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1. VCCA 1 5V Dothan Note Wrong voltage selection may damage the CPU Please survey the CPU s type before setup this jumper setting JP2C PCI E x16 graphic port enable disable JP2C PCI E x16 graphic port enabled ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration JP2D DDR2 memory frequency selection JP2D 9 10 open Reserved 11 12 open 11 12 short 9 10 short The memory module is DDR2 533 11 12 open 9 10 short Reserved 11 12 short JP3 VIO Voltage selection 1 2 short Without Backplane 2 3 short Have Backplane JP4 CPU FSB frequency selection CPU FSB frequency 400MHz CPU FSB frequency 533MHz Note The DDR2 frequency is followed the CPU FSB frequency For example the DDR2 module populated is DDR2 533 the CPU must be 533MHz FSB Please use same frequency of memory module and CPU Neither CPU DDR 533 400 nor 400 533 are allowed This is the limitation of 915GM chipset JP5 COM2 Communication Protocol selection 5 6 9 11 10 12 15 17 16 18 short RS 232 x 3 4 7 9 8 10 13 15 14 16 21 22 short RS 422 1 2 7 9 8 10 19 20 RS 485 JP6 CMOS RAM charge discharge setup Clear CMOS ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 3 Hardware Configuration JP7 LVDS panel type selection Setup by CMOS setup in the chipset feature Open open open open JP8 Reserved jumper JP8 Function JP9 ATX AT Mode Function selection 1 2Open ATXMod
2. GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND DIO Ziz ell B B51 GND B41 B42 B43 B44 B45 B46 B47 B48 B49 50 B52 B53 B54 B55 B56 GND PCI Ex16 channel 3 TX PCI Ex16 channel 3 TX B60 GND B57 B58 B59 B61 E B62 PCI Ex16 channel 4 TX B63 GND B64 GND GND GND GND B71 GND B65 B66 B67 B68 B69 B70 Q Z J PCI Ex16 channel 7 TX PCI Ex16 channel 7 TX GND O Z J GND ona AA B72 B73 B74 B75 B76 B77 B78 B79 ROB0 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 16 Hardware Configuration D2 D3 D4 D5 GND PCI Ex16 channel 8 TX PCI Ex16 channel 8 TX GND GND D7 PCI Ex16 channel 9 TX PCI Ex16 channel 9 TX D10 GND D11 Reserved DE EE DI2 GND D13 PCI Ex16 channel 10 TX D14 PCI Ex16 channel 10 TX DIS GND D16 CND D17 PCI Ex16 channel 11 TX DIS PCI Ex16 channel 11 TX D19 GND D20 CND D21 PCI Ex16 channel 12 TX D22 PCI Ex16 channel 12 TX D23 GND D24 GND D25 PCI Ex16 channel 13 TX D26 PCI Ex16 channel 13 TX D27 GND 28 O U J D29 D30 PCI Ex16 channel 14 TX D31 GND D32 GND D33 PCI Ex16 channel 15 TX D34 PCI Ex16 channel 15 TX D35_ GND Dip GND D37 Reserved D38 Reserved D39 GND D40 GND D41 GND D42 GND D43 GND D44 12V PCI Ex16 channel 14 TX 12V ROB0 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 17 Hardware Configuration D45 12V D46 12V D47 12V D48 12V D49 12V 12V
3. Inversion Register amp OxF0 I O Selection Register amp OxF0 Output Data Only high nibble is available for this function When set to a 1 the incoming outgoing port value is inverted When set to a 0 the incoming outgoing port value is the same as in Data Register Value of I O Selection Register Only high nibble is available for this function When set to a 1 respective GPIO port is programmed as an input port When set to a 0 respective GPIO port is programmed as an output port Value of Output Data Only high nibble is available for this function If a port is assigned to be an output port then its respective bit can be read written If a port is assigned to be an input port then its respective bit can be read only Input Data ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual amp OxF0 3 11 System Installation Notes 1 All the Buffered Digital Outputs are open drain amplified form corresponding GPIO ports 2 Some other functions may occupy the lower nibble of the registers Altering any content in lower nibble will be undesired ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 3 12 BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8911VG2A is equipped with the Phoenix AWARD BIOS stored in Flash ROM These BIOS has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily This type of
4. On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled s K e T sE un 3 IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto B Ee S f SET IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto Se it E i p IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto ES e per na IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto SARAS On Chip Serial ATA Setting On Chip Serial ATA Enhanced Mode X PATA IDE Mode Primary SATA Port P1 P3 is Secondary 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 IDE HDD Block Mode If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The choice Enabled Disabled IDE DMA transfer access The choice Enabled Disabled On Chi 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 Primary Seconda The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual BIOS Setup Information IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mod
5. Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice 3F8 IROA 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQA 2E8 IROS Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode Disable Infrared function Select IrDA mode transmission ASKIR Select ASKIR mode transmission As Infrared transmission function shares onboard serial port 2 COM2 needs to be enabled RxD TxD Active This item is to configure Infrared transmission rate Four options are available Hi Hi High rate for receiving High rate for transmitting High rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting Low rate for receiving High rate for transmitting Low rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting 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 available choices are IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 The choice IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to configure I O address of the onboard parallel port The choice Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 and 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode There are four different modes for the onboard parallel port SPP Switch to SPP mode EPP Switch to EPP mode ECP
6. C BERI Mes GND o H30 PCI PRSTA H1 D H32 DEVICE SELECT H33 PCI LOCKE H34 H35 H36 H37 QUOI OO QQ PCI ERR G34 GND C 3 C BE 1 PAR AD14 Pull high to 3 3V 3 3 4 QQ H38 GN IA O H39 ADI5 G39 ADO H40 ADI3 H41 GND C 12 13 14 15 1 1 18 19 H20 AD25 2 3 4 5 8 9 2 3 4 5 8 9 O O U gJ O GQ ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 20 Hardware Configuration H42 H43 H44 H45 H46 H47 H48 H49 ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 21 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 Pentium M Processor Installing mPGA 479M CPU 1 Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 2 Align the processor pins with pinholes on the socket Make sure that the notched corner or dot mark pin 1 of the CPU corresponds to the socket s bevel end Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place If this operation is not easy or smooth don t do it forcibly You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly 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 mPGA479M socket ROBO 8911VG
7. ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 5 4 Troubleshooting 5 2 Onboard hardware installation Q1 How do I connect my PS2 keyboard and mouse A PS2 Keyboard and mouse cable is an option kit of ROBO 8911 If you have PS2 kit please connects it to J33 of ROBO 8911 Q2 OK I have finished up hardware installation but I got nothing when I power on the system Why A There are thousands of different reasons to get this power on failure 1 Check ROBO 8911 jumper JP9 For AT power supply or ATX power supply used for AT system JP9 needs to be opened Incorrect power setting will not allow you to power on the system 2 Double check if every connector is attached with the correct cable 3 Please move JP6 CMOS clear Jumper to 2 3 power on the system to clear CMOS move on off switch from off to on for AT mode or toggle the switch for ATX mode power off the system move JP6 back to 1 2 and power on again Q3 I power on the system but the CPU speed is not correct Why A This applies to Engineering Sample processor ONLY If you have ever loaded the BIOS optimal default thank you for doing so However this will force the BIOS to pick up the default CPU core bus ratio as well It needs to be emphasized again that ROBO 8911 does not have switch or jumper to configure CPU core bus ratio This is done through BIOS automatically Please check in the Frequency Voltage Control section of Chapter 4 4 11 to adjust this core bus rat
