ROBO-8921VG2R User`s Manual
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1. N Definitions of Variables Value of Count mode Register 1 0x00 Count down in seconds Bit3 0 2 0x08 Count down in minutes Bit3 1 Value of lime out Value Register 1 0x00 Time out Disable 2 0x01 0xFF Value for counting down ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 3 7 BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8921VG2R is equipped with the AMI 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 ROBO 8921VG2R 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 Launch System Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power on Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press DEL Key to enter Setup Press DEL to run SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button You may also restart the syste2. CL 46 76 9 60 0 Zu 3 5 E B E E B 69567 BOR j 7 N B B A SN ENS B 69 567 os eee geg Sp S amp 58 2 2 at 1 5 ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual System Overvievv 1 4 System Architecture ROBO 8921VG2R adopts Intel single dual processor server chipset MCH Memory Controller Hub 5100 and ICH I O Controller Hub ICH9R 5100 supports Intel Xeon processors ECC amp registered DDR2 533 667 system memory up to 32GB on four DIMM sockets and three configurable PCI Express x8 links The PCI Express link was configured as four PCI Express x4 and one PCI Express x8 thru BIOS One PCI Express x4 was used to equip Intel 82575 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controller which takes advantage of short route to processor and memory to increase it performance The other three PCI Express x4 and PCI Express x8 links are routed to gold finger for external expansion ICH9R supports one PCI bus which was designed to support external PCI devices and PCI E x1 bus was for on board display controller XGI Z11 XGI Z11 default equipped with 32MB DDR2 memory on board and scalable to expand to 64MB for higher memory resolution and frequency support Default configuration of display interface is one VGA connector on bracket and it can be extended
3. Connect to cathode of LED light Connect to anode of LED light JP8 Auto Power ON jumper JPS 1 2 Short System boots up automatically with jumper populated after PSU powered 1 2 Open System requires power button pushed to boot up without jumper populated JP9 Keyboard lock JP9 1 2Short System boots up automatically with jumper populated after PSU powered 1 2 Open System requires power button pushed to boot up without jumper populated JP10 CMOS Normal Clear Jumper Normal Clear JP10 1 2 Short Clear CMOS Disable Normal 2 3 Short Clear CMOS Enable Clear ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 2 3 Hardware Configuration JP11 Case open detection 12 JP11 Pin 2 Ground JP12 PCI VIO selection 3V 5 169 a M JP12 1 2 Short 3 3V PCI VIO 2 3 Short 5V PCI VIO JP13 COM2 Interface Selection 2119171513119 7 531 EE ere el ane olle kak RS 232 22201816141210 8 6 4 2 2119171513119 7 5 3 1 OO OD O RLO OJO 22 20 1816 141210 8 6 42 2119171513119 7 5 31 60000088000 rss 22201816141210 8 6 4 2 JP13 5 6 9 11 10 12 15 17 16 18 Short RS232 3 4 7 9 8 10 13 15 14 16 21 22 Short RS 422 1 2 7 9 8 10 19 20 Short RS 485 ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 2 4 Hardware Configuration 2 2 Connectors I O peripheral devices are connected to the interface connectors fJ COM porti D COM port2 5 5 O D PS2XKB
4. J pP 13 Ged E 15 Ground 16 17 Ground 18 19 Ground LI 20 2 Ground LI 2 O z3 os ci e EN UM 4 INDEX 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 31 Ground 32 399 NC 34 DSKCHG 1 3 5 7 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 RDATA 31 33 ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 2 7 Hardware Configuration J5 Printer Port Connector KOOOOOOOOOOOO 026 i JOO OO 00000000109 PE AFD 24 Ground O E 8 24 6 18 J9 USB Pin Header 2 USB 10 PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description EE ER IUE NAMEN DATA DATA DATA DATA ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 2 8 Hardware Configuration J17 CRT 2 connector 0000000000 EE d x 2 Lo 000000000 jo Signal Description PIN No Signal Description Red video signal output Ground lp NC Green video signal output 8 Ground Blue video signal output Vertical sync 18 DVI Connector 0000000000 E 20 f f 2 Loh np 000000 jo Signal Description T M D S Data 0 Ground 5 TM D S Datat Le TMDS Datal 7 Ground 8 Grud _ ________ 9 TMDSDta 10 TMDS Data2 Ground T M DSS Clock ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 2 9 Hardware Configuration 19 12V Supplementary Connector for CPU 8 pin L5 DV EN E E FAN speed Control PWM Mode FANZ2 System
