SBC845-VL - BCM Advanced Research
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1. Award s BIOS ROM has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed RAM CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The Chapter shows the currently BI OS setup picture is for reference only which may change by the BI OS modification in the future Any Major updated items or re version user can download from BCM web site http www bcmcom com or any unclear message can contact BCM Customer Service people for help http www support bcmcom com 3 1 BIOS Setup Entering Setup Power on the computer and press lt Del gt immediately will allow you to enter Setup The other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer when the below message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press lt Del gt key or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt and Esc keys TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS lt CTRL ALT ESC gt OR DEL KEY If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to PRESS F12. v Environments e Operating temperatures 0 C to 60 C e Storage temperatures 20 C to 80 C e Relative humidity 10 to 90 Non condensing yv Certification e CE approval e FCC Class A Specification 1 3 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Chapter 2 Switches and Connectors This chapter gives the definitions and shows where to locate the positions of switches and connectors sO JP2 E Oct 8 TT i HIHI HEBR 2 1 Switches Switches on the CPU board are used to select options for different functions used The switch on or off is to accommodate the variations of the following table Switch Setting Table default setup 82562EM Enable Disable S1 1 S1 2 S1 3 S1 4 Enable OFF OFF OFF OFF Disable ON ON ON ON COM2 RS232 RS485 RS422 S2 1 S2 2 2 3 S2 4 S2 5 S2 6 S2 7 S2 8 S2 9 S2 10 RS232 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON OFF OFF OFF OFF RS422 OFF OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON ON ON ON RS485 ON ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON AT ATX FUNCTI ON SELECT AT Function ATX Function J11 1 2 2 3 RTC Clear J19 x Normal 1 2 Clear 2 3 Switches and Connectors 2 1 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO 2 2 Connectors Jumper Connector define Connector Function Re
3. Use this menu to specify your settings for power management AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 4 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO PNP PCI Configuration This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI PC health Status Display CPU System Temperature Fan speed Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to manage CPU frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance for your System to operate 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 Supervisor Password Enter and change the options of the setup menus If password error or disable some read only INFO will be displayed on the menu Set User Password Change set or disable password of user while posting Switched by Security Option Item in Advanced BIOS Features Function Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 5 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the
4. The Choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke The Choice 250 500 750 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press Enter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system The Choice Non OS2 OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability The Choice Enabled Disabled AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 11 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu Since the features in this section are related to the chipset in the CPU board and all are optimized you are not recommended to change the default settings in the setup table unless you know very detailed of the chipset features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright lt C gt 1984 2081 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features CAS
5. The choice Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS 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 Support Initial display power management signaling AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 20 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Video Off In Suspend In suspending this item allows you to select if you want to close the CRT under APM mode The choice Yes No Suspend Type This item allows you to select the suspend type Stop Grant means wake up by IRQ and PowerOn Suspend means wake up by ACPI wake up event The choice Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use The choice 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PWR BTTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The choice Delay 4 Sec I nstant Off Wake up by PCI card An input signal from PCI Interface awakens the system from the suspend mode or powers on system The choice Enabled Disabled Power on by Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The choice Enabled Disabled Resume by Alarm When Enabled your can set the date and time at which the RTC real time cl
6. 478 Pentium 4 32bit 33MHz CPU Card w VGA LAN Features Support Intel Pentium 4 Northwood processors in the 478 pin package 3GB Max SDRAM memory support SDRAM DI MM x 3 Intel 845 Chipset Brookdale ATI Rage 128 Pro AGP 4X 1 5V VGA controller with 16MB Memory Intel ICH2 embedded MAC with Intel 82562EM PLC PHY10 100 Ethernet controller RS232 x2 with 16C550 UARTs Enhanced parallel port support SPP EPP ECP UltraDMA 33 66 100MHZ x 2 with power connector FDC x1 PS 2 keyboard mouse USB port x2 Watchdog Timer 1 sec 64 sec ISAMAX support up to 20 slots ISA card System Architecture e Ful size SBC with PCI ISA Golden finger e Intel Pentium 4 Northwood processors in the 478 pin package with system bus at 400MHZ e AGP 2 0 compliant e PCI V2 2 complied e PICMG 1 0 Rev 2 0 complied e Note The Pentium 4 processor supports Intel s highest performance desktop system bus by delivering 3 2 GB of data per second into and out of the processor This is accomplished through a physical signaling scheme of quad pumping the data transfers over a 100 MHz clocked system bus and a buffering scheme allowing for sustained 400 MHz data transfers This compares to 1 06 GB s delivered on the Pentium III processor s 133 MHz system bus CPU Support e Intel Pentium 4 CPU with 256K cache on die e Socket 478 CPU running 400MHZ system bus CPU speed up to 2GHz Main Memory e 168 pin DIMM x 3 Support Max memory size to 3GB e ECC suppor
