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1. 2 40 Pin Description Pin Description 1 5V 2 5V 3 GND 4 GND 5 3 3V 6 3 3V 7 VEEP 8 GND 9 FPO 10 FP1 11 FP2 12 FP3 13 FP4 14 FP5 15 FP6 16 FP7 17 FP8 18 FP9 19 FP10 20 FP11 21 FP12 22 FP13 23 FP14 24 FP15 25 FP16 26 FP17 27 FP18 28 FP19 29 FP20 30 FP21 31 FP22 32 FP23 33 GND 34 GND 35 FPSCLK 36 FP VS 37 FP DE 38 FP HS 39 FPVDDEN 40 VBIASEN EmCORE v621 User s Manual 15 LCD inverter Connector Connector INV1 Type onboard 2 0mm 5 pin wafer Pin Description e0000 54321 12V GND Backlight on off Brightness control UI B JWJNJE5 GND Serial Port Connector COM1 2 3 4 Type onboard 2 0mm 2 10 pin box header IME SEEN 1 20 IB HP RI EME 2 Pin Description Pin Description 1 DCD 5V 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 12V 10 C 11 DCD 12 RXD 13 TXD 14 DTR 15 GND 16 DSR 17 RTS 18 CTS 19 R 20 C 16 EmCORE v621 User s Manual RS422 485 Output Connector Connector CON1 o 000 Type onboard 2 0mm 4 pin wafer 4 321 Pin RS 422 RS 485 1 TX DATA 2 TX DATA 3 RX N C 4 RX N C Infrared IR Connector Connector IR1 Type onboard 2 54pitch 5 pin header O00009 Pin Description 1 5V 2 N C 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX EmCORE v621 User s Manual 17 Peripheral Port Parallel Port Connector LPT1 26 e000000000000 14 LP
2. 35 Integrated Peripherals 38 Power Management Setup 40 PnP PCI Configuration 1 trn etr itt Ret t et 42 PG HealthiStatss eicit amie endete Ama neam Pisis 44 Frequency Voltage Control 22 tet tr n terr reat rr ete x 45 What if things go wrong eene 46 Introduction This SBC is based on VIA Embedded System Platform which combines PC133MHz FSB DMA 33 IDE technologies and rich 4 x AGP 2D 3D graphics capabilities in a single package Its onboard Dual 10 100 Base T Fast Ethernet CRT LCD display controller with VGA TTL LVDS Interfaces add communication and multimedia features to its powerfull function The new VIA Mark Embedded System Platform will spur the further development of the emerging new generation of guiet running low profile small factor designs that are being adopted for a myriad of connected information and entertainment systems ranging from home entertainment devices such as Set Top Boxes Game Consoles Personal Video Recorders and Broadband Gateways to commercial applications such as Thin Clients LCD Web Based Terminals POS Terminals and Network Attached Servers These new designs not only leverage the fundamental strengths of the x86 platform namely its software resources its Internet compatibility its rapid product innovation cycles its massive economies of scale and its open architecture They also extend the capabilities of the PC and the Internet by
3. 22 EmCORE v621 User s Manual Interface Connectors HDD FDD Floppy Disk Driver Connector 2 Type onboard 34 pin header Pin Description Pin Description 1 GND 2 DRIVE DENSITY SELECT 0 3 GND 4 NC 5 GND 6 DRIVE DENSITY SELECT 1 J GND 8 NDEX 9 GND 10 MOTOR ENABLE A 11 GND 12 DRIVER SELECT B 13 GND 14 DRIVER SELECT A 15 GND 16 MOTOR ENABLE B 17 GND 18 DIRECTIO 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 WRITE DATA 23 GND 24 WRITE GATE 25 GND 26 TRACK 0 27 GND 28 WRITE PROTECT 29 GND 30 READ DATA 31 GND 32 HEAD SELECT 33 GND 34 DISK CHANGE EmCORE v621 User s Manual 23 Enhanced IDE Connector 4 2 Connector IDE1 Type onboard 44 pin box header Pin Description Pin Description 1 RESET 2 GND 3 D7 4 D8 5 D6 6 D9 7 D5 8 D10 9 D4 10 D11 11 D3 12 D12 13 D2 14 D13 15 D1 16 D14 17 DO 18 D15 19 GND 20 C 21 REQ 22 GND 23 HOW 24 GND 25 IOR 26 GND 27 IORDY 28 IDESEL 29 DACK 30 GND 31 IRQ 32 NC 33 ADDR1 34 CBLID 35 ADDRO 36 ADDR2 37 CS0 38 CS1 HD SELETI 39 ACT 40 GND 41 Vcc 42 Vcc 43 GND 44 GND 24 EmCORE v621 User s Manual System Resources Interrupt Assignment IRQ Address Description 0 System Timer 1 Keyboard KB output buffer full 2 Programmable Interrupt Controller 3 Serial P
4. LCD Inverter Connector esssesessssssseeeeeeee nennen nnne nnns enhn nennen nnne 16 Serial NO Vu GE 16 RS422 485 Output Connector nana nena 17 Infrared IR Connector nana 17 Peripheral Port sccccccssseeeeeeeeeesseeeeeeeeenseeeeeeeeesensseeeeeeeensenes 18 Parallel POTU e sc 18 USB Ports e PS 2 Keyboard amp Mouse CRT Display Audio Interface POT it ere RR Re i rn dx d rala 19 Ethernet Connector einer eenc ctrca ec ccu enini e skovik ve e 20 LAN PortSigrials iiri rro Reto te P i Rr E eene 20 LAN Ree 20 Power Connector ster 21 ATX Feature Connector nana 21 ATX Power Connector 21 CPU Fan Connector csccssccestsscersseceosessesusceseaesaetsseesoetscessaceventsnesuncesanedneseneazes 22 Front Panel Switches and Indicators 22 Digital O Connector ie renean enun 22 Interface Connectors HDD FDD Floppy Disk Drive Connector acr t redet ibn rz i aee Enhanced IDE ComneGtor 2 4 nro erre te i d esed b rd System ResOUICGS ssisiiiiasaiesaii aaa cerne ecce ee nnne raa accu k seo aa casensds AWARD BIOS Setup Setup Items coii t rore toe Pr e met is Standard CMOS Setup E IDE Harddisk Setup submenu s 31 BIOS Features Setup aod Advanced Chipset Features can iat
