07H OUT DX AL MOV DX 2FH MOV AL 08H OUT DX AL MOV DX 2EH MOV AL 30H OUT DX AL MOV DX 2FH MOV AL 01H OUT DX AL MOV DX 2EH MOV AL F5H OUT DX AL MOV DX 2FH MOV AL 00H OUT DX AL CONTEC 72 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 7 Watch Dog Timer WDT Setting MOV DX 2EH MOV AL AAH OUT DX AL lt WDT START counter set and a start gt Enter the extended function mode MOV DX 2EH MOV AL 87H OUT DX AL OUT DX AL MOV DX 2EH MOV AL 07H OUT DX AL MOV DX 2FH MOV AL 08H OUT DX AL MOV DX 2EH MOV AL F6H OUT DX AL MOV DX 2FH The data of an example is 15 seconds 01H 1sec FFH 255sec MOV AL OFH OFH 15Sec MOV DX 2EH MOV AL AAH OUT DX AL CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 73 7 Watch Dog Timer WDT Setting CAUTION The timer s intervals have a tolerance of 2 seconds MOV DX 2EH MOV AL 87H OUT DX AL OUT DX AL MOV DX 2EH MOV AL 07H OUT DX AL MOV DX 2FH MOV AL 08H OUT DX AL MOV DX 2EH MOV AL F6H OUT DX AL MOV DX 2FH The data of 00H is stop WDT MOV AL 00H MOV DX 2EH MOV AL AAH OUT DX AL 74 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SP
5. of detailed options None 360K 5 25 in DriveA 1 2M 5 25 in Select the type of floppy disk drive Drive B 720K 3 5 in installed in your system 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in EGANGA Video i a Select the default video device MONO CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 79 8 BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Displays the amount of conventional Base M N A bed memory detected during boot up Extended Memory NIA Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto Press Enter 19 autodetect the HDD on mE Press Enter If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields detection on this menu None Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields on this screen Selects the type of fixed disk User IDE Primary Master Auto Manual Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Disk dr
6. 33 EXT Keyboard Connector CN23 12V Power supply Connector PW1 CPU FAN Connector PANT rrr eere eerta nlt PARLE TR eee orent donnee ane 34 System FAN Connector FAN Z erresires iai rOin OEE OS EEEE OA e EAEE En KEE 34 4 JUMPER SETTING 35 RS 232 422 485 Selector JP 1 re e EAEE E ne 35 RS 422 Set ng eet E EE t nn ann tn D e EEE 36 RS 485 Setting cius ote et REGERE NEA ERE PATITUR OTIO EC EET EHE Et Petron 37 I O addresses and instructions 97 RS 422 485 Terminator TIPO ascia E REI E ann enr un 38 Clear CMOS Contert JB ATL ine et BER ende HEP ORG de te e ie Mea Bele 38 5 BOARD RESOURCES 39 System address map uri reet e IEEE REP EROR EPI co HT iR 39 PCI Routing Information uoce eser te OO e em e deae da ens 40 6 RAID CONTROLLER 4l Creating Your ren EEPR GEAR NIRE PONDERIS 42 Creating an Array for Performance sense 43 Creating a Security Array with new drives ss 44 Creating a Security Array with An Existing Data Drive sess 45 Using FastBuild Configuration Utility 47 Viewing the BIOS Screen cete ie nera e ER ESAE ERUNT EUIS TERES EC REUS ER XN ER ii 47 Using the Main Menu Creating Arrays Automatically eet eai HERE REGERE PERDER ERE TES 49 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA Viewing Drive Assignment e RR edie e ih ea 50 Vie Wing AT dere ee ROREM eee Re nine er nee Nee 50 Dele
7. Table 3 6 Compatible Standard mode Bi Directional PS 2 compatible Bi Directional EPP A driver from the peripheral manufacturer is required for operation Bi Directional High speed ECP Parallel Port Connector 25 CN5 1 T 26 2 Pin No Function Pin No Function 1 STROBE 2 ALF 3 PDO 4 ERROR 5 PD1 6 INIT 7 PD2 8 SLCT IN 9 PD3 10 GND 11 PD4 12 GND 13 PD5 14 GND 15 PD6 16 GND 17 PD7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 N C CONTEC 22 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 3 Hardware Installations Serial Port connector CN6 CN7 Seriall CN6 and Serial2 CN7 are 10 pins box headers Both are on board serial ports of the product The following table shows the pin assignments of these connectors RS 232C 422 485 assigned for Serial2 CN7 connector only Table 3 7 Serial Port connector PinNo RS 232C RS 422 RS 485 1 DCD TX TX CNG CN7 2 RXD TX TX 3 TSD RX RX i au e 4 DTR RX RX oo on 5 GND GND GND 00 6 DST RTS N C 5 10 7 RTS RTS N C 8 5 5 N C 9 RI CTS N C 10 N C N C N C RS 422 485 assigned for Serial 2 CN 7 connector only Pin assignment after conversion by attached cable D SUB 9Pin M
8. Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer POST Messages During the Power on Self Test POST if the BIOS detects an error requiring you to do something to fix it will either sound a beep code or display a message If a message is displayed it will be accompanied by PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP POST Beep Currently there are two kinds of beep codes in BIOS This code indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps The other code indicates that your DRAM error has occurred This beep code consists of a single long beep repeatedly Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS CMOS battery has failed CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced CMOS checksum error Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused by a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary CONTEC 106 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup DISK BOOT failure INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER No boot device was foun
9. 1 N LAN DATA amp Connector PCI CNTRL SPI 8451 LLVA only AL PCI ADDR DATA FirmWare Hub K A DL LPC BUS AC 97 LINK LPC 1O W83627 i Floppy Keyboard parallel COM1 COM2 Mouse RS 422 485 Figure 2 2 Block Diagram CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 13 2 System Reference CONTEC 14 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 3 3 Hardware Installations Hardware Installations This chapter provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the SPI 8451 LLV A SPI 8451 LVA in order to set up a workable system Installation procedure a 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Confirm the power supply is off Install the processor with correct orientation Insert the DRAM module with correct orientation Mount the fan on the top of the processor and connect it to FANI connector Insert 12V Power Supply cable to PW1 connector The jumpers are set up according to the conditions to be used Insert all external cables except for flat panel Hard disk floppy keyboard Mouse LAN etc Insert CRT or LCD monitor to VGA connector Turn on the power 10 Enter the BIOS setup mode by pressing Del key during boot up 11 Use the Load BIOS Optimal Defaults feature 12 Configure the Peripheral Setup and the Standard Setup correctly N A CAUTION The CMOS memory may be in an undefined state at power on after a period of no battery b
10. 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh ___ Reserved 4Eh 1 Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 dass CPU amp program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initializethe APIC for P6 dass CPU 4 OnMP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical 4Fh Reserved 50h Initialize USB 51h Reserved 52h Test all memory dear all extended memory to 0 53h Reserved 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors multi processor platform 56h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDF LASH EXE from FDD optional 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initializelnit Onboard Super IO switch 2 Initializelnit Onbaord AUDIO switch 5Eh Reserved 5Fh Reserved 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility 61h Reserved 62h Reserved 63h Reserved 64h Reserved 65h Initialize PS 2 Mouse 66h _ Reserved 67h Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax 820h 68h Reserved 69h Turn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup amp Auto c
11. 9 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 89 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA UDMA Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33 MB s When you select Auto in the four IDE UDMA fields for each of up to four IDE devices that the internal PCI IDE interface supports the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device IDE Primary Master UDMA Disabled T1 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort On Chip Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately On chip Secondary PCI IDE Disabled 11 Enabled 2 fl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort IDE Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Master Slave UDMA UDMA Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33 MB
12. CD ROM and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 synchronous DMA mode transfers The BIOS supports logical block addressing LBA and extended cylinder head sector ECHS translation modes The BIOS automatically detects the IDE device transfer rate and translation mode This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk s If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper setting Table 3 5 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 39 CN13 CN4 1 40 2 Function Pin No Function 1 RESET 2 GND 3 D7 4 D8 5 D6 6 D9 7 D5 8 D10 9 D4 10 D11 11 D3 12 D12 13 D2 14 D13 15 D1 16 D14 17 DO 18 D15 19 GND 20 N C 21 DREQ 22 GND 23 IOW 24 GND 25 IOR 26 GND 27 IORDY 28 ALE 29 DACK 30 GND 31 IRQ 32 N C 33 Al 34 P66DET 35 AO 36 A2 37 cso 38 CS1 39 HD ACT 40 GND CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 21 3 Hardware Installations Parallel Port Connector CN5 The parallel port bracket can used to add an additional parallel port for additional parallel devices There are four options for parallel port operation
13. Fast and someone attempt to Typematic Rate Setting Disabled write data into this Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 area BIOS will show Typematic Delay Msec 250 a warning message on Security Option Setup screen and alarm beep APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0S2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 No 1 Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure8 3 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning When enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive You should then run an anti virus program Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive CAUTION Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a Enabled warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table No warning message will appear when anything attempts to Disabled z ui access the boot sector or hard disk partition table CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 81 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice
14. PR interrupt 10 Reaister R Line status Register LSR Modem Status Register Scratch Register CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 37 4 Jumper Setting RS 422 485 Terminator JP2 Table 4 3 RS 422 485 Terminator JP2 JP2 Terminator Function Noterminating resister Default sfo oje o oj o o njo o 7 i CTS for RS 422 Terminating resisiter provided sfo oje lo o o oj slao m RTS for RS 422 Terminating resisiter provided m N m RXD for RS 422 485 Terminating resisiter provided m N TXD for RS 422 485 Terminating resisiter provided sle o o o O N O of Clear CMOS Content JBATI The time date and CMOS values can be specified in the Setup program The CMOS values can be returned to their defaults by using the Setup program The RAM data contains the password information is powered by the onboard battery User can erase the CMOS memory content by short pin2 and pin3 of JBATI Table 4 4 Clear CMOS Content JBAT1 JBAT1 Function 1 2 Normal Operation Default Lo 3 Oo 1 2 Clear CMOS Content 3 CONTEC 38 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 5 Board Resources 5 Board Resources System address map The GMCH memory map includes a number of programmable ranges All of these ranges must be unique and non overlapping There are no hardware interlocks to prev
15. SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 7 2 System Reference Table 2 1 Functional Specifications SPI 8451 LLVA lt 2 2 gt Type Specifications RTC CMOS The RTC real time clock and CMOS data backup by the lithium battery The Lithium battery specification is shown in table Specification BR 2 3AC2P BR 2 3AC2P REA 1200mAh weg 15 5g Backup time Over 10 years at none AC power 25 C Real Time Clock accurate 3 minutes month at 25 C Power management setup via BIOS Power Management Modem Ring On Wake One LAN Supports PC98 PC99 ACPI Power management Bus specification Size mm PCI ISA PICMG 2 338 L x 122 H x 28 W 3 4 5VDC 5 DC Power Requirements 12VDC 5 5VSB Stand by 5 only when using the ATX power supply Intel Pentium 4 Processor 2 8 GHz Power supply specifications 5VDC 5 4A Max 12VDC 7 0A 5VSB 0 5A 0 60 C It depends on the specification of CPU and heat sink Operating Humidity 10 90 RH No condensation C MEC CR M Windows XP Professional Operating System Support Windows XP Home Edition Windows 2000 Professional TheRAID is not supported Hot Swap The PC SDD series is not able to use for the RAID drives 2 SA master and ISA memory refresh are not supported 3 This board requires the width for 2slots except CPU heatsink fan hight CONTEC 8 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 2 System Reference Table 2 2 Functiona
16. The storage capacity equals the number of drives times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array NOTE Raid controller permits striped arrays using 1 2 drive attached in Auto Setup mode Security RAID 1 Mirroring Creates a mirrored or fault tolerant array for data security NOTE Under the Security setting Raid controller permits two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array only Defining Typical Application Usage Allows the user to choose the type of PC usage that will be performed in order to optimize how FastTrak100 Lite handles data blocks to enhance performance Your choice will determine the block size used You may choose from A V Editing for audio vide applications or any similar application that requires large file transfers Server for numerous small file transfers or DESKTOP a combination of large and small file sizes A CAUTION If you wish to customize the settings of individual disk arrays such as block size you must manually create disk arrays with the Define Array 3 option from the Main Menu CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 49 6 RAID Controller Viewing Drive Assignments The View Drive Assignments lt 2 gt option in the Main Menu displays whether drives are assigned to a disk arrays or are unassigned Under the Assignment column drives are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as Free if unassigned Such Free drives can be used fo
17. Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 91 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice Init Display First Initialize the on board video display before initializing any other display device on the system Thus the on board display becomes the primary display Only SPI 8451 LLVA is effective Init Display First PCI slot Onboard AGP Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Onboard LAN Select Enabled to active the onboard GIGA LAN controller select Disabled to turn off the onboard GIGA LAN controller when you do not want to use this function Only SPI 8451 LLVA is effective Onboard LAN Disabled Enabled T1 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Intrernal LAN Select Enabled to active the onboard 10 100 LAN controller select Disabled to turn off the onboard 10 100 LAN controller when you do not want to use this function Internal LAN Disabled Enabled 1 ENTER Accept ESC Abort RAID Function Select Enabled to active the onboard RAID controller select Disabled to turn off the onboard RAID controller when you do not want to use this function Only SPI 8451 LLVA is effective RAID Function Disabled Enabled Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort IDE HDD Block mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most ne
18. hh mm ss 10 22 30 Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave Press Enter to enter IDE Secondary Master next page for detail IDE Secondary Slave hard drive settings Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt on 11 But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 64512K Total Memory 65536K Tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 8 2 Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Description Set the system date Note that the Date Month DD YYYY Day automatically changes when you set the date Time 55 Set the system time DE Primary Master Options arein its sub menu fis Het enter the submenu of detailed options DE Primary Slave Options arein its sub menu Press cul ate the submenu of detailed options DE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu Pres Non ie enter ecu mehu of detailed options P Press Enter to enter the sub menu DE Secondary Master Options arein its sub menu