7. SETUP 3 14 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright lt C gt 1984 2801 Award Software Integrated Peripherals ONBOARD SCSI H W ACTIVE Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Onboard SCSI Boot ROM Enabled Menu Level P On Chip Primaru PCI IDE Enabled1 IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Secondary Master PIO uto IDE Secondary Slave PIO uto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA uto USB Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Init Display First PCI Slot IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled POWER ON Function Any KEY KB Power ON Password Enter Ti Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright lt C gt 1984 2801 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Secondary Master PIO uto Secondary Slave PIO uto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Menu Level gt Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Controller Enabled Keyboard Support Disabled Init Display First PCI Slot IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled POWER ON Function finu KEY KB Power ON Password Enter Hot Key Power ON Gtr1 F11 Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ41 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 1 U RT Mode Select
8. TO CONTINUE lt CTRL ALT ESC gt OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 1 SBC845 VL User s Guide Control Keys Down arrow PgUp key II H PgDn key AWARD BIOS SETUP REV AO Move to previous item Move to next item Move to the item in the left hand Move to the item in the right hand Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default table only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the Setup default only for Option Page Setup Menu Menu in BIOS Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu Table 3 1 Control Keys 3 2 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Getting Help Main Menu The on line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen Sub Menu If you find a right pointer symbol appears to the left of IDE Primary Haster certain fields as shown in the right view that means a IDE Primary Slave sub menu containing additional options for the field can be IB ee sped launched from this field To enter the sub menu highlight the f
9. item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright lt C gt 1984 2881 Award Software Standard CMOS Features 13 27 29 Time lt hh mm ss gt Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave Change the day month IDE Secondary Master year and century IDE Secondary Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video CEGA UGA 1 Halt On All But Keyboard Ti Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Main Menu Selections Item Options Description Set the system date Note that Date Month DD YYYY the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time HH MM SS Set the system time Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub IDE Primary Master Please see Table 3 3 menu of detailed options Options are in its sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub IDE Primary s Please see Table 3 3 menu of detailed options Options are in its sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub IDE Secondary Master Please see Table 3 3 menu of detailed options Options are in its sub menu Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub IDE secondary Master Please see Table 3 3 menu of detailed options None 360K 5 25 in Drive A 1 2M 5 25 in Select the type of flop
10. monitor the computer system whether work normally otherwise it will have some measures to fix up the system It contains a receivable SQW signal from RTC and could set time and can clear the counter function When time is up WDT can send Reset or NMI signal Operator has to write a value into WDT Configuration Register Write the control value to the Configuration Port and clear WDT counter read the Configuration Port Watch Dog Timer character and function 1 Default at disabled Enabled 2 Enabled for user s programming NMI WDT Active Time Default at 64 sec Switches and Connectors 2 9 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Watch Dog Timer Control Register The Watch Dog Timer Control Register is to control the WDT working mode You can write the value to WDT Configuration Port The following is the Control Register bit definition 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 BEE e E DEEN ES _ 5 111 N A 110 Select 1 second 101 Select 2 second 100 Select 4 second 011 Select 8 second 010 Select 16 second 001 Select 32 second 000 Select 64 second Enable watch dog timer Disable watch dog timer li Select NMI 0 Select Reset Don t care OO Hn Watch Dog Timer Programming Procedure e Power on or reset the system The initial value of WDT Control Register D4 D0 is zero when power is on or reset the system The following means the initial value of WDT 00000000b Bit Value Mea
11. remaining fields on this screen Selects IDE Primary Slave CS the type of fixed disk User Type will IDE Secondary Master Manual let you select the number of cylinders means NONE Capacity Auto Display your Disk drive capacity Approximated Note disk drive size that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Access Mode Normal Choose the access mode for this hard disk LBA Large Auto The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual Cylinder Min 0 Set the number of cylinders for this hard Max 65535 da 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 KE Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Number of sectors per track Max 255 Table 3 3 Hard disk selections AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 8 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Advanced BIOS Features Setup 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 operation shadowing and security CMOS Setup Utility Copyright lt C gt 1984 2881 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning isabled CPU L1 amp L2 Cache b Quick Pouer On Self Test uJ d Menu Level First Boot Device F Second Boot Device