8. ACTIVE LED ACTIVE LED 10 100 speed LED 6 10 100 speed LED 1000 speed LED 8 1000 speed LED J29 USB Connector 5 USBDATAB 6 USBDATAA t 7 USBDATAP 8 J USBGND 9 USBpower SV 10 jChassisgroud Note The other 4 USB port are reside on the PICMG1 3 back plane J30 VGA Connector PIN o Saro PIN o ve PIN o eT Signal Description Signal Description Signal Description RED GND 11 NC 1 6 3 BLUE 8 GND 13 HSYNC Jr NG E ae 32 External keyboard Connector PIN No Signal Description KB clock Pp NC 4 KB ground 5 KBVCC 1 2 3 5 ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 13 Hardware Configuration 133 PS 2 Keyboard amp Mouse Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description Keyboard data KB MS ground KB MS VCC 5V Keyboard clock 6 Mouse dok NC key 8 NC key J34 Compact Flash Socket 6 Daa7 31 ata 8 Ground 3 J NC 9 Ground 34 IORed 12 Data 10 Ground ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 14 Hardware Configuration PICMG gold finger pin assignment table SM bus data Bo Povverbutton f A6 PCIPME NC B10 PCI Express configure pin B11 GND B12 Reserved B13 GND B16 GND A16 PCI Ex1 channel 0 RX ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 15 Hardware Configuration PCI Ex16 channel 0 TX S PCI Ex16 channel 0 TX
9. C C C C 45 46 47 48 49 C USBD4 USBD4 E F12 GND F13 SATA T1 F14 SATA T1 F15 GND F16 GND F17 SATA T3t F18 SATA T3 F19 GND F20 GND F21 Reserved F22 Reserved F23 GND F24 GND F25 Reserved F26 Reserved F27 GND F28 GND F29 Reserved F30 Reserved F31 Reserved F32 Reserved F33 Reserved F34 Reserved F35 Reserved F36 GND F37 GND E E E E E E E E E E F1 1 F2 2 F3 3 F4 4 F5 5 F6 6 F7 7 F8 8 F9 9 F10 10 F11 11 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 E ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 18 Hardware Configuration E38 E39 E40 E41 TID v o 2 Elan 3 SIE gigolo F39 F40 F41 2 19 ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual Hardware Configuration PEE ee H12 H13 H14 15 H16 H17 PCICLK2 G13 1838 0 PCICLKO G14 J PCILK o 3 3V G15 GND J QQ O AD31 G6 GND AD29 G17 33V S H18 Pull down to ground G18 ADO IS H19 AD27 G19 JAD28 QQ OQ O H21 C C BE 3 H22 O H23 O AD23 G3 1838 H24 Ga AD2 O H25 O 6 7 0 1 2 S AD21 AD20 H26 AD19 Pull down to ground 27 145V AD18 2 2 0 1 6 7 0 C C O J J J O C C H28 ADIT cw ae H29
10. Delay Prior to Thermal The choice 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min and 32 Min Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 On die throttling Thermal Monitor 2 Ratio amp VID transition The choice Thermal Monitor 1 Thermal Monitor 2 Execute Disable Bit When disabled forces the XD feature flag to always return 0 The choice Enabled Disabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority 1 ch0 M Maxtor 91021U2 Item Help 2 ch2M ST380817AS 3 ch2S ST380817AS 4 Bootable add in Cards Menu Level gt Use lt 1 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 N4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information Hard Disk Boot Priority Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Use lt gt or lt gt to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu Bootable Add in Cards Select SCSI card RAID card ATA card Boot Virus Warning Allow you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning messag
11. J29 USB port 2 and port 3 connector LI O o TERT connector TJ J32 External Keyboardconnector O 333 Keyboard and mouse connector Di Compactflashcardsocket DIMMI Channel ADDR2SO DIMMconnector DIMM2 Channel B DDR2 SO DIMM connector CPU Lg pin CPU socket LI ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Configuration Pin Assignments of Connectors J1 LVDS Panel Back Light Inverter Power Connector 2 GND Back Light Enable signal Active high J2 J31 12V DC Fan Connector PIN No Signal Description Speed pulse output J3 I2C Connector J4 LVDS Panel Interface Connector 1 PaeVDD 2 Panel VDD 8 CHADATAO 4 I CHADATA 5 CHADATAH_ 6 CHADATA 7 CHADATA2 8 CHADATA _ 9 NC NC 11 CHACLOCKT 12 CHACLOCK 3 NC NC 15 GND 16 GND O17 18 20 CHB DATAO CHB DATAO CHB DATA1 CHB DATAI 21 CHBDATA2 22 CHBDATA2 23 IN NC 2 4 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 1 3 5 7 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 6 Hardware Configuration NC NCU Notes 1 The signals of LVDS upper channel will be only used in dual channel LVDS mode 2 This panel connector J4 should be accompanied with LVDS Panel Voltage jumper setting JP1 3 In general lower channel equals odd channel and upper channel equals even chamnel for different panel des
12. Optimized Defaults B Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto detection Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Channel 2 None Selecting manual lets you set the remaining Master Auto fields on this screen Selects the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode Large Choose the access mode for this hard disk Auto Capacity Auto Display your Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that disk drive size 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 Channel 2 Slave item is set to Manual ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information Cylinder Min 0 Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk Max 65535 Head Min 0 Set the number of read write heads Max 255 Precomp Min 0 Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no Max 65535 hard disk Landing zone Min 0 PME Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Number of sectors per track Max 255 4 5 Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot
13. Manual 4 26 BIOS Setup Information 4 11 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect PCI CLK Disabled Item Help Spread Spectrum Disabled Menu Level gt N se Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto Detect PCI CLK The choice Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled 4 12 Default Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 27 BIOS Setup Information 4 13 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are Set S
14. Protection Disabled 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 SLP_S4 Assertion Width The choice 4 to 5 Sec 3to 4 Sec 2 to 3 Sec 1 to 2 Sec 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 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled to enable caching VGA BIOS into L2 cache to get higher display performance Disabled to ignore this BIOS caching function The choice Enabled Disabled 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 Meni Level PCI E Compliancy Mode V1 0a Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PCI Express Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 The choice Auto Enabled Disabled PCI E Compliancy Mode The choice V1 0 V1 0a PEG Onchip VGA Control The choice Onchip VGA PEG Port and Auto On Chip Frame Buffer Size The choice 1M
15. 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 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 22 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 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 PIRO 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 ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 23 B
16. information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power off periods When system is turned on ROBO 8911VG2A communicates with peripheral devices and checks its hardware resources against the configuration information stored in the CMOS memory If any error is detected or the CMOS parameters need to be initially defined the diagnostic program will prompt the user to enter the SETUP program Some errors are significant enough to abort the start up 4 1 Entering Setup Turn on or reboot the computer When the message Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP appears press lt Del gt key immediately to enter BIOS setup program If the message disappears before you respond but you still wish to enter Setup please restart the system to try COLD START again by turning it OFF and then ON or touch the RESET button You may also restart from WARM START by pressing 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 again be asked to Press lt F1 gt to Run SETUP or Resume In HIFLEX BIOS setup you can use the keyboard to choose among options or modify the system parameters to match the options with your system The table below will show you all of keystroke functions in BIOS setup 9 Menu in BIOS 1 6 F7 Optimized Defaults F 7 10 ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 1 BI
17. outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxF7 Count mode Register amp 0x08 Specify Time out Value outp 0x002E OxF6 outp 0x002F Time out Value Register Disable WDT reset by keyboard mouse interrupts outp 0x002E OxF7 outp 0x002F 0x00 Exit Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E OxA A 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 ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual System Installation 3 6 GPIO The ROBO 8911VG2A provides 4 input 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 J20 GPIO Connector from Super I O ke ta PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description GPIO Port10 GPIO Port14 mot 8 JGPOPot LI 4 GPIOPort15 E 6 mm DM 1 3 5 GPIOPoti2 Ground 10 5V NO Additionally 4 extra Digital Output ports inversely amplified signals from GPIO ports There are open drain buffers which can offer greater driving capacity up
18. sockets dual channel support 1 8V DDR2 SDRAM as on board main memory The maximum memory size can be up to 2GB Auto detecting memory clock according to BIOS CMOS settings JP2D DDR2 memory frequency selection JP2D 9 10 open 11 12 short The memory module is DDR2 400 9 10 short 11 12 open The memory module is DDR2 533 Memory frequency CPU FSB synchronization ROBO 8911VG2A support different memory frequencies depending on the CPU front side bus and the type of DDR II SODIMM CPU FSB Memory Frequency 533MHz 533 400MHz 400MHz 400MHz JP2C PCI E x16 graphic port enable disable ROBO 8911VG2A support PCI E by 16 Slot for PCI E by 16 VGA Card JP2C PCI E x16 graphic port enabled x 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer To install your ROBO 8911VG2A into standard chassis or proprietary environment you need to perform the following Step 1 Check all jumpers setting on proper position Step 2 Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position Step 3 Place ROBO 8911VG2A into the dedicated position in your system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 3 3 System Installation Note Please refer to section 3 3 1 to 3 3 4 to install INF VGA LAN Audio drivers ROBO 8911VG2A Install Chipset Driver Install Intel Graphic Driver Install Marvell Ethernet Driver Install AC97 Audio Driver Install Micros
19. the Ethernet card s WOL function and connector 2 Please survey the pin assignment of Ethernet card is same as J9 Different pin assignment may damage either Ethernet card or SBC J10 CD IN Connector CD IN Left CD Ground CD Ground 4 CD IN Right J11 PC speaker Connector Speaker Speaker 5V J12 External thermal sensor Connector PIN No Signal Description Thermal sensor pin 1 Thermal sensor pin 2 Notes 1 Support thermistor with thermal sensor only 2 The thermal data of this sensor can be read from the PC Health in the CMOS setup 3 The thermal data of this connector is not available in CMOS setup if the thermal sensor was not attached 4 The thermal data of this connector is not available in CMOS setup if the temperature over 120 C ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 9 Hardware Configuration 5 An external thermistor can be connected these two pins for temperature monitoring remotely such as chassis ambient temperature etc Normally the resistance selected for thermistor should be 10KQ at 25 C J13 12V and 5V power input Connector PIN No Signal Description J14 TV Out Connector 5 GND 6 N Note TVDAC_A COMPOSITE VIDEO TVDAC B S VIDEO LUMINANCE TVDAC C S VIDEO CHROMINANCE J15 IDE Connector 5 DATAG Lo JDATA 7 DATA 8 IDATAO 9 DATAS LL 10 DATA O ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 10 Ha
20. the OS cannot boot The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 24 BIOS Setup Information Resource Controlled By BIOS can automatically configure the entire boot and plug and play compatible devices If you choose Auto you cannot select IRQ DMA and memory base address fields since BIOS automatically assigns them The choice Auto ESCD Manual IRO Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt Enter for more options IRO 3 IRO 4 IRQ 5 IRO 7 IRQ 9 IRO 10 IRO 11 IRO 12 IRO 14 IRO 15 assigned to 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 PCI Device Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop The choice Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA To enable VGA IRQ assignation by selecting enabled The choice Enabled Disabled INT Pin 1 Assignment Devices S using this INT Network Cntrlr Bus 1 Dev 11 Func 0 Display Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 2 Func 0 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev29 Func 3 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 INT Pin 2 Assignment Devices S using this INT Network Cntrlr Bus 1 Dev 10 Func 0 Multimedia Device Bus 0 Dev 30 Func 2 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 ROBO 8911VG2A User s
21. to 100mA There are two PnP O port addresses that can be used to configure GPIO ports 1 Ox2E EFER Extended Function Enable Register for entering Extended Function Mode 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 GPIOs Enter Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0x87 outp 0x002E 0x87 Assign Pin121 128 to be GPIO port 1 outp 0x002E 0x29 outp 0x002F 0x7F Select Logic Device 7 outp 0x002E 0x07 outp 0x002F 0x07 Active Logic Device 7 ROB0 8911VG2A User s Manual 3 10 System Installation outp 0x002E 0x30 outp 0x002F OxFF Select Inversion Mode outp 0x002E 0xF2 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxOF Select I O Mode outp 0x002E OxF0 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxOF Access GPIO ports outp 0x002E 0xF1 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxOF Or Input Data inp 0x002F Exit Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0xAA Definitions of Variables Each bit in the lower nibble of each Register represents the setting of a GPIO port Bit0 vs Bit1 vs Bit2 vs Bit3 vs Bit4 vs Bit5 vs Bit6 vs Bit7 vs Value of GPIO port 1 GPIO port 2 GPIO port 3 GPIO port 4 GPIO port 5 GPIO port 6 GPIO port 7 GPIO port 8 Inversion Register
22. up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security E Screen shot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt CPU Feature Virus Warning Security Option APIC Mode gt Hard Disk Boot Priority CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot up Floppy Seek Boot up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting X Typematic Rate Chars Sec X Typematic Delay Msec MPS Version Control For OS Small Logo EPA Show Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Enabled Enabled Hard Disk CDROM Floppy Enabled Disabled Disabled On Normal Disabled 6 250 Setup Enabled 1 4 Disabled Item Help Menu Level gt F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min Item Help Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 X TM2 Bus Ratio 12X X TM2 Bus VID 0 844V NERA Tese E Execute Disable Bit Enabled Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults
23. 0 C 23 F 140 F Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C 6 Relative Humidity 0 95 non condensing ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 1 4 System Overview 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing WITT It m ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual QO DET III 1 5 System Overview 1 4 System Architecture ROBO 8911 include Intel chipset 915GM support Pentium M Celeron M processor DDR2 SDRAM 2D 3D graphics display PCI Express x16 and ICH6 supports PCI Express x1 amp PCI bus interface APM ACPI compliant power management USB port SMBus communication Ultra DMA 33 66 100 IDE channel and SATA ports Super I O chip W83627THF is responsible for PS 2 keyboard mouse UARTs FDC hardware monitor Parallel Watch Dog Timer and Infrared interface CPU Dothan Banias LVDS pannel interface J cy sinon Dual channel DDR 2 SO DIMM up to 2GB without ECC function i ACST AC97 Audio PCI PCI E GIGA LAN x2 USB 20 x 8 ports 4 PCI E SATA x4 2 PCI E x1 Port 2 onboard PICMG slot with 4 PCI 40pin IDE x1 Master CF Socket x1 Watch Dog Time 4bit GPIO IR tar COMI COM2 PC Health Monitor Printer Po
24. 2A User s Manual 3 1 System Installation J25 12V Power input Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description GND GND o Note You should know Pentium M processor need extra 12V Power source DON T FORGET TO CONNECT 4pin 12V connector to J25 Removing CPU 1 Unlock the cooling fan first 2 Lift the lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 3 Carefully lifts up the existing CPU to remove it from the socket 4 Follow the steps of installing a CPU to change to another one or place handling bar to close the opened socket Configuring System Bus ROB0 8911VG2A will automatically detect the CPU used CPU speed of Intel Pentium M can be detected automatically JP2B CPU VCCA voltage input JP2B VCCA 1 8V Banias x VCCA 1 5V Dothan Note Wrong voltage selection may damage the CPU Please survey the CPU s type before setup this jumper setting JP4 CPU FSB frequency selection 1 2 short CPU FSB frequency 400MHz 2 3 short CPU FSB frequency 533MHz Notes 1 The DDR2 frequency is followed the CPU FSB frequency For example the DDR2 module populated is DDR2 533 the CPU must be 533MHz FSB Please use same frequency of memory module and CPU 2 Neither CPU DDR 533 400 nor 400 533 are allowed This is the limitation of 915GM chipset ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 3 2 System Installation 3 2 Main Memory ROBO 8911VG2A provides 2 x 200 pin SODIMM
