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1. SS gt 5 5 aum 62 B62 B2 B61 1164 61 1 Figure 3 21 2 Connector Location el 3 2 20 SATA Drive Ports CN Label SATA1 SATA2 CN Type 7 pin port CN Location See Figure 3 22 CN Pinouts See Table 3 23 The SATA drive ports provide connectivity to SATA drives with a maximum data transfer rate of 150Mb s mW o p GND Table 3 23 SATA1 SATA2 Connector Pinouts CAUTION SATA hard drives may come with both a 4P power connector and a SATA power interface Attach either the 4P connector or the SATA power cable to the SATA hard drives DO NOT attach both the power connectors to your SATA hard drives at the same time Doing so will cause damage IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 3j 5 c _ sus sus uus Figure 3 22 SATA1 SATA2 Connector Locations A NOTE 1 SATAis supported by e Windows 2000 SP4 e Windows XP SP1 e Windows 2003 or later versions 2 Older OSes such as Windows 98SE or ME do not support the SATA interface 3 2 21 RS 232 Serial Communications Connector CN Label COM1 COM3 COM4 CN Type 10 pin headers 2x5 pins CN Location See Figure 3 23 CN Pinouts See Table 3 24
2. 110 gt Quick Boot 0 112 1st Boot Device Disabled 112 2nd Boot Device Disabled 112 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt 3rd Boot Device 112 Try Other Boot Devices 5 113 5 for Hard Disks Disabled eene 113 BootUp Num Lock 113 Floppy Drive Swap 114 Floppy Drive Seek 115 PS 2 Mouse Support 4 11 115 Password Check 5 115 BIOS Protect 115 Spread Spectrum Function Disabled 116 gt Boot to OS 2 N0 116 L1 Cache Enabled 2 2 xen nter erre tette 116 D gt L2 Cache tre thon ntn ai 116 gt System BIOS Cacheable Disabled eene 116 C000 32k 0 7 117 C800 16k Shadow 117 00 16k Shadow Disabled
3. 19 31 Application Accelerator 148 DR dep 14 34 61 ATA 14 19 33 94 12V Connector 18 12V power supply 45 ATX power connector 48 0 95 Auto Detect Hard Disks 103 B Base cogere ra err nan 105 battery 35 BIOS 14 16 19 31 34 53 80 99 100 101 102 167 168 178 Boot 198 buffer overflow 2 22 Celeron 16 19 35 Celeron 16 chassis 55 chipset ALIVE 148 Mn m 19 23 CMOS 19 36 71 73 Compact Flash Connector 18 Compact Flash Disk 94 cooling fan 36 52 89 90 92 Cooling Fan Connector 18 Cooling fatis esser 19 COOLE 89 97 DN UD PU DR 90 CPU card 16 18 22 23 25 35 36 77 86 87 88 94 95 148 CRT VGA 96 D data TOW P 25 eie e 16 19 DIMM modules 88 89 97 DIO cO 14 DOS 174 dual Chantel auiem n bino ser ides 16 dual inline memory module 28 E Ethernet conn
4. 59 Figure 3 15 CN1 Connector 60 61 Figure 3 17 KB PS1 Connector Location eese 62 Figure 3 18 LVDS1 Connector Location 64 Figure 3 19 LPT1 Connector Location essent 65 Figure 3 20 Connector Location 67 Figure 3 21 PCI2 Connector 69 Figure 3 22 SATA1 SATA2 Connector 71 Figure 3 23 COM1 COM3 Connector 72 Figure 3 24 COM2 Connector Location essent 74 Figure 3 25 USB1 USB2 Connector Locations 75 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Figure 3 26 VGA1 Connector 76 Figure 3 27 8450 CPU Board Rear 77 Figure 3 28 LAN1 LAN2 78 78 Figure 3 30 Jumper 5 79 Figure 4 1 Locking the CPU into the CPU Socket eee 90 Figure 4 2 IE CF 521 RS Cooling 90 Figu
5. 100 8 100 Setup 100 ON 101 5 1 4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration 101 5 1 5 BIOS Main Menu 102 5 2 STANDARD CMOS 105 5 3 0 111 5 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET 6 120 5 5 POWER 00 126 5 6 PCI PLUG AND PLAY 135 5 7 PERIPHERAL 0 0 0 222 138 5 8 HARDWARE MONITOR 5 84 40000000 eee sese entree ees 144 5 9 AUTO DETECT HARD 0 146 6 Software Drivers 147 6 1 AVAILABLE SOFTWARE DRIVERS 00 148 6 2 CHIPSET DRIVER 148 6 3 INTEL APPLICATION ACCELERATOR INSTALLATION eere 152 6 4 INTEL GRAPHICS MEDIA ACCELERATOR DRIVER cce 153 6 5 REALTEK LAN DRIVER FOR LAN eene 156 6 6 REALTEK AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION 159 6 7 ALISATA RAID DRIVER 000 er eee e et eee ea vec ect ev ee eee ve ea e E ee ea ve acu 163 A BIOS Configuration 167 A 1 BIOS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 0 00000000 0 0000 0 000 168 Watchdog THM P H 173 C Addr ss Wl aD 177 ADDRESS 178 6 2 1 MB MEMORY ADDRESS
6. 81 3 4 4 Voltage Selection Jupe isse 81 3 4 5 Compact Flash Card Setup 82 3 4 6 LCD Panel LVDS Voltage select Jumper esse 82 3 4 7 PC104 Plus VIO Voltage Setup Jumper sss 83 4 Installation and 2 85 4 1 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS 86 4 41 Installation NOtiCeS 86 EI iei c eae ren EA A EE TE 87 4 2 1 Unpacking Precautions PR 87 422 I 87 43 NOVA 8450 CPU CARD INSTALLATION eere ttai 88 43A CPU Installation MC 89 4 3 2 Optional Cooling Kit CF 521 RS 90 qd enim ix etre br eee veg ra 92 4 3 3 1 Purchasing the Memory Modules ree nit PED seems c HERR EDS 92 4 3 3 2 DIMM Module 92 4 3 4 Peripheral Device users ura ee 94 4 3 4 1 Compact Flash 94 4 3 4 2 IDE Disk Drive Connector IDEI IDE2 seen 94 4343 Parallel Port Connector 0 95 4 3 4 4 Audio 95 4 3 4 5 COM Port Connectors COM1 2 COM3 COMA 95 2 2540 VGA CONNECCION aise ea eee 96 mo NEM DS Comm CC RR m 96 96 4 4 NE 4 5 CHASSIS 2 00000000000 97 4 6 REAR PANEL 97 5 99 5
7. 178 2 179 4 DMA CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS 0 0000 0000 00 0000 00 the eese senes e n niens ees 179 NOVA 8450 CPU Card D External AC 97 Audio 181 El 182 Did Accessing the 97 CODE 182 182 D2 SOUND EFFECT CONFIGURATION Phone EYE eMe bn ra nien 183 0 21 Accessing the Sound Effects 77171 183 0 22 Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options sss 184 E SEE an cane 187 et URB OR VN nob eg E 188 E I 1 Precautions 188 E2 FEATURES A BENEFITS o Rena Dua de vet Gun 189 E 3 ACCESSING THE ALI RAID UTILITY 189 E4 RAID BIOS SETUP UTILITY 8 190 OPTIONS 8 191 E 5 1 Create RAIDO Striping for Performance sse 191 52 2 Create RAIDI Mirroring for Reliability sss 192 E 5 3 Create JBOD for Integrated Capacity sse 195 E 5 4 196 5 5 Delete RAID Setting amp Partition 196 E 5 6 Delete All RAID Setting amp 224000000000000
8. 1 nnne nnns 57 Table 3 15 IDE2 Connector Pinouts nennen entres 58 Table 3 16 Connector 60 Table 3 17 IR1 Connector 61 Table 3 18 KB PS1 Connector Pinouts 0 07 62 Table 3 19 LVDS1 Connector 63 Table 3 20 LPT1 Connector Pinouts nennen enters 65 Table 3 21 Connector Pinouts 2 67 Table 3 22 PCI2 Connector Pinouts essen nennen nennen nnns 69 Table 3 23 SATA1 SATA2 Connector Pinouts 2 2 70 Table 3 24 COM1 COM3 Connector Pinouts eere 72 Table 3 25 COM2 Connector Pinouts 73 AAAAA E E A 0 Table 3 26 USB1 USB2 Connector 24 2 44 444 75 Table 3 27 VGA1 Connector Pinout 07 76 Table 3 28 LAN1 LAN2 Connector Pinouts 4 77 Table 3 29 RJ 45 Ethernet Connector LEDs 7 78 Table 3 30 Reset CMOS Jumper Settings
9. 32 2 11 DRIVE 32 VU CM 33 Tm 33 CN AME LU M Ve 4 E t T 33 0 33 214 USB 33 2 15 INFRARED DATA ASSOCIATION IRDA 33 o 2 16 AUDIO at 34 2411 POWER CONSUMPTION bea dct 35 2A SYSTEM MONIT RING 35 219 REALTIME 36 2 20 OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL eene 36 2 21 PACKAGED CONTENTS AND OPTIONAL ACCESSORY ITEMS eene 36 PINE LC ES E M 36 2 21 2 Optional Accessory 2 J Connectors and JUM pers 39 3 1 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS 40 3 1 1 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Lavon ia 40 3 1 2 Peripheral Interface Connectors ieu n Pep ve ER 41 SOR Rear Panel ConnettokS Mr 42 3 1 4 Onboard J mperS EEE OEE N TSE 43 3 2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS Lebe iibro tm n oe tcn Dr 43 3 2 1 Bit GPIO Connector ERR PR REESE C 43 3 2 2 ATX 12V Power Source CORHEGIQE sese pared Pe Spe PE Rer 45 3 2 3 ATX Power On Switch Connector esses 3 46 47 Did C 48 3 2 6 Battery Connector Gud cessa
10. eese 118 0000 16k Shadow 118 D400 16k Shadow Disabled 118 D800 16k Shadow 119 0 00 16k Shadow Disabled eese 119 SDRAM Frequency 200 2 120 Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD 0 121 SDRAM Latency 2 5 Clocks 121 SDRAM RAS Precharge 121 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3 122 SDRAM Precharge Delay 7 clocks esee 122 SDRAM Burst Length 4 122 Memory Hole 0 123 Hyper Threading Function 123 gt MPS Revision 1 1 222 123 gt APIC ACPI SCI IRQ 0 1 123 169 VV Internal Graphics Mode Select 1 124 USB Controller 124 USB 1 1 Device Legacy Support All
11. ATXCTL1 10 HERBES m HHE 9888 Figure 3 7 ATXCTL1 Connector Location 3 2 6 Battery Connector CN Label BT1 CN Type 2 pin header CN Location See Figure 3 8 CN Pinouts See Table 3 9 The battery connector connects to an externally mounted 3V Lithium cell coin battery VARTA CR2032 The life expectancy of the battery is approximately 7 years Depending on the working condition the life expectancy may be shorter Replacing the battery is not a user operation If the battery starts to weaken and lose voltage contact a vendor or IEI for a replacement module Dispose of the used battery properly Contact the local waste disposal agency for disposal instructions Do not dispose of a used battery with normal household waste Keep batteries away from children There is a danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced Only a certified module from IEI can be used as a replacement Do not expose the battery to excessive heat or fire UT de If the battery shows signs of leakage contact a local vendor or IEI immediately mw mw Figure 3 8 BT1 Connector Location IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 3 2 7 Compact Flash Connector CN Label CF1 CN Type 50 pin header 2x25 pins CN Location See Figure 3 9 CN Pinouts
12. De Control Parel gt 9 v a Fonts Irkernet Keyboard Cones Extreme Options bL 3 Administrative Date and Time Tods eoan sad Power Options Regional and Scanners and Language Cameras ov 9 4 Taskbar and User Accounts Rat Mery Figure D 1 Control Panel Sound Effect Manager IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card D 2 Sound Effect Configuration D 2 1 Accessing the Sound Effects Manager To access the Sound Effects Manager please do the following Step 1 Install the audio CODEC driver Step 2 Click either Sound Effect Manager icon in the Notification Area of the system task bar Figure D 2 or Sound Effect Manager icon the Control Panel Figure D 3 Sound Effect Manager Figure D 2 Sound Effect Manager Icon Task Bar Sounds Speech and Audio Devices yew Favorites Tools 0 pres TH Address De Sounds Speech and Audo Devices Pick a task gt Adjust the system volume gt Change the sound scheme gt Change the speaker settings or pick a Control Panel icon Sound Effect Manager J Sounds and Audio Devices 7 Speech Figure D 3 Sound Effect Manager Icon Control Panel Step 3 sound effect manager appears Figure D 4 97 Audio Configuration HRTF Demo Microphone Effect General S PDIF Out Connector Sensing
13. Insert the CD into the system that contains the NOVA 8450 Open the X 5 SATA RAID directory where X is the system CD drive and double click the setup exe installation file The Install Shield Wizard Figure 6 25 is prepared to guide the user through the rest of the process InstallShield Wizard ALi RAID Driver Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard he which will quide you through the rest of the setup process Please wat Figure 6 25 RAID Driver Preparing Setup Screen Once initialized the Install Wizard welcome screen appears Figure 6 26 ALi RAID Driver Setup Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for ALi RAID Driver The InstallShield Wizard will install ALi RAID Driver on your computer To continue click Next lt Back Cancel Figure 6 26 RAID Driver Install Wizard Welcome Screen 21 Step 4 Click NEXT to continue the installation or CANCEL to stop the installation Step 5 Install Wizard starts to install the driver Figure 6 27 ALi RAID Driver Setup Setup Status RAID Driver Setup is performing the requested operations InstallShield Figure 6 27 RAID Driver Installing Screen Step6 A Digital Signal Not Found screen appears Figure 6 28 Click YES to continue the installation process IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Digital Signature Not Found
14. Table 1 1 Technical 19 Table 2 1 Supported 22 Table 2 2 Supported Celeron D 2 222 2042222 2 23 Table 2 3 Power Consumption 4 4444 0 0 nnne nnns 35 Table 3 1 Peripheral Interface 42 Table 3 2 Peripheral Interface 42 43 Table 3 4 CN2 Connector Pinouts 44 Table 3 5 PW1 Connector 45 Table 3 6 CN4 Connector Pinouts nennen nns 46 Table 3 7 AUDIO1 Connector Pinouts 0 47 Table 3 8 ATXCTL1 Connector Pinouts 0 7 49 Table 3 9 BT1 Connector 50 Table 3 10 Connector 52 Table 3 11 FAN1 Connector 53 Table 3 12 PCN1 Connector Pinouts 0 7 54 Table 3 13 CN3 Connector Pinouts 0 07 55 Table 3 14 IDE1 Connector Pinouts
15. 49 3 2 7 Compact Flash Connector 51 3 2 8 CPU Cooling Fan Connector MT nm 52 3 2 9 External Power Connector 53 3 2 10 Front Panel sese etam hada sexa EE re oa n pae Pu Ra eaa ra 33 3 2 11 IDE Interface Connector Primary 56 3 2 12 IDE Interface Connector 5 4 58 3 2 13 Inverter eien EEEE a 60 3214 TOA Edo ide 61 3 2 15 Keyboard Mouse 62 3 2 16 LVDS LCD Panel Connectorf 63 3 2 17 Parallel Port Connector 22200800 2 64 3 2 18 PCI 104 Connector E 66 3 219 PCR COMMCION 68 3 2 20 SATA 70 NOVA 8450 CPU Card 3 2 21 RS 232 Serial Communications Connector 71 3 2 22 RS 232 422 485 Serial Communications 73 3 2 23 Internal USB Connectors 8 74 RP EXC Eu s 73 3 3 EXTERNAL REAR PANEL CONNECTORS 2 77 WB ro EE 77 3 4 ONBOARD JUMPERS reni Reik e Rud i ces 78 3 4 1 Clear CMOS Setup Jumper 79 3 4 2 COM2 R 232 422 485 Setup Jumper orit nn 80 3 4 3 2 RS 422 485 Setup
16. Keyboard ACPI Available LAN COM2 LAN USB2 0 SATA COM1 PS 2 mouse SMBus Controller FPU FDC Primary IDE Available Table C 3 IRQ Mapping Table Secondary IDE C 4 DMA Channel Assignments Available Available Floppy disk 8 bit transfer Available Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available Table C 4 IRQ Mapping Table Available THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Appendix External AC 97 Audio CODEC 181 E M fl D 1 Introduction The motherboard comes with an onboard Realtek ALC655 CODEC Realtek ALC655 is a 16 bit full duplex AC 97 Rev 2 3 compatible audio CODE with a sampling rate of 48KHz D 1 1 Accessing the AC 97 CODEC The CODEC is accessed through an onboard 12 pin connector AUDIO1 The connector includes 1 Stereo speaker out lines 2 Stereo line in and out lines 3 Amic in line D 1 2 Driver Installation The driver installation has been described in Section 6 6 After rebooting the sound effect configuration utility appears in the Windows Control Panel Figure D 1 If the peripheral speakers are properly connected sound effects should be heard ontrol Pane file Yew Favontes Took dm
17. WARNING Disabling the APIC ACPI SCI IRQ may require reinstalling the OS gt Disabled Default Disables the internal and multiprocessor tables 123 2 gt Enabled Enables the internal I O and multiprocessor tables Internal Graphics Mode Select 1MB The Internal Graphic Mode Select option determines the amount of system memory that can be used by the Internal graphics device gt Disabled gt 512KB 512KB of memory used by internal graphics device gt 1MB Default 1MB of memory used by internal graphics device gt 8MB 8MB of memory used by internal graphics device USB Controller Disabled The USB Controller option activates or deactivates the onboard USB controller gt Disabled The USB controller is deactivated gt 2 USB ports The USB controller activates 2 USB ports gt 4 USB ports Default The USB controller activates 4 USB ports USB 1 1 Device Legacy Support All Device The USB Controller option must not be disabled in order to change this configuration option The USB 1 1 Device Legacy Support option refers to USB mouse and USB keyboard support Normally if this option is not enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard does not become available until a USB compatible operating system is fully booted with all USB drivers loaded When this option is enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard can control the system even when there is no USB d
18. 124 USB 1 1 Port 64 60 Emulation 0 125 Boot Display Device 1 125 Flat Panel 1024X786LVDS 24 125 Power Type AT 127 ACPI Aware O S Yes 127 Restore AC Power Loss Last 127 Power Button Function 127 Password for PowerOn nnne nnne nnne 128 Power Management APM Disabled eene 128 Video Power Down 128 Hard Disk Power Down Mode Disabled 128 Standby Time Out Minute 129 Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled eres 129 Throttle Slow Clock 130 FDC LPT COM Ports Monitor ennt 130 Primary Master IDE Monitor 131 Primary Slave IDE 131 System Thermal Disabled 0 7 132 Therma
19. 70 Serial 14 34 Serial Ports 19 33 5 192 194 196 Shift Keyed Infrared 14 34 14 34 61 six channel audio CODEC 34 SMIBIGONS e BRA SOR ER E 21 Socket 478 16 22 software 148 Southbridge 19 23 24 14 Standard CMOS Setup 102 Standard CMOS Setup 105 Standby Time 129 Stripe 5127 196 Suspend Time 129 system 19 T technical specifications 18 temperature 19 36 through 1 2 2 002 9T U UART M H 14 33 Unpacking 87 14 16 19 31 33 74 75 W Watchdog Timer 173 174 IEI Technology Corp
20. OnBoard Serial Port 4 2 8 41 22221 140 Serial Port IRQ 10 nece eren tc ree 140 gt OnBoard FDC Auto 141 OnBoard Serial Port1 3F8 COM1 eese 141 OnBoard Serial Port2 2 8 21 2221 141 Serial Port2 Mode Normal esee nnne nnne nnne 142 OnBoard Parallel Port 23232 142 22 142 Parallel Port IRQ 2 143 Parallel Port DMA Channel 3 144 CPU FAN Mode Full 145 Fan Off Temperature Always Start 15 C 20 C Default or 25 C 145 Fan Start Temperature 30 C 35 C 40 C Default or 45 C 145 Fan Full Running Temperature 50 55 C Default 60 C or 65 C 145 gt atj5 c 145 D PWM IEEE 145 PWM Value 145 171 THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Appendix B Watchdog Timer 173 4 NOTE The following discussion applies to DOS environment It is recommended you contact IEI support or visit our website for specific drivers for more sophisticated operating syste
21. CN Label PCI1 CN Type PCI 104 Module CN Location See Figure 3 20 CN Pinouts See Table 3 21 Use the PCI 104 connector to add auxiliary boards using stack through connectors Pin A B D 1 GND Reserved 5 ADOO 2 2 1 5V 3 AD05 GND 4 3 4 C BEO ADO7 GND 006 5 GND 09 ADO08 GND 6 AD11 AD10 M66EN 7 AD14 AD13 GND AD12 8 3 3V C BE1 AD15 3 3V 9 SERR GND Reserved PAR 10 GND PERR 3 3V Reserved 11 STOP 3 3V LOCK GND 12 3 3V TRDY GND DEVSEL 13 FRAME GND IRDY 3 3V 14 GND AD16 3 3V C BE2 15 8 3 3V AD17 GND 16 AD21 AD20 GND AD19 17 3 3V AD23 AD22 3 3V 18 IDSELO GND IDSEL1 IDSEL2 19 AD24 C BE3 IDSEL3 20 GND AD26 AD25 GND 21 AD29 5V AD28 AD27 22 5V AD30 GND AD31 23 REQO GND REQ1 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Pin B D 24 GND REQ2 5V GNTO 25 GNT1 GNT2 GND 26 5V CLKO GND CLK1 27 CLK2 5V CLK3 GND 28 GND INTD 5V RST 29 12V INTA INTB INTC 30 12V REQ3 GNT3 GND Table 3 21 PCI1 Connector Pinouts 1 ooo am ane PCI1 s Figure 3 20 PCI1 Connector Location 3 2 19 2 Connector CN Label 2 PCI Slot CN Location See Figure 3
22. 1 ATA33 HDD cable m 1 PS2 mouse cable m 2xSATAcable 1 x SATA Power cable m 3xRS232 cable m 1xRS232 422 485 cable 1 Audio cable m 1xUSB cable 1 x VGA cable 1 x 12V power cable IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 1 mini jumper pack m 1x Utility CD m 1 quick installation guide 2 21 2 Optional Accessory Items The items shown in the list below are optional accessory items purchased separately m X Socket 478 type CPU Cooler LPT cable THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Chapter 3 Connectors and Jumpers _ _ 3 1 Peripheral Interface Connectors The locations of the peripheral interface connectors are shown in Section 3 1 1 A complete list of all the peripheral interface connectors can be seen in Section 3 1 2 3 1 1 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Layout Figure 3 1 shows the onboard peripheral connectors backplane peripheral connectors and onboard jumpers on the front side of the card DIMM1 LPT1 9 22 BT1 T1 1 Uc IDE2 SATA1 IDE1 845GV SATA2 NORTHBRIDGE ICH4 SOUTHBRIDGE ATXCTL1 we KBiPS1 e PW1 0381999 gt ED CN2 USB2 2255 5 GEER Figure 3 1 Connector and Jumper L