12. slower memory chips DRAM Timing Selectable The choice By SPD Manual AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 12 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The choice 1 5 2 2 5 3 Active to Precharge delay This item controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRAS The choice 7 6 5 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This field let s you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The choice 3 2 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The choice 3 2 DRAM Data Integrity Mode This item allows you to enable disable the DRAM ECC function which will recover the single bit errors when user plug in ECC DRAM The choice Non ECC ECC System BI OS 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 mem
13. CLK gt Pin 1 Assignment Pin 2 Assignment Auto Pin 3 Assignment Auto Pin 4 Assignment Auto Ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play aware e g Windows 95 The choice Yes No Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on Card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot The choice Enabled Disabled Resources Controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 If you set this field to manual choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field The choice Auto ESCD Manual AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 23 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 24 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility Copyright lt C gt 1984 2801 Award Software PC Health Status Men
14. Ctrl F1 F12 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install and in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field 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 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQA 2bE8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to select second serial port mode The choice Normal IrDA ASKIR SCR UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to select the IR half full duplex function The choice Half Full AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 17 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access On Board parallel port controller with which I O address The choice 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the On Board parallel printer port Select Normal Compatible or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes The choice SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode The choice 3 1 AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 18 SBC845 VL User s Guide Power Management REV AO The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively sa
15. I 1 Allows you to Third Boot Device J the UIRUS war Boot Other Device I 1 feature for Suap Floppy Drive i Boot Up Floppy Seek I Boot Up NumLock Status Fun on is enabled Gate 20B Option Fa Typematic Rate Setting e site data into t Typematic Rate lt Chars Sec gt 39 r BIOS will show Typematic Delay lt Msec gt 2 a warning message on Security Option S p screen and alarm been OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 08 2 HDD M A R T Capability Disabl Tle lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESCG Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Virus Warning Allow you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep 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 attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table WARNING Disk boot sector is to be modified Type Y to accept write or N to abort write Award Software Inc Note This function is available only for DOS and other OSes that do not trap INT13 CPU L1 amp L2 Cache The choice Enabled Disabled AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 9 SBC845 VL User s G
16. Latency Ti 1 5 ime fictive to Precharge Delay 7 Menu Level DRAM RASH to CASH Delay 31 DRAM R SH Precharge 31 DRAM Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Memory Frequency For Dram Read Thermal Mgmt System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M 16M Delayed Transaction AGP Aperture Size NIK Delay Prior to Thermal 0009 Ti Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for 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 The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario might well occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the
17. Normal UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ 1 Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Tle lt Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults ONBOARD SCSI H W ACTIVE Support for the EBK SCSI Upgraded The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Select enabled if you wish to run the LAN Boot Agent ROM as boot up your computer The choice Enabled Disabled AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 15 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Onboard SCSI Boot ROM Select enabled if you wish to run the SCSI Boot Agent ROM as boot up your computer The choice Enabled Disabled OnChip Primary Secondary PCI I DE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate this IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PI O 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 O0 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 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the o