25. 8 IRQ41 nboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal Onboard Parallel Port 3787 IRQ 1 Parallel Port Mode SPP PHRON After PHR Fail ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 5 6 Troubleshooting Q8 Can I connect SATA cable on PICMG 1 3 Backplane A Yes there are two SATA connectors on PBPE 13A8 and PBPE 06V Backplane You can choose connect the SATA cable from ROBO 8911 or PICMG 1 3 Backplane PBPE 13A8 m PBPE 06V Q9 Can I build a SATA Raid system A No ROBO 8711 is used IHC6 M not ICH6 R Raid I O controller the ICH6 M chipset doesn t support raid system Q10 Can I connect USB ports on PICMG 1 3 Backplane A Actually ROBO 8911 resides 4 USB ports on PICMG 1 3 Backplane you can use USB peripheral through Backplane Q11 How do I configure ROBO 8911 to Stand along mode A At standalone mode the single board computer will connect no peripheral device Cards only 4 pin connector for CPU J25 and the 4pin connector J13 have attached ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 5 7 Troubleshooting 5 3 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the device cables required before turning on AT power CPU CPU fan CPU fan power cable 240 pin DDR2 SO DIMM keyboard mouse floppy drive IDE hard disk printer VGA connector device power cables ATX accessories or 12V 4 pin power cable are good examples that deserve attention With no assurance of properly and correctl
26. B 8MB DVMT Mode The choice DVMT FIXED and BOTH DVMT FIXED Memory Size The choice 64MB 128MB Boot Display The choice CRT LVDS CRT LVDS TV and CRT TV Panel Scaling The choice Auto On Off ROB0 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 13 BIOS Setup Information Panel Type The choice 640X480 18bit Ich 800X600 18bit Ich 1024X768 18bit 1ch and 1400X1050 18bit 2ch TV Standard The choice Off NTSC PAL and SECAM Video Connector The choice Automatic Composite and Component Both FWH Write Protection The choice Fnabled Disabled BootBlock Protection The choice Fnabled Disabled 4 7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help gt Onboard Device Press Enter gt Super IO Device Press Enter Menu Level gt Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Item Help IDE DMA transfer access Enabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Menulever cr IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto l IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto T du SE ioe E IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto MEE ER Se
27. B support built in the support will be automatically turn on when high speed device were attached The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to enable USB keyboard function under POST BIOS setup menu DOS or Windows NT with no USB driver loaded The choice Enabled Disabled USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enabled USB Mouse function under POST BIOS Setup menu DOS or Window NT with no USB driver loaded The choice Enabled Disabled Azalia AC97 Audio Select Users can disable on board AC97 Audio function The choice Auto AC97 Audio Disabled 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 e 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 EPP1 7 X ECP Mode Use DMA 3 PWRON After PWR Fail Off Watch Dog Timer Select Disabled Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information Onboard FDC Controller This item allows you to enable disable onboard Floppy disk controller The choice Enabled Disabled
28. IOS Setup Information 4 9 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only 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 gt Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD X IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled INT Pin 1 Assignment Auto INT Pin 2 Assignment Auto INT Pin 3 Assignment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto PCI Express relative items Maximum Payload Size 128 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 Init Display First This item allows you to select the first display port to be initialized 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
29. Manual 4 25 BIOS Setup Information INT Pin 3 Assignment Devices S using this INT USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 2 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 INT Pin 4 Assignment Devices S using this INT IDE Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 2 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 1 SMBus Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 3 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Maximum Payload Size Set maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices The unit is byte The choice 128 256 512 1024 2048 and 4096 4 10 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Current System Temp 37 C 98F Hmp Current CPU Temperature 21 C 71 F Current External Temperature Menu Level gt System Fan Speed ORPM CPU Fan Speed 5720 RPM Vcore 1 29 V 1 5V 1 50 V 3 3V 3 39 V 12V 12 28 V 5V 5 10 V VBAT V 3 31 V 5VSB V 5 13 V N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit FI General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Warning Temperature This item allows you to set a temperature above which the system will start the beeping warning Default setting is disabled This function will only with ACPI power management and S3 STR suspends type The choices Disabled 50 C 122 F 60 C 140 F 70 C 158 F ROB0 8911VG2A User s
30. NCHON 223222252720 echte ere at de de u dt Bay 3 8 9 0 GRID NGANGA BANA dredha doke dh t n des 3 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information na uu nana na annn ana sen none eee eee eee eee t n res tete eee one en eee ere nnmnnn eee nnn 4 1 4 T Entering Setup cmos hesht Poe e edere epe tr ves d r 4 1 4 2 Main Ment cost it tur s sin eed sedi do dor s shen etoile itu e sheshet do ken 4 2 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup MENU een 4 3 4 ADE Adaptors Setup MENU iet ha ear e dd 4 5 4 5 Advanced BIOS Features tete den La iena det tio a etre 4 7 4 6 Advanced Chipset Features sui a gettin dp ou prp d e 4 12 4 7 Integrated Peripherals ose eoeinieeeemmenmeo niet eniin niin zano 4 14 4 5 Power Management SetuUp si uila ici eee t NEES 4 20 4 9 PnP PCL Gonfiguratlons e ee ole nere eli eae pte dt 4 24 410 PC Health Status eur etate re o de eid 4 26 4411 Frequency Voltage Control inte cene ete ei teme o eran a rg tae 4 27 4 12 Default Menu ehe petet SE 4 27 4 13 Supervisor User Password Setting EE 4 28 4 14 OR EE 4 29 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting ceccecccceseeeceeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeseaeseeeseaeseseseaesesesuaesesesaeseseneanseeeseaeseesseaes 5 1 91 Backplane S tap sesi aa ails Dave a Deli a tei ln e en tee e nee es 5 1 5 2 Onboard hardware installation essere nennen enne rene serre 5 5 9 9 BIOS DD 5 8 Appendix A Appendix B Preface How to Use This M
31. OS Setup Information 4 2 Main Menu Once you enter ROBO 8911VG2A AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility you should start with the Main Menu The Main Menu allows you to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to switch among items and press lt Enter gt key to accept or bring up the sub menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility gt Standard CMOS Features gt Advanced BIOS Features gt Advanced Chipset Features gt Integrated Peripherals gt Power Management Setup gt PnP PCI Configurations gt PC Health Status gt Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS F10 Save amp Exit Setup TI gt Select Item Time Date Hard Disk Type Note It is strongly recommended to reload Optimal Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Setup Information 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt or lt gt lt gt keys to select the value or number you want in each item and press lt Enter gt key to certify it Follow command keys in CMOS Setup table to change Date Time Drive type and Boot Sector Virus Prot
