BIOS Setup Information
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1. ECP The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Extended Capabilities Port ECP specification ECP uses the DMA protocol to achieve data transfer rates up to 2 5 Megabits per second ECP provides symmetric bidirectional communication EPP Version This option is only valid if the Parallel Port Mode option is set to EPP This option specifies the version of the Enhanced Parallel Port specification that will be used by AMIBIOS The settings are 7 7 or 1 9 The optimal default setting is 1 9 Parallel Port IRQ This option is only valid if the Onboard Parallel Port option is not set to Disabled This option sets the IRQ used by the parallel port The settings are 5 and 7 The optimal default setting is 7 Parallel Port DMA Channel This option is only available if On Board Parallel Port is set to fixed I O address and the setting of Parallel Port Mode is ECP This option sets the DMA channel used by ECP capable parallel port The settings are 0 or 3 DMA channel 3 The optimal default setting is 3 On Board IDE This option specifies the onboard IDE controller channels that will be used The settings are Disabled Primary Secondary or Both The optimal default setting is Both 4 9 BIOS POST Check Point List AMIBIOS provides all IBM standard Power On Self Test POST routines as well as enhanced AMIBIOS POST routines The POST routines support CPU internal diagnostics The POST checkpoint codes2. 4 5 Advanced Chipset Setup Menu This setup is very important to keep system stability If you are not technical person do not attempt to change any parameters The best way is to choose optimal default setting Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD This option provides DIMM plug and play support by Serial Presence Detect SPD mechanism via the System Management Bus SMBus interface You can disable this option to handle the following four SDRAM timing options The optimal default setting is Disabled In addition SDRAM operating timings may follow serial presence from EEPROM content by setting this option to Enabled and all of SDRAM timing options will be not available and hidden ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information SDRAM RAS to CAS delay This option controls the number of SCLKs SDRAM Clock from a row activate command to a read or write command If your system installs good quality of SDRAM you can set this option to 2 SCLKs to obtain better memory performance The default setting is 3 SCLKs SDRAM 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 2 SCLKs to obtain better memory performance The default setting is 3 SCLKs SDRAM CAS Latency This option controls the number of SCLKs between the time a read command is sampled by the SDRAMs and the time the North Bridge 82443BX samples correspo
3. D4 Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and setting the stack next D5 Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h The INIT code is copied to segment 0 and control will betransferred to segment 0 D6 Control is in segment 0 Next checking if lt Ctrl gt lt Home gt was pressed and verifying the system BIOS checksum If either lt Ctrl gt lt Home gt was pressed or the system BIOS checksum is bad next will go to checkpoint code EOh Otherwise going to checkpoint code D7h D7 To pass control to interface module D8 Main BIOS runtime code is to be decompressed D9 Passing control to the main system BIOS in shadow RAM next Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint hex codes are listed in order of execution Code Description EO The onboard floppy controller if available is initialized Next beginning the base 512KB memory test El Initializing the interrupt vector table next E2 Initializing the DMA and Interrupt controllers next ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information Code Description E6 Enabling the floppy drive controller and Timer IRQs Enabling internal cache memory ED Initializing the floppy drive EE Start looking for a diskette in drive A and read first sector of the diskette EF A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in d
4. E000 next ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information Code Description A8 Initialization before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h completed Passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h next A9 Returned from adaptor ROM at E000h control Performing any initialization required after the E000 option ROM had control next AA Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system configuration next AB Building the multiprocessor table if necessary AC Uncompressing the DMI data and initializing DMI POST next BO The system configuration is displayed B1 Copying any code to specific areas 00 Code copying to specific areas is done Passing control to INT 19 h boot loader next 4 10 Flash BIOS Utility Utilize AMI Flash BIOS programming utility to update on board BIOS for the future new BIOS version Please contact your technical window to get this utility if necessary NOTE Remark or delete any installed Memory Management Utility such as HIMEM SYS EMM386 EXE QEMM EXE etc in the CONFIG SYS files before running Flash programming utility ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 21 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 22