18. O j DataTeminalReddy DTR 6 Data Set Ready DSR 1 O Request to Send RTS 8 JGeartosend CTS O 9 JRinglndiato RI 1 11 O e J21 RS422 Connector 5 1 Ground GND E RTS 8 CI C 9 E ao o Switches and Connectors 2 4 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO e J21 RS485 Connector Switches and Connectors 2 5 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO e J20 LAN RJ45 connector TD TD RD TERMPLANE TERMPLANE TERMPLANE TERMPLANE Speed LED V3SB Link LED Green Blue NC GND GND GND GND 5V GND NC Display Data channel DATA Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync KB DATA MS DATA GND 5V KB CLK 6 _ MS CLK Switches and Connectors 2 6 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO e J16 SMBUS Connector 1 Description SMBDATA SMBCLK S SMBCLK 3 3VSB ECCO o PWRBT ACTIVE l i lD l l l l l SS ACTIVE Switches and Connectors 2 7 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO JP2 Proprietary PCI Connector Description PINNo PADI FADS FADS js C y 40 0 0 0 0 0 4400 46 ER ADO NC 2 60 X Ground PCIRST 1 64 LPLOCEKS O INTA NTH 9 Die Switches and Connectors 2 8 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Note Watch Dog Timer Watch Dog Timer Working Procedure The Watch Dog Timer WDT is the special hardware device The WDT function is to
19. User s Manual Declaration Rights No part of this manual including but not limited to the products and software described in it may be reproduced transmitted transcribes stored in a retrieval system or translated in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of the manufacture Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation purposes without intent to infringe Intel MMX and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Software Inc Responsibility This manual is provided As is with no warranties of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of this product s fitness for any particular purpose In no event shall we be liable for any loss of profits loss of business loss of data interruption of business or indirect special incidental or consequential damages of any kind even the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product We reserve the right to modify and update the user manual without prior notice SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Oct 2001 C hapter 1 Specification Full size Dual Socket
20. ard mouse 5 pin connector x 1 for external keyboard e OnBoard buzzer x1 e GPIO 4 in 4 out e Onboard 2 pin header for TC e On Board 2 pin header for reset SW 2 pin for IDE active LED 2 pin ATX power SW e One 3 pins power header for 3 pins Power Cable connect to Backplane Board to support ATX Power On function e On Board 4 Pin Additional Power Source Input y System Monitor e Derived from Super IO ITE 8712F A to support system monitor e 8voltage For 1 8V 3 3V 5V 5V 12V 12V Vcore and Vcc5VStand By e One Fan speed For CPU Two for System FAN e 3 temperature one for CPU the others for system v ACPI Function only when 3 pins Power cable connect to Backplane which connect with ATX Power Source e Soft Power off Specification 1 2 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Oct 2001 e Power On LAN e Power On Keyboard e Power On Ring v RealTime Clock e On chip RTC with battery back up e External Li Battery x 1 v Watchdog Timer e Watchdog timeout can be programmable by Software from 1 64 seconds v On Board Bus Expansion e On Board proprietary 32bit PCI interface for EBK Upgrade Module v PCI to ISA Bridge amp ISAMAX Support e ITE 8888F x 1 PCI to ISA Bridge e Provide 64mA high driving capability to maximize ISA signals for support ISA cards up to 20 on the backplane ISA Slot Y Dimensions e 338mm L x 122mm W v Power Requirements Maximum 5V 10A 12V 10A 12V 50mA 5Vsb 1 5A
21. bled Enabled Disabled Disabled a H H H vents ww Disabled1 Disabled1 Disabled1 Disabled1 Disabled1 Disabled L PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 19 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows you to select if you want to power on the system after power failure The choice Off On Former Sts ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select the APCI suspend type S1 POS gt Power On Suspend S3 STR gt Suspend To DRAM The choice S1 POS S3 STR Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Suspend Mode There are four selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr Max Power Saving Maximum power management Suspend Mode 1 min User Defined It allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method In suspending this item allows you to select the CRT closed method under APM mode
22. ccurs when trying to enter Setup Power On Boot After you have made all the changes to CMOS values and the system cannot boot with the CMOS values selected in Setup restart the system by turning it OFF then ON or Pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously press Ctrl Alt and Delete keys Upon restart the system immediately press Insert to load BIOS default CMOS value for boot up AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 27
23. ield and press Enter Then you can use control keys to move between and change the settings of the sub menu To return to the main menu press Esc to trace back Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press Esc AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 3 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO The Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from ten setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu Setup Utility Copyright lt C gt 1984 2881 Award Software Standard CMOS Features p Frequency Uoltage Control p Advanced BIOS Feat xi Ee ERN ELMO TUM Load Fail Safe Defaul Advanced k Power Management Setup p PnP PCI Configuration Quit F9 Menu Save amp Exit Setup 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
24. mark J1 Reset Connector 126 FAN sensor 3 IDE Active LED J4 IR Connector J5 FDD Connector J7 ATX Power Button J8 Key Lock J10 Speaker Connector J11 Power type select J12 5V power connector J13 Parallel Connector J14 GPIO pin 15 ATX Power Connector 16 SMBUS Connector 17 18 USB Connector 19 RTC clear 20 LAN RJ45 Connector IEN COM2 J22 COM1 J23 Reserved J24 EXT Keyboard Connector J25 AUX Power connector J26 KB MS Connector J27 CPU Fan Header Ge DIMM Socket IDE1 Primary IDE Connector IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector VGA1 CRT Connector RT1 RT2 Temperature Connector JP1 DVI Connector J P2 Proprietary PCI Connector Pin definitions of connectors e J27 CPU Fan Header Connector Switches and Connectors 2 2 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO e IDE1 IDE2 IDE Connector 4 11 11 Daa8 6 1 ata 8 ata 9 1 1 Daa4 40 Ground OE e J 15 ATX Power Connector PINNo Description 5VSB e J 10 Speaker Connector PINNo 9 BDescipion Speaker Signal E WEE EE Switches and Connectors 2 3 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO e J5 FDD Connector Description PINNo Description Ground 4 3 NIE Ground 6 C NC Ground 8 Jjinde amp Ground 18 Diretiost oma 26 p NC 30 X Read Data i BaaCamirDeet BCD 2 J ReceveData RXD rr U U U 1 1
