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ROBO-8714VG2A User`s Manual

1. Date of Month Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the date parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice 0 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the time parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice hh 0 23 mm 0 59 ss 0 59 Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 This item is to configure IDE devices being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled FDD COM LPT Port This item is to configure floppy device COM ports and parallel port being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 25 BIOS Setup Information PCI PIRQ A D This option can be used to detect PCI device activities If they are activities the system will go into sleep mode The choice Enabled Disabled 4 9 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experi
2. This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to HDD Power Down Suspend Mode There are three selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Savin Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 Hour m ower saving and HDD Power Down 15 Min e Maximum power management Suspend Mode lt 1 Min ER and HDD Power Down 1 Min Allow you to set each mode individually When not User Defined disabled Suspend Mode ranges from 1 min to 1 Hour and HDD Power Down ranges from 1 Min to 15 Min Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical V H SYNC Blank and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend This allows user to enable disable video off in Suspend Mode The choice Yes No ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 23 BIOS Setup Information Suspend Type Two options are available Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend The choice Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min and 1 Hour HDD Power D
3. The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to enable USB keyboard function under POST BIOS setup menu DOS or Windows NT with no USB driver loaded The choice Enabled Disabled USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enabled USB Mouse function under POST BIOS Setup menu DOS or Window NT with no USB driver loaded The choice Enabled Disabled AC97 Audio Users can disable on board AC97 Audio function The choice Auto Disabled ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information CSA LAN Giga LAN This item allows you to Enable Disable LAN function The choice Enabled Disabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY Item Help X KB Power ON Password Enter X Hot Key Power ON Ctrl F1 Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Mena Level d Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRO3 UART Mode Select Normal X RxD TxD Active Hi Lo X IR Transmission Delay Enabled X UR2 Duplex Mode Half X Use IR Pins IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRO7 Parallel Port Mode SPP X EPP Mode Select EPP1 7 X ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Watch Dog Timer Select Disabled Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Power On Function This item allows you to select different power on scheme
4. ATX Power Control Interface One 4 pin header to support ATX power control with Modem Ring On and Wake On LAN function 6 Auxiliary I O Interfaces System reset switch external speaker Keyboard lock and HDD active LED etc e Real Time Clock Calendar RTC Support Y2K Real Time Clock Calendar with battery backup for 7 year data retention e Watchdog Timer Support WDT function through software programming for enable disable and interval setting Generate system reset CompactFlash True IDE mode compatibles with the ATA ATAPI 4 specification One Type II CF socket on secondary IDE channel for supporting up to 1GB memory Bootable for no drives on primary channel e On board VGA ATI Mobility M9 graphic controller works in combination with a 64MB DDR SDRAM Support Dual channel LVDS interface Support TMDS interface for DVI display Support TV output ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 1 3 System Overview On board Ethernet LAN Dual Gigabit Ethernet controller to support two RJ 45 connectors on bracket e High ISA Driving Capability Support 64mA high driving capability for multi slots ISA bus e High Driving GPIO Support 8 programmable high driving GPIO Cooling Fans Support three 3 pin headers for CPU System and Power fans System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature system temperature and major power sources etc Bracket Support dual Ethernet port one Mini DIN port for PS 2 keyboard mouse and one CRT
5. As Figure 5 8 and turn on AC power switch of ATX power supply to let system boot up If you are using AT power supply you can simply turn on the power on AT power supply to boot up the system Figure 5 8 Note Due to the fact that different power supply has different definition of pin assignments Therefore please check Pin assignment on Power Supply or ask your vendor Serial ATA Hard Disk Setting Unlike IDE bus each Serial ATA channel can only connect to one SATA hard disk at a time there are total two connectors J11 and J12 The installation of Serial ATA is simpler and easier than IDE because SATA hard disk doesn t require setting up Master and Slave which can reduce mistake of hardware installation All you need to do is to plug in two cables and enable SATA in System BIOS The Serial ATA hard disk of installation please see figure 5 9 as below Hard Drive Serial ATA Power Cable Serial ATA Data Cable Figure 5 9 ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 5 5 Troubleshooting After done with the installation of SATA hardware please enter system BIOS to enable Serial ATA function Otherwise Serial hardware won t be recognized To enable SATA function please see as following System BIOS Integrated Peripherals On Chip IDE Device Press enter L On Chip Serial ATA Auto 5 2 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the
6. Point to LD7 Step3 LD7_CR30h_Bit0 P1 Enable LD7 Step4 Select GPIO direction Get Status or output value LD7 CRFOh GPIO17 10 direction 1 input 0 output pin LD7_CRF2h P 00h Let CRF1 GPIO data port non invert to prevent from confusion LD7 CRFIh GPIO17 10 data port for input pin get status from the related bit for output pin write value to the related bit For example LD7_CRFOh_Bit4 P0 Let GPIO14 as output pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit4 P0 Let CRF1_Bit4 non inverted LD7 CRFIh Bit4 P0 Output 0 to GPIO14 pin J18 Pin6 LD7_CRFOh_Bit0 P1 Let GPIO10 as input pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit0 P0 Let CRFI Bit0 non inverted Read LD7 CRFIh Bit0 Read the status from GPIO10 pin J18 Pin1 How to access W83627HF CR In ROBO 8714 the EFER 002Eh and EFDR 002Fh EFER and EFDR are 2 IO ports needed to access W83627HF CR EFER is the Index Port EFDR is the Data Port CR index number needs to be written into EFER first Then the data will be read written from to EFDR To R W W83627HF CR it is needed to Enter Enable Configuration Mode first When completing the programming it is suggested to Exit Disable Configuration Mode Enter Configuration Mode Write 87h to IO port EFER twice Exit Configuration Mode Write AAh to IO port EFER ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 14 System Installation 3 9 3 Example Define GPIO4 as output pin and output 0 to this pin mov mov out jmp out mov mov out mov in or mov mov
7. ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 2 7 Hardware Configuration Notes 1 The signals of LVDS upper channel will be only used in dual channel LVDS mode 2 This panel connector J13 should be accompanied with LVDS Panel Control Connector J10 and its jumper setting JP3 3 In general lower channel equals odd channel and upper channel equals even channel for different panel description 14 15 USB1 USB4 Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description Ground 5 usso 6 lusa n 7 Gruda LB usa S O 2 Ground tC 16 117 Primary Secondary IDE Connector IDE1 IDE2 PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description RESET ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 2 8 Hardware Configuration J18 General Purpose I O Connector Signal Description al a E General Purpose I O Port 4 GPIO4 7 General Purpose I O Port 5 GPIO5 General Purpose I O Port 6 GPIO6 General Purpose I O Port 7 GPIO7 Note All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level OV 5V and each Fan J19 IrDA Connector 6 NC J20 TMDS Panel Connect G TMDSDATA1 TXIN 6 TMDSDATAI TXIP fi Se EE le EI 7 Grund La G 9 TMDS DATA2 TX2N TMDS DATA2 TX2P an SE TMDS CLOCK TXCN TMDS CLOCK TXCP 17 DVIDDCChoek 6VI F 18 DVIDDC Data EVA 19 Hot Plug Detect HPD 1 3 5 7 11 13 15 17 19 ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manua
8. TXUCN pper CLOCK TXUCP Notes 1 The signals of LVDS upper channel will be only used in dual channel LVDS mode 2 This panel connector J13 should be accompanied with LVDS Panel Control Connector J10 and its jumper setting JP3 3 In general lower channel equals odd channel and upper channel equals even channel for different panel description 1 3 5 7 11 13 15 17 19 C C TV Output Interface Pin assignment Composite Video S Video and SCART R G B interfaces are 3 kinds of TV outputs provided by this system Please refer to connector J34 for more details Each time when the system is on the system auto detects one interfaces for outputting display information J34 TV out Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description COMP B 5 Jo Ce In A connection to one of these three different interfaces will result different signal line impedance combinations The selection will be made base on the different impedances combinations ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 12 System Installation 3 9 GPIO The ROBO 8714VG2A series provides 8 programmable input or output ports that can be individually configured to perform a simple basic I O function Users can configure each individual port to become an input or output port by programming register bit of I O Selection To invert port value the setting of Inversion Register has to be made Port values can be set to read or write through Data
9. W83627HF is responsible for PS 2 Keyboard Mouse UARTs FDC Hardware Monitor Parallel Watch Dog Timer and Infrared interface The LPC to ISA Bridge supports a standard 16 bit ISA bus interface that is applied for all slower I O operations There is dual on board Gigabit Ethernet via RJ 45 Port to support full functionality of ROBO 8714VG2A AIO SBC All In One Single Board Computer One Gigabit Ethernet controller builds on CSA Communication Streaming Architecture that is twice bandwidth than PCI bus and the second Gigabit controller builds on dedicated PCI bus that sharing with no other ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 1 5 System Overview Prescott or Northwood mPGA478B Socket VRD 10 0 HOST BUS Ke MOO TALI viva Canterwood GMCH MCH LVDS CONN Vu s Lnn m 5 TMDS CONN M9 TVCONN PCI ADDRIDATA ICH 6300ESB snd lod PCI CTRL ISA ADDR DATA PCI to ISA Bridge USB 2 0 1 1 sna VSI ISA CTRL sna 9d1 Winbond W83627F HF LPC SIO AC 97 LINK ro KEYBOARD FLOPPY PARALLEL SERIAL 1 2 IrDa MOUSE ROBO 8714V G2A System Block Diagram ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 1 6 Hardware Configuration Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers headers and connector All of the configuration jumpers on ROBO 8714VG2A is
10. mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in or mov dx 2eh al 87h dx al 2 dx al dx 2eh al 2Ah dx al dx 2fh al dx al OFCh ah al dx 2eh al 2Ah dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh al 07h dx al dx 2fh al 07h dx al dx 2eh al 30h dx al dx 2fh al dx al 01h ah al ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual Enter Configuration Mode Read CR2A CR2A Bit 7 2 P 1 1 1 1 1 1 Point to LDN7 Read CR30 System Installation mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in and mov mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in and mov mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in and mov dx 2eh al 30h dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh al 0f0h dx al dx 2fh al dx al 0efh ah al dx 2eh al 0f0h dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh al 0f2h dx al dx 2fh al dx al 0efh ah al dx 2eh al 0f2h dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh al 0fih dx al dx 2fh al dx al 0efh ah al ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual CR30_Bit0 P1 Read LD7_CRFO LD7_CRFO_Bit4 P0 Read LD7_CRF2 LD7 CRF2 Bd DU Read LD7 CRFI 3 16 System Installation mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out dx 2eh al 0fih LD7 CRFI Bit4 PO dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh Exit Configuration Mode al OAAh dx al ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8714VG2A is eguipped with th
11. to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu Bootable Add in Cards Select SCSI Device Boot Ch x M S Select IDE Channel 0 1 Master or Salve Boot Select IDE Channel 2 or 3 Master Boot Virus Warning Allow you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a Enabled warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access m the boot sector or hard disk partition table CPU L1 Cache L2 Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design Enabled Enable Cache Disabled Disable Cache Hyper Threading Technology Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4 X OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology and Disabled for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology The choice Enabled Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Allows the system to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information First Second Third Boot Device Select your boot device pri
12. Help IDE Channel 0 Master Auto M ieva Access Mode Auto PEYE To atuo detect the HDD s C t 10246 MB SR size head on this Cylinder 19852 Ge Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 19851 Sector 63 Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults H Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on detection this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Channel 0 None Selecting manual lets you set the Master Auto remaining fields on this screen Selects Manual the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode CHS Choose the access mode for this hard LBA disk Large Auto The following options are selectable only if the IDE Channel 0 Master item is set to Manual ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information Capacity Auto Display your disk Disk drive capacity Approximated drive size Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cylinder Min 0 Set the number of cylinders for this Max 65535 hard disk Head Min 0 Set the number of read write heads Max 255 Precomp M
13. IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto number of block read writes per sector the drive can support On Chip Serial ATA Setting On Chip Serial ATA Disabled X Serial ATA Port0 Mode Primary Master Serial ATA Port1 Mode Primary Slave Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Bit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults IDE HDD Block Mode If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information IDE DMA transfer access The choice Enabled Disabled OnChip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 and Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 66 100 implemen
14. Question After installing ISA card why isn t it working Answer As a matter of fact some ISA cards need to occupy shadow memory which might case ISA card malfunction In order to determine it is a lack of shadow memory problem please disable USB controller and on board LAN After disabling these two devices ISA card works The lack of shadow memory could be a case To solve this problem you can download BIOS from our website http www portwell com tw download as If you cannot find BIOS that you need please contact with Technical Support Department to request a new BIOS to solve this problem Technical Support Department Mailto tsd mail portwell com tw Question Why does my system hang up after plugging SCSI or RAID card Answer Like above last question this might be the lack of shadow memory issue as well To identify if this is the shadow memory issue you can disable USB controller and on board LAN in BIOS to see if this is the case However this is the case and your card must use the same memory address as either USB controller or on board LAN please contact us directly Mailto tsd mail portwell com tw Question forget my password of system BIOS what am I supposed to do Answer You can simply short 2 3 pins on JP4 to clean your password Note For additional technical information it is not covered in this manual Please visit our technical web site at http www portwell com tw ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual
15. ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 31 BIOS Setup Information 4 14 Exiting Selection Save amp Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit Without Saving Y N N This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 32 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides a few useful tips to guickly get ROBO 8714VG2A running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 2 this chapter will primarily focus on system integration issues in terms of BIOS setting and OS diagnostics 51 Hardware Quick Installation Backplane ROBO 8714VG2A is a full sized Signal Board Computer and it not only supports PCI ISA backplane but also PCI 64 bits and PCI X which can rapidly increase the performance of your system To know whether your backplane is PICMG PCI ISA backplane and whether it supports PCI X pl
16. VSYNC 5V I F 15 VGA DDC Clock 5V I F ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 2 14 Hardware Configuration J40 Compact Flash Card PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description Ground N C Data 3 6 Data7 ata 8 Grud 3 Ground 9 Ground 34 IOR FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 CPU Power System Fan Connector PIN No Signal Description Fan Speed Detecting signal Note The fan must be a 12V fan And there is not any over current protection ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 2 15 System Installation Chapter 3 System Installation This chapter provides you with instructions to set up your system The additional information is enclosed to help you set up onboard PCI device and handle WDT operation in software programming 3 1 Socket 478 Pentium 4 Celeron Processor Installing Socket 478 CPU 1 Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 2 Align the processor pins with pinholes on the socket Make sure that the notched corner or dot mark pin 1 of the CPU corresponds to the socket s bevel end Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place If this operation is not easy or smooth don t do it forcibly You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 1 System Installation 3 Push down the lever to lock processor chip into the socket once CPU fits 4 Follow the installation guide of cooling fan or heat sink to mount
17. for ATX Therefore when you change your power mode from ATX to AT or from AT to ATX please make sure you clean your CMOS in order to make your system boot up properly To clean CMOS please short 2 3 pins on JP4 for a moment and then change it back to its default setting Symptom SBC keeps beeping and no screen has shown Solution In fact each beep sound represents different definition of error message Please refer to table as following Beep sounds Meaning Action One long beep with one DRAM error Change DRAM or reinstall it short beeps One long beep constantly DRAM error Change DRAM or reinstall it One long beep with two Monitor or Display Please check Monitor connector short beeps Card error whether it inserts properly Beep rapidly Power error warning Please check Power mode setting Symptom There is neither no beeps nor screen output Solution Indeed you can do the stand alone to identify the root cause by isolating the board from other possible system devices such as PCI device backplane and so on If the system still cannot boot up please fill out RMA from which is provides on Portwell website and then send back to Portwell as a RMA Besides you also visit RMA site http www portwell com tw rma login asp to check RMA report if necessary Installation Problem Question Can I use PICMG 1 0 backplane with ROBO 8714V G2A Answer Yes but please make sure that JP5 is open Questi
18. have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also reguire the BIOS to reguest a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is reguired within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 3 If the Security option is set to System the password will be reguired both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup
19. is not entered at the prompt The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the Setup correct password is not entered at the prompt APIC Mode The choice Enabled Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The choice 1 1 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Select OS 2 only if you are running SO 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system The choice Non O 2 OS2 Small Logo EPA Show The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information 4 6 Advanced Chipset Feature This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the Intel 875P and 6300ESB Chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM DDR SDRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between the conventional the PCI X bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD Item Help X CAS Latency Time 2 9 X Active to Precharge Dela 7 X DRAM RASI to CASH Delay 3 EE z X DRAM RAS Precharge 3 Memory Freguency For Auto System