23. 1 0a O LANDesk 3 X compliant IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Supports 12 logical devices Enhanced Hardware Monitor Built in 8 bit Analog to Digital Converter 3 thermal inputs from remote thermal resistor or thermal diode or diode connected transistor 8 voltage monitor inputs VBAT is measured internally 1 chassis open detection input with low power Flip Flop backed by the battery Watch Dog comparison of all monitored values Provides VIDO VID5 support for the CPU Fan Speed Controller Provides fan on off PWM control Supports 5 programmable Pulse Width Modulation PWM outputs 128 steps of PWM modes Monitors 5 fan tachometer inputs SmartGuardian Controller Provides programmable fan speed automatic control Supports mix and match for temperature inputs and fan speed control outputs Overrides fan speed controller during catastrophic situations Provides over temperature beep tone warning Two 16C550 UARTs Supports two standard Serial Ports Supports IrDA 1 0 ASKIR protocols Supports Smart Card Reader protocols Smart Card Reader O OO Compliant with Personal Computer Smart Card PC SC Working Group standard Compliant with smart card ISO 7816 protocols Supports card present detect Supports Smart Card insertion power on feature Supports one programmable clock frequency an
24. Enhanced DMA Controller Real Time Clock System TCO Reduction Circuits SMBus GPIO IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 2 3 Data Flow Figure 2 1 shows the data flow between the two onboard chipsets and other components installed on the CPU card and described in the following sections of this chapter ULTRA DMA 33 66 100 PCI CONTROL USB 2 0 1 1 INTEL ICH4 PCI ADDR DATA ITE IT8712F A IXS SIO Figure 2 1 Data Flow Block Diagram 0 2 4 Graphics Support The graphics features listed below are all integrated on the 845GV northbridge chipset 3D Setup and Render Engine Discrete Triangles Strips and Fans Support Indexed Vertex and Flexible Vertex Formats Pixel Accurate Fast Scissoring and Clipping Operation Backface Culling Support Supports D3D and OGL Pixelization Rules Anti Aliased Lines Support O O O 0 0 Sprite Points Support High Quality Texture Engine Per Pixel Perspective Corrected Texture Mapping Single Pass Texture Compositing Multi Textures at rate 12 Levels of Detail MIP Map Sizes from 1x1 to 2Kx2K All texture formats including 32 bit RGBA Alpha and Luminance Maps Texture ChromaKeying Bilinear Trilinear and Anisotropic MIPMapped Filtering Cubic Environment Reflection Mapping Embossed Bump Mapping DOT3 based Bump Mapping DXTn Texture Decompression O O O 00000000 FXT1 Texture Decompression 3D Graphics Rasterization Enhan
25. eese 80 Table 3 31 JP4 Jumper Settings 0 0 80 Table 3 32 JP5 Jumper Settings necesse 81 Table 3 33 JP6 Jumper Settings 7 81 Table 3 34 JP2 Jumper Settings nnn 82 Table 3 35 83 Table 3 36 Jumper 83 Table 4 1 IEI Provided 5 94 Table 5 1 BIOS Navigation esee enne nennen nnne 101 NOVA 8450 CPU Card List of BIOS Menus BIOS Menu 1 BIOS Main Menu essere 102 BIOS Menu 2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu eese 105 BIOS Menu 3 Advanced CMOS Setup Menu sees 111 BIOS Menu 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Menu 120 BIOS Menu 5 Power Management Setup Menu eee 126 BIOS Menu 6 PCI Plug and Play Setup Menu eene 135 BIOS Menu 7 Peripheral Setup 138 BIOS Menu 8 Hardware Monitor Setup Menu eese 144 Glossary AC 97 ACPI APM ARMD ASKIR ATA BIOS CFII CMOS CPU Codec COM DAC DDR DIMM DIO DMA EIDE EIST FDD FDC FFIO FIFO FSB IrDA Audio Codec 97 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Advanced Power Management ATAPI Removable Media Device Shift Keyed Infrared Advanced Te
26. D td 29 30 1 2 Ba EXE oor Figure 3 18 LVDS1 Connector Location 3 2 17 Parallel Port Connector CN Label LPT1 CN Type 26 pin header 2x13 pins CN Location See Figure 3 19 CN Pinouts See Table 3 20 The parallel port connector connects to a printer The NOVA 8450 comes with a multi mode ECP EPP SPP parallel port The LPT1 parallel port interface features a 26 pin flat cable connector that requires an adapter cable if a traditional DB 25 connector is preferred The parallel interface can be re assigned to LPT2 or LPT3 through the BIOS configuration utility The default interrupt channel is IRQ7 Select ECP or EPP DMA mode using the BIOS configuration utility PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE 14 AUTO FORM FEED 2 DATA 0 15 ERROR 3 DATA 1 16 INITIALIZE IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 4 DATA 2 17 PRINTER SELECT LN 5 DATA 3 18 GROUND 6 DATA 4 19 GROUND 7 DATA 5 20 GROUND 8 DATA 6 21 GROUND 9 DATA 7 22 GROUND 10 ACKNOWLEDGE 23 GROUND 11 BUSY 24 GROUND 12 PAPER EMPTY 25 GROUND 13 PRINTER SELECT 26 GROUND Table 3 20 LPT1 Connector Pinouts 13 LPT1 1 10 Figure 3 19 LPT1 Connector Location 2 3 2 18 061 104 Connector
27. Display Resolution 1600x1200x32 at 60 Hz and 1280x1024x32 at 85 Hz 2 2 5 Memory Support The NOVA 8450 CPU has one 184 pin dual inline memory module DIMM socket and supports an un buffered DDR DIMM with the following specifications Maximum RAM 1GB DIMM Transfer Rates 333MHz 2 6 PCI Bus Interface Support The PCI bus on the NOVA 8450 CPU card has the following features 3 3 Revision 2 2 is implemented Maximum throughput 133MB sec based on the ICH4 chipset Master devices Maximum of six with three implemented One PCI REQ GNT pair can be given higher arbitration priority intended for external 1394 host controller 44 bit addressing using the DAC protocol supported 2 7 Super I O The ITE IT8712F is a Low Pin Count Interface based highly integrated Super I O IT8712F provides the most commonly used legacy Super I O functionality plus the latest Environment Control initiatives such as H W Monitor Fan Speed Controller ITE s SmartGuardian function and Smart Card Reader Interface The device s LPC interface complies with Intel LPC Interface Specification Rev 1 0 The IT8712F is ACPI amp LANDesk compliant Low Pin Count Interface O Comply with Intel Low Pin Count Interface Specification Rev 1 0 O Supports LDRQ SERIRQ protocols O Supports PCI PME Interfaces ACPI amp LANDesk Compliant O ACPIV 1 0 compliant O Register sets compatible with Plug and Play ISA Specification V
28. MDA 14 19 33 34 61 142 Irda 18 NOVA 8450 CPU Card J JBOD 195 97 K Keyboard Connector 18 KINO 6612 16 locked 89 tae een M 14 LVDS 0 etr treten 18 LVDS IC 63 LVDS type rnc 96 M Media Access Controller 14 32 Microphone Effect eere 186 mini ITX Lecco eterna pi tp E Dr SPEED 16 multi mode I OSs iiic att tree 16 N North Dri d Ss iencseisnocasncacncsnecenenrneess 19 23 NOVA 8450 16 18 22 23 28 31 32 33 35 36 40 77 78 87 92 96 148 0 onboard 96 P 192 194 196 parallel 142 Parallel Port 95 Parallel Port Connector 18 Partition 196 197 201 2 PCI Plug and Play Setup PCI bus controller PCI Bus Interface peripheral connectors peripheral interface connectors Peripheral Setup Power Button Function Power Management Setup Pre Boot Execution Environment REALTEK ALC655 CODEC rear panel connector SATA Connector sos 18 SATA drive 70 SATA dE VES eiit e 32 SATA power
29. Select Hoot Drive Drive Model Mode Channel 1 Master WD360GD OO0F SATAl Channel 2 Master Maxtor 6Y200MO SATAL www ali com tw Belect Moving Cursor Belect amp Finish Exit Capacitye RAID Array Type 37019MB 203928MB Capacity RAID _ Type Stripe Size RAID Name RAID Array A RAID Array RAID Array IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card E 5 RAID Options E 5 1 Create RAIDO Striping for Performance Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 All data previously stored on the member drives of a RAID configuration will be destroyed during the RAID initialization process If used drives are used to create a RAID array make sure the data has been moved or backed up before creating a RAID array out of the disk drives Use the arrow keys to highlight Create RAIDO Striping for Performance and press ENTER A flashing S appears at the Drive Menu where the member drives to be included in the RAIDO array can be chosen Use the space bar to select members of the RAIDO RAID configuration The flashing cursor changes to a lower case s once any of the connected disk drives has been selected Follow the same method to select another member drive The Create RAIDO Y N confirm box appears Press Y Enter a nickname for the created array Upper and lower case alphabetic numeric space and underscore characters are a
30. Sound Effect Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S PDIF In Environment Karaoke Voice Cancellation Figure D 4 Sound Effects Manager ALC655 4 NOTE The Sound Effect Manager shown in Figure D 4 is for the RealTek ALC655 audio CODEC Different CODECs may have different sound manager appearances The following section describes the different configuration options in the Sound Effect Manager D 2 2 Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options The Sound Effects Manager enables configuration of the items listed below To configure these items click the corresponding menu tab in the Sound Effects Manager Figure D 4 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 4 NOTE The Karaoke Mode is configured in the Sound Effect menu To access Karaoke configuration settings click on the Sound Effect menu tab Sound Effect Karaoke Mode Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S PDIF In S PDIF Out Connector Sensing HRTF Demo Microphone Effect General 4 NOTE Not all RealTek Sound Effect Managers have all the above listed options The Sound Effect Manager loaded onto the system may only have some of the options listed above Below is a brief description of the available configuration options in the Sound Effects Manager Sound Effect Select a sound effect from the 23 listed options in the drop down menu Selected sound effect properties can be
31. The NOVA 8450 offers three ten pin headers for serial connections DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION OATACARRERDETECT 0GD DATASET READY _ REQUEST TO SEND RTS TRANSMIT 8 CLEAR TO SEND CTS DATATERMINAL READY DTR 9 RING INDICATOR RI GND Table 3 24 COM1 COM3 COM4 Connector Pinouts 8 OM 3 OM 4 C OM 1 Figure 3 23 COM1 COM3 COM4 Connector Location IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 3 2 22 RS 232 422 485 Serial Communications Connector CN Label COM2 CN Type 14 pin header 2x7 pins CN Location See Figure 3 24 CN Pinouts See Table 3 25 The NOVA 8450 offers one 14 pin header for serial connections DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION i owe 8 _ we o Wm NDTR2 NRI2 GND GND RX2 RX2 Table 3 25 COM2 Connector Pinouts 8 14 COM2 Figure 3 24 COM2 Connector Location 3 2 23 Internal USB Connectors CN Label USB1 USB2 CN Type 8 pin header 2x4 pins CN Location See Figure 3 25 CN Pinouts See Table 3 26 Two 2x4 pin connectors provide connectivity to four USB 2 0 ports The USB ports are used for I O bus expansion IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 USBVOL 2 GND 3 DATAO N 4 DATA1 P 5 DATAO P 6 DATA1 N 7 GND 8
32. but is not limited to the boot devices a computer can boot from gt Disabled The computer does not boot from this device gt IDE 0 Default The computer boots from the IDE 0 device gt CD DVD 0 The computer boots from the CD DVD 0 device 2nd Boot Device Disabled The 2nd Boot Device option selects the device the computer will boot from second The computer boots from this device if it cannot boot from the first device or if the first boot device is disabled The following list contains but is not limited to the boot devices a computer can boot from gt Disabled Default The computer does not boot from this device gt IDE 0 The computer boots from the IDE 0 device gt CD DVD 0 The computer boots from the CD DVD 0 device 3rd Boot Device Disabled The 3rd Boot Device option selects the device the computer will boot from third The computer boots from this device if it cannot boot from the first or second devices or if the IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card first or second boot devices are disabled The following list contains but is not limited to the boot devices a computer can boot from gt Disabled Default The computer does not boot from this device gt IDE 0 The computer boots from the IDE 0 device gt CD DVD 0 The computer boots from the CD DVD 0 device Try Other Boot Devices Yes The Try Other Boot Devices option determines whether the CPU card uses a second or third boo
33. 197 I EE BT o E 197 E 5 8 ET Bool ID E tr 198 List of Figures Figure 1 1 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Overview Front Side 17 Figure 1 2 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Overview Solder Side 17 Figure 2 1 Data Flow Block 25 Figure 2 2 PXE Pre Boot Execution Environment eee 31 Figure 3 1 Connector and Jumper Locations Front Side 40 Figure 3 2 Connector and Jumper Locations Solder Side 41 Figure 3 3 CN2 Connector Location 44 Figure 3 4 PW1 Connector Location eese nennen 45 Figure 3 5 CN4 Connector 46 Figure 3 6 AUDIO1 Connector Location 48 Figure 3 7 ATXCTL1 Connector Location sese 49 Figure 3 8 BT1 Connector Location eese eene 50 Figure 3 9 CF1 Connector Location eese 52 Figure 3 10 FAN1 Connector 53 Figure 3 11 PCN1 Connector Location eese 54 Figure 3 12 CN3 Connector 56 Figure 3 13 IDE1 Connector Location 57 Figure 3 14 IDE2 Connector
34. 21 CN Pinouts See Table 3 22 Use the PCI slot connector to add auxiliary boards Add in Card Add in Card Pin Side B Side Pin Side B SideA 1 Reserved Ground 32 AD 17 AD 16 2 TCK 12V 33 C BE 2 3 3V 3 Ground TMS 34 Ground FRAME 4 TDO TDI 35 IRDY Ground 5 5V 5V 36 3 3V TRDY 6 5V INTA 37 DEVSEL Ground 7 INTB INTC 38 STOP 8 INTD 5V 39 LOCK 3 3V 9 PRSNT1 Reserved 40 PERR SMBCLK 10 Reserved 5V 41 3 3 SMBDAT 11 PRSNT2 Reserved 42 SERR Ground 12 Ground Ground 43 3 3V PAR 13 Ground Ground 44 C BE 1 AD 15 14 Reserved 3 3Vaux 45 AD 14 3 3V 15 Ground RST 46 Ground AD 13 16 CLK 5V 47 AD 12 AD 11 17 Ground GNT 48 AD 10 Ground 18 REQ Ground 49 M66EN AD 09 19 5V PME 50 KEYWAY 20 AD 31 AD 30 51 KEYWAY 21 AD 29 3 3V 52 AD 08 C BE 0 22 Ground AD 28 53 AD 07 3 3V IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Add in Card Add in Card Pin Side B Side Pin Side B Side 23 AD 27 AD 26 54 3 3V AD 06 24 AD 25 Ground 55 AD 05 AD 04 25 3 3V AD 24 56 AD 03 Ground 26 C BE 3 IDSEL 57 Ground AD 02 27 AD 23 3 3V 58 AD 01 AD 00 28 Ground AD 22 59 5V 5V 29 AD 21 AD 20 60 ACK64 REQ64 30 AD 19 Ground 61 5V 5V 31 3 3V AD 18 62 5V 5V Table 3 22 PCI2 Connector Pinouts
35. 4 Installation and Configuration 4 1 Installation Considerations 4 NOTE The following installation notices and installation considerations should be read and understood before the CPU card is installed All installation notices pertaining to the installation of the CPU card should be strictly adhered to Failing to adhere to these precautions may lead to severe damage of the CPU card and injury to the person installing the CPU card 4 1 1 Installation Notices Before and during the installation of the NOVA 8450 CPU card Read the user manual user manual provides a complete description of the NOVA 8450 CPU card installation instructions and configuration options Wear an electrostatic discharge cuff ESD O Electronic components are easily damaged by ESD Wearing an ESD cuff will remove ESD and help to prevent ESD damage Place the CPU card on an antistatic pad When installing or configuring the CPU card place it on an antistatic pad This will help to prevent potential ESD damage Turn off all power to the NOVA 8450 CPU O When working with the CPU card make sure that it is disconnected from all power supplies and that no electricity is being fed into the system Before and during the installation of the NOVA 8450 CPU card DO NOT Remove any of the stickers from the PCB These stickers are required for warranty validation Use the product before verifying that all cables an
36. CN Location See Figure 3 13 CN Pinouts See Table 3 14 The IDE Interface connector provides connectivity for two IDE devices PIN NO DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION 1 RESET 2 GND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card PIN NO DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 GND 20 KEY 21 IDE DRQ 22 GND 23 24 GND 25 26 GND 27 IDE CHRDY 28 GND 29 IDE DACK 30 GND 31 INTERRUPT 32 N C 33 SA1 34 P66DET 35 SAO 36 SA2 37 HDC 0 38 HDC CS1 39 HDD ACTIVE 40 GND Table 3 14 IDE1 Connector Pinouts IDE1 Figure 3 13 IDE1 Connector Location 3 2 12 IDE Interface Connector Secondary CN Label IDE2 CN Type 44 pin header 2x22 pins CN Location See Figure 3 14 CN Pinouts See Table 3 15 The IDE Interface connector provides connectivity for two IDE devices PINNO DESCRIPTION PINNO DESCRIPTION 1 RESET 2 GND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17
37. DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 SIGNALGND 20 KEY 21 HDD 0 22 GND 23 WRITE 24 GND 25 READ 26 GND 27 HD READY 28 N C 29 HDACK 0 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 33 ADDR 1 34 35 ADDR 0 36 ADDR 2 37 HDD SELECT 0 38 HDD SELECT 1 39 IDE ACTIVE 40 GND 41 VCC 42 VCC 43 GND 44 N C Table 3 15 IDE2 Connector Pinouts IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 2 IDE2 44 nnn 22201 GERE 08 GE Gs Figure 3 14 IDE2 Connector Location 3 2 13 Inverter Connector CN Label CN1 CN Type 5 pin header CN Location See Figure 3 15 CN Pinouts See Table 3 16 The Inverter connector connects to the LCD backlight DESCRIPTION Brightness GND 12V GND EN BL Table 3 16 CN1 Connector Pinouts CN1 Tees eee m scan axxo 8 00 CE Figure 3 15 CN1 Connector Location IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 3 2 14 IrDA Connector CN Label IR1 CN Type 5 pin header CN Location See Figure 3 16 CN Pinouts See Table 3 17 The integrated IrDA connector supports both the SIR and ASKIR infrared protocols Table 3 17 IR1 Connector Pinouts Figu
38. O port address is 278 gt 3BC Parallel Port I O port address is 3BC Parallel Port Mode ECP The Parallel Port Mode option is configurable when the OnBoard Parallel Port option is not disabled The Parallel Port Mode option selects the mode the parallel port operates in gt Normal The normal parallel port mode is the standard mode for parallel port operation IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt EPP The parallel port operates in the enhanced parallel port mode EPP The EPP mode supports bi directional communication between the system and the parallel port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the Normal mode gt Bi Directional Bi Directional parallel port is able to receive 8 lines of data into the computer gt Default parallel port operates the extended capabilities port ECP mode The ECP mode supports bi directional communication between the system and the parallel port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the SPP mode gt ECP EPP The parallel port operates in the extended capabilities port ECP mode The ECP mode supports bi directional communication between the system and the parallel port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the Normal mode The parallel port also becomes compatible with EPP devices described above Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 The Para
39. PCI COM PCI GPIO Figure 1 1 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Overview Front Side Figure 1 2 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Overview Solder Side 0 1 2 1 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Connectors The NOVA 8450 CPU card has the following connectors onboard 1 x ATX 12V Connector 1 12 5 External Power Connector 1 CPU Cooling Fan Connector 1 Type Compact Flash Connector Solder Side 1 Audio Connector 2xUSB Connectors 1x IrDA Connector 2 IDE Device Connectors 1 Front Panel Connector 3xRS 232 Connectors m 1xRS 232 422 485 Connector 1 x LVDS Connector 1 x Inverter Connector 1 x Parallel Port Connector 2 SATA Connectors 1 GPIO Connector 1 Keyboard Mouse Connector The NOVA 8450 CPU card has the following connector on the board rear panel m 2 x RJ 45 Ethernet connectors The location of the connector on the CPU card can be seen in Figure 3 27 The connector is fully described in Chapter 2 1 2 2 Technical Specifications NOVA 8450 CPU card technical specifications are listed in Table 1 1 Detailed descriptions of each specification can be found in Chapter 2 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card SPECIFICATION CPUs Supported Intel Pentium 4 Intel Celeron D Chipsets Northbridge Intel 845GV Southbridge Intel ICH4 Graphics Support Intel Extreme Graphic Integrated Graphic Engine Memory One DDR memory module Max