5. Password prompt appears every boot up The system will not boot and deny access Setup with invalid password The best way is to clear CMOS or try to reload BIOS Setup to boot up system Boot To OS 2 gt 64MB You should set this option to Yes to support OS 2 environment The default setting is No ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 4 BIOS Setup Information System BIOS Cacheable The default setting is Enabled You can choose this option to enhance system performance by shadowing and caching function The Disabled will ignore this BIOS shadow function Video BIOS Shadow Select Cached option to get more higher display performance by shadowing and caching VGA BIOS The default setting is set as Cached If user chooses Enabled option only BIOS shadow function is active The Disabled option will ignore this BIOS cacheable and shadowing function Shadow Memory from address C000 DFFF 16K per segment Each of segments provides three options Disabled Enabled and Cached for faster adapter s ROM execution However this shadow function is Chipset oriented and dependent on system hardware feature The default setting for each of all segments are Disabled except for C000 and C400 In general this area is allocated for VGA BIOS and set to Cached to get higher display performance by shadowing and caching feature If user chooses Enabled setting only BIOS shadow function is active
6. hardware device If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state BIOS watches for activity on the device with specified IRQ line The computer enters the full on power state if any activity occurs BIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if activity occurs on the specified device No Monitoring activity occurs if the option is set to Ignore The settings for each of these options are Monitor or Ignore The optimal default setting for Serial Port 1 amp 2 Floppy disk and Primary Secondary master IDE are set to Monitor The rest of Devices are default set to Ignore Power Button Function This item is used to handle soft power on off regardless of time countin generally speaking it is 4 sec if you set it to On Off You can easily power on off system by pressing power button toggle switch directly This feature is only available on system with ATX power control interface If you use standard AT power supply this option will be ignored However choose the Suspend setting system will be forced into suspend mode when user turn it off unless you can consecutively press the power button for more than 4 second to get in Soft off function The default setting is Suspend ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information Ring Resume From Soft Off This item will be used to wake up system from remote ringing control under Soft Off condition If you choose Disabled setting the system will be not resume
7. or Slot 4 If Auto is selected BIOS automatically determines the correct setting for this option The optimal default setting is Auto If you want to respectively control off board PCI IDE Primary Secondary IRQ resources you should set this option among Slot 1 to Slot 4 Or all of these sub options will be not available and hidden Off Board PCI IDE Primary Secondary IRQ This option specifies the PCI interrupt used by the primary secondary IDE channel on the offboard PCI IDE controller The settings are Disabled INTA INTB INTC INTD or Hardwired for installing off board non compliant PCI IDE card The optimal default setting is Disabled PCI Slot 1 2 3 4 IRQ Priority ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information These options specify the priority IRQ to be used for any PCI devices installed in PCI expansion slots through 4 The settings are Auto AMIBIOS automatically Determines the priority IRQ IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 or 11 The default setting is Auto DMA Channel 0 1 3 5 6 7 These options specify if the named DMA channel is available for using on the ISA EISA bus or PnP Plug amp Play The settings are JSA EISA or PnP The optimal default setting is PnP IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 These options specify the bus that the named interrupt request lines IRQs are used on These options allow you to specify IRQs for use by legacy ISA adapter cards These options determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the
8. pool of available IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more IRQs must be removed from the pool the end user can use these PCI PnP Setup to remove the IRQ by assigning the option to the ISA EISA setting All IRQs used by on board I O are configured as PCI PnP The settings are PCI PnP or ISA EISA 4 8 Peripheral Setup This section describes I O resources assignment for all of on board peripheral devices On Board FDC Three options are Auto Disabled and Enabled If user wants to install different add on super I O card to connect floppy drives set this field to Disabled The default setting is Auto It will call BIOS to automatically determine if the floppy controller should be enabled On Board Serial Port A Port B These fields control the resource assignments of two on board serial interfaces SIO1 and SIO2 The following lists show current options in On Board Serial Port A Port B ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 13 BIOS Setup Information Auto default setting gt cannot set serial I O resources by manual operation Disabled gt indicates on board COM port function is ineffective 3F8h COM1 gt assign I O address 3F8h to COM1 2F8h COM2 gt assign I O address 2F8h to COM2 3E8h COM3 gt assign I O address 3E8h to COM3 2E8h COM4 gt assign I O address 2E8h to COM4 On Board IR Port This option control the resourc