5. the Award PCI ISA BIOS ver 6 0 for the system configuration The Award BIOS setup program is designed to provide the maximum flexibility in configuring the system by offering various options which could be selected for end user reguirements This chapter is written to assist you in the proper usage of these features To access AWARD PCI ISA BIOS Setup program press lt Del gt key The Main Menu will be displayed at this time CMOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1984 2002 Award Software gt Standard CMOS Features Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Tire Select Item PIR Save amp Exit Setup Once you enter the AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu EmCORE v621 User s Manual 27 Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Power Management Setup Use t
6. up to 2 ATAPI devices Ultra DMA transfer 33 MB sec One 44 pin 2 0 pitch box header Watchdog Timer 127 level timer generates RESET or NMI when your application loses control over the system Real time Clock Built in chipset with lithium battery backup CMOS data backup of BIOS setup and BIOS default High Speed Multi UO Chipset VIA VT82C686B Winbond W83977 Serial Ports Three high speed RS 232C port COM1 3 4 One high speed RS 232C 422 485 port COM2 jumper selectable Both with 16C550 compatible UART and 16 byte FIFO USB 4 onboard USB ver 1 1 ports SIR Interface onboard IrDA TX RX port Floppy Disk Drive Interface 2 floppy disk drives 3 2 720 KB 1 44 MB or 2 88 MB Bi directional Parallel Port SPP EPP and ECP mode Keyboard and Mouse Connectors 6 pin wafer header for PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Audio Chipset VIA VT82C686B AC97 2 0 compliant Multistream Direct Sound and Direct Sound 3D acceleration Line in CD Audio in MIC in Speaker out EmCORE v621 User s Manual 5 Network Interface Controller Chipset 2 x Realtek 8100C 10 100 Mbps Connector Two 10 pin onboard header Display Controller Chipset 4 x AGP S3 Graphics ProSavage4 integrated in Mark CoreFusion Processor supports up to 32MB of Shared system memory Display Type CRT VGA SVGA XGA SXGA and LCD Type with TTL amp LVDS interface Connectors 16 pin onboard box header Resolution LCD support 18
7. 3 of which have fixed mode Disabled default No power management Disables all four modes Min Power Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr Max Power Saving Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU s Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr HDD Power Down is always set independently 40 EmCORE v621 User s Manual PM Control By APM When enabled an Advanced power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If the Max Power Saving is not enabled this will be preset to No Video Off Option Controls what causes the display to be switched off Suspend gt Off Always On All Mode gt Off Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization signals and writes blanks to the screen Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the screen DPMS lnitial display power management signaling Modem Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Soft Off By PWRBTN The field defines the power off mode when using an ATX power supply The Instant Off m
8. 36 bit LVDS up to 1280 x1024 LCD support 18 24 36 bit TTL up to 1280 x1024 Flash Disk Compact Flash Card CFC Compact Flash Socket Support Type I II CFC Capacity UP to 512MB CFC Environmental and Power Power Requirements 5 V 9 2 04A Max Low Power Embedded 533MHz and 128MB SDRAM EmCORE V621 VL2R E533 System Monitoring and Alarm CPU and System temperature system voltage and cooling fan RPM Board Dimensions 145mm x 102mm Board Weight 0 18kg Operating Temperature 0 to 60 C 32 to 140 F 6 EmCORE v621 User s Manual Warning Single Board Computers and their components contain very delicate Integrated Circuits IC To protect the Single Board Computer and its components against damage from static electricity you should always follow the following precautions when handling it 1 Disconnect your Single Board Computer from the power source when you want to work on the inside 2 Hold the board by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or circuitry 3 Use a grounded wrist strap when handling computer components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the Single Board Computer whenever components are separated from the system Ordering Codes EmCORE v621VL2R E533 3 5 form factor Embedded VIA Mark 533MHz CPU with CRT LCD Dual Fast Ethernet AC97 3D Audio PC 104 and Compact Flash Socket EmCORE v621VL2R E800 3 5 form factor Embe