20. it on CPU surface and lock it on the socket 478 Removing CPU 1 Unlock the cooling fan first 2 Lift the lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 3 Carefully lifts up the existing CPU to remove it from the socket 4 Follow the steps of installing a CPU to change to another one or place handling bar to close the opened socket Configuring System Bus ROBO 8714VG2A will automatically detect the CPU used CPU speed of Intel P4 can be detected automatically 3 2 Main Memory ROBO 8714VG2A provides ECC function for data sensitive application Two 184 pin DIMM sockets support DDR SDRAM as main memory The maximum memory size can be Up to 2GB DDR 400 333 266 SDRAM Auto detecting memory clock according to BIOS CMOS settings For system compatibility and stability don t use memory module without brand You can also use only one double sided DIMM in either one DIMM socket or two single sided DIMM in both sockets Watch out the contact and lock integrity of memory module with socket it will impact on the system reliability Follow normal procedures to install your DRAM module into memory socket Before locking make sure that all modules have been fully inserted into the card slots Dual Channel DDR DIMMs Dual Channel DDR memory technology doubles the bandwidth of memory bus Adeguate or higher bandwidth of memory than processor would increase system performance To enable Dual Channel DDR memory technology you hav
21. report Intel 82547 Gigabit Ethernet interface status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide Operation of Ethernet Port 82547 82541 Color Name of LED Status LED LAN Linked Active LED Speed LAN speed LED LED ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 6 System Installation 3 4 4 On board AC 97 Audio Device The on board AC 97 audio device provides a more than standard sound display It is capable for many general purposes Intel HR 6300ESB embedded AC 97 Codec Controller supports this onboard Audio function Driver Support Please find Sound driver in Audio Ac97 Realtek of ROBO 8714VG2A driver CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 XP and AC97 Utility Install AC97 Audio Driver Realtek AC 97 Please choose your OS to install Insiall for Windows 95 System Install for Windows NT System Ae Install for Win 98SE ME 2K XP System nona nan Install AC97 Utility To disable this onboard Audio function please configure the Onboard Device of Integrated Peripheral Setup Menu in BIOS Change the AC 97 Audio setting to Disable will help you to turn off this PCI Audio device ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 7 System Installation 3 4 5 On Board USB 2 0 Controller Drivers Support Please find Intel HR USB driver in USB20 directory of ROBO 8714VG2A CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 and XP pr USB 2 0 Driver This driver only works wi
22. tripping individual control lines With the SMBus a device can provide manufacturer information tell the system what its model part number is save its state for a suspend event report different types of errors accept control parameters and return its status The SMBus may share the same host device and physical bus as ACCESS bus components provided that an appropriate electrical bridge is provided between the interal SMB devices and external ACCESS bus devices 3 8 Display Output LCD Display Interface Pin assignment Two LCD display TMDS amp LVDS interfaces support J10 LVDS Panel Control Connector PIN No Signal Description Panel VDD Backlight on Signal Output ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 11 System Installation 13 LVDS Panel Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description Lower DATAO TXLON 2 Lower DATAI TXLIN Lower DATA2 TXL2N WS Ke u mi 7 Lower DATA3 TXL3N ks oe prir asist Si BE Lower DATAO TXLOP 4 Lower DATA14 IXL1P EH iri 6 Lower DATA24 TXL2 8 oa KC AN N ge AN Je x Lower DATA3 TXL3P ower CLOCK TXLCP pper DATAO Jpper DATA0 TXUOP pper DATA1 TX Jpper DATA14 TXU1P 1 2 4 pper DATA2 TXU2N 6 8 0 Lower CLOCK TXLCN 10 E as DESAN G O Z Z x G e E E A G A ZIZIZ ie An E im laa G am No 17 Upper DATA3 TXU3N 18 Upper DATA3 TXU3P 19 Upper CLOCK
23. using ATX power supply Power on using customized password string Hot Key Power on using special customized key Mouse Left Power on using mouse left click ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information Keyboard Power On Password In the event of Power On Function being configured as Password this item will be enabled for tuning Press Enter key to enter a customized password and confirm again when being asked In the case that the confirmed password does not match the configured one the message of Password Disabled Press any key to continue will be prompted Hot Key Power On In the event of Power On Function being configured as Hot Key this item will be enabled for tuning The choice Ctrl F1 to Ctrl F12 Onboard FDC Controller This item allows you to enable disable onboard Floppy disk controller The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRO4 2F8 IRQ3 and Auto UART Mode Select This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode Disable Infrared function Select IrDA mode transmission ASKIR Select ASKIR mode transmission As Infrared transmission function shares onboard serial port 2 COM2 needs to be enabled RxD TxD Active This item is to configure Infrared transmission rate Four options are available H
24. will show you all of keystroke functions in BIOS setup F5 Previous Values ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Menu Once you enter ROBO 8714VG2A AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility you should start with the Main Menu The Main Menu allows you to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to switch among items and press lt Enter gt key to accept or bring up the sub menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features gt Freguency Voltage Control gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password gt Power Management Setup Set User Password gt PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup gt PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS TL gt amp Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Note It is strongly recommended to reload Optimal Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Setup Information 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt or lt gt lt gt keys to select the value or number you want in each item and press lt Enter gt key to certify it F
25. 0 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 INT Pin 4 Assignment Devices S using this INT Network Cntrlr Bus 4 Dev 10 Func 0 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 1 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 INT Pin 5 6 7 Assignment Devices S using this INT The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 INT Pin 8 Assignment Devices S using this INT USB 2 0 EHCI Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 7 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 28 BIOS Setup Information 4 10 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Throttle Temperature Disabled Item Help External Temperature Oe 32 Fi Current CPU Temperature 42 C 107 F Current CPU FAN Speed 4693 RPM MONE R Current Power FAN Speed 0 RPM Current System FAN Speed 0 RPM CPU Vcore 1 39 V 3 3V 3 32 V 5V 5 13 V 12V 12 09 V 12V 12 44 V VBAT V 4 93 V 5VSB V 5 06 V Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Bit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Throttle Temperature This item allows you to set a temperature above whom the system will operate in lower speed immediately Default setting is disabled The choice Disabled 56 C 133 F 60 C 140 F 66 C 151 F 70 C 158 F ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 29 BIOS Se
26. 5 10 Appendix A System Memory Address Map Each On board device in the system is assigned a set of memory addresses which also can be identical of the device The following table lists the system memory address used Memory Area Size Device Description 0000 003F IK Interrupt Area 0040 004F 0 3K BIOS Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K System Data 0070 03E1 13K DOS 03E2 OCC4B 35K Program Area OCC5 9F3F 585K Available Conventional memory ends at 638K 9F40 9F7F 1K Unused 9F80 OFFF 2K Extended BIOS Area A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 CFFF 64K Video ROM D000 D3FF 16K ROM D400 EFFF 112K Unused DA4A DFFE 22K High RAM HMA 64K First 64K Extended ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual Appendix B Interrupt Reguest Lines IRO Peripheral devices can use interrupt reguest lines to notify CPU for the service required The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board IRQ Current Use Default Use IRQ 0 SMARTDRV System Timer IRQ 1 SMARTDRV Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM 2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM 1 IRQ 5 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ 7 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 8 System ROM Real Time Clock IRQ 9 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 10 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 11 Una
27. 5 hard disk Head Min 0 Set the number of read write heads Max 255 Precomp Min 0 Warning Setting a value of 65535 Max 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 SCHER Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Number of sectors per track Max 255 ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information 4 5 Advanced BIOS Feature This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot up seguence keyboard operation shadowing and security Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features CPU Feature Press Enter Item Help gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Virus Warnin Disabled CPU LI amp L2 Come Enabled Menu Lexel d Hyper Threading Technology Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Hard Disk Second Boot Device CD ROM Third Boot Device Floppy Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Normal Typematic Rate Setting Disabled X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 X Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup X APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Small Logo EPA Show Disabled Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Op
