SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL
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1. 4 2 USAGE The feature is controlled by two options in the Main BIOS Setup Menu Save CMOS to nonvolatile Flash Load CMOS from nonvolatile Flash System Bios Setup Utility v5 3 C 2005 General Software Inc All rights reserved gt Basic CMOS Configuration Features Configuration Onboard Devices Configuration Special Configuration PnP Configuration Shadow Configuration System Information Model PIP11 O0xA1 0x21 PLD Revision 0x00 Build Date 10 31 06 BIOS No MEV 10100 011 Reset CMO to last known values Reset CMOS to factory defaults Write to CMOS and Exit Exit without changing CMOS NIC Dev 0x1078 Rev 0x05 MAC Addr 00 60 C2 10 XX XX l BIOS Version V1 30 l 1 lt Tab gt to select Esc to continue no save www gensw com Figure 14 Main BIOS Setup Menu 2006 by MPL AG 37 MEH 10106 101 Rev C High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 4 2 1 SAVE CMOS TO NONVOLATILE FLASH This writes the current BIOS settings to the Flash A dialog box pops up and asks for confirmation Model PIP11 O0xA1 0x21 Special Configuration PLD Revision 0 pm Save CMOS settings to Flash Y N lna BIOS Version V1 l Flash Build Date 10 31 06 Load CMOS from nonvolatile Flash Figure 15 Save CMOS Dialog Box Press Y to save the BIOS settings in the Flash or N to cancel and return to the main BIOS setup menu 4 2 2 LOAD CMOS2. Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 BIOS FEATURES The PIP11 BIOS V1 30 supports the following standards and key features ACPI 1 0 Plug n Play USB Boot Floppy disk CD ROM Hard disk USB Legacy Keyboard and Mouse PXE Network Boot Console Redirection over Serial Port MPL UPS 1 1 2 ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual provides all the information necessary to configure the PIP11 BIOS The manual is written for technical personnel It is recommended to use this manual in combination with the PIP11 User Manual NOTE It is strongly recommended to read the PIP11 User Manual the PIP11 Technical Reference Manual and also this manual before the PIP11 is switched on 2006 by MPL AG 6 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 1 3 MANUAL REVISIONS 1 3 1 RELATED PRODUCTS Manual Related To Revisions PIP11 BIOS V1 20 PIP11 BIOS V1 22 PIP11 BIOS V1 30 Manual Description Revisions Initial release of this document 2006 07 07 Reflect BIOS V1 22 features IRQ12 available for PC 104 if no PS 2 mouse connected Added boot delay support for UPS 1 option Graphics driver shows nonpresent output devices PCI Enumeration Added handling for second PCI to PCI bridge Setup Menu handling improved 2006 10 31 Reflect BIOS V1 30 features PS 2 Mouse port configurable LVDS panel backlight brightness adjustable in BIOS setup Internal grap
3. When set to Enabled console output is routed to Serial Port 1 9600bps 8N1 There will be no boot messages on the standard display Console Redirection default Disabled Console not redirected Enabled Console redirected to Serial Port 1 2006 by MPL AG 25 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL High Tech Made in Switzerland 3 6 7 USB HID This option enables USB HID Human Interface Device support for legacy environments such as DOS Supported devices are keyboards and mice This feature requires System Management Mode enabled If System Management Mode is disabled UsbHid will be disabled as well Please refer to section 3 6 7 for more information about SMM Note If UsbHid is enabled IRQ12 will be no longer available for PC 104 devices even if no PS 2 mouse is connected Please refer to section 2 1 for more information about Interrupt usage UsbHid default Disabled Legacy Human Interface Device support disabled Enabled Legacy Human Interface Device support enabled 3 6 8 USB MASS STORAGE This option controls USB Mass Storage support for legacy environments and for the purpose of booting from USB devices Please refer to section 5 for more information about USB Boot This feature requires System Management Mode enabled If System Management Mode is disabled UsbMassStorage will be disabled as well Please refer to section 3 6 2 for more inf
4. C High Tech Made in Switzerland System Bios Setup Utility v5 3 C 2005 General Software Inc All rights reserved gt Basic CMOS Configuration Features Configuration Onboard Devices Configuration Special Configuration PnP Configuration Shadow Configuration System Information BIOS Version V1 30 Save CMOS to nonvolatile Flash Model PIP11 O0xA1 0x21 PLD Revision 0x00 Build Date 10 31 06 Load CMOS from nonvolatile Flash BIOS No MEV 10100 011 Reset CMO to last known values Reset CMOS to factory defaults Write to CMOS and Exit Exit without changing CMOS NIC Dev 0x1078 Rev 0x05 MAC Addr 00 60 C2 10 XX XX 1 1 Tab to select Esc to continue no save www gensw com Figure 7 Main BIOS Setup Screen 3 4 1 SYSTEM INFORMATION The left side of the main setup screen displays detailed information about the system 3 4 1 1 MODEL The hardware revision of the board is displayed after the model type PIP11 OxA1 0x21 PIP11 1 PCB Rev B OxA1 OxD1 PIP11 C1 PCB Rev B 3 4 1 2 PLD The software revision of the Programmable Logic Device on the PIP11 is displayed here 3 4 1 3 BIOS VERSION This reflects the BIOS version which is installed on the PIP11 3 4 1 4 BUILD DATE This is the build date of the installed BIOS version 3 4 1 5 BIOS NO This is the product number of the installed BIOS version 3 4 1 6 NIC This is the device ID and revision of
5. Loader Unused ATA DRV ASSIGNMENT Sect Hds ATA 0 AUTOCONFIG LBA FLOPPY DRIVE TYPES ATA AUTOCONFIG LBA Boot 4th None Boot 5th None Boot 6th None Debug Breakpoints Unused Debugger Hex Case Upper Memory Test StdLo FastHi Memory 1 Floppy 0 1 44 MB 3 5 ATA 2 AUTOCONFIG LBA Floppy 1 Not installed ATA 3 AUTOCONFIG LBA 1 lt CR gt lt Tab gt to select or lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt to modify lt Esc gt to return to main menu Figure 19 Basic CMOS Configuration for USB Boot To boot from a USB CDROM drive e Select CDROM in the Boot Order menu Drive Assignment Order does not have to be configured In the above example screen the system is configured to boot from USB CDROM as second boot source To boot from a USB Hard Disk drive e g memory stick external hard disk drive Configure one of drives C thru K as USD Hard Drive in the Drive Assignment Order menu Make sure that in the Boot Order menu the respective drive is selected as well In the above example screen the system is configured to boot from USB Hard Disk drive as third boot source To boot from a USB Floppy Configure one of drives A thru B as USB Floppy in the Drive Assignment Order menu Make sure that in the Boot Order menu the respective drive is selected as well In the above example screen the system is configured to boot from USB
6. PLAY CONFIGURATION 3 10 1 GENERAL PNP CONFIGURATION 3 10 2 PNP IRQ CONFIGURATION 3 10 3 PNP DMA CONFIGURATION 4 NONVOLATILE BIOS SETUP 4 1 OVERVIEW 4 2 USAGE 4 2 1 SAVE CMOS TO NONVOLATILE FLASH 4 2 2 LOAD CMOS FROM NONVOLATILE FLASH 4 2 2 1 CMOS LOAD ERROR 5 USB BOOT 5 1 OVERVIEW 5 2 BIOS SETTINGS 6 NETWORK BOOT PXE 6 1 PXE CONFIGURATION 6 2 CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION 6 3 BOOTING FROM NETWORK 7 COPYRIGHT 8 DISCLAIMER 2006 by MPL AG 3 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 9 TRADEMARKS 10 SUPPORT 2006 by MPL AG 4 MEH 10106 101 Rev C High Tech Made in Switzerland Figure 1 Memory Map Figure 2 BIOS Release Index Figure 3 PCI Device Table Figure 4 Mass Storage Device Table Figure 5 CDROM Device Table Figure 6 Enter Setup Message Figure 7 Main BIOS Setup Screen Figure 8 Basic CMOS Configuration Screen Figure 9 Features Configuration Screen Figure 10 Onboard Devices Configuration Screen Figure 11 Special Configuration Screen Figure 12 Shadow RAM Configuration Screen Figure 13 Plug N Play Configuration Screen Figure 14 Main BIOS Setup Menu Figure 15 Save CMOS Dialog Box Figure 16 Load CMOS Dialog Box Figure 17 Load CMOS Error Dialog Figure 18 Features Configuration for USB Boot Figure 19 Basic CMOS Configuration for USB Boot Figure 20 PXE Boot Message 2006 by MPL AG 5 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech
7. Setup Prompt Disabled Do not show Press Ctrl S to enter the Setup Menu default Enabled Show Press Ctrl S to enter the Setup Menu Setup Menu Wait Time Waits O sec for Ctrl S default Waits 2 sec for Ctrl S Waits 3 sec for Ctrl S Waits 5 sec for Ctrl S 6 2 CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION lt ESC gt Leave Setup Menu and lose changes lt SPACE gt Change value lt ENTER gt Jump to next option lt F4 gt Save changes and leave Setup menu 6 3 BOOTING FROM NETWORK Setting up a server that provides bootable images for network clients is a non easy task which is beyond the scope of this manual The PIP11 merely makes available the feature of booting from a correctly configured boot server Please visit the Intel website at http support intel com support network adapter pro100 bootagent index htm for further information 2006 by MPL AG 41 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL This page is left blank intentionally 2006 by MPL AG 42 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL This page is left blank intentionally 2006 by MPL AG 43 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 7 COPYRIGHT Copyright 2006 by MPL AG Elektronikunternehmen All rights are reserved Reproduction of this document in part or whole by any means is pro
8. This option controls the PS 2 Mouse port It can be used to free IRQ12 for usage by a PC 104 card if there is no PS 2 mouse in the system Please refer to section 2 1 for more information Note This option can be helpful when a KVM Keyboard Video Mouse switch is used and the mouse is not detected properly In this case it should be set to Enabled PS 2 Mouse Controls PS 2 Mouse port Disabled PS 2 Mouse port is disabled Pointing devices connected to this port do not work IRQ12 is free default Auto PS 2 Mouse port is automatically enabled if a pointing device is detected IRQ12 is used The mouse port is disabled if no pointing device is detected IRQ12 is free Enabled PS 2 Mouse port is always enabled IRQ12 is used 2006 by MPL AG 30 MEH 10106 101 Rev C High Tech Made in Switzerland 3 8 SPECIAL CONFIGURATION The Special Configuration setup contains options that may not be available on specific versions of the PIP11 If so the particular option is grayed out and cannot be configured System BIOS Setup Special Configuration C 2005 General Software Inc All rights reserved 2 a ST ei METUS EAE EHE A11 Stretched Mass Storage Mode Combined Panel Backlight BIOS Control Combined Mode P ATA Primary Brightness Level 50 s 108 200 17 MEM Base Addr Disabled PXE Boot ROM Enabled PC104 MEM Length 1 1 CR XTab to select or lt PgUp gt lt PgD
9. by the driver Panel Fitting Controls panel fitting behavior default All Stretched Always fit the screen size default Gfx Stretched Graphics Modes are stretched to fit the screen Text Stretched Text modes are stretched to fit the screen All Centered Both Graphics and Text modes are centered 2 6 2 3 2 PANEL BACKLIGHT This option selects whether the LVDS panel backlight brightness is controlled by BIOS setting or by other means Hardware up down switches or application software control When set to HW App Control the backlight can be dimmed by connecting UP and DOWN switches buttons to Panel Dimming connector J27 please refer to the Technical Reference Manual for further information Panel Backlight Defines backlight brightness control HW App Control Brightness controlled by hardware or application default BIOS Control Brightness controlled by BIOS setup 2006 by MPL AG 14 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 2 6 2 3 3 BRIGHTNESS LEVEL This option controls the brightness level of the panel backlight if Panel Backlight is set to BIOS Setup The brightness can be adjusted in 596 increments Note Modifying this option changes the backlight brightness instantly However it is still required to write the settings to CMOS when leaving the BIOS setup Otherwise the previous brightness setting will be used af
10. for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ10 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ10 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ11 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ11 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ12 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ12 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ13 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ13 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ14 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ14 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ15 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ15 available for PnP devices default IRQ1 IRQ2 IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ6 IRQ7 IRQ8 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ12 IRQ13 IRQ14 IRQ15 3 10 3 PNP DMA CONFIGURATION Assign DMAx to PnP Defines which DMAs are available for PnP devices DMAO Disabled DMAO not available for PnP devices Enabled DMAO available for PnP devices default Disabled DMA 1 not available for PnP devices Enabled DMA1 available for PnP devices default Disabled DMA2 not available for PnP devices Enabled DMA2 available for PnP devices default Disabled DMAS not available for PnP devices Enabled DMA3 available for PnP devices default Disabled DMAA not available for PnP devices Enabled DMAA available for PnP devices default Disabled DMAS not available for PnP devices Enabled DMAS availa
11. mode is enabled the FDD signals are redirected to the parallel port connector and external floppy disk drives can be connected The original parallel port functionality is not available any more Also an internally connected FDD does not work as long as parallel port FDD mode is enabled Parallel Port IO Base _ Selects Parallel Port I O base address default 0378h Use I O base address 0378h 0278h Use I O base address 0278h Parallel Port IRQ Selects Parallel Port IRQ 3 Use IRQ 3 4 Use IRQ 4 5 Use IRQ 5 default 7 Use IRQ 7 11 Use IRQ 11 PP Floppy Power Enables disables power for a parallel port floppy default Disabled Enabled Provide 5V on pin 25 Can only be enabled if Parallel Port mode is PP Floppy 4 Some operating systems are not capable of sharing interrupts between two serial ports In such cases select a unique interrupt for each serial port e g COM2 IRQ3 COM4 IRQ5 2006 by MPL AG 29 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 7 6 FLOPPY CONTROLLER SETTINGS This option controls the Floppy Controller Note Ifa parallel port floppy is used this option needs to be enabled also Floppy Controller Enables disables the Floppy Controller Disabled Floppy Controller is disabled default Enabled Floppy Controller is enabled 3 7 7 PS 2 MOUSE SETTINGS
12. press if an error is encountered at POST default Disabled Do not wait for F1 key press Parity Checking Unused This option is not used Enabled Click speaker during memory test default Disabled Don t click speaker during memory test Debug Breakpoint Unused Not used Upper Lower Specifies what type of memory test to perform at POST Can be selected independently for low below 1 Mbyte and high above 1 Mbyte memory Memory Test Fast Performs a fast memory test reduces POST time Std Performs a standard memory test default Full Performs an exhaustive memory test increases POST time Seek at Boot Show Hit DEL Config Box F1 Error Wait Memory Test Tick Debugger Hex Case Not used 2006 by MPL AG 23 MEH 10106 101 Rev C High Tech Made in Switzerland System BIOS Setup Features Configuration C 2005 General Software Inc All rights reserved ACPI 1 0 enabled Graphical POST Disabled Secondary ATA UDMA Enabled UsbHid Disabled System Management Mode Enabled Primary ATA UDMA Enabled Console Redirection Disabled UsbMassStorage Enabled 1 1 CR XTab to select or lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt to modify lt Esc gt to return to main menu Figure 9 Features Configuration Screen 3 6 1 ACPI 1 0 This option enables or disables support for ACPI V1 0 Enabling this option introduces power
13. saving features such as Hibernate Mode and Soft Off functionality if the operating system supports ACPI This feature must be enabled if MPL UPS 1 is installed in the system Note This setting should not be changed once the operating system is installed Unexpected system behavior could be the result ACPI 1 0 Disabled Disable ACPI 1 0 default Enabled Enable ACPI 1 0 3 6 2 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT MODE This option enables or disables System Management Mode SMM SMM is a CPU mode transparent to the foreground OS There are several tasks that are running in SMM This includes the following BIOS features which are only available if SMM is enabled USB Mass Storage Support USB Legacy Keyboard Mouse Support Some VGA functions DVI transmitter LVDS Therefore it is strongly recommended to leave this setting at its default Enabled Note Due to its nature the SMM may cause problems if the application requires hard real time capabilities The setup options UsbHid refer to section 3 6 7 and UsbMassStorage refer to section 3 6 8 are provided to individually disable SMM features in case of problems System Management Mode Disabled Disable System Management Mode default Enabled Enable System Management Mode 2006 by MPL AG 24 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL Made in Switzerland High Tech 3 6 3 GRAPHICAL POST SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL This options lets the system boot wit