9. But Diskette POST does not stop for diskette drive errors but stops for all other errors All But Disk Key POST does not stop for a keyboard or disk error but stops for all other errors Panel Type Select the different panel type to run the system Four various resolutions for TFT type and two for DSTN Boot Device This item allows you to select the different devices for boot up function 30 EmCORE v621 User s Manual IDE Harddisk Setup submenu CMOS SETUP UTILITY Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Menu Level gt gt Access Mode Auto Capacity 0 MB Cylinder 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 Ti2e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail SAfe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults IDE HDD Auto detection Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this channel If detection is success ful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Primary Master Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields on this screen Selects the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylin ders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Capacity Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Access Mode Normal LBA Large or Auto Cho
10. If this field set Enabled any l O access on the ISA bus to the VGA card s palette registers will be reflected on the PCI bus This will allow overlay cards to adapt to the changing palette colors EmCORE v621 User s Manual 43 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1984 2882 Award Software PC Health Status Ti e Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F 0 i F5 Previous Values timized Defaults Current CPU Temperature Show you the current CPU temperature Current System Temperature Show you the current system temperature Current CPUFAN Speed Show you the current CPUFAN operating speed Vcore Show you one type of CPU voltage 2 5 3 3V 5V 12V Show you the different voltage can be used for the system 44 EmCORE v621 User s Manual Freguency Voltage Control fl Move En d i 10 5 i General Help F5 F This section describes Freguency and Voltage control for the system Auto Detect DIMM PCI CLK When enabled this item will auto detect if the DIMM and PCI socket have devices and will send clock signal to DIMM and PCI devices When disabled it will send the clock signal to all DIMM and PCI socket Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate CPU Host Clock CPU PCI This item allows you to select the CPU Host Clock EmCORE v621 User s Manual 45 What if things go wrong If you use the wrong Flash BIOS or if t
11. Parallel Port LAN1 2 Ethernet Connector LLED1 LAN LED Connector USB1 2 USB 1 2 3 4 Connector AUDIO1 Audio Interface Port PWR1 Power Connector CPUF1 CPU Fan connector J FRT1 Front Panel Switches and Indicators DIO1 Digital 1 0 Connector FDD1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE1 Primary IDE Connector CFD1 Compact Flash Socket 10 EmCORE v621 User s Manual CMOS Jumper Settings Connector JBAT1 1238 Type onboard 3 pin header BEI gt cmos JBAT1 Keep CMOS 1 2 ON Default Clear CMOS 2 3 ON Serial Port Selection RS 232 422 485 5 3 1 Connector JRS1 BB Type onboard 2 3 pin header 642 The onboard COM2 port can be configured to operate in RS 422 or RS 485 modes RS 422 modes differ in the way RX TX is being handled Jumper JRS1 switches between RS 232 or RS 422 485 mode All of the modes are available on COM2 JRS1 Select 1 2 3 4 5 6 RS 232 Default ON OFF OFF RS 422 OFF ON OFF RS 485 OFF OFF ON EmCORE v621 User s Manual 11 COM1 Power Source Special Support Connector JV1 JV2 Type onboard 2 3 pin header COM can be configured to operate in standard RS 232C mode or in POS Point of Sale RS 232C mode POS devices normally need an additional power supply signal 5V or 12V to be able to power the device LCD cash drawer or printer without additional writng COM1 Power Source Special Support JV2 JV1 Standard Default 1 2 1 2 POS 5V on Pinl 2 3 1 2 POS 12V on Pin9 1 2 2 3 PO