32. ROBO 8911VG2A Single Board Computer User s Manual P N B8981210 Version 1 0 Copyright 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 iii 1 1 TE Introduction PAA 1 1 12 Check List oit ee EELER lA a anal 1 2 18 Product Specification sihri dd td eet 1 2 1 9 1 Mechanical Dravvin gatoi ee ene e d 15 LA System Architectufe ila t pereo ORC d LE P ER HER 1 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration nun nana annananaasee nenes eee nene sere enes e tet ne nennen m sete nenne nnn riens 2 1 2 T Jumper Setting aa eee ete e ANN NEGA BIAG NG eshe an hedh alii 2 1 22 Connector Allocation cesha id vete ERO dete kan ede eus 2 5 Chapter 3 System Installation nene nese ee nene sere neser m s tete nenes e nennen inner inneren 3 1 dil PentiumiM Processori tenete e ette teet ade tege d si nt ken 3 1 32 2 Mairi Memory itae at An banig ana et eben tentat mt 3 3 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer NEEN 3 3 33 1 Chipset Component Dri Vet sea eaaet edet p ete eet eniti 3 4 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip eese 3 5 3 3 3 On board Gigabit Ethernet Controller EE 3 5 3 3 4 On board AC 97 Audio Device ui 3 6 3 4 Clear CMOS Operation ics rent situ side sea ee de ele ende Ee lane lan 3 7 9 9 WD T FU
33. Switch to ECP mode ECP EPP Switch to ECP EPP mode Switch to Normal mode EPP Mode Select Select different version of EPP mode The choice EPP1 7 EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a proper DMA channel for ECP mode The choice 1 3 PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs System automatically restores power back Off System stays at power off Watch Dog Timer Select This BIOS testing option is able to reset the system according to the selected table The choice Disabled 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec 40 Sec 1 Min 2 Min and 4 Min ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information 4 8 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS X Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume No Power Management User Define Menu Level A Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Wake up by On Board LAN Disabled Power On by Ring Disabled X USB KB Wake Up From S3 Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled X Date of Month Alarm 0 X Time
34. anual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO 8911VG2A system to meet various operating requirements It is divided into five chapters with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Host Board 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 host board Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Shows the definitions and locations of Jumpers and Connectors that you can easily configure your system Chapter 3 System Installation Describes how to properly mount the CPU main memory and Compact Flash to get a safe installation and provides a programming guide of Watch Dog Timer function Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information Specifies the meaning of each setup parameters how to get advanced BIOS performance and update new BIOS In addition POST checkpoint list will give users some guidelines of trouble shooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Provides various useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8911VG2A running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3 this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues in terms of backplane setup BIOS setting and OS diagnostics The content of this manual 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 p
35. cription J5 Audio Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description L1 ac o Ground 3 Line in channel L Ground Line in channel R ea i Line out channel L 8 Ground 9 Line out channel R Note The Reference Voltage on MIC signal offers 2 25V 2 75V with 5mA drive J6 Front Panel Connector PIN No Signal TOMI PIN No Signal Description TI 5Vsb pull up power LED Power LED 3v pull up HDD LED 4 HDDLED SI ME pull up reset button 8 GND Reset button Notes 1 The Power button connector is on the PICMG 1 3 back plane only It is unavailable in the single board computer 2 The reset buttons are resides on both back plane and this SBC These 2 connectors were wired together And anyone of them can cause a system reset independent ROB0 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 7 Hardware Configuration 7 Printer Port Connector 6 IN 8 SLIN GND GND J8 FDC Interface Connector Ground 4 NC eo Ne 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Grund LI 8 Line O Ground 20 STEP move head to another E MEE eee ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 8 Hardware Configuration 19 WOL Wake On Lan Connector PIN No Signal Description Wake up signal Active high Notes 1 This connector was dedicated to some Ethernet card the Ethernet card without wake up signals on the PCI gold finger Such a card may has one white connector same as J9 Please survey
36. d controller controls Gate A20 Default is Fast The choice Normal Fast Typematic Rate Setting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The choice Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars sec The rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic delay Msec The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat The choice 250 500 750 and 1000 ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup osten The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the y correct password is not entered at the prompt Setu The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct P password is not entered at the prompt APIC Mode Setting to Enabled can cause instabilities Once the operating system is installed such as Windows XP in my case this setting cannot be changed without reinstalling the operating system regardless of whether the initial setting is Disabled or Enabled The purpose of setting it to Enabled is to extend the number of IRQ s which sounds like a real risky proposition I m not surprised to see the conclusion reached at APIC Benefit or Trouble The number of IRQ s should be fine without being extended an
37. e 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 and Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 66 100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choice Auto Disabled On Chip Serial ATA Disabled Disabled SATA Controller Auto Auto arrange by BIOS PATA and SATA are combined Max Of 2 IDE drives in each Combined Mode channel Enable both SATA and PATA Max Of 6 IDE drives are Enhanced Mode Supported SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device USB Controller Enabled Item Help USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Enabled USB Mouse Support Disabled Mena beveli a Azalia AC97 Audio Select Auto N4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults USB Controller This item allows you to enable disable USB Universal Serial Bus function The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information USB 2 0 Controller This entry is for disable enable EHCI controller only This BIOS itself may may not have high speed US
38. e following table lists the system memory address 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 0436 15K DOS 0437 0600 7 2K Program Area 0601 9F7F 613K Available Conventional memory ends at 638K A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 B7FF 32K VGA Text C000 CE7F 55K Video ROM CE80 DFFF 71K Unused E000 EFFF 64K System ROM F000 FFFF 64K System ROM HMA 64K First 64K Extended ROBO 8911VG2A 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 IRQ 1 SMARTDRV Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM 2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM 1 IRQ5 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 Unassigned Usable IRQ ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual
39. e 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 SHE the boot sector or hard disk partition table CPU L1 Cache L2 Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design Enabled Enable Cache Disabled Disable Cache 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 Select your boot device priority The choice Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM and Disabled Boot Other Device Select your boot device priority The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose enable to assign physical driver B to logical drive A and Vice Versa The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock The choice Off On Gate A20 Option Fast lets chipsets control Gate A20 and Normal a pin in the keyboar