19. the following menu will appear on each use of FastCheck Password Required x Password Cancel CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 69 6 RAID Controller Changing Password 1 Input the original password you first created to gain access to FastCheck 2 Click on Options tab and then click on the Change button in the Password section The Set Password screen will appear 3 Type the password you want to use Press the Tab key or click to retype the same password in the Confirm New Password section 4 Click OK button Disabling Password 1 Input the original password you first created to gain access to FastCheck 2 Click on Options tab 3 Uncheck the Enable Password checkbox Click Apply button on Options window CONTEC 70 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 7 Watch Dog Timer WDT Setting 7 Watch Dog Timer WDT Setting The watchdog timer serves as a safeguard against possible system lock up in your industrial computer system In most industrial environments there are heavy equipment generators high voltage power lines or power drops that have adverse effects on your computer system For instance when a power drop occurs it could cause the CPU to come to a halt state or enter into an infinite loop resulting in a system lock up The application software created by user with the watchdog timer enabled a RESET automatically generated unless the software periodically triggers the timer within
20. 12V CPU FAN Connector FAN1 FANI is a 3 pins box header for the CPU cooling fan power connector The fan must be a 12V fan Pin 3 is for Fan speed sensor input Table3 25 CPU FAN Connector FAN1 Pin No Function 1 GND 123 2 POWER Housing 5102 03 molex 3 FAN Contact 5103 molex System FAN Connector FAN2 FAN is a 3 pins box header for the system cooling fan power connector The fan must be a 12V fan Pin 3 is for Fan speed sensor input Pin 2 is for 12V power supply Table 3 26 System FANConnector FAN2 Pin No Function 1 GND 123 2 POWER Housing 5102 03 molex 3 FAN Contact 5103 molex CONTEC 34 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 4 Jumper Setting 4 Jumper Setting RS 232 422 485 Selector JP1 JP3 Table 4 1 RS 232C 422 485 Selector JP1 JP3 JP1 232119 17151311 9 7 RS 232C Default 25 22 20 232119 JP1 JP3 23211917151319 7 531 9 7531 RS 485 ojololelolojelo eloe o o FRE olololololololololololo o o 25 22 201816141210 8 6 4 2 1086 4 2 1 For RS 485 TXHpin 2 and RX pin 3 must jumper together insidethe D type connector 2 TX pin 1 and RX pin 4 is the same Transmit data control in half duplex mode In half duplex mode the transmissio
21. 184 Pin DDR Memory PC2700 512MB USB Connector shielded cable IDE Ultra ATA 100 66 ribbon cable CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 1 Introduction Customer Support CONTEC provides the following support services for you to use CONTC products more efficiently and comfortably Web Site Japanese http www contec co jp English http www contec com Chinese http www contec com cn Latest product information CONTEC provides up to date information on products CONTEC also provides product manuals and various technical documents in the PDF Free download You can download updated driver software and differential files as well as sample programs available in several languages Note For product information Contact your retailer if you have any technical question about a CONTEC product or need its price delivery time or estimate information Limited One Year warranty CONTEC products are warranted by CONTEC CO LTD To be free from defects in material and workmanship for up to one year from the date of purchase by the original purchaser Repair will be free of charge only when this device is returned freight prepaid with a copy of the original invoice boards The warranty is not applicable if the device has been tampered with or damaged through abuse mistreatment neglect or unreasonable use or original invoice is not included in which case repairs will be considered beyond the warranty policy How to Obta
22. Abort Fix Ignore Interact Use log file Schedule Events Use NT system event log On Errors Abort Fix C Ignore C Interact Dismiss Error Dialogs and Message Boxes after EU 155 Rebuild Settings Disk Parameters Disable Hot Spare Auto Rebuild M Enable Write Cache Enable S M AR T Check Rebuild Ly las EAE Rate Preferences Low High Start minimized Trans Always on top ies Andy segura t Enable password Change Low ei High Reset Apply Configure utility from the available options if 2 Clicking on the Options tab reveals the Options Window Array administrators can customize the FastCheck Monitoring Utility in four major areas Notification Array Synchronization Scheduling setting Password Desktop Appearance Most options relate to Mirroring arrays RAID 1 Selecting Notification Options This section of the Options windows allows users to select how they are notified of a system event A System Event includes driver initiated Rebuilds automatic rebuild using a hot spare standby drive user initiated manual Rebuilds or manual Synchronization and Error Handling reporting for these processes Notification M Enable audible prompt M Popup message box Use log file raideutility log zx IV Use NT system event log n Errors C Abort C Fix C Ignore Interactive Dismiss Error Dialogs and Message
23. Boxes after X d CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 65 6 RAID Controller Enable audible prompt checkbox turns on off an audible alarm of an event typically a drive failure or completion of rebuild or synchronization Popup message box checkbox turns on off the appearance of an event message box that would typically indicate a drive failure or completion of rebuild or synchronization Use log file checkbox allows writing operating event logs of the array activity alerts and status reports to a given file name and directory If a file name is used but the path left blank the default directory is the same as the FastCheck Utility typically C Program Files Promise FastTrak100 Lite Use NT system event log checkbox is grayed out under Windows 95 98 2000 XP automatically Under Windows NT4 it permits user to write array logging to NT s own event log To view FastCheck events under Windows NT go to Start Programs Administrative Tools Event Viewer In the Event Viewer choose Log from the menu bar then check Application Any events generated by FastCheck will appear under the Source column as FastCheck On Errors section offers four radio button choices for the user to select what procedure they would like to perform if an Error is detected during automatic manual Rebuild or manual Synchronization There are three types of errors that FastTrak100 Lite detects a data mismatch between the pri
24. Halting RAID controller BIOS on Boot up Errors The Adapter Configuration Options section allows you to enabled or disable RAID controller to Halt operation at the BIOS startup screen should an error be detected This is the only option that can be changed on this screen Viewing RAID Controller System Resource The System Resources Configurations section of this submenu displays the PCI slot interrupt and port address used by the RAID controller The resources used are determined by the SPI 8451 LLVA PCI PnP BIOS for the PCI device resides In the rare case that there is a resource conflict refer to the SPI 8451 LLVA BIOS documentation on changes on resources allocated to the RAID Controller CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 53 6 RAID Controller Installing the drivers Windows 2000 XP Installing Driver During New windows 2000 XP Installation A CAUTION Before the Windows 2000 XP installing please copy the whole files and folder in the folder as follows RAID Win2000 RAID Winxp of the Driver CD ROM to a floppy disk 1 Floppy Install Boot the computer with the Windows 2000 installation diskettes M Floppyless Install Boot from floppy and type WINNT After files have been copied the system will reboot On the reboot press F6 after the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears 3 OS CD ROM Install Boot from the OS CD ROM Press lt F6 gt
25. VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp PII for 0 640K memory address Initializethe APIC for Pentium dass CPU Program early chipset according to CM OS setup Example onboard IDE controller Measure CPU speed 5 Invoke video BIOS BUND 2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved 2Dh 1 Initialize multi language 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed 2Eh Reserved 2Fh Reserved 30h Reserved 31h Reserved 32h Reserved 33h Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super 1 0 chips 34h Reserved 35h Reserved 36h Reserved 37h Reserved 38h Reserved 39h Reserved 3Ah Reserved 3Bh Reserved 3Ch Test 8254 3Dh Reserved 3Eh Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 3Fh Reserved 40h Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 4lh Reserved 42h Reserved 43h Test 8259 functionality 44h Reserved 45h Reserved CONTEC 112 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup POST Description hex 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved
26. Windows 2000 operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored RAID1 array on your RAID device do NOT connect the hard drive to the RAID connector yet You MUST install the Windows 2000 driver software first to this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller This board is not supporting the hot swap of the drive Hard drives must be Ultra ATA 100 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 33 EIDE and or Fast ATA 2 compatible to operate with the RAID controller For optimal performance install all identical drives of the same model and capacity The drive s matched performance allows the array to function better as a single drive 1 We recommend using identical drive as part of a FastTrak1000 Lite array If striping for performance use two new drives If mirroring for protection you can use two new drives OR use an existing drive and a new drive the new drive must be the same size or larger than the existing drive 2 Configure the jumpers of the hard drive you re preparing to connect to the RAID device connector using the correct Master Slave or Cable Select settings in the positions described in the table below N CAUTION Sometimes the Master drive with no slave attached is called Single The master slave setting differentiates two drives chained J umper Settings of Drives IDE Channel 1 IDE Channel 2 1 M 2 M M 3 M amp S M 4 M amp S M amp S M Ma
27. a PS 2 keyboard mouse You will connect with an add on cable for a PS 2 keyboard mouse You can select that plug a PS 2 mouse directly PS 2 keyboard directly or both use Y cable by jumper setting The PS2 Connector pin definition is shown below Table 3 21 Keyboard Mouse Connector CN22 Pin No Function KB or MS Data MS or KB DATA GND 5VSB KB or MS Clock MS or KB Clock Dl ule w Nje Table 3 22 K B amp M S Select Jumpers JKB1 JKB2 JKB3 JKB4 Select the function J KB1 JKB2 JKB3 JKB4 Plug Keyboard 123 123 123 123 Plug PS 2 Mouse 123 123 123 123 Plug Keyboard amp Mouse Y cabletoconnedio 1 2 3 123 123 1 253 Default factory setting EXT Keyboard Connector CN23 This is a 5 pin connector for external keyboard Table 3 23 External Keyboard Connector GND N C KB Data KBClock Contact SXH 001T PO6 J ST Housing XHP 5 J ST CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 33 3 Hardware Installations 12V Power supply Connector PW1 The power supply that conformed for ATX12V is used this connector connect 4Pin 12V cable directly from power supply Use the 12V power cable of the accessories when other power supplies are used Table 3 24 12V power supply Connector PWI Pin No Function Pin No Function 29914 2 GND 4 42V 1 GND 3
28. after message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears 4 When the Windows 2000 XP Setup window is generated press S to specify an additional device s 5 Press to select Other and press the Enter key 6 Insert the Promise Technology driver diskette into drive A and press Enter key 7 Choose Win2000 Promise FastTrak100 Lite Controller Windows XP Promise FastTrak100 Controller PDC20265 from the list that appears on screen and then press the Enter key 8 The Windows 2000 XP Setup screen will appear again say in Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include Wind2000 Promise FastTrak100 Lite Controller Windows XP Promise FastTrak100 Controller PDC20265 A CAUTION If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specifies continue to next 9 From the windows 2000 XP Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows 2000 XP installation Installing Driver in Existing windows 2000 XP System WARNING If you will be moving the boot drive containing the existing Windows 2000 XP operating system to a mirrored RAID 1 array on the controller the controller driver MUST be loaded to the hard drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller Do not attach this drive
29. as the deleted array A DANGER Deleting an existing disk array could result in its data loss Make sure to record all array information including the array type the disk members and stripe block size in case you wish to indo a deletion FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1996 2001 Promise Technology Inc Delete Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe 2 16126 Functional Array 2 Array 3 Array 4 Keys Available 1 Up 4 Down ESC Exit Del Delete 1 To delete an array highlight the Array you wish to delete and press the Del key 2 The View Array Definition menu will appear see below showing which drives are assigned to this array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1996 2001 Promise Technology Inc Define Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Stripe Block 64 KB Drive Assignments Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Assignment 1 MasterQUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Y 2 MasterQUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Y 3 Confirm yes to the following warning message with the Ctrl Y key to continue array deletion Are you sure you want to delete this array Press Ctrl Y to Delete others to Abort 4 After deleting the array you should create a new array using Auto Setup or the Define Array menu from the FastBuild Main Menu CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 51 6 RAID C
30. by month If enabled the default is By Month This allows synchronization to take place during an off hour when the system is either not in use or not at peak demand Start time designates hr min am pm On the designate day of week or by ordinal 1st 2nd 3rd selection Setting Rebuild Options Rebuild Settings Disable Hot Spare Auto Rebuild Rebuild __ Rate Low High SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 67 6 RAID Controller Disable Hot Spare Auto Rebuild checkbox turns off the use of a hot spare drive and automatic rebuilding of a mirrored array The default is unchecked or enable Hot Spare Auto Rebuild Rebuild Rate assigns the amount of importance that FastTrak100 Lite gives to mirroring data from one drive to another in the background A high setting assigns most of FastTrak100 Lite s resources to the rebuild process at the expense of responding to ongoing read write data requests by the operating system A low setting gives priority to ongoing read write data requests by the operating system at the expense of the rebuild process and will typically result in longer rebuild times The setting shown above is the default Setting PCI Bus Utilization Option CAUTION In most cases a user does not need to change this setting since FastTrak100 Lite s data handling rarely conflicts with another PCI device However certain brands of video capture cards can
31. or rebuild From this menu users may choose to have the window Always Appear on Top of applications Minimize Synchronize mirrored drives Rebuild a mirrored array use About to check FastCheck version or Exit the on screen window Synchronizing an Array Synchronization is a periodic maintenance procedure for Mirroring RAID 1 arrays to maintain data consistency on all mirrored drives In operation array synchronization compares data on the mirrored drives for any differences If there are differences detected data from the primary drive s is automatically copied to the secondary drive s This assures that all mirrored drives will contain the exact information CAUTION You may instead choose to schedule array synchronization automatically under the Options Tab view versus manually initiating synchronization CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 59 6 RAID Controller To synchronize choose the Array Tab View Right click on the array you wish to synchronize and choose Synchronize from the context menu Click Yes to initiate Synchronization see below when the Confirmation window appears To cancel this option click the NO button FastTrak Once the Synchronize Process is initiated it cannot be stopped ie from FastCheck Are you sure you wish to Synchronize Array 1 No N WARNING Once initiated synchronization can NOT be halted in order to prevent data errors Once Synchroni
