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RUBY-9718VG2AR User`s Manual

1. to Manual The following options are selectable only if the IDE Channel 0 Master item is set Cylinder Min 0 Set the number of cylinders for this Max 65535 hard disk Head Min 0 Set the number of read write heads Max 255 Precomp Min 0 Warning Setting a value of 65535 Max 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Number of sectors per track Max 255 ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 6 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information 4 5 This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard Advanced BIOS Feature operation shadowing and security Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features CPU Feature gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Virus Warning CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Hyper Threading Technology 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 Security Option X APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Console Redirection X Baud Rat Agent after boot Report No FDD For WIN 95 Small Logo EPA Show ASF support DMI Event Log Clear All DMI Event Log View DM
2. For users to customize RUBY 9718VG2AR s features In the following sections Short meanscovering a jumper cap over jumper pins Open or NIC Not Connected means removing a jumper cap from jumper pins Users can refer to Figure 2 1 for the Jumper allocations Figure 2 1 RUBY 9718VG2AR Jumper and Connector Locations Jump Setting Function List P1 JP2 COM1 amp COM2 R ower Function Selection JP1 JP2 Function 1 2 VCOM 2 3 Ring x JP3 MFG Function Selection JP3 Function OPEN MFG OFF SHORT MFG ON JP4 COMS Clear Jumper setting JP4 Function 1 2 NORMAL OPERATION 2 3 CLEAN CMOS JP6 COM1 amp COM2 VCOM Power Selection JP6 Function 1 2 VCC x 2 3 12V JP7 COM3 RI Power Function Selection JP7 Function 1 2 12V 2 3 MODEM RING IN JP8 COM4 RI Power Function Selection JP8 Function 1 2 12V 2 3 MODEM RINGIN RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration JP9 COM4 _RS232 485 422 Selection JP8 Function RS 232 5 6 9 11 10 12 15 17 16 18 amp RS 422 3 4 7 9 8 10 13 15 14 16 21 22 RS 485 1 2 7 9 8 10 19 20 422 Ps Pin 19 20 21 22 can be saved but S W should keep the COM2 RTS signal low when using RS OOOOOOOODOOF OD 0 0 090 00 9 Dei 2JO Of 1 RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual 2 3 Hardware Configu
3. 3 2 Main Memory RUBY 9718VG2AR provides 4 x 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM sockets support 1 8V dual channel DDR2 800 667 533 non ECC DIMMs The maximum memory size can be up to 8GB Auto detecting memory clock is according to BIOS CMOS settings For system compatibility and stability don t use memory module without brand You can also use single sided or double sided DIMM in both slots Watch out the contact and lock integrity of memory module with socket it will impact on the system reliability Follow normal procedures to install your DRAM module into memory socket Before locking make sure that all modules have been fully inserted into the card slots Dual Channel 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 you have to install dual identical memory modules in both memory sockets Following tables show bandwidth information of different processor and memory configurations Memory Frequency Dual Channel DDR Single Channel DDR Bandwidth Bandwidth 800MHz 25 6 GB s 12 8 GB s 667 MHz 21 2 GB s 10 6 GB s 533 MHz 17 2 GB s 8 6 GB s Note To maintain system stability don t change any of DRAM parameters in BIOS setup to upgrade your system performance without acquiring technical information CPU FSB Memo Support different memory frequ
4. 5 2 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the devices cables required before turning on ATX power CPU CPU Fan 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM keyboard mouse floppy drive IDE CD ROM SATA 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 RUBY 9718VG2AR it is strongly 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 an
5. Chip Using GMCH High performance graphic integrated chipset Intel GMA 3000 is aimed to gain an outstanding graphic performance Shared 128 accompany it to 256MB Maximum system DDR2 SDRAM with Total Graphics Memory This combination makes RUBY 9718VG2AR an excellent piece of multimedia hardware With no additional video adaptor this onboard video will usually be the system display output By adjusting BIOS of Advanced Chipset Feature and set PEG Onchip VGA Control to PEG Port please kindly refer section 4 6 of chapter 4 configuration and then the add on PCI or PCI Express by 16 VGA Card can take over the system display Drivers Support Please find hardware driver of 82965 GMCH in the RUBY 9718VG2AR CD title Drivers support Windows 2000 XP System 32 bit amp Windows XP System 64 bit ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 3 5 RUBY 9718VG2AR System Installation Windows 2000 XP 32bit Please execute Install for Windows 2000 XP System 32 Bit file to start graphics driver installation Windows XP 64 bit Please execute Install for Windows XP System 64 bit file to start graphics driver installation 3 3 3 On board Fast Ethernet Controller Drivers Support Please find Ethernet combination driver for operating Intel 82573L and 82566DM Gigabit LAN form RUBY 9718VG2AR CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 XP System 32 Bit amp Windows XP System 64 bit Windows 2000 XP 32bit Please execute Install for Windows 2
6. IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto EES IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto l IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto yone DE an On Chip Secondary PCIIDE Enabled supports Be KE IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto automatic detection of the optimal number of IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto block gt read writes per SATA Mode IDE sector the drive can support to Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults gt IDE HDD Block Mode If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 16 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information gt IDE DMA transfer access The choice Enabled Disabled gt IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 and Mode 4 gt IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 66 100 implementation is possible only if