40. RAM for faster execution gt Cached The contents of the ROM area are copied from the ROM to the RAM and can be written to or read from the cache memory 0000 16k Shadow Disabled This option enables shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option title The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to adapter cards gt Disabled Default The contents of the ROM area are not copied to the RAM gt Enabled The contents of the ROM area are copied shadowed from the ROM to the RAM for faster execution gt Cached The contents of the ROM area are copied from the ROM to the RAM and can be written to or read from the cache memory 0400 16k Shadow Disabled This option enables shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option title The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards gt Disabled Default The contents of the ROM area are not copied to the RAM gt Enabled The contents of the ROM area are copied shadowed from the ROM to the RAM for faster execution IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt Cached The contents of the ROM area are copied from the ROM to the RAM and can be written to or read from the cache memory 0800 16k Shadow Disabled This option enables shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option title The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will
41. Resume On RIC Alarm Disabled RTC Alarm Date 15 RTC Alarm Hour ESC Exit 11 561 RTC Alarm Minute 30 PgUp PgDn Modify RTC Alarm Second 30 F1 Help F2 F3 Color BIOS Menu 5 Power Management Setup Menu NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt Power Type AT The Power Type option specifies the power supply type gt AT specifies the power supply type as AT gt ATX Default specifies the power supply type as ATX ACPI Aware 5 Yes The Power Type option must be set to ATX in order to change this configuration option ACPI Aware O S can only be configured the OS complies with the ACPI standard Windows 98 Windows 2000 and Windows XP all comply with ACPI gt No Disables the ACPI support for the OS This selection should be disabled if the OS does not support ACPI gt Yes Default Enables the ACPI support for the operating system This selection should be enabled if the OS supports ACPI Restore on AC Power Loss Last State The Power Type option must be set to ATX in order to change this configuration option The Restore on AC Power Loss option specifies what state the system returns to if there is a sudden loss of power to the system gt Power Off The system remains turned off gt system turns on gt Last State Default The system returns to its previous state If it was on it turns itself on If it was off it remains off Power Button Function On Off The Power Ty
42. The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows Unknown software package If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation Figure 6 28 RAID Driver Digital Signal Step 7 the installation is complete the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen appears Figure 6 29 ALi RAID Driver Setup InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed ALi RAID Driver Before you can use the program you must restart your computer No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish to complete setup Figure 6 29 InstallShield Wizard Complete Screen Step 8 the installation process is complete the computer may restarted immediately or later For the settings to take effect the computer must be restarted Click FINISH to restart the computer IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Appendix BIOS Configuration Options 167 _ _ _ A 1 BIOS Configurat
43. USBVOL Table 3 26 USB1 USB2 Connector Pinouts 80 HERD HB HEB HHB Figure 3 25 USB1 USB2 Connector Locations 3 2 24 VGA Connector CN Label VGA1 CN Type 10 pin headers 2x5 pins CN Location See Figure 3 26 CN Pinouts See Table 3 27 The VGA1 connector is an internal VGA connector DESCRIPTION PN mu s Figure 3 26 VGA1 Connector Location IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 3 3 External Rear Panel Connectors Figure 3 27 shows the NOVA 8450 CPU card rear panel The peripheral connectors on the back panel can connect to external devices when the CPU card is installed in a chassis The peripheral connectors on the rear panel are m 2x 40 45 Ethernet connectors LAN2 LAN1 Figure 3 27 NOVA 8450 CPU Board Rear Panel 3 3 1 Ethernet Connector CN Label LAN1 LAN2 CN Type RJ 45 CN Location See Figure 3 27 CN Pinouts See Table 3 28 A 1Gb connection can be made between the Ethernet connector Figure 3 28 and a Local Area Network LAN through a network hub DESCRITON DESCRIPTION s voe e r e pep Table 3 28 LAN1 LAN2 Connector Pinouts Giga LAN 10 100 LAN Link ACT LED LED Figure 3 28 LAN1 LAN2 Connector The RJ 45 Ethernet conne
44. When this option is set to Enabled the Video ROM area from C0000 C7FFF is copied shadowed to the RAM for faster execution gt Disabled The contents of the video ROM are not copied to the RAM gt Enabled The contents of the video ROM area from 0000 C7FFFh are copied shadowed from the ROM to the RAM for faster execution gt Cached Default contents of the video ROM area from C0000h C7FFFh are copied from the ROM to the RAM and can be written to or read from the cache memory C800 16k Shadow Disabled This option enables shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option title The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to adapter cards gt Disabled Default contents of the ROM area are not copied to the RAM gt Enabled The contents of the ROM area are copied shadowed from the ROM to the RAM for faster execution gt Cached The contents of the ROM area are copied from the ROM to the RAM and can be written to or read from the cache memory 117 00 16k Shadow Disabled This option enables shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option title The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to adapter cards gt Disabled Default The contents of the ROM area are not copied to the RAM Enabled The contents of the ROM area are copied shadowed from the ROM to the
45. a heat sink and cooling fan are installed before connecting power to the CPU card Failure to do so may damage the CPU or card To install an Intel 478 Socket CPU onto the NOVA 8450 card follow the steps below Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Make sure the CPU socket contacts are free of foreign material Remove any debris with compressed air Lift the lever on the side of the CPU socket Figure 4 1 Make sure there are no bent pins on the CPU and the pin 1 mark matches the cut edge on the CPU socket Figure 4 1 Place the CPU on top of the socket carefully Insert the CPU into the socket gently Lower the lever into the locked position Pin1 Lever to the Fully open Position Cut edge Figure 4 1 Locking the CPU into the CPU Socket 4 3 2 Optional Cooling Kit CF 521 RS Installation Figure 4 2 CF 521 RS Cooling Kit IEI provides an optional cooling kit designed for Socket 478 CPUs Figure 4 2 The cooling kit is comprised of a CPU heat sink and a cooling fan A NOTE The CF 521 RS heat sink comes with a sprayed layer of thermal paste Do Not wipe away the thermal paste while unpacking or installing the heat sink Thermal paste between the CPU and the heat sink is important for optimum heat dissipation IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card To install the CF 521 RS cooling kit follow the steps below Step 1 Place the cooling kit onto t
46. be restarted Click FINISH to restart the computer 6 5 Realtek LAN Driver for GbE LAN Installation To install the Realtek LAN driver please follow the steps below Step1 Insert the CD into the system that contains the NOVA 8450 Open the X 3 LAN Realtek directory where X is the system CD drive and double click the setup exe installation file to initiate the InstallShield Wizard Figure 6 14 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Step 2 REALTEK GbE amp FE Ethernet NIC Driver InstallShield Wizard Preparing Setup Please wait while the InstallShield Wizard prepares the setup REALTEK GbE amp FE Ethernet NIC Driver Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will guide you through the rest of the setup process Please wait i InstallShield Figure 6 14 Realtek LAN Driver InstallShield Wizard The InstallShield Wizard Welcome screen appears Figure 6 15 REALTEK GbE amp FE Ethernet NIC Driver InstallShield Wizard x Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for REALTEK GbE amp FE Ethernet NIC Driver The InstallShield Wizard will install REALTEK GbE amp FE Ethernet NIC Driver on your computer To continue click Next lt Back Cancel Figure 6 15 Realtek LAN Driver Welcome Step3 Click NEXT and the Ready to Install screen appears Figure 6 16 REALTEK GbE amp FE Ethernet NIC Driver InstallShield Wizard Ready to Insta
47. click the WDM_A384 exe installation file to begin extracting files Figure 6 19 Step 2 Step 3 Extracting Files The contents of this package are being extracted Please wait while the InstallShield Wizard extracts the Files needed to install Realtek AC97 Audio on your computer This may take a Few moments Reading contents of package Installshield Back Next gt Cancel Figure 6 19 InstallShield Wizard Extracting Files The Realtek AC 97 Audio Setup prepares the InstallShield Wizard Figure 6 20 InstallShield Wizard Realtek 97 Audio Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will guide you through the rest of the setup process Please wait Figure 6 20 Audio Driver Install Shield Wizard Starting The Setup Status screen appears as the driver is installed Figure 6 21 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Realtek AC 97 Audio Setup 4 90 Setup Status amp Ss Realtek 97 Audio Setup is performing the requested operations Installing emp alsndmar cpl InstallShield Figure 6 21 Audio Driver Setup Preparation Step 4 At this stage the Digital Signal Not Found screen appears Figure 6 22 Click YES to continue Digital Signature Not Found The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tes
48. edited To edit the sound effect click EDIT Karaoke Mode The Karaoke Mode is accessed in the Sound Effect window The Voice Cancellation disables the vocal part of the music being played The Key adjustment up or down arrow icons enables el users to define a key that fits a certain vocal range Equalizer Selection Preset equalizer settings enable easy audio range settings Ten frequency bands can be configured Speaker Configuration Multi channel speaker settings are configured in this menu Configurable options include Headphone Channel mode for stereo speaker output Channel mode for 4 speaker output Channel mode for 5 1 speaker output O OO O Synchronize the phonejack switch with speakers settings Speaker Test Each speaker connected to the system is tested individually to see if the 4 channel or 6 channel audio operates properly S PDIF In S PDIF Out These functions are currently not supported Connector Sensing Realtek ALC655 detects if an audio device is plugged into the wrong connector If an incorrect device is plugged in a warning message appears HRTF Demo Adjust HRTF Head Related Transfer Functions 3D positional audio here before running 3D applications Microphone Effect Microphone noise suppression is enabled in this menu General General information about the installed AC 97 audio configuration utility is listed here IEI Technology Corp NOVA
49. the Readme file contained in the directory and follow the instructions for installing the driver 6 4 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver To install the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator driver please follow the steps below Step1 Insert the CD into the system that contains the NOVA 8450 Open the X 2 VGA 7 directory where is the system CD drive is the appropriate operating system and double click the corresponding exe installation file to view the Intel Chipset Graphics Driver Software InstallShield Wizard readme txt file Figure 6 8 Intel R Chipset Graphics Driver Software InstallShield R Wizard xj DRIVER Production Version ntS readme txt Production Version Releases Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows Driver Revision 6 14 10 4342 Package 23409 Production Version 14 10 3 4342 June 29 2005 SE SE IE NOTE This document refers to systems containing the _ zl Back Cancel Figure 6 8 Intel Chipset Graphics Driver Software InstallShield Wizard Step2 Read the Readme file information Click NEXT to begin extracting files Figure 6 9 Intel R Chipset Graphics Driver Software InstallShield R Wizard Extracting Files The contents of this package are being extracted Please wait while the InstallShield R Wizard extracts the files needed
50. to install Intel R Chipset Graphics Driver Software on your computer This may take a Few moments Reading contents of package EE Installshield Cancel Figure 6 9 InstallShield Wizard Extracting Files Step 3 InstallShield Wizard Welcome screen appears Figure 6 10 Intel R Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Welcome to the setup for the Intel R Graphics Media Accelerator Driver This program will install the Intel R Graphics Media Accelerator Driver on this computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before continuing Back Canes Intel R Installation Frameworks Figure 6 10 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Welcome Screen IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Step 4 Click NEXT and a license agreement appears Figure 6 11 Intel R Graphics Media Accelerator Driver License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the Page Down key to view the rest of the agreement INTEL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT 7 ISV Distribution amp gt Single User IMPORTANT READ BEFORE COPYING INSTALLING OR USING Do not use or load this software and any associated materials collectively the Software until you have carefully read the following terms and conditions By loading or using the Software you agree to the terms of this amp greement If you do not wish to so agree do not install or use th
51. when the CPU card is outside of the chassis This section has complete descriptions of all the internal peripheral connectors on the NOVA 8450 CPU card 3 2 1 Bit GPIO Connector CN Label CN2 CN Type 10 pin header 2x5 pins CN Location See Figure 3 3 CN Pinouts See Table 3 4 The General Purpose Input Output GPIO connector is general purpose l O controller The GPIO connector is managed through an ITE IT8712F A IXS SI O chip PINNO DESCRIPTION PINNO DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 VCC5 3 GPO3 4 GPO2 5 GPO1 6 GPOO 7 GPI3 8 2 9 GPI1 10 GPIO Table 3 4 CN2 Connector Pinouts m CN2 Figure 3 3 CN2 Connector Location IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 3 2 2 ATX 12V Power Source Connector CN Label PW1 CN Type 4 pin header 2x2 pins CN Location See Table 3 5 CN Pinouts See Figure 3 4 This connector supports the ATX 12V power supply PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V Table 3 5 PW1 Connector Pinouts PW1 25 5 axxo GEB GERD Figure 3 4 PW1 Connector Location 0 3 2 3 ATX Power On Switch Connector CN Label CN4 CN Type 2 pin h
52. 1GB PCI Bus Interface 33MHz Revision 2 2 Controller ICH4 Super I O ITE IT8712F A IXS BIOS AMI flash BIOS Watchdog Timer Software programmable supports 1 255 sec system reset Ethernet Realtek RTL8110S GbE Serial ATA SATA Two SATA channels with 1 5Gb s transfer rates HDD Interface Two IDE channels supports two Ultra ATA 100 devices Floppy Disk Drive FDD Supports FDD Serial Ports 4 COM ports PCI 104 Interface 104 Expansion Module PCI Interface PCI Slot Expansion Module USB Interfaces Four USB 2 0 connectors supported Infrared Support One Infrared Data Association IrDA interface Audio Interfaces One Audio Codec 97 AC 97 version 2 3 connector Power Support AT ATX power support Power Consumption 5V 2 9A 12V 3 5A Intel Pentium 4 2 8G DDR266 256MB Power Management Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI Specifications Revision 2 0 Hardware Monitoring Cooling fan temperature and system voltages Real Time Clock 256 byte battery backed CMOS RAM Operating Temperature Minimum 0 C 32 F Maximum 60 C 140 F Physical Dimensions 203 20mm x 146 05mm width x length Table 1 1 Technical Specifications THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Chapter 2 Det
53. 8450 CPU Card Appendix ALi RAID for SATA 187 E 1 Introduction The ALi M5283 is a highly integrated disk drive controller that is capable of managing Parallel ATA and Serial ATA interface hard disk drives The ALi controller supports PATA UDMA transfer mode up to mode 6 and SATA 1 0 disk drives The ALi M5283 also comes with cost effective RAID functionality that can be used to increase data read write speed and to provide protection to data by distributing mirrored duplicates of data onto two disk drives RAID1 CAUTION A configured RAID volume which may consist of multiple hard drives appears to an operating system as a contingent storage space The operating system will not be able to distinguish the physical disk drives contained in a RAID configuration E 1 1 Precautions One key benefit a RAID configuration brings is that a single hard drive can fail within a RAID array without damaging data With RAID1 array a failed drive can be replaced and the RAID configuration restored A WARNING Irrecoverable data loss will occur if a working drive is removed when trying to remove a failed drive It is strongly recommended to mark the physical connections of all SATA disk drives Drive locations can be identified by attaching stickers to the drive bays If a drive member of a RAID array should fail the failed drive can then be correctly identified IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Ad
54. A 8450 CPU Card Chapter 6 Software Drivers 147 6 1 Available Software Drivers 4 NOTE The content of the CD may vary throughout the life cycle of the product and is subject to change without prior notice Visit the IEI website or contact technical support for the latest updates The NOVA 8450 CPU card has six software drivers Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility Intel Application Accelerator Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Realtek LAN Driver for GbE LAN Realtek AC 97 Codec ALC655 ALi SATA RAID Controller M5281 M5283 All six drivers can be found on the CD that came with the CPU card To install the drivers please follow these instructions 6 2 Chipset Driver Installation To install the chipset driver please follow the steps below Step 1 Insert the CD into the system that contains the NOVA 8450 Open the X 1 INF directory where X Vis the system CD drive and double click the infinst autol exe installation file to begin extracting files Figure 6 1 IEI Technology Corp Step 2 Step 3 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility InstallShield R Wizard Extracting Files The contents of this package are being extracted Please wait while the InstallShield R Wizard extracts the files needed to install Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility on your computer This may take a Few moments Ex
55. Board AC 97 Audio Disabled The OnBoard AC 97 Audio option enables or disables the AC 97 CODEC gt Disabled The onboard AC 97 is disabled gt Auto Default onboard 97 automatically detected and enabled OnBoard MC 97 Modem Disabled The OnBoard MC 97 Audio enables or disables the MC 97 modem controller gt Disabled The onboard MC 97 modem controller is disabled gt Auto Default The onboard MC 97 modem controller is detected and enabled OnBoard Serial Port 3E8 COM3 The OnBoard Serial Port 3 option allows BIOS to select the Serial Port 3 base address gt Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 3 gt 3F8 COM1 Serial Port port address is 8 gt 2F8 COM2 Serial Port port address is 8 gt 3E8 COM3 Default Serial Port I O port address is 8 gt 2E8 COM4 Serial Port port address is 8 gt 4E8 COM5 Serial Port port address is 4E8 gt 4F8 COM6 Serial Port port address is 8 139 2 gt Serial Port IRQ 11 The Serial Port 3 option allows BIOS to select the Serial Port 3 interrupt address gt v 10 11 serial port 3 interrupt address is IRQ3 The serial port 3 interrupt address is IRQ4 The serial port 3 interrupt address is IRQ10 Default The serial port 3 interrupt address is IRQ11 gt OnBoard Serial Port 4 2E8 COM4 The OnBoard Serial Port 4 option allows BIOS to select the S