12. S 5V on Pin1 12V on Pin9 2 3 2 3 LVDS Panel Voltage Selects 1 2 3 Connector JVLCD1 g s Type onboard 3 pin header JVLCD1 LCD Voltage JVLCD1 5V 1 2 3 3V Default 2 3 PC104 for ISA Interface Connector Standard PC104 12 EmCORE v621 User s Manual LVDS LCD Connector Connector LVDS1 Type onboard DF13 30 pin header Pin Description Pin Description 1 VDD 2 VDD 3 TX1CLK 4 TX2CLK 5 TX1CLK 6 TX2CLK 7 GND 8 GND 9 TX1D0 10 TX2D0 11 TX1D0 12 TX2D0 13 GND 14 GND 15 TX1D1 16 TX2D1 17 TX1D1 18 TX2D1 19 GND 20 GND 21 TX1D2 22 TX2D2 23 TX1D2 24 TX2D2 25 GND 26 GND 27 NC 28 NC 29 NC 30 NC VDD could be selected by JVLCD1 in 5V or 3 3V EmCORE v621 User s Manual 13 Flat Panel Connector TTL LCD Panel Connector Connector LCD2 Type DF 13 20 pin LCD1 connector is defined for TTL panel supporting 36 bit only LCD2 connector is defined for TTL panel up to 24 bit More than 24 bit of TTL panel needs to use both connector LCD1 amp LCD2 Pin Description Pin Description 1 GND 2 GND 3 FD24 4 FD25 5 FD26 6 FD27 H FD28 8 FD29 9 FD30 10 FD31 11 FD32 12 FD33 13 FD34 14 FD35 15 GND 16 GND 17 NC 18 NC 19 NC 20 NC 14 EmCORE v621 User s Manual TTL LCD Panel Connector Connector LCD1 Type DF 13 40 pin 1 39
13. T1 Type onboard 2 13 pin box header Pin Description Pin Description 1 STROBE 14 AUTO FEED 2 DATAO 15 ERROR 3 DATA1 16 INITIALIZE 4 DATA2 17 SELECT INPUT 5 DATA3 18 GND 6 DATA4 19 GND T DATA5 20 GND 8 DATA6 21 GND 9 DATA7 22 GND 10 ACKNOWLEDGE 23 GND 11 BUSY 24 GND 12 PAPER EMPTY 25 GND 13 SELECT 26 GND USB Ports 246810 Connector USB1 USB2 OOE ODDO Type onboard 2 0mm 10 pin header 13579 for each two USB ports USB Pin Description Pin Description 1 45V 2 45V 3 USBD2 4 USBD3 5 USBD2 6 USBD3 7 GND 8 GND 9 GND 10 N C 18 EmCORE v621 User s Manual PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector KBM1 000000 Type onboard 2 0mm 6 pin wafer 654321 Pin Description Pin Description KB_DAT 2 GND MS_DAT 4 KB_CLK VCC 6 MS_CLK CRT Display 2 VGA 16 Connector VGA1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Type onboard 2 0mm 2 8 pin box header 1 15 Pin Description Pin Description 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 N C 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 NC Poly S W 10 GND 11 N C 12 VDDAT 13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 VDCLK 16 N C Audio Interface Port Audio oc Connector Audio1 Type onboard 2 0mm 2 5 pin box header 00 00 00 4 oo 2 Pin Description Pin Description 1 Line Left in 2 Line Right in 3 GND 4 GND 5 MIC 6 N C 7 GND 8 GND 9 Speaker LEFT 10 Speaker Right EmCORE v621 User s Manual 19 Et
14. User s Manual Version 1 0 EmCORE v621 3 5 form factor Embedded VIA Mark CoreFusion Processor with CRT LCD Dual Fast Ethernet AC97 3D Audio PC 104 and Compact Flash Socket Table of Contents INTFOCUCTION sea savna dini 4 Specifications cteis iaaii irisean aisaen aaaeaii iaaa 5 General Specifications 2 rer iere recente rere n ree ds 5 High Speed Multil O 5 2 t rto rn metre err i 5 Network Interface Controller ccccccccccccsscecsssceesseccssececsseecesseccsseeecseeeeseesensaees 6 Display Gontroller a tcr rei o e en t e eR 6 Enkel E Eu RTE 6 VUE le E 7 Ordering Kee H Board Layout esee eene enne nnne nnne nnn nnns 8 Jumper Connector Quick Reference sss 9 Jumper Connector Quick Reference 10 CMOS Jumper Settings eere 11 Serial Port Selection RS 232C 422 485 11 COM Power Source Special Support 12 LVDS Panel Voltage Selects eese 12 PC104 for ISA Interface 1 ecce lse e seeeLeeeeeeeee eene nena 12 LVDS LCD Connector 1 nana nn 13 Flat Panel Connector nana eee ee eene n nnn nn nnn 14 TTL Panel COnne ctor eene nennen nenne rnnt nnns 14 TTL Panel COnne ctor eene nnne nennen nenne rnnt rnnt 15
15. allowing people to connect to information and entertainment in an easier more convenient and more affordable way This board with the new generation of information and entertainment systems is already changing the way that people consume and interact with digital content It will allow them to view it on a CRT or LCD screen listen to it on their audio system speakers store it on a server or Personal Video Recorder so that it can be accessed at a later date manipulate it on a home media PC share it with their family over the home network or send it to their freinds and relatives over the internet With its ultra low power rich levels of integration advanced multimedia capabilities and communication features this board is an exciting opportunity for System Integrators and OEMs to develop new generation products that meet the desires and aspirations of the 21th century consumers 4 EmCORE v621 User s Manual Specifications General Specifications CPU VIA Mark CoreFusion processor 533 800 MHz with FSB 133 MHz EBGA package Chipset VIA Mark CoreFusion processor with Integrated S3 ProSavage4 AGP 4X Graphics core and VT82C686B Super South Bridge BIOS AWARD Flash BIOS Green Function Power saving supported in BIOS DOZE STANDBY SUSPEND modes ACPI 8 APM L1 Cache Integrated on CPU 128 KB L2 Cache Integrated on CPU 64 KB DRAM Memory PC133 SODIMM up to 512MB Enhanced IDE with UltraDMA Support 1 port and