28. Audio MIC Line in Line out Connector J26 External LAN Access LED Connector J27 External LANI Access LED Connector J28 Case apen Detection Connector lt 729 SMBus Connector n Di COMI Serial Port1 Connector 751 Parallel Port Conneetor 52 FDC Interface Conmeto o o O 753 COMI Serial Port 2 Connector ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 2 4 Hardware Configuration J35 LANI Ethernet RJ 45Connector n J36 LAN2 Ethernet RJ 45Connector pa J37 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Cogechr 1 J38 Extemal Keyboard Connector J39 On board VGA CRT Connector n J0 Compact Flash Card O FAN1 FANI CPUFAN pen FAN2 FAN2 POWERFAN O FAN3 FAN3 SYSTEMFAN o o O Pin Assignments of Connectors J1 12V POWER Connector PIN No Signal Description Ground 2 NMI Connector PIN No NMI Signal Input Active low 3 Reset Connector PIN No Signal Description Reset Signal Input Active low J4 External Speaker Connector PIN No Signal Description a mmm Speaker Signal Output Open drain w internal series 33 Ohm 2 Inc gt O 1 2 3 Ground 4 4 IV OE ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Configuration Note The pull high voltage of external speaker is limited at 5V maximum 5 Power LED and Keyboard Lock Connector PIN No Signal Description J6 Hard Disk Drive LED Connector 1 5V 300 ohm
29. BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Delayed Transaction Enabled Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min AGP Aperture Size MB 64 Init Display First PCI Slot TV Out Mode NTSC DRAM Data Integrity Mode ECC Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario might well occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips DRAM Timing Selectable This option provides DIMM plug and play support by serial presence detect SPD mechanism via the system management bus SMBUS interface The choice Manual By SPD ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 13 BIOS Setup Information CAS Latency Time This option controls the number of SCLKs between the time a read command is sampled by the SDRAMs and the time the GMCH samples correspondent data from the SDRAMs The choice 2 2 5 and 3 Active to Precharge Delay This is to DDR standard accordingly The choice 8 7 6 and 5 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This option controls the number of SCLKs SDRAM Clock from a row activate comm
30. ROBO 8714VG2A Single Board Computer User s Manual P N B8980080 Version 1 0 Copyright Portwell Inc 2005 All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners Preface Table of Contents How to Use This Manual Chapter E ue E EE 1 1 VTA UC HOT EE 1 1 1 2 COCK LASE sans ee EE 1 2 1 3 Product Sp cific tioN nan dan nn adunan adan aE han aan aan atasan 1 2 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing eieiei 1 5 TA System e bereest 1 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration nana nana ana 2 1 WE 2 1 2 2 Connector Alocatpton ee 2 4 Chapter 3 System Installation nana nana nana NEEN 3 1 3 1 Socket 478 Pentium 4 Celeron Processor aaa 3 1 3 2 Main MEMO onsere Sade ddan Sada Sa Sada chan dada SNG Ai 3 2 3 3 CompaciFlash Card Ten inn nn edinole iii A EE 3 3 3 4 Installing the Single Board Computer NEEN 3 4 AT Chipset Component Driver ee 3 5 3 4 2 ATI Mobility Radeon Graphic Integrated Chipset e 3 5 34 3 Gigabit Ethemet Controller San an Ann talan ENGEN ue 3 6 34 4 On board A C 97 Audio RT 3 7 3 4 5 On Board USB 2 0 Controller 3 8 3 0 Clear CMOS Operations sk acid at SA SAA Sis SA SA AE SA SAS ALES aa aes eee deli 3 8 DOLW TO FBUTCHOM t kite EEG s NIN NNENUNENUNUN ENE IGN e st sona R seen a ooo sise e 3 9 EE 3 11 3 8 Display EE 3 11 ae Ia aaa Ee Ee Nk bene 3 13 3 9 Pin a nisn EEG loko oye no nn NANA VA E 3 13 3 9 2 ROBO 8714VG2A GPIO Programmin
31. Register 3 9 1 Pin assignment J18 General Purpose I O Connector 1 2 3 4 Ground eee O 7 LEZ L Zi alne on ie Zi Ground e eh Ge yen Note All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level OV 5V and each Fan 3 9 2 ROBO 8714VG2A GPIO Programming Guide There are 8 GPIO pins on ROBO 8714VG2A These GPIO pins are from SUPER I O W83627HF GPIO pins and can be programmed as Input or Output direction J18 pin header is for 8 GPIO pins and its pin assignment as following J18_Pin1 GPIO0 from SUPER I O_GPIO10 J18_Pin2 GPIO1 from SUPER I O_GPIO11 J18 Pin3 lt GPIO2 from SUPER I O_GPIO12 J18 Pin4 GPIO3 from SUPER I O_GPIO13 J18 Pin6 lt GPIO4 from SUPER I O_GPIO14 J18 Pin7 GPIO5 from SUPER 1 O GPIO15 J18 Pin8 GPIO6 from SUPER 1 O GPIO16 J18_Pin9 GPIO7 from SUPER 1 O GPIO17 lt lt lt lt lt Be careful Pin5 GND Pinl0 VCC gt gt gt gt gt ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 13 System Installation There are several Configuration Registers CR of W83627HF needed to be programmed to control the GPIO direction and status GPI value GPO CROOh CR2F are common global registers to all Logical Devices LD in W83627HF CRO7h contains the Logical Device Number that can be changed to access the LD as needed LD7 contains the GPIO10 17 registers Programming Guide Step1 CR2A_Bit 7 2 P 1 1 1 1 1 1 to select multiplexed pins as GPIO10 17 pins Step2 LD7_CRO7h P 07h
32. ame is herewith confirmed to comply with the reguirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89 336 EEC The eguipment was evaluated and passed the test the following standards were applied EMC EN 55022 1994 A1 1995 Class A EN 50082 2 1991 EN 61000 4 2 1995 EN 61000 4 3 1996 EN 61000 4 4 1995 EN 61000 3 2 1995 EN 61000 3 3 1995 The following manufacturer is responsible for this declaration Portwell Inc Company Name 3F No 88 Sec 1 Nei Hu Rd Taipei Taiwan R O C Company Address Taipei R O C Place Date Legal Signature of Authorized Person Preface WARNING m Remove Processor Caution Do not pull out processor without opening socket handle High viscosity thermal grease between processor and cooler will lead the processor be pulled out from socket when taking cooler off e This action may damage processor socket which will cause poor contact between CPU amp socket m Handling SBC Caution Do not just hold any single side of the SBC hold evenly on both sides e Heavy processor cooler shall bend the SBC when SBC being held just on one side e The bending may cause serious soldering or circuit damage System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 Introduction Performance flexibility and longevity are major reasons that you fall in love with ROBO 8714VG2A T
33. and to a read or write command If your system installs good guality of SDRAM you can set this option to 3 SCLKs to obtain better memory performance Normally the option will be set to Auto The choice 4 3 and 2 DRAM RAS Precharge This option controls the number of SCLKs for RAS precharge If your system installs good quality of SDRAM you can set this option to 3 SCLKs to obtain better memory performance It is set to auto normally The choice 4 3 and 2 Memory Frequency For Users are recommended to use Auto for memory frequency selection Use DDR400 selects Auto The choice DDR266 DDR320 DDR400 and Auto System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled to enable caching VGA BIOS into L2 cache to get higher display performance Disabled to ignore this BIOS caching function The choice Enabled Disabled Memory Hole At 15 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB The choice Enabled Disabled Delayed Transaction Select Enabled to enable delay transaction This will enhance performa
34. devices cables required before turning on AT or ATX power CPU CPU Fan 184 pin DDR SDRAM keyboard mouse floppy drive IDE hard disk printer VGA connector device cables ATX accessories or 12V 4 pin power cable are good examples that deserve attention With no assurance of properly and correctly accommodating these modules and devices it is very possible to encounter system failures that result in malfunction of any device To make sure that you have a successful start with ROBO 8714VG2A it is recommended when going with the boot up sequence to hit DEL key and enter the BIOS setup menu to tune up a stable BIOS configuration so that you can wake up your system far well Loading the default optimal setting When prompted with the main setup menu please scroll down to Load Optimal Defaults press Enter and Y to load in default optimal BIOS setup This will force your BIOS setting back to the initial factory configuration It is recommended to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that Portwell has highly endorsed As a matter of fact users can load the default BIOS setting any time when system appears to be unstable in boot up sequence Auto Detect Hard Disks In the BIOS gt Standard CMOS setup menu pick up any one from Primary Secondary Master Slave IDE ports and press Enter Setup the selected IDE port and its access mode to Auto This will force system to automat
35. e AWARD BIOS stored in Flash ROM These BIOS has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power off periods When system is turned on ROBO 8714VG2A communicates with peripheral devices and checks its hardware resources against the configuration information stored in the CMOS memory If any error is detected or the CMOS parameters need to be initially defined the diagnostic program will prompt the user to enter the SETUP program Some errors are significant enough to abort the start up 4 1 Entering Setup Turn on or reboot the computer When the message Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP appears press lt Del gt key immediately to enter BIOS setup program If the message disappears before you respond but you still wish to enter Setup please restart the system to try COLD START again by turning it OFF and then ON or touch the RESET button You may also restart from WARM START by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys simultaneously If you do not press the keys at the right time and the system will not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to Press lt F1 gt to Run SETUP or Resume In HIFLEX BIOS setup you can use the keyboard to choose among options or modify the system parameters to match the options with your system The table below
36. e chipset on ROBO 8714VG2A is new one that a few old operating systems might not be able to recognize To overcome this compatibility issue for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed Intel Chipset Software Install Chipset Driver 3 4 2 ATI Mobility Radeon Graphic Integrated Chipset Using ATI Mobility Radeon High performance graphic integrated chipset is aimed to gain an outstanding graphic performance With no additional video adaptor this onboard video will usually be the system display output Drivers Support Please find ATI Mobility Graphic driver in the ROBO 8714VG2A CD title Drivers support Windows NT 2000 and XP ATI Mobility Graphic Driver Please choose your OS to install Install io Windows 9x System O beggen Install to Windows NT 4 0 System e ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 5 System Installation 3 4 3 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Drivers Support Please find Intel 82547 82541 LAN driver in Ethernet directory of ROBO 8714VG2A CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 XP and Linux Intel PRO 100 1000 Ethernet Driver Please choose your OS to install Insiall for Windows 95 System Pro 100 only Install for Windows 9x System a Install for Windows NT 4 0 System Install for Windows 2000 XP System LED Indicator for LAN status ROBO 8714VG2A provides two LED indicators to