56. C 33 F ESC Exit 1 PgUp PgDn Modify Fi Help F2 F3 Color BIOS Menu 8 Hardware Monitor Setup Menu NOVA 8450 CPU Card FAN Mode Full On The CPU FAN Mode has the following options gt Full Default If selected there no additional configurable options gt Automatic If selected the following options will appear with values Control that can be selected Fan Off Temperature Always Start 15 C 20 C Default or 25 C Fan Start Temperature 30 C 35 C 40 C Default or 45 C Fan Full Running Temperature 50 C 55 C Default 60 C or 65 C PWM slope 0 PWM value C 2 PWM value C Default 4 PWM value C 8 PWM value C PWM Value 40 PWM Value 50 PWM Value Default 60 PWM Value 70 PWM Value or 80 PWM Value gt If selected the following option will appear with values Control that can be selected PWM Value 40 PWM Value 50 PWM Value Default 60 PWM Value 70 PWM Value or 80 PWM Value _ _ The Hardware Monitor Setup menu BIOS Menu 8 also has the following non configurable options CPU Temperature CPU Fan Speed CPU1 VCORE 1 500V 3 300V 5 000V 2 500V 12 00V 5 9 Auto Detect Hard Disks The Auto Detect Hard Disks menu option will automatically detect any disks connected to the system and display the results in the Standard CMOS Setup menu BIOS Menu 2 IEI Technology Corp NOV
57. CAUTION Do not accidentally disconnect the SATA drive cables Carefully route the cables within the chassis to avoid system down time E 2 Features and Benefits Supports RAID levels 0 1 and JBOD Supports connectivity to two disk drives Supported Operating Systems include Windows 98 Me Windows 2000 and Windows XP Windows based software for RAID management E 3 Accessing the ALi RAID Utility The RAID BIOS version and disk drive information should appear after the system POST screen The BIOS disk drive information should look like the following ALi RAID BIOS V1 XX c ALi Corporation 2005 All Rights Reserved Identifying IDE drives Channel 1 Master Maxtor xxxxxx Channel 2 Master Maxtor xxxxxx Press Ctrl A to enter ALi RAID BIOS setup utility Press CTRL and A keys simultaneously to enter the RAID configuration utility 189 4 RAID BIOS Setup Utility The Serial ATA RAID volume can be configured using the RAID Configuration utility stored within the ALi RAID controller ROM The BIOS configuration screen is divided into three major areas Main Menu Drive Menu and a list for the configured RAID arrays RAID BIOS Setup Utility 2003 ALi Corporation 0 Striping for Performance Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Select Create JBOD for integrated Capacity Stripe Size Delete RAID Setting amp Partition Delete All RAID Setting amp Partition Rebuild RAID Array
58. DMA protocol with transfer rates of up to 16 MB s Supports the following Ultra ATA device O Supports an Ultra ATA 100 66 33 DMA protocol with data transfer rates up to 100 MB s Serial Ports The NOVA 8450 CPU card has four high speed UART serial ports configured as COM1 through COM4 The serial ports have the following specifications 16 550 UART with 16 byte FIFO buffer 115 2Kbps transmission rate PCI Interfaces The NOVA 8450 offers two 2 PCI interfaces 104 Expansion Module PCI Slot Expansion Module USB Interfaces The NOVA 8450 CPU card has 2 USB 2 0 connectors for 4 USB devices Infrared Data Association IrDA Interface The NOVA 8450 CPU card IrDA supports the following interfaces 0 Serial Infrared SIR Shift Keyed Infrared ASKIR To use the IrDA port configure SIR or ASKIR mode in the BIOS under Super IO devices The normal RS 232 COM 2 will then be disabled 2 16 Audio Codec The NOVA 8450 has an integrated REALTEK ALC655 CODEC The ALC655 CODEC is a 16 bit full duplex AC 97 Rev 2 3 compatible six channel audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia systems including host soft audio and AMR CNR based designs Some of the features of the codec are listed below Meets performance requirements for audio on PC99 2001 systems Meets Microsoft WHQL WLP 2 0 audio requirements 16 bit Stereo full duplex CODEC with 48KHz sampling rate Compliant with AC 97 Rev 2 3 spe
59. DMA settings Set this option if the system is running Plug and Play aware operating systems Clear No The Clear NVRAM option specifies whether the contents of the NVRAM Non Volatile RAM is cleared when the power is turned off gt Default System does not clear NVRAM during system boot gt Yes System clears NVRAM during system boot PCI Latency Timer 32 The values stipulated in the PCI Latency Timer are in units of PCI clock cycles for the PCI device latency timer register Options are 32 Default 64 96 128 160 192 224 248 BusMaster Disabled The PCI IDE BusMaster option enables or prevents the use of PCI IDE busmastering gt Disabled Default Busmastering is prevented gt No IDE controller on the PCI local bus has mastering capabilities gt DMA Channel PnP gt PnP Default The specified DMA is available to be used by PCI PnP devices IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt ISA EISA The specified DMA is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices Available DMA Channels are DMA Channel 0 Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 gt IRQ PCI PnP gt PCI PnP Default The specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI PnP devices gt ISA EISA The specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA EISA devices Available IRQ a
60. E Technology Corp TESS E nd s 0 TS NOVA 8450 5 25 SBC Intel Pentium 4 Celeron FSB 533Mhz CRT LVDS Dual GbE SATA and Audio User Manual Z Rev 1 1 October 2006 rons 0 REVISION HISTORY Title NOVA 8450 Intel Pentium 4 Intel Celeron D Socket 478 CPU Card Revision Number Description Date of Issue 1 0 Initial release July 2006 1 1 Revised front panel connector 1 description 2006 Revised inverter connector pin 1 description Revised 2 pin numbering Revised Watchdog Timer COPYRIGHT NOTICE The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability design and function and does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product or documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical electronic or other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer TRADEMARKS IBM PC is a registered trademark of International Business
61. IOS main menu Exit Without Saving This option exits the BIOS menu without saving the configuration settings To exit the BIOS menu without saving the configuration settings select this option and press ENTER A dialogue box appears with Quit without saving Y N Type Y and press ENTER to exit the BIOS utility without saving the configuration settings or type N and press ENTER to return to the BIOS main menu IEI Technology Corp 5 2 Standard CMOS Setup The Standard CMOS Setup menu BIOS Menu 2 changes basic BIOS configuration options AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yyyy Wed 07 2006 Base Memory 1 KB Time hh mm ss 17 43 47 Extd Memory 0 Floppy Drive A Not Installed Floppy Drive B Not Installed LBA Blk PIO 32Bit Type Size Cyln Head WPcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode Pri Master Not Installed Pri Slave Not Installed Sec Master Not Installed Sec Slave Not Installed Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Month Jan Dec ESC Exit 14 5 1 Day 01 31 PgUp PgDn Modify Year 1980 2099 Fi Help F2 F3 Color BIOS Menu 2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu The Standard CMOS Setup menu BIOS Menu 2 has the following options that are not user configurable gt Base Memory The Base Memory is NOT user configurable The POST will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The v
62. Machines Corporation INTEL is a registered trademark of INTEL Corporation AMI is registered trademarks of American Megatrends Inc Other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective owners NOVA 8450 CPU Card Table of Contents 15 1 1 NOVASSAOU CPU CARD OVERVIEW 16 1 1 1 NOPRA SJSU CPU Card 16 1 1 2 NOVA 8450 CPU Card 16 1 1 3 NOVA 8450 CPU Card 16 1 2 8450 17 1 2 1 NOVA 8450 CPU Card eene 18 18 2 6 8 21 2 1 CPU STP CET TC 22 KENN UON Un gp TE TCR 22 MENU IET PP TE 22 2 2 ONBOARD CHIPSETS 23 2 2 1 Northbridge and Southbridge Chipsets 1 gt gt 0 23 2 2 2 845GV Northbridge Chipset 23 2 2 3 ICH4 Southbridge 24 2 3 DATA FLOW 25 2 4 26 2 5 MEMORY SUPPORT 28 2 6 PGI BUS INTERFACE SUPPORT ae PUR mad oua PEU 28 2 7 SUPER VO 28 28 BIOS e ne 31 2 9 PXE PRE BOOT EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT 31 210
63. O arrays Configurable options are 64K default 32K 16K 8K AK Select small stripe size if the I Os to the hard drives are small and randomly occurred Choose a larger stripe size if the I Os are mostly large and come in sequential orders e g ANN playback and editing applications The default value should be appropriate for most applications E 5 5 Delete RAID Setting amp Partition If a RAID configuration is deleted all data previously stored on the member drives of the RAID configuration will also be deleted Step1 Use the arrow keys to highlight Delete RAID Setting amp Partition and press ENTER A flashing E appears at the Drive Menu where the member drives to be removed can be chosen Step 2 Data on RAID drives will be erased Y N confirm box appears Press Y IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card E 5 6 Delete All RAID Setting amp Partition If a RAID configuration is deleted all data previously stored on the member drives of the RAID configuration will also be deleted Step1 Use the arrow keys to highlight Delete All RAID Setting amp Partition and press ENTER Step 2 Data RAID drives will be erased Y N confirm box appears Press Y E 5 7 Rebuild RAID Array The Rebuild RAID Array option can rebuild a RAID array if a member of a RAID configuration should fail Neither RAIDO nor JBOD provides data redun
64. P technology and mixed mode signal technology and it offers high speed transmission over CAT 5 UTP cables or CAT 3 UTP 10Mbps only cables The GbE controller specifications are below Integrated 10 100 1000 transceiver Auto Negotiation with Next Page capability Supports PCI rev 2 3 32 bit 33 66MHz Supports pair swap polarity skew correction Crossover Detection amp Auto Correction Wake on LAN and remote wake up support Microsoft NDIS5 Checksum Offload IP TCP UDP and largesend offload support Supports Full Duplex flow control IEEE 802 3x Fully compliant with IEEE 802 3 IEEE 802 3u IEEE 802 3ab Supports IEEE 802 1P Layer 2 Priority Encoding Supports IEEE 802 1Q VLAN tagging Serial EEPROM 3 3 signaling 5V PCI I O tolerant Transmit Receive FIFO 8K 64K support Supports power down link down power saving Supports PCI Message Signaled Interrupt MSI 2 11 Drive Interfaces The NOVA 8450 can support the following drive interfaces 2 x SATA drives 2XxIDE devices IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 2 11 1 SATA Drives The NOVA 8450 CPU card supports two first generation SATA drives with transfer rates up to 1 5 Gb s 2 11 2 IDE HDD Interfaces 2 12 2 13 2 14 2 15 The NOVA 8450 southbridge chipset IDE controller supports up to two HDDs with the following specifications Supports PIO IDE transfers up to 16 MB s Supports 8237 style
65. RAID configuration The flashing cursor changes to a lower case m once any of the connected disk drives has been selected Follow the same method to select another member drive The Create RAID1 Y N confirm box appears Press Y Enter a nickname for the created array Upper and lower case alphabetic numeric space and underscore characters are all applicable for naming an array Once an array is successfully created it will be seen in the list of configured arrays A prompt will appear to proceed with drive copy The Source and Destination drives will be indicated as in the Drive Menu 193 1 To reduce the chance of losing data ALi imposes certain limitations on the RAID configuration options Parallel ATA drives connected on the same IDE channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAID1 array Avoid mixing Parallel ATA and Serial ATA disk drives in a RAID1 array 2 Always use disk drives of the same capacity to create a RAID array The excessive capacity of a larger disk drive cannot be utilized because data stripes are equally distributed across all members of a RAID array Logical RAID Volume Physical Disks IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card E 5 3 Create JBOD for Integrated Capacity JBOD is defined as Just a Bunch of Drives JBOD provides neither performance gains nor data redundancy WARNING All data previously stored
66. See Table 3 10 The Compact Flash connector is used to adapt Type II Compact Flash and CF cards for use in Type II 5 mm thick PCMCIA card slots PINNO DESCRIPTION PINNO DESCRIPTION 1 GROUND 26 VCC IN CHECK1 2 DATA 3 27 DATA 11 3 DATA 4 28 DATA 12 4 DATA 5 29 DATA 13 5 DATA 6 30 DATA 14 6 DATA 7 31 DATA 15 7 50 32 HDC CS1 8 N C 33 N C 9 GROUND 34 IOR 10 N C 35 IOW 11 N C 36 VCC_COM 12 37 IRQ15 13 VCC_COM 38 VCC_COM 14 39 CSEL 15 40 16 41 HDD_RESET 17 42 IORDY 18 SA2 43 SDREQ 19 1 4 SDACK 20 SAO 45 HDD_ACTIVE 21 DATA 0 46 66DET 22 DATA 1 47 DATA 8 23 DATA 2 48 DATA 9 2 DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION 24 N C 49 DATA 10 25 VCC IN CHECK2 0 GROUND Table 3 10 CF1 Connector Pinouts Figure 3 9 CF1 Connector Location 3 2 8 CPU Cooling Fan Connector CN Label FAN1 CN Type 3 pin header CN Location See Figure 3 10 CN Pinouts See Table 3 11 The 1 cooling fan connector provides 12V 350mA 740mA or 1A 2 2A current to the cooling fan The connector has a rotation pin to get rotation signals from the fan and IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card notify the system so the system BIOS can recognize the fan speed Please note that only certain fans
67. USB cable 1 x VGA cable 1 x 12V power cable 1 mini jumper pack m 1x Utility CD m 1 x QIG quick installation guide If any of these items are missing please contact the CPU card reseller or vendor and do not proceed any further with the installation 4 3 8450 CPU Card Installation WARNING The installation instructions described in this manual should be carefully followed in order to avoid damage to the CPU card components and personal injury WARNING 1 Never run the CPU card without an appropriate heat sink and cooler The appropriate heat sink and cooler can be ordered from Technology or purchased separately 2 Usethe CPU 12V power connector for the CPU power A WARNING When installing electronic components onto the CPU card always follow anti static precautions in order to prevent ESD damage to the CPU card and other electronic components like the CPU and DIMM modules Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card The following components must be installed on or connected to the CPU card during the installation process CPU CPU cooling kit DIMM module Peripheral device connections 4 3 1 CPU Installation A WARNING CPUs are expensive and sensitive components and CPU connector pins are easily bent during installation Use care to prevent damage when installing the CPU module in the socket Make sure the CPU is properly installed and that
68. ailed Specifications 2 4 CPU Support Table 2 1 lists the CPUs supported by the NOVA 8450 CPU card Mfg Model Speed 12 Cache Socket Intel Pentium 4 2 8GHz 512KB 533MHz 478 Intel Celeron D 2 8GHz 256KB 533MHz 478 Table 2 1 Supported CPUs 2 1 1 Intel Pentium 4 The Intel Pentium 4 CPU comes with the following features Hyper Threading Technology HT Technology ensures greater performance SpeedStep Technology improves overall system power management Execute Disable Bit technology prevents certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting operating system 2 1 2 Intel Celeron D The Intel Celeron D CPU comes with the following features Advanced Dynamic Execution Technology keeps the execution units executing instructions Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions accelerates 3D graphics performance Execute Disable Bit Technology prevents certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting operating system IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Table 2 2 lists the Intel Celeron D processors supported by the NOVA 8450 CPU card Processor Number Power Architecture L2 Cache Speed FSB Execute Disable Bit 335 Normal 90 nm 256 2 80 GHz 533 MHz No 330 Normal 90 nm 256 2 66 GHz 533 MHz No 325 Normal 90
69. alue of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the CPU card or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the CPU card Extd Memory The Extd Memory is NOT user configurable The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST This is the amount of memory above 1MB located in the memory address map of the CPU 0 The Standard CMOS Setup menu BIOS Menu 2 has the following user configurable options Date mm dd yyyy The Date option sets the system date gt Time hh mm ss The Time option sets the system time Floppy Drive 1 44 MB 377 The Floppy Drive A configuration option determines the type of floppy drive installed in the System The floppy drive configuration options are listed below Not Installed 1 2MB 5 720 3 1 44 MB 372 Default 2 88 MB 3 Floppy Drive B Not Installed The Floppy Drive B configuration option determines the type of floppy drive installed in the system The floppy drive configuration options are listed below Not Installed Default 1 2 5 720 3 1 44 3 2 88 MB 3 2 Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master and Sec Slave BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices and the Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master and Sec Slave options display the status of the auto detected IDE devices The following IDE devices are detected IEI Technology C
70. anagement Setup The Power Management Setup menu BIOS Menu 5 sets the power management and saving features in the BIOS AMIBIOS SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Power Available Options ACPI Aware 0 S AT Restore on AC Power Loss Last State gt ATX Power Button Function On Off Power Management APH Enabled Video Power Down Mode Suspend Hard Disk Power Down Mode Stand By Standby Time Out Minute Disabled Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled Throttle Slow Clock Ratio 50 0 FDC LPT COM Ports Monitor MIDI Ports Ignore Primary Master IDE Monitor Primary Slave IDE Ignore Secondary Master IDE Monitor Secondary Slave IDE Ignore System Thermal Disabled Thermal Active Temperature 65 C 149 F ESC Exit f1 Sel Thermal Slow Clock Ratio 50 0 PgUp PgDn Modify Resume On Ring Disabled 1 F2 F3 Color RMIBIOS SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Standby Time Out Minute Disabled Available Options Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled Disabled Throttle Slow Clock Ratio 50 0 Enabled FDC LPT COM Ports Monitor MIDI Ports Ignore Primary Master IDE Monitor Primary Slave IDE Ignore Secondary Master IDE Monitor Secondary Slave IDE Ignore System Thermal Disabled Thermal Active Temperature 69 C 149 F Thermal Slow Clock Ratio 50 0 Resume On Ring Disabled Resume On LAN Disabled Resume On Disabled
71. be allocated to adapter cards gt Disabled Default The contents of the ROM area are not copied to the RAM gt Enabled The contents of the ROM area are copied shadowed from the ROM to the RAM for faster execution gt Cached The contents of the ROM area are copied from the ROM to the RAM and can be written to or read from the cache memory DCOO0 16k Shadow Disabled This option enables shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option title The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to adapter cards gt Disabled Default The contents of the ROM area are not copied to the RAM gt Enabled The contents of the ROM area are copied shadowed from the ROM to the RAM for faster execution gt Cached The contents of the ROM area are copied from the ROM to the RAM and can be written to or read from the cache memory 119 9 5 4 Advanced Chipset Setup The Advanced Chipset Setup menu BIOS Menu 4 accesses the chipset configuration options AMIBIOS SETUP ADYANCED CHIPSET SETUP C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved DRAM Timing Available Options SDRAM Frequenc Auto 200Mhz Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD Enabled 266Mhz SDRAM CAS Latency 2 9 Clocks Auto SDRAM RASH Precharge 3 Clocks SDRAM RASH to CASH Delay 3 Clocks SDRAM Precharge Delay Clocks SDRAM Burst Length Memory Hole Disabled Hyper Threadin