16. dded VIA Mark 800MHz Optional CPU with CRT LCD Dual Fast Ethernet AC97 3D Audio PC 104 and Compact Flash Socket Cable Kit CBK 12 0621 00 EmCORE v621 User s Manual Board Layout LCD2 EATX1 INV1 8 2a oo O oo om O LCD1 e ZZ ue za PWR1 E ge LVDS1 o CON1 E EM uU O B JE Ni CPUF1 JVLCDi XL HE 5 3 a JRS1 S o JBAT1 VGA1 JV1 2 COM1 2 JFRT1 COM3 4 DIO1 AUDIO1 eme LPT1 LAN1 8 s Tm ooogoog IDE1 LLED1 k OQQON FDD1 KBM1 IR1 PC104 USB2 USB1 8 EmCORE v621 User s Manual Jumper Connector Guick Reference Jumpers Lable Funetion J BATI Clear CMOS JRS1 COM2 RS 232 422 485 Select JV1 J V2 COM1 Power Source Special Support J VLCD1 LVDS Panel Voltage Selects EmCORE v621 User s Manual 9 Jumper Connector Guick Reference Connectors Lable Function EATX1 ATX Feature Connector SODIM1 144 Pin SDRAM SODIMM Socket PC104 PC104 for ISA Interface KBM1 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse VGA1 CRT Display NV1 LCD Inverter Connector LVDS1 LVDS LCD Panel Connector LCD1 40 PIN TTL LCD Panel Connector LCD2 20 PIN TTL LCD Panel Connector COM1 2 3 4 Serial Port CONI RS 422 485 Output R1 Infrared IR Connector LPT1
17. he password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press Enter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely 34 EmCORE v621 User s Manual Advanced Chipset Features PD Value Fl E DRAM Clock This item allows you to set the DRAM Clock Options are Host CLK HCLK 33M or HCLK 33M Please set the item according to the Host CPU Clock and DRAM Clock SDRAM Cycle Length This feature is similar to SDRAM CAS Latency Time It controls the time delay in clock cycles CLKs that passes before the SDRAM starts to carry out a read command after receiving it This also determines the number of CLKs for the completion of the first part of a burst transfer Thus the lower the cycle length the faster the transaction However some SDRAM cannot handle the lower cycle length and may become unstable So set the SDRAM Cycle Length to 2 for optimal performance if possible but increase it to 3 if your system becomes unstable EmCORE v621 User s Manual 35 Bank Interleave T
18. he writing process gets interrupted there is a fat chance that your computer won t boot anymore How can you recover a corrupt BIOS Boot block booting this works only for Award BIOS Modern motherboards based on Award BIOS have a boot block BIOS This is small area of the BIOS that doesn t get overwritten when you flash a BIOS The boot block BIOS only has support for the floppy drive If you have the AGP video enabled you won t see anything on the screen because the boot block BIOS only supports an ISA videocard If you do not want to change your AGP video setting than proceed as follows The boot block BIOS will execute an AUTOEXEC BAT file on a bootable diskette Copy an Award flasher 8 the correct BIOS bin file on the floppy and execute it automatically by putting awdflash bin in the AUTOEXEC BAT file Solution 2 Hot swapping 1 Replace the corrupt chip by a working one The working BIOS doesn t have to be written for your board it just has to give you a chance of booting to DOS BIOSs for the same chipset mostly work Chipsets that not differ too much also mostly work e g Triton FX chipset and Triton HX chipset 2 Boot the system to DOS with floppy or HD 3 Be sure that the System BIOS cacheable option in your BIOS is enabled If so replace while the computer is powered on the BIOS chip with the corrupt one This should work fine with most boards because the BIOS is shadowed in RAM 4 Flash an appropria
19. hernet Connector LAN Port Signals Connector LAN1 LAN2 Type onboard 2 0mm 2 5 pin header 13579 Pin Description Pin Description 1 TX 2 TX 3 RX 4 NC 5 NC 6 RX 7 NC 8 NC 9 GND 10 Key LAN LED Connector 2468 Connector LLED1 BEEG 1 35 7 Type onboard 2 0mm 2 4 pin header Pin Description Pin Description 1 LAL1 Link 2 3VSB 3 LAL1 ACT 4 3VSB 5 LAL2 Link 6 3VSB 7 LAL2 ACT 8 3VSB 20 EmCORE v621 User s Manual ATX Feature Connector Connector EATX1 Type onboard 3 pin wafer connector Pin Description 1 PS ON 2 GND 3 5VSB ATX Power Connector Connector PWR1 Type onboard 4 pin wafer connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 45V 2 GND 3 GND 4 42V 45V GND GND PWR1 Re O OO O EmCORE v621 User s Manual 21 CPU Fan Connector 123 Connector CPUF1 Type onboard 3 pin wafer connector CPUF1 Pin Description GND 12V Fan_Detect Front Panel Switches and Indicators 12 Connector JFRT1 679 Type onboard 2 5 pin header CS Pin Description Pin Description GD 1 RESET 2 RESET 3 POWER LED 4 POWER LED 5 HD LED 6 HD LED 7 SPEAK 8 SPEAK 9 PSON 10 PSON Digital 1 0 Connector Connector DIO1 HE Type onboard 2 54pitch 2 5 pin header 2 9 Pin Description Pin Description 1 DIOO 2 DIO1 3 DIO2 4 DIO3 5 DIO4 6 DIO5 7 DIO6 8 DIO7 9 5V 10 GND