9. 2 The keyboard controller interface test completed Writing the command byte and initializing the circular buffer next 83 Command byte written Global data init done To check for lock key 84 Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information Code Description 85 The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error and checking for a password or bypassing Setup next 86 Password checked About to do programming before setup 87 The programming before Setup has completed Uncompressing the Setup code and executing the AMIBIOS Setup utility next 88 Returned from CMOS setup program and screen is cleared About to do programming after setup 89 The programming after Setup has completed Displaying the power on Screen message next 8B The first screen message has been displayed The lt WAIT gt message is displayed Performaing the PS 2 mouse check and extended BIOS data area allocation check next 8C Programming the Setup options next 8D Going for hard disk controller reset 8F Hard disk controller reset done Floppy setup to be done next 91 The floppy drive controller has been configured Configuring the hard disk drive controller next 95 Initializing the bus option ROMs from C800 next 96 Initializing before passing c
10. BIOS Setup Information CHAPTER 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 618 is equipped with the AMI BIOS stored in Flash ROM This 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 618 communicates with peripheral devices and check 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 mod
11. U throttle running function All of sub items will be ineffective in selection of disabling Stand by Time out or Suspend Time out even if it can be choosed by user in BIOS setup menu The settings are Disabled 1 2 4 8 10 20 30 40 50 and 60 min The optimal default setting is Disabled ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information Throttle Slow Clock Ratio This option specifies the speed at which the system clock runs in power saving modes The settings are expressed as duty cycle of the STPCLK signal This duty cycle indicates the percentage of time the STPCLK signal is asserted while in the throttle mode The settings are 0 12 5 12 5 25 25 37 5 37 5 50 50 62 5 62 5 75 and 75 87 5 The default setting 50 62 5 Display Activity This option specifies if BIOS is to monitor activity on the display monitor for power conservation purposes If set to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state BIOS watches for video display activity The computer enters the full on power state if any activity occurs BIOS reloads the Standby and Suspend timeout timers if activity occurs on the specified IRQ lines If set to Ignore video display monitor activity is not monitored The settings are Monitor Enabled or Ignore Disabled The default settings is Ignore Device 6 7 8 5 0 1 2 3 Serial 1 amp 2 Parallel FDD Pri Sec HDD When set to Monitor these options enable event monitoring on the specified
12. are accessible via the Manufacturing Test Port I O port 80h Whenever a recoverable error occurs during the POST the system BIOS will display an error message describing the message and explaining the problem in detail so that the problem can be corrected ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 15 BIOS Setup Information During the POST the BIOS signals a checkpoint by issuing one code to I O address 80H This code can be used to establish how far the BIOS has executed through the power on sequence and what test is currently being performed This is done to help troubleshoot faulty system board If the BIOS detects a terminal error condition it will halt the POST process and attempt to display the checkpoint code written to port 80H If the system hangs before the BIOS detects the terminal error the value at port 80H will be the last test performed In this case the terminal error cannot be displayed on the screen The following POST checkpoint codes are valid for all AMIBIOS products with a core BIOS date of 07 15 95 version 6 27 Enhanced Uncompressed Initialization Codes The uncompressed initialization checkpoint hex codes are listed in order of execution Code Description DO NMI is disabled CPU ID saved INIT code checksum verification will be started D1 Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and going to 4GB flat mode D3 To start memory sizing
