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ROBO-8717VG2A User`s Manual

1. Auto Detect DIM CI Clk The choice Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows user to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled COU Host SRC PCI Clock The choice Default ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 23 BIOS Setup Information 4 12 Default Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When Enter is pressed a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When lt Enter gt is pressed a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations 4 13 Supervisor User Password Setting Either supervisor or user password can be setup or both of then The differences between are Set Supervisor Password can enter and change the options of the setup menus Set User Password just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When selecting this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press Enter The passw
2. 6 DensitySelect 7 Ground 8 Jjlmde amp O 9 Groun 10 MotrENA amp 11 Ground rive SelectBH 13 Ground LH Drive SelectA 15 Ground 16 MotrENB amp 17 Ground 18 jDirctonf 19 Ground 20 Ste 21 Ground 22 Write Data 0 29 Grund 24 Write Gate 25 Grund LZ Track OH 2X Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Grund L 30 jReadDataf 31 Ground 32 Lied See 1 3 D 7 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 3 31 J32 J28 J27 Primary Secondary 3rd 4th SATA Connector 1 2 3 5 SATARX SATARXN SATARX SATARXP Ground ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 2 4 Hardware Configuration J34 J36 External USB Connector J35 J37 Internal USB Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 5 L Le Leg y 7 US JL 8 Ground 9 5V Dual 10 Ground Note 5V Dual is always available It s supplied by either 5V VCC power source in normal operation mode or 5V standby power source in standby mode J38 J39 Ethernet RJ 45 Connector MDI2 MDDN MDII MDI1N MDI3 MDI3P MDI3 MDI3N J40 Audio CD IN Connector PIN No Signal Description CD in Left Channel CD Ground CD Ground CD in Right Channel ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Configuration 41 Audio MIC Line in Line
3. LPC VO WINBOND W83627EHG PS2 KB MS PRINTER FLOPPY WDT PIO 4IN 40U WITH PIN PORT PORT HEADER ROBO 8717VG2A System Block Diagram WINBOND W83629G ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 1 6 Hardware Configuration Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers headers and connector All of the configuration jumpers on ROBO 8717VG2A series are in the proper position The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star 2 1 Jumper Setting T A 2 17 z 4O JJ WOO ow 6 E 9296 99059 4 0 gt 1 Ki S j 8 BT1 gm wm VLU soon Jf 2o mmn A NES 05 0 MT imam E Figure 2 1 ROBO 8717VG2A Jumper Location JP4 CMOS Clear 1 2 Short Normal Operation x 2 3 Short Clear CMOS Contents JP5 COM2 J43 Interface Selection 5 6 9 11 10 12 15 17 16 18 Short RS 232 3 4 7 9 8 10 13 15 14 16 21 22 Short RS 422 1 2 7 9 8 10 19 20 Short RS 485 ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 2 1 Hardware Configuration 2 2 Connector Allocation I O peripheral devices are connected to the interface connectors on this Single Board Computer Connector Function List 1 VGA D SUB Connector Jo o FAN 1 CPU FAN Power Connector BRI J10 12V Power Connector o gt SS o FAN 2 SYSTEN FAN Power Connector J8 DDR2SDRAMSLOT J21 DDR SDRAMSLOT o Q5 Floppy Connector
4. y O Qv SATA3 Connector J28 sATA2Conectr Ji SATA0 Connector J82 SATA1 Connector J34 ExemalUSBConmctor D o J35 _ Internal USB Connector J36 ExemalUSBConncto J37 ItemalUSBConnecto J38 EthrmetR d5Connetor LAN1 J39 _ Ethernet RJ 45 Connector LAN 2 1 J40 Audio CD IN Connector J Z S O J AudioConmecor J42 COMl Serial Port 1 Connector J43 _ COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector o Connector EN For Power on off HDD J48 Front panel Connector active LEDs Power LED amp Reset button External Speaker Connector ATX Power Control Connector ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration Pin Assignments of Connectors J1 On board VGA Connector Monitor IDO MONIDO 5V I F 6 Ground O 8 Grund Lo ee y Monitor ID1 MONID1 5V I F Horizontal Sync HSYNC 5V I F Vertical Sync VSYNC 5V I F J9 CPU Fan Connector PIN No Signal Description Ground 12V J10 12V POWER Connector PIN No Signal Description Ground 2 Ground O O JV om 1 2 3 4 Kg ijin UI ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 2 3 Hardware Configuration J17 System Fan Connector PIN No Signal Description Fan Speed Detecting signal J25 FDC Interface Connector 1 Ground 2 jDenitySdetO 3 Ground 4 INC O 5 Ground
5. Manual Cylinder Min 0 Max 65535 Set the number of cylinders for hard disk Head Min 0 Max 255 Set the number of read write heads Precomp Min 0 Max 65535 Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 Max 65535 Ye Sector Min 0 Max 255 Number of sectors per track ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information 4 5 Advanced BIOS Features This section allows user to configure your system for basic operation The system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security may be modified accordingly Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt CPU Feature Press Enter Item Help gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Virus Warnin Disabled CPU L1 amp L2 Se Enabled Menudeyel S CPU L3 Cache Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled select fae Disk Poot First Boot Device Floppy EE Second Boot Device Hard Disk Third Boot Device LS120 Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 X Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Report No FDD For WIN95 No Small Logo EPA Show Di
6. Suspend Mode There are three selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 Hour and HDD Power Down 15 Min Max Power Saving Maximum power management Suspend Mode 1 Mim and HDD Power Down 1 Min User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled Suspend Mode ranges from 1 min to 1 Hour and HDD Power Down ranges from 1 Min to 15 Min Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend This allows user to enable disable video off in Suspend Mode The choice Yes No Suspend Type Two options are available Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend The choice Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour MODEM Use IRQ The choice NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk
7. AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type S3 STR Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Auto Power Management User Define Menu Level Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant Mode Use IRQ 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Wake Up by PCI card Enabled Power On by Ring Ensabled USB KB Wake Up From 53 Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled X Date of Month Alarm 0 X Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD COM LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ A D Disabled PWRON After PWR Fail On N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information ACPI Suspend Type To decide which ACPI suspend mode to use The choice S1 POS S3 STR Run VGA BIOS if S3 Resume The choice Auto Yes No Power Management This category allows selecting the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to HDD Power Down
8. Note Please refer since section 3 3 1 to 3 3 4 to install INF VGA LAN drivers ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 3 3 System Installation 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset used on ROBO 8717VG2A series is relatively new which operating systems might not be able to recognize To overcome this compatibility issue for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 2000 XP please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip Using GMCH 3000 High performance graphic integrated chipset is aimed to gain an outstanding graphic performance It is accompanied by shared 8 to 64MB system DDR2 SDRAM with Intel DVMT 400MHz core frequency This combination makes ROBO 8717VG2A an excellent piece of multimedia hardware With no additional video adaptor this onboard video will usually be the system display output By adjusting the BIOS setting to disable on board VGA an add on PCIorISA VGA card can take over the system display Drivers Support Please find G965 driver in the ROBO 8717VG2A CD title Drivers support Windows 2000 Windows XP OS2 and Linux 3 3 3 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Drivers Support Please find Realtek RTL8111B LAN driver in Ethernet directory of ROBO 8717VG2A CD title The drivers support Windows XP 2000 and Linux LED Indicator for LAN status ROBO 8717VG2A series provides two LED indicators to report Realtek RTL8111B Gigabit Ethernet interface status Please
9. ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 1 2 System Overview 1 3 Product Specification Main processor Intel Core 2 Duo Pentium D Pentium 4 Celeron D Processor FSB 1 066 800 533MHz e BIOS Phoenix Award system BIOS with 16Mb Flash ROM with easy upgrade function ACPI DMI Green function and Plug and Play Compatible Main Memory Support dual channel amp signal channel DDR2 memory interface Non ECC non buffered DIMMS only Two DIMM sockets support 800 667 533 DDR SDRAM up to 4GB System Memory L2 Cache Memory Built in Processor Chipset Intel 865 GMCH and ICH5 chipset Bus Interface Follow PICMG 1 0 Rev 2 0 standard 32 bit PCI and 16 bit ISA Fully complies with PCI Local Bus specification V2 2 support 4 master PCI slots Default model does not support ISA function Floppy Drive Interface Support one FDD port up to two floppy drives and 5 1 4 360K 1 2MB 3 1 2 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB diskette format and 3 mode FDD Serial Ports Support two high speed 16C550 compatible UARTs with 16 byte T R FIFOs IR Interface Support one 6 pin header for serial Standard Infrared wireless communication Parallel Port Support one parallel port with SPP EPP and ECP modes USB Interface Support six USB Universal Serial Bus ports for high speed I O peripheral devices Dual USB ports on bracket dedicated to Keyboard amp Mouse PS 2Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 6 pin connector for
10. Select your Boot Device Priority The choice Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP 100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device Select your Boot Device Priority The choice Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose enable to assign physical driver B to logical drive A and Vice Versa The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock The choice Off On Gate A20 Option Fast lets chipsets control Gate A20 and Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Default is Fast The choice Normal Fast Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press Enter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely A
11. 640K 9F80 9FFF 2K Extended BIOS Area A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 CA1F 40K Video ROM CA20 CB00 3 5K Unused CBO01 CBFE 4K High RAM CBFF D549 37K Unused D54A D7FE 10K High RAM D7FF D7FF 0 1K Unused D800 E7FF 64K Page Frame E800 E800 0 1K Unused E801 EAFF 11K High RAM EBOO EFFF 20K Unused F000 FFFF 64K System ROM HMA 64K First 64K Extended ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual Appendix B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ Peripheral devices can use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board IRQ Current Use Default Use IRQ 0 SMARTDRV System Timer IRO1 SMARTDRV Keyboard Event IRO 2 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM 2 IRO 4 System ROM COM 1 IRQ 5 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ 7 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 8 System ROM Real Time Clock IRQ 9 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 10 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 11 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRQ 15 VIDE CDD Usable IRQ ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual
12. Chapter 5 Troubleshooting eeessiees eiie anae eese anna nennen enak ana ana nennen anna nan anna anna 5 1 5 1 Hardware Quick Installation etn tte tee aga e A tee de Eeer Ee A 5 1 52 BIOS np EN an wa 5 2 ONU o EES 5 4 Appendix A Appendix B Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO 8717VG2A system to meet various operating requirements It is divided into five chapters with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Board Computer Chapter 1 System Overview Presents what you have in the box and give you an overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this series model of single board computer Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Shows the definitions and locations of Jumpers and Connectors that you can easily configure your system Chapter 3 System Installation Describes how to properly mount the CPU main and memory to get a safe installation and provides a programming guide of Watch Dog Timer function Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information Specifies the meaning of each setup parameters how to get advanced BIOS performance and update new BIOS In addition POST checkpoint list will give users some guidelines of trouble shooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Provides various useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8717VG2A running with success As bas
13. DMA Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel a type depending on the type of device using the DMA channel Enter for more options DMA 0 DMA 1 DMA 3 DMA 5 DMA 6 DMA 7 The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA PCI VGA Palette Snoop Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The choice Enabled Disabled Maximum Payload Size The choice 128 ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 22 BIOS Setup Information 4 10 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Current System Temp 39C 102F Item Help Vcore 128 V 12 V 12 99 V 5V 526 V Menu Level 1 8V 1 77 V 1 25 V 1 23 V 12 V 12 81 V VCC V 5 40 V VBT V 3 20 V 5VSB V 5 40 V N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 4 11 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Item Help Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Host SRC PCI Clock Default Menu Level gt Ne Move F5 Previous Values Enter Select PU PD Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults
14. FIXED Memory Size 128MB N lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value EI Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information Memory Hole At 15 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB The choice Enabled Disabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI Express Root Port Func PCI Express Port 1 Auto Item Help PCI Express Port 2 Auto PCI Express Port 3 Auto PCI Express Port 4 Auto Menu Level 4 PCI Express Port 5 Auto PCI Express Port 6 Auto PCI E Compliancy Mode v1 0a TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value EI Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PCI Express Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 The choice Auto Enabled Disabled PCI X Compliant Mode The choice v1 0a v1 0 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Fan Speed Control Fan1 Speed Monitor Enabled Item Help Fan2 Speed Monitor Enabled Fan3 Speed
15. Monitor Enabled Menu Level N lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value EI Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Fan 1 2 3 Speed Monitor The choice Enabled Disabled PEG OnChip VGA Control The choice Onchip VGA PEG Port Auto ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information On Chip Frame Buffer Size Users can set the display memory size that shared from main memory The choice 1MB 8MB DVMT Mode The choice FIXED DVMT DVMT FIXED Memory Size The choice 128MB 256MB Max 4 7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help CPU Relative Temperature C Current FAN1 Speed RPM Current FAN2 See RPM Meng Tevel S gt Super IO Device Press Enter Watch Dog Timer Select Disabled gt USB Device Setting Press Enter N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Item Help IDE DMA transfer access Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto Meng Leve n IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto Ht your ie inn EN On Chip Second