20. his feature enables you to set the interleave mode of the SDRAM interface Interleaving allows banks of SDRAM to alternate their refresh and access cycles One bank will undergo its refresh cycle while another is being accessed This improves performance of the SDRAM by masking the refresh time of each bank A closer examination of interleaving will reveal that since the refresh cycles of all the SDRAM banks are staggered this produces a kind of pipelining effect If there are 4 banks in the system the CPU can ideally send one data request to each of the SDRAM banks in consecutive clock cycles This means in the first clock cycle the CPU will send an address to Bank 0 and then send the next address to Bank 1 in the second clock cycle before sending the third and fourth addresses to Banks 2 and 3 in the third and fourth clock cycles respectively Each SDRAM DIMM consists of either 2 banks or 4 banks 2 bank SDRAM DIMMs use 16Mbit SDRAM chips and are usually 32MB or less in size 4 bank SDRAM DIMMs on the other hand usually use 64Mbit SDRAM chips though the SDRAM density may be up to 256Mbit per chip All SDRAM DIMMs of at least 64MB in size or greater are 4 banked in nature If you are using a single 2 bank SDRAM DIMM set this feature to 2 Bank But if you are using two 2 bank SDRAM DIMMs you can use the 4 Bank option as well With 4 bank SDRAM DIMMs you can use either interleave options Naturally 4 bank interleave is better than 2 bank interlea
21. his menu to specify your settings for power management PnP PCI Configuration This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI PC Health Status This entry appears CPU temperature for the systeml Freguency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for freguency voltage control Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs Set Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords Save 8 Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Save Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 28 EmCORE v621 User s Manual Standard CMOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2002 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Time hh mm ss k IDE Primary Master k IDE Primary Slave gt IDE Secondary Master gt IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Video Halt On Panel Type Boot Device Select fi e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F 8 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F F5 Previous Values Optimized Defaults Tl e Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail SAfe Defaults F7 0ptimized Defaults Date The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information this fie
22. lave UDMA When set to Auto mode the system will detect if the hard drive supports Ultra DMA mode Init Display First Select AGP or PCI Slot for system to detect first when boot up OnChip USB If your system contains a Universal Serial Bus controller and you have a USB peripheral select Enabled The next option will become available Onboard LAN Boot ROM This feature allows you to run LAN Boot function Select Disabled not to access this function Onboard FDD Controller Select Enabled to activate the on board FDD Select Disabled to activate an add on FDD Onboard Serial Port 1 amp 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first second serial port The default value for the first serial port is 3F8 IRQ4 and the second serial port is 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard Parallel Port Select address and interrupt for the Parallel port Onboard Parallel Mode Select an operating mode for the parallel port Mode options are Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel if parallel Mode is set as ECP ECP EPP Parallel Port EPP Type Select a EPP Type if parallel Port is set as EPP ECP EPP EmCORE v621 User s Manual 39 Power Management Setup Phoen1 r tup Utility Ap r Failure TU 5 e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail SAfe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Power Management There are 4 selections for Power Management