13. ate hard disk type etc ESC Exit Sel F2 F3 Color F10 Save amp Exit NOTE It is strongly recommended to reload Optimal Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Setup Information 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu This setup page includes all the items in a 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 Follow command keys in CMOS Setup table to change Date Time Drive type and Boot Sector Virus Protection Status 4 4 Advanced CMOS Setup Menu This setup includes all of the advanced features in the system The detail descriptions are specified as belows Quick Boot Set Disabled for normal booting or select Enabled to skip minor BIOS test items to obtain quick boot response The optimal default setting is Enabled Boot Up Sequence This category includes six items to determine which drive computer searches first for the Disk Operating System DOS The reference default setting is 1st Boot Device IDE 0 2nd Boot Device Floppy 3rd Boot Device ATAPI ZIP 4th Boot Device Disabled Try Other Boot Devices Yes M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled The default ARMD ATAPI Removable Media Device emulation type is set to popular drive type LS 120 and ATAPI ZIP There are many ch
14. d by modem ring The default setting is Disabled 4 7 PCI Plug and Play Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing CPU s when they communicate with own special components All of options described in this section are important and technical and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users could make any changes to the default settings Plug and Play Aware O S Set this option to Yes if the operating system installed in the computer is Plug and Play aware BIOS only detects and enables PnP ISA adapter cards that are required for system boot The Windows 95 operating system detects and enables all other PnP aware adapter cards Windows 95 is PnP aware Set this option to No if the operating system such as DOS OS 2 Windows 3 x does not use PnP You must set this option correctly or PnP aware adapter cards installed in your computer will not be configured properly The optimal default setting is No Clear NVRAM This option is used to clear NVRAM and check or update ESCD Extended System Configuration Data data after system power on The default setting is No that will not clear NVRAM and the operation of update ESCD is effective in different ESCD data comparision If you select the Yes setting then the BIOS will update ESCD each time of power on PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks This
15. d shadowing 51 The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Testing the memory above 1MB next 52 The memory above 1MB has been tested and initialized Saving the memory size information next 53 The memory size information and the CPU registers are saved Entering real mode next 54 Shutdown was successful The CPU is in real mode Disabling the Gate A20 line parity and the NMI next 57 The A20 address line parity and the NMI are disabled Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing next 58 The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit lt DEL gt message next 59 The Hit lt DEL gt message is cleared The lt WAIT gt message is displayed Staring the DMA and interrupt controller test next 60 The DMA page register test passed To do DMA 1 base register test 62 DMA I base register test passed To do DMA 2 base register test 65 DMA base register test passed To program DMA unit 1 and 2 66 DMA unit 1 and 2 programming over To initialize 8259 interrupt controller TF Extended NMI sources enabling is in progress 80 The keyboard test has started Clearing the output buffer and checking for stuck keys Issuing the keyboard reset command next 81 A keyboard reset error or stuck key was found Issuing the keyboard Controller interface test command next 8
16. e assignments of on board serial port 3 The IR Mode Select has three settings IrDA ASK IR and FIR The default setting is Disabled On Board Parallel Port There are four optional items Parallel Port Mode EPP Version Parallel Port IRQ and Parallel Port DMA Channel used to control on board parallel port interface while user select I O base address manually The following lists are available options of on board parallel port Auto default setting gt user can not control all of LPT port I O resources Disabled gt on board parallel port function is ineffective and N A 378h gt locate IRQ7 for this default I O address 278h gt assign this I O address to LPT 1 3BCh gt assign this I O address to LPT1 Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode ECP and EPP are both bidirectional data transfer schemes that adhere to the IEEE P1284 specifications This Parallel Port Mode includes four options Normal Bi Dir EPP and ECP The optimal default setting is Bi Dir Setting Description Normal Uni direction operation at normal speed Bi Dir Bi direction operation at normal speed EPP The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Enhanced Parallel Port EPP specification EPP uses the existing parallel port signals to provide asymmetric bidirectional data transfer driven by the host device ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information