37. e some example codes which demonstrate the use of WDT Enter Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0x87 outp 0x002E 0x87 Assign Pin 89 to be a WDTO outp 0x002E 0x2B outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxEF Select Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x07 outp 0x002F 0x08 ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 9 System Installation Active Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x30 outp 0x002F 0x01 Select Count Mode outp 0x002E 0xF5 outp 0x002F inp Ox002F amp 0xF7 Count mode Register amp 0x08 Specify Time out Value outp 0x002E OxF6 outp 0x002F Time out Value Register Disable WDT reset by keyboard mouse interrupts outp 0x002E 0xF7 outp 0x002F 0x00 Exit Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0xAA Definitions of Variables Value of Count mode Register 1 0x00 Count down in seconds Bit3 0 2 0x08 Count down in minutes Bit3 1 Value of Time out Value Register 1 0x00 Time out Disable 2 Ox01 0xFF Value for counting down ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual System Installation 3 7 SMBus 29 SMBus Connector PIN No Signal Description SMBus Clock SMBus Data 3V The System Management Bus is a two wire interface through which simple power related chips can communicate with rest of the system It uses I2C as its backbone A system using SMBus passes messages to and from devices instead of
38. e to install dual identical memory modules in both memory sockets Following tables show bandwidth information of different processor and memory configurations CPU FSB Bandwidth 800MHz 6 4GB s 533MHz 4 2GB s 400MHz 3 2GB s ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 2 System Installation Memory Frequency Dual Channel DDR Single Channel DDR Bandwidth Bandwidth 400MHz 6 4GB s 3 2GB s 333MHz 5 4GB s 2 7GB s 266MHz 4 2GB s 2 1GB s Note To maintain system stability don t change any of DRAM parameters in BIOS setup to upgrade your system performance without acguiring technical information Memory freguency CPU FSB synchronization ROBO 8714VG2A support different memory freguencies depending on the CPU front side bus and the type of DDR DIMM CPU FSB Memory Freguency 800MHz 400 333 MHz 533MHz 333 266MHz 400MHz 266MHz Note When using 800MHz FSB CPU DDR DIMMs may run at 320MHz not 333MHz due to chipset limitation 3 3 CompactFlash Card ROBO 8714VG2A reserves one Type II CompactFlash socket for installing CompactFlash card up to 1GB Installing CF 1 To protect your card always hold it by the edges Holding the center of the card probably won t damage it but holding the card by the edges provides an extra measure of protection 2 Slide CompactFlash card into the socket 3 If CompactFlash card doesn t slide into the socket easily don t try
39. ease contact our vendor or us P4 Power connector ROBO 8714VG2A requires power drawing from at least one or two power connectors Jl and J7 depending on power mode AT or ATX The CPU supplementary Power Connector J1 has to be connected to a system all the time no matter using AT or ATX mode Otherwise the system won t boot up properly In addition the 4 pin connector J9 is only required at ATX mode due to the fact that 4 pin connector provides 5V Stand by from the backplane to the SBC If Jl isn t connected it could also cause system failed to boot up ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 5 1 Troubleshooting ATX Power Setting This section would be more likely to introduce you how to set up ATX mode on your ROBO 8714VG2A Please refer to the following instruction Step 1 Remove the jumper on pin 3 and 4 of ATX P S control connector on backplane and then use 4 pin power cable to connect both ATX P S Control Connector on backplane and ATX Power Control J9 on Signal Board Computer Figure 5 2 Figure 5 2 Step 2 Please adjust AT ATX Jumper on JP1 to short 3 5 4 6 pins then it can support ATX power scheme Figure 5 3 Figure 5 3 Step 3 Please connect 12 Power to CPU supplementary Power Connector J1 which shows on Figure 5 1 ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 5 2 Troubleshooting Step 4 Connect TOGGLE SWITCH with J8 connector on ROBO 8714VG2A Figure 5 4 which is used to power on ATX Power Supply Gen
40. enced users should make any changes to the default settings Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Resources Controlled By X IRO Resources PCI VGA Palette Snoop Assign IRO For VGA NT Pin 1 Assignment NT Pin 2 Assignment T Pin 3 Assignment T Pin 4 Assignment NT Pin 5 Assignment NT Pin 6 Assignment NT Pin 7 Assignment NT Pin 8 Assignment T N N kl Fi zo Fi zo Fal Fei Disabled Auto ESCD Press Enter Disabled Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Item Help Menu Level gt Default is disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot Ne Move F5 Previous Values Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults ESC Exit Fl General Help F7 Optimized Defaults Reset Configuration Data Default is disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 26 BIOS Setup Information Resource Controlled By BIOS can automatical
41. erally the TOGGLE SWITCH is located on the chassis of front panel Figure 5 4 AT Power Setting This section will introduce you how to guickly and appropriately set up AT power on your system Step 1 Please adjust AT ATX Jumper on JP1 to short 1 3 2 4 pins then it can support AT power scheme Figure 5 5 Figure 5 5 Note If you currently used ATX mode please clean CMOS first before adjusting Power setting to AT mode Otherwise system would not boot up properly ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 5 3 Troubleshooting Step 2 If currently using ATX mode please remove 4 pins power cable and then put a jumper back on pin 3 PS ON and pin 4 GND of backplane ATX P S control connector Figure 5 6 Ra e CG ar Step 3 Please connect 12 V Power to CPU supplementary Power Connector J1 which shows on Figure 5 1 Stand alone Setting The purpose of system stand alone function is to identify the root cause by isolating the board from other possible system devices such as PCI device backplane and so on Please refer the following steps to make system at stand alone status Step 1 Please connect 4 pins power to J7 in order to make system stand alone See Figure 5 7 ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 5 4 Troubleshooting Step 2 Please connect 12 Power to CPU supplementary Power Connector J1 which shows on Figure 5 1 Step 3 If you are using ATX power please short PS ON and Ground on ATX power connector
42. figure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Funetion Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS X Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume No Power Management User Define Ee s Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off PWRON After PWR Fail Off CPU THRM Throttling 50 0 Wake Up On LANI Disabled Power On by Ring Disabled X USB KB Wake Up From S3 Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled X Date of Month Alarm 0 X Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD COM LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ A D Disabled Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 22 BIOS Setup Information ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type To decide which ACPI suspend mode to use The choice S1 POS S3 STR Run VGA BIOS if S3 Resume The choice Auto Yes No Power Management
43. g Guide 3 13 iD DEXA E nin MN Me RAMAH ANA RA ARA AL ANAL ARA ARA A ala 3 15 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information nana nan anna anna 4 1 A l ENteTing E nedenarne booba boyo nee biv a 4 1 42 Main Meni ranon ka oue pon Saa DEN A O va So EE 4 2 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup MENDA senyen seen Contant AN e n e efe eee 4 3 4 4 IDE Adaptors Setup MENU steet eeh 4 5 4 5 Advanced BIOS better eene Eeer ege 4 8 4 6 Adyanced Chipset EE 4 13 4 7 Integrated Peripherals an enee 4 16 4 8 Power Management Getup nananana 4 22 4 9 PAP ent EE 4 26 CLAN ENEE E 4 29 4 11 Frequency Melek 4 30 4 12 Default Men e nana nk 4 30 4 13 Supervisor User Password Setting EEN 4 31 4 14 Exiting Selection ki koken apa cata aske ae osoa ea ese ese ooo akse beke be ea sede kane kaka ess ras kase a se sise AS 4 32 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting nana nana nana nana ananasa 5 1 5 1 Hardware Quick Instalator ae ae ia idee e ia ta ae ae ao eye ian ne AAA AN ia 5 1 Ee 5 6 EE 5 8 Appendix A System Memory Address Map Appendix B Interrupt Reguest Lines IRO Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO 8714VG2A system to meet various operating reguirements It is divided into five chapters with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Board Computer Chapter 1 System Overview Presents what you have in the box and give you an overview of the product specifications and basic system arch
44. he single board computer supports all front side bus of socket 478 P4 amp Celeron D processor of course the highest one 3 4GHz Parallel with the strongest processor ATI s mobility M9 is the boosted engine of graphics AGP 4X interface graphics controller embedded 64MB video memory provides many display interfaces such as CRT LVDS DVI and TV with outstanding display resolution and saturated color More than that ROBO 8714VG2A is infused with dual Gigabit Ethernet port dual SATA port 64 bit PCI amp ISA bus expansion capability Intel 875P and 6300ESB is the chipset that ROBO 8714VG2A adopts The 875P not only supports 800MHz FSB processor but also features DDR 400 dual channel ECC memory and CSA Communication Streaming Architecture One Gigabit Ethernet port works on the CSA interface which is double bandwidth of traditional PCI bus The second Gigabit Ethernet port that relies on PCI interface also presented higher performance since it is the only one device on PCI bus 64 bit PCI expansion bus is extended from the second expansion bus of 6300ESB that support both 32 bit 33MHz as well as 64 bit 66MHz PCI bus with proper 32 bit and 64 bit backplane Higher I O bandwidth of dual Gigabit Ethernet 64 bit 66MHz PCI expansion AGP 4X graphics and 800MHz Pentium 4 processor together with storage interfaces IDE SATA CompactFlash USB Floppy Serial and Parallel port constructed a mighty engine of computing platform Longevity is a ver