23. ld is for information only Time The time format is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the or key to move to the desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field IDE Primary Master Slave IDE Secondary Master Slave Options are in sub menu see page 31 Drive A B Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive s installed in the computer None No diskette drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive EmCORE v621 User s Manual 29 Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem but you do not select it in Setup Halt On During the power on self test POST the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error You can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process These are the selections No errors POST does not stop for any errors All errors If the BIOS detects any non fatal error POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action All But Keyboard POST does not stop for a keyboard error but stops for all other errors All
24. mpts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table EmCORE v621 User s Manual 33 CPU Internal Cache External Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC checking The choice Enabled Disabled Processor Number Feature This feature appears when a a Pentium III processor is installed It enables you enables you to control whether the Pentium III s serial number can be read by external programs The choice Enabled Disabled Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power up the computer If it is set to Enable BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The choices are Floppy LS ZIP HDD SCSI CDROM USB Interface and Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives you can swap the logical drive name assignments The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Seeks disk drives during boot up Disabling speeds boot up The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock The choice Enabled Disabled Security Option Select whether t
25. ned memory area and an additional 12MB for virtual addressing This is address space not physical memory used The physical memory is allocated and released as needed only when Direct3D makes a create non local surface call AGP 4X Mode Set to Enabled if your AGP card supports the 4X mode which transfers video data at 1066MB s OnChip Sound This menu can access the sound controller automaticily EmCORE v621 User s Manual 37 Integrated Peripherals Phoeni tup Utility erals Enabled UDMA UDMA t eneral Help TU 5 e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail SAfe Defaults F7 0ptimized Defaults OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 Select Enabled to activate each on board IDE channel separately Select Disabled if you install an add on IDE Control card IDE Prefetch Mode Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses If you are getting disk drive errors change the setting to omit the drive interface where the errors occur Depending on the configuration of your IDE subsystem this field may not appear and it does appear when the Internal PCI IDE filed above is Disabled 38 EmCORE v621 User s Manual Primary amp Secondary Master Slave PIO These four PIO fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of four IDE devices When under Auto mode the system automatically set the best mode for each device Primary amp Secondary Master S
26. ode means powering off immediately when pressing the power button In the Delay 4 Sec mode the system powers off when the power button is pressed for more than four seconds or places the system in a very low power usage state with only enough circuitry receiving power to detect power button activity or resume by ring activity when press for less than four seconds The default is Instant Off State After Power Failure This item allows you to select three status after the power failure The choices are ON OFF and Auto Wake Up Events Setting an event on each device listed to awaken the system from a soft off state VGA LPT amp COM HDD 8 FDD PCI Master Primary INTR IROs Activity Monitoring EmCORE v621 User s Manual 41 PnP PCI Configuration Phoenix Item Help T1 7 Move TU 5 e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail SAfe Defaults F7 0ptimized Defaults 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 PnP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play aware eg Windows 95 Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset ESCD Extend ed System Configuration Date when you exit Setup if yo