32. s When you select Auto in the four IDE UDMA fields for each of up to four IDE devices that the internal PCI IDE interface supports the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto Mode Mode Mode Mode Mode ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 90 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals USB Controller Enabled Disabled ENTER Accept ESC Abort USB 2 0 controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB 2 0 controller and you have USB peripherals USB 2 0 Controller Enabled Disabled ENTER Accept ESC Abort USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard USB Keyboard Support Enabled Disabled TliMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort USB Mouse support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB mouse USB Mouse Support Enabled Disabled ENTER Accept ESC Abort AC 97 Audio Select Enabled to use the audio capabilities of your system AC97 Audio Auto Disabled
33. 8 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 3 Hardware Installations LVDS LCD panel Connector CN11 CN12 SPI 8451 LLVA only CN11 and CN12 consist of 20 pin connectors that using the Hirose s DF13A 20DP 1 25V This product supports LVDS LCD panel display LVDS 18bit output SVGA 800 x 600 XGA 1024 x 768 SXGA 1280 x 1024 Please ask us the connectable display Table3 15 LVDSLCD panel Connector Pin No Function Pin No Function 2 TXO 1 TX0 20 CN11 2 4 GND 3 GND BaeBBHBBEH 6 TXL 5 TX1 19 1 8 VDD 7 GND 10 TX3 9 TX3 12 TX2 11 TX2 14 GND 13 GND 16 CLK1 15 CLK1 18 B_DATA 17 B_CLK 20 VDD 19 GND Pin No Function Pin No Function CN12 E 2 TX4 1 TX4 4 GND 3 GND BHBGBBHBBEBH 6 XT5 5 TX5 19 1 8 VDD 7 GND 10 XT7 9 TX7 12 TX6 11 TX6 14 GND 13 GND 16 CLK2 15 CLK2 18 N C 17 N C 20 VDD 19 GND VDD 43 3V LCD power out 1A Max Housing DF 13 20DS 1 25C HIROSE Contact DF 13 2630SCF HIROSE CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 29 3 Hardware Installations LCD Backlight Connector CN10 SPI 8451 LLVA only This is a 5 pin connector for backlight connector Table 3 16 LCD Backlight Connector CN10 HOODOO 12345 Pin No Function Backlight GND N C GND uj Bl WIN re VCC Housin
34. 8451 LVA Main Memory Installation DIMM1 DIMM2 The SPI 8451 LLVA LVA PICMG Industrial CPU Card supports one single side or double sided DDR200 PC1600 266 PC2100 333 PC2700 unregistered DIMM 184 pin DIMM sockets for a maximum memory of 2GB Using the non ECC DDR SDRAM DIMM The CPU card supports the following memory features 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM with gold plated contacts 200MHz PC1600 266MHz PC2100 333MHz PC2700 DDR SDRAM 333MHz limited in 533MHz FSB speed Non ECC function support Un buffer single or double sided DIMM in the following sizes Table 3 1 DDR SDRAM The CPU card supports single or double sided DIMMs in the following sizes 3 Hardware Installations DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM nU A DIMM Capacity d Organization Front side Number of Devices Density Back side 64MB 64Mbit 8M 8 None 8 64MB 128Mbi 8M x16 None 4 128MB 64M bit 8M x8 8M x8 16 128MB 128M bi 16M x8 None 8 128MB 256M bi 32M x8 None 4 256MB 128M bi 16M x8 16M x8 16 256MB 256Mbi 32M x8 None 8 256MB 512Mbi 32M x16 None 4 512MB 256Mbi 32M x8 32M x8 16 512MB 512Mbi 64M x8 None 8 1GB 512Mbi 64M x8 64M x8 16 CAUTION All memory components and DIMM used with the SPI 8451 LLV A LV A CPU card must comply with the PC SDRAM Specification These include the PC SDRAM Specification memory component specific the PC Un buffered DIMM Specification and the PC
35. EASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The slot configuration information stored in the EISA non volatile memory is incomplete Note When either of these errors appear the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Error encountered initializing hard drive Hard drive cannot be initialized Be sure the adapter is installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup Error initializing hard disk controller Cannot initialize controller Make sure the cord is correctly and firmly installed in the bus Be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup Also check to see if any jumper needs to be set correctly on the hard drive Floppy disk controller error or no controller present Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller Make sure the controller is installed correctly and firmly If there are no floppy drives installed be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 107 8 BIOS Setup Invalid EISA configuration PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt Re run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Co
36. I 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup 8 BIOS Setup Introduction This chapter discusses Award s Setup program built into the FLASH ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Starting Setup The Award BIOS is immediately activated when you first power on the computer The BIOS reads the system information contained in the CMOS and begins the process of checking out the system and configuring it When it finishes the BIOS will seek an operating system on one of the disks and then launch and turn control over to the operating system While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Del gt immediately after switching the system on or 2 by pressing the lt Del gt key when the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys If you do not press the keys a
37. LED Dr n Power LED 13 GND 14 N C 1 oo External Speaker 15 BUZZER 16 N C Ex 80 0 25W Speaker 9 11 13 15 Power Button 1 3 Reset Button 5 7 HDDLED 2 4 Power LED 8 10 12 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 19 3 Hardware Installations Floppy Disk Connector CN3 The floppy interface can be configured for the following floppy drive capacities and sizes 360 KB 5 25 inch 1 2 MB 5 25 inch 720 KB 3 5 inch 1 44 MB 3 5 inch 2 88 MB 3 5 inch This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting the single and to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Ta ble 3 4 Floppy Disk Drive Connector CN3 33 1 T 34 2 Pin No Function Pin No Function 1 GND 2 RWC 3 GND 4 N C 5 GND 6 N C 7 GND 8 INDEX 9 GND 10 DSO 11 GND 12 DS1 13 GND 14 DS2 15 GND 16 MOT ON 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 WD 23 GND 24 WG 25 GND 26 TRCK 0 27 GND 28 WP 29 GND 30 RD 31 GND 32 SIDE 1 33 GND 34 DSK CHG CONTEC 20 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 3 Hardware Installations Primary Secondary IDE Connector CN13 CN4 The CPU card SPI 8451 LLVA LVA provides two bus mastering PCI IDE interface This interface support PIO Mode 3 PIO Mode 4 ATAPI devices e g
38. Modes 5 ev 1 ENTER Accept ESC Abort DRAM RAS to CAS delay This field lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system DRAM RAS to CAS Delay T1 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort DRAM RAS Precharge The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data DRAM RAS Precharge Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Memory Frequency for Select the memory frequency for DDR200 when install the memory with specification of DDR200 or when install the memory with specification of DDR266 or Auto define by the BIOS Memory Frequency For DDR200 DDR266 ENTER Accept ESC Abort System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Enabled TliMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort 86 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Description C
39. OOOH FFFFFH is bad Memory test fail BIOS reports the memory tests fail if the onboard memory is tested error CONTEC 110 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA POST Codes 8 BIOS Setup POST Description hex CFh___ Test CMOS R W functionality COh Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers Cih Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below C3h Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM C5h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM 01 Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h jReserved 03h Initial Superio Early Init switch 04h jReserved 05h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM 06h Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 07h jReserved 08h Initial Superio Early Init switch 09h jReserved OAh 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag OBh Reserved OCh 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test ODh Reserved OEh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker OFh Reserved 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD amp DMI support 11
40. SBC Series Single Board Computer Full Size PICMG with LANx2 VGA Audio SPI 8451 LLVA with LAN VGA Audio SPI 8451 LVA User s Manual CONTEC CO LTD Check Your Package Thank you for purchasing the CONTEC product The product consists of the items listed below Check with the following list that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer Product Configuration List Board One of the following SPI 8451 LLVA or SPI 8451 LVA 1 Product Guide 1 IPC Precaution List 1 CD ROM Driver disk utilities 1 IDE 80 pin Ribbon Cable 1 IDE 40 pin Ribbon Cable 1 FDD Ribbon Cable 1 2 serial Ports 9 pin D SUB male x 2 ribbon cable with bracket 1 Parallel port 25 pin D SUB female x 1 ribbon cable with bracket 1 Audio jack cable with bracket 1 pin mini DIN cable 2 in 1 for PS2 Mouse amp Keyboard functions 1 DVI Analog RGB conversion adapter 1 SPI 8451 LLVA only 12 power supply cable 1 Jumper short pin 2 mm 1 The CD ROM contains the P software and User s Manual this Manual IDE 80 pin IDE 40 pin Board Ribbon Cable Ribbon Cable 12V power J umper short pin supply cable 2mm c5 DVI Analog RGB Parallel port Convertion Adapter n SUB male x2 pin 0 90 B female x1 Audi R Roon cable SPIBASELL
41. Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto USB Controller Enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Mouse Support Disabled AC97 Audio Auto Init Display First onboard AGP Onboard LAN Enabled Intemal LAN Enabled RAID Function Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA 3 l Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 8 5 Integrated Peripherals Description Choice On Chip Primary PCI IDE on chip Primary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains Disabled an IDE interface with support for two IDE Enabled channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately 1l Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort IDE Primary Master Slave PIO IDE Primary Master PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output Auto fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each Mode of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE nds interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide Mode successively increased performance In Auto Mode mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device ENTER Accept ESC Abort
42. Serial Presence Detect Specification CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 17 3 Hardware Installations ATX Power Control Connector CN1 When used with an ATX compliant power supply that supports remote power on off the CPU board can turn off the system power through software control To enable soft off control in software advanced power management must be enabled in the Setup program and in the operation system When the system BIOS receives the correct APM command from the operating system the BIOS turns off power to the computer Table 3 2 ATX power control Connector CN1 000000 123456 Pin N Fundi CN1 in No unction 6 F3 4 5VSB_ ATX Power 6 PCl_PME Control signal 5 o gt PS ON 5 GND 4 o k 3 o 05VSB 4 PSWIN aile e H S PESO 3 GND 1 ho 7 0 GND 2 PS_ON Housing XHP 6 J ST 1 5VSB Contact SXH 001T PO 6 J ST SVSB Input 5V standby power from ATX power supply PS_ON Output for ATX power supply On Off control PSWIN Connect power push switch The same function as CN2 1pin PowerBT PCI_PME Connect to PME signal of PCI bus this CPU board can wake up from the PCI board which supports PME Power Management Event function When you do not use this function please keep open CONTEC 18 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 3 Hardware Installations Front Panel Connector CN2
43. This field displays the current CPU temperature if your computer contains a monitoring system These fields display the current speed of up to three CPU fans if your computer contains a monitoring system Vcore 12V 45V 33 3V VBAT Thesefields display the current voltage of input lines if your 5VSB computer contains a monitoring system Current System Temp Current 1 Temp Current CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 Speed CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 103 8 BIOS Setup Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control Menu Level gt Tl5 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 8 10 Frequency Voltage Control Description Choices Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum When the system clock generator pulses the extreme Enabled Disabled values of the pulse generate excess EMI Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation changes the extreme values from spikes to flat curves thus reducing EMI This benefit may in some cases be outweighed by problems with timing critical devices such as a clock sensitive SCSI device Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 104 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are descri
44. This header can be connected to a front panel power switch The front panel connector includes headers for these I O connections Power switch This header can be connected the power on switch when ATX power supply use Power LED This header can be connected to an LED that will light when the computer is powered on Hard drive activity LED This header can be connected to an LED to provide a visual indicator that data is being read from or written to an IDE hard drive For the LED to function properly the IDE drive must be connected to the onboard IDE controller Speaker A speaker can be installed on the SPI 8450 LLVA as a manufacturing option The speaker is enabled by a jumper on pins 9 11 13 15 of the front panel connector The speaker onboard or offboard provides error beep code information during the POST in the event that the computer cannot use the video interface The speaker is not connected to the audio subsystem and does not receive output from the audio subsystem Table 3 3 Front Panel Connector CN2 15 1 16 2 Pin No Function Pin No Function 1 Power BT 2 VCC 1 3 GND 4 IDE ACT Power Switch for ATX oo 5 RESET 6 NG HDD Active Indicator LED 7 GND 8 VCC Reset Switch oi 9 VCC 10 VCC DC 11 GND 12 Power
45. VA only DE DRE with bracket fe Ni Product IPC Precaution ES GS Guide 6 pin mini DIN cable 3 Y Floppy Ribbon Cable 2 CD ROM Driver disk utility Product Guide IPC Precaution List CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA i CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA Copyright Copyright 2005 CONTEC CO LTD ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO LTD CONTEC CO LTD makes been considered in the preparation of this document Should you notice an omission or any questionable item in this document please feel free to notify CONTEC CO LTD All relevant issues have been considered in the preparation of this document Should you notice an omission or any questionable item in this document please feel free to notify CONTEC CO LTD Regardless of the foregoing statement CONTEC assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document nor for results obtained by the user as a result of using this product Trademarks Intel Celeron and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation MS Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective holder All Other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners Caution about Battery Replace only with the same
46. ackup CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 15 3 Hardware Installations CPU Installation The SPI 8451 LLVA LVA supports a single Intel 478pin FC PGA2 type Pentium 4 Celeron D or Celeron processor The processor s VID pins automatically program the voltage regulator on the CPU card to the required processor voltage The host bus speed is automatically selected The processor connects to the CPU card through the 478 pins socket The CPU card supports the processors listed in table below Celeron processor Host Bus frequency Cache size 400M Hz 128KB Celeron D processor Host Bus frequency Cache size 533MHz 256K B Pentium 4 processor 400M H2 533M Hz 256K 512K 1MB The socket 478 comes with a lever to secure the CPU Make sure the notch on the corner of the CPU corresponds with the notch on the inside of the socket The CPU should always have a Heat Sink and a cooling fan attached to prevent overheating N CAUTION Ensure that the CPU heat sink and the CPU top surface are in total contact to avoid CPU overheating problem that would cause your system to hang or be unstable The heights of the heat sink that optional CPU PCP4 24 PCP4C 20 70mm PCP4 28S PCP4C 20S 83mm Height CONTEC 16 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI
47. ale Connector No 4 40UNC Table 3 8 Attached cable 9pin D SUB pin assignment 1 5 Cr 6 9 Pin No RS 232C RS 422 RS 485 1 DCD TX TX 2 RXD TX TX 3 TXD RX RX 4 DTR RX RX 5 GND GND GND 6 DSR RTS N C 7 RTS RTS N C 8 CTS CTS N C 9 RI CTS N C A CAUTION For RS 485 TX pin 2 and RX pin 3 must jumper together inside the D type connector TX pin 1 and RX pin 4 is the same CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 23 3 Hardware Installations RS 422 RS 485 specifications Transmission system Asynchronous half full duplex serial transmission conforming to RS 422 RS 485 Baud rate 50 115 200bps programmable Signal extensible distance 1 2km Max Table 3 9 RS 422 RS 485 ooi RIS JP3 7 8 Terminating Resister 0 5 i i 1200 JP2 12 i CONTEC 24 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 3 Hardware Installations IDE RAID Connector CN14 CN8 SPI 8451 LLVA only The CPU card SPI 8451 LLVA using the chipset of Promise PDC20265R for IDE RAID port that with the bus mastering design takes full advantage of multi tasking multi threading operating systems and greatly improves performance Provides scatter gather DMA mechanism that complies with Revision 1 0 of the programming int
48. bed below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are SUPERVISOR PASSWORD can enter and change the options of the setup menus USER PASSWORD just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this unction the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm t
49. board Mouse Connector CN13 CN4 Primary Secondary IDE Connector N23 External Keyboard Connector DIMM1 CN5 Parallel Port Connector DIMM Memory Socket DIMM2 Serial Port Connector FAN1 CPU FAN Connector Primary Secondary IDE RAID Connector FAN2 System FAN Connector 8451 LLVA only io Connector PW1 12V power supply Connector light ect d MS COO J CDIN CD IN Connector 8451 LLVA only LVDSC ect nor J BAT1 Clear CMOS 8451 LLVA only DVI I Connector J IRI IrDA Connector 8451 LLVA only J P1 J P3 RS 232C 422 485 selector 8451 LVA only 100 1000 BASE TX LAN connector j P2 RS 422 485 Terminator SP1 8451 LLVA only 10 100 BASE TX LAN connector Keyboard Mouse signal selector USB Connector CONTEC 12 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 2 System Reference Block Diagram SOCKET 478 Processor P4jCeleron D PWM PROCESSOR RGB BUS DVI K gt 2 Connector GMCH DDRS DRAM SPI 8451 LLVA IMDS rRe m 511164 FCBGA760 t HUB LINK IDE Connect amma UDMAG6 100 PCI CNTRL USB 2 0 Carre 0 5 PORT 1 6 E PCIADDRIDATA l ICH4 8 82562ET 10 100 BGA421 io LAN PHY MII lt LAN 10 00 Connector a GIGA LAN 82541
50. cable from CD ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound Table 3 12 CD IN Connector Pin No Function Audio L GND GND Audio R CONTEC 26 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 3 Hardware Installations DVI I Connector CN15 SPI 8451 LLVA only This connector is DVI I connector for CRT LCD The pin assignment is shown below In use the CRT Analog RGB display need the DVI I Analog RGB conversion adapter 20 pin and 21 pin are connecting to Seriall for the touch panel signal CN6 cannot be used when using this signal Table 3 13 DVI Analog RGB converter Connector type DVI I 29pin 8 C1 lt cs Signal Signal Signal Pin No 3 Pin No Pin No 3 name name name 1 DATA2 3 N C C1 RED 2 DATA2 4 V C2 GREEN DATA2 3 5 GND BLUE SHIELD 4 N C 6 HPD C4 HSYNC 5 N C 7 DATAO C5 GND 6 DDC CLK 8 DATAO 7 DDC 9 DATAO DATA SHIELD 8 VSYNC 20 FPS OUT TxD 9 DATAI 21 FPS_IN RxD 10 DATA1 22 DATAO SHIELD DATA1 11 23 CLK SHIELD 12 N C 24 CLK CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 27 3 Hardware Installations VGA Connector CN24 SPI 8451 LVA only It is a VGA CRT connector The pin assignments are as follows Table 3 14 Connector CN24 PIN No Function PIN No Function Green ne fe ces 3 usme fu ver CONTEC 2
51. cautions A CAUTION Do not modify the product CONTEC will bear no responsibility for problems etc resulting from modifying this product Do not strike or bend the board Otherwise the board may malfunction overheat cause a failure or breakage Do not touch the board s metal plated terminals edge connector with your hands Otherwise the board may malfunction overheat or cause a failure If the terminals are touched by someone s hands clean the terminals with industrial alcohol There are switches and jumpers on the board that need to be set in advance Be sure to check these before installing to the expansion slot Only set the switches and jumpers on the board to the specified settings Otherwise the board may malfunction overheat or cause a failure DANGER Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacture s instructions CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 1 Introduction Environments Use this product in the following environment If used in an unauthorized environment the board may overeat malfunction or cause a failure Operating temperature 0 60 C Operating humidity 10 90 RH No condensation Corrosive gases None Floating dust particles Not to be excessive Inspection Inspection the product periodically as follows
52. ct a typematic rate the rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key of 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second Typematic Rate Chars Sec Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 83 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic delay the delay before key strokes begin to repeat of 250 500 750 or 1000 milliseconds Typematic Delay Msec T1 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup If you have set a password select whether the password is required every time the System boots or only when you enter Setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Security Option System Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press Enter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely S Select For DRAM 64MB Select OS2 only if you ar
53. ction without the drive Fix replace the drive that has failed and then restore data from a backup source Offline Drives that are NOT identified as bad may be taken offline if part of a Striping or spanning array containing a bad drive These drives do NOT need to be replaced however S M A R T Status Indicates whether attached hard drive implements Self Monitoring analysis amp Reporting Technology to predict drive failure Size Indicates capacity of individual drive Location Shows physical location of drive Indicates on which IDE channel 1 or 2 and whether drive is Master or Slave on cable This allows user to identify drives for removal replacement Mapping Indicates physical parameters of drive cylinders heads sectors Timing Shows selection of drive timing directly related to burst speed based on type of drive and cable used CONTEC 58 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller Using Array Pull down Menu At the bottom of the Array window it indicates to right click on an Array to perform synchronization or rebuild operations Right clicking displays the following pull down menu FastCheck Monitoring Utility 151 Array Controller Options d RAID Mode MIRRORING Always on t STR 56 Mapping 523 Cyls Minimize Heads Synchronize ectors Rebuild Size 2 010 GB 2059 About Status Functional Exit Open Fastshect Right mouse click array to run synchronize
54. d Enter Select PU PD Value Fail Safe Defaults F10 Save Menu Level Item Help Menu Level ESC Exit Fl General Help F7 Optimized Defaults Description Choice Power Supply Type Select the power supply type Power Supply Type ENTER Accept ESC Abort ACPI function Select to Enabled the ACPI function and select Disabled to disable the APCI Enabled ACPI Function Disabled 1l Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 95 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice Power management Power Management User Define Min saving Max Saving T1 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Video off Method Blank Screen SYNC Blank DPMS ee ee ENTER Accept ESC Abort Video Off In Suspend This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked Video Off In Suspend ENTER Accept ESC Abort Suspend Type Select the Suspend Type Suspend Type Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend TliMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort
55. d This could mean that either a boot drive was not detected or the drive does not contain proper system boot files Insert a system disk into Drive A and press lt Enter gt If you assumed the system would boot from the hard drive make sure the controller is inserted correctly and all cables are properly attached Also be sure the disk is formatted as a boot device Then reboot the system Diskette drives or types mismatch error RUN SETUP Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS definition Run Setup to reconfigure the drive type correctly Display switch is set incorrectly Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct and then either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection Display type has changed since last BOOT Since last powering off the system the display adapter has been changed You must configure the system for the new display type EISA configuration checksum error PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The EISA non volatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly read the EISA slot This can indicate either the EISA non volatile memory has become corrupt or the slot has been configured incorrectly Also be sure the card is in stalled firmly in the slot EISA configuration is not complete PL
56. des GMCH Graphics and Memory Controller Hub 1 0 Controller Hub and FWH Firm Ware Hub B Award BIOS PnP support Graphics controller built in Intel 845GV chipset One Analog RGB Panel Link I F One DVI I connector hip 10 GA One LVDS 18bit I F Two box header 20 pin connectors E DD set S One PS 2 keyboard M ouse connector Bundled the 2 in 1 cable One box header 5 pin connector for external keyboard 16550 UART Serial F 10 pin connector box header x 2 RS 232C x 1 RS 232C 422A 485 x 1 Baud rate 50 115 200bps programmable One box header 26 pin connector One high speed parallel port support SPP EPP ECP mode On board 1000BASE T 100BASE TX 10BASE T Intel 82541 controller LAN Port 100BASE TX 10BASE T Intel CH4 integrated controller Two RJ 45 connectors Wake On LAN support Two EIDE ports up to four IDE devices Two box header 40 pin connectors support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 __ a MME One FDD port up to two floppy drives 360K B 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB b ur One box header 34 pin connector 3 5inch 2mode I F Compact Flashs ooo O pol R SSD Socket USB Port 6ch USB2 0 compliant ports Three box header 10 pin connector Support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 AC97 CODEC One pin header 10 pin connector for speaker out line in microphone Audio in Software programmable 255 levels 1 255sec General purpose ooo O CONTEC
57. drive member in the array is functional However the array has temporarily lost its ability to provide fault tolerance The user should identify the failed drive through the FastBuild Setup utility and then replace the problem drive Offline A striped array has 1 drive that has failed or been disconnected When the array condition is offline the user must replace the failed drive s and then restore data from a backup source Navigating the FastBuild Setup Menu When using the menus these are some of the basic navigation tips Arrow keys highlights through choices lt Space gt bar key allows to cycle through options lt Enter gt selects an options lt ESC gt key is used to abort or exit the current menu CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 47 6 RAID Controller Using the Main Menu This is the first option screen when entering the FastBuild Setup FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1996 2001 Promise Technology Inc Main Menu AUTOS TUDES ee E US 1 Wate IDI AIS SNINE S a Beall MIC WIATT AYA NUR E REIS 3 Delete Array s nce OE OR 4 Rebuild Armay ID 5 Controller Configuration 6 Keys Available Press 1 6 to Select Option ESC Exit 1 Tocreate a new array automatically follow the steps under Creating arrays Automatically We recommend this option for most users 2 To view drives assig
58. e Installations USB Connector CN18 CN19 CN20 This product have three USB v2 0 compliant pin header connector USB0 1 CN18 USB2 3 CN19 USB4 5 CN20 Table 3 19 USB Pin header Connector CN18 CN19 CN20 Pin No Function Pin No Function CN18 19 20 1 VCCO 2 VCCl 3 1 3 USBPO 4 USBPI 5 USBPO 6 USBP1 10 2 7 USBG 8 USBG 9 N C 10 GND Pin 9 is reverse of the connector and empty pin of prevention Optional USB Cable USB Connector Cable A CAUTION Computer systems that have an unshielded cable attached to a USB port may not meet FCC Classrequirements even if no device or a low speed USB device is attached to the cable Use shielded cable that meets the requirements for full speed devices External Battery Connector CN21 SPI 8451 LVA only It is a 2 Pin connector used for external battery An external battery power for used of Real time clock and CMOS memory Table 3 20 External Battery Connector CN21 Pin No Function 1 GND Housing IL 2S S3L N AE 2 1 2 External Contact IL C2 1 10000 J AE SP1 8451 LLVAS has the large capacity battery connected to this connector as standard CONTEC 32 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 3 Hardware Installations Keyboard Mouse Connector CN22 The CPU card provides a standard PS 2 keyboard mouse connector for attaching
59. e for reliable performance of the high frequency CPU on the product the quality of the power supply is even more important Power Consumption For typical configurations the CPU card is designed to operate with at least a 250W power supply A higher wattage power supply should be used for heavily loaded configurations The power supply must meet the following requirements Rise time for power supply 2 ms 20 ms Minimum delay for reset to Power Good 100ms Minimum Power down warning 1 ms The following table lists the power supply s tolerances for DC voltages Table 2 3 DC voltage tolerance DC Voltage Acceptable Tolerance 5V 3596 5VSB Stand by 3596 12V 3596 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 11 2 System Reference Connector amp Jumper Location DIMM2 DIMM1 CN3CN5 JP1JP2JP3 JIR1JCDIN1 CN1 CN24 CN9 PW1 1 1 CN24 CN4 cn14 CN15 CN11CN12CN13 CN6 COMI CN7 COM2 CN16 CN21 FAN2 CN18CN FAN1 Figure 2 1 Connector amp Jumper Location CN1 ATX power control Connector CN21 External Battery Connector SPI 8451 LVA only CN2 Front Panel Connector BATT1 Reader SPI 8451 LVA only Floppy Disk Drive Connector CN22 Key
60. e running OS 2 operating system with greater than 64 MB of RAM on your system OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non oS2 2 TliMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort Report No FDD For Win 95 Select Yes to release IRQ6 when the system contains no floppy drive for compatibility with Windows 95 logo certification In the Integrated Peripherals screen select Disabled for the Onboard FDC Controller field Report No FDD For WIN 95 11 ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 84 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable SPD i 2 5 CAS Latency Time Active to Precharge Delay 7 Menu Level gt DRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3 DRAM RAS Precharge 3 Memory Frequency For auto system BIOS Cacheable Enabled video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Delayed Transaction Enabled Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min AGP Aperture Size MB 64 On Chip VGA Setting on chip VGA Enabled On chip Frame Buffer Size 8MB Boot Display Auto Panel Number 1024 x 768 1 Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 8 4 Advanced Chipset Features Setup This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed ch