25. n 4 0 Select Reset 3 0 Disable watch dog timer 2 1 0 000 Select 64 second e Initialize the SQW of RTC set SQW output period 0 5 second To initialize the SQW of RTC processor is to set the SQW signal which is output period 0 5 second It offers the basic frequency of the WDT counter The following is an example of initializing the SQW signal program in Intel 8086 assembly language Switches and Connectors 2 10 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Generate SQW 0 5 Sec Mov dx 70h Mov ax OAh Out dx al Out port 70h OAh Mov dx 71h Mov ax 2Fh Out dx al Out port 71h 2Fh enable the SQW output Mov dx 70h Mov ax OBh Out dx al Out port 70h OBh Mov dx 71h Mov ax OAh Out dx al Out port 71h 0Ah e Clear the WDT Repeatedly read WDT Configuration Port and the interval cannot be longer than the preset time otherwise the WDT will generate NMI or Reset signal for the system The following is an example of clear the WDT program in Intel 8086 assembly language Clear the WDT Mov dx F2h Setting the WDT configuration port In al dx Note Before running WDT you must clear the WDT It means to make sure the initial value is zero before enabling the WDT e WDT Control Register Write to WDT configuration port You can set the WDT Control Register to control the WDT working mode The initial value of the WDT Control Register is as the following Setting the WDT Co
26. ntrol Register as AL Mov al Oh Setting initial value 0 for the WDT Control Register You must plan the option of following 1 Select NMI or Reset decide D4 value in F2 i e Setting D4 0 then it select Reset AND al 11101111b Select Reset i e Setting D4 1 then it select NMI OR al 00010000b Select NMI 2 Select the time out intervals of WDT decide the values of D2 D1 DO in F2 Example D2 DO 0 the time out interval will be 64 sec AND al 11111000b Setting the time out interval as 64 sec 3 Enable or Disable the WDT decide D3 value in F2 i e D320 Disable the WDT AND al 11110111b Disable the WDT i e D3 1 Enable the WDT OR al 00001000b Enable the WDT Switches and Connectors 2 11 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO After finishing the above setting you must be output for the Control Register s value to the WDT Configuration Port Then WDT will start according to the above setting MOV dx F2h Setting WDT Configuration Port OUT dx al Output the Control Register Value e You should build in a mechanism in the program to continue to read the WDT Configuration Port for clearing WDT before the time out Note Type of CPU Fan with Horizontal direction of ventilation will cause the P4 CPU works in better performance Switches and Connectors 2 12 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS Setup
27. nus 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 Enter 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 Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 3 If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only o
28. ock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode The choice Enabled Disabled AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 21 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO POWER MANAGEMENT EVENTS PM events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode n effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode Primary IDE O Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE O Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PI RQ A D PCI PIRQ A D AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 22 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO PnP PCI Configuration This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Peripheral Component Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright lt C gt 1984 2801 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations Disabled Reset Configuration Data Menu Level Le Resources Controlled By CAutoCESCD gt Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play le operating m Select No if PCI UGA Palette Snoop Dis led eed the BIOS to Assign IRQ For UGA E sonf igure non boot Assign IRQ For USB I 1 Latency Timer lt
29. ory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 13 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Video BI OS Cacheable It can greatly improve the display speed by catching the display data The choice Enabled Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the A B segment resulting in better system performance The Choice Enabled Disabled Memory Hole at 15 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB The Choice Disabled 15M 16M Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The Choice Enabled Disabled AGP Aperture Size This field determines the effective size of the Graphic Aperture used for a particular GMCH configuration It can be updated by the GMCH specific BIOS configuration sequence before the PCI standard bus enumeration sequence takes place If it is not updated then a default value will select an aperture of maximum size The choice 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 Data Prior to Thermal This item allows you to select the delayed time to enable P4 CPU Thermal function When enter into NT 4 0 this function must be active to prevent from the system hanged The Choice 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min 32Min AWARD BIOS