14. table below A o Usage Remarks PIP11 default configuration System Timer Not available Keyboard Not available Cascade Not available Serial Port 2 Serial Port 4 Configurable Available for PC 104 Used Serial Port 1 Serial Port 3 Configurable Available for PC 104 Used Not used Configurable Available for PC 104 Available Floppy Disk Controller Available for PC 104 Used Parallel Port Configurable Available for PC 104 Used Real Time Clock RTC Not available 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 PCI Devices Not available PCI Devices Not available Not used Configurable Available for PC 104 Available PS 2 Mouse Available for PC 104 if PS 2 mouse disabled and UsbHid disabled Floating Point Unit FPU Not available Primary ATA Channel Not available Secondary ATA Channel Not available For a PC 104 card configuration example please refer to section 2 4 2006 by MPL AG 8 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 2 2 MEMORY PC 104 ISA and PC 104 Plus PCI add on cards may require a certain amount of memory for installing their option ROMs or they have onboard memory that needs to be mapped into the system memory space The memory area used for this purpose is limited to 000C0000h OOODFFFFh Note This area is 16kB 4000h granular if used as shadow RAM for option ROMs This means
15. the onboard Network Interface Controller 3 4 1 7 MAC ADDR The unique Media Access Control address of the onboard NIC is displayed here It is six bytes long and the first three bytes are always 00 60 C2 for MPL products The last three bytes are different on every PIP11 2006 by MPL AG 19 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 4 2 MAIN SETUP MENU The right side of the main setup screen contains the menu used to navigate through the BIOS setup options The menu entries will be discussed in detail below 3 4 2 1 SAVE CMOS TO NONVOLATILE FLASH This feature writes the current BIOS settings to the Flash Please refer to section 4 for detailed information about nonvolatile BIOS setup 3 4 2 2 LOAD CMOS FROM NONVOLATILE FLASH Use this feature to manually read the BIOS settings from the Flash Please refer to section 4 for detailed information about nonvolatile BIOS setup 3 4 2 3 RESET CMOS TO LAST KNOWN VALUES This option discards changes made during this BIOS Setup session by reloading the values from the CMOS RAM 3 4 2 4 RESET CMOS TO FACTORY DEFAULTS This option resets the BIOS settings to their default values 3 4 2 5 WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT This option is used leave the BIOS setup and write the current BIOS settings to the CMOS RAM The system will reboot automatically 3 4 2 6 EXIT WITHOUT CHANGING CMOS Use this option to leave the BIOS setup without saving the se
16. valid BIOS In these cases contact MPL AG to start up the system again If your system is not equipped with a floppy drive use one of the following ways to upgrade the BIOS 1 External USB floppy drive The BIOS Upgrade Disk can be booted with an USB floppy drive 2 CD ROM drive external USB drive or internal ATA drive If your system has a CD ROM drive the BIOS Upgrade Disk can be used as boot image to create a bootable CD ROM 3 Hard Disk drive external USB drive or internal ATA drive If your system hard disk contains a DOS partition you can start the BIOS upgrade from there If your system hard disk does not contain a DOS partition you can temporarily install a different hard drive that boots a DOS This hard drive can either be connected to one of the P ATA S ATA ports or externally to the USB port 4 Network PXE boot It is possible to boot the BIOS Upgrade Disk via network The boot server in the network must be configured to provide an image created from the BIOS Upgrade Disk as boot file 2006 by MPL AG 16 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 2 BOOT SCREEN At POST Power On Self Test various information about the system configuration is displayed 3 2 1 BIOS RELEASE INDEX The BIOS release index and CPU information are shown during POST The CPU signature 06D6 contains family 6 model D and stepping 6 information of the installed processor and t
17. 04 cards on a PIP11 with default configuration 100h 16Fh 180h 1EFh 200h 2DFh 300h 370h 380h 3AFh For a PC 104 card configuration example please refer to section 2 4 2006 by MPL AG MEH 10106 101 Rev C High Tech Made in Switzerland 2 4 EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION The following is an example of how to configure a PC 104 add on card These cards commonly require manual configuration and can cause problems if they are not configured properly Note PC 104 cards are ISA based while PC 104 Plus cards are PCI based PC 104 Plus cards generally do not require manual configuration In this example a Softing CAN AC2 104 CAN card PC 104 is used Step 1 Resources required by PC 104 card e Check the resource requirements of the add on card Refer to the card s User Manual for the requirements The CAN AC2 104 board has the following requirements O range 4 Byte area between 0000h and O3FFh Memory range 16kByte area between C8000h and F7FFFh IRQ channel One IRQ Step 2 Define card configuration Choose a resource configuration that is not conflicting with other system devices or installed cards After checking with the available resources of the PIP11 we chose the following values I O range 240h check section 2 3 for available I O ranges Memory range DCO000h check section 2 2 for available memory ranges IRQ channel 5 check section 2 1 for available IRQs Note Only the memo
18. 2F8h Use I O base address 02F8h O3E8h Use I O base address 03E8h 02E8h Use I O base address 02E8h Serial Port 2 IRQ Selects Serial Port 2 IRQ default 3 Use IRQ 3 default Shared with Serial Port 4 4 Use IRQ 4 5 Use IRQ 5 7 Use IRQ 7 11 Use IRQ 11 3 7 3 SERIAL PORT 3 SETTINGS Serial Port 3 Enables Disables Serial Port 3 Disabled Serial Port 3 is disabled The Serial Port 3 options described below become hidden default RS232 Serial Port 3 is enabled RS232 mode Serial Port 3 IO Base Selects Serial Port 3 I O base address O3F8h Use I O base address 03F8h 02F8h Use I O base address 02F8h default O3E8h Use I O base address 03E8h 02bE8h Use I O base address 02E8h 0220h Use I O base address 0220h 0228h Use I O base address 0228h 0238h Use I O base address 0238h 0338h Use I O base address 0338h Serial Port 3 IRQ Selects Serial Port 3 IRQ 3 Use IRQ 3 default 4 Use IRQ 4 default Shared with Serial Port 1 5 Use IRQ 5 7 Use IRQ 7 11 Use IRQ 11 2 Some operating systems are not capable of sharing interrupts between two serial ports In such cases select a unique interrupt for each serial port e g COM2 IRQ3 COM4 IRQS 3 Some operating systems are not capable of sharing interrupts between two serial ports In such cases select a unique interrupt for each serial por
19. FROM NONVOLATILE FLASH Use this to manually read the BIOS settings from the Flash A dialog box pops up and asks for confirmation Model PIP11 O0xA1 0x21 Special Configuration PLD Revision 0 p Load CMOS settings from Flash Y N ln BIOS Version V1 l Flash Build Date 10 31 06 Load CMOS from nonvolatile Flash Figure 16 Load CMOS Dialog Box Press Y to load the BIOS settings from the Flash or N to cancel and return to the main BIOS setup menu 4 2 2 1 CMOS LOAD ERROR If there is no valid image of the BIOS settings stored in the Flash e g directly after a BIOS update the following dialog box pops up indicating that the BIOS settings have not been loaded from the Flash Model PIP11 O0xA1 0x21 Special Configuration PLD Revision 0 No valid data in Flash Loading aborted n BIOS Version V1 l Flash Build Date 10 31 06 Load CMOS from nonvolatile Flash Figure 17 Load CMOS Error Dialog In this case press any key to return to the main BIOS setup menu 2006 by MPL AG 38 MEH 10106 101 Rev C AAPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 5 USB BOOT 5 1 OVERVIEW The PIP11 BIOS supports booting from USB mass storage devices such as CDROM drives Hard disk drives Memory Sticks Floppy disk drives NOTE If you experience problems with a certain USB device please try a different model There is a vast variety of USB devices available on the mark