5. Hardware Health Configuration Configuration monitor the Hardware Health ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information CPUV CPU2 FAN Mode Setting Fan configuration mode setting The choice Manual Mode Thermal Cruise Mode Thermal Cruise Mode CPU FAN TargetTemp Value 0 255 CPU FAN Tolerance Value 0 15 CPU FAN StartUp Value 0 255 CPU FAN Stop Value 0 255 CPU FAN StopTime Value 0 255 Manual Mode CPU FAN PWM Control 0 255 USB Configuration Enabled Legacy USB Support Set to Enabled if you need to use any USB 1 1 2 0 device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB 1 1 2 0 driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix The choice Disabled Enabled Auto ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information USB 2 0 Controller Mode This setting specifies the operation mode of the onboard USB 2 0 controller The choice FullSpeed HiSpeed BIOS EHCI Hand Off This is a workaround for OSes without EHCI hand off support The EHCI ownership change should claim by EHCI driver The choice Disabled Enabled Hotplug USB FDD Support A dummy FDD device is created that will be associated with the hot plugged FDD later Auto option creates this dummy device only if there is no USB FDD present The choice Disabled Enabled Auto ACPI Configuration Select for Advanced ACPI Configuration ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information Ad
6. 7 Disable PS 2 mouse to release IRQ 12 Etc ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 5 2 Troubleshooting A quick review of the basic IRO mapping is given below for your reference Cova COMI It is then very easy to find out which IRO resource is ready for additional peripherals If IRQ resource is not enough please disable some devices listed above to release further IRO numbers 5 3 Frequency Asking Questions FAQ Q I have one IDE hard disk and one SATA hard disk How can I assign SATA Hard disk as First boot device A User just only adjusts the jump of IDE HDD to set at master device SATA HDD will be automatically detected Eventually please refer 4 5 BIOS Features and then enter Boot Device Priority to set HDD device boot priority Q Since ROBO 8921VG2R has two Gigabit Ethernet onboard could ROBO 8921VG2R support Intel fault tolerance function or what people called teaming function A Yes ROBO 8921VG2R fully supports teaming function without any required change What has to be done is to install Intel PRO drivers we provided in Portwell Driver CD and then go to device manager to enable teaming function However for further information please feel free to contact tsd portwell com tw ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 5 3 Troubleshooting Q When I use the 3rd party external PCIE or PCI card at the backplane the system didn t detect it A Please make sure the jumper setting JP1 JP5 for PICMG1 3 backplane
7. Figure 2 1 for the Jumper locations odf EN JET KEMA iE FE Cem m fe DIMM mild SAI Fa i b PANGS sti j LESH 3 1 E Vi si Tir vim IEN T tn ym Spe A DIMM2 L J4 D T d We En CPUI DIMM3 JE TRI Sr LE es LIS FL 7 ef BTI don oj ge ee EI pap a xli mit zx E GJE EU annonis A d echte Ju k Eni nd di TS ERO E ER E SIT vi I1 C 1 dT JE H CPUO Tid KE Ail H E ea 116 J S SCH Jus BANI ESL n Gd f half a flf Figure 2 1 ROBO 8921 Jumper Connector Location ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 2 1 Hardware Configuration JP1 P2 P3 MCH PCIe configuration for PICMG 1 3 backplane JP3 JP2 JP1 PBPE 06V464 KAKA x4 x4 PBPE 06P4 JP3 JP2 JP1 WOO KA kd x8 JP3 JP2 JP1 PBPE 14AD64 OIO x8 x4 x4 PBPE 19AG64 x JP3 JP2 JP1 PBPE 06A364 mod T J lI OO We x8 x8 PBPE 06P2 moo PBPE 08P41 JP3 JP2 JP1 PBPE 06V3 PBPE 05A364 PBPE 12A9 PBPE 12A A64 PBPE 13A8 JP4 JP5 ICH9R PCIe configuration for PICMG 1 3 backplane JP4 JP5 PBPE 13A8 mol mol x1 x1 x1 x1 JP4 JP5 PBPE 06V3 x4 PBPE 07P4 x en PBPE 06A364 PBPE 06P2 PBPE 06P4 PBPE 06V464 PBPE 08P41 PBPE 12A9 PBPE 12A A64 PBPE 14AD64 PBPE 19AG64 ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration JP6 Power LED SUS LED Connect to cathode of LED light Connect to anode of LED light JP7 HD LED SATA LED
8. 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 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 COMI serial port to release IRQ 4 Disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ 3 Disable Parallel port to release IRO