72. be manually set using the SDRAM sub items gt Enabled Default SDRAM timing parameter are set according to the SDRAM Serial Presence Detect SPD gt SDRAM CAS Latency 2 5 Clocks The Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD option must be disabled in order to change this configuration option The SDRAM CAS Latency configuration option refers to the Column Address Strobe CAS delay time The following configuration options are available 2 5 Clocks Default m 2 Clocks 1 5 Clocks SDRAM RAS Precharge 3 clocks The Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD option must be disabled in order to change this configuration option The SDRAM RAS Precharge option indicates how fast the RAM 121 0 can terminate the access of one row and start accessing another The following configuration options are available 3 clocks Default m 2 clocks SDRAM to CAS Delay 3 Clocks The Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD option must be disabled in order to change this configuration option The SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay option sets the delay between the RAS and CAS signals The following configuration options are available 3 clocks Default m 2 clocks SDRAM Precharge Delay 7 clocks The Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD option must be disabled in order to change this configuration option The SDRAM Precharge Delay option sets the time it takes for the RAS to start retrieving the actual data after a request has
73. been issued to the memory module The following configuration options are available 7 clocks Default clocks m 5 clocks gt SDRAM Burst Length 4 The Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD option must be disabled in order to change this configuration option The SDRAM Burst Length option selects the reads writes per burst transaction The following options are available gt 4 reads or writes per burst transaction Default gt 8 reads or writes per burst transaction IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt Memory Hole Disabled The Memory Hole option reserves the memory space between 15MB and 16MB for ISA expansion cards that require a specified area of memory to work properly If an older ISA expansion card is used please refer to the documentation that came with the card to see if itis necessary to reserve the space gt Disabled Default Memory is not reserved for ISA expansion cards gt 15MB 16MB Memory is reserved for ISA expansion cards Hyper Threading Function Disabled gt Disabled Default Disables the use of hyper threading technology gt Enabled Enables the use of hyper threading technology MPS Revision 1 1 The Multiprocessor Specification MPS for OS specifies the MPS version used 14 Default MPS version 1 1 is used gt 1 4 MPS version 1 4 is used ACPI SCI IRQ Disabled Enables or disables the internal I O APIC and Multiprocessor Tables
74. board computer SBC is fully equipped with advanced multi mode I Os The NOVA 8450 is designed for system manufacturers integrators and VARs that want performance reliability and quality at a reasonable price 1 1 1 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Applications The NOVA 8450 CPU card has been designed for use in industrial applications where board expansion is critical and operational reliability is essential 1 1 2 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Benefits Some of the NOVA 8450 CPU card benefits include operating reliably in harsh industrial environments with ambient temperatures as high as 60 C rebooting automatically if the BIOS watchdog timer detects that the System is no longer operating 1 1 3 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Features Some of the NOVA 8450 CPU card features are listed below Complies with RoHS Supports Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 Intel Celeron amp D CPUs Supports a maximum front side bus FSB speed up to 533MHz Supports up to 1GB of 333MHz single channel DDR memory Comes with one high performance gigabit Ethernet GbE controller Supports two SATA channels with transfer rates up to 150Mb s integrated i845GV Dual 24 bit LVDS by CH7305 Support PCI extension slots Supports two USB 2 0 connectors IEI Technology Corp 1 2 8450 CPU Card Overview DDR DIMM LPT ps m IDE Socket 478 DASS IDE 2 x LAN LVDS KB MS CPU Power 2 x USB 2 0 Front Panel VGA IrDA AUDIO
75. can issue the rotation signals DESCRIPTION Table 3 11 FAN1 Connector Pinouts FAN1 15 Figure 3 10 FAN1 Connector Location 3 2 9 External Power Connector CN Label PCN1 CN Type 4 pin header CN Location See Figure 3 11 CN Pinouts See Table 3 12 The External Power connector is a 12V 5V power in connector Table 3 12 PCN1 Connector Pinouts nah 8 HP N 1 2 Figure 3 11 PCN1 Connector Location IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 3 2 10 Front Panel Connector CN Label CN3 CN Type 14 pin header 2x7 pins CN Location See Figure 3 12 CN Pinouts See Table 3 13 The front panel connector connects to the system chassis front panel LEDs the chassis speaker the power switch m the reset button ITEM PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION ITEM 1 LED POWER 2 5V PowerLED 3 N C 4 N C Speaker 5 Ground 6 N C 7 NC 8 Speaker NC 9 Ground 10 Reset 11 Ground 12 Ground RESET HDDLED 13 HDLED 14 HDLED Table 3 13 CN3 Connector Pinouts H Figure 3 12 CN3 Connector Location 3 2 11 IDE Interface Connector Primary CN Label IDE1 CN Type 40 pin header 2x20 pins
76. cements 200 MegaPixel Sec Fill Rate Flat and Gouraud Shading Color Alpha Blending for Transparency Vertex and Programmable Pixel Fog and Atmospheric Effects Color Specular Lighting Z Bias Support Dithering Anti Aliasied Lines 16 and 24 bit Z Buffering 16 and 24 bit W Buffering O O O O O O 0 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 8 bit Stencil Buffering Double and Triple Render Buffer Support 16 and 32 bit Color Destination Alpha Maximum 3D Resolution Supported 1600x1200x32 at 85 Hz Fast Clear Support 2D Graphics Optimized 256 bit BLT Engine GDI Feature Support Alpha Stretch Blitter Anti Aliased Lines 32 bit Alpha Blended Cursor Programmable 3 Color Transparent Cursor O O O Color Space Conversion 8 16 and 32 bit Color ROP Support Video DVD PC VCR O Dynamic Bob and Weave Support for Video Streams O O O O O O 0 Synclock Display and TV out to video source Source Resolution up to 720x480 with 2 vertical taps O Software DVD at 30 fps Full Screen Video Overlay O Single Scalable Overlay O Multiple Overlay Functionality provided via Stretch Blitter PIP Video Conferencing etc 5 tap Horizontal 2 tap Vertical Filtered Scaling Independent Gamma Correction Independent Brightness Contrast Saturation Independent Tint Hue Support Destination Color keying Source Chroma keying O O O 0 0 Maximum Source Resolution 720x480 576 Maximum Overlay
77. chnology Attachments Basic Input Output System Compact Flash Type 2 Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Central Processing Unit Compressor Decompressor Serial Port Digital to Analog Converter Double Data Rate Dual Inline Memory Module Digital Input Output Direct Memory Access Enhanced IDE Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology Floppy Disk Drive Floppy Disk Connector Flexible File Input Output First In First Out Front Side Bus Infrared Data Association HDD Hard Disk Drive IDE Integrated Data Electronics y o Input Output ICH4 Controller Hub 4 L1 Cache Level 1 Cache L2 Cache Level 2 Cache LCD Liquid Crystal Display LPT Parallel Port Connector LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling MAC Media Access Controller OS Operating System PCI Peripheral Connect Interface PIO Programmed Input Output PnP Plug and Play POST Power On Self Test RAM Random Access Memory SATA Serial ATA S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SPD Serial Presence Detect SIPDI Sony Philips Digital Interface SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SIR Serial Infrared UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver transmitter USB Universal Serial Bus VGA Video Graphics Adapter IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Chapter 1 Introduction 0 1 1 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Overview The 5 25 NOVA 8450 socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 Intel Celeron D single
78. cifications Front Out Surround Out MIC In and LINE In Jack Sensing 14 318MHz gt 24 576MHz PLL to eliminate crystal 12 288MHz BITCLK input Integrated PCBEEP generator to save buzzer capability Three analog line level stereo inputs with 5 bit volume control LINE IN CD AUX High quality differential CD input Two analog line level mono inputs PCBEEP PHONE IN Two software selectable MIC inputs Dedicated Front MIC input for front panel applications software selectable Boost preamplifier for MIC input input shared with surround output MIC input shared with Center and LFE output Built in 50mW 20ohm amplifier for both Front out and Surround Out External Amplifier Power Down EAPD capability Power management and enhanced power saving features Supports Power Off CD function IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Adjustable VREFOUT control Supports 48KHz S PDIF output complying with AC 97 Rev 2 3 specifications Supports 32K 44 1K 48KHz S PDIF input Power support Digital 3 3V Analog 3 3V 5V Standard 48 pin LQFP package EAX 1 0 8 2 0 compatible Direct Sound 3D compatible A3D compatible 3012 compatible HRTF 3D positional audio 10 software equalizer Voice cancellation and key shifting in Karaoke mode AVRack Media Player Configuration Panel for improved user convenience 2 17 Power Cons
79. ctor has two status LEDs one green and one yellow The green LED indicates activity on the port and the yellow LED indicates the port is linked Table 3 29 STATUS DESCRIPTION ORANGE 1000M is linked GREEN 100M is linked YELLOW Activity Table 3 29 RJ 45 Ethernet Connector LEDs 3 4 Onboard Jumpers A NOTE A jumper is a metal bridge used to close an electrical circuit It consists of two or p PLASTIC CLIP OPEN CLOSED three metal pins and a small metal clip often protected by a plastic cover that slides over the pins to connect them CLOSE SHORT a jumper means 1 2 3 2 3 CLOSED connecting the pins of the jumper with the plastic clip and to OPEN a jumper LLLI 19 means removing the plastic clip from jumper Figure 3 29 Jumper Locations The NOVA 8450 CPU Board has seven onboard jumpers Figure 3 30 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card JP7 JP5 JP6 Figure 3 30 Jumper Locations 3 4 1 Clear CMOS Setup Jumper Jumper Label JP1 Jumper Type 3 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 3 30 Jumper Location See Figure 3 29 M If the CPU card fails to boot due to improper BIOS settings use this jumper to clear the CMOS data and reset the system BIOS information To do this use the jumper cap to close pins 2 and 3 for a few seconds then reinstall the jumper clip back to pins 1 and 2 If the CMOS Settings Wrong message displays d
80. d 7 1 MHz and 3 5 MHz Default card clocks Consumer Remote Control TV remote IR with power up feature 1284 Parallel Port 2 Standard mode Bi directional SPP compliant Enhanced mode EPP V 1 7 and V 1 9 compliant High speed mode ECP IEEE 1284 compliant Back drive current reduction Printer power on damage reduction Supports POST Power On Self Test Data Port O O O 0 Floppy Disk Controller O Supports two 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44 2 88M floppy disk drives O Enhanced digital data separator O 3 Mode drives supported O Supports automatic write protection via software Keyboard Controller O 8042 compatible for PS 2 keyboard and mouse O 2KB of custom ROM and 256 byte data RAM GateA20 and Keyboard reset output O Supports any key or 2 5 sequential keys or 1 3 simultaneous keys keyboard power on events O Supports mouse double click and or mouse move power on events O Supports Keyboard and Mouse hardware auto swap Game Port O Built in 558 quad timers and buffer chips O Supports direct connection of two joysticks Dedicated MIDI Interface 401 UART mode compatible 38 General Purpose I O Pins O Input mode supports either switch de bounce or programmable external IRQ input routing O Output mode supports 2 sets of programmable LED blinking periods External IRQ Input Routing Capability O Provides IRQ input routing through GPIO input mode O Programmable registers for IRQ rou
81. d power connectors are properly connected Allow screws to contact the PCB connector pins or its components IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 4 2 Unpacking If any of the items listed below missing when the NOVA 8450 CPU card is unpacked do not proceed with the installation and contact the reseller or vendor from whom the CPU card was purchased 4 2 1 Unpacking Precautions Unpack the NOVA 8450 CPU card before installing it Some components NOVA 8450 are very sensitive to static electricity and can be damaged by a sudden rush of power Follow these precautions to protect the CPU card from damage Ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching the CPU card by wearing a grounded wrist strap at all times or by frequently touching any conducting material that is connected to the ground Handle the CPU by its edges Do not touch the IC chips leads circuitry if not necessary Do not place a PCB on top of an anti static bag Only the inside of the bag is safe from static discharge 4 2 2 Checklist Please ensure the package contains the following items 1 NOVA 8450 single board computer m 1x ATA66 100 HDD cable 1 ATA33 HDD cable m 1 PS2 mouse cable m 2xSATA cable 1 x SATA Power cable 3 x RS232 cable _ _ H m 1xRS232 422 485 cable 1 Audio cable m 1x
82. dancy The Rebuild RAID Array option only applies to RAID1 arrays and is applicable when a member of a RAID1 configuration has failed Step1 Use the arrow keys to highlight Rebuild RAID Array and press ENTER A flashing R appears at the list of existing arrays The source and destination drives will be displayed Step 2 Press Y to begin the rebuild process status bar will indicate the rebuild progress Rebuild consumes considerable system resources and the time required for rebuilding a RAID array may vary depending on the size of stored data disk drive capacity and drive performance 197 AAA c 25 E 5 8 Select Boot Drive Step1 Use the arrow keys to highlight Select Boot Drive and press ENTER A flashing A appears at the Drive Menu where the boot drive can be chosen Step2 Press ENTER or the space bar to finish the configuration IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Index 199 A 14 19 127 179 Address 177 Advanced Chipset Setup 102 Advanced Chipset Setup 120 Advanced CMOS Setup 102 Advanced CMOS Setup 111 Advanced Dynamic Execution Technology 42 22 Advanced Power Management 14 181 189 AMI flash
83. ddresses are 3 IRQ4 IRQS IRQ7 RQ9 0 IRQ 1 IRQ 4 IRQ 15 137 ee erecta SN 5 7 Peripheral Setup The Peripheral Setup menu BIOS Menu 7 sets the PCI and plug and play options AMIBIOS SETUP PERIPHERAL SETUP C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved OnBoard IDE OnBoard AC 9 Audio OnBoard MC 97 Modem OnBoard FDC OnBoard Serial Porti OnBoard Serial Port2 Serial Port2 Mode OnBoard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port IRQ Parallel Port DMA Channel Both Available Options Auto Disabled Auto Primary Auto Secondary 3F8 COM1 Both 2 8 2 Normal 378 ECP 3 ESC Exit 14 8 1 PgUp PgDn Modify F1 Help F2 F3 Color BIOS Menu 7 Peripheral Setup Menu OnBoard IDE Both The OnBoard IDE option specifies the IDE channels used by the onboard PCI IDE controller Disabled gt Primary gt Secondary Prevents the system from using the onboard IDE controller Only allows the system to detect the Primary IDE channel including both the Primary Master and Primary Slave Only allows the system to detect the Secondary IDE channel including both the Secondary Master and Secondary Slave Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt Both Default Allows the system to detect both the Primary and Secondary IDE channels including the Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave gt On
84. dles have automatically locked the memory module into place Figure 4 6 Locked Retaining Clip Figure 4 6 Locking the DIMM Module AAA 9 Step3 remove the memory module push both handles outward and the memory module is ejected by the mechanism in the socket 4 3 4 Peripheral Device Connection Cables provided by IEI that connect peripheral devices to the CPU card are listed in Table 4 1 Cables not included in the kit must be purchased separately Quantity Type 1 ATA66 100 HDD cable ATA33 HDD cable Keyboard PS2 mouse cable SATA cable SATA Power cable RS232 cable RS232 422 485 cable Audio cable USB cable VGA cable ATX 12V power cable gt gt 5 5 5 60 mini jumper pack Table 4 1 IEI Provided Cables 4 3 4 1 Compact Flash Disk When appropriately formatted a compact Flash disk can serve as a bootable hard drive in applications where installation space is limited The Compact Flash card occupies a secondary IDE channel 4 3 4 2 IDE Disk Drive Connector IDE1 IDE2 The cables used to connect the CPU card to an IDE HDD are standard 44 pin ATA33 and 40 pin ATA 66 100 flat cables Follow the instructions below to connect an IDE HDD to the CPU card Step1 X Find the ATA33 or ATA 66 100 flat cable in the kit that came wit
85. dress is IRQ3 gt 3E8 COM3 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 gt 2E8 COM4 Serial Port 1 port address is 2E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3 gt OnBoard Serial Port2 2F8 COM2 The OnBoard Serial Port2 option allows BIOS to select the Serial Port 1 base address gt Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 1 gt 3F8 COM1 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 3F8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 gt 2F8 COM2 Default Serial Port 1 I O port address is 2 8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3 141 2 2 3E8 COM3 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 gt 2E8 COM4 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3 Serial Port2 Mode Normal The Serial Port2 Mode is configurable when the OnBoard Serial Port2 option is not disabled The Serial Port2 Mode selects the mode for Serial Port 2 gt Normal Default Serial Port 2 mode is normal gt WDA Serial Port 2 mode is IrDA gt ASK IR Serial Port 2 mode is ASK IR OnBoard Parallel Port 378 The OnBoard Parallel Port option assigns the I O port address of the parallel port The following address options are available gt Auto Parallel Port I O port address is automatically set gt Disabled No I O port address is assigned to the parallel port gt 378 Default Parallel Port I O port address is 378 gt 8 Parallel Port I
86. e 8 Exit BIOS Menu 1 BIOS Main Menu 4 NOTE The following sections will completely describe the menus listed below and the configuration options available to users The following menu options are available in BIOS Menu 1 Standard CMOS Setup Standard CMOS setup for changing time date hard disk type etc Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS setup for configuring system options Advanced Chipset Setup Advanced chipset setup for configuring chipset features NOVA 8450 CPU Card Power Management Setup Power management setup for configuring power management features Plug and Play Setup Configure PCI Plug and Play features Peripheral Setup Configure peripheral features Hardware Monitor Setup Configure hardware monitor features Auto Detect Hard Disks Auto detect all hard disk parameters The following user configurable options are also available in the BIOS Main Menu Change User Password This option is available only if a supervisor password has been set By default no user password is set To create a user password select this option and press ENTER A dialogue box appears with Enter new user password Type the new password and press ENTER Retype the password in the Retype new user password dialogue box and press ENTER A New user password installed press any key to continue confirmation dialogue box appears Press any key to retur