45. hort 9 10 Short JP3 LVDS Resolution Selection Pin 11 Pin 16 Note Enable TMDS signal by setting LVDS disabled Pin 11 Pin 16 Open JP4 CMOS Clear 1 2 Short Normal Operation s 2 3 Short Clear CMOS Contents JP5 PCI PCIX select PCIX JP6 PCI 33Mhz 66 Mhz 66Mhz 33Mhz JP8 Watch Dog Reset 1 2 Short 2 3 Short NMI ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 2 3 Hardware Configuration 2 2 Connector Allocation I O peripheral devices are connected to the interface connectors on this single board computer Connector Function List J1 I2V POWER Connector pen 12 NMIconnetor o oo O J3 Resetconnector ooo O A Extemal Speaker Connector J5 Power LED and Keyboard Lock Connector J6 Land Disk Drive LED Connector J7 Standalone Power Connector lt J8 ATX Power button Interface J9 ATX Power ControlConnectorr 710 LVDS Panel Control Connector lt Jm Secondary SATA Connector J12 _ Primary SATA Connector o o y O J13 LVDS Panel Conneetor Di USBLand USB2 Connect J15 USB3and USB4 Connect 16 Primary IDE Connector o Z o O J17 Secondary IDE Connector J18 General Purpose I O Connector ip J19 IDA Connector o J20 TMDSPanel Connect pon J271 External Thermal Sensor Connector J22 _ External Wake On Ring Connector J23 Extemal Wake On LAN Connector J24 Audio CD in Connector J35 _
46. ically pick up the IDE devices that are being connected each time system boots up ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 5 6 Troubleshooting Improper disable operation There are too many occasions where users disable a certain device feature in one application through BIOS setting These variables may not be set back to the original values when needed These devices features will certainly fail to be detected When the above conditions happen it is strongly recommended to check the BIOS settings Make sure certain items are set as they should be These include the floppy drive COM1 COM2 ports Parallel port USB ports external cache on board VGA and Ethernet It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device port to release IRO resource A few good examples are Disable COM1 serial port to release IRQ 4 Disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ 3 Disable Parallel port to release IRQ 7 Disable PS 2 mouse to release IRQ 12 Etc A quick review of the basic IRQ mapping is given below for your reference It is then very easy to find out which IRQ resource is ready for additional peripherals If IRQ resource is not enough please disable some devices listed above to release further IRQ numbers ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 5 7 Troubleshooting 5 3 FAQ Unboot problem Symptom After changing power mode from ATX to AT my system is just not working Solution Due to the fact that the 6300ESB design is
47. igh rate for receiving High rate for transmitting High rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting Low rate for receiving High rate for transmitting Low rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information IR Transmission Delay This option will be available when IR is enabled The choice Enabled Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode The available choices are full duplex mode and half duplex mode The choice Full Halt Use IR Pins The available choices are IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 The choice IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to configure I O address of the onboard parallel port The choice Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IR05 and 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode There are four different modes for the onboard parallel port SPP Switch to SPP mode EPP Switch to EPP mode ECP Switch to ECP mode ECP EPP Switch to ECP EPP mode Switch to Normal mode EPP Mode Select Select different version of EPP mode The choice EPP1 7 EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a proper DMA channel for ECP mode The choice 1 3 ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 21 BIOS Setup Information Watch Dog Timer Select This BIOS testing option is able to reset the system according to the selected table The choice Disabled 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec 40 Sec 1 Min 2 Min and 4 Min 4 8 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to con
48. in 0 Warning Setting a value of 65535 Max 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 Hait Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Number of sectors per track Max 255 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 2 Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help Extended IDE Drive Auto M ii k Access Mode Auto SE a To atuo detect the HDD s C t 80GB kika size head on this Cylinder 38309 channel Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 38308 Sector 255 Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Bit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information H Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on detection this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu Extended IDE None Drive Auto Access Mode Large Choose the access mode for this hard Auto disk to Manual The following options are selectable only if the IDE Channel 2 Master item is set Capacity Auto Display your disk Disk drive capacity Approximated drive size Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cylinder Min 0 Set the number of cylinders for this Max 6553
49. in the proper position The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star X 2 1 Jumper Setting 7 7J31 mon om m na e mon wonn a non a na uag seo senn e ee a J32 J7 ni i anmann ER si k mm e Wee GOO J3 J4 J5 J6 EE PT T T T T J9 fo GIE io LILI AN oon UE B d Eet i V ho li FE isl Hd S ZEE boj Sees JI m S PANJ 17 JP5 J25 EE PTT L EE alt pop D aves kata merce BOGOG OOGOGOOGE J26 FAN2 FAN3 J24 J29 H ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 2 1 Hardware Configuration J16 Mt FS 50 1 WT 1 Figure 2 1 ROBO 8714VG2A Jumper Connector Location P1 AT ATX Power Selection 1 3 2 4 Short 3 5 4 6 Short ATX Power s Note JP4 must be set 2 3 short first then Return 1 2 short to clear CMOS RAM if JP1 has been changed ever JP2 COM2 Interface Selection JP3 LVDS Backlight On Signal Selection Pin 1 Pin 6 JP3 1 6 1 2 4 6 Short 5V Active Low 1 2 5 6 Short 5V Active High x 1 3 4 6 Short 12V Active Low 1 3 5 6 Short 12V Active High ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration JP3 LVDS Panel Power V DD Selection Pin 7 Pin 10 JP3 7 10 7 8 S
50. it as first boot device Besides please also notice Every time when your hard disk devices have been changed system bios will ask you to re setup Hard disk boot priority Ouestion Intel 875 series Chipset supports Dual Channel Mode but how can I enable this function Answer Indeed you don t have to change any setting You can simply plug in two DDR RAM Module and then system will automatically enable Dual Channel Mode Ouestion Why does my system crash while installing Win NT 4 0 How can I solve this problem Answer That s because Prescott CPU isn t supported by Win NT 4 0 Therefore please go to BIOS menu and enable Limit CPUID MaxVal in CPU Feature of Advanced BIOS Features ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 5 9 Troubleshooting Question I am interested in integrating LCD Panel with ROBO 8714V G2A for my project How can I get the support from Portwell Answer If you have no preference of LCD panel please kindly contact our account sale we will provide high quality long longevity and ready solution LCD Panel kits to you which will reduce your effort and time If you have the preference of LCD Panel please contact our account sale or vendor with datasheet of LCD Panel Question Why cannot I install USB 2 0 driver Answer If you are using Windows 2000 you need to update your Service Pack version to Service Pack 4 If you are using Windows XP you need to update Service Pack to Service Pack 1 at least
51. itecture for this series model of single board computer Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Shows the definitions and locations of Jumpers and Connectors that you can easily configure your system Chapter 3 System Installation Describes how to properly mount the CPU main memory and Compact Flash to get a safe installation and provides a programming guide of Watch Dog Timer function Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information Specifies the meaning of each setup parameters how to get advanced BIOS performance and update new BIOS In addition POST checkpoint list will give users some guidelines of trouble shooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Provides various useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8714VG2A running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3 this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues in terms of backplane setup BIOS setting and OS diagnostics The content of this manual and EC declaration document is subject to change without prior notice These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the document Portwell may make supplement or change in the products described in this document at any time Updates to this manual technical clarification and answers to frequently asked questions will be shown on the following web site http www portwell com Preface EC Declaration of Conformity To Be Added For the following eguipment Product Name Model Name Trade N
52. l 2 9 Hardware Configuration 21 External Thermal Sensor Connector PIN No Signal Description Thermistor Pin 1 Thermistor Pin 2 Note An external thermistor can be connected these two pins for temperature monitoring remotely such as chassis ambient temperature etc Normally the resistance selected for thermistor should be 10KQ at 25 C 22 External Wake On Ring Connector PIN No Signal Description Ring Signal Input Active low 23 External Wake On LAN Connector PIN No 5VSB External WOL Signal Input Active low 24 Audio CD in Connector 25 Audio MIC Line in Line out Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description MIC with Reference Voltage Analog Ground Line in Left Channel Analog Ground Line in Right Channel 6 Analog Ground Line out Left Channel d e Analog Ground 9 Line out Right Channel ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 2 10 Hardware Configuration Note The Reference Voltage on MIC signal offers 2 25V 2 75V with 5mA drive 26 27 External LAN Access LED Connector ZR1 not support PIN No Signal Description 5V 270 ohm pull up for HDD LED HDD Active HDD LED J28 Case open Detection Connector PIN No Signal Description Case open Signal Active low 29 SMBus Connector J30 COMI Serial Port 1 Connector Signal Description DCD Data Carrier Detect RXD Receive Data TXD Transmit Data DTR Data Terminal Ready DSR Da
53. ly configure the entire boot and plug and play compatible devices If you choose Auto you cannot select IRQ DMA and memory base address fields since BIOS automatically assigns them The choice Auto ESCD Manual IRO Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt The choice Press Enter Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 11 IRQ 12 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 assigned to The choice PCI Device Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop The choice Enabled Disabled Assign IRO For VGA To enable VGA IRO assignation by selecting enabled The choice Enabled Disabled INT Pin 1 Assignment Devices S using this INT Display Cntrlr Bus 1 Dev 0 Func 0 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev29 Func 0 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 INT Pin 2 Assignment Devices S using this INT Multimedia Device Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 5 Simple COMM Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 6 SMBus Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 3 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 27 BIOS Setup Information INT Pin 3 Assignment Devices S using this INT IDE Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 2 Network Cntrlr Bus 2 Dev 1 Func