61. e support EPP or ECP mode Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Normal 11 ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 93 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice ECP Mode Use DMA ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port l Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 94 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Item Help Power Management Setup Power Supply Type ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Power Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ HDD Power Down Soft Off by PWR BTTN Wake Up by PCI card Power On by Ring USB KB Wake Up From S3 Resume by Alarm Date of Month Alarm Time hh mm ss Alarm AT Disabled S1 POS Auto User Define DPMS Yes Stop Grant 3 Disabled Instant off Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled 0 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE O Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE O Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D 1l Move F5 Previous Values F6 Figure 8 6 Power Management Setup Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disable
62. ent problems in the case of overlapping ranges Accesses to overlapped ranges may produce indeterminate results Table 5 1 Compatibility Area Address Description 0 640KB DOS area 640 768KB Video Buffer area 768 896KB 896 960K B Extended System BIOS Area 960 1MB System BIOS Area Table 5 2 Memory Segment Memory Segments Comments 00000h 9FFFFh 0 640K DOS Region FECOO000h FECFFFFFh FEE00000h FEEFFFFFh FFEO000h FFFFFFFFh High BIOS Area APIC configuration space CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 39 5 Board Resources PCI Routing Information Tabled 5 3 Routing Information IDSEL INT Onboard Function AD23 INTF LAN Intel 82541 AD25 INTG RAID PDC20265R CONTEC 40 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller 6 RAID Controller Important data protection information You should back up all data before installing any drive controller or storage peripheral We are not responsible for any loss of data resulting from the use disuse or misuse of the RAID device A CAUTION When you need to use RAID function you mast connect compatible IDE device with connector CN8 and CN14 A DANGER Before installing the driver into an existing existing system backup any necessary data Failure to follow this accepted PC practice could result in data loss When installing the hard drives if you wish to include your current bootable drive using the
63. erences This section controls how the FastCheck utility screen is displayed and sets the security password to protect the administrative settings Preferences v Start minimized Always on top Enable password Change Start Minimized checkbox allows user to have FastCheck appear on the toolbar only on startup Click on the icon to see the FastCheck utility screen Always on Top checkbox tells the Utility to appear above all programs until closed or minimized manually Enable Password checkbox in the Preferences section turns on off use of a Password every time the FastCheck Monitoring Utility icon is selected or the program is run from the Start menu Disabling use of a current password requires password entry see Creating Password on next page Creating Password To create a password check the Enable Password checkbox in the Preferences section The Set Password window will appear Set Password x i Confirm New Password Type the password you want to use Press the Tab key or click to retype the same password in the Confirm New Password section Click the OK button A CAUTION Remember to record the password you use in a secure place in case you forget it A confirmation screen will appear shown that Password Checking is Enabled Click the OK button Once the password feature is enabled the following menu will appear before the FastCheck window can be opened is enabled
64. erface for Bus Master IDE Controller Scatter Gather mechanism supports both DMA and PIO IDE drives and ATAPI devices Allows byte boundary memory region during Bus Master DMA transfers which benefits operating systems or applications which has odd byte boundary memory transfers Dual independent data paths with read ahead and write posting for each channel supported for dual IDE channels to balanced bus loading and optimal performance Table 3 10 IDE RAID Connector 39 CN14 CN8 1 gagagaogogoaggogoagoguagg 40 2 Pin No Function Pin No Function alt RESET 2 GND 3 D7 4 D8 5 D6 6 D9 7 D5 8 D10 9 D4 10 D11 11 D3 12 D12 13 D2 14 D13 15 D1 16 D14 17 DO 18 D15 19 GND 20 N C 21 DREQ 22 GND 23 low 24 GND 25 IOR 26 GND 27 IORDY 28 ALE 29 DACK 30 GND 31 IRQ 32 N C 33 Al 34 P66DET 35 AO 36 A2 37 cso 38 CS1 39 HD ACT 40 GND CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 25 3 Hardware Installations Audio Connector CN9 This connector connects the Audio jack cable Table 3 11 Audio Connector CN9 Pin No Function Pin No Function 1 LINE OUT R 2 LINE OUT L 10 9 HB 3 GND 4 N C 00 5 N C 6 MIC IN uu 2 ng 1 7 GND 8 GND 9 LINE IN R 10 LINE IN L CD IN Connector JCDIN This connector is used to connect CD Audio
65. es When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt as on of the following type depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt Such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The Choice Legacy ISA and PCI ISA PnP CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 101 8 BIOS Setup Description Choices PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Enabled ENTER Accept ESC Abort Assert PCI Device SERR Assert PCI Device SERR Disabled Enabled Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort 102 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Current CPU1 Temperature Current CPUFANL Speed Menu Level P Current CPUFAN2 Speed Vcore VCCP 33V 35V 12V VBAT V BVSB V Tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 8 9 PC Health Status The BIOS shows the PC health status in this window Item Description This field displays the current system temperature if your computer contains a monitoring system
66. essor 1 7G 2 6GHz FSB400MHz Intel R Celeron R D processor 2 26G 2 8GHz FSB533MHz Full size CPU board that complies with the PICMG specification and is equipped with a range of standard interfaces including EIDE 6 x USB 2 0 ports audio serial parallel and PS 2 Intel R 845GV chipset Max 2GB DDR SDRAM SPI 8451 LLVA Equipped with DVI I and LDVS supports Dual View Incorporates an LVDS interface that can connect directly to an LCD display Incorporates a RAID controller Promise PDC2065R that supports both data striping RAID 0 and data mirroring RAID 1 GIGA bit LAN using Intel 82541 controller Option List CPU PCP4 28S Pentium 4 2 8GHz CPU with HeatSink FAN 1 PCP4 24 Pentium 4 2 4GHz CPU with HeatSink FAN 2 PCP4C 20S Celeron 2 0GHz CPU with HeatSink FAN 1 PCP4C 20 Celeron 2 0GHz CPU with HeatSink FAN 2 1 This board requires the width for 2 slots except CPU heatsink fan hight Furthermore since a heatsink fan interferes to board the next 3 slots can not use full size board length of 200mm max 2 This board requires the width for 2 slots except CPU heatsink fan hight Furthermore since a heatsink fan interferes to board the next 2 slots can not use full size board length of 200mm max SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 1 1 Introduction Memory PC MDD256 184A PC MDD512 184A Cable USB Connector Cable IDE 66 Cable 184 Pin DDR Memory PC2700 256MB
67. evels 1 255sec Reset occurrence at the time of time up General purpose ___ O RTC CMOS The RTC real time clock and CMOS data backup by the lithium battery The coin type Lithium battery specification is shown in table Backup time Over 4 years at none AC power 25 Real Time Clock accurate 3 minutes month at 25 C CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 9 CPU Op Memory Option Two DIMM 184 pin socket for PC2700 DDR SDRAM up to 2GB Multi 1 0 al I 2 System Reference Table 2 2 Functional Specifications SPI 8451 LVA lt 2 2 gt Power management setup via BIOS Power Management Modem Ring On Wake One LAN Supports PC98 PC99 ACPI Power management PCIASA PICMG 1 338 L x 122 x 28 W 2 5VDC 5 DC Power Requirements 12VDC 5 5VSB Stand by 5 only when using the ATX power supply Intel Pentium 4 Processor 2 8 GHz Power supply specifications 5VDC 5 4A Max 12VDC 7 0A 5VSB 0 5A 0 60 C It depends on the specification of CPU and heat sink Operating Humidity 10 90 RH No condensation lCorrasivegases Nome Windows XP Professional Operating System Support Windows XP Home Edition Windows 2000 Professional 1 15 master and ISA memory refresh are not supported 2 This board requires the width for 2slots except CPU heatsink fan hight CONTEC 10 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 2 System Reference Power Requirements Your system requires a clean steady power sourc
68. g PHR 5 J ST Contact SPH 002T P0 5S J ST Backlight 12V Backlight power out 1A Max VCC 45V power out 500mA Max 30 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 3 Hardware Installations GIGA LAN Connector CN16 SPI 8451 LLVA only This connector is for the 10 100 1000 Base TX LAN I F that has LED indicated the Transfer rate Link Act status of Ethernet capability of the CPU board The follow table shows the pin assignments of this connector Table 3 17 GIGA LAN connector CN16 CN16 Pin No Function Pin No Function Speed Link ACT LED LED 1 TDO 5 TD2 mu 2 TDO 6 TD2 3 TD1 7 TD3 4 TD1 8 TD3 Left LED Speed LED 10M OFF 100M Green 1000M Orange Right LED Link Ack LED Link Green Ack Blink 10 100 BASE TX LAN Connector CN17 This connector is for the 10 100BASE TX LAN I F that has LED indicated the 10 100Mbps transfer rate Link Act status of Ethernet capability of the product The follow table shows the pin assignments of this connector Table 3 18 10 100 BASE TX LAN Connector CN17 CN17 Pin No Function PinNo Function Speed Link ACT LED LED 1 Te 5 N C SS 2 TX 6 RX 3 RX 7 N C 4 N C 8 N C Left LED Speed LED 10M OFF 100M Orange Right LED Link Ack LED Link Green Ack Blink SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 31 3 Hardwar
69. h Reserved 12h Use walking 1 s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override 13h Reserved 14h Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early Init Onboard Generator switch 17h ___ Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 19h Reserved lAh Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS INT HDLR amp S W interrupts to SPURIOUS soft HDLR 1Ch Reserved 1Dh Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h jReserved CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 111 8 BIOS Setup POST Description hex 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value eg a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI amp PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information 4 Onboard dock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp 1 0 resource Search for a valid VGA device amp
70. hat the operating system can not boot Reset Configuration Data Disabled 11 Enahled ti Move ENTER f ccept ESC bort CONTEC 100 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Description Choices Resources Controlled By Resource Controlled by AutoCESCD gt 1 The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically Manual Cal configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort IRQ n Resources Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources IRQ 3 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Item Help IRQ 4 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Menu Level kh IRQ 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA for devices IRQ 16 assigned to CPCI ISA PnP compliant with the IRQ 11 assigned to CPCI ISA PnP original PC AT bus IRQ 12 assigned to PCI ISA PnP specification PCI ISA IRQ 14 assigned to CPCI ISA PnP PoP for devices IRQ 15 assigned to IPCIA ISR PnP compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture tlse Moue Enter Select PU PD Ualue F16 Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Preuinus Ualues F Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 8 8 IRQ n Resourc
71. hat you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your systems manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability Even a seemingly small change to the chipset setup has the potential for causing you to use the override A Final Note About Setup The information in this chapter is subject to change without notice CONTEC 76 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals set Supervisor Password Power Management setup set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health status Exit without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Tloe Select Item F10 save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 8 1 Main Manu Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recal
72. he I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated Press a key to REBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot Press any key and the system will reboot Press F1 to disable NMI F1 to REBOOT When BIOS detects a Non maskable Interrupt condition during boot this will allow you to disable the NMI and continue to boot or you can reboot the system with the NMI enabled CONTEC 108 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup RAM parity error CHECKING FOR SEGMENT Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory Should be empty but EISA board found PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY A valid board ID was found in a slot that was configured as having no board ID NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Should have EISA board but not found PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board installed is not responding to the ID request or no board ID has been found in the indicated slot NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Slot not empty Indicates that a slot designated as empty by the EISA Configuration Utility actually con tains a board NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to ru
73. he password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 3 If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 105 8 BIOS Setup Exit Selecting Load Fail Safe Defaults Save amp Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N
74. hoice Video BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Selecting Enabled allows caching of the eave video BIOS ROM at C0000h to CBFFFh resulting in better video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result ENTER Accept ESC Abort Memory Hole At 15M 16M Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled You can reserve this area of system memory Enabled for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements ENTER Accept ESC Abort Delayed Transaction 1 Disabled Delay Transaction Enabled The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 1 ENTER Accept ESC Abort Delay Prior to Thermal Delay Prior to Thermal 4 Min 8 Min Select the interval to setup the delay timer for 16 Min CPU Thermal Throttling 32 Min T1 Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort AGP Aperture Size MB Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics AGP Aperture Size MB Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are for
75. ick YES when prompted to run the utility on every startup If NO is selected FastCheck will not initialize during startup You may manually execute the utility via the Start button A CAUTION We recommend to have FastCheck load during Startup This insures you that it will be ready to post alerts on errors Running FastCheck As described in the Installation section the default potion for FastCheck is to load during startup of Win2000 XP It appears minimized on the taskbar under Win2000 XP 1 From the Start Button on the Windows Taskbar choose Run FastCheck Monitor Utility Aster To start FastCheck double click on the FastCheck icon on the taskbar or you may also use the Taskbar Start Promise FastTrak FastCheck menus shown below Netscape Navigator gt Pagemaker6 5 H Spinner Plus BA dy Windows Explorer FastCheck Monitoring Utility CONTEC 56 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller Closing FastCheck Once FastCheck is opened either automatically on startup or manually the monitoring utility remains running in the background even if go user closes the FastCheck windows To completely shut down FastCheck icon on the Taskbar 1 Right click the FastCheck icon on the Taskbar 2 Select Exit from the pop up window 3 FastCheck no longer be running and will no longer be monitoring the array Using FastCheck Array Windows Once FastCheck is selected