16. Note The pull high voltage of external speaker is limited at 5V maximum J50 ATX Power Control Connector PIN No Signal Description ATX Power Good Signal PW OK ATX 5V Stand by 5VSB ATX Power On Control PS ON Ground ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 2 8 System Installation Chapter 3 System Installation This chapter provides you with instructions to set up your system The additional information is enclosed to help you set up onboard PCI device and handle WDT operation in software programming 3 1 Intel LGA 775 Processor Installing LGA775 CPU 1 Lift the handling lever of CPU LGA775 socket outwards and upwards to the other end 2 Align the processor pins with pinholes on the socket Make sure that the notched corner or dot mark pin 1 of the CPU corresponds to the socket s bevel end Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place If this operation is not easy or smooth don t do it forcibly You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly Triangle mark is meaning amp first pin position kindly NE assemble and take aim at notch of top and bottom between CPU and socket ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 3 1 System Installation 3 Push down the lever to lock processor chip into the socket once CPU fits 4 Follow the installation guide of cooling fan or heat sink to mount it on CPU surface and lock it on the LGA 775 Removing CPU 1 Unlock the cooling fan first 2 Lift the lever of CPU
17. Port 1 GPIO1 rn rco General Purpose I O Port 2 GPIO2 General Purpose I O Port 3 GPIO3 6 General Purpose I O Port 4 GPIO4 8 General Purpose I O Port 6 GPIO6 NE General Purpose 1 O Port 7 GPIO7 5V All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level OV 5V and each source sink capacity up to 12mA 3 8 2 ROBO 8717VG2A GPIO Programming Guide There are 8 GPIO pins on ROBO 8717VG2A series These GPIO pins are from SUPER I O W83627HF GPIO pins and can be programmed as Input or Output direction J25 pin header is for 8 GPIO pins and its pin assignment as following J25_Pin1 GPIO1 from SUPER I O GPIO10 with Ext 4 7K PH J25 Pin22GPIO2 from SUPER I O_GPIO11 with Ext 4 7K PH J25 Pin32GPIO3 from SUPER I O_GPIO12 with Ext 4 7K PH J25 Pin42GPIOA4 from SUPER I O_GPIO13 with Ext 4 7K PH J25_Pin6 GPIO5 from SUPER I O GPIO14 with Ext 4 7K PH J25 Pin7 GPIO6 from SUPER I O_GPIO15 with Ext 4 7K PH J25 Pin82GPIO7 from SUPER I O GPIO16 with Ext 4 7K PH J25 Pin9 GPIOS8 from SUPER I O_GPIO17 with Ext 4 7K PH lt lt lt lt lt Be careful Pinb GND Pinl0 VCC gt gt gt gt gt ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 3 8 System Installation There are several Configuration Registers CR of W83627HF needed to be programmed to control the GPIO direction and status GPI value GPO CROOh CR2F are common global registers to all Logical Devices LD in W83627HF CRO7h contains
18. after system off During subsequnet booting of computer the BIOS configures the system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit Without Saving Y N N This allows user to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 25 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides a few useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8717VG2A running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 2 this chapter will primarily focus on system integration issues in terms of BIOS setting and OS diagnostics 5 1 Hardware Quick Installation Backplane ROBO 8717VG2A is a full sized Signal Board Computer and therefore is only able to run on PICMG PCI ISA backplane To know whether your backplane is PICMG PCI ISA backplane please contact with vendor or manufacturer P4 Power Connector ROBO 8717VG2A requires power drawing from at least one or two power connectors J10 and J50 depending on power mode AT or ATX The CPU supplementary Power Connector J10 has to be connected to a system all the time no matter using AT or ATX mode Otherwise the system won t boot up properly In addition the 4 pin connector J10 is only required at ATX mode d
19. algorithm of the WDT function can be simply described as a counting process The Time Out Interval can be set through software programming The availability of the time out interval settings by software or hardware varies from boards to boards ROBO 8717VG2A allows users control WDT through dynamic software programming The WDT starts counting when it is activated It sends out a signal to system reset or to non maskable interrupt NMI when time out interval ends To prevent the time out interval from running out a re trigger signal will need to be sent before the counting reaches its end This action will restart the counting process A well written WDT program should keep the counting process running under normal condition WDT should never generate a system reset or NMI signal unless the system runs into troubles The related Control Registers of WDT are all included in the following sample program that is written in C language User can fill a non zero value into the Time out Value Register to enable refresh WDT System will be reset after the Time out Value to be counted down to zero Or user can directly fill a zero value into Time out Value Register to disable WDT immediately To ensure a successful accessing to the content of desired Control Register the sequence of following program codes should be step by step run again when each register is accessed Additionally there are maximum 2 seconds of counting tolerance that should be consi
20. in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Slave menu described in for detail hard drive settings Table of section IDE Channel 1 Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Master menu described in for detail hard drive settings Table of section IDE Channel 1 Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Slave menu described in for detail hard drive settings Table of section IDE Channel 2 Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Master for detail hard drive settings IDE Channel 3 Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Master for detail hard drive settings Drive A None Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Drive B 360K 5 25 in for detail hard drive settings 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5 in Video EGA VGA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which you want No Errors the BIOS to stop the POST process and All but Keyboard notify you All but Diskette All but Disk Key Base Memory 640K Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended N A Displays the amount of extended Memory memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system Note is indicating default setting ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 4 BIOS Setup Information 4 4 IDE Adaptors Setup Menu The IDE adapters control the IDE devices such a
21. out Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 5 Line in Right Channel 6 AnalogGroud 7 jLineoutLeftChanne 8 AnalogGround J42 COMI Serial Port 1 Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 7 10 J43 COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector Signal Description RS 232 DCD Data Carrier Detect RXD Receive Data TXD Transmit Data DTR Data Terminal Ready GND Ground DSR Data Set Ready RTS Request to Send CTS Clear to Send RI Ring Indicator e Note J43 CONO could be configurable as RS 232 422 485 with jumper JP5 ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 2 6 Hardware Configuration J45 External PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 8 PS2 Power PS2 Power O9 3 Mouse Clock 10 Mouse Clock J46 General Purpose I O Connector Signal Description 9 Gromd 10 V Di Note All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level OV 5V and each Fan J47 Parallel Port Connector 6 7 0 ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 2 7 Hardware Configuration J48 Front Panel Connector 133V pull up 330hm 3 3V Pull up 330 ohm 4 H D Active Signal 3V_DUAL Pull up 1K ohm 6 PWR Button Signal 3 3 3V pull up Reset Signal PIN No Signal Description Speaker Signal Output Open drain w internal series 33 Ohm N C 4