54. nce for data transmission between different PCI buses The choice Enabled Disabled Delay Prior to Thermal The choice 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min and 32 Min AGP Aperture Size MB The choice 4 8 16 32 64 128 and 256 Init Display First This item allows you to select the first display port to be initialized The choice PCI Slot amp Onboard VGA TV Out Mode The choice NTSC PAL PAL M PAL N DRAM Data Integrity Mode ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 15 BIOS Setup Information 4 7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device Onboard Device gt Super IO Device Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Item Help Menu Level gt Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Item Help IDE DMA transfer access Enabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Menu Level gt IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto If your IDE hard drive IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto supports block mode select On Chip Secondary PCIIDE Enabled Enabled for automatic IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto detection of the optimal IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto
55. o enter the next page Master menu for detail hard drive settings IDE Channel 1 Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Slave menu for detail hard drive settings IDE Channel 2 Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page 3 Master menu for detail hard drive settings Drive A None Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Drive B 360K 5 25 in for detail hard drive settings 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Disabled Floppy 3 is the Japanese standard Support Drive A floppy drive mode It stores 1 2MB ona Drive B 3 5 diskette instead of 1 44MB Both Video EGA VGA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which you want No Errors the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Base Memory 640K Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended N A Displays the amount of extended Memory memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 4 BIOS Setup Information 4 4 IDE Adaptors Setup Menu The IDE adapters control the IDE devices such as hard disk drive or CDROM drive It uses a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 0 Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item
56. ollow command keys in CMOS Setup table to change Date Time Drive type and Boot Sector Virus Protection Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Fri Jul 1 2005 Item Help Time hh mm ss 11 29 50 IDE Channel 0 Master Maxtor 91021U2 Menu Level gt IDE Channel 0 Slave None IDE Channel 1 Master CD 540E Change i yo wae menih IDE Channel 1 Slave None E IDE Channel 2 Master ST380817AS IDE Channel 3 Master None Drive A 1 4M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EVG VGAJ Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 522240K Total Memory 523264K Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults E Menu Selections Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Change the day month year and century Time hh mm ss Change the internal clock IDE Channel 0 Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of Master menu detailed options IDE Channel 0 Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Slave menu for detail hard drive settings ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 3 BIOS Setup Information All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key IDE Channel 1 Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt t
57. on I use 64 bits PCI card but the performance isn t as good as I expected Why Answer Please make sure if you have set JP6 PCI 66 33Mhz selection to Open in order to have better performance ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 5 8 Troubleshooting Ouestion After done with installation of SATA hard disk device why does system BIOS show nothing on screen Answer As matter of fact you need to access system BIOS to enable SATA device Please refer to SATA hard disk device installation guide Question After inserting Compact Flash why doesn t it work at all Answer Compact Flash is occupied with the master device of IDE Secondary If there is any device occupying this channel please remove it or set it as a slave device Ouestion I am using an ATA 66 or 100 hard drive how can I know that ATA 66 function is enabled Answer You need to use the 80 pin ATA 66 IDE flat cable to have this function During the Post stage you can see ATA 66 or 100 message while hard drive is being detected Besides after successfully installing Microsoft series OS you also need to install ATA 66 100 driver to active ATA 66 100 function Information amp Support Ouestion I have one IDE hard disk and one SATA hard disk How can I assign SATA hard disk as First boot device Answer After entering system BIOS access Advanced BIOS Feature And then press enter on Hard disk boot Priority You will see the mode of your SATA hard disk Select
58. ority The choice Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP 100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM and Disabled Boot Other Device Select your boot device priority The choice Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose enable to assign physical driver B to logical drive A and Vice Versa The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock The choice Off On Gate A20 Option Fast lets chipsets control Gate A20 and Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Default is Fast The choice Normal Fast Typematic Rate Setting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The choice Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars sec The rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information Typematic delay Msec The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat The choice 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is reguired every time the system boots or only when you enter setup Svetel The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the y correct password
59. own When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15 Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN This item allows users to set the time to remove the power after the power button is pressed The choice Instant Off Delay 4 Sec PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs System automatically restores power back Off System stays at power off CPU THRM Throttling When the CPU temperature reaches the preset standard The CPU usage will be reduced to a selected level to avoid overheating The choice 75 0 50 0 and 25 0 Wake Up On LANI This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by on board LAN The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 24 BIOS Setup Information Power On by Ring When select Enabled a system that is at soft off mode will be alert to Wake On Modem signal The choice Enabled Disabled USB KB Wake up From S3 The choice Enabled Disabled Resume by Alarm This item allows users to enable disable the resume by alarm function When Enabled is selected system using ATX power supply could be powered on if a customized time and day is approached The choice Enabled Disabled
60. port Outline Dimension L X W 338 5mm 13 33 X 122mm 4 8 Power Requirements Configuration 12V CPU 5 85A 12V System 0 24A 5V 3 83A Test configuration CPU Intel Pentium 4 2 8GHz 800MHz FSB 1024KB L2 Cache Memory DDR 512MB PC3200 Primary Master IDE HDD Seagate ST320423A OS Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4 Test Programs Burning Test V4 0 for CPU loading Connected Fans Only CPU fan connected Run Time 30 minutes Operating Temperature 5 C 55 C 23 F 131 F Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C e Relative Humidity 5 90 non condensing ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 1 4 111 43 System Overview 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing 339 08 3 Mounting hole 4 5 328 58 EEN o IT um Oh R as pekel ce BO 4 92 n es 2 TE IC o 2 wm Sleg P z d i ls a a3 H 4 mo T Ht 8 Pe z 8 ki A D o ei gt ai oi n no G ei N ki 4 lt aTN IH 24 99 16 5 64 77 59 05 86 37 7 39 1 4 System Architecture The system architecture of ROBO 8714VG2A includes two main Intel chips Intel 875P chipset supports Pentium 4 processor DDR SDRAM 2D 3D graphic display and 6300ESB that supports one PCI and one PCI X bus backward compatible with PCI bus bus interface APM ACPI compliant power management USB port SMBus communication SATA and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 IDE Master Super I O chip
61. pull up for HDD LED 2 HDD Active HDD LED 7 Standalone Power Connector 5V Note To run system in standalone operation Both J1 and J7 have to be connected 8 ATX Power button Interface PIN No Signal Description Pull high 1K Ohm to 5VSB Power Button Signal Input Active high ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual Hardware Configuration J9 ATX Power Control Connector PIN No Signal Description ATX Power Good Signal PW OK ATX 5V Stand by 5VSB ATX Power On Control PS ON 4 Grond n Ground 10 LVDS Panel Control Connector Backlight on Signal Output J11 J12 SATA Connector 1 Ground 6 SATA_RXP 3 SATATXN 8 Ground 4 Ground JL Graund n 5 sata Rn IT 13 LVDS Panel Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description Lower DATAO TXLON Lower DATA0 TXLOP Lower DATA1 TXLIN Lower DATA14 TXL1P Lower DATA2 TXL2N Lower DATA2 TXL2 emi Lower DATA3 TXL3N 8 Lower DATA3 TXL3P 12 14 16 18 20 N N ge m paag jaaa xr N Lower CLOCK ower CLOCK TXLCP Jpper DATAO TXUOP Jpper DATA1 TXU1P Jpper DATA2 TXU2P TXU3P TXUCP Cc Shell CIE S O ZZ x E pper DATA pper DATA2 pper DATA3 pper CLOCK A IXU2N 2 14 ME TXU3N 18 TXUCN 20 Cc E SA G ZIZIZ aa laa TIG IN oN pper DATA3 pper CLOCK See C Ce Jpper DATAO A
62. ssigned Usable IRQ IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRO 15 VIDE CDD Usable IRQ ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual
63. t is activated It sends out a signal to system reset or to non maskable interrupt NMI when time out interval ends To prevent the time out interval from running out a re trigger signal will need to be sent before the counting reaches its end This action will restart the counting process A well written WDT program should keep the counting process running under normal condition WDT should never generate a system reset or NMI signal unless the system runs into troubles The related Control Registers of WDT are all included in the following sample program that is written in C language User can fill a non zero value into the Time out Value Register to enable refresh WDT System will be reset after the Time out Value to be counted down to zero Or user can directly fill a zero value into Time out Value Register to disable WDT immediately To ensure a successful accessing to the content of desired Control Register the sequence of following program codes should be step by step run again when each register is accessed Additionally there are maximum 2 seconds of counting tolerance that should be considered into user application program For more information about WDT please refer to Winbond W83627HF data sheet There are two PNP I O port addresses that can be used to configure WDT 1 Ox2E EFIR Extended Function Index Register for identifying CR index number 2 0x2F EFDR Extended Function Data Register for accessing desired CR Below ar
64. ta Set Ready RTS Request to Send CTS Clear to Send RI Ring Indicator i it Data i ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual Hardware Configuration 31 Parallel Port Connector 1 Strobet 14 AmtoForm feet 2 Daao LD Erot o 5 Daai 16 Initializationk _ 6 Data4 19 Goud n II n Data 7 Ground CSN 1 Busy LI UM Grund O J32 FDC Interface Connector 5 Ground Density Select1 7 Ground 8 ide _ O 9 Groun 10 MotorENA ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 2 12 Hardware Configuration J33 COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector jo BS RSA2 BS O DTR Data Terminal Ready N C 6 DSR Data Set Ready N C N C N C 8 CTS Clear to Send N C Note J33 COM2 could be configurable as RS 232 422 485 with jumper JP2 34 TV out Connector 5 IN CCE 6 we 35 36 Ethernet RJ 45 Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 2 3 5 ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 2 13 Hardware Configuration 37 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector PIN No Signal Description Keyboard Data 2 MouseData n 4 5V Dual L5 Keyboard Clock pn Mouse Clock 1 2 3 5 J38 External Keyboard Connector Keyboard Data J39 On board VGA CRT Connector PIN No Signal Description Red Ground o Ground 7 10 Ground en 11 Monitor ID1 MONID1 5V I F 12 VGA DDC Data 5V I F 13 Horizontal Sync HSYNC 5V I F 14 Vertical Sync
65. tation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choice Auto Disabled On Chip Serial ATA Disabled Disabled SATA Controller Auto Auto arrange by BIOS Combined Mode PATA and SATA are combined Max Of 2 IDE drives in each Channel Enhanced Mode Enable both SATA and PATA Max Of 6 IDE drives are Supported SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device USB Controller Enabled Item Help USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Enabled USB Mouse Support Disabled Menu Leyal AC97 Audio Auto CSA LAN Giga LAN Enabled Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Bit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults USB Controller This item allows you to enable disable USB Universal Serial Bus function The choice Enabled Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This entry is for disable enable EHCI controller only This BIOS itself may may not have high speed USB support built in the support will be automatically turn on when high speed device were attached
66. th Intel ICH4 and ICH5R chipset Install for Windows 9x system Windows XP USB 2 0 Guide Mes You can find other driver and install guide form vehipsetvintelkusb20W Pass below button into the dictionary Press here se High Speed USB USB 2 0 driver to provide high speed USB functionality on Portwell SBC Download File s http windowsupdate microsoft com 3 5 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable CMOS Clear Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position JP4 1 2 Short Normal Operation x 2 3 Short Clear CMOS contents To correctly operate CMOS Clear function users must turn off the system move JP4 jumper to short pin 2 and 3 To clear CMOS contents please turn the power back on and turn it off again for AT system or press the toggle switch a few times for ATX system Move the JP4 back to 1 2 position Normal Operation and start the system Users may then follow the displayed message to load BIOS default setting ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 8 System Installation 3 6 WDT Function The working algorithm of the WDT function can be simply described as a counting process The Time Out Interval can be set through software programming The availability of the time out interval settings by software or hardware varies from boards to boards ROBO 8714VG2A allows users control WDT through dynamic software programming The WDT starts counting when i
67. timized Defaults ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min Item Help Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled Menu Level gt TL Move F5 Previous Values Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ESC Exit Fl General Help Delay Prior to Thermal The choice 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min and 32 Min Limit CPUID Maxval Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3 Should Be Disabled for WinXP Enabled For OS Windows NT4 0 Install Disabled For OS Windows XP Install Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority 1 ChO M Maxtor 91021U2 Item Help 2 Ch2 M ST380817AS 3 Bootable Add in Cards Menu Level gt Use lt gt or lt gt to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu Enter Select PU PD Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults Noe Move F5 Previous Values F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information Hard Disk Boot Priority Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Use lt gt or lt gt to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt
68. tion and Plug and Play Compatible Main Memory Support dual channel amp signal channel DDR ECC memory interface Two DIMM sockets support 266 333 400 DDR SDRAM up to 2GB System Memory L2 Cache Memory Build in Intel Pentium 4 Celeron Processor Chipset Intel 875P MCH and 6300ESB chipset Bus Interface Follow PICMG 1 0 Rev 2 0 standard 64 bit PCI and 16 bit ISA Fully complies with PCI Local Bus specification V2 2 support 4 master PCI slots PCI IDE Interface Support two enhanced IDE ports up to four HDD devices with PIO mode 4 and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 mode transfer and Bus Master feature ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 1 2 System Overview 6 SATA Interface Dual SATA port e Floppy Drive Interface Support one FDD port up to two floppy drives and 5 1 4 360K 1 2MB 3 1 2 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB diskette format and 3 mode FDD Serial Ports Support two high speed 16C550 compatible UARTs with 16 byte T R FIFOs IR Interface Support one 6 pin header for serial Standard Infrared wireless communication Parallel Port Support one parallel port with SPP EPP and ECP modes 6 USB Interface Support four USB Universal Serial Bus ports for high speed I O peripheral devices PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 6 pin Mini DIN connector for PS 2 keyboard mouse connection through Y Cable separation and one 5 pin shrouded connector for PS 2 keyboard connection through backplane connection
69. to force it It won t fit if you install it backwards Turn it around and try inserting it again WARNING 1 Keep CompactFlash card away from direct sunlight moisture and magnetic fields 2 The True IDE mode does not support hot insertion and removal because of the probable disruption of signals on the system bus ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 3 System Installation 3 4 Installing the Single Board Computer To install your ROBO 8714VG2A into standard chassis or proprietary environment you need to perform the following Step 1 Check all jumpers setting on proper position Step 2 Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position Step 3 Place ROBO 8714VG2A into the dedicated position in your system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it WARNING Please ensure that your SBC is properly inserted and fixed by mechanism Otherwise the system might be unstable or do not work due to bad contact of PICMG 1 0 External Bus supports up to 64 bit 66MHz PCI X plus ISA bus slot Note Please refer to section 3 4 1 to 3 4 5 to install INF VGA LAN Audio USB 2 0 drivers ROBO 8714VG2A Install Chipset Driver i Install USB 2 0 Driver Install ATI Graphic Driver Install Intel Ethernet Driver Install AC97 Audio Driver d Install Microsoft Direct X 8 1 i Install Adobe Acrobat Reader F ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 3 4 System Installation 3 4 1 Chipset Component Driver Th
70. tup Information 4 11 Freguency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Spread Spectrum Disabled Item Help Menu Level Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Spread Spectrum This item allows you to disable enable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Disabled Enabled 4 12 Default Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 4 30 BIOS Setup Information 4 13 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are Set Supervisor Password can enter and change the options of the setup menus Set User Password just can only enter but do not
71. y important factor that customers have to choose this board since Intel 875P is the only one chipset in IPD that supports 800MHz FSB Pentium 4 processor If your project need long development period or product life cycle and constrained thermal issue ROBO 8714VG2A definitely the only one and it is the best one of your chooses ROBO 8714VG2A can be used in medical application such as X ray machine as result of its best display quality and data transmission throughput via Gigabit Ethernet It can also be adopted by automation application that applies 64 bit 66MHz I O acquisition and storage cards ROBO 8714VG2A User s Manual 1 1 System Overview 1 2 Check List The ROBO 8714VG2A package should cover the following basic items ROR REN SON NN AON One ROBO 8714VG2A single board computer One dual Serial ports cable kit One Parallel port cable kit One FDC cable One IDE cable One Y cable cable for PS 2 keyboard and mouse One 4 pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection One 7 pin SATA signal cable One Installation Resources CD Title One booklet of ROBO 8714 series manual If any of these items is damaged or missing please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance 1 3 Product Specification Main processor Intel Pentium 4 Celeron Processor FSB 800 533 400MHz BIOS Phoenix Award system BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM with easy upgrade function ACPI DMI Green func

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