7. Programming Guide eee 3 11 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information umrasavnavnavennvnnnnnnennvnnnnnnennvnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnennvnnnnnnennvnnnennnnnnennene 4 1 41 Entering Setup ass 4 1 42 Maiti MENU EEE PE 4 2 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Ment tee 4 3 44 IDE Adaptors setup Ment nu EB 4 5 ZS vanced BIOS Feature E 4 7 SDV SUC E 4 11 4 6 Advanced Chipset Feature na Re 4 13 4 7 Inte e TEE 4 16 4 8 Power Management Geet ee Reken 4 21 RER E 4 25 210 PC Heal SEALS EE 4 27 4 11 Frequency Voltage Control a 4 28 4 12 PM ae 4 28 4 13 Supervisor User Password Setting samsscteins 4 29 4214 Exiting Selection ecke eines air 4 30 Preface Chapter 5 Troubleshooting rrsavnnnnnvnnnvvnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnner 5 1 Hardware Quick Installation 5 2 BIOS Setting Appendix A Appendix B How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your RUBY 9718VG2AR 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 Insta
8. Setup Information 4 13 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are Set Supervisor Password can enter and change the options of the setup menus Set User Password just can only enter but do not 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 ROBO 9718VG2A
9. System Memory Address Map Each On board device in the system is assigned a set of memory addresses which also can be identical of the device The following table lists the system memory address used Memory Area Size Device Description 0000 03F 1K Interrupt Area 0040 004F 0 3K BIOS Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K BIOS Data Area 0070 03DE 13K DOS 03DF 049 A 2 9K Program Area 0498 9EFF 617K Available 9F00 9FBF 3K Unused 9FCO 9FFF 1K Extended Bios Area Conventional memory ends at 640K A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FFF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 CAFF 44K Video ROM CB00 EEFF 144K Unused EF00 EFFF 44K ROM F000 FFF 4K System ROM HMA 64K First 64K Extended ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual Appendix B Interrupt Request Lines IRO 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 IRO Current Use Default Use IRQ 0 System ROM System Timer IRQ 1 System ROM Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM1 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 RO
10. 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 use 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 ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 9 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information Hyper Threading Technology Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4 X OS optimized for Hyper Ihreading Technology and Disabled for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology The choice Enabled Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Allows the system to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Device Select your boot device priority The choice Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP100 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 flop
11. website http www intel com P4 Power connector 12V CPU Supplementary Power connector is required on RUBY 9718VG2AR It is because Portwell wants to provide customer better performance and more reliable system By using this CPU Supplementary will enhance the power drawing to the motherboard However J10 12V CPU Supplementary Power connector must be connected all the time Otherwise the system will fail to boot up ATX Power Setting RUBY 9718VG2AR supports ATX only However there are only two connectors that must be connected J37 24 pins Power Connector and J10 Serial ATA Hardware and SATA RAID Installation Unlike IDE bus each Serial ATA channel can only connect to single SATA hard disk at simultaneously there are six SATA connectors on motherboard J27 J28 J39 J40 J31 J32 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 on SATA HDD power and data cable ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 5 1 RUBY 9718VG2AR Troubleshooting Hard Drive Serial ATA Power Cable Serial ATA Data Cable Besides RUBY 9718VG2AR also supports RAID 0 1 5 0 1 functions To enable SATA RAID function SATA Mode must be set to RAID Mode After that SATA Mode option will be unmasked automatically and then save default and reboot system
12. 0 1 2 3 Master Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of IDE Channel menu detailed options 0 1 Slave 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 amp 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 Displays the amount of conventional Paer MENUT Er a 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 4 4 RUBY 9718VG2AR 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 1 2 3 4 Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Channel 0 Master Auto M vel Access Mode Auto een Capacity 0 MB To auto detect the HDD s g size head on this Cylinder 0 channel Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimiz
13. 000 XP System 32 Bit file to start Intel LAN driver installation Windows XP 64 bit Please execute Install for Windows XP System 64 bit file to Ethernet intel intel_Gigabit_64bit Pass below button into the dictionary LED Indicator for LAN status RUBY 9718VG2AR provides three LED indicators to report Intel 82566DM Gigabit Ethernet interfaces status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide Operation of Ethernet Port 82566DM Color Name of LED SES UE LAN TEA LED Speed LED LAN speed LED 3 3 4 On board AC 97 Audio Device Please find Realtek ALC262 Audio driver of RUBY 9718VG2AR CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 3 6 RUBY 9718VG2AR System Installation 3 3 5 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Device Drivers Support Please find utility tool for Intel ICH8DO of RUBY 9718VG2AR CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 XP System 32 Bit amp Windows XP System 64 bit Installing Serial ATA hard disks The RUBY 9718VG2AR supports Six Serial ATA hard disk drives For optimal performance install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration 1 Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays 2 Connect the SATA signal cables 3 Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive Intel RAID configurations This RUBY 9718VG