22. the Logical Device Number that can be changed to access the LD as needed LD7 contains the GPIO10 17 registers Programming Guide Step1 CR2A Bit 7 2 P 1 1 1 1 1 1 to select multiplexed pins as GPIO10 17 pins Step2 LD7 CR07h P 07h Point to LD7 Step3 LD7 CR30h Bit0 P1 Enable LD7 Step4 Select GPIO direction Get Status or output value LD7 CRFOh GPIO17 10 direction 1 input 0 output pin LD7 CRF2h P 00h Let CRF1 GPIO data port non invert to prevent from confusion LD7 CRF1h GPIO17 10 data port for input pin get status from the related bit for output pin write value to the related bit For example LD7 CRFOh Bit4 P0 Let GPIO14 as output pin LD7 CRF2h Bit4 P0 Let CRF1 Bit4 non inverted LD7 CRF1h Band PO Output 0 to GPIO14 pin J25 Pin6 LD7 CRFOh Bu Pi Let GPIO10 as input pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit0 P0 Let CRF1 Bu non inverted Read LD7 CRF1h Bit0 Read the status from GPIO10 pin J25_Pin1 How to access W83627HF CR In ROBO 8717VC2A the EFER 002Eh and EFDR 002Fh EFER and EFDR are 2 IO ports needed to access W83627HF CR EFER is the Index Port EFDR is the Data Port CR index number needs to be written into EFER first Then the data will be read written from to EFDR To R W W83627HF CR it is needed to Enter Enable Configuration Mode first When completing the programming it is suggested to Exit Disable Configuration Mode Enter Configuration Mode Write 87h to IO port EFER twice Exit Co
23. 1 LD7_CRF1_Bit4 P0 3 11 System Installation mov dx 2eh mov aLOAAh out dx al ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual Exit Configuration Mode BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8717VG2A is equipped with the AWARD 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 8717VG2A series 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 DEL if you want to run SETUP appears press Del 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 Ctrl Alt and Delete 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
24. 4 Clear CMOS Operation sx iicet tit eno eee ie eee i os Orena SEa e ESES EEEE 3 5 JSW DT Ee E EE 3 6 3 6 SMDBUS eeiam ee raped oen ad hai E aa b A AN 3 7 3 7 On Board USB 2 0 Controller 4 gini etu S heo ERR e RR e RERO Rer reps 3 7 SO GPIO EE 3 8 3 8 T Pin assignment delete ete ebrei leo alin ence e D edere gs 3 8 3 8 2 ROBO 8717VG2A GPIO Programming Guide 3 8 9 8 9 Examples re cease aite ee d eid e ee Reque 3 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ssanesanesa nesune naaa wanara nawa ne wane wane wane wanen nennt nina nennt 4 1 4 1 Britermpg Setup entend Eee e didit peter Milde te ate ede 4 1 42 Man Men sas ass sota aas t rte e ke UN Pit ae a Kh A EE Ee 4 2 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Meriu tp tee E a Ue LH PUR ERI RR Ue Cre na Aa 4 3 44IDB Adaptors Setup Menu sasasi sasa isa Sata etel e HUP eto tee e eb 4 5 4 5 Advanced BIOS Features nter tete iet DH ee f fei iet o nd ef 4 6 4 6 Advanced Chipset Features dae e He pH E Nt deiectus 4 10 47 Integrated Peripherals 5 eee e rtt te ertet mere Ie er te ie nts 4 12 4 5 Power Management Setup eite REENEN EEN iere Hr eer e Rep 4 17 4 9 PnP PCI Configurations doe buana aaa aa EE daaa e TE A Dopo tH biete det 4 21 4 10 PC EE EE 4 23 4 11 Frequency Voltage Control in 2 x niente mtr rim etri o teal 4 23 412 Default Menu cetera ann tidie mide e 4 24 4 13 Supervisor User Password Setting NEEN 4 24 ATA Exiting Selection zie ene reet evi eae etii teilen 4 25
25. PIC Mode The choice Enabled Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The choice 1 1 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Select OS 2 only if you are running SO 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system The choice Non OS2 OS2 Report No FDD for WIN 95 The choice No Yes Small Logo EPA Show The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information 4 6 Advanced Chipset Features This section allows user to configure the system based on the specific features of the Intel 965 chipset for ROBO 8717VG2A This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM DDR2 SDRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for the system The only time user might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while during system operation Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Item Help Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled gt PCI Express Root Port Func Press Enter gt Advanced Fan Speed Control Press Enter Menu Level VGA Setting PEG Onchip VGA Control onchip VGA On Chip Frame Buffer Size SMB DVMT Mode DVMT DVMT
26. PS 2 keyboard mouse connection ATX Power Control Interface One 4 pin header to support ATX power control with Modem Ring On and Wake On LAN function Auxiliary I O Interfaces System reset switch external speaker Keyboard lock and HDD active LED etc ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 1 3 System Overview Real Time Clock Calendar RTC Support Y2K Real Time Clock Calendar with battery backup for 7 year data retention Watchdog Timer Support WDT function through software programming for enable disable and interval setting Generate system reset SATA Four SATA 300 ports On board VGA GMCH integrated graphics 400MHz core frequency share system memory up to 64MB for system with greater than or equal to 192MB of system memory On board Ethernet LAN Dual Realtek RTL8111B Gigabit controller to support to support RJ 45 connector High Driving GPIO Support 8 programmable high driving GPIO Cooling Fans Support one 4 pin and one 3 pin headers for CPU and System fans System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature system temperature and major power sources etc Bracket Support dual Ethernet port with 2 indicators dual USB ports and one CRT port Outline Dimension L X W 338 5mm 13 33 X 122mm 4 8 Power Requirements Configuration 12V CPU 96A 12V System 0 8A e 5V 4A Test configuration CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 2 13GHZ Memory DDR SDRAM 512MBx2 Primary Ma
27. ROBO 8717VG2A Single Board Computer User s Manual P N B8981400 Version 1 0A Copyright O Portwell Inc 2006 All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners Preface Table of Contents How to Use This Manual Chapter 1 System Overview nan anna nan anna anna anna anakanak anna ann nawa nawa nawa anan anana tanen nnn anna 1 1 Ma ON EE ER 1 1 12 Check bcd 1 2 1S Prod ct Specification eie eee tes o heroe ene an SST 1 3 LSA Mechanical Drawing toti e er erg eerte titi rite tla e eee ee qiie 1 5 144 System Architecture io e e de e tee eh et e OH eerie ee ani 1 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration a0ssaaesanesa nesune wan aw wane wane wa nawa ne wanen nennt nnne naaa ena nnne anna 2 1 21 Jumper Seting asia aa naa aeo eie D NG io rait er ete ide 2 1 22 Connector leet nette Zei epar ep eletti etai tle reos ek 2 2 Chapter 3 System Installation 1eeeee anna wane wanara nawa nennen anna enne an nennen nennen naaa nan 3 1 3 1 Intel ECrA 775 Processor nn eit EE REIR ND EE Rp E Ai 3 1 3 2 Main Memory sas isan casero t ete pot te Ee m hte Piste m e nA Fee YR EE NANA 3 2 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer sess eee eene 3 3 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver EE 3 4 3 32 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip 3 4 3 3 3 Gigabit Ethernet Controller NENNEN 3 4 3 3 4 On board Realtek ALC262 Device ema errr ee era eren 3 5 9
28. VGA and Ethernet It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device port to release IRQ resource A few good examples are ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 5 2 Troubleshooting Disable COMI serial port to release IRQ 4 Disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ 3 Disable Parallel port to release IRO 7 Disable PS 2 mouse to release IRQ 12 Etc A quick review of the basic IRQ mapping is given below for your reference It is then very easy to find out which IRQ resource is ready for additional peripherals If IRQ resource is not enough please disable some devices listed above to release further IRQ numbers ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 5 8 Troubleshooting 5 3 FAQ Unboot problem Symptom After changing power mode from ATX to AT my system is just not working Solution Due to ICH8 design when you change your power mode from ATX to AT or from AT to ATX you have to clean your CMOS in order to make your system boot up properly To clean CMOS please short 2 3 pins on JP4 for a moment and then change it back to its default setting Symptom SBC keeps beeping and no screen has shown Solution In fact each beep sound represents different definition of error message Please refer to table as following Beep sounds Meaning Action One long beep with one DRAM error Change DRAM or reinstall it short beeps One long beep constantly DRAM error Change DRAM or reinstall it One