27. ort 2 COM2 4 Serial Port 1 COM1 5 Resvered 6 Floppy controller 7 Parallel Port 1 8 Real Time Clock 9 USB 10 Ethernet 1 Ti Ethernet 2 12 PS 2 Mouse 13 Numeric data processor 14 Primary IDE Controller 15 Secondary IDE Controller I O Address Space Adress Description 0000 000F DMA Controller 0010 001F otherboard Resources 0020 0021 PIC 0022 003F otherboard Resources 0040 0043 System Timer 0044 005F otherboard Resources 0060 0060 Keyboard 0061 0061 Systems Speaker 0062 0063 otherboard Resources 0064 0064 Keyboard 0065 006F otherboard Resources 0070 0071 System CMOS Real time clock 0072 0080 otherboard Resources EmCORE v621 User s Manual 25 0081 0083 DMA Controller 008F 0091 DMA Controller 00A0 00A1 PIC 00A2 OOBF otherboard Resources O0EO OOEF otherboard Resources 00C0 OODF DMA Controller OOFO OOFF umeric Data Processor 0170 0177 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller 01F0 O1F7 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller 02F8 O2FF Communications Port B 0376 0376 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller 0378 037F Printer Port 03F0 03F5 Floppy Disk Controller 03F7 03F7 Floppy Disk Controller 03F8 O3FF COM1 0400 048F Motherboard Resources 0480 048F Motherboard Resources 04D0 04D1 PCI bus 26 EmCORE v621 User s Manual AWARD BIOS Setup The SBC uses
28. ose the access mode for this hard disk EmCORE v621 User s Manual 31 The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual Cylinder Min 0 Max 65535 Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk Head Min lt 0 Max 255 Set the number of read write heads Precomp Min 0 Max 65535 Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 Max 65535 Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Sector Min lt 0 Max 255 Number of sectors per track We recommend that you select Type AUTO for all drives The BIOS will auto detect the hard disk drive and CD ROM drive at the POST stage If your hard disk drive is a SCSI device please select None for your hard drive setting 32 EmCORE v621 User s Manual BIOS Features Setup PD Value al E Tl e Move Enter Select 4 PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail SAfe Defaults F7 0ptimized Defaults Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a 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 atte
29. te BIOS to the corrupt chip and reboot NOTE Use a flasher from MRBIOS http www mrbios com Utilities that come with your motherboard often use specific BIOS hooks Because you have booted with a BIOS not written for your motherboard they usually don t work The MR Flash utilities communicate directly with your Flash Rom and always work In most cases they flash a non MRBIOS to your BIOS chip without problems 46 EmCORE v621 User s Manual
30. u have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot Resource Controlled By The Award Play and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them 42 EmCORE v621 User s Manual IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Device compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture DMA Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the DMA Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification reguiring a specific DMA channel PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disable Enable Normally this option is always Disabled Nonstandard VGA display adapters such as overlay cards or MPEG video cards may not show colors properly Setting Enabled should correct this problem
31. ve so if possible set it to 4 Bank Use 2 Bank only if you are using a single 2 bank SDRAM DIMM Notethat it is recommends that SDRAM bank interleaving be disabled if 16Mbit SDRAM DIMMs are used Memory Hole Enabling this feature reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB System BIOS Cacheable Allows the system BIOS to be cached for faster system performance Video RAM Cacheable This item allows you to Enabled or Disabled on Video RAM Cacheable Frame Buffer Size This item defines the amount of system memory that will be shared and uses as video memory 36 EmCORE v621 User s Manual AGP Aperture Size Options 4 8 16 32 64 128 This option selects the size of the AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated as graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without need for translation This size also determines the maximum amount of system RAM that can be allocated to the graphics card for texture storage AGP Aperture size is set by the formula maximum usable AGP memory size x 2 plus 12MB That means that usable AGP memory size is less than half of the AGP aperture size That s because the system needs AGP memory uncached plus an egual amount of write combi

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