14. 00000 110000000 PIN No Signal Description PIN NO Signal Description 1 GPIO16 GPIO4 GPIOS GPIO 18 3 5 GPIO20 GPIO8 7 GPIO12 GPIOO 9 GPIO37 GPIO14 GND 133 J43 J44 J45 USB Connector 10 E ON OO OO NJOO O PIN No 1 USBDATAA 6 USBDATAB Ground 8 Ground J35 FrontPanel Connector 10 000 6 7 Reseo 8 Reset RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual 2 6 Hardware Configuration 41 amp J42 amp J50 amp J51 COM3 amp COMA4 connector 2200000 00900 Signal Description DCD Data Carrier Detect RXD Receive Data TXD Transmit Data RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual 2 7 RUBY 9718VG2AR System Installation Chapter 3 System Installation Chapter 3 instructs you to set up 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 LGA 775 CPU 1 Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end Following step A position to step B position Figure 3 1 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 see Fig 3 4 If this operation is not easy or smooth don t do it forcibly You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly ROBO
15. 2AR supports RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 0 1 and Intel Matrix Storage configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the Intel ICH7R Southbridge chip RAID configurations RAID 0 Data striping optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel interleaved stacks Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate double that of a single disk alone thus improving data access and storage Use of two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup RAID 1 Data mirroring copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a second drive If one drive fails the disk array management software directs all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in the other drive This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system Use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup The new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity redundancy data having to be calculated and written With the RAID 10 configuration you get all the benefits of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 3 7 RUBY 9718VG2AR System Installation configurations Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for this setup RAID 5 str
16. 8_GPIO4 J24_Pin3 from ICH8_GPIO5 with Ext 4 7K Ohm Pull up J24_Pin4 from ICH8_GPIO18 J24_Pin5 from ICH8_GPIO20 with Ext 4 7K Ohm Pull up J24_Pin6 from ICH8_GPIO8 J24_Pin7 from ICH8_GPIO12 with Ext 4 7K Ohm Pull up J24_Pin8 from ICH8_GPIOO J24_Pin9 from ICH8_GPIO36 with Ext 4 7K Ohm Pull up J24_Pin10 from ICH8_GPIO37 J24_Pin11 from ICH8_GPIO10 with Ext 4 7K Ohm Pull up J24_Pin12 from ICH8_GPIO14 lt lt lt lt lt Be careful Pin13 5V Pin14 GND gt gt gt gt gt The Direction of ICH8_GPIOs are programmed already J24 Pin 1 3 5 7 9 11 are output pin J24 Pin 2 4 6 8 10 12 are input pin There are several Configuration Registers CR of ICH8 needed to be programmed to control the GPIO status GPI value GPO Note Do Not set the default output input pin as input output Programming Guide of GPIO from ICH8DO YO GPO GP31 Step1 GPIOBASE 0480h Offset 00h 03h Bit 31 0 O native 1 GPIO Step2 GPIOBASE 0480h Offset 04h 07h Bit 31 0 0 Output 1 Input Do not change default value Step3 GPIOBASE 0480h Offset 0Ch 0Fh Bit 31 0 0 Low 1 High ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 3 11 RUBY 9718VG2AR System Installation GP32 GP63 Step1 GPIOBASE 0480h Offset 30h 33h Bit 31 0 O native 1 GPIO Step2 GPIOBASE 0480h Offset 34h 37hh Bit 31 0 0 Output 1 Input Do not change default value Step3 GPIOBASE 0480h Offset 38h 3Bh Bit 31 0 0 Low 1 High ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Ma
17. 9718VG2AR User s Manual 3 1 RUBY 9718VG2AR System Installation Triangle mark is meanirf ll first pin position kind bg assemble and take aim M notch of top and bottom between CPU and socket Figure 3 3 Figure 3 4 ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 3 2 RUBY 9718VG2AR System Installation Precaution See fig 3 3 Don t touch directly by your hand or impacts internal align balls of CPU socket to avoid motherboard destruction it is a precise actuator 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 package 5 You should know LGA 775 processor need extra 12V power source Don t forget to connect 4pin Or 8 pin 12V connector to J10 J10 12V CPU Supplementary Connector PIN No Signal Description 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 CPU Application Supports Intel Core 2 Duo Pentium D Pentium 4 Celeron D processor in an LGA775 socket equipped with dual core Hyper Threading EM64T EIST and XD amp VT technologies ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 3 3 RUBY 9718VG2AR System Installation
18. I Event Log Mark DMI Event as Read Event Log Capacity Event Log validity Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Floppy Hard Disk LS120 Enabled Disabled Enabled On Fast Disabled 6 250 Setup Enabled 1 4 Non OS2 Disabled 19200 Enabled No Disabled Enabled Enabled No Enter Enter Space Available Valid Item Help Menu Level gt TL Move F5 Previous Values Enter Select PU PD Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 7 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled ikem Hel CIE Function Auto P Execute Disabled Bit Enabled Menu Level gt TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults gt Limit CPUID Maxval Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3 Should Be Disabled for WinXP Enabled For OS Windows NT4 0 Install Disabled For OS Windows XP Install gt CIE Function CPU CIE Function Select The choice Auto Disabled gt Execute Disabled Bit Replacing older computers with Execute Disable Bit enabled systems can halt worm attacks reducing the need for virus related repairs In addition Execute Disa
19. K 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 On board VGA GMCH integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 Intel GMA 3000 Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology DVMT 4 0 shares system memory up to 384MB On board Ethernet LAN Two Gigabit Ethernet 10 100 1000 Mbits sec LAN port e High Driving GPIO Programmable 12 bit Digital I O interface amp Cooling Fans Support one 4 pin power connector for CPU cooler and two 3 pin power connector for system fan System Monitoring Feature Monitor fan temperature voltage and etc Outline Dimension L X W 304 8mm 12 X 243 8mm 9 6 Power Requirements Intel R Pentium R 4 CPU 3 4GHz Full Loading Full Loading Item Power ON 10Min 30Min CPU 12V 6 09A 6 61A 6 93A System 12V 0 54A 0 34A 0 37A System 5V 4 52A 4 37A 4 51A RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual 1 3 System Overview Configuration CPU SBC BIOS Memory VGA Card VGA Driver LAN Card LAN Driver LAN Card LAN Driver Audio Card Audio Driver Chip Driver SCSI Card SCSIHDD SATA HDD FDD Intel R Pentium R 4 CPU 3 4GHz Portwell Inc RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Rev R1 00 W0 Transcend TS256MLQ64V6U DDR2 667 SDRAM 2 GB X2 Intel R Q965 Q963 Express Chipset Family Intel R Q965 Q963 Expr