20. Floppy drive A first 2006 by MPL AG 40 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL High Tech Made in Switzerland 6 NETWORK BOOT PXE The PIP11 BIOS supports booting from the onboard Ethernet controller using the PXE protocol The following message indicates PXE being initialized Initializing Intel R Boot Agent GE v1 2 26 PXE 2 1 Build 084 WfM 2 0 Press Ctrl S to enter the Setup Menu Figure 20 PXE Boot Message 6 1 PXE CONFIGURATION The PXE configuration menu is entered by pressing CTRL S when indicated by the PXE initialization message displayed above The following table shows the configuration options Network Boot Protocol default PXE Preboot eXecution Environment Use PXE as boot protocol Boot Order Try network first then local drives If no boot source is found on the network the standard BIOS boot order refer to section 3 5 3 is executed Otherwise the system boots from network default Try local drives first then network If the BIOS boot order refer to section 3 5 3 does not contain a bootable device the network boot is executed Otherwise the system boots from a bootable local drive Try network only The system boots from network only The BIOS boot order refer to section 3 5 3 is skipped Try local drives only The system boots from local drives as configured in the BIOS boot order refer to section 3 5 3 only Network boot is skipped Show
21. GE DEVICES 3 3 ENTERING BIOS SETUP 3 4 MAIN BIOS SETUP SCREEN 3 4 1 SYSTEM INFORMATION 3 4 1 1 MODEL 3 4 1 2 PLD 3 4 1 3 BIOS VERSION 3 4 1 4 BUILD DATE 3 4 1 5 BIOS NO 3 4 1 6 NIC 3 4 1 7 MAC ADDR 3 4 2 MAIN SETUP MENU 3 4 2 1 SAVE CMOS TO NONVOLATILE FLASH 3 4 2 2 LOAD CMOS FROM NONVOLATILE FLASH 3 4 2 3 RESET CMOS TO LAST KNOWN VALUES 3 4 2 4 RESET CMOS TO FACTORY DEFAULTS 3 4 2 5 WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT 3 4 2 6 EXIT WITHOUT CHANGING CMOS 3 5 BASIC CMOS CONFIGURATION 3 5 1 DRIVE ASSIGNMENT ORDER 3 5 2 FLOPPY DRIVE TYPES 3 5 3 BOOT ORDER 3 5 4 ATA DRIVE ASSIGNMENT 3 5 5 GENERAL SETTINGS 2006 by MPL AG 2 MEH 10106 101 Rev C High Tech Made in Switzerland 3 6 FEATURES CONFIGURATION SR MN c T iaiesbeniee 24 3 6 2 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT MODE 3 6 3 GRAPHICAL POST 3 6 4 PRIMARY ATA UDMA 3 6 5 SECONDARY ATA UDMA 3 6 6 CONSOLE REDIRECTION 3 6 7 USB HID 3 6 8 USB MASS STORAGE 3 7 ONBOARD DEVICES CONFIGURATION 3 7 1 SERIAL PORT 1 SETTINGS 3 7 2 SERIAL PORT 2 SETTINGS 3 7 3 SERIAL PORT 3 SETTINGS 3 7 4 SERIAL PORT 4 SETTINGS 3 7 5 PARALLEL PORT SETTINGS 3 7 6 FLOPPY CONTROLLER SETTINGS 3 7 7 PS 2 MOUSE SETTINGS 3 8 SPECIAL CONFIGURATION 3 8 1 LVDS PANEL SETTINGS 3 8 1 1 PANEL FITTING 3 8 1 2 PANEL BACKLIGHT 3 8 1 3 BRIGHTNESS LEVEL 3 8 2 PXE BOOT ROM 3 8 3 MASS STORAGE 3 8 4 PC104 MEM BASE 3 8 5 CPU FREQUENCY 3 8 6 AC97 AUDIO SETTINGS 3 8 7 MIN UPS CHARGE TO BOOT 3 9 SHADOW RAM CONFIGURATION 3 10 PLUG N
22. High Tech Made in Switzerland PIP11 BIOS V1 30 System Bios Setup Utility v5 3 C 2005 General Software Inc All rights reserved gt Basic CMOS Configuration Features Configuration Onboard Devices Configuration Special Configuration PnP Configuration Shadow Configuration BIOS Version V1 30 Save CMOS to nonvolatile Flash System Information Model PIP11 O0xA1 0x21 PLD Revision 0x00 Load CMOS from nonvolatile Flash Reset CMO to last known values Reset CMOS to factory defaults Write to CMOS and Exit Exit without changing CMOS Build Date 10 31 06 BIOS No MEV 10100 011 NIC Dev 0x1078 Rev 0x05 MAC Addr 00 60 C2 10 XX XX 1 XTab to select Esc to continue no save www gensw com 2006 by MPL AG 1 MEH 10106 101 Rev C High Tech Made in Switzerland 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 BIOS FEATURES 1 2 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1 3 MANUAL REVISIONS 1 3 1 RELATED PRODUCTS 1 3 2 REVISION HISTORY 1 4 RELATED DOCUMENTATION 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION 2 1 INTERRUPTS IRQs 2 2 MEMORY 2 5 ATA MASS STORAGE CONFIGURATION 2 6 GRAPHICS CONFIGURATION 2 6 1 INTERNAL GRAPHICS CONTROLLER 2 6 2 FLAT PANEL DISPLAY LVDS INTERFACE 2 6 2 1 DISPLAY TIMINGS 2 6 2 2 BACKLIGHT INVERTER TYPES 2 6 2 3 BIOS CONFIGURATION 2 6 2 3 1 PANEL FITTING 2 6 2 3 2 PANEL BACKLIGHT 2 6 2 3 3 BRIGHTNESS LEVEL 3 2 BOOT SCREEN 3 2 1 BIOS RELEASE INDEX 3 2 2 PCI DEVICES 3 2 3 MASS STORA
23. PnP Support Enables Disables Plug N Play support Disabled Plug N Play support is disabled default Enabled Plug N Play support is enabled Enable PnP O S Must be set according to the installed operating system OS Disabled Disable it if OS is not capable of PnP default Enabled Enable it if OS is capable of PnP 2006 by MPL AG 35 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 10 2 PNP IRQ CONFIGURATION Assign IRQx to PnP Defines which IRQs are available for PnP devices IRQO Disabled IRQO not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQO available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ1 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ1 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ2 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ2 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ3 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ3 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ4 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ4 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ5 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ5 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ6 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ6 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ7 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ7 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ8 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ8 available for PnP devices default Disabled IRQ9 not available for PnP devices Enabled IRQ9 available
24. S424040M9ATOO MA20A71A MPA241202GW4T12 ATA 1 STI Flash Drive Rev 1 1 STI 0E202022102934 Figure 4 Mass Storage Device Table Each installed ATA device is listed with device location 1 column device name 2 column firmware revision 3 column and model no 4 column For more information about the drive location please refer to section 2 5 The table is divided into CDROM Device s and ATA Device s CDROM devices are optical devices such as CD ROM drives DVD drives etc Additionally if the BIOS is configured to boot from a CD ROM drive a message indicating the search for a bootable image on the disk appears as follows CDROM Device s ATA 2 Pioneer DVD ROM ATAPIModel D E1 21 Searching for El Torito Bootable Image Found a bootable image Figure 5 CDROM Device Table Note The Searching for El Torito Bootable Image message appears also with USB CD ROM drives However they are not listed in the device table The table lists only ATA devices 3 3 ENTERING BIOS SETUP The BIOS Setup is entered by pressing the DEL key at POST indicated by the following message Hit Del if you want to run SETUP Figure 6 Enter Setup Message If the console is being redirected the key combination lt CTRL gt lt C gt must be sent from the serial terminal program for entering the BIOS Setup Please refer to section 3 6 6 for more information about Console Redirection 2006 by MPL AG 18 MEH 10106 101 Rev
25. ation default BIOS Control Brightness controlled by BIOS setup 2006 by MPL AG 31 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 8 1 3 BRIGHTNESS LEVEL If Panel Backlight is set to BIOS Control the backlight brightness can be adjusted in 5 increments Brightness Level Selects brightness level of the backlight if BIOS Control is selected Minimal Minimal brightness level 5 5 brightness level 10 10 brightness level 5 increments 95 95 brightness level default 100 100 brightness level 3 8 2 PXE BOOT ROM This option enables disables the integrated PXE Boot ROM which allows the system to boot from network please refer to section 6 for detailed information Disabling this ROM frees memory in the D segment which can be used for other option ROMs or devices that use memory in this range Please refer to section 2 2 for more details about the memory map PXE Boot ROM Enables disables Network Boot Disabled PXE Boot ROM is disabled default Enabled PXE Boot ROM is enabled 3 8 3 MASS STORAGE This option configures the integrated ATA controllers Please refer to section 2 5 for more detailed information about the modes Mass Storage Mode Selects the Mass Storage Mode P ATA Only Use Parallel ATA only S ATA Only Use Serial ATA only default Combined Use Serial ATA and one Parall