29. again be asked to Press F1 to Run SETUP or Resume In HIFLEX BIOS setup you can use the keyboard to choose among options or modify the system parameters to match the options with your system The table below will show you all of keystroke functions in BIOS setup 1 2 10 F F Item Help F F ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Menu Once you enter ROBO 8717VG2A series AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility a Main Menu is presented The Main Menu allows user to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to switch among items and press Enter key to accept or bring up the sub menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password gt Power Management Setup Set User Password gt PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS TY gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Note It is strongly recommended to reload Optimal Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Setup Information 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatibl
30. al port one parallel port GPIO and Watchdog timer as usual However some functions are evolved with higher bandwidth such like PCI Express x1 interface Gigabit Ethernet compares to PCI SATA 300 rather than SATA 150 As result ISA of the PICMG 1 0 standard is building as optional function since most application does not use ISA add in card anymore for simplify production of single board computer and reduce cost of the board ROBO 8717VG2A brief specifications Support Intel Core 2 Duo Pentium D Pentium 4 Celeron D processor in an LGA775 socket that equipped with dual core Hyper Threading EM64T EIST XD amp VT technologies Dual 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMMM socket support for DDR2 1066 800 533 DIMMs up to 4GB system memory ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 1 1 System Overview Intel Q965 integrated GMA 3000 on board graphics interface Equipped dual Gigabit Ethernet port Audio in out Watch dog timer 6 USB 2 0 ports dual USB on bracket dedicated for keyboard amp mouse four internal ports 1 2 Check List The ROBO 8717VG2A package should cover the following basic items One ROBO 8717VG2A single board computer Dual 7 pin SATA signal cable One 4 pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection One Installation Resources CD Title One booklet of ROBO 8717VG2A manual NS SSS If any of these items is damaged or missing please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance
31. ary PCI IDE Enabled b P En An Se IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto Se i T mai IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto SE SC SE IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto SE Se eke h IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto si ee SATA Mode IDE drive can support N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information IDE HDD Block Mode If IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The choice Enabled Disabled IDE DMA transfer access The choice Enabled Disabled On Chip Secondary PCI IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields allow set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 66 100 implementation is possible only if IDE hard dr
32. dered into user application program For more information about WDT please refer to Winbond W83627 data sheet There are two PNP I O port DDR2 that can be used to configure WDT 1 Ox2E EFIR Extended Function Index Register for identifying CR index number 2 0x2F EFDR Extended Function Data Register for accessing desired CR Below are some example codes which demonstrate the use of WDT Enter Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0x87 outp 0x002E 0x87 Assign Pin 89 to be a WDTO outp 0x002E 0x2B outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxEF Select Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x07 outp 0x002F 0x08 Active Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x30 outp 0x002F 0x01 ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 3 6 System Installation Select Count Mode outp 0x002E OxF5 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxF7 Count mode Register amp 0x08 Specity Time out Value outp 0x002E OxF6 outp 0x002F Time out Value Register Disable WDT reset by keyboard mouse interrupts outp 0x002E OxF7 outp 0x002F 0x00 Exit Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0xAA Definitions of Variables Value of Count mode Register 1 0x00 Count down in seconds Bit3 0 2 0x08 Count down in minutes Bit3 1 Value of Time out Value Register 1 0x00 Time out Disable 2 0x01 0xFF Value for counting down 3 6 SMBus The System Management Bu
33. drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15 Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN This item allows users to set the time to remove the power after the power button is pressed The choice Instant Off Delay 4 Sec Wake Up By PCI card This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by PCI card The choice Disabled Enabled Power On by Ring When select the default Enabled a system that is at soft off mode will be alert to Wake On Modem or Wake On LAN The choice Enabled Disabled USB KB Wake Up From S3 The choice Enabled Disabled Resume by Alarm This item allows users to enable disable the resume by alarm function When Enabled is selected system using ATX power supply could be powered on if a customized time and day is approached The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information Date of Month Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the date parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice 0 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the time parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice hh 0 23 mm 0 59 ss 0 59 Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 This item
34. e 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 Enter key to certify it Follow command keys in CMOS Setup table to change Date Time Drive type and Boot Sector Virus Protection Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Thu Oct 26 2006 Item Help Time hh mm ss 10 20 30 gt IDE Channel 0 Master None Meng Lea gt IDE Channel 0 Slave None gt IDE Channel 1 Master None Change S ds wae nou gt IDE Channel 1 Slave None E gt IDE Channel 2 Master None gt IDE Channel 3 Master None Drive A 1 4M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EVG VGA Halt On Al But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 252928K Total Memory 253952K TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value EI Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 3 BIOS Setup Information B Menu Selections Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Change the day month year and century Time hh mm ss Change the internal clock IDE Channel 0 Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of Master menu described in detailed options Table of section IDE Channel 0 Options are
35. essor on single host board computer for a long time However the 130W TDP Pentium D processor is like a monster with big and heavy cooler The cooler may introduce damage of system as result of improper fixing Risk inherent system like a bomb that could explode any time anywhere That s why Portwell presented LGA775 processor with SHB form factor just now with Intel latest Core 2 Duo processor Core 2 Duo processor was created based on Intel latest Core Micro Architecture which combined high execution bandwidth high energy execution efficiency features of traditional NetBurst Micro Architecture Pentium 4 and Mobile Micro Architecture Pentium M and innovations such as wide dynamic execution intelligent memory access advanced power capability multi core optimized cache and single cycle SSE 2 3 The best of the new architecture offers up to 65W TDP that even lower than well recognized socket 478 processor on single host board with up to 84W TDP ROBO 8717VG2A a PICMG 1 0 PCI ISA single host board adopts Intel 965 chipset that supports up to Intel 1 066MHz FSB Core 2 Duo processor and 4GB DDR2 800 system memory 965 equipped the 4th generation Intel integrated graphics controller Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 that supports DirectX 9 0 Shader Model 2 0 256MB of video memory As replacement of socket 478 Pentium 4 single board computer ROBO 8717VG2A supports dual Gigabit Ethernet port four SATA 300 ports six USB 2 0 ports dual seri