20. M Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRQ 15 Unassigned Usable IRQ RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual
21. PI 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 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 Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 Hour and HDD Power Down 15 Min Maximum power management Suspend Mode 1 Min and HDD Power Down 1 Min User Defined Allow 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 ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 22 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information Suspend Type Two options are available Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend The choice Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend MODEM Use IRO The choice NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivit
22. R User s Manual 4 29 RUBY 9718VG2AR 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 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 30 RUBY 9718VG2AR Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides a few useful tips to quickly get RUBY 9718VG2AR 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 CPU Installation Due to the design of RUBY 9718VG2AR it only supports Intel Core 2 Duo Pentium D Pentium 4 Celeron D processor Before installing CPU please ensure the processor chosen is the right one Regarding to CPU information please refer to Intel
23. RUBY 9718VG2AR Industrial Mainboard User s Manual Version 1 0 Copyright Portwell Inc 2007 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 msrrnnnvnnnnvvnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnn 1 1 Ta rte GEELEN 1 1 2 List a ae ana 1 2 To Product Specification accreted eege ns 1 2 13 4 Mechanical Draw ite u a ER IE 1 5 1 4 System Architecture natur irn 1 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration rrrnnnvnnnnnvnnnnvnnnnvennnnvnnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnvennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 2 1 Fet Ui vr 2 2 22 Connector Function Lest sura sees 2 4 Chapter 3 System Installation sernnnnvnnnnvnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnner 3 1 3 1 Intel LGA 775 Processor er aia 3 1 3 2 Main M moty E 3 4 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer saw ae 3 5 3 3 1 Chipset Component Diver ua un shi ae 3 5 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip rvrnvrvevernorrrvavevvrrevervavevveserervener 3 5 3 3 3 On board Fast Ethernet Controller csnene une 3 6 3 3 4 On board ACT Audio DVI ae ae 3 6 3 3 5 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Device srsnrvnvasvrnnvrrvavevvrserevvavevvrserervenn 3 7 3 3 6 AMT Function Installation nn alleinigen 3 8 3 4 Clear Eer 3 8 29 WDPT DEE EG 3 9 EE E 3 10 EE EE 3 10 3 6 2 RUBY 9718VG2AR GPIO
24. T BIOS Support The choice Disabled Enabled GbE LAN The choice Disabled Enabled PEG Onchip VGA Control The choice On chip VGA PEG Port and Auto On Chip Frame Buffer Size The Choice 1MB 8MB DVMT Mode The choice FIXED DVMT DVME FIXED Memory Size Adjusting graphic memory size of system share memory The choice 128MB 256MB MAX FWH Write Protection Firmware hub protection this item can protect user s original frame of BIOS It is strong recommend the BIOS structure has to be maintained by advanced member The choice Disabled Enabled BootBlock Protection The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 15 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information 4 7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help gt Super IO Device Press Enter Watch Dog Timer Select Disabled gt USB Device Setting Press Enter Menu Level gt CPU Relative Temperature 64C MCH Temperature 50C Current CPU FAN Speed RPM Current Inlet FAN Speed RPM Current Outlet FAN Speed RPM TJ 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
25. T 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 W83627HG data sheet There are two PNP I O port addresses that can be used to configure WDT 1 Ox2E EFIR Extended Function Index Register for identifying CR index number 2 0x2F EFDR Extended Function Data Register for accessing desired CR Below 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 0x2D outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxFE Select Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x07 outp 0x002F 0x08 Active Logic Device 8 ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 3 9 RUBY 9718VG2AR System Installation outp 0x002E 0x30 outp 0x002F 0x01 Select Count Mode outp 0x002E OxF5 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 0xF7 outp 0x002F 0x00 Exit Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0xAA Definitio
26. U PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Onboard FDC Controller This item allows you to enable disable onboard Floppy disk controller The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto 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 Switch to ECP mode ECP EPP Switch to ECP EPP mode Switch to Normal mode Watch out Below 2 kinds of selectable item are based on UARM Mode select setting ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 18 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information PWERON Afer PWR Fail The choice Off On On Board Serial Port 3 The choice Disabled 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Serial Port 3 Use IRO The choice IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ3 IRQ4 On Board Serial Port 4 The choice Disabled 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Serial Port 4 Use IRO The choice IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ3 IRQ4 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility USB Device Setting USB 1 0 Controller Enabled Item Help USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Operation Mode High Speed USB Keyboard Funct