26. be modified 2 6 2 1 DISPLAY TIMINGS The timings for different flat panel types are set with DIP switch 4 please refer to the Technical Reference Manual for further information NOTE If a valid panel type is selected the DVI I port of the PIP11 will be disabled and cannot be used in environments that do not have an Intel Graphics driver e g POST DOS In BIOS V1 30 the following timings are implemented Panel type Resolution Remarks Panel 1 640 x 480 Single channel Panel2 800 x 600 Single channel Panel 3 1024 x 768 Single channel Panel 4 1280 x 1024 Dual channel Panel 5 1366 x 768 Single channel Panel 6 1920 x 1080 Dual channel Panel 7 1024 x 768 Single channel Panel 8 reserved Not used LVDS port disabled Panel 9 reserved Not used LVDS port disabled Panel 10 reserved Not used LVDS port disabled Panel 11 reserved Not used LVDS port disabled Panel 12 reserved Not used LVDS port disabled Panel 13 reserved Not used LVDS port disabled Panel 14 reserved Not used LVDS port disabled Panel 15 reserved Not used LVDS port disabled Panel 16 reserved Not used LVDS port disabled default 2006 by MPL AG 13 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 2 6 2 2 BACKLIGHT INVERTER TYPES The type of backlight inverter used for the flat panel is set with DIP switch 4 pleas
27. ble for PnP devices default Disabled DMA6G not available for PnP devices Enabled DMAG available for PnP devices default Disabled DMA7 not available for PnP devices Enabled DMA7 available for PnP devices default DMA1 DMA2 DMA3 DMA4 DMAS DMA6 DMA7 2006 by MPL AG 36 MEH 10106 101 Rev C AAPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 4 NONVOLATILE BIOS SETUP 4 1 OVERVIEW The PIP11 BIOS features the option to permanently save the BIOS settings into the Flash memory This memory is nonvolatile therefore the BIOS settings do not get lost if the battery is dead or removed It is no longer necessary to manually reconfigure the BIOS in these cases If the BIOS detects that the settings are corrupt it checks whether the Flash contains a valid image of the BIOS settings and if so it loads the settings from the Flash If there is no valid image in the Flash it loads the factory default settings If the BIOS is updated the Flash memory area holding the BIOS settings is erased as well This prevents configuration errors if the new BIOS introduces additional BIOS settings or if it redefines existing settings To take full advantage of the nonvolatile BIOS setup feature it is recommended to save the BIOS settings to the Flash once the BIOS is properly configured for your application NOTE The date and time values are not saved in Flash
28. bled default 16KB ROM at D400 D4000h D7FFFh D400 D7FF 16KB ROM at D800 D8000h DBFFFh D800 DBFF 16KB ROM at DCOO DC000h DFFFFh DCO00 DFFF 2006 by MPL AG 34 MEH 10106 101 Rev C High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 10 PLUG N PLAY CONFIGURATION System BIOS Setup Plug n Play Configuration C 2005 General Software Inc All rights reserved Enable PnP Support H Enabled Enable PnP O S Enabled Assign IRQO to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ1 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ2 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ3 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ4 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ12 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ5 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ13 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ8 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ6 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ14 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ9 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ10 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ11 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ7 to PnP Enabled Assign IRQ15 to PnP Enabled Assign DMAO to PnP Enabled Assign DMA1 to PnP Enabled Assign DMA2 to PnP Enabled Assign DMA3 to PnP Enabled Assign DMA4 PnP Enabled Assign DMA5 PnP Enabled Assign DMA6 PnP Enabled Assign DMA7 PnP Enabled 1 1 gt lt CR gt lt Tab gt to select or lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt to modify lt Esc gt to return to main menu Figure 13 Plug N Play Configuration Screen 3 10 1 GENERAL PNP CONFIGURATION Enable
29. e refer to the Technical Reference Manual for further information In BIOS V1 30 the following inverter types are implemented SWA4 2 SW4 3 SW4 4 Inverter type Remarks OFF OFF OFF Type 1 standard dimming logic default ON OFF OFF Type 2 inverse dimming logic ON OFF Type 3 Not defined behaves as Type 1 ON ON Type 4 Not defined behaves as Type 1 OFF Type 5 Not defined behaves as Type 1 OFF Type 6 Not defined behaves as Type 1 ON Type 7 Not defined behaves as Type 1 ON Type 8 Not defined behaves as Type 1 2 6 2 3 BIOS CONFIGURATION The flat panel related BIOS settings are located in the Special Configuration Menu refer to section 3 8 Note These options are only active if a LVDS panel is connected and properly configured via DIP switches If the monitor is connected to the DVI I port of the PIP 11 these options are inactive and do not affect the display output 2 6 2 3 1 PANEL FITTING This option controls the fitting of the panel contents If the native resolution of a panel does not correspond to the software resolution the contents is either stretched to fit the native screen resolution or centered which results in a black frame around the actual screen content Panel Fitting is only used in environments without Intel Graphics driver installed e g POST screen DOS If an operating system with Intel Graphics driver is started this setting can be overridden
30. el ATA channel Combined Mode Selects the primary channel for Combined Mode default P ATA Primary Parallel ATA channel is primary channel Serial ATA ports are secondary channel S ATA Primary Serial ATA ports are primary channel Parallel ATA channel is secondary channel 3 8 4 PC104 MEM BASE This option reserves memory space for legacy ISA PC 104 cards Note C and D segments are also the space where option ROMs such as the integrated PXE ROM are loaded Routing this memory space to PC 104 can result in loss of Option ROM functionality Please refer to section 2 2 for further details about the default memory layout of the PIP11 PC104 MEM Base Addr Defines the base address of the memory range to be routed to PC 104 default Disabled Memory window disabled The MEM length option described below becomes hidden D000 Memory window starting at D0000h D400 Memory window starting at D4000h D800 Memory window starting at D8000h DCO00 Memory window starting at DCOO0h PC104 MEM Length Defines the size of the memory range default 8k Memory window size 8 k 2000h 16k Memory window size 16 k 4000h 32k Memory window size 32 k 8000h 64k Memory window size 64 k 10000h 2006 by MPL AG 32 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 8 5 CPU FREQUENCY This option controls the CPU frequency The Pentium M p
31. es of 512 MB or less Autoconfig LBA The LBA type instructs the BIOS to query the drive s geometry from the controller on each POST but then translate the geometry according to the LBA standard Use this setting for all new drives This setting may also be used with a CD ROM drive if booting from CD ROM is not needed Autoconfig CHS The CHS type instructs the BIOS to query the drive s geometry from the controller on each POST but then translate the geometry according to the Phoenix CHS convention ATA CDROM The ATA CDROM type indicates the drive is a CD ROM drive not a hard disk It forces the BIOS to search for a bootable CD ROM media during POST To save POST time if booting from CD ROM is not needed use AUTOCONFIG LBA instead 2006 by MPL AG 22 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 5 5 GENERAL SETTINGS General Settings Typematic Delay Delay from pressing and holding a key on the keyboard until the start of character repeating Typematic Rate Character repetition rate characters per second cps None Default Floppy Seek for floppy IDE obsolete Both obsolete Enabled Show at startup the string Hit Del to enter the system BIOS default Disabled Do not show the string Hit Del to enter the system BIOS Enabled Show the configuration box at startup default Disabled Don t show the configuration box Enabled Wait for F1 key