30. perating 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 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choice Auto Disabled USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard The choice Enabled Disabled I nit Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The choice PCI Slot Onboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 16 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The choice Enabled Disabled POWER ON Function This item allows you the select power on event Function effects only use ATX power The choice Password Hot KEY Mouse Move Mouse Click Any KEY BUTTON ONLY Keyboard 98 KB Power ON Password This item allows you to set the keyboard power on password Key Power On Power ON This item allows you to select the hot key of the keyboard power on The choice
31. py disk drive Drive B 720K 3 5 in installed in your system 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 6 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Disabled AEE E Drive A Select and define which device can ppy PP Drive B support Floppy3 Mode Both EGA VGA 16 256 colors or higher display card VIDEO CORAN CGAA Colors display card CORE CGA8 Colors display card MONO Mono display card All Errors No Errors Select the situation in which you Halt On All but Keyboard want the BIOS to stop the POST All but Diskette All but Disk Key process and notify you Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system AWARD BIOS SETUP Table 3 2 Main Menu Selections 3 7 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO I DE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu Use Table 3 3 to configure the hard disk Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto detection Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Primary Master None Selecting manual lets you set the
32. t single bit error correction Multiple bit errors reporting No Registered DIMM Support BIOS e Award System BIOS e Plug amp Play support e Advanced Power Management support e Advanced configuration amp Power Interface support e 4M bits flash ROM Specification 1 1 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Oct 2001 v Chip Set e Intel 845 Brookdale Chipset Memory Controller Hub MCH e Intel 82801 x 1 I O Controller Hub ICH2 e Intel 82802 x 1 Firmware Hub FWH e PCI V2 2 complied v On Board LAN e Intel ICH2 embedded MAC with Intel 82562EM PLC PHY10 100 Ethernet controller e Single Chip 10 100 Base TX support full duplex e Complied with IEEE802 3X e Drivers support DOS Windows Windows 95 98 2000 Windows NT Netware 5 0 SCO Open Server 5 0 Linux e RJ45 with LED connector x 1 e Support Remote monitoring Alerting on LAN v On Board VGA e ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra 4XL VGA Controller 1 5V AGP 4X Interface e 16MB VGA Memory on Board e Fully PC 98 and PC 99 Compliant e 15 pin CRT connector x1 20 pin DVI connector x 1 v On Chipl O ICH2 e On board USB port x 2 e Ultra DMA33 66 100 support 40 pin connector x 2 Two pins power connector for DOM Disk On Module v On Board l O e ITE8712F A Super I O e SIOx2 with 2x16C550 UARTS 10 pin header x1 D sub 9 pin x1 e PIOx 1 bi directional EPP ECP support 26 pin connector x1 e Floppy Disk controller 34 pin connector x1 e 6pin mini DIN connector x1 for PS 2 keybo
33. u Level Ti Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 25 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Frequency Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility Copyright lt C gt 1984 2801 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect PCI Clk En 11 Spread Spectrum Modulated Di Ti Menu Level Ti Move Enter Select PU PD Ualue Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to set up the CPU clock ratio but this function depends on different CPU performance It is only effective for those clock ratio haven t been locked The choice X8 X9 X10 X11 X12 X13 X14 X15 Auto Detect 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 The choice Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum Modulated This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 26 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are supervisor password can enter and change the options of the setup me
34. uide REV AO Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on 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 Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choice Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 Hdd 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN Disabled Boot Other Device The choice Enabled 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 On Off Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control GateA20 A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Lets chipset control Gate A20 Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes 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 AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 10 SBC845 VL User s Guide REV AO Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key down
35. ve energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use CMOS Setup Utility Copyright lt C gt 1984 2801 Award Software Power Supply Type PWRON After PWR Fail ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft Off bu PUR BTTN Wake Up by PCI card Power On by Ring e USB KB Wake Up From Resume by Alarm DateCof Month Alarm fimeChh mm ss gt Alarm Tiz lt Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values Power Management Setup Off Enabled Menu Level Le S1 POS 1 Min Saving DPMS Yes Stop Grant 31 Disabled Disabled Instant Off Enabled1 Enabled Disabled Disabled H H H Z ZPUZPD Ualue Fi Save ESC Exit Fi General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F O timized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright lt C gt 1984 2081 Award Software Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft Off by PUR BTTN Wake Up by PCI card Power On by Ring USB KB Wake Up From Resume by Alarm DateCof Month Alarm TimeChh mm ss Alarm Reload Global Timer Primary IDE 8 Primary IDE 1 Secondaru IDE B Secondaru IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQIR D 1t t 1 gt lt Moue Enter Select F5 Previous Values Power Supply Type The choice AT ATX Power Management Setup Stop Grant 31 Hour Menu Level Le 15 Min Instant Off Ena
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