27. Y 9718VG2AR package should cover the following basic items v One RUBY 9718VG2AR Industrial Mainboard v One I O shield v Two SATA signal cable v One Installation Resources CD Title 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 CPU amp Package INTEL Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Pentium D Pentium 4 Celeron D processors FSB 1066 800 533MHz e BIOS Award BIOS Main Memory Support dual channel amp signal channel DDR memory interface Up to 8GB DDR2 800 667 533 SDRAM on four 240pin DIMM sockets L2 Cache Memory Included in processor Chipset INTEL Q965 chipset Expansion Interface Four 32 bit PCI expansion slots Two PCI Express x 1 slots One ADD2 slot IDE Interface N A SATA Interface Six SATA 300 ports Serial Ports Support four serial ports RS 232 Powered selectable x 2 RS 232 x 1 RS 232 422 485 selectable x 1 IR Interface N A Parallel Port Support one parallel port RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual 1 2 System Overview USB Interface Support ten USB Universal Serial Bus ports four at rear I O six ports internal PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support dual 6 pin mini DIN connector at rear I O panel for PS 2 keyboard mouse Audio Interface Connector of Line in Line out MIC Real Time Clock Calendar RTC Support Y2
28. also embedded with the fourth generation Intel integrated graphics controller and a Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 that supports widescreen LCD displays and accelerated DirectX 9 0c dual channel memory bandwidth as high as 12 8 GB and dynamic video memory of 384 MB to enable enhanced gaming and video interaction Intel Matrix Storage Technology and six SATA connectors to ensure we protected valuable data efficiently in case of hard drive failure for systems configured as RAID 0 1 5 or 10 Further expansion options include two PCI Express x1 slot and four PCI slots to enrich the functionality of the customer s platform RUBY 9718VG2AR provides enhanced video output An on board ADD2 expansion slot supports the choice of an alternative graphics add in card Onboard DVI video output which makes VGA amp DVI dual display easily RUBY 9718VG2AR industrial ATX mainboard is the ideal solution for applications in the Automatic Teller Machine medical equipment Kiosk Point of Sales vertical markets Feature List Supports Intel Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Pentium D Pentium 4 Celeron D processor in an LGA775 package Onboard dual independent display by VGA and DVI interface One ADD2 graphics slot for ADD2 card Two PCI Express x1 slot and four 32 bit PCI expansion slots Six SATA 300 ports support Intel Matrix Storage Technology with RAID 0 1 5 10 RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual 1 1 System Overview 1 2 Check List The RUB
29. anual 4 20 RUBY 9718VG2AR 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 S3 POS Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Auto Power Management User Define Monn Leyel Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant MODEM Use IRQ 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Wake up by On Board LAN Enabled Power On by Ring Enabled 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 TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 21 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management The choice Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type To decide which AC
30. ar Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position 1 1 2 z 2 3 O 3 Normal Clear 1 2 Short Normal Operation 2 3 Short Clear CMOS contents ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 3 8 RUBY 9718VG2AR 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 RUBY 9718VG2AR 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 WD
31. ble Bit may eliminate the need for software patches aimed at buffer overflow attacks By combining Execute Disable Bit with anti virus firewall spy ware removal e mail filtering software and other network security measures IT managers can free IT resources for other initiatives The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 8 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority 1 ch0 M depend on storage module info 2 Bootable add in Cards Item Help 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 TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 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 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 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
32. bled 50 C 122 F 53 C 127 F 56 C 133 F 60 C 140 F 63 C 145 F 66 C 151 F 70 C 158 F ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 27 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information 4 11 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Clock Ratio Unlock Disabled lcm Eel Auto Detect PCI Clk Enabled P Spread Spectrum Disabled Menu Level gt TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Clock Ratio Unlock The Choice Disabled Enabled Auto Detect PCI Clk The Choice Disabled Enabled Spread Spectrum 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 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 28 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS
33. d 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 ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 5 2 RUBY 9718VG2AR Troubleshooting Improper disable operation There are too many occasions where users disable a certain device feature in one application through BIOS setting These variables may not be set back to the original values when needed These devices features will certainly fail to be detected When the above conditions happen it is strongly recommended to check the BIOS settings Make sure certain items are set as they should be These include the floppy drive COM1 COM2 ports Parallel port USB ports external cache on board VGA and Ethernet It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device port to release 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 IRQ mapping is given below for your reference Real Time Clock Hard Disk Event 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 9718VG2AR User s Manual 5 3 Appendix A