32. es the minimal UPS battery level required to boot the system Disabled The system does not check for minimum battery charge level It always boots Not recommended default 2096 The system boots the OS after the battery charge level has reached 20 4096 The system boots the OS after the battery charge level has reached 40 60 The system boots the OS after the battery charge level has reached 60 2006 by MPL AG 33 MEH 10106 101 Rev C High Tech Made in Switzerland System BIOS Setup Shadow Cache Configuration C 2005 General Software Inc All rights reserved ELEC B3 38 e MET PME Enabled Shadow 16KB ROM at D800 Enabled Shadow 16KB ROM at D400 Enabled Shadow 16KB ROM at DCOO Enabled 1 1 CR XTab to select or lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt to modify XEsc to return to main menu Figure 12 Shadow RAM Configuration Screen Shadow Configuration controls the shadowability of certain memory ranges If a certain memory range is used as ISA PC 104 memory shadowing should be disabled If Option ROMs need to be installed it must be assured that a consecutive Shadow area big enough to hold the Option ROM is enabled Please refer to section 2 2 for more details about the memory map Shadow Region Physical Address Segment Address 16KB ROM at D000 D0000h D3FFFh D000 D3FF Disabled Enabled default Disabled Enabled default Disabled Enabled default Disabled Ena
33. es two ATA controllers one Parallel ATA P ATA and one Serial ATA S ATA controller They can be used in several different configurations depending on the number and type of devices that are connected The two controllers are individual PCI functions P ATA Controller Bus 0 Dev 31 Fun 1 Vendor ID 0x8086 Device ID 0x25A2 S ATA Controller Bus 0 Dev 31 Fun 2 Vendor ID 0x8086 Device ID 0x25A3 The following tables show the possible configurations and the resulting relationship between the BIOS name and the physical ATA ports and channels as well as the controller that is active in the respective mode The mode can be selected in the Special Configuration menu see section 3 8 3 The default mode is Combined Mode P ATA primary NOTE The Combined modes use the S ATA controller which also controls one of the P ATA connectors The BIOS name is used in the Basic CMOS Configuration setup screen see section 3 5 to configure the ATA drives and boot order P ATA only S ATA only Active Controller Active Controller P ATA S ATA BIOS Name Physical Interface Channel BIOS Name Physical Interface Channel ATA 0 Primary Master Primary ATA 0 SATA Port 0 ATA 1 Primary Slave N A ATA 2 Secondary Master Secondary ATA 2 SATA Port 1 ATA 3 Secondary Slave N A Primary Secondary Combined Mode P ATA Primary default Combined Mode S ATA Pri
34. et and some of them may prove incompatible with the USB host controller of the PIP11 5 2 BIOS SETTINGS The following are the necessary steps to configure the system to boot from USB devices e Make sure that the options System Management Mode and UsbMassStorage are both enabled These option are located in the Features Configuration menu System BIOS Setup Features Configuration C 2005 General Software Inc All rights reserved ACPI 1 0 gt Enabled Graphical POST Disabled Secondary ATA UDMA Enabled UsbHid Disabled Primary ATA UDMA Enabled Console Redirection Disabled E MM MM 88S S585 1 1 CR XTab to select or lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt to modify XEsc to return to main menu EL LL Figure 18 Features Configuration for USB Boot 2006 by MPL AG 39 MEH 10106 101 Rev C High Tech Made in Switzerland System BIOS Setup Basic CMOS Configuration C 2005 General Software Inc All rights reserved DRIVE ASSIGNMENT ORDER Date gt Feb 04 2006 Typematic Delay 250 ms Time 20 21 12 Typematic Rate 30 cps Drive B None NumLock Enabled Seek at Boot None Show Hit Del Enabled Config Box Enabled Fl Error Wait Enabled Parity Checking Unused BOOT ORDER Memory Test Tick Disabled Drive D ATA 2 Sec Mast r Drive E None Drive F None Drive G None Drive H None Drive I None Drive J None Drive K None
35. h a graphical splash screen instead of the standard text based POST Power On Self Test progress indicator Graphical POST default Disabled Show text information at POST Enabled Show splash screen at POST 3 6 4 PRIMARY ATA UDMA This option controls Ultra DMA setting of the primary ATA channel If Enabled the ATA devices on the primary ATA channel are configured for their fastest UDMA mode If Disabled the ATA devices run in PIO mode Note Which physical channel is Primary depends on the selected Mass Storage Mode Please refer to section 2 5 for further information Primary ATA UDMA Disabled UDMA Mode disabled for Primary ATA channel default Enabled UDMA Mode enabled for Primary ATA channel 3 6 5 SECONDARY ATA UDMA This option controls Ultra DMA setting of the secondary ATA channel If Enabled the ATA devices on the secondary ATA channel are configured for their fastest UDMA mode If Disabled the ATA devices run in PIO mode Note Which physical channel is Secondary depends on the selected Mass Storage Mode Please refer to section 2 5 for further information Secondary ATA UDMA Disabled UDMA Mode disabled for Secondary ATA channel default Enabled UDMA Mode enabled for Secondary ATA channel 3 6 6 CONSOLE REDIRECTION This option controls console redirection Standard behavior is local display keyboard
36. h is the important range for PC 104 cards Configurable devices can be set up to use a different I O range or can be disabled completely I O range Usage Remarks PIP11 default configuration O3F8h O3FFh Serial port Configurable Used 03F7h OSF7h Floppy disk controller Configurable Used O3F6h OSF6h Primary ATA channel Not available O3FO0h OSF5h Floppy disk controller Configurable Used O3E8h 03EFh Serial port Configurable Used 03COh OSDFh VGA Not available 03BOh 03BBh VGA Not available 0378h 037Fh Parallel port Configurable Used 0376h 0376h Secondary ATA channel Not available 0338h 033Fh Serial port Configurable Available 02F8h 02FFh Serial port Configurable Used 02E8h 02EFh Serial port Configurable Used 0278h 027Fh Parallel port Configurable Available 0238h 023Fh Serial port Configurable Available 0228h 022Fh Serial port Configurable Available 0220h 0227h Serial port Configurable Available 01FOh 01F7h Primary ATA channel Not available 0170h 0177h Secondary ATA channel Not available 0000h OOFFh Various system devices Not available This leads to the following consecutive I O ranges that can be used by PC 1
37. he actual CPU speed is displayed as well This information changes according to the installed processor type The PIP type PIP11 is displayed along with the BIOS version V1 30 and BIOS identification number MEV 10100 01 1 The following figure shows how this information is displayed with the 1 8GHz Pentium M CPU as example MPL PIP11 BIOS V1 30 Pentium M 06D6 at 1800MHz MEV 10100 011 Figure 2 BIOS Release Index 3 2 2 PCI DEVICES At POST the PCI devices installed in the system are listed The figure below shows the PCI devices present on the PIP11 board NOTE All additional PC 104 and or PCI devices installed in the system will appear on bus 02 and above PCI Device Table Bus Dev Func VendID DevID Class 8086 3580 Host Bridge 8086 3584 System 8086 3485 System 8086 3582 VGA Display 8086 3582 Display 8086 25AE PCI to PCI Bridge 8086 25A9 Serial Bus 8086 25AA Serial Bus 8086 25AB System 8086 25AC IRQ Controller 8086 25AD Serial Bus 8086 244E PCI to PCI Bridge 8086 25A1 ISA Bridge 8086 25A2 IDE Controller 8086 25A4 Serial Bus 8086 1076 Ethernet 104C 8025 Firewire 100B 0021 ISA Bridge Figure 3 PCI Device Table 2006 by MPL AG 17 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 2 3 MASS STORAGE DEVICES The following example shows how mass storage devices are listed CDROM Device s ATA 2 Pioneer DVD ROM ATAPIModel D E1 21 ATA Device s ATA 0 HT
38. hibited without written permission from MPL AG Elektronikunternehmen 8 DISCLAIMER MPL AG has fully tested the PIP11 and reviewed the documentation However MPL AG makes no warranty or representation either expressed or implied with respect to this product its quality performance merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event will MPL AG be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the product or its documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages In particular MPL AG shall have no liability for any parts connected to this product MPL AG reserves the right to make changes to any product herein to improve reliability function or design 9 TRADEMARKS Brand or product names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective holders 10 SUPPORT In case of general information questions please feel free to contact us at our homepage www mpl ch or per email info mpl ch In case of sales information questions please send an email to sales mopl ch If you have a technical problem with a PIP11 first please read the User Manual the Technical Reference Manual and also this manual carefully If you can t solve the problem on your own you can contact us for technical support per email at support mopl ch Our local Distributor 2006 by MPL AG 44 MEH 10106 101 Rev C