87. e Software Please Also Note f you are an Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM Independent Hardware Vendor or Independent Software Vendor ISV this complete LICENSE AGREEMENT applies You must accept all of the terms of the license agreement in order to continue the setup program Do you accept the terms I rte FR Installation Frameworks Figure 6 11 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver License Agreement Step 5 Read the license agreement To accept the terms and conditions stipulated in the license agreement shown click YES and the installation notice appears Figure 6 12 Installing version 6 14 10 3865 Figure 6 12 Intel amp Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Installing Notice Step6 After the driver installation process is complete a confirmation screen appears Figure 6 13 Intel R Graphics Media Accelerator Driver The setup for the Intel R Graphics Media Accelerator Driver is complete must restart your computer for changes to take effect Would you like to restart your computer now Yes want to restart my computer now No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish Figure 6 13 Intel amp Graphics Media Accelerator Installation Complete Step7 confirmation screen offers the option of restarting the computer now or later For the settings to take effect the computer must
88. e port 12 RS 232 Serial Communications Connector 10 pin header COM1 RS 232 422 485 Serial Communications Connector 14 pin header COM2 RS 232 Serial Communications Connector 10 pin header COM3 RS 232 Serial Communications Connector 10 pin header COM4 USB Connector for 2 USB Devices 8 pin header USB1 USB Connector for 2 USB Devices 8 pin header USB2 VGA Connector 10 pin header VGA1 Table 3 1 Peripheral Interface Connectors 3 1 3 Rear Panel Connectors Table 3 2 lists the rear panel connectors on the NOVA 8450 CPU card Detailed descriptions of the connectors can be found in Section 4 6 Connector Type Label Ethernet connector RJ 45 LAN1 Ethernet connector RJ 45 LAN2 Table 3 2 Peripheral Interface Connectors IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 3 1 4 Onboard Jumpers Table 3 3 lists the onboard jumpers Detailed descriptions of these jumpers can be found in Section 3 4 Connector Type Label Clear CMOS Setup 3 pin header JP1 2 RS 232 422 485 Setup 3 pin header JP4 CON2 RS 422 485 Setup 3 pin header JP5 2 Voltage Selection 6 pin header JP6 Compact Flash Card Setup 2 pin header JP2 LCD Panel LVDS Voltage select 6 pin header JP7 PC104 Plus VIO Voltage Setup 3 pin header JP3 Table 3 3 Onboard Jumpers 3 2 Internal Peripheral Connectors Internal peripheral connectors on the CPU card are only accessible
89. e roused from a suspended state gt Disabled Default The real time clock RTC cannot generate a wake event gt Enabled If selected the following will appear with values that can be selected RTC Alarm Date Days RTC Alarm Hour Hours RTC Alarm Minute Minutes RTC Alarm Second Seconds After setting the alarm the computer will turn itself on from a suspend state when the alarm goes off IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 5 6 PCI Plug and Play Setup The PCI Plug and Play Setup menu BIOS Menu 6 sets the PCI and plug and play options AMIBIOS SETUP PCI PLUG AND PLAY SETUP C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Plug and Play Aware 0 5 Available Options Clear No Latency Timer PCI Clocks Yes IDE BusMaster Disabled Channel 0 PnP Channel 1 PnP Channel PnP Channel PnP Channel Channel ESC Exit 11 5 1 PCI PnP PgUp PgDn Modify F1 Help F2 F3 Color BIOS Menu 6 PCI Plug and Play Setup Menu Plug and Play Aware O S No The Plug and Play Aware O S option determines whether the Plug and Play devices connected to the system are configured by the operating system or the BIOS gt No Default If the operating system does not meet the Plug and Play specifications this option allows the BIOS to configure all the devices in the system gt Yes This setting allows the operating system to change the interrupt I O and
90. e system specification indicates the number of cylinders tracks on the HDD installed the system Head The Head specification indicates the number of logical heads on the HDD installed in the system WPcom The WPcom specification indicates on which track the write precompensation begins Sec The Sec specification indicates how many logical sectors the HDD is divided into LBA Mode On The LBA Mode option specifies whether the LBA Logical Block Addressing method of addressing data on a disk drive is supported or not gt On Default LBA addressing is supported gt Off LBA addressing is not supported IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Blk Mode On The BIk Mode option boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block mode is not used Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt gt Default Block Mode on gt Block Mode off Mode Auto The PIO Mode option selects the IDE PIO Programmable I O mode program timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the mode increases the cycle time decreases gt Auto Default This setting allows the BIOS to auto detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined gt 0 PIO mode 0 selected with a maximum t
91. eader CN Location See Figure 3 5 CN Pinouts See Table 3 6 The ATX Power On Switch is used to turn on the power of an ATX power supply pescmenon nw Table 3 6 CN4 Connector Pinouts lt lt ERN 7B GERD Figure 3 5 CN4 Connector Location IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 3 2 4 Audio Connector CN Label AUDIO1 CN Type 12 pin header 2x6 pins CN Location See Figure 3 6 CN Pinouts See Table 3 7 AC 97 Audio signals are interfaced through a 12 pin flat cable connector These signals include Microphone line in line in stereo line out stereo An audio 12 pin to phone jack adapter kit is required DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION 1 SPKOUT_L 2 SPKOUT_R 3 GND 4 GND 5 LINE_OUT_L 6 LINE_OUT_R 7 LINE_IN_L 8 LINE IN R 9 GND 10 GND 11 MIC IN 12 GND Table 3 7 AUDIO1 Connector Pinouts AUDIO1 12 2 Figure 3 6 AUDIO1 Connector Location 3 2 5 ATX Connector CN Label ATXCTL1 CN Type 3 pin header CN Location See Figure 3 7 CN Pinouts See Table 3 8 The ATX Power connector PW1 connects an ATX or AT power supply connector IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card DESCRIPTION 5VSB ATX ON GND Table 3 8 ATXCTL1 Connector Pinouts
92. ector 77 Ethernet transceiver 32 Example 175 Execute Disable Bit Technology 22 Extended 105 F 14 19 115 Floppy Disk Drive 14 19 Iront rotis acad 53 Technology Corp front panel connector 55 Front Panel Connector 18 PSD 14 16 22 35 Gigabit Ethernet eene 16 19 gigabit Ethernet controller driver 148 GPIO 43 18 graphics features 26 Graphics Media Accelerator 148 Graphics Media Accelerator 153 H Hardware Monitor Setup 103 isses 14 19 33 94 95 108 HDD Interface 19 Head Related Transfer Functions 186 heat 8 90 heat SMK ass cries 36 I ICA NER 24 IDE 94 IDE Chanel uncos ct Unde spheres 19 IDE Device Connector 18 Intel 845 23 Intel 8456 19 23 26 Intel Extreme Graphic Engine 19 Intel 10114 19 23 Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions 22 18
93. erial Port 4 base address gt vv v Disabled 3F8 COM1 2F8 COM2 3E8 COM3 2E8 COM4 4E8 COM5 4F8 COM6 No base address is assigned to Serial Port 4 Serial Port 4 I O port address is 8 Serial Port 4 port address is 8 Serial Port 4 I O port address is 3E8 Default Serial Port 4 I O port address is 8 Serial Port 4 I O port address is 4E8 Serial Port 4 port address is 4F8 Serial Port IRQ 10 The Serial Port 3 option allows BIOS to select the Serial Port 3 interrupt address gt gt gt gt 10 11 The serial port 4 interrupt address is IRQ3 The serial port 4 interrupt address is IRQ4 Default The serial port 4 interrupt address is IRQ10 The serial port 4 interrupt address is IRQ11 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt OnBoard FDC Auto The OnBoard FDC option enables or disables the floppy controller gt Disabled Allows BIOS to disable the floppy controller gt Enabled Allows BIOS to enable the floppy controller gt Auto Default onboard floppy controller is detected and enabled OnBoard Serial 3F8 COM1 The OnBoard Serial Port1 option allows BIOS to select the Serial Port 1 base address gt Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 1 gt 3F8 COM1 Default Serial Port 1 I O port address is 3F8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 gt 2F8 COM2 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 2F8 and the interrupt ad
94. g Function Enabled MPS Revision 1 APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Disabled Internal Graphics Mode Select 8HB AGP Aperture Size 64MB USB Controller 4 USB Ports USB 1 1 Device Legacy Support All Device USB 1 1 Port 64 60 Emulation Disabled ESC Exit 11 5 1 PgUp PgDn Modify F1 Help F2 F3 Color BIOS Menu 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Menu WARNING Setting the wrong values for the Chipset BIOS options in the Advanced Chipset Setup menu may cause the system to malfunction SDRAM Frequency 200mhZ The SDRAM Frequency option specifies the SDRAM frequency or allow the system to automatically detect the SDRAM frequency gt 200MHz Default Sets the SDRAM frequency to 200MHz Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt 266 2 Sets the SDRAM frequency to 266MHz gt 333 2 Sets the SDRAM frequency to 333MHz gt Auto Automatically selects the SDRAM frequency Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD Disabled The Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD option determines if the system uses the SPD Serial Presence Detect EEPROM to configure the SDRAM timing The SPD EEPROM contains all necessary DIMM specifications the including speed of the individual components such as CAS and bank cycle time as well as valid settings for the module and the manufacturer s code The SPD enables the BIOS to read the spec sheet of the DIMMs on boot up and then adjust the memory timing parameters accordingly gt Disabled SDRAM timing parameters can
95. h the CPU card IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Step 2 Connect one end of the cable to the IDE1 or IDE2 connector on the CPU card A keyed pin on the IDE connectors prevents them from being connected incorrectly Step3 Locate the red wire on the cable that corresponds to the pin 1 connector Step4 Connect the cable to the HDD making sure that the pin 1 cable corresponds to pin 1 on the connector When two EIDE disk drives are connected together back end jumpers the drives must be used to configure one drive as a master and the other as a slave 4 3 4 3 Parallel Port Connector LPT1 The onboard parallel port connector LPT1 connects to a printer The NOVA 8450 comes with a multi mode ECP EPP SPP parallel port The parallel port interface features a 26 pin flat cable connector that requires an adapter cable if a traditional DB 25 connector is used The parallel port interface can be re assigned to LPT2 or LPT3 through the BIOS configuration utility The default interrupt channel is IRQ7 Select ECP or EPP DMA mode using the BIOS configuration utility 4 3 4 4 Audio Interface AC 97 Audio signals are interfaced through a 12 pin flat cable connector The signals include microphone line in line in stereo line out stereo and speaker out stereo An audio 12 pin to phone jack adapter kit is required 4 3 4 5 COM Port Connectors COM1 COM2 COM3 4 The NOVA 8450 p
96. hard disk cannot be turned off in the Suspend or Standby mode gt Standby The hard disk can be turned off in the Standby mode gt Suspend The hard disk can be turned off in the Suspend mode Standby Time Out Minute Disabled The Power Management APM option must be enabled in order to change this configuration option The Standby Time Out Minute option specifies what length of time without activity on certain components will place those components in a standby state The options are Disabled Default 1 Min 2Min 4Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 30Min 40 Min 50 Min 60Min Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled The Power Management APM option must be enabled in order to change this configuration option The Suspend Time Out Minute option specifies what length of time without activity on certain components will place those components in a suspended state The options are Disabled Default 1 Min 2Min 4Min 129 0 8 Min 10 Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 50 Min 60Min Throttle Slow Clock Ratio 50 The Power Management APM option must be enabled in order to change this configuration option The Throttle Slow Clock Ratio option allows the BIOS to throttle the CPU clock to reduce power consumption For example a throttle ratio of 5096 means the BIOS throttles back the CPU clock to operate at 50 of its normal operational time Throttle slow clock ratio op
97. he CPU Make sure the CPU cable can be properly routed when the cooling kit is installed Step2 Properly align the cooling kit Make sure the four threaded screw fasteners can pass through the pre drilled holes on the PCB Step3 Align the nut caps with the heat sink screw threads that protrude through the PCB holes Secure the cooling kit to the PCB card without over tightening the nut caps Figure 4 3 Heatsink Screw Head Figure 4 3 Securing the Cooling Kit Step 4 Connect the cooling kit fan cable to the FAN1 connector on the CPU card Carefully route the cable and avoid chips and fan blades Figure 4 4 Heatsink Figure 4 4 Connect the Cooling Fan Cable 4 3 3 DIMM Module Installation 4 3 3 1 Purchasing the Memory Module The DIMM module can support a memory chip with a maximum size of 1GB 4 3 3 2 DIMM Module Installation The NOVA 8450 CPU card has one DDR SDRAM DIMM socket Follow the steps below to install the DIMM module Step1 sure the two handles the DIMM socket the open position leaning outward Figure 4 5 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card DDR DIMM notch Unlocked Retaining Clip Figure 4 5 Installing the DIMM Module Step2 Slowly slide the DIMM module along the plastic guides on both ends of the socket Press the DIMM module down into the socket until it clicks into position and the two han
98. hipset Driver After the driver installation process is complete a confirmation screen appears Figure 6 7 InstallShield R Wizard Complete The InstallShield R Wizard has successfully installed Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility Before you can use the program you must restart your computer No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish to complete setup Figure 6 7 Chipset Software Installation Utility Complete Step8 confirmation screen Figure 6 7 offers the option of restarting the computer now or later For the settings to take effect the computer must be restarted Click FINISH to restart the computer 6 3 Intel Application Accelerator Installation The Intel amp Application Accelerator is a performance software package that provides Faster boot time via accelerated operating system load time Accelerated disk I O for games graphics applications disk utilities and media authoring applications Performance enhancing data pre fetcher for Intel Pentium 4 processor based systems Support for 137GB and larger hard drives To install the Intel Application Accelerator please follow the steps below IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Step 1 Insert the CD into the system that contains the NOVA 8450 Open the X 1 INF Performance software directory where X is the system CD drive Step 2 Open
99. ion Options Below is a list of BIOS configuration options described in Chapter 5 Change User 55 103 Change Supervisor 55 0 103 Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings 2 103 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings esee 103 gt Save Settings and Exit eese esee nennen nnne 104 Exit Without 104 LLL 105 gt MEMON cec eae 105 gt Date mm dd yyyy 25 2422555 106 Time Ah MM SS 106 Floppy Drive 1 44 MB 106 gt Floppy Drive Not 07 106 Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master and Sec 106 gt Type Auto 107 ERE 107 18 120 DERE REX ELE REA ERR ER 107 52 Nc 108 gt 108 gt NE 108 108 ll Ne denn 108 gt LBA Mode On cecinere e re e tne rere 108 Mode 109 D PIO Mode Auto erento eren netten eeu 109 gt 32Bit Mode Off 74 110 Boot Sector Virus Protection
100. k LAN Driver InstallShield Wizard 157 Figure 6 15 Realtek LAN Driver Welcome eee 157 Figure 6 16 Realtek LAN Driver Ready to Install eene 158 Figure 6 17 Realtek LAN Driver Setup Status eene 158 Figure 6 18 Realtek LAN Driver Installation 159 Figure 6 19 InstallShield Wizard Extracting Files eee 160 Figure 6 20 Audio Driver Install Shield Wizard Starting 160 Figure 6 21 Audio Driver Setup 161 Figure 6 22 Audio Driver Digital Signal 161 eel Figure 6 23 Audio Driver Installation Continues eee 162 Figure 6 24 Audio Driver Installation Complete eene 162 Figure 6 25 RAID Driver Preparing Setup 163 Figure 6 26 RAID Driver Install Wizard Welcome Screen 163 Figure 6 27 RAID Driver Installing Screen eene 164 Figure 6 28 RAID Driver Digital Signal serene 165 Figure 6 29 InstallShield Wizard Complete Screen 165 NOVA 8450 CPU Card List of Tables
101. l Active Temperature 65 149 132 Thermal Slow Clock Ratio 5094 eee 132 Resume On Ring Disabled eee 133 Resume 133 Resume PME 0 133 Resume On RTC Alarm Disabled eee 134 RTC Alarm Date Days 2 4 134 Alarm Hour Ho ts 2 eccentric uere n arre keen 134 134 RTC Alarm Second Seconds 134 Plug and Play Aware O S 135 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Clear 136 gt PCI Latency Timer 32 n teet tente i Feet 136 PCI IDE BusMaster 136 gt DMA Channels PnP cecinere entente 136 gt PCI PnP un ken Dc oi eec 137 OnBoard IDE Both i si aeara aaa raa eaan Eaa TaKaRa 138 gt OnBoard AC 97 Audio 222 2121 139 OnBoard MC 97 Modem Disabled eese 139 OnBoard Serial Port 3 8 139 gt Serial Port 3 IRQ 14 riore eret 140
102. ling kit and the DIMM module has been installed the internal peripheral connectors have been connected to the peripheral devices and the jumpers have been configured Refer to the chassis user guide for instructions on how to mount the CPU card into a chassis 4 6 Rear Panel Connectors The rear panel RJ 45 connectors can be connected to an external LAN and communicate with data transfer rates up to 1Gb s THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Chapter 5 AMI BIOS Setup 2 5 1 Introduction A licensed copy of AMI BIOS is preprogrammed into the ROM BIOS The BIOS setup program allows modifications to the basic system configuration This chapter describes how to access the BIOS setup program and the configuration options 5 1 1 Starting Setup The AMI BIOS is activated when the computer starts The setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 Press the DELETE key as soon as the system starts 2 Press the DELETE key when the Press Del to enter SETUP message appears on the screen If the message disappears before you respond restart the computer and try again 5 1 2 Using Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight items press ENTER to select use the PAGE UP and PAGE Down keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Esc Main Menu Quit and not save cha