34. ed Defaults Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 0 1 4 Slave IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Channel 1 Master Auto M en 5 Access Mode Auto Sale Capacity 0 To atuo detect the HDD s size head on this Cylinder 0 channel Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 ty Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Oblique items or data are based on users HDD device to display storage configuration ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 5 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information E IDE Channel Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on detection this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Channel None Selecting manual lets you set the 0 1 2 3 Master Auto remaining fields on this screen Selects amp 0 1 Slave Manual the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode CHS Choose the access mode for this hard LBA disk Large Auto 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
35. encies depending on the CPU front side bus and the type of DDR2 DIMM Watch Out it s meaning that memory maximum frequency on configuration which is synchronization and based on CPU FSB Frequency synchronization CPU FSB Memory Frequency 1066MHz 533 667 800MHz 800 MHz 533 667 800MHz 533 MHz 533 MHz ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 3 4 RUBY 9718VG2AR System Installation 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer To install your RUBY 9718VG2AR 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 RUBY 9718VG2AR into the dedicated position in your system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it WARNING Bus Interface Fully complies with PCI Local Bus specification V2 2 support 2 master PCI slots and Please follow section 3 31 to 3 3 5 instruction to install hardware dricer 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset on RUBY 9718VG2AR 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 Server 2003 please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed You can find very easily this chipset component driver in RUBY 9718VG2AR CD title 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH
36. er s Manual 4 13 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information 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 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 PCI Express Root Port Fnction Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI Express Root Port Func PCI Express Port 1 Enabled PCI Express Port 2 Enabled PCI E Compliancy Mode v1 0a Item Help Menu Level gt TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The choice Auto Enabled Disabled Advanced Fan Speed Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advance Fan Speed Control Fan1 Speed Monitor Enabled Theta Hel Fan2 Speed Monitor Enabled P Fan3 Speed Monitor Enabled Menu Level gt TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The Choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 14 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information AM
37. er supply could be powered on if a customized time and day is approached The choice Enabled Disabled 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 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 24 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS 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 spec
38. ess Chipset DRIVER VER 6 14 10 4670 Intel 82566DM Gigabit Network Connection Intel version 9 4 3 0 and version 9 4 21 0 Intel R PRO 1000 PL Network Connection Intel version 9 4 3 0 and version 9 4 21 0 Intel High Definition Audio Realtek ALC262 CODEC Realtek AC 97 audio version 5 18 Intel chipset software installation utility version 8 1 1 1001 AHA 2940UW PCI Card ST39140LW Seagate Barracuda 120 GB MITSUMI 1 44 FDD Operating Temperature 0 C 55 C Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C Relative Humidity 5 90 non condensing RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual System Overview 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing 28 Dron 154 AQ 4 49 N Rn 011 2438 304 80 RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual 1 5 System Overview 1 4 System Architecture RUBY 9718VG2AR includes INTEL Q965 chipset it supports the latest INTEL C
39. ial 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 Hel Reset Configuration Data Disabled EE Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Menu Level gt X IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled PC Express relative item Maximum Payload Size 128 TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl 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 the OS cannot boot The choice Enabled Disabled 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 ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 25 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information Watch Out Below selecti
40. ion Enabled Meng e USB Mouse Function Enabled USB Storage Function Enabled USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting TJ 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 ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 19 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information 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 USB Storage Function Enabled or Disabled legacy support of USB Mass storage The choice Enabled Disabled 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 9718VG2AR User s M
41. ipes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives Among the advantages of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance fault tolerance and higher storage capacity The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing relational database applications enterprise resource planning and other business systems Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup Intel Matrix Storage Manager The Intel Matrix Storage technology supported by the ICH8DO chip allows you to create a RAID 0 and a RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets This technology also allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data 3 3 6 AMT Function Installation A major barrier to greater IT efficiency has been removed by Intel Active Management Technology Intel AMT a feature on Intel vPro technology Using built in platform capabilities and popular third party management and security applications Intel AMT allows IT to better Discover Heal and Protect their networked computing assets Installing ME Management Engine Drivers which includes HECI Driver and LMS_SOL Driver and operating PCI serial port and PCI simple communications controller 3 4 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable CMOS Cle