40. e x 1 2 short AT Power Emulation Note AT Power Emulation means the ROBO 8911VG2A is able to be auto power up once power cord is plugged in ATX power supply However user need set BIOS setup menu PWRON after PWR FAIL to ON if you need auto power up function ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 4 Hardware Configuration 2 2 Connector Allocation I O peripheral devices are connected to the interface connectors Figure 2 1 Connector Function List JA LVDS panel backlight inverter power connector DD 12VDCFANconneetor p esonero TJ J4 LVDS panel connector JL O Audio connector J6 Frontpanelconnetor JL O J7 j Pamlldlportconecor O Era __ _ WOL connector sona a SI Jil ExternalPC speaker connector JD External thermal sensor connector Z J13 r2Vand 5V power input connector 1 ja TVoutcometo O 0 IDE connector 1 O D COM2cometor 0 N7 COMI connector O 8 IRconecor 0 0 O 9 SATA connector o O J20 General purpose I O connector JL 1 SATA0 connector O J22 USB port Oconnector o 323 UsSBportlcomector O J24 EthemetpotO 1 5 12V power input connector LI O J26 Ethernet port 1 connector JL J27 Ethernet port0 external status LED connector J28 Ethernet porti external status LED connectorj
41. ection Status E Screen shot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Thu Jan 12 2006 Item Help Time hh mm ss 16 51 13 gt IDE Channel 0 Master Maxtor 91021U2 Menu Level gt gt IDE Channel 0 Slave CD 540E gt IDE Channel 1 Master None Change the day month gt IDE Channel 1 Slave None year and century gt IDE Channel 2 Master ST380817AS gt IDE Channel 2 Slave ST380817AS gt IDE Channel 3 Master None gt IDE Channel 3 Slave None Drive A 1 4M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EVG VGA Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 1038336K Total Memory 1039360K F6 Fail Safe Defaults 8 F7 Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values Optimized Defaults Note Setting On Chip Serial ATA is Enhanced Mode ROBO 8911VG2A 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 Enter to enter the sub menu of 1 Master menu detailed options IDE Channel 0 Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the next page for 1 Slave menu detail hard drive settings Drive A None Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page for Drive B 360K 5 25 in detail hard drive s
42. etting Process Selection Normal Operation Clear CMOS Contents To correctly operate CMOS Clear function users must turn off the system move JP6 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 JP6 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 8911VG2A User s Manual 3 7 System Installation 3 5 WDT Function The working algorithm of the WDT function can be simply described as a counting process The Time Out Interval can be set through software programming The availability of the time out interval settings by software or hardware varies from boards to boards The ROBO 8911VG2A 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 tr
43. ettings 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Video EGA VGA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Displays the amount of conventional Rase MEMO Ones See detected during boot up Extended N A Displays the amount of extended Memory memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 4 BIOS Setup Information 4 4 IDE Adaptors Setup Menu The IDE adapters control the IDE devices such as Hard disk drive or CDROM drive It uses a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 0 Master Press Enter 10246 MB Item Help Menu Level gt To auto detect the HDD s size head on this channel IDE HDD Auto Detection IDE Channel 0 Master Auto Access Mode Auto Capacity Cylinder 19852 Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 19851 Sector 63 F5 Previous Values Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults B Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Press Enter Auto detection Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Channel 0 None Selecting manual lets you set the Master Aut
44. 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 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 ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information ACPI Suspend Type To decide which ACPI suspend mode to use The choice S1 POS S3 STR Run VGA BIOS if 53 Resume The choice Auto Yes No Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to HDD Power Down Suspend Mode There are three selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Mis Power Savini Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 Hour my bower SAVIN and HDD Power Down 15 Min e Maximum power management Suspend Mode 1 Min Max bower DAVIE and HDD Power Down 1 Min Allow you to set each mode individually When not User Defined disabled Suspend Mode ranges from 1 min to 1 Hour and HDD Power Down ranges from 1 Min to 15 Min Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked Th
45. io only available when you plug in the engineering sample processor from Intel System default setting is automatically setting when you plug in commercial processors from Intel and you will not see the CPU Clock Ratio item in the BIOS setting screen ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 5 5 Troubleshooting Q4 I connect two IDE devices over one IDE flat cable but the system either does not start or just hangs from time to time Why A Make sure that you have configured the two IDE devices as a master and a slave respectively Q5 I am using an ATA 66 or 100 hard drive how can I know that ATA 66 function is started A You need to use the 80 pin ATA 66 IDE flat cable to have this function ready During POST you can see ATA 66 or 100 message while hard drive is being detected Q6 In addition to the above description is there anything to do to finish up an ATX system A Yes ROBO 8911 needs to be configured to support ATX function for the above cabling Please move jumper JP4 to 3 5 short and 4 6 short support ATX function Q7 How can I build up an AT system using ATX power supply A ROBO 8911 is able to emulation to AT system and power up automatically Please short a jumper cap on JP9 of ROBO 8911 to support AT function Meanwhile set Bios setup menu PWRON after PWR Fail to auto power up function Phoenix AwardBI0S CMOS Setup SuperI0 Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F
46. is selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical V H SYNC Blank and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend This allows user to enable disable video off in Suspend Mode The choice Yes No Suspend Type Two options are available Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend The choice Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 21 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 and 1 Hour HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15 Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN This item allows users to set the time to remove the power after the power button is pressed The choice Instant Off Delay 4 Sec Wake Up by On Board LAN This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by on board LAN The choice Disabled Enabled Power On by Ring When select Enabled a system that is at soft off mode will be alert to Wake On Modem signal
47. itle The drivers support Windows 2000 XP Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Install for Windows 2000 XP System LED Indicator for LAN status ROBO 8911VG2A provides three LED indicators to report Ethernet interfaces status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 3 5 System Installation 24 amp J26 Ethernet port Connector AU MDIB PMID 88E8001 Name of LED Operation of Ethernet Port LED display LAN speed PANOS N A 10Mbps O Notes 1 Only J26 support LAN wake up function 2 J24 Boot OS LAN LED only then can act 3 3 4 On board AC 97 Audio Device Please find Realtek AC 97 Audio driver of R ROBO 8911VG2A CD title The drivers support Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP and AC97 Utility Install AC97 Audio Driver Realtek AC 97 Please choose your OS to install Install for Win 98SE ME 2E XP System Install AC97 Utility ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 3 6 System Installation J5 Audio Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description Line in channel L Line in channel R 6 Ground Line out channel L 8 Ground 9 Line out channel R Note The Reference Voltage on MIC signal offers 2 25V 2 75V with 5mA drive 3 4 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable CMOS Clear Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position JP6 RTC CMOS Clear Jumper S