103. ll applicable for naming an array Once an array is successfully created it will be seen in the list of configured arrays 191 1 To reduce the chance of losing data ALi imposes certain limitations on the RAID configuration options Parallel ATA drives connected on the same IDE channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAIDO array Avoid mixing Parallel ATA and Serial ATA disk drives in a RAIDO array 2 Always use disk drives of the same capacity to create a RAID array The excessive capacity of a larger disk drive cannot be utilized because data stripes are equally distributed across all members of a RAID array Logical RAID Volume Physical Disks Block 3 Block 6 Block 8 E 5 2 Create RAID1 Mirroring for Reliability All data previously stored on the member drives of a RAID configuration will be destroyed during the RAID initialization process If used drives are used to create a RAID array make sure the data has been moved or backed up before creating a RAID array out of the disk drives IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Use the arrow keys to highlight Create RAID1 Striping for Performance and press ENTER A flashing M appears at the Drive Menu where the member drives to be included in the RAID1 array can be chosen Use the space bar to select members of the RAID1
104. ll the Program The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation If you want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard InstallShield Figure 6 16 Realtek LAN Driver Ready to Install 4 Click INSTALL and the Setup Status screen appears as the driver is installed Figure 6 17 REALTEK GbE amp FE Ethernet NIC Driver InstallShield Wizard Setup Status The InstallShield Wizard is installing REALTEK GbE amp FE Ethernet NIC Driver Installing C M4CCA20B0 C4D1 4BF5 BF21 040EB5EF9730 datal cab InstallShield Figure 6 17 Realtek LAN Driver Setup Status IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 6 6 Step 5 Step 6 After the driver installation process is complete a confirmation screen appears Figure 6 18 REALTEK GbE amp FE Ethernet NIC Driver InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed REALTEK GbE amp FE Ethernet NIC Driver Click Finish to exit the wizard Figure 6 18 Realtek LAN Driver Installation Complete Click FINISH to exit the InstallShield wizard RealTek Audio Driver Installation To install the Realtek Audio driver please follow the steps below Step 1 Insert the CD into the system that contains the NOVA 8450 Open the X 4 Audio directory where X is the system CD drive and double
105. llel Port IRQ option is configurable when the OnBoard Parallel Port option is not disabled and when ECP or EPP ECP is selected in the Parallel Port Mode option The Parallel Port IRQ option assigns the parallel port interrupt address The following address options are available 143 gt IRQ5 Parallel port interrupt address is IRQ5 gt IRQ7 Default Parallel port interrupt address is IRQ7 3 Parallel Port DMA Channel 3 The Parallel Port DMA Channel option is configurable when the OnBoard Parallel Port option is not disabled and when ECP or EPP ECP is selected in the Parallel Port Mode option The Parallel Port DMA Channel option determines the DMA channel the parallel port uses when in ECP mode gt 0 Parallel port uses DMA Channel 0 in ECP or EPP ECP mode gt 1 Parallel port uses DMA Channel 1 in ECP or EPP ECP mode gt 3 Default Parallel port uses DMA Channel 3 in ECP or EPP ECP mode 5 8 Hardware Monitor Setup The Hardware Monitor Setup menu BIOS Menu 8 sets the hardware monitor options AMIBIOS SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved CPU FAN mode Available Options Fan Off Temperature Fan Start Temperature Fan Full Running Temperare PWH slope value CPU Temperature CPU Fan Speed CPU1 YCORE 1 500V 3 3001 5 000V 2 5004 12 00 Full On Automatical Control Control 2 value C 90 value 1
106. ms e g Windows and Linux The Watchdog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash This condition may have occurred by external EMI or a software bug When the CPU stops working correctly Watchdog Timer will either perform a hardware reset cold boot or a Non Maskable Interrupt NMI to bring the system back to a known state A system I O address is used to control the Watchdog timer 443H You have to output a value to I O address 443H to set the time out period of Watchdog Timer first If the time out value is not zero the Watchdog Timer will start counting down While the timer value reaches zero the system will reset To ensure that this reset condition does not occur outputting address 443H must periodically refresh the Watchdog Timer However the Watchdog timer will be disabled if you set the time out value to be zero A tolerance of at least 1096 must be maintained to avoid unknown routines within the operating system DOS such as disk I O that can be very time consuming When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer otherwise the system will reset IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Example program INITIAL TIMER PERIOD COUNTER W_LOOP MOV DX 0443H MOV AL 30H Setting the time out value to 48 seconds OUT DX AL JMP 2 JMP 2 OUT DX AL Write twice
107. n to the BIOS main menu Change Supervisor Password By default no supervisor password is set To create a supervisor password select this option and press ENTER A dialogue box appears with Enter new supervisor password Type the new password and press ENTER Retype the password in the Retype new supervisor password dialogue box and press ENTER A New supervisor password installed press any key to continue confirmation dialogue box appears Press any key to return to the BIOS main menu Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings This option loads optimal configuration settings giving highest performance To load the optimal configuration settings select this option and press ENTER A dialogue box appears with Load high performance settings Y N Type Y or N and press ENTER Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings 103 M This option loads fail safe configuration settings To load the fail safe configuration settings select this option and press ENTER A dialogue box appears with Load failsafe settings Y N Type Y or N and press ENTER Save Settings and Exit This option saves the configuration settings To save the current configuration settings select this option and press ENTER A dialogue box appears with Save current settings and exit Y N Type Y and press ENTER to save the current settings and exit or type and press ENTER to return to the B
108. ng of activity of the primary slave IDE device and rouses the system from a sleep or suspend state gt Ignore Default The system does not monitor the primary slave IDE device and does not rouse the system from a sleep or suspend state when an IRQ is detected gt Monitor The system monitors the primary slave IDE device and rouses the system from a sleep or suspend state when an IRQ is detected 131 System Thermal Disabled The System Thermal option enables the manual setting of the Thermal Active Temperature and the Thermal Slow Clock Ratio options gt Disabled Default Thermal Active Temperature and Thermal Slow Clock Ratio options cannot be set manually gt Enabled Thermal Active Temperature and Thermal Slow Clock Ratio options can be set manually Thermal Active Temperature 65 C 149 F The Thermal Active Temperature option can only be configured if the System Thermal option is enabled The Thermal Active Temperature option has the following settings 40 C 104 F 45 C 113 F 50 C 122 F 55 C 131 F 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F Default 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 F Thermal Slow Clock Ratio 50 The Thermal Slow Clock Ratio option can only be configured if the System Thermal option is enabled The Thermal Slow Clock Ratio option lowers power consumption and reduces thermals For example a Thermal Slow Clock Ratio of 50 means the BIOS thro
109. nges into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu Page Up Increase the numeric value or make changes Page Down Decrease the numeric value or make changes F General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Changes screen color Save all CMOS changes only for Main Menu Table 5 1 BIOS Navigation Keys 5 1 3 Getting Help Press F1 and a small help window appears describing the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press the Esc or F1 key again to exit the Help Window 5 1 4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes If the computer is unable to reboot after changing the system configuration restore the CMOS defaults using the jumper described in Section 3 4 1 5 1 5 BIOS Main Menu Once the BIOS opens the main menu BIOS Menu 1 appears AMIBIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 55 C 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Standard CHOS Setup Advanced CHOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Power Management Setup PCI Plug and Play Setup Peripheral Setup Hardware Monitor Setup Auto Detect Hard Disks Change User Password Change Supervisor Password Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings Save Settings and Exit Exit Without Saving Standard CHOS setup for changing time date hard disk type etc SC Exit Tl Sel F2 F3 Color F1 Sav
110. nm 256 2 53 GHz 533 MHz No 320 Normal 90 nm 256 2 40 GHz 533 MHz No 315 Normal 90 nm 256 2 26 GHz 533 MHz No 310 Normal 90 nm 256 2 13 GHz 533 MHz No Table 2 2 Supported Celeron D CPUs 2 2 Onboard Chipsets 2 2 1 Northbridge and Southbridge Chipsets The following chipsets are preinstalled on the card Northbridge 845GV Southbridge The following two sections Section 2 2 2 and Section 2 2 3 list some of the features of the 845GV and the ICH4 chipsets For more information on these two chipsets please refer to the Intel website 2 2 2 845GV Northbridge Chipset The 845GV northbridge chipset comes with the following features m Host Interface Support System Memory Controller SDR and DDR Interface Integrated Graphics Analog Display Support Digital Display Channels 2 2 3 ICH4 Southbridge Chipset The ICH4 southbridge chipset comes with the following features PCI Bus Interface Integrated LAN Controller Integrated IDE Controller USB 2 0 AC Link for Audio and Telephony CODECs Interrupt Controller 1 5 V operation with 3 3 V I O Timers Based on 82C54 Power Management Logic External Glue Integration Enhanced Hub Interface Buffers Improve Routing flexibility Not available with all Memory Controller Hubs Firmware Hub FWH Interface Supports BIOS memory size up to 8 MB Low Pin Count LPC Interface
111. ocations Front Side Figure 3 2 shows the onboard peripheral connectors on the solder side of the board IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Figure 3 2 Connector and Jumper Locations Solder Side 3 1 2 Peripheral Interface Connectors Table 3 1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the NOVA 8450 CPU card Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found in Section 3 2 Connector Type Label 8 Bit GPIO Connector 10 pin header CN2 ATX 12V Connector 4 pin header PW1 ATX Power On Switch Connector 2 pin header CN4 Audio Connector 12 pin header AUDIO1 ATX Connector 3 pin header ATXCTL1 Battery Connector 2 pin header BT1 Compact Flash Type Connector 50 pin header CF1 CPU Cooling Fan Connector 3 pin header FAN1 External Power Connector 4 pin header PCN1 Connector Type Label Front Panel Connector 14 pin header CN3 IDE Interface Connector Primary 40 pin header IDE1 IDE Interface Connector Secondary 44 pin header IDE2 Inverter Connector 5 pin header CN1 IrDA Connector 5 pin header IR1 Keyboard Mouse Connector 6 pin header KB PS1 LVDS LCD Panel Connector 30 pin header LVDS1 Parallel Port Connector 26 pin header LPT1 PCI Connector PCI 104 Connector PCI Slot 2 SATA Drive Port 150MB S SATA disk drive port SATA1 SATA Drive Port 150MB S SATA disk driv
112. on 1 3 2 4 5V 3 5 2 4 12 Table 3 33 JP6 Jumper Settings 0 3 4 5 Compact Flash Card Setup Jumper Jumper Label JP2 Jumper Type 2 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 3 34 Jumper Location See Figure 3 29 The JP2 jumper sets the compact flash card to Master or Slave on the IDE bus JP2 Description Closed Master Open Slave Table 3 34 JP2 Jumper Settings 3 4 6 LCD Panel LVDS Voltage select Jumper WARNING Making the wrong setting on this jumper may cause irreparable damage to both the motherboard and the LCD screen connected to the onboard connector Jumper Label JP7 Jumper Type 6 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 3 35 Jumper Location See Figure 3 29 The JP7 jumper sets the voltage to the LCD panel IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card JP7 Description 1 2 3 3V 3 4 5V 5 6 12V Table 3 35 JP7 Jumper Settings 3 4 7 PC 104 Plus VIO Voltage Setup Jumper Jumper Label JP3 Jumper Type 3 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 3 36 Jumper Location See Figure 3 29 The JP3 jumper sets the voltage to the PC 104 Plus connector JP3 Description 1 2 PC104 Plus VIO output voltage select 5V 2 3 PC104 Plus VIO output voltage select 3V Table 3 36 JP3 Jumper Settings THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Chapter
113. on the member drives of a RAID configuration will be destroyed during the RAID initialization process If used drives are used to create a RAID array make sure the data has been moved or backed up before creating a RAID array out of the disk drives Step1 Use the arrow keys to highlight Create JBOD for Integrated Capacity and press ENTER A flashing J appears at the Drive Menu where the member drives to be included in the JBOD can be chosen Step 2 Use the space bar to select members of the JBOD configuration The flashing cursor changes to a lower case once any of the connected disk drives has been selected Follow the same method to select another member drive The maximum number of member drives in a JBOD is four and the minimum is two Step3 Create RAID1 Y N confirm box appears Press Y Step4 Enter a nickname for the created array Upper and lower case alphabetic numeric space and underscore characters are all applicable for naming an array Step5 Once an array is successfully created it will be seen the list of configured arrays reduce the chance of losing data ALi imposes certain limitations on the RAID configuration options Parallel ATA drives connected on the same IDE channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAID1 array Avoid mixing Parallel ATA and Serial ATA disk drives in a RAID1 array E 5 4 Stripe Size The change to stripe size effects RAID
114. orp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Pri Master Primary IDE Master Pri Slave Primary IDE Slave Sec Master Secondary IDE Master Sec Slave Secondary IDE Slave The Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master and Sec Slave options set the configurations for the IDE devices installed in the system If an IDE device is detected the following IDE configuration options appear Type Auto The Type BIOS option determines the type of device that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after the Power On Self Test POST has completed gt Not Installed Selecting this value prevents the BIOS from searching for an IDE disk drive on the specified channel gt Auto Default This selection enables the BIOS to auto detect the IDE disk drive type attached to the specified channel This setting should be used if an IDE hard disk drive is attached to the specified channel gt CD DVD The CD DVD option specifies that an IDE CD ROM drive is attached to the specified IDE channel The BIOS will not attempt to search for other types of IDE disk drives on the specified channel gt ARMD This option specifies an ATAPI Removable Media Device These include but are not limited to gt ZIP gt LS 120 107 gt User This option allows user defined IDE device parameters gt 1 46 These options load predefined IDE device parameters Size The Size specification indicates the storage capacity of the HDD installed in th
115. pe option must be set to ATX in order to change this configuration option The Power Button Function option specifies how the power button functions 127 0 gt On Off Default When the power button is pressed the system is either turned on or off gt Suspend When the power button is pressed the system goes into suspend mode Password for PowerOn N A The Password for PowerOn is not available and user configurable Power Management APM Disabled The Power Management APM option accesses the advanced power management features gt Disabled Default Disables the Advanced Power Management feature Enabled Enables the APM feature Video Power Down Mode Disabled The Power Management APM option must be enabled in order to change this configuration option The Video Power Down Mode option specifies in what system mode the video device can be turned off gt Disabled Default The Video cannot be turned off in the Suspend or Standby mode gt Standby The video can be turned off in the Standby mode gt Suspend The video can be turned off in the Suspend mode Disk Power Down Mode Disabled The Power Management APM option must be enabled in order to change this configuration option The Hard Disk Power Down Mode option specifies in what system mode the hard disk device can be turned off IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt Disabled Default
116. ption controls write access to the BIOS In Protected mode BIOS is write protected and cannot be flashed updated 0 2 Normal BIOS can be flashed updated normally gt Protected Default BIOS is protected from being flashed updated Spread Spectrum Function Disabled The Spread Spectrum Function option can help to improve CPU EMI issues gt Disabled Default spread spectrum function is disabled gt Enabled The spread spectrum function is enabled Boot to OS 2 No The Boot to OS 2 option specifies the operating system used as OS 2 gt Default Select when not using 05 2 operating system gt Yes Select when using the OS 2 operating system L1 Cache Enabled L1 Cache option sets whether the CPU primary cache 11 is turned on or off gt Enabled Default The L1 CPU cache is turned on gt Disabled The L1 CPU cache is turned off 12 Cache Disabled The L2 Cache option sets whether the CPU secondary cache L2 is turned on or off gt Enabled Default The L2 CPU cache is turned on gt Disabled The L2 CPU cache is turned off System BIOS Cacheable Disabled The System BIOS Cacheable option allows the system BIOS to be cached in the L2 cache IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt Disabled Default System BIOS is not cached in the L2 cache gt Enabled System BIOS is cached in the L2 cache C000 32k Shadow Cached
117. ransfer rate of 3 3MBps gt 1 PIO mode 1 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 5 2MBps gt 2 PIO mode 2 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 8 3MBps gt 3 PIO mode 3 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 11 1MBps gt 4 PIO mode 4 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 16 6MBps This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999 For other disk drives such as IDE CD ROM drives check the specifications of the drive PIO mode 5 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 22 2MBps 109 32Bit Mode Off The 32Bit Mode option enables or disables 32 bit data transfers gt Off Default Prevents the BIOS from using 32 bit data transfers gt On Allows BIOS to use 32 bit data transfers on support hard disk drives Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled gt Disabled Default Disables the boot sector virus protection gt Enabled Enables the boot sector virus protection IEI Technology Corp 5 3 Advanced CMOS Setup The Advanced CMOS Setup menu BIOS Menu 3 accesses the CPU configuration options AMIBIOS SETUP ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 6 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Quick Boot Enabled 15 Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Try Other Boot Devices S M B R T for Hard Disks BootUp Num Lock Floppy Drive Swap Floppy Drive Seek PS 2 Mouse Support Password Check Ask HDD Password on Every Boot BIOS Protec