76. ill receive data Make sure you select the blank new or replacement drive The unselected drive will contain good data It will be the remaining working drive of an array or a system drive containing existing data that you wish to mirror Rebuild Wizard Step 1 of 2 Select the target disk to rebuild RAID Mode MIRRORING Next gt Cancel N WARNING Make absolutely sure and double check the drive which is target If data exists on the target drive it will be over written Click the Next button to proceed to Rebuild Wizard Step 2 or Cancel button to stop SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 61 6 RAID Controller Rebuild Wizard Step 2 of 2 Rebuild Operation Rebuild disk 1 Maxtor 870008 in Y 1 Rebuild Wizard Step 2 confirms the Target or Rebuild disk by Array and drive ID Click Finish button to initiate physical Rebuild Back button to review Step 2 or Cancel button to Stop A final confirmation window appears as below FastTrak 4 Once the Rebuild Process is initiated it cannot be stopped from d FastCheck Are you sure you wish to Rebuild Disk 5 36531 Channel 2 Master in Array 1 Click Yes to initiate Rebuild To cancel this option click the No button N WARNING Once initiated Array Rebuild can NOT be halted in order to prevent data errors CAUTION During Array Rebuild users may continue to access the array and perfo
77. in Service For replacement or repair return the device freight prepaid with a copy of the original invoice Please obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization Number RMA from our Sales Administration Department before returning any product No product will be accepted by CONTEC group without a RMA number Liability The obligation of the warrantor is solely to repair or replace the product In no event will the warrantor be liable for any incidental or consequential damages due to such defect or consequences that arise from inexperienced usage misuse or malfunction of this device Safety Precautions Understand the following definitions and precautions to use the product safely SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 3 1 Introduction Safety Information This document provides safety information using the following symbols to prevent accidents resulting in injury or death and the destruction of equipment and resources Understand the meanings of these labels to operate the equipment safely DANGER DANGER indicates an imminently hazardous situation which if not avoided will result in death or serious injury WARNING WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in death or serious injury CAUTION CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided may result in minor or moderate injury or in property damage Handling Pre
78. ing Drivers section of the manual CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 43 6 RAID Controller Creating a Security Array with new drives CAUTION RAID controller permit only two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup To create an array for data protection using new hard drives follow these steps 1 Using the Spacebar choose Security under the Optimize Array for section 2 Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to save your selection 3 The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another Yes No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 4 Press N for the Create Only option A window will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been created Press Any Key to Reboot Proceed with normal FDISK and format procedures as if you had just installed a new hard drive Once the arrayed drives have been formatted proceed to the Installing Driver your operating system CONTEC 44 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller Creating a Security Array with An Existing Data Drive CAUTION RAID controller permit only two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup You would use this method if you wish to use a drive that already contains data and or is the bootable system drive in your system You will need another dr
79. ipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system Description Choice DRAM Timing Selectable DRAM Timing Selectable The value in this field depends on performance parameters of the installed memory chips DRAM Do not change the value from the factory setting unless you install new memory that has a different performance rating than the original DRAMs Manual 1 By SPD n 1L Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CAS Latency Time CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the zd 5 UR number of clock cycles of CAS latency Dib xs depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer installed DRAM or the installed CPU fl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 85 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice Active to Precharge delay Select the precharge delay timer Active to Precharge Delay Are Lit n
80. ive capacity Approximated Note that this h Auto Display your disk P M App P Capadty diivasize size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program CHS LBA Access Mode Large Choose the access mode for this hard disk Auto The following options are selectable only if the I DE Primary Master item is set to Manual Min 0 Cylind i i isk ylinder Max 65535 Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk Min 0 Head Set the number of read write heads Max 255 Min 0 P recomp Max 65535 Hard disk Min 0 A Landing zone Max 65535 Min 0 Sector Max 2255 Number of sectors per track 80 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features Setup This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Menu Level gt First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Allows you to choose Third Boot Device 15120 the VIRUS warning Boot Other Device Enabled feature for IDE Hard Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Disk boot sector Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled protection If this Boot Up NumLock Status on function is enabled Gate A20 Option
81. ive of identical or larger storage capacity Follow these steps 1 Using the Spacebar choose Security under the Optimize Array for section 2 Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to Save your selection The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another Yes No Y Create and Duplicate N Create Only 3 Press Y for the Create and Duplicate option The window below will appear asking you to select the Source drive to use FastBuild will copy all data from the Source drive to the Target drive Source Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Target Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Please Select A Source Disk Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB 1 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 2 Master QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Up 4 ESC Exit Ctri Y Save 4 Use the arrow keys to choose which drive contains the existing data to be copied 5 Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to save selection and start duplication The following progress screen will appear Start to duplicate the image Do you want to continue Yes No Y Continue N Abort 6 Select Y to continue If you choose N you will be returned to step 1 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 45 6 RAID Controller 7 Once complete the following screen will appear confirming that your Security array has been created Press any key to reboot the system Array has been c
82. l Specifications SPI 8451 LVA lt 1 2 gt Specifications Intel R Pentium R 4 Processor 1 7G 2 8GHz F SB400 533M Hz Intel R Celeron R Processor 1 7G 2 6GHz FSB 400 MHz tion Only corresponding to the Northwood core Intel R Celeron R D Processor 2 26G 2 8GHz FSB 533MHz em Y Intel R 845GV Chipset includes GMCH Graphics and Memory Controller Hub 1 0 Controller Hub and FWH Firm Ware Hub Award BIOS PnP support Graphics controller built in Intel 845GV chipset VGA VGA Analog RGB I F One H DSUB 15 pin connector One PS 2 keyboard M ouse connector Bundled the 2 in 1 cable One box header 5 pin connector for external keyboard 16550 UART Seri Two box header 10 pin connector RS 232C x 1 RS 232C 422A 485 x 1 Baud rate 50 115 200bps programmable One box header 26 pin connector One high speed parallel port support SPP EPP ECP mode On board expansionbus 100BASE TX 10BASE T Intel ICH4 integrated controller One RJ 45 connectors Wake On LAN support Two box header 40 pin connectors support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 BGM _ OneFDD port up to two floppy drives 360K B 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB One box header 34 pin connector 3 5inch 2mode I F CompactFlash Slot OSO USB Port 6ch USB2 0 compliant ports Three box header 10 pin connector RAID 97 CODEC One pin header 10 pin connector for speaker out line in microphone Audio n Software programmable 255 l
83. l that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PnP PCI Configuration This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 77 8 BIOS Setup Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance for your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs Supervisor User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Save Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup CONTEC 78 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Time
84. mary and secondary drive a physical media error on source or target drive or a total disk failure The options for handling Errors are as follows Abort stops any Synchronization or Rebuild process if an error is encountered Fix in most cases FastTrak100 Lite automatically can correct errors The method of correction varies depending on the type of error Ignore FastTrak100 Lite will log the event error and continue the rebuild or synchronization process Use this setting if you want to detect the presence of errors but do not want to fix thes errors at the time The user may then decide what to do about the error s detected N WARNING This may result in mismatched drives under RAID 1 Interactive By checking this option a selection window will appear each time an error is detected asking the user whether they want to Abort Fix or Ignore the error see Troubleshooting section Dismiss Error Dialogs designates the length of time in seconds that a Message box or Error Dialog box appears on screen CONTEC 66 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller Scheduling Array Synchronization This section of the Options Window allows a user to schedule when and how often FastTrak100 Lite will perform synchronization maintenance of a mirrored array r Array Synchronization Schedule Disabled On Errors C Abort Fix Ignore C Interactive Schedule event Once every specified minutes x Every 30 mi
85. n buffer must be controlled to prevent transmit data from causing a collision The SPI 8451 LLVA LVA uses the RTS signal and bit 1 in the modem control register to control transmit data Modem control register Setting I O address 4H bit 1 0 RTS High Disables transmission 1 RTS low Enables transmission Setting the RS 422 RS 485 receiver disable control jumper When the RS 422 RS 485 port is used the RTS signal is used for driver enable control Connecting JP1 Pins 4 and 6 disables the receiver at the same time preventing the port from receiving output data to an external device CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 35 4 Jumper Setting RS 422 Setting RTS oo SERIAL2 JP3 7 8 A0 ol W 1 2 5 6 o 0 1200 J P2 3 4 H 1200 Figure 4 1 RS 422 Setting CONTEC 36 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 4 Jumper Setting RS 485 Setting rm RIS 10 Of SERIAL2 JP8 7 8 up DATA T TXD 79 4155 p 1200 P7 7 8 DATA OO i 3 J P8 4 6 T o o R MHo lipg5g RXD one ipa L P8 1200 P7 5 6 Figure 4 2 RS 485 Setting T O addresses and instructions The table below lists I O addresses for use as SERIAL2 Table 4 2 I O Addresses and instructions 1 O address Read Write Register Ww Transmitter holding Register
86. n the EISA Configuration Utility System halted CTRL ALT DEL to REBOOT Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL Wrong board in slot PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board ID does not match the ID stored in the EISA non volatile memory NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Floppy disk s fail 80 Unable to reset floppy subsystem Floppy disk s fail 40 Floppy Type mismatch Hard disk s fail 80 HDD reset failed Hard disk s fail 40 HDD controller diagnostics failed CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 109 8 BIOS Setup Hard disk s fail 20 HDD initialization error Hard disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hark disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key Unlock the key BIOS detect the keyboard is locked P17 of keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the P15 of keyboard controller is pull low This is also used for M B burn in test BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of ROM address FO
87. ned to arrays see Viewing Drive assignments To delete an array but not delete the data contained on the array select Deleting an array To rebuild a mirrored array see Rebuilding an Array 4 view controller settings see Viewing Controller Configuration A CAUTION After configuring an array using FastBuild you should FDISK and format the arrayed drive s if you are using new blank drives Depending on the type of array you are using CONTEC 48 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller Creating Arrays Automatically The auto Setup 1 selection from the Main Menu can intuitively help create your disk array It will assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are creating After making all selections use Ctrl Y to save selections FastBuildTM will automatically build the array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx 1996 2001 Promise Technology Inc Auto Setup Options Menu Optimize Array for Performance Typical Application to use DESKTOP Auto Setup Configuration Spare Drive e Drive s Used in Array 2 Array Disk Capacity size in MB 16126 Keys Available f Up V Down lt Space Change Option ESC Exit CTRL Y Save Optimize Array for Select whether you want Performance RAID 0 Security RAID 1 under the Optimize Array for setting Performance RAID 0 Striping Supports the maximum performance
88. nfiguration Utility Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL BUT KEYBOARD This will cause the BIOS to ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot Memory address error at Indicates a memory address error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips Memory parity error at Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips Memory size has changed since last BOOT Memory has been added or removed since the last boot In EISA mode use Configuration Utility to reconfigure the memory configuration In ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields Memory verify error at Indicates an error verifying a value already written to memory Use the location along with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip Offending address not found This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated Offending segment This message is used in conjunction with t
89. nutes Disable checkbox is checked the default to turn off automated scheduling of synchronization When unchecked the Scheduling section will be highlighted see above On Errors section offers four radio button choices for the user to select what procedure they would like to perform if an Error is detected during a scheduled Synchronization There are three types of errors that FastTrak100 Lite detects a data mismatch between the primary and secondary drive a physical media error on source or target drive or a total disk failure The options for handling Errors are as follows Abort stops the Synchronization process if an error is encountered Fix in most cases FastTrak100 Lite automatically can correct errors The method of correction varies depending on the type of error Ignore FastTrak100 Lite will log the event error and continue the synchronization process Warning this may result in mismatched drives under RAID 1 Use this setting if you want to detect the presence of errors but do not want to fix these errors at the time The user may then decide what to do about the error s detected Interactive By checking this option a selection window will appear each time an error is detected asking the user whether they want to Abort Fix or Ignore the error see Troubleshooting for more details Schedule event drop down box allows scheduling synchronization by minute by hour by day by week or
90. o RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Mirror 2 16126 Critical Stripe Block Not Available Select Drive for Rebuild Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB 1 Slave QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Keys Available 1 Up 4 Down ESC Exit Enter Select CONTEC 52 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller 11 Under Select Drive for Rebuild highlight the replacement drive 12 Press Enter and confirm that the data will be copied on to the selected drive All data on the replacement drive will be written over with mirrored information from the array drive A progress bar will appear as below Please Wait While Duplicating The Image EN 10 Complete 13 Once the rebuild process is complete the user will be asked to reboot the system Viewing Controller Settings The Controller Configuration 6 menu selection allows you to enable or disable the RAID controller BIOS from halting the default if it detects an error on boot up You may also view the system resources Interrupt and I O port address of FastTrak s data channels FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1996 2001 Promise Technology Inc Adapter Configuration Options Halt On Error Enable System Resources Configuration Channel 1 IDE1 Interrupt A I O Port FFFO Channel 2 IDE2 Interrupt A I O Port FFA8 Keys Available lt gt Space Change Option ESC Exit