39. hics controller disableable Panel type 6 timing optimized Bugfix ATA cable detection 1 4 RELATED DOCUMENTATION The following documents are related to this manual For detailed Information about a specific PIP11 feature or setting please refer to these additional manuals Reference Description Available from PIP11 User Manual http www mpl ch t2440 html PIP11 Technical Reference Manual http www mpl ch t2440 html 2006 by MPL AG 7 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION 2 1 INTERRUPTS IRQs The standard PC AT architecture is limited to 16 Interrupts IRQs The following table shows the typical usage of the available interrupt lines on the PIP11 Please consult this table before changing IRQ assignments of devices in the BIOS or adding PC 104 expansion cards in order to avoid conflicts and to make sure that there will be sufficient IRQs available The PIP11 standard configuration uses all but two interrupts 5 and 11 IRQ 12 is also available if the following two conditions are met PS 2 Mouse refer to section 3 7 7 is set to Disabled or it is set to Auto and no PS 2 mouse is connected UsbHid refer to section 3 6 7 is disabled Additional interrupts can be made available by disabling onboard devices Onboard devices that can be configured to use different interrupts are marked Configurable in the
40. is disabled The Serial Port 1 options described below become hidden default RS232 Serial Port 1 is enabled RS232 mode Serial Port 110 Base Selects Serial Port 1 I O base address default O3F8h Use I O base address 03F8h 02F8h Use I O base address 02F8h O3E8h Use I O base address 03E8h 02bE8h Use I O base address 02E8h 0220h Use I O base address 0220h 0228h Use I O base address 0228h 0238h Use I O base address 0238h 0338h Use I O base address 0338h Serial Port 1 IRQ Selects Serial Port 1 IRQ 3 Use IRQ 3 default 4 Use IRQ 4 default Shared with Serial Port 3 5 Use IRQ 5 7 Use IRQ 7 11 Use IRQ 11 1 Some operating systems are not capable of sharing interrupts between two serial ports In such cases select a unique interrupt for each serial port e g COM1 IRQ4 COM3 IRQ11 2006 by MPL AG 27 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 7 2 SERIAL PORT 2 SETTINGS Serial Port 2 Selects Serial Port 2 mode Disabled Serial Port 2 is disabled The Serial Port 2 options described below become hidden default RS232 RS232 mode requires SERIF 1 module RS485 Half Duplex RS485 half duplex mode requires SERIF 2 module RS485 Full Duplex RS485 RS422 full duplex mode requires SERIF 2 module Serial Port 21O Base Selects Serial Port 2 I O base address O3F8h Use I O base address 03F8h default 0
41. mary Active Controller Active Controller S ATA S ATA BIOS Name Physical Interface Channel BIOS Name Physical Interface Channel ATA 0 Primary Master ATA 0 SATA Port 0 ATA 1 Primary Slave ATA 1 SATA Port 1 ATA 2 SATA Port 0 Secondary ATA 2 Secondary Master ATA 3 SATA Port 1 ATA 3 Secondary Slave Primary Primary Secondary NOTE The ATA Mode should NOT be modified after the installation of the operating system The OS might not boot anymore if the mass storage controller has changed 2006 by MPL AG 12 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 2 6 GRAPHICS CONFIGURATION 2 6 1 INTERNAL GRAPHICS CONTROLLER The integrated graphics controller can be disabled with DIP switch 4 please refer to the Technical Reference Manual for further information SWA4 1 Internal Graphics Controller OFF Internal Graphics Controller Enabled ON Internal Graphics Controller Disabled 2 6 2 FLAT PANEL DISPLAY LVDS INTERFACE The PIP11 features an internal LVDS connector for a flat panel display More information about the LVDS connector can be found in the PIP11 Technical Reference Manual NOTE All configuration options in this chapter are used for the LVDS port only If the monitor is connected to the DVI I port of the PIP11 and the internal LVDS port is not used these options should not
42. n gt to modify XEsc to return to main menu Figure 11 Special Configuration Screen 3 8 1 LVDS PANEL SETTINGS These options control panels connected to the PIP11 via LVDS interface Please refer to section 2 6 2 for detailed information about the Flat Panel LVDS interface of the PIP11 Note These options are only active if a LVDS panel is connected and properly configured via DIP switches If the monitor is connected to the DVI I port of the PIP11 these options are inactive and do not affect the display output 3 8 1 1 PANEL FITTING This option controls the fitting of the panel contents If the native resolution of a panel does not correspond to the software resolution the contents is either stretched to fit the native screen resolution or centered which results in a black frame around the actual screen content Panel Fitting Controls panel fitting behavior default All Stretched Always fit the screen size default Gfx Stretched Graphics Modes are stretched to fit the screen Text Stretched Text modes are stretched to fit the screen All Centered Both Graphics and Text modes are centered 3 8 1 2 PANEL BACKLIGHT This option defines how the backlight brightness level is controlled If set to BIOS Control the brightness can be adjusted with the option Brightness Level Panel Backlight Defines backlight brightness control HW App Control Brightness controlled by hardware or applic
43. ormation about SMM Note This feature needs to be enabled if the system is configured to boot from USB devices UsbMassStorage Disabled USB Mass Storage Device support disabled default Enabled USB Mass Storage Device support enabled 2006 by MPL AG 26 MEH 10106 101 Rev C High Tech Made in Switzerland 3 7 ONBOARD DEVICES CONFIGURATION The Onboard Devices Configuration setup contains options that may not be available on specific versions of the PIP11 If so the particular option is grayed out and cannot be configured System BIOS Setup Onboard Devices Configuration C 2005 General Software Inc All rights reserved a E rri OS L LLI e b Gi Serial 1 H gt Enabled Serial 2 Enabled Serial 1 ro Base 3F8h Serial 2 IO Base 2F8h Serial 1 IRQ EE Serial 2 IRQ c MJ lm IRR M Serial 3 Mode RS232 Serial 4 Mode RS232 Serial 3 IO Base 3E8h Serial 4 IO Base 2E8h Serial 3 IRQ Res Serial 4 IRQ Hac Parallel Port SPP Parallel Port IO Base 378h Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 PP Floppy Power Floppy Controller Enabled PS 2 Mouse Auto 1 1 gt lt CR gt lt Tab gt to select or lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt to modify lt Esc gt to return to main menu Figure 10 Onboard Devices Configuration Screen 3 7 1 SERIAL PORT 1 SETTINGS Serial Port 1 Enables Disables Serial Port 1 Disabled Serial Port 1
44. rocessor of the PIP11 supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology To use the SpeedStep feature the operating system must support it natively e g Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Linux Note Depending on the installed CPU type the configurable frequency values as well as the availability of the SpeedStep feature may vary CPU Frequency Controls the CPU speed default OS Control CPU speed is controlled natively by the operating system Requires that ACPI 1 0 feature see section 3 6 1 is enabled 600MHz CPU runs fixed 600MHz without SpeedStep 1800MHz CPU runs fixed 1800MHz without SpeedStep 3 8 6 AC97 AUDIO SETTINGS This option controls the onboard AC 97 audio device Note This option is only useful if the MPL SoundPAN 1 option is installed AC97 Audio Controls AC 97 audio device default Auto AC 97 audio device is enabled automatically if the MPL SoundPAN 1 option is installed If SoundPAN 1 is not present the AC 97 device is disabled Disabled Manually disable AC 97 audio device 3 8 7 MIN UPS CHARGE TO BOOT If MPL UPS 1 is present in the system this option configures the required UPS battery charge level for operating system boot If enabled the start of the installed operating system is delayed until the UPS battery has reached the configured charge level If no UPS 1 was detected the option is disabled and not adjustable Min UPS Charge to Boot Defin
45. ry range needs to be configured in the BIOS setup I O range and interrupt channel do not need to be configured in the BIOS e Configure the selected I O range on the card by setting the DIP switch accordingly The memory and IRQ configurations for this card are done by software However other types of cards may have jumpers or DIP switches for memory and or IRQ configuration If so these must be configured correctly Step 3 Configure BIOS e Wo We chose an I O range that is not used by any other device therefore no configuration is needed Memor This cd does not have an Option ROM therefore Shadow memory must be disabled for the configured memory range Set up PC104 Mem Base Addr and PC104 Mem Size according to the chosen configuration See section 3 8 4 for further information PC 104 MEM Base Addr DCO000h PC 104 MEM Length 16k e Disable Shadow Memory for the selected memory range See section 3 9 for further information Shadow 16KB ROM at DCOO Disabled IRQ We chose an IRQ that is not used by any other device therefore no configuration is needed Step 4 Use the card The PIP11 BIOS is now properly configured for the use of the CAN AC2 104 card After the installation of all necessary software and or drivers the card is operational 2006 by MPL AG 11 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 2 5 ATA MASS STORAGE CONFIGURATION The PIP11 featur