36. ey and enter the BIOS setup menu to tune up a stable BIOS configuration so that you can wake up your system far well Loading the default optimal setting When prompted with the main setup menu please scroll down to Load Optimal Defaults press Enter and Y to load in default optimal BIOS setup This will force your BIOS setting back to the initial factory configuration It is recommended to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that Portwell has highly endorsed As a matter of fact users can load the default BIOS setting any time when system appears to be unstable in boot up sequence Auto Detect Hard Disks In the BIOS Standard CMOS setup menu pick up any one from Primary Secondary Master Slave IDE ports and press Enter Setup the selected IDE port and its access mode to Auto This will force system to automatically pick up the IDE devices that are being connected each time system boots up Improper disable operation There are too many occasions where users disable a certain device feature in one application through BIOS setting These variables may not be set back to the original values when needed These devices features will certainly fail to be detected When the above conditions happen it is strongly recommended to check the BIOS settings Make sure certain items are set as they should be These include the floppy drive COM1 COM2 ports Parallel port USB ports external cache on board
37. ic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3 this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues in terms of backplane setup BIOS setting and OS diagnostics The content of this manual and EC declaration document is subject to change without prior notice These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the document Portwell may make supplement or change in the products described in this document at any time Updates to this manual technical clarification and answers to frequently asked questions wil be shown on the following web site http www portwell com tw Preface WARNING Warning how to take while heavy cooler was installed pin in processor socket is fragile and it shall be careful handle m Remove Processor Caution Do not pull out processor without opening socket handle High viscosity thermal grease between processor and cooler will lead the processor be pulled out from socket when taking cooler off This action may damage processor socket which will cause poor contact between CPU amp socket B Handling SBC Caution Do not just hold any single side of the SBC hold evenly on both sides Heavy processor cooler shall bend the SBC when SBC being held just on one side The bending may cause serious soldering or circuit damage System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 Introduction Industries hungry the increasing computing power of dual core proc
38. is to configure IDE devices being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled FDD COM LPT Port This item is to configure floppy device COM ports and parallel port being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled PCI PIRQ A D This option can be used to detect PCI device activities If they are activities the system will go into sleep mode The choice Enabled Disabled PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs System automatically restores Power back System stays at Power Off ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information 4 9 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Peripheral Component Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Resources Co
39. ive supports and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choice Auto Disabled ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 13 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Item Help Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRO4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal Menu Level X RxD TxD Active Hi Lo X IR Transmission Delay Enabled X UR2 Duplex Mode Half X Use IR Pins IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP X EPP Mode Select BEP X ECP Mode Use DMA 5 TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value EI Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Onboard FDC Controller This item allows enable disable onboard Floppy disk controller The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an DDR2 and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice 3F8 IROA 2E8 IROS 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IROS Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode Disable Infrared function ASKIR Select ASKIR mode transmission As Infrared transmission function shares onboard serial port 2 COM2 needs to be enabled R
40. long beep with two Monitor or Display Please check Monitor connector short beeps Card error whether it inserts properly Beep rapidly Power error warning Please check Power mode setting Symptom There is neither no beeps nor screen output Solution Indeed you can do the stand alone to identify the root cause by isolating the board from other possible system devices such as PCI device backplane and so on If the system still cannot boot up please fill out RMA from which is provides on Portwell website and then send back to Portwell as a RMA Besides you also visit RMA site http www portwell com tw rma login asp to check RMA report if necessary Installation Problem Information amp Support Question Intel G965 Chipset supports Dual Channel Mode but how can I enable this function Answer Indeed you don t have to change any setting You can simply plug DDR2 SDRAM Module on DIMMs and then system will automatically enable Dual Channel Mode ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 5 4 Troubleshooting Question What kind of CPU supports Hyper Threading Answer All FSB 1066 800 533 MHz series CPU support Hyper Threading mode Question Why cannot I install USB 2 0 driver Answer If you are using Windows 2000 you need to update your Service Pack version to Service Pack 4 If you are using Windows XP you need to update Service Pack to Service Pack 1 at least Question After installing ISA card why isn t it working Answe
41. lts Note The oblique word is indicating to appear HDD device message which user employs Hard Disk Boot Priority Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Use lt gt or lt to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu Bootable Add in Cards Select SCSI Boot Ch x M S Select IDE Channel 0 1 Master or Salve Boot Select IDE Channel 2 or 3 Master Boot ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information Virus Warning Allow you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a Enabled warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access pbi the boot sector or hard disk partition table CPU L1 Cache L2 Cache L3 Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Quick Power On Self Test Allows the system to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Device
42. nabled Item Help USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Operation Mode High Speed USB Keyboard Function Enabled Menu berg d USB Mouse Function Enabled USB Storage function Enabled USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults USB 1 0 2 0 Controller This entry is for disable enable EHCI controller only This BIOS itself may may not have high speed USB support built in the support will be automatically turn on when high speed device were attached The choice Enabled Disabled USB Operation Mode Auto decide USB device operation mode High speed if USB device was high speed device then it operated USB Keyboard Function This item allows enabling USB keyboard function under POST BIOS setup menu DOS or Windows NT with no USB driver loaded The choice Enabled Disabled USB Mouse Function Enabled or Disabled legacy support of USB Mouse The choice Enabled Disabled USB Storage Function Enabled or Disabled legacy support of USB Mass storage The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information 4 8 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows configuration of the system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use Phoenix