118. re 3 16 IR1 Connector Location ______ 3 2 15 Keyboard Mouse Connector CN Label KB PS1 CN Type 6 pin header CN Location See Figure 3 17 CN Pinouts See Table 3 18 For alternative applications an on board keyboard mouse pin header connector is also available PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 VCC5 2 MOUSE DATA 3 MOUSE CLK 4 KEYBOARD DATA 5 KEYBOARD CLK 6 GND Table 3 18 KB PS1 Connector Pinouts 51 noococonnmn EEM 77 7 uum D Figure 3 17 KB PS1 Connector Location IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 3 2 16 LVDS LCD Panel Connector CN Label LVDS1 CN Type 30 pin header 2x15 CN Location See Figure 3 18 CN Pinouts See Table 3 19 The LVDS LCD connector connects to a one or two channel 18 bit or 24 bit LVDS panel DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 GND 3 LVDSO 4 LVDSO 5 LVDS1 6 LVDS1 7 LVDS2 8 LVDS2 9 LVDSCLK 10 LVDSCLK 11 LVDS3 12 LVDS3 13 GND 14 GND 15 LVDSBO 16 LVDSBO 17 LVDSB1 18 LVDSB1 16 LVDSB2 20 LVDSB2 21 LVDSBCLK 22 LVDSBCLK 23 LVDSB3 24 LVDSB3 25 GND 26 GND 27 VCCLCD 28 VCCLCD 29 VCCLCD 30 VCCLCD Table 3 19 LVDS1 Connector Pinouts NOTE The supplied voltage can be selected via JP7
119. re 4 3 Securing the Cooling 91 Figure 4 4 Connect the Cooling Fan Cable eene 92 Figure 4 5 Installing the 93 Figure 4 6 Locking the DIMM Module nnn 93 Figure 6 1 Chipset Software Installation Utility Extracting Files 149 Figure 6 2 InstallShield Wizard Preparation 149 Figure 6 3 Chipset Software Installation Utility Welcome Screen 150 Figure 6 4 Chipset Software Installation Utility License Agreement 150 Figure 6 5 Chipset Software Installation Utility Readme File Information 151 Figure 6 6 Installing Chipset Driver 1 151 Figure 6 7 Chipset Software Installation Utility Complete 152 Figure 6 8 Intel Chipset Graphics Driver Software InstallShield Wizard 153 Figure 6 9 InstallShield Wizard Extracting Files eene 154 Figure 6 10 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Welcome Screen 154 Figure 6 11 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver License Agreement 155 Figure 6 12 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Installing Notice 155 Figure 6 13 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Installation Complete 156 Figure 6 14 Realte
120. reement If you do not wish to so agree do not install or use the Software Please Also Note f you are an Original Equipment Manufacturer Independent Hardware Vendor Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose No the setup will close To install Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility you must accept this agreement InstallShield lt Back Yes No Figure 6 4 Chipset Software Installation Utility License Agreement IEI Technology Corp Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 NOVA 8450 CPU Card Read the license agreement Figure 6 4 To accept the terms and conditions stipulated in the agreement click YES and the Readme file information appears Figure 6 5 Readme Information Readme txt Product Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility Release Production Version Version 6 0 1 1002 Target Chipset Intel R E7520 amp Intel R 915G P G Date May 07 2004 NOTE For the list of supported chipsets please refer to the Release Notes InstallShield Figure 6 5 Chipset Software Installation Utility Readme File Information Read the Readme file information Figure 6 5 Click NEXT and the chipset driver is installed Figure 6 6 emp ich5Susb inf 30 Figure 6 6 Installing C
121. river loaded on the system gt Disabled Legacy USB support disabled IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt No Mice Legacy USB support disabled for mice gt Device Default Legacy USB support enabled for all devices USB 1 1 Port 64 60 Emulation Disabled The USB Controller option must not be disabled in order to change this configuration option The USB 1 1 Port 64 60 Emulation option enables or disables the Port 60h 64h trapping option Port 60h 64h trapping allows the BIOS to provide full PS 2 based legacy support for the USB keyboard and mouse This option is useful for the Microsoft Windows NT Operating System and for multi language keyboards Also this option provides the PS 2 functionalities like keyboard locking password setting scan code selection etc to USB keyboards gt Disabled Default Port 60h 64h trapping option enabled gt Enabled Port 60h 64h trapping option disabled Boot Display Device CRT LFP The Boot Display Device option selects the display device used by the system when it boots Configuration options are listed below CRT LFP CRT LFP Default gt Flat Panel Type 1024X786LVDS 24BIT Use the Flat Panel Type option to select the type of flat panel connected to the system Configuration options are listed below 800X600LVDS 18BIT m 1024X786LVDS 18BIT 1024X786LVDS 24BIT 1280X1024LVDS 48BIT 1400X1050LVDS 48BIT 5 5 Power M
122. rovides four serial ports COM1 COM3 RS 232 2 RS 422 485 interfaced through three 10 pin male headers COM1 COM3 4 and el one 14 pin male header 2 The serial ports facilitate the connection to serial devices or a communications network e g terminal console 4 3 4 6 VGA Connector The PCI SVGA interface on the NOVA 8450 connects conventional CRT displays and flat panel displays including passive LCD and active LCD displays There are two 2 connectors onboard m CRT VGA monitors m LVDS type LCD panels Pin assignments for the connectors can be found in Section 3 4 3 4 7 LVDS Connector LVDS1 is a 30 connector connecting a dual 24 bit LCD panel Adapter cables are required for connecting the display connectors 4 4 Jumper Configuration The NOVA 8450 CPU card has seven onboard jumpers Clear CMOS Setup JP1 2 RS 232 422 485 Setup JP4 m 2 RS 422 485 Setup JP5 2 Voltage Selection JP6 Compact Flash Card Setup JP2 LCD Panel LVDS Voltage Select JP7 PC104 Plus VIO Voltage Setup JP3 Make sure the jumper settings are properly configured before the NOVA 8450 CPU card is installed into a chassis For more information about jumper settings and configurations refer to Section 3 4 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 4 5 Chassis Installation The CPU card can be mounted into a chassis only after the CPU the coo
123. t Spread Spectrun Function Boot To 0S 2 L1 Cache L2 Cache 5 Disabled n Disabled Disabled Enabled Setup Yes Protected Disabled No Enabled Enabled Available Options Disabled Enabled ESC Exit 11 5 1 PgUp PgDn Modify F1 Help F2 F3 Color AMIBIOS SETUP ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 6 2001 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Floppy Drive Seek PS 2 Mouse Support Password Check Ask HDD Password on Every Boot BIOS Protect Spread Spectrun Function Boot To 0S 2 L1 Cache L2 Cache System BIOS Cacheable C000 32k Shadow 6800 16 Shadow 6000 16k Shadow 0000 16 Shadow D408 16 gt Shadow 0800 16 Shadow 0688 16 gt Shadow Disabled Enabled Protected Disabled 0 Enabled Enabled Enabled Cached Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled BIOS Menu 3 Advanced CMOS Setup Menu Available Options Disabled Enabled Cached ESC Exit 171 5 1 PgUp PgDn Modify F1 Help F2 F3 Color _ _ _ The following configuration options are available Quick Boot Disabled The Quick Boot BIOS option makes the computer speed up the boot process gt Disabled Default System does not skip any POST procedures gt Enabled Allows system to skip some POST procedures to decrease the system boot time 1st Boot Device Disabled The 1st Boot Device option selects the device the computer will boot from first The following list contains
124. t device if the first boot device is not found gt Yes Default The system looks for second and third boot devices if the first one is not found The system does not look for second and third boot device if the first one is not found S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled The Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART feature can help predict impending drive failures The S M A R T for Hard Disks option enables or disables this function gt Disabled Default Select this value to prevent the BIOS from using the SMART feature gt Enabled Select this value to allow the BIOS to use the SMART feature on support hard disk drives BootUp Num Lock On The BootUp Num Lock option allows the Number Lock setting to be modified during boot up 113 Off Does not enable the keyboard number lock automatically To use the 10 keys on the keypad press the Num Lock key located on the upper left hand corner of the 10 key pad The Num Lock LED on the keyboard lights up when the number lock is engaged gt On Default Allows the number lock on the keyboard to be enabled automatically when the computer system boots up This allows the immediate use of the 10 key numeric keypad located on the right side of the keyboard To confirm this the Lock LED light on the keyboard is lit Floppy Drive Swap Disabled The Floppy Drive Swap option allows drive A to be designated as dri
125. ted The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no quarantee that this software works correctly with Windows Unknown software package If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation No Info Figure 6 22 Audio Driver Digital Signal Step 5 audio driver installation continues Figure 6 23 alcupd 1 631 Xi Figure 6 23 Audio Driver Installation Continues Step 6 After the driver installation process is complete a confirmation screen appears Figure 6 24 Realtek AC 97 Audio Setup 4 90 InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing Realtek amp C 87 Audio on your computer No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish to complete setup lt Back Cancel Figure 6 24 Audio Driver Installation Complete Step 7 confirmation screen offers the option of restarting the computer now or later For the settings to take effect the computer must be restarted Click FINISH to restart the computer IEI Technology Corp 6 7 NOVA 8450 CPU Card ALi SATA RAID Driver To install the ALi SATA RAID driver please follow the steps below Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
126. ting Watch Dog Timer O Time resolution 1 minute or 1 second maximum 255 minutes or 255 seconds O Output to KRST when expired innovative automatic power failure resume and power button IEI Technology Corp 2 8 2 9 NOVA 8450 CPU Card de bounce Dedicated Infrared pins VCCH Vbat Supported Built in 32 768 KHz Oscillator Single 24 48 MHz Clock Input m 5 Power Supply BIOS The NOVA 8450 CPU card uses a licensed copy of AMI BIOS Flash BIOS features used are listed below SMIBIOS DMI compliant Console redirection function support PXE Pre Boot Execution Environment support USB booting support PXE Pre Boot Execution Environment PXE is an open industry standard developed by a number of software and hardware vendors IEI BIOS PXE feature allows a workstation to boot from a server on a network by receiving a pre OS agent prior to booting the operating system on the local hard drive Nova s540 5 Network 7 Ll NOVA 8540 NOVA 8540 Management Server PXE for Remote and Central Management Figure 2 2 PXE Pre Boot Execution Environment 2 10 GbE Ethernet The Realtek RTL8110SC GbE controller combines a triple speed IEEE 802 3 compliant Media Access Controller MAC with a triple speed Ethernet transceiver 32 bit PCI bus controller and embedded memory The controller has state of the art DS
127. tions are 87 596 75 62 5 50 Default 37 5 25 12 5 FDC LPT COM Ports Monitor The Power Management APM option must be enabled in order to change this configuration option The FDC LPT COM Ports option enables monitoring of activity on the FDC LPT COM ports and rouses the system from a sleep or suspend state gt Ignore The system does not monitor the FDC LPT COM ports and does not rouse the system from a sleep or suspend state when an IRQ is detected IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card gt Monitor Default The system monitors the FDC LPT COM ports and rouses the system from a sleep or suspend state when an IRQ is detected Primary Master IDE Monitor The Power Management APM option must be enabled in order to change this configuration option The Primary Master IDE option enables monitoring of activity of the primary master IDE device and rouses the system from a sleep or suspend state gt Ignore The system does not monitor the primary master IDE device and does not rouse the system from a sleep or suspend state when an IRQ is detected gt Monitor Default system monitors the primary master IDE device and rouses the system from a sleep or suspend state when an IRQ is detected Primary Slave IDE Ignore The Power Management APM option must be enabled in order to change this configuration option The Primary Slave IDE option enables monitori
128. to enable counting ADD YOUR APPLICATION PROGRAM HERE MOV DX 0443H MOVAL 0 Setting the time out value to 0 for disabling Watchdog Timer OUT DX AL EXIT Digital DOS Debug exe Input A2100H Input signal off Output O A21FFH Output signal on THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Appendix C Address Mapping 177 _ 444 lt __ __ _ _ 8 C 1 Address Range 000 01F DMA Controller 020 021 Interrupt Controller 040 043 System time 060 06 Keyboard Controller 070 07F System CMOS Real time Clock 080 09F DMA Controller 0 0 1 Interrupt Controller 0 0 0 DMA Controller OFO OFF Numeric data processor 1F0 1F7 Primary IDE Channel 2F8 2FF Serial Port 2 COM2 378 37F Parallel Printer Port 1 LPT1 3B0 3BB Intel R Graphics Controller 3C0 3DF Intel R Graphics Controller 3F6 3F6 Primary IDE Channel 3F7 3F7 Standard floppy disk controller 3F8 3FF Serial Port 1 COM1 Table 6 1 Address Map 2 15 MB Memory Address lemory a escription 00000 9FFFF System memory A0000 BFFFF VGA buffer F0000 FFFFF System BIOS 1000000 Extend BIOS Table C 2 1 MB Memory Address IEI Technology Corp C 3 IRQ Mapping Table System Timer NOVA 8450 CPU Card RTC clock
129. tracting 840 Saas Installshield lt Back Next gt Cancel Figure 6 1 Chipset Software Installation Utility Extracting Files The Chipset Software Installation Utility prepares the InstallShield Wizard Figure 6 2 InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard which will guide you through the rest of the Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility Setup is preparing the setup process Please wait Figure 6 2 InstallShield Wizard Preparation Screen The InstallShield Wizard Welcome screen appears Figure 6 3 Welcome to the InstallShield R Wizard for Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility Welcome to the Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility This utility will enable Plug amp Play INF support for Intel R chipset components Figure 6 3 Chipset Software Installation Utility Welcome Screen Step 4 Click NEXT and the license agreement appears Figure 6 4 License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement JNTEL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT IHY ISV Distribution amp Single User IMPORTANT READ BEFORE COPYING INSTALLING OR USING Do not use or load this software and any associated materials collectively the Software until you have carefully read the following terms and conditions By loading or using the Software you agree to the terms of this Ag
130. ttles back the CPU clock to operate at 50 of its normal operational time The thermal throttle ratios are 87 5 75 62 5 IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 50 Default 37 5 25 12 5 gt Resume On Ring Disabled The Resume On Ring option specifies if the system will be roused from a suspended or standby state when there is activity on the RI ring in modem line That is the system will be roused by an incoming call on a modem gt Disabled Default Wake event not generated by an incoming call gt Enabled Wake event generated by an incoming call Resume On Lan Disabled The Resume On Lan option specifies if the system is roused from a suspended or standby state when there is activity on the LAN gt Disabled Default Wake event not generated by LAN activity gt Enabled Wake event generated by LAN activity Resume PME Disabled The Resume On PME option specifies if the system will be roused from a suspended or standby state when there is activity on the PCI PME power management event controller gt Disabled Default Wake event not generated by PCI PME controller activity gt Enabled Wake event generated by PCI PME controller activity 133 AAA cme Resume Alarm Disabled The Resume On RTC Alarm option determines when the computer will b
131. umption Table 2 3 shows the power consumption parameters for the NOVA 8450 CPU card when a Intel Pentium 4 Intel amp Celeron amp D processor with a clock speed of 2 4GHz an L2 cache of 256MB and a FSB 533MHz is running with a 1GB DDR266 module Voltage Current 5V 2 9A 12V 3 5A Table 2 3 Power Consumption 2 18 System Monitoring The NOVA 8450 CPU card is capable of self monitoring various aspects of its operating status including CPU chipset and battery voltage 3 3V 5V and 12V RPM of cooling fans CPU and card temperatures by the corresponding embedded sensors _ _ _ 2 19 Real Time Clock 256 byte battery backed CMOS RAM 2 20 Operating Temperature and Temperature Control The maximum and minimum operating temperatures for the NOVA 8450 CPU card are listed below m Minimum Operating Temperature 0 C 32 F Maximum Operating Temperature 60 C 140 F A cooling fan and heat sink must be installed on the CPU Thermal paste must be smeared on the lower side of the heat sink before it is mounted on the CPU Heat sinks are also mounted on the northbridge and southbridge chipsets to ensure the operating temperature of these chips remain low 2 21 Packaged Contents and Optional Accessory Items 2 21 1 Package Contents The NOVA 8450 CPU card comes with the following components 1 NOVA 8450 single board computer m 1 66 100 HDD cable
132. uring the boot up process press F1 to enter the CMOS Setup menu then do one of the following Enter the correct CMOS setting Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults Save the changes and exit the CMOS Setup menu JP1 CLEAR CMOS 1 2 closed Normal default 2 3 closed Clear CMOS Table 3 30 Reset CMOS Jumper Settings 3 4 2 COM2 RS 232 422 485 Setup Jumper Jumper Label JP4 Jumper Type 3 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 3 31 Jumper Location See Figure 3 29 The JP4 jumper when used in association with jumper JP5 sets the COM2 connector type to RS 232 or RS 422 485 JP4 Description 1 2 2 set to RS 232 2 3 2 set to RS 422 485 Table 3 31 JP4 Jumper Settings IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card 3 4 3 COM2 RS 422 485 Setup Jumper Jumper Label JP5 Jumper Type 3 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 3 32 Jumper Location See Figure 3 29 The JP5 jumper when used in association with jumper JP4 sets the COM2 connector type to RS 422 or RS 485 JP5 Description 1 2 2 set to RS 422 2 3 2 set to RS 485 Table 3 32 JP5 Jumper Settings 3 4 4 COM2 Voltage Selection Jumper Jumper Label JP6 Jumper Type 6 pin header 2x3 pins Jumper Settings See Table 3 33 Jumper Location See Figure 3 29 The JP6 jumper sets the COM2 port voltage JP6 Description 4 6 Normal operati
133. ve B and drive B to be designated as drive A gt Disabled Default Cannot designate A or B to a floppy drive without changing the physical connection gt Enabled Can designate A or B to a floppy drive without changing the physical connection IEI Technology Corp NOVA 8450 CPU Card Floppy Drive Seek Disabled During the POST BIOS determines if the floppy disk drive installed has 40 or 80 tracks 360K FDDs have 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44M FDDs all have 80 tracks gt Enabled BIOS searches for an FDD to determine if it has 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS cannot tell the difference between 720K 1 2M or 1 44M drives as they all have 80 tracks gt Disabled Default BIOS does not search for the type of FDD drive by track number Note that there are no warning message if the drive installed is 360K 5 2 Mouse Support Enabled The PS 2 Mouse Support option allows the PS 2 mouse support to be adjusted gt Disabled Disables PS 2 mouse support and prevents the PS 2 mouse port from using system resources gt Enabled Default Allows the system to use a PS 2 mouse Password Check Setup The Password Check option specifies when a user is prompted for the password gt Setup Default Users have to enter their password only when they enter the Setup Utility gt Always Users have to enter their password whenever they boot the computer BIOS Protect Normal The BIOS Protect o

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