17. ify the system parameters to match the options with your system The table below will show you all of keystroke functions in BIOS setup EDITING KEYS FUNCTION lt Tab gt Move to the next field lt tt gt Move the next field to the left above right or below lt Enter gt Select in the current field Increments Decrements a value lt Esc gt Close the current operation and return to previous level lt PgUp gt Returns to the previous option lt PgDn gt Advances to the next option lt F2 gt lt F3 gt Select background color lt F10 gt Show Save current settings and exit Y N in main menu ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Menu Once you enter AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from ten setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to switch the items and press lt Enter gt to accept or enter the sub menu AMI BIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 21 C 1998 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Power Management Setup PCI Plug and Play Setup Peripheral Setup Change User Password Change Supervisor Password Auto Detect Hard Disks Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings Save Settings and Exit Exit Without Saving Standard CMOS setup for changing time d
18. isabled 512 640KB or 15 16MB The default setting is Disabled 8bit I O Recovery Time This option specifies the length of the delay in SYSCLKs inserted between consecutive 8 bit I O operations The settings are Disabled 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 or 8 Sysclk The optimal default setting is 7 Sysclk 16bit I O Recovery Time This option specifies the length of the delay in SYSCLKs inserted between consecutive 16 bit I O operations The settings are Disabled 1 2 3 or 4 Sysclk The optimal default setting is 7 Sysclk USB Passive Release When enabled this allows PIIX4 to use Passive Release to obtain better USB performance while transferring control information or data for USB transactions When disabled PITX4 will perform PCI accesses for USB without using Passive Release The optimal default setting is Enabled PIIX4 Passive Release Choose the Enabled option to help raise the available bandwidth of the PCI bus for acquiring higher PCI bus performance The optimal default setting is Enabled PITX4 Delayed Transaction ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information Choose the Enabled option to obtain higher PCI bus performance for slower ISA bus application The optimal default setting is Disabled USB Function This option will enable on chip USB function to support USB Universal Serial Bus peripheral devices if user chooses the Enabled setting The default is Disabled USB Keyb
19. ndent data from the SDRAMs For a registered DIMM with CAS Latency 2 this option should be set to 2 SCLKs to acquire better memory performance The default setting is 3 SCLKs SDRAM Leadoff Cmd Timing This option is used to control when the SDRAM command pins SRASx SCASx and Wex and CSx are considered valid on leadoffs for CPU cycles The optimal default setting is Auto It is automatically initialized and set by BIOS from CPU speed detection For Desktop platforms it might be set to 4 SCLKs In general another option 3 SCLKs will be set to meet Mobile platforms DRAM Integrity Mode There are three options Non ECC EC Only Error Check Only and ECC Hardware Error Checking and Correction in this feature The DRAM integrity mode will be implemented by the parity algorithm when this option is set to Non ECC The optimal default setting is Non ECC DRAM Refresh Rate ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information This option specifies the refresh rate frequency for the installed system memory SDRAM DIMMs There are five options 5 6us 31 2us 62 4us 124 8us and 249 6us used to control DRAM refresh period The default setting is 15 6 us If you have good quality of DRAM you can choose longer refresh rate to get better system performance Memory Hole This option allows the end user to specify the location of a memory hole for memory space requirement from ISA bus cards The settings are D
20. oard Legacy Support This feature will be automatically disabled and hidden if user chooses the Disabled setting from the foregoing USB Function option Otherwise enabling this option provides support for USB keyboard or USB Mouse without auxiliary driver under DOS environment CMOS RAM CLEAR FUNCTION This option is default set to Disabled If your system supports Y2K RTC you should set this option to Enabled to support H W CMOS clearing operation 4 6 Power Management Setup Menu This APM Advanced Power Management determines how much power energy can be saved by setting below items to handle system power resource The following descriptions will specify the definition of each item in details Power Management APM Using this feature to control system power resources The default setting is Enabled to enable power management function and effective based on following parameter settings Green PC Monitor Power State ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information This option is used to decide what kind of power states are effective There are three options Stand By Suspend and Off in this feature The Stand By option is to turn off light power by handling of Monitor signals The other Suspend mode is to turn off heavy power And the other one Off state is really to turn off the power of the monitor The default setting is Off Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the p