46. t Take care that the first floppy drive is assigned to Drive A and the first hard disk drive to Drive C The following table shows the possible settings for drives A through K Please note that only drive A and B are selectable to be floppy drives In order to avoid unnecessary searching for devices during boot up only drives that are actually connected to the system should be selected here Drive Assignment Order None No assignment Floppy 0 First floppy drive Floppy 1 Second floppy drive USB Floppy USB floppy drive ATA 0 Pri Master ATA 0 Primary Master ATA 1 Pri Slave ATA 1 Primary Slave Please refer to section 2 5 for more information about ATA ATA 2 Sec Master ATA 2 Secondary Master Mass Storage Configuration ATA 3 Sec Slave ATA 3 Secondary Slave USB Hard Drive USB hard drive 3 5 2 FLOPPY DRIVE TYPES Two floppy drives can be used Floppy 0 Floppy 1 and this option selects the type of each drive Floppy Drive Types Not installed No assignment 720 KB 3 5 720 Kbyte 3 5 inch floppy drive 1 44 MB 3 5 1 44 Mbyte 3 5 inch floppy drive 2 88 MB 3 5 2 88 Mbyte 3 5 inch floppy drive 360 KB 5 25 360 Kbyte 5 25 inch floppy drive 1 2 MB 5 25 1 2 Mbyte 5 25 inch floppy drive 2006 by MPL AG 21 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 5 3 BOOT ORDER This table determines
47. t e g COM1 IRQ4 COM3 IRQ11 2006 by MPL AG 28 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 7 4 SERIAL PORT 4 SETTINGS Serial Port 4 Selects Serial Port 4 mode Disabled Serial Port 4 is disabled The Serial Port 4 options described below become hidden default RS232 RS232 mode requires SERIF 1 module RS485 Half Duplex RS485 half duplex mode requires SERIF 2 module RS485 Full Duplex RS485 RS422 full duplex mode requires SERIF 2 module Serial Port 4 IO Base Selects Serial Port 4 I O base address O3F8h Use I O base address 03F8h 02F8h Use I O base address 02F8h O3E8h Use I O base address 03E8h default 02bE8h Use I O base address 02E8h Serial Port 4 IRQ Selects Serial Port 4 IRQ default 3 Use IRQ 3 default Shared with Serial Port 2 4 Use IRQ 4 5 Use IRQ 5 7 Use IRQ 7 11 Use IRQ 11 3 7 5 PARALLEL PORT SETTINGS Parallel Port Selects Parallel Port mode Disabled Parallel Port is disabled The Parallel Port options described below become hidden default SPP Standard bidirectional mode Printer Printer mode SPP EPP 1 7 SPP and EPP 1 7 mode SPP EPP 1 9 SPP and EPP 1 9 mode ECP ECP mode ECP EPP 1 7 ECP and EPP 1 7 mode ECP EPP 1 9 ECP and EPP 1 9 mode PP Floppy The parallel port connector uses Floppy Disk Mode pin configuration refer to PIP11 user manual If parallel port FDD
48. ter leaving the setup Brightness Level Selects brightness level of the backlight if BIOS Control is selected Minimal Minimal brightness level 596 5 brightness level 1096 1096 brightness level 5 increments 9596 95 brightness level default 100 100 brightness level 2006 by MPL AG 15 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerland SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL 3 BIOS 3 1 BIOS UPDATE The system BIOS of the PIP11 resides in a FLASH memory Therefore BIOS upgrading with an additional utility is easily possible For BIOS upgrading download the Windows executable program file from the MPL AG homepage www mpl ch This file creates a bootable floppy disk including all the files necessary to update the BIOS Download BIOS upgrade file suitable for your PIP11 Execute the BIOS upgrade file to create the bootable BIOS upgrade disk Boot your PIP11 with the BIOS upgrade disk Follow the instructions on the screen You can choose to save the current BIOS version to the disk as a backup in case you want to revert the update BIOS upgrade starts and informs you of the progress Power down the system after the BIOS update The new BIOS takes control the next time you start up your PIP11 CAUTION If something fails e g loss of power during BIOS upgrading especially after erasing the FLASH memory and the utility can not terminate properly the PIP11 will no longer have a
49. that although an option ROM may occupy only 2kB 800h the rest of this 16kB area cannot be used by other devices This implies that option ROMs always start and end on 16kB boundaries The area C0000h CFFFFh is used by the VGA BIOS and is therefore not available for other devices The system BIOS is located at E0000h FFFFFh 128kB The PXE Boot ROM can be disabled in BIOS setup please refer to 3 8 2 to free up memory ranges which can be used for other purposes Option ROMs are installed starting at ODOOO0h Fig 1 shows the memory map with different configurations of the PXE option ROM included in the system BIOS PXE ROM enabled PXE ROM disabled System System BIOS BIOS E0000h E0000h available DC000h DC000h available D8000h D8000h available D4000h D4000h available D0000h D0000h CCO000h CC000h C8000h C8000h C4000h C4000h C0000h C0000h Figure 1 Memory Map The free ranges in the figure above can be used as ISA memory for PC 104 cards see section 3 8 4 or for additional option ROMs of add on cards see section 3 9 For a PC 104 card configuration example please refer to section 2 4 2006 by MPL AG 9 MEH 10106 101 Rev C MPL High Tech Made in Switzerl 2 3 I O and SYSTEM BIOS USER MANUAL Input Output space is required by most PC 104 cards The table below is an overview of the PIP11 s I O space usage from 0000h to O3FFh whic
50. the boot order of the system drives Set the drive letters according to the assignments made in the drive assignment order table e g Drive A is equal to Drive A in the drive assignment order table To boot from a bootable CD ROM media choose CDROWM not the drive letter of the CD ROM drive Also make sure that ATA DRIVE ASSIGNMENT is set to ATA CDROM if the drive is connected via ATA If the CD ROM drive is connected via USB choosing CDROM is sufficient For more information about booting from USB CD ROM drives please refer to section 5 Boot Order Boot 1st First boot device defaults to A Boot 2nd Second boot device defaults to CDROM Boot 3rd Third boot device defaults to C Boot 4th Fourth boot device defaults to None Boot 5th Fifth boot device defaults to None Boot 6th Sixth boot device defaults to None 3 5 4 ATA DRIVE ASSIGNMENT This selects the installed drive type for each of the four possible ATA connections Please refer to section 2 5 for more information about ATA Mass Storage Configuration ATA Drv Assignment Not installed No drive installed User Type The USER TYPE allows to select the maximum cylinders heads and sectors per track associated with the connected IDE drive Autoconfig Physical The PHYSICAL type instructs the BIOS to query the drive s geometry from the controller on each POST This setting is limited to driv
51. ttings to CMOS RAM 2006 by MPL AG 20 MEH 10106 101 Rev C High Tech Made in Switzerland System BIOS Setup Basic CMOS Configuration C 2005 General Software Inc All rights reserved DRIVE ASSIGNMENT ORDER Date ZXS804 2006 Typematic Delay 250 ms Drive A Floppy 0 Time 20 21 12 Typematic Rate 30 cps Drive B None NumLock Enabled Seek at Boot None Drive C ATA 0 Pri Master _ Show Hit Del Enabled Drive D ATA 2 Sec Master BOOT ORDER Config Box Enabled Drive E None Boot 1st Drive A F1 Error Wait Enabled Drive F None Boot 2nd CDROM Parity Checking Unused Drive G None Boot 3rd Drive C Memory Test Tick Disabled Drive H None Boot 4th None Debug Breakpoints Unused Drive I None Boot 5th None Debugger Hex Case Upper Drive J None Boot 6th None Memory Test StdLo FastHi Drive K None r Loader Unused ATA ATA DRV ASSIGNMENT Sect Hds Cyls 0 FLOPPY DRIVE TYPES ATA 1 2 3 Memory AUTOCONFIG LBA AUTOCONFIG LBA Floppy 0 1 44 MB 3 5 ATA Floppy 1 Not installed ATA AUTOCONFIG LBA AUTOCONFIG LBA 1 gt lt CR gt lt Tab gt to select or lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt to modify lt Esc gt to return to main menu Figure 8 Basic CMOS Configuration Screen 3 5 1 DRIVE ASSIGNMENT ORDER This field lets you configure the drive assignmen
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