91. onfiguration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 113 8 BIOS Setup POST Description hex 6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 70h Reserved 71h jReserved 72h jReserved 73h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT4F 2 is pressed 74h Reserved 75h Detect amp install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76h Reserved 77h Detect serial ports amp parallel ports 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect amp install co processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch_ Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh 1 Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F 1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo 80h Reserved 81h Reserved 82h 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text fond used by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85h 1 USB final Initialization 2 NET PC Build SYSID structure 3 Switch screen back to text mode 4 Set up ACPI
92. ontroller Rebuilding a mirrored Array Rebuild Array lt 5 gt Menu option is necessary to recover from an error in a mirrored disk array You will receive an error message when booting your system from the FastTrak BIOS A CAUTION Drives MUST be replaced if they contain any physical errors Follow these steps BEFORE using the Rebuild Array menu option 1 On boot up the FasTrak100 Lite Startup BIOS will display an error message identifying which drive has failed Press lt Ctrl F gt keys to enter FastBuild Main Menu Select submenu Define Array 3 Select the failed array and identify the Channel and ID of the failed drive Power off and physically remove the failed drive Replace the drive with an identical model Reboot the system and enter the FastBuild Main Menu VOI SO ON SESS Select the 5 Rebuild Array option The following screen will appear FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1996 2001 Promise Technology Inc Rebuild Array Menu Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Array 1 Mirror 2 16126 Critical Array 2 Array 3 Array 4 gt Keys Available 1 Up 4 Down ESC Exit Enter Select 9 Highlight the array whose Status is Critical 10 Press Enter The following screen will then appear FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1996 2001 Promise Technology Inc Rebuild Array Menu Array N
93. or any other hard drive to the controller before completing this step After installing the FastTrak100 Lite and rebooting your system Windows 2000 XP setup will show a New Hardware Found dialog box Under Windows 2000 XP the PCI RAID Controller will be displayed 1 In the dialog box choose Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer button 2 Insert the Driver CD ROM into the your CD ROM drive CONTEC 54 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller 3 Type D RAID Win2000 RAIDWinxp in the text box Press Enter This case the CD ROM drive is D 4 Choose Win2000 Promise FastTrak100 Lite Controller Windows XP Promise FastTrak100 controller PDC20265 from the list that appears on screen and then press the Enter key 5 The Windows 2000 XP Setup screen will show again Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices Win2000 Promise FastTrak100TM Lite Controller Windows XP Promise FastTrak100 controller PDC20265 The driver will now be copied on to the system and entered into the Windows 2000 XP driver database 6 When the System Settings Change dialog box appears remove the floppy diskette and click on Yes to restart the system Windows 2000 XP will then restart for the driver installation to take effect 7 Power off your system and then attach your hard drives to the SPI 8451 LLVA s RAID connectors Confirming Windows 2000 XP Installa
94. or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the local ordinances or regulations CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA iii Table of Contents Check Your nesr eat nn ns nds i COPY Tl SH PEE iii Tr d marks zie es Re ass iii Caution about Battery ee entente iii Table of Contents tinet ee EH OSEE TIE UIS ERU OS eti ele n Ee EE eS eS iv l INTRODUCTION 1 Features casi 1 Ophon Listaan ai t En E i He LO Nr nn ares RORE 1 Customer SuppoOtt NE es ne eee P eee IU SEI a apte EE Ii te 3 Ioue 1 3 Limited One Y Car warranty AN Raa a MERE RUE GRE 3 How to Obtain Service uci iere erii HEU B 3 Dba ALA ES 3 Safety Precautions oa aere 3 Safety Information nn en AO nn EKR 4 Handling Precautions 2 4 Environments 39 Inspections n 5 5 Disposals M DU 5 25 SYSTEM REFERENCE T SpecificatiOti ERR ERE E E ERO E E a eet 7 Power Requirements unii nt e e AE A VEEE ncaa 11 Connector amp Jumper Locations a ee cede a leen a 12 Block Diagrami
95. produce a glitch on play back of A V files that may require adjusting the default setting devices see Tips for Audio Video Editing for more information This section of the Options Window allows a user to change how much time the FastTrak100 Lite holds on to the PCI bus to transfer data m PCI Bus Utilization Low High The default setting of High on the slider bar means FastTrak100 Lite holds on to the PCI bus longer for data transfers to occur A setting of Less reduces the time which FastTrak100 Lite occupies on the PCI bus and frees that time for use by other PCI devices Once a bus setting has been selected click the Apply button on the Options window to implement changes immediately Setting Disk Parameters Option Disk Parameters v Enable Write Cache Enable S M A R T Check Enable Write Cache checkbox allows user to enable disable write cache for hard drives that include this performance feature FastCheck automatically recognizes such drives and enables the feature as the default setting For drives that do not use write caching this option is automatically grayed out Enable S M A R T Check checkbox tells FastCheck to regularly monitor each drive to assure that drive failure prediction is functioning The default is unchecked meaning FastCheck will not monitor this function CONTEC 68 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller Setting Screen Pref
96. py drives have 40 tracks drives with 720 KB 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives we recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time Seeks disk drives during boot up Disabling speeds boot up Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots When toggled On the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations Gate A20 option Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses memory above MB extended memory When set to Fast the system chipset controls Gate A20 When set to Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system speed particularly with OS 2 and Windows Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Enabled Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Boot Up NumLock Status 1l Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting When Disabled the following two items Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay are irrelevant Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in your system When Enabled you can select a typematic rate and typematic delay ENTER Accept ESC Abort Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Enabled 1l Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can sele
97. r a future array or used as a spare drive when a drive fails in a mirrored array Unassigned drives are not accessible by the OS The menu also displays the data transfer mode that relates to speed used by each drive US refers to 100MB sec transfers U4 refers to 66MB sec transfer etc FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1996 2001 Promise Technology Inc Channel ID 1 Mas 1 Sla 2 Mas f Up Down ESC Exit Mode U UDMA P PIO D DMA Drive Model Capacity MB Assignment Mode QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Array 1 U5 QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Free U5 QUANTUMCR8 4A 8063 Array 1 U5 View Drive Assignments Keys Available Viewing Array The Define Array 3 option in the Main Menu displays the define array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx c 1996 2001 Promise Technology Inc Array No Array 1 Array 2 Array 3 Array 4 Note Bootable Array 1 Up 4 Down RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Define Array Menu Stripe 2 16126 Functional Keys Available ESC Exit Enter Select Space Change Boot Drive 50 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller Deleting an array The Delete Array lt 4 gt Menu option allows for deletion of disk array assignments This is not the same as deleting data from the drives themselves If you delete an array by accident and before it has been used again the array can normally be recovered by defining the array identically
98. reated Press Any Key to Reboot 8 Proceed to the Installing Driver on your operating system CONTEC 46 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller Using FastBuild Configuration Utility The FastBuild Configuration Utility offers several menu choice to create an manage the drive array on the RAID controller For purposes of this manual it is assumed you have already created an array in the previous chapter and now wish to make a change to the array or view other options Viewing the BIOS Screen When you boot your system with the RAID controller and drives installed the Promise onboard BIOS will detect the drives attached and show the following screen FastTrak100 tm Lite BIOS Version 2 xx x xx c 1995 2001 Promise Technology Inc All rights reserved Scanning IDE drives If an array exists already the BIOS will display the following screen showing the card s BIOS version and status of the array FastTrak100 tm Lite BIOS Version 2 xx x xx c 1995 2001 Promise Technology Inc All rights reserved ID MODE SIZE TRACK MAPPING STATUS 1 2 0 Stripe 16126M 611 128 32 Functional Press lt Ctrl F gt to enter FastBuild tm Utility The array status consists of three possible conditions Functional Critical Offline Functional The array is operational Critical A mirrored array contains a drive that has failed or disconnected The remaining
99. rm normal PC functions however the array will NOT provide data redundancy until Rebuild is completed If you choose to continue using the PC during rebuild system performance will be slightly degraded and the process will take longer Once Array Rebuild has begun users are returned to the FastCheck Monitoring window A progress bar showing the rebuild progress in percentage will appear at the bottom of the FastCheck Monitoring window t Rebuilding Array 1 rri AN CAUTION RE When a spare unassigned drive is present on the FastTrak100 Lite a rebuild will automatically be performed from the remaining working drive CONTEC 62 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller Using Controller Windows Clicking on the Controller tab will reveal the Controller Window This displays physical information about the location of FastTrak100 Lite data channels on the card and the attached drives S FastCheck Monitoring Utility G x Anay Controller Options FROMISE i IRQ 10 Channel 1 E BusMaster Base OxE 400 FUXTSUMP S ROM Base Addr Ove 400 HE Channel 2 Driver Version ERG ST36531A Hardware Type FastTrak 100 Click specific icon For resource infomation Viewing Controller Card Information By left clicking on the FastTrak controller icon the right pane shows the following information categories for that array IRQ Identifies interrupt reques
100. sabled Enabled ENTER Accept ESC Abort Power Ring Power On by Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call Disabled Enabled on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC 98 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice Resume by Alarm When Enabled your can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode Resume by Alarm Disabled Enabled Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Date of Month Alarm Min Max 31 Key in a DEC number 11 ENTER Accept ESC Abort Timechh mm s5s Alarm 23 Min Max Key in a DEC number Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Reload Global Timer Events When Enabled the global timer for Standby mode an event occurring on each listed device restarts Primary IDE 0 1 Disabled Enabled Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Secondary IDE 0 1 Disabled Enabled Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort FDD COM LPT Port Disabled Enabled Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort PCI PIRQ A D Disabled Enabled Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup PnP PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus sy
101. stem PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed Reset Configuration Data No Disabled Resources Controlled By IRQ Resources Manual PCI VGA Palette Snoop Assert PCI Device SERR Disabled Enabled Tl Move F5 Previous Values Figure 8 7 PnP PCI Configuration Setup Press Enter Enter Select PU PD Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults Item Help Menu Level gt Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F7 Optimized Defaults Description Choices PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play aware e g Windows 95 05 Installed ti Move ENTER f ccept ESC Abort Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict t
102. ster S Slave 3 Install the hard drives into the hard drive bays of your system including the power cables SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 41 6 RAID Controller 4 Attach one Ultra ATA cable to each hard drive Then attach one cable to each of the IDE connector on the SPI 8451 LLVA card The colored edge of the cable s indicates pin 1 and the blue cable connector must be attached to the SPI 8451 LLVA connector N CAUTION You must use an 80 wire 40 pin cable when connecting an Ultra ATA66 100 hard drive to the SPI 8451 LLVA connector Creating Your Disk Array You will now use the FastBuild BIOS utility to create your array using the attached drives There are three different scenarios in creating this array You can create an array for performance you can create a Security array using new hard drives recommended or you can create a Security array using an existing hard drive and a new hard drive DANGER If creating a Security array using an existing hard drive backup any necessary data Failure to follow this accepted PC practice could result in data loss 1 Boot you system If this is the first time you have booted with the RAID controller and drives installed the Promise onboard BIOS will display the following screen FastTrak100 tm Lite BIOS Version 2 xx x xx c 1995 2001 Promise Technology Inc All rights reserved No array defined Press lt Ctrl F gt to en
103. t assigned to PCI slot Bus Master Base Shows base address in hex numbering for board s bus master Input Output function ROM Base Address Shows base address in hex numbering for FastTrak s Flash ROM chip Driver Version Identifies which version of the Promise FastTrak100 Lite driver you have installed Hardware Type Identifies which FastTrak product is installed CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 63 6 RAID Controller Viewing IDE Channel Information Left clicking on a given Channel icon or in the left pane will show the Base IO addresses of the channel in the right pane used for troubleshooting FastCheck Monitoring Utility Array Controller Options FastTrak1 Base IO address 1 0x 000 ERI Base IO address 2 0080 Mextor 8700048 D Channel 2 Maxtor 8700048 Click specific icon for resource infomation Viewing Drive Information Left clicking on a given Drive icon or ID in the left pane will show similar information categories as the Array Window Drive Information in the right pane FastCheck Monitoring Utility ol x TERES PROMISE E ISR FastTrak 1 Stat EI channel 1 latus Functional S M A R T Status Functional Elie channel 2 Size 6 522GB Maxtor 8700048 Location Controller 1 Channel 1 Master Mapping 14475 Oyls 15 Heads 63 Sectors Timing DMA mode 2 gt Click specific icon for resource infomation 7 Status also sho