42. llation 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 RUBY 9718VG2AR 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 products described in this document at any time Updates to this manual technical clarification and answers to frequently asked questions will be shown on the following web site http www portwell com tw System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 Introduction ATX form factor industrial mainboard RUBY 9718VG2AR supports Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core 2 Duo and Pentium 4 Celeron D processors adopts Intel Q965 chipset and Memory Controller Hub and the Intel I O Controller Hub ICH8DO RUBY 9718VG2AR has speeds of up to 1066 MHz the Q965 chipset is
43. ns 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 GPIO The RUBY 9718VG2AR series provides 10 programmable general purpose input or output GPIO 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 6 1 Pin assignment J24 General Purpose I O Connector 2 GPIO4 fromICH8 input 6 GPIO rom ICH8 input 8 GPIOO from ICH8 input 9 GPIQ36 fromICH8 output ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 3 10 RUBY 9718VG2AR System Installation 11 GPIO10 from ICH8 output 12 GPIOI4 fromICH8 Input 35 sv All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to 3 3 5 signal level 0V 3 3V and each source sink capacity up to 12mA 3 6 2 RUBY 9718VG2AR GPIO Programming Guide There are 10 GPIO pins on RUBY 9718VG2AR These GPIO pins are from ICHS Sourth Bridge Chip GPI O Pins respectively J24 pin header is for 10 GPIO pins and its pin assignment as following J24_Pin1 from ICH8_GPIO16 with Ext 4 7K Ohm Pull up J24_Pin2 from ICH
44. nual 3 12 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information BIOS VERSION Portwell Inc RUBY 9718VG2AR R1 00 W2 12052007 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information RUBY 9718VG2AR is equipped with the AWARD BIOS stored in Flash ROM These BIOS has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power off periods When system is turned on RUBY 9718VG2AR communicates with peripheral devices and checks its hardware resources against the configuration information stored in the CMOS memory If any error is detected or the CMOS parameters need to be initially defined the diagnostic program will prompt the user to enter the SETUP program Some errors are significant enough to abort the start up 4 1 Entering Setup Turn on or reboot the computer When the message Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP appears press lt Del gt key immediately to enter BIOS setup program If the message disappears before you respond but you still wish to enter Setup please restart the system to try COLD START again by turning it OFF and then ON or touch the RESET button You may also restart from WARM START by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys simultaneously If you don t 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 g
45. on item is based on Resource Controlled BY to setting XIRO 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 IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 11 IRQ 12 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 assigned to The choice PCI Device Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled Maximum Payload Size Default 128 ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 26 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information 4 10 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Current System Temperature C Item Help Current MOSFET Temperature E Power supply FAN Speed REM Menu Level gt CPU Vcore 1 24 V CRU WAINI 1 20 V 1 25V GMCH Vcore Ee 1 8V DDR 1 80 V 3V_DUAL 3 42 V Eh IV EC Sur 12 V 12 03 V 12 V 12 36 V 5V 5 60 V VBAT V 20V 5VSB V 5 07 V T gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Upon oblique items or data will be based on device and power source variation 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 Disa
46. ore 2 Duo processors with 1066MHz front side bus up to 8GB DDR2 800 SDRAM system memory in four DIMM sockets six SATA ports and ten USB 2 0 on RUBY 9718VG2AR Ruby 9718VG2AR Block Diagram Intel LGA775 DC In Conroe CPU Cedar Mill 24 pin ATX Prescott 533 800 1066MHz FSB CRT VGA Q965 GMCH DVI CH7307 SDVOB Dual Channel leg l DDR2 667 800 SDVOC ADD2 slot DMI Four 5V PCI slots Two PCIEx1 Er ICH8DO 32 bit 33MHz PCIEx1 GLCI RJ45 Ve 6th PCIEx1 GLCI Gigabit Ethernet HD Audio I F ALC262 SATA 300 TIET HI SPI SPI d BIOS II ee 12 GPIOs Audio Jack USB x4 Keyboard LPC ReartOcomnector Mouse COM1 2 RS232 W83627HG 1 Onboard 10 pin header Ds SuperlO H W Monitor W83627HG 2 SuperlO H W Monitor COM3 RS232 COM4 RS232 422 485 Onboard 10 pin header FDD RUBY 9718VG2AR 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 K 153 f H wu omr OLK een LSC TEE ES Coe Cree eer ere rere eres Peer een Tee Rew ees sree ee EC CLC EH a un syrer Le saree LL AH EE PET ET ENT Fey eer oa 270753 Feat 120 ea mm 3 Demme een 140 HHH RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual 2 1 Hardware Configuration 2 1 Jumper Setting
47. pset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM DDR II SDRAM 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 System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Sup PCI Express Root Port Func Press Enter Advance Fan Speed Control Press Enter Menu Level gt AMT BIOS Support Enabled GbE LAN Enabled SOL Support Enabled IDE R Support Enabled Platform Mng Selection Intel AMT eVGA Setting PEG Onchip VGA Control Auto On Chip Frame Buffer Size 8MB DVMT Mode DVMT DVMT FIXED Memory Size 128MB FWH Write Protection Disabled BootBlock Protection Disabled TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Watch Out If user would like to adopt add on card such as PCI or PCI Express graphic card to instead of on board VGA function please set PEG Onchip VGA Control default to PEG Port ROBO 9718VG2AR Us