43. nfiguration Mode Write AAh to IO port EFER ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 3 9 System Installation 3 8 3 Example Define GPIO4 as output pin and output 0 to this pin mov mov out jmp out mov mov out mov in Or mov mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in Or mov mov mov out mov mov out dx 2eh al 87h dx al 2 dx al dx 2eh al 2Ah dx al dx 2fh al dx al OFCh ah al dx 2eh al 2Ah dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh al 07h dx al dx 2fh al 07h dx al dx 2eh al 30h dx al dx 2fh al dx aLO1h ah al dx 2eh al 30h dx al dx 2fh al ah dx al ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual Enter Configuration Mode Read CR2A CR2A Bit 7 2 P L1 1 1 1 1 Point to LDN7 Read CR30 CR30 Bit0 P1 3 10 System Installation mov mov out mov in and mov mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in and mov mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in and mov mov mov out mov mov out dx 2eh al 0f0h dx al dx 2fh al dx al 0efh ah al dx 2eh al 0f0h dx al dx 2fh al ah dx al dx 2eh al 0f2h dx al dx 2fh al dx al 0efh ah al dx 2eh al 0f2h dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh al 0f1h dx al dx 2fh al dx al 0efh ah al dx 2eh al Of1h dx al dx 2fh al ah dx al ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual Read LD7_CRFO LD7_CRFO_Bit4 P0 Read LD7 CRF2 LD7 CRF2 Bit4 P0 Read LD7 CRF
44. ntrolled By Auto ESCD X IRO Resources Press Enter X DMA Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled PCI Express relative items Maximum Payload Size 128 N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Init Display First The choice PCI Slot Onboard Reset Configuration Data Default is Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 21 BIOS Setup Information Resource Controlled By BIOS can automatically configure the entire boot and plug and play compatible devices If set to Auto IRQ DMA and memory base DDR2 fields can not be selected since BIOS automatically assigns them The choice Auto ESCD Manual Watch Out When user selects Manual the shadow segments of IRQ Resource and DMA resource will be able to available IRO Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt The choice Press Enter Default setting is unavailable selection IRO 3 IRO 4 IRQ 5 IRO 7 IRQ 9 IRO 10 IRO 11 IRO 12 IRO 14 IRQ 15 assigned to The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA
45. ord typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will reboot and Setup can be entered freely ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 24 BIOS Setup Information PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled user will be prompted to enter it every time user tries to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of the computer User may determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 3 If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup 4 14 Exiting Selection Save amp Exit Setup Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on
46. r As a matter of fact some ISA cards need to occupy shadow memory which might cause ISA card malfunction In order to determine it is a lack of shadow memory problem please disable USB controller and on board LAN After disabling these two devices ISA card works The lack of shadow memory could be a case To solve this problem you can download BIOS from our website http www portwell com tw download as If you cannot find BIOS that you need please contact with Technical Support Department to request a new BIOS to solve this problem Technical Support Department Mailto tsd portwell com tw Question I forget my password of system BIOS what am I supposed to do Answer You can simply short 2 3 pins on JP4 to clean your password Note Please visit our technical web site at http www portwell com tw For additional technical information which is not covered in this manual ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 5 5 Appendix A System Memory Address Map Each On board device in the system is assigned a set of memory addresses which also can be identical of the device The following table lists the system memory DDR2 used Memory Area Size Device Description 0000 003F 1K Interrupt Area 0040 004F 0 3K BIOS Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K System Data 0070 03DE 13K DOS 03DF OBB6 31K Program Area OBB7 9F7F 583K Available Conventional memory ends at
47. refer to the table below as a quick reference guide Operation of Ethernet Port Name of LED Active LAN Linked amp Active LED Linked Ee Blinking LAN speed LED ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 3 4 System Installation 3 3 4 On board Realtek ALC262 Device The Audio codec device provides a more than standard sound display It is capable for many general purposes Realtek ALC262 based on HDA High Definition Audio to provide 2 channel audio function such as Line in Line out MIC via header on board Driver Support Please find Sound driver in Audio of ROBO 8717VG2A driver CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 and Windows XP 3 4 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable CMOS Clear Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position Function 1 2 Short Normal Operation x 2 3 Short Clear CMOS contents To correctly operate CMOS Clear function users must turn off the system move JP4 jumper to short pin 2 and 3 To clear CMOS contents please turn the power back on and turn it off again for AT system or press the toggle switch a few times for ATX system Move the JP4 back to 1 2 position Normal Operation and start the system System will then produce a CMOS Check Sum Error message and hold up Users may then follow the displayed message to load BIOS default setting ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 3 5 System Installation 3 5 WDT Function The working
48. s hard disk drive or CD ROM drive It uses a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Master and Slave Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 0 1 2 3 Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Channel 0 Master Auto Access Mode Auto Menu Level Capacity 0 MB To atuo detect the HDD s Cylinder 0 size head on this Head 0 channel Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value EI Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults B Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this detection channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Channel 0 None Selecting manual lets you set the 1 2 3 Master Auto remaining fields on this screen Selects the Slave Manual type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode CHS LBA Choose the access mode for this hard disk Large Auto Capacity Auto Display your Disk drive capacity Approximated disk drive size Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to
49. s is a two wire interface through which simple power related chips can communicate with rest of the system It uses I2C as its backbone A system using SMBus passes messages to and from devices instead of tripping individual control lines With the SMBus a device can provide manufacturer information tell the system what its model part number is save its state for a suspend event report different types of errors accept control parameters and return its status The SMBus may share the same host device and physical bus as ACCESS bus components provided that an appropriate electrical bridge is provided between the interal SMB devices and external ACCESS bus devices 3 7 On Board USB 2 0 Controller Drivers Support Please find Intel ICH8 USB driver in USB20 directory of ROBO 8717VG2A CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 XP ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 3 7 System Installation 3 8 GPIO The ROBO 8717VG2A series provides 8 programmable input or output ports that can be individually configured to perform a simple basic I O function Users can configure each individual port to become an input or output port by programming register bit of I O Selection To invert port value the setting of Inversion Register has to be made Port values can be set to read or write through Data Register 3 8 1 Pin assignment J46 General Purpose I O Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 General Purpose I O Port 0 GPIOO 2 General Purpose I O