21. oices of booting devices to boot up system User can select Disabled IDE 0 IDE 1 TIDE 2 IDE 3 Floppy LS 120 ATAPI ZIP CDROM SCSI or NETWORK Boot Up Num Lock ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 3 BIOS Setup Information Select On default setting to enable numeric function of the numeric keypad or Off to disregard it PS 2 Mouse Support Select Enabled to enable PS 2 mouse function or Disabled to release IRQ12 interrupt for other ISA bus I O devices The optimal default setting is Enabled System Keyboard This option will be used to neglect keyboard error while you choose Absent setting in your BIOS setup and system has no keyboard attached Primary Display The default setting is VGA EGA Chooses Absent VGA EGA CGA40x25 CGA80x25 or Mono to meet your monitor type If you select Absent the CMOS Display Type Wrong message will be ignored for mismatched display card in CMOS setting Password Check This option enables the password checking when the system boots up or runs CMOS Setup It only takes effect after setting Change Supervisor Password The default setting is Setup Setup This option will force system to check password before running Setup if you have already entered the current user password in Change User Password By that time the system will be only able to boot but deny accessing Setup Always
22. ontrol to the adaptor ROM at C800 97 Initialization before the C800 adaptor ROM gains control has completed The adaptor ROM check is next 98 The adaptor ROM had control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the option ROM returned control 99 Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Configuring the timer data area and printer base address next 9A Return after setting timer and printer base address Going to set the RS 232 base address 9B Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performing any required Initialization before the Coprocessor test next 9C Required initialization before the Coprocessor test is over Initializing the Coprocessor next 9D Coprocessor initialized Going to do any initialization after Coprocessor test 9E Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended Keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next A2 Displaying any soft errors next A3 Soft error display complete Going to set keyboard typematic rate A4 Keyboard typematic rate set To program memory wait states AS Memory wait state programming is over Clearing the screen and enabling parity and the NMI next A7 NMI and parity enabled Performing any initialization required before passing control to the adaptor ROM at
23. option is used to control PCI latency timer period follow PCI clocks Based on PCI specification 2 1 or later and PCI bus frequency in system user can select different timer to meet their PCI bus environment The default setting is 64 PCI clocks ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information PCI VGA Palette Snoop The option are Disabled and Enabled Some display cards that are non standard VGA such as graphics accelerations or MPEG video cards may not show colors properly User can choose Enabled setting to correct this display mismatch problem and support any ISA adapter card installed in the computer requires VGA palette snooping The default setting is Disabled Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA This option will be used to allocate IRQ for PCI VGA card In general some of PCI VGA cards need IRQ support PCI IDE BusMaster Set this option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus has bus mastering capability The settings are Disabled or Enabled The optimal default setting is Disabled Off Board PCI IDE Card This option specifies if an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is used in the computer You must also specify the PCI expansion slot on the SBC Single Board Computer where the offboard PCI IDE controller card is installed If an offboard PCI IDE controller is used the onboard IDE controller on the SBC is automatically disabled The settings are Auto Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3
24. ower conserving state that the VESA VGA video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired There are three options Disabled Stand By and Suspend in this field The default setting is Disabled If user select another options it will be controlled by Stand by Time out and Suspend Time out Hard Disk Power Down Mode This option specifies the power management state that the HDD enters after the specified period of hard drive inactivity has expired It is the same as video power control The default setting is Disabled If user chooses Stand By or Suspend it will depend on period of parameter Stand By Time out or Suspend Time out Stand by Time out Minute This option specifies the length of the period of system inactivity while the computer is in Full On power state before the computer is placed in Standby mode When this length of time expires the computer enters Standby Timeout state In Standby mode some power use is curtailed The settings are Disabled 1 2 4 8 10 and all ten minute intervals up to and including 60 min The default setting is Disabled Suspend Time out Minute This option is the same as Stand by Time out function These two features will be enabled to monitor power of sub items VGA display Serial port Parallel Port Floppy Pri HDD and Sec HDD independently It is also used to control CP