48. o remaining fields on this screen Selects Manual the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode CHS LBA Choose the access mode for this hard Large Auto disk Capacity Auto Display your disk Disk drive capacity Approximated drive size Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Manual The following options are selectable only if the IDE Channel 0 Master item is set to Cylinder Min 0 Set the number of cylinders for this ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information Max 65535 hard disk Head Min 0 Set the number of read write heads Max 255 Precomp Min 0 Warning Setting a value of 65535 Max 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 id Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Number of sectors per track Max 255 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 2 Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Channel 2 Master Auto M caver J Access Mode Auto EE ds To atuo detect the HDD s C t 80GB CEST size head on this Cylinder 38309 conned Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 38308 Sector 255 N4 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7
49. oft Direct X 8 1 Install Adobe Acrobat Reader l 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset on ROBO 8911VG2A is a new chipset that a few old operating systems might not be able to recognize To overcome this compatibility issue for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 2000 XP please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed You can find very easily this chipset component driver in ROBO 8911VG2A CD title OS needs to modify according to OS that supported by Intel 915GM amp ICH6 M Intel Chipset Software Install Chipset Driver ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 3 4 System Installation 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip Using GMCH High performance graphic integrated chipset is aimed to gain an outstanding graphic performance Shared 64 accompany it to 160MB system DDR II SO DRAM with Total Graphics Memory This combination makes ROBO 8911VG2A 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 PCI E VGA Card can take over the system display Please find Intel 915 Graphic driver in the ROBO 8911VG2A CD title Drivers support Windows 2000 XP Intel 915 Graphic Driver Install for Windows 2000 XP System 3 3 3 On board Gigabit Ethernet Controller Drivers Support Please find Marvell 88E8001 driver in Ethernet directory of ROBO 8911VG2A CD t
50. ooler The reliability of the system dramatically increased as a return ROBO 8911VG2A features Support socket mPGA479M type 400 533MHz FSB Pentium M and Celeron M processor 6 Two SODIMM sockets provide up to 2GB DDR2 400 533 system memory expansion capability in dual channel 915GM integrated graphics engine GMA 900 6 Equipped dual Gigabit Ethernet Audio in out Watch dog timer Type II CompactFlash socket 8 USB 2 0 ports two ports dedicated to keyboard amp mouse 6 Support four PCI Express x1 one PCI Express x16 and four PCI expansion via backplane ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 1 1 System Overview 1 2 Check List The ROBO 8911VG2A package should cover the following basic items Se Se Se ZS SOS S SN One ROBO 8911VG2A single host board One dual Serial ports cable kit One Parallel port cable kit One FDC cable One IDE cable Two 7 pin SATA signal cables One Installation Resources CD Title One booklet of ROBO 8911VG2A Optional One bracket with PS 2 keyboard and mouse If any of these items is damaged or missing please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance 1 3 Product Specification Main processor Intel Pentium M Celeron M Processor FSB 533 400MHz BIOS Phoenix Award system BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM with easy upgrade function ACPI DMI Green function and Plug and Play Compatible Main Memory Support single channel DDR2 mem
51. ory interface Non ECC non buffered DIMMs only Two SODIMM sockets support 533 400 DDR2 SDRAM up to 2GB System Memory L2 Cache Memory Built in Processor Chipset Intel 915GM GMCH and ICH6 chipset Bus Interface Follow PICMG 1 3 Rev 1 0 standard PCI Express and PCI Support one PCI Express x16 through backplane Support four PCI Express x1 through backplane Support for PCI devices through backplane ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 1 2 System Overview IDE Interface Support one enhanced IDE port up to two HDD devices with PIO mode 4 and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 mode transfer and Bus Master feature 6 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 eight USB Universal Serial Bus ports for high speed I O peripheral devices PS 2Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 8 pin connector for external PS 2 keyboard mouse connection Auxiliary I O Interfaces System reset switch external speaker Keyboard lock and HDD active LED etc Real Time Clock Calendar RTC Support Y2K Real Time Clock Calendar with battery back
52. oubles The related Control Registers of WDT are all included in the following sample program that is written in C language User can fill a non zero value into the Time out Value Register to enable refresh WDT System will be reset after the Time out Value to be counted down to zero Or user can directly fill a zero value into Time out Value Register to disable WDT immediately To ensure a successful accessing to the content of desired Control Register the sequence of following program codes should be step by step run again when each register is accessed Additionally there are maximum 2 seconds of counting tolerance that should be considered into user application program For more information about WDT please refer to Winbond VV83627THF data sheet There are two PnP I O port addresses that can be used to configure WDT 1 Ox2E EFIR Extended Function Index Register for identifying CR index number 2 Ox2E 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 ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 3 8 System Installation Select Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x07 outp 0x002F 0x08 Active Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x30 outp 0x002F 0x01 Select Count Mode outp 0x002E OxF5
53. pport Backplane information please contact with your system provider or hardware manufacture PBPE 13A8 a PCIEx16 SHB PCIE x1 POR4Y172C 81 PBPE 13A8 supports eight PCI slots one PCI Express x16 slot and three PCI Express x1 slot ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 5 1 Troubleshooting PBPE 06V BR302822ZAA L RVE22 E i PBRE 06V OK PCIE x1 Gs LE Pak pons kase soda ce EN KS mit Jesse 0349 NN H ES Gn IN TRIHAN ni PCIE x1 j PCIE x16 PBPE 06 supports one PCI Express x16 and four PCI Express x1 System Setting ROBO 8911 is designed to support ATX mode Please refer to the following instruction to apply ATX power on your ROBO 8911 and backplane Step1 The JP9 Jumper is opened in ATX mode Figure 5 1 Figure 5 1 ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 5 2 Troubleshooting Step2 The CPU supplementary power connector J25 should be connected at all time for this P4 system to run properly Figure 5 2 Figure 5 2 Step3 Connect 24 pin power cable of the ATX POWER with ATX POWER CONNECTOR 24 pin on the backplane Figure 5 3 ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 5 3 Troubleshooting Step4 Connect TOGGLE SWITCH with PICMG 1 3 Backplane Figure 5 4 Figure 5 4 Step6 Press TOGGLE SWITCH which is used to switch the ATX Power on off for SBC Usually the TOGGLE SWITCH is located on the chassis front panel Pressing the switch button once will turn power on and press again to turn it off
54. rdware Configuration J16 amp J17 COM1 amp COM2 connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 DDE 6 DSR a TD _ eT 4 DR 9 R L ID J J Note COM1 under COMO J18 IR Connector PIN No Signal Description 5V 6 LN kein J19 amp J21 SATA Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 SATA TX 3 SATA TX 3 SATA RX SATA RX ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 11 Hardware Configuration J20 General Purpose I O Connector 1 inputbito LC Output ito 1 3 Inputbit1 5 Iputbit2 Le lOutputbit2 0 7 hmputbit3 LB jOutptbit3 I 9 GND 10 Is Note All General Purpose I O ports can only adapt standard TTL 5 signal level OV 5V 1 9 J22 amp J23 USB Connector PIN No Signal Description USB power 5V USBD 3 USBD USB ground 24 amp J26 Ethernet port Connector RJ 45 PIN No Signal Description C MDIB ONO 0000 ID DID lt S sje gt SIS gje p s Note Only J26 support LAN wake up function J25 12V power input Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 4 ev 1 4 fraze ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 12 Hardware Configuration J27 J28 Ethernet port 0 and port 1 external status LED connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description LINK LED LINK LED