48. py drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock The choice Off On Gate A20 Option Fast lets chipsets control Gate A20 and Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 The choice Normal Fast ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 10 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information 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 Default 6 Typematic delay Msec The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat The choice 250 500 750 and 1000 Default 250 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup 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 P correct 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 se
49. ration 2 2 Connector Function List Connector Function Remark J1 CRT Connector J2 DVI Connector J4 PS 2 K B and Mouse connector J5 LPT Connector J6 Audio Jack x3 fe JZ Dual Lan Connector Below 82566DM AMT Lan J9 CPU Fan_4P J10 Power 12V Connector J11 ADD2 Slot For x4 ADD2 Card Only J13 PCI Slot2 J14 PCI Slot1 J17 Fan_3P J18 J21 DDR2 Slot Chnnel 0 J19 J22 DDR2_Slot_Chnnel 1 J24 GPIO Connector S J25 FDD Connector J26 Fan 3P J27 SATA Connector_6 J28 SATA Connector_5 J31 SATA Connector_1 J32 SATA Connector_2 J35 Front Panel Connector hi J37 ATX Power Connector 24P J39 SATA Connector 3 J40 SATA Connector 4 J41 COM3 Connector J42 COM4 Connector J43 J44 J45 USB Connector J46 PCI3 Connector J47 PCI4 Connector J48 PCI Express x1 Connector 1 J49 PCI Express x1 Connector 2 J50 COM1 Connector J51 COM2 Connector J52 USBx4 Connector J53 CD In Connector RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual 2 4 Hardware Configuration J6 AUDIO connector J9 CPU FAN 4P Connector Pin Signal Name 1 CND 2 FDV 3 SENSE 4 Control 10 Power 12V Connector Signal Name i Signal Name GND 12V GND 12V 17 26 3P Fan connector RUBY 9718VG2AR User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Configuration Signal Name GND 12V SENSE J24 GPIO Connector 00
50. t 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 F6 F7 F9 Optimized Defaults Menu in BIOS F10 Save Fail Safe Defaults ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 1 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Menu Once you enter RUBY 9718VG2AR 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 Frequency Voltage Control gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password gt Power Management Setup Set User Password gt PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup gt PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS TL gt lt 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 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 2 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information 4 3 This setup page includes all
51. 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 Standard CMOS Setup Menu select the value or number you want in each item and press lt Enter gt key to certify it Follow command keys in CMOS Setup table to change Date Time Drive type and Boot Sector Virus Protection Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Feb Dec 4 2007 Item Help Time hh mm ss 10 20 30 IDE Channel 0 Master None Meere IDE Channel 0 Slave None IDE Channel 1 Master None Change e a mony gt IDE Channel 1 Slave None E IDE Channel 2 Master None IDE Channel 3 Master None IDE Channel 4 Master None IDE Channel 4 Slave None Drive A 1 4M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EVG VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 514048K Total Memory 515072K TL Move F5 Previous Values Enter Select PU PD Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 3 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information E Menu Selections ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Change the day month year and century Time hh mm ss Change the internal clock IDE Channel
52. tting 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 anyway The choice Enabled Disabled Default Enabled MPS Version Control For OS Not changeable with APIC Mode set to disabled The choice 1 1 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Select OS 2 only if you are running OS 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 11 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information The choice Non OS2 OS2 Report No FDD for WIN 95 The choice No Yes Small Logo EPA Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot up Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot up ASF support The choice Enabled Disabled DMI Event Log The choice Enabled Disabled Clear ALL DMI Event Log The choice Yes No View DMI Event Log Press Enter to show all DMI event log Mark DMI Event as Read Clear all DMI event logs immediately Press enter will pop up a confirm screen Hit Y and Enter then clear all DMI event logs right now ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 12 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information 4 6 Advanced Chipset Feature This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the Intel Q965 chipset This chi
53. y 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 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 Return the status before power off Wake Up by On Board LAN This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by on board LAN The choice Disabled Enabled Only the 82566DM LAN can be waked up form Lan lower J7 RJ45 socket Power On by Ring When select Enabled a system that is at soft off mode will be alert to Wake On Modem signal ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 23 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information 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 pow
54. 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 gt OQOn 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 gt SATA Mode IDE Use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical Storage devices RAID With Intel Matrix Storage Technology with RAID 0 1 5 10 support The Advanced Host Controller Interface AHCI specification AHCI describes the register level interface for a Host Controller for Serial ATA 1 0a and Serial ATA II ROBO 9718VG2AR User s Manual 4 17 RUBY 9718VG2AR BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Item Hel Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRO4 P Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Menu Level gt Parallel Port Mode SPP X EPP Mode Select ERRIZ X ECP Mode Use DMA 3 PWRON After PWR Fail Off Onboard Serial Port 3 3E8 Serial Port 3 Use IRQ IRQ10 Onboard Serial Port 4 2E8 Serial Port 4 Use IRQ IRQ11 ty Move Enter Select P

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