25. ritten next 10 11 Next issuing the pin 23 and 24 blocking and unblocking commands Next checking if the lt End gt or lt Ins gt keys were pressed during power on 12 To initialize CMOS if the initialize CMOS RAM in every boot is set or the lt End gt key is pressed Going to disable DMA and Interrupt controllers 13 The video display has been disabled Port B has been initialized Next initializing the chipset 14 The 8254 timer test will begin next 19 The 8254 timer test is over Starting the memory refresh test next 1A The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15us on off time next ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information Code Description 28 Reading the 8042 input port and disabling the MEGAKEY Green PC feature next Making the BIOS code segment writable and performing any necessary configuration before initializing the interrupt vectors 24 The configuration or setup required before interrupt vector initialization has completed Interrupt vector init is about to begin 25 Interrupt vector initialization is done Clearing the password if the POST DIAG switch is on 27 Any initialization before setting video mode to be done 28 Going for monochrome mode and color mode setting 2A Bus initialization system static output devices will be done next if present 2B Passing control to the video ROM
26. rive A FO Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM file in the root directory Fl The AMIBOOT ROM file is not in the root directory F2 Next reading and analyzing the floppy diskette FAT to find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM file F3 Start reading AMIBOOT ROM file cluster by cluster F4 The AMIBOOT ROM file is not the correct size F5 Next disabling internal cache memory FB Next detecting the type of Flash ROM FC Erasing the Flash ROM FD Programming the Flash ROM FF Flash ROM programming was successful Next restarting the system BIOS Uncompressed Initialization Codes The following runtime checkpoint hex codes are listed in order of execution These codes are uncompressed in F0000h shadow RAM Code Description 03 The NMI is disabled Next checking for a soft reset or a power on condition 05 06 The BIOS stack has been built Next disabling cache memory Uncompressing the POST code next 07 Next initializing the CPU and the CPU data area 08 OB The CMOS checksum calculation is done next Next performing any required initialization before the keyboard BAT command is issued oC OE The keyboard controller input buffer is free Next issuing the BAT command to the keyboard controller The keyboard controller BAT command result has been verified Next performing any necessary INIT after the K B controller BATcommand test OF The keyboard command byte is w
27. tialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and finding the total system memory size next 46 The memory wraparound test has completed The memory size calculation has been done Writing patterns to test memory next 47 The memory pattern has been written to extended memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB memory test 48 Patterns written in base memory Determining the amount of memory below IMB next ROBO 618 User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information Code Description 49 The amount of memory below 1MB has been found and verified Determining the amount of memory above 1MB memory next 4B The amount of memory above 1MB has been found and verified Checking for a soft reset and clearing the memory below 1MB for the soft reset next If this is a power on situation going to checkpoint 4Eh next 4C The memory below 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Clearing the memory above 1MB next 4D The memory above 1MB has been cleared via soft reset Saving the memory size next Going to checkpoint 52h next 4E The memory test started but not as the result of a soft reset Displaying the first 64KB memory size next 4F Memory size display started This will be updated during memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next 50 Memory testing initialization below 1MB completed Going to adjust displayed memory size for relocation an
28. to perform any required configuration before the video ROM test 2C To look for optional video ROM and give control 2D The video ROM has returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the video ROM had control 2E Completed podt video ROM test processing If the EGA VGA controller is not found performing the display memory read write test next 2F EGA VGA not found Display memory R W test about to begin 30 Display memory R W test passed Look for retrace checking next 31 Display memory R W test or retrace checking failed To do alternate display retrace checking 32 Alternate display memory R W test passed To look for the alternate display retrace checking 34 Video display checking is over Setting the display mode next 37 The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next 38 Initializing the bus input IPL and general devices next if present 39 Displaying bus initialization error message 3A The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit lt DEL gt message next 40 Preparing the descriptor tables next 42 Entering protected mode for the memory test next 43 Entered protected mode Enabling interrupts for diagnostics mode next 44 Interrupts enabled if the diagnostics switch is on Initializing data to check memory wraparound at 0 0 next 45 Data ini
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