55. roducts described in this document at any time Updates to this manual technical clarification and answers to frequently asked questions will be shown on the following web site http www portwell com tw System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 Introduction PCI Express x16 expansion interface and High reliability are two major reasons that PICMG 1 3 Single Host Board SHB ROBO 8911VG2A was developed The first two PCI Express chipsets that Intel EID introduced to the world is 915GV amp 915GM Though 915GV supports powerful Intel Pentium 4 Celeron D processor but it does not support PCI Express x16 interface which is latest expansion interface of graphics card Many applications are looking for high end graphics card but in vain with PCIMG standards such as PICMG 1 0 1 2 since the previous graphics card interface AGP external expansion does not support by those form factor The limitation finally resolved by presenting of PICMG 1 3 With this standard SHB can support external graphics card therefore user can choose the most wonderful graphics card for their applications As a result 915GM was selected to be the kernel of ROBO 8911VG2A The SHB does not only provide PCI Express x16 expansion capability but also adopts Pentium M Celeron M processor that only generates less than half TDP Thermal Design Power of Pentium 4 Celeron D processor That benefits to power saving as well as weight and noise of processor c
56. rt em ROBO 8911 System Block Diagram ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 1 6 Hardware Configuration Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter indicates jumpers headers and connectors locations Users may find useful information related to hardware settings in this chapter The default settings are indicated with a star sign 2 1 Jumper Setting For users to customize ROBO 8911 s features In the following sections Short means covering a jumper cap over jumper pins Open or N C Not Connected means removing a jumper cap from jumper pins Users can refer to Figure 2 1 for the Jumper locations ODAOAOAAAOS AAAJ LIN UIN IN LIN OOO OT TOTO OT O O O TOO n n Figure 2 1 ROBO 8911 Jumper Connector Location ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 1 Hardware Configuration JP1 LVDS Panel VDD input voltage selection VDD 33V 4 VDD 5V Note Wrong voltage selection may damage the LVDS panel Please survey LVDS panel s VDD before setup this jumper setting JP2A LVDS panel backlight inverter enable signal voltage level selection JP2A Backlight enable levelz3 3V x Backlight enable level 5V Note Wrong voltage selection may damage the inverter Please survey the inverter s voltage input before setup this jumper setting JP2B CPU VCCA voltage input JP2B VCCA 1 8V Banias
57. se devices features will certainly fail to be detected When the above conditions happen it is strongly recommended to check the BIOS settings Make sure certain items are set as they should be These include the floppy drive COM1 COM2 ports parallel port USB ports external cache on board VGA and Ethernet ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 5 8 Troubleshooting It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device port to release IRQ resource A few good examples are disable COM1 serial port to release IRQ 4 disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ 3 disable parallel port to release IRQ 7 disable PS 2 mouse to release IRQ 12 etc A quick review of the basic IRO mapping is given below for your reference COMI Ma rt 5 Printer Port Parallel Port CMOS Clock ACPI Controller IRQ 10 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Controller Multimedia Device Network Controller IRQ 11 SMBus USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI USB 2 0 EHCI Controller IRQ 12 PS 2 mouse IRQ 13 IRQ 14 Primary IDE Controller IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Controller 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 8911VG2A User s Manual 5 9 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 Th
58. sword will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 28 BIOS Setup Information 4 14 Exiting Selection Save amp Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit Without Saving Y N N This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 29 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides you a few useful tips to quickly get your ROBO 8911 running with no failure As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3 this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues in terms of backplane setup BIOS setting and OS diagnostics 5 1 Backplane Setup Backplane ROBO 8911 is a full sized SBC and therefore is only able to run on PICMG 1 3 Backplane PBPE 13A8 and PBPE 06V For more detail su
59. up for 7 year data retention Watchdog Timer Support WDT function through software programming for enable disable and interval setting Generate system reset CompactFlash True IDE mode compatibles with the ATA ATAPI 4 specification One Type II CF socket on secondary IDE channel for supporting up to 1GB memory Support DMA mode Bootable for no drives on primary channel On board VGA GMCH integrated graphics 333MHz core frequency share system memory up to 224MB for system with greater than or equal to 512MB of system memory On board Ethernet LAN Marvell PCI interface based Gigabit Ethernet to support RJ 45 connector 6 High Driving GPIO Support 8 programmable high driving GPIO ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 1 3 System Overview 6 Cooling Fans Support two 3 pin header for CPU and system 6 System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature system temperature and major power sources etc 6 Bracket Support dual Ethernet port with 2 indicators dual USB ports and one CRT port 6 Outline Dimension L X VV 338 5mm 13 337 X 122mm 4 8 6 Power Requirements 12V 1 59A 5V 3 34A Test configuration CPU Intel Pentium M Dothan 1 6GHz 400MHz FSB 2MB L2 Cache e Memory Apacer DDR2 SODIMM 512MBx2 UNB PC4300 CLA Primary Master IDE HDD Seagate ST320413A OS Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4 Test Programs Burning Test V4 0 Run Time 10 minutes 6 Operating Temperature 5 C 6
60. upervisor 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 you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You 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 pas
61. y 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 8911 it is recommended when going with the boot up sequence to hit DEL key and enter the BIOS setup menu to tune up a stable BIOS configuration so that you can wake up your system far well Loading the default optimal setting When prompted with the main setup menu please scroll down to Load Optimal Defaults press Enter and Y to load in default optimal BIOS setup This will force your BIOS setting back to the initial factory configuration It is recommended to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that Portwell has highly endorsed As a matter of fact users can load the default BIOS setting any time when system appears to be unstable in boot up sequence Auto Detect Hard Disks In the BIOS gt Standard CMOS setup menu pick up any one from Primary Secondary Master Slave IDE ports and press Enter Setup the selected IDE port and its access mode to Auto This will force system to 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 The
62. yway The choice Enabled Disabled MPS Version Control For OS Not changeable with APIC Mode set to disabled The choice 1 1 1 4 Small Logo EPA Show The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information 4 6 Advanced Chipset Features This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the Intel 915GM chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM DDR II SO DIMM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between the conventional PCI Express bus and 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 your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features SLP_S4 Assertion Width 1 to 2 Sec Item Help System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled gt PCI Express Root Port Func Menu Level gt Press Enter VGA Setting PEG Onchip VGA Control Auto On Chip Frame Buffer Size 8MB DVMT Mode DVMT DVMT FIXED Memory Size 128MB Boot Display CRT Panel Scaling Auto Panel Type 640X480 18bit 1ch TV Standard Off Video Connector Automatic FWH Write Protection Disabled BootBlock

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