50. sabled N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled Item Help Execute Disabled Bit Enabled Virtualization Technology Enabled M a enu Leve fi Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information Limit CPUID MaxVal The choice Enabled Disabled Set Limit CPUID MaxVAL to 3 Should Be Disabled for WinXP Execute Disabled Bit The choice Enabled Disabled When disabled forces the XD feature flag to always return Virtualization Technology The choice Enabled Disabled When enabled a VMM can utilize the addition hardware re capabilities provided by vanderpool technology Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority 1 ch0 M Hard Disk module name Item Help 2 Bootable add in Cards Menu Level Use lt gt or lt gt to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defau
51. socket outwards and upwards to the other end 3 Carefully lifts up the existing CPU to remove it from the socket 4 Follow the steps of installing a CPU to change to another one or place handling bar to close the opened socket Configuring System Bus ROBO 8717VG2A series will automatically detect the CPU used CPU speed of Intel Pentium D can be detected automatically 3 2 Main Memory ROBO 8717VG2A provides two DDR2 SDRAM DIMM sockets to support dual channel amp single channel DDR2 memory interface The maximum memory size can be up to 4 GB memory frequency includes 1066 800 667 533 Auto detecting memory clock which is according to BIOS CMOS settings For system compatibility and stability do not use memory module without brand Memory configuration can be either one double sided DIMM in either one DIMM socket or two single sided DIMM in both sockets Watch out the contact and lock integrity of memory module with socket it will impact on the system reliability Follow normal procedures to install memory module into memory socket Before locking make sure that all modules have been fully inserted into the card slots Dual Channel DDR2 DIMMs Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology doubles the bandwidth of memory bus Adequate or higher bandwidth of memory than processor would increase system performance To enable Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology install two identical memory modules in both memory sockets is required Following
52. ster IDE HDD Seagate ST3808110AS OS Microsoft Windows XP SP1 Test Programs 3D Mark 2001 PRO for loading VGA and Burning Test V3 0 for loading CPU Connected Fans Only CPU fan connected Run Time 10 minutes Operating Temperature 5 C 60 C 23 F 140 F ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 1 4 System Overview Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C Relative Humidity 0 95 non condensing 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual A System Overview 1 4 System Architecture ROBO 8717VG2A adopts Intel 965 GMCH Graphics Memory Controller Hub and ICHS I O Controller Hub chipset for processor display memory and peripheral I O interfaces such as PCI Express PCI bus SATA ports USB ports and LPC Low Pin Count interface Dual Realtek RTL8111 Gigabit Ethernet controllers are attached to the PCI Express x1 interface to add Ethernet connectivity Meanwhile Winbond W83627 Super I O on LPC interface provides I O such as PS 2 keyboard amp mouse floppy parallel and serial ports Audio codec Realtek ALC262 based on HDA High Definition Audio to provide 2 channel audio function such as Line in Line out MIC via header on board 5 Block Diagram TER i ON BOARD Se D SUB INTEL HE CHIPSET Tm lt LINE IN yo AUDIO OUT lt MIC IN PCI BUS USB 2 0 WO FOR D SUH FOUR FOR PIN HEADER SATA X4 With Conn
53. tables show bandwidth information of different processor and memory configurations CPU FSB Bandwidth 1066MHz 8 5 GB s 800MHz 6 4GB s 533MHz 4 2GB s ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 3 2 System Installation Memory Frequency Dual Channel DDR2 Single Channel DDR2 Bandwidth Bandwidth 800MHz 25 6 GB s 12 8 GB s 667MHz 21 2 GB s 10 6 GB s 533MHz 16 8 GB s 8 4 GB s Note To maintain system stability don t change any of DRAM parameters in BIOS setup to upgrade system performance without acquiring technical information Memory frequency CPU FSB synchronization ROBO 8717VG2A series support different memory frequencies depending on the CPU front side bus and the type of DDR2 DIMM CPU FSB Memory Frequency 1066MHz 800 667 533MHz 800MHz 667 533MHz 533MHz 533MHz 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer To install your ROBO 8717VG2A into standard chassis or proprietary environment please perform the following Step 1 Check all jumpers setting on proper position Step 2 Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position Step 3 Place ROBO 8717VC2A into the dedicated position in the system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it WARNING Please ensure that SBC is properly inserted and fixed by mechanism Otherwise the system might be unstable or do not work due to bad contact of PICMG 1 0 PCI plus ISA bus slot
54. ue to the fact that 4 pin connector provides 5V Stand by from the backplane to the SBC If J10 isn t connected it could also cause system failed to boot up J50 is manipulated power supply operation through backplane which still devotes 5Vsb to system Serial ATA Hard Disk employment Each Serial ATA channel can only connect to one SATA hard disk at a time there are total two connectors J20 and J21 The installation of Serial ATA is simpler and easier than IDE because SATA hard disk doesn t require setting up Master and Slave which can reduce mistake of hardware installation All you need to do is to plug in two cables and enable SATA in System BIOS Hard Drive Serial ATA Power Cable Serial ATA Data Cable ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 5 1 Troubleshooting 5 2 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the devices cables required before turning on AT or ATX power CPU CPU Fan 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM keyboard mouse floppy drive IDE hard disk printer VGA connector device cables ATX accessories or 12V 4 pin power cable are good examples that deserve attention With no assurance of properly and correctly accommodating these modules and devices it is very possible to encounter system failures that result in malfunction of any device To make sure that you have a successful start with ROBO 8717VG2A series it is recommended when going with the boot up sequence to hit DEL k
55. xD TxD Active This item is to configure Infrared transmission rate Four options are available Hi Hi igh rate for receiving igh rate for transmitting High rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting Low rate for receiving High rate for transmitting Low rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information IR Transmission Delay This option will be available when IR is enabled The choice Enabled Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode The available choices are full duplex mode and half duplex mode The choice Full Half Use IR Pins The choice IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 Default IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to configuring I O DDR2 of the onboard parallel port The choice Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode There are four different modes for the onboard parallel port SPP Switch to SPP mode EPP Switch to EPP mode ECP Switch to ECP mode ECP EPP Switch to ECP EPP mode EPP Mode Select Select different version of EPP mode The choice EPP1 7 EPP1 9 Default EPP1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a proper DMA channel for ECP mode The choice 3 1 Default 3 ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 4 15 BIOS Setup Information Watch Dog Timer Select The Choice Disabled 10 20 30 40 sec amp 1 2 3 4 Min Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility USB Device Setting USB 1 0 Controller E

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