104. t the correct time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to Press 1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 75 8 BIOS Setup Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries press lt F1 gt for help and press Esc to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program using the keyboard Table 8 1 Using Setup Function Movetothe previous item Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Esc key Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu Getting Help Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc or the F1 key again In Case of Problems If after making and saving system changes with Setup you discover that your computer no longer is able to boot the AwardBIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings which resets your system to its defaults The best advice is to only alter settings which you thoroughly understand To this end we strongly recommend t
105. table at top of memory 5 InvokelSA adapter ROMs 6 Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 114 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup POST hex Description 94h Enable L2 cache Program boot up speed Chipset final initialization Power management final initialization Clear screen amp display summary table Program K6 write allocation Program P6 class write combining 95h Program daylight saving Update keyboard LED amp typematic rate 96h RBPWNPINPINDURWNP 5 Build MP table Build amp update ESCD Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick Build MSIRQ routing table FFh attempt INT 19h CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 115 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA User s Manual CONTEC CO LTD July 2006 Edition 3 9 31 Himesato Nishiyodogawa ku Osaka 555 0025 Japan Japanese http www contec co jp English http www contec com Chinese http www contec com cn No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO LTD 07102006 12082005 Management No A 51 117 07102006 rev2 Parts No LYFM361
106. ter FastBuild tm Utility or Press lt ESC gt to continue booting 2 Press lt Ctrl F gt keys to display the FastBuild Utility Main Menu CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 42 6 RAID Controller 3 Press 1 to display the Auto Setup Menu below This is the fastest and easiest method to creating your first array FastBuild tm Utility 1 xx 1996 2001 Promise Technology Inc Auto Setup Options Menu Optimize Array for Performance Typical Application to use DESKTOP Auto Setup Configuration eere erede e eL e Stripe Spare Drive ee noce 0 Drive s Used in Array 2 Array Disk Capacity size in MB 16126 Keys Available T Up V Down lt Space Change Option ESC Exit CTRL Y Save Creating an Array for Performance CAUTION RAID controller allows users to create striped arrays with 1 2 drives To create an array for best performance follow these steps 1 Using the Spacebar choose Performance under the Optimize Array for section 2 Select how you will use your PC most under the Typical Application to use section The choices are A V Editing SERVER and DESKTOP the default 3 Press lt Ctrl Y gt keys to Save and create the array 4 Reboot your system 5 Once the array has been created you will need to FDISK and format the array as if it were a new single hard drive 6 Proceed to Install
107. the FastCheck Monitoring Utility window will appear The main pane has three information window tabs Array Controller and Options The user can switch screens by clicking on the tab The Array window is the active screen by default as shown below amp FastCheck Monitoring Utility Aray Controller Options RAID Mode M ES Mentor 8700048 Mapping Mentor 8700048 Size Status Right mouse click array to run synchronize or rebuild The Array Window see above displays information about the arrays configured on your FastTrak100 Lite through the FastBuild BIOS From this window you can also perform data Synchronization of mirrored arrays or Rebuild data from one drive to a replacement drive within a mirrored array While the Array Window does not allow you to change the array configurations directly it clearly identifies which drives are associated with each array shown in the left pane Viewing Array Information By left clicking on the Array the right pane shows the following information categories for the array RAID mode Striping Mirroring Mapping similar to physical drive specifications describing of cylinders heads and sectors of es the array s virtual drive as seen by the system Size Storage capacity of the array Status Functional Critical Offline Functional Means the array is providing full functionality SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 57 6 RAID Con
108. the setting time out interval That is while the system gets hung up the running program can t trigger the timer periodically The timer will generate a reset signal to reboot the system This feature allows a running program to restart in an orderly way when a power glitch or any abnormal condition occurs The watchdog timer comes with 255 level time out interval 1 255 seconds per interval which can be adjusted by software setting There is a tolerance of 2 second for this time out interval For example if the time out interval has been set to 32 seconds your program should trigger the watchdog timer before 28 seconds are escaped Otherwise after 28 32 seconds are escaped the system will automatically reboot To keep the system running normally your program should trigger the watchdog timer every 28 seconds The I O port is defined at address 2e 2fH You can trigger enable disable the timer by writing address 2e 2fH Here is an example for flow chart and programming how to use the watch dog timer 1 Example flow chart START WDT Initial WDT Start If WDT Stop is not performed within the limit time set up by WDT Start system reset occurs WDT Stop When performing the re start of WDT it repeats WDT Start and WDT Stop It is also possible not to perform WDT Stop instead of performing WDT Stop to WDT Start but to perform WDT Start continuously at the time of a re start
109. ting an Array oes is CDD 51 Rebuilding a mirrored Artay edes eere NR RH inner 52 Viewing Controller Settings teret e ERRORS tenn ORO I antics seman ESTNE EREA XR EBENE ERR RUN 53 Installing the drivers Windows 2000 XP essent 54 Using the FastCheck Monitoring Utility ss 56 Inst lling EastClheck 22 ete ie c HR GR reared a ne are 56 R nning F stCheck 5 5 iie ie e DER 56 Closing eere RR ERE RECUPERA EE RU IRE tees 57 Using FastCheck Array Windows s s ccscisissesssesscessscscdssvsasteaenscssssetassccevadedsacevaasscnssecssanavsaseusssacecacsevsiudenes 57 Rebuilding AN Array sere i RHENUS ERREUR REIN GER enna ner se 61 Using Controller Windows 5 c enetietiente tete the ea tede Haee e HER EE ER ERREUR ER e Eie d En E RE raas 63 Using Options Windows s ettet eerte ee Ee ERE e ENARRARE en ent 65 WATCH DOG TIMER WDT SETTING 71 8 BIOS SETUP 75 Introduction Starting SetuP orriari ar uea ANR Rene T5 Using Sepie E 76 Main Meni satis cess 77 5 2 24 79 Advanced BIOS Features Setup sisi 81 VITUS AW ALTA se os S E FERRUM ee 81 Advanced Chipset Features Setup sn 85 Int grated Peripherals tte en en en URS EAE ne
110. tion 1 From Windows 2000 XP open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the system icon 2 Choose the Hardware tab click the Device Manager tab 3 Click the in front of SCSI amp RAID Controllers hardware type The driver Win2000 Promise FastTrak FastTrak100 Lite Controller Windows XP Promise FastTrak100 controller PDC20165 should appear CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 55 6 RAID Controller Using the FastCheck Monitoring Utility You can monitor the operating status of all arrays and drives configured on the RAID controller using the supplied FastCheck monitoring utility for Windows based operating system Windows 2000 XP FastCheck generates visual and audible messages alerting you of possible problems with the disk array or controller FastCheck visually identifies the physical location of attached drives on the RAID controller by IDE channel 1 or 2 and setting Master Slave Cable select It also displays which drives are included as part of individual arrays Administrators can customize FastCheck to maintain operating logs and event notification set Password access to the utility and schedule maintenance on Mirrored RAID 1 arrays Installing FastCheck Insert the Driver CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Double click the Setup icon inside the RAID Utility folder Follow the directions from the setup program Em PAR lt During installation cl
111. to use it safely Check that the bus connector ji EI EE 1 Check that the board has of the board and its cable have no dust or foreign matter adhering been plugged correctly er ELS se The gold plated leads of the bus connector have no stain or corrosion Storage 1 When storing this product keep it in its original packing form 2 Put the board in the storage bag 3 Wrap it in the packing material then put it in the box 4 Store the package at room temperature at a place free from direct sunlight moisture shock vibration magnetism and static electricity Disposal When disposing of the product follow the disposal procedures stipulated under the relevant laws and municipal ordinances SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 5 1 Introduction CONTEC 6 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 2 System Reference 2 System Reference Specification Table 2 1 Functional Specifications SPI 8451 LLVA lt 1 2 gt Intel R Pentium R 4 Processor 1 7G 2 8GHz F SB400 533M Hz Intel R Celeron R Processor 1 7G 2 6GHz FSB 400 MHz Only corresponding to the Northwood core Intel R Celeron R D Processor 2 26G 2 8GHz FSB 533MHz Cache Built in CPU Processor socket Socket 478 Memory Option Two DIMM 184 pin socket for 2700 DDR SDRAM up to 2GB C V CPU Option Intel R 845GV Chipset inclu
112. troller Critical Used only in reference to a Mirroring array RAID 1 A problem has been detected in one of the drives of the array and the drive has been taken Offline However a critical array will continue to save and retrieve data from the remaining working drive s Promise recommends replacing the failed drive as soon as possible since a Critical array offers no data redundancy Offline This would appear most commonly within a RAID 0 The Offline results from a drive having failed which has taken the entire array offline In this case you have likely lost data Fix replace the drive that has failed and then restore data from a backup source Viewing Arrayed Drive Information By left clicking on a drive member of an array in the left pane the right pane shows the following information categories for that drive S FastCheck Monitoring Utility Array Controller Options Status 8 S MA R T Mextor 8700048 Status Size Location Controller 1 Channel 1 Mapping 14475 15 Heads 63 Sectors Timing Right mouse click array to run synchronize or rebuild Status also shown under the Array Window be Functional Critical or Offline The meanings are shown below Functional Means the drive is working normally Critical A problem has been detected in the drive and the drive taken offline as part of a mirroring array Mirrored arrays will continue to fun
113. ue 89 Power Management Setup eerte e Het EUIS RENE 95 PnP PCL Configuration Setup nn Re iNT 100 TRO Ti ic T 101 PC Health Eri M 103 Frequency 7 Voltage Control ta e ee E E eee Defaults Menu bec o ROO E re Supervisor User Password Setting loud a RUR POST Messages nn nn nn naine Neue 106 POST Beep rise 106 Error Messa pesu SE 106 POST evi en Re en nee ntm ent 111 CONTEC vi SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 1 Introduction 1 Introduction This product is a full size PICMG single board computer that uses the Intel R 845GV chipset and can mount a 1 7G 2 8GHz FSB400 533MHz Intel R Pentium R 4 processor The board supports maximum of 2GB DDR SDRAM and features an all in one design that incorporates a range of different interfaces The SPI 8451 LLVA supports Dual View with two LAN ports one of which provides GigaBit support and an LVDS interface The board also incorporates a RAID controller PDC2065R from Promise Technology Inc for RAID 0 and RAID 1 support When connecting external devices or building the system please read this manual carefully Features Common The corresponding CPU is as follows Intel R Pentium R 4 processor 1 7G 2 8GHz FSB400 533MHz Intel R Celeron R proc
114. w drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support IDE HDD Block Mode Disabled Enabled 1 ENTER Accept ESC Abort 92 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install and in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Onboard FDC Controller Disabled Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port ENTER Accept ESC Abort Onboard Serial Port 1 Disabled 3FS IRO4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 ENTER Accept ESC Abort Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the second serial port Onboard Serial Port 2 Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 8 4 2EB8 IRQS3 Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel printer port Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 TL Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Parallel Port Mode Selected an operating mode for the onboard parallel port Select Compatible or extended unless you are certain both your hardware and softwar
115. warded Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation Tl Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 87 8 BIOS Setup Description Choice On Chip VGA setting On Chip VGA When Enabled to choice the on board VGA function otherwise disabled the on board VGA function on chip Enabled VGA Disabled TliMove ENTER Accept ESC Abort On chip Frame buffer size When Enabled a fixed VGA frame buffer from A000h to BFFFh and a CPU to PCI write buffer are implemented On Chip Frame Buffer Size l Move ENTER Accept ESC Abort Boot Display Select the boot display device CRT Analog RGB Display LFP LVDS Display EFP DVI Display Only SPI 8451 LLVA is effective Boot Display Auto CRT LFP CRT LF EFP CRT EFP Panel Number Select the panel device resolution Panel Number 800 X 1024 1280 X Ti Moue ENTER Accept ESC Abort 600 768 88 CONTEC SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 8 BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE
116. wn under the Array Window can be Functional Critical or Offline The meanings are shown below Functional Means the drive is working normally Critical A problem has been detected in the drive and the drive taken offline as part of a mirroring array Mirrored arrays will continue to function without the drive Fix replace the drive that has failed and then restore data from a backup source Offline Drives that are NOT identified as bad may be taken offline if part of a Striping or Spanning array containing a bad drive These drives do NOT need to be replaced however CONTEC 64 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller S M A R T Status Indicates whether attached hard drive implements Self Monitoring Analysis amp Reporting Technology to predict drive failure Size Indicates capacity of individual drive Location Shows physical location of drive Indicates on which IDE channel 1 or 2 and whether drive is Master or Slave on cable This allows user to identify drives for removal replacement Mapping Indicates physical parameters of drive cylinders heads sectors Timing Shows selection of drive timing directly related to burst speed based on type of drive and cable used Using Options Windows Monitoring Utility OL Amay Controller Options PROMISE TRUE Schedule Array Synchronization Vv M Disabled V n Errors Popup message box
117. zation is confirmed the following information screen appears Click OK button or close the window to proceed m FastCheck Monitoring Utility E Er x Arey Controller Options array RAID Mode MIRRORING 8700048 Mapping 851 Right mouse click array to run synchronize or rebuild kap A CAUTION ESS During Array Synchronization users may continue to access the working array and perform normal PC functions However system performance will be slightly degraded and the process will take longer A progress bar will appear at the bottom of the FastCheck Monitoring window showing synchronization in progress and the percentage that has been completed ek Array 1 synchronization in progress LET 11 CONTEC 60 SPI 8451 LLVA SPI 8451 LVA 6 RAID Controller Rebuilding An Array This command effectively copies or overwrites data from an existing data drive in the array on to a blank drive The operation will be typically used when a failed drive has been replaced with a new drive as part of a mirrored array To perform a Rebuild choose the Array Tab View Right click the array number and choose Rebuild from the context menu Once Rebuild is selected you will be asked to Initialize Rebuild process on Array by clicking OK Using Rebuild wizard Initiating rebuild array will open the Rebuild Wizard step 1 screen shown below Select the Target drive which w

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