9. 4 360K 1 2MB 3 1 2 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB diskette format and 3 mode FDD Serial Ports Support two high speed 16C550 compatible UARTS with 16 byte T R FIFOs Parallel Port Support one parallel port with SPP EPP and ECP modes USB Interface Support ten USB Universal Serial Bus ports for high speed I O peripheral devices Dual USB ports on bracket dedicated to Keyboard and Mouse Four USB ports route to backplane PS 2Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 2x5 pin connector for PS 2 keyboard mouse connection Auxiliary VO Interfaces Keyboard lock and HDD active LED Real Time Clock Calendar RTC Support Y2K Real Time Clock Calendar with battery backup for 7 year data retention On board VGA Via PCI Express x1 bus interface XGI Z11 graphics processor with 32MB DDR2 memory features high performance 2D Accelerator high efficient BroadBahn Memory architecture and high performance Flat Panel Display Optional support TMDS interface for DVI display or second VGA display On board Ethernet LAN PCI Express x4 interface based Intel 82575 Ethernet controller to support dual Gigabit Ethernet MAC amp PHY Expansion Interface Support three PCI Express x4 one PCI Express x8 links and four PCI devices Cooling Fans Support three 4 pin headers for CPU and System fans System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature system temperature and major power sources etc Bracket
10. MS J M HoppyDiscConroler o y 5 Printer Port Connector Ti J6 USB Connector Bracket P USBConnetor Bracke o o J8 USB Pin Header 2 0mm Pitch J9 LUSB Pin Header 2 0mm Pitch N p SATA porti JH SATApot2 0 O J2 SATApot3 o o J13 J14 J15 J16 CRT1 Connector JI7 J18 J19 12V Supplementary Connector for CPU 8 pin FAN1 CPU1 FAN 4 Pin FAN2 System FAN 4 Pin DIMMO DIMMI DIMM2 DIMM3 CPUO CPUI FANO CPUO FANG Pin 4 Pin E ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Configuration Pin Assignments of Connectors J1 J2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connector 2 10 ee 6 CTS Clear to Send RI Ring Indicator 9 GND Ground Signal Description Jeep ss m DATA 3 RXD Receive Data De DATAS NC NC L5 LCS Clear to Send NC NC R S Data ZC Ready 8 RI Ring Indicator NC 2 GND Grund GND EE NE ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual Hardware Configuration Signal Description PIN No Signal Description Keyboard Clock PS2 POWER GND Ground GND Ground PS2 POWER Mouse Clock Keyboard Data J4 Floppy Disc Controller 2000000000000000002 Iooo0o0o0O0O0O0O0O000000O0d 1 Ground LI 2 DRVDENO 3 Ground J 4 NE O Ground 6 NC 7 Grud 0 5 9 Ground LI 10 gi Ground
11. PICMG 1 3 backplane To know whether your backplane is PICMG 1 3 backplane please contact with vendor or manufacturer CPU power source connector The CPU supplementary Power Connector J19 has to be connected to a system all the time no matter using ATX mode Otherwise the system won t boot up properly Serial ATA Hard Disk employment Each Serial ATA channel can only connect to one SATA hard disk at a time there are total four connectors J10 J11 J12 J13 The installation of Serial ATA is simpler and easier than IDE because SATA hard disk doesn t require setting up Master and Slave which can reduce mistake of hardware installation All you need to do is to plug in two cables and enable SATA in System BIOS Hard Drive Serial ATA Power Cable Serial ATA Data Cable ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 5 1 Troubleshooting 5 2 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the devices cables required before turning on ATX power CPU CPU Fan 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM keyboard mouse floppy drive IDE hard disk printer VGA connector device cables ATX accessories or 12V 4 or 8 pin power cable are good examples that deserve attention With no assurance of properly and correctly accommodating these modules and devices it is very possible to encounter system failures that result in malfunction of any device To make sure that you have a successful start with ROBO 8921VG2R it is recommended
12. are correct If you are not clear the jumper setting please contact the backplane vendor for further information Q If I have only one Intel Xeon CPU using for ROBO 8921 VG2R which CPU socket should I use A We suggest you to use the CPU socket 0 when you only use single Intel Xeon 9 CPU ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 5 4 Troubleshooting Q When I use a single memory and insert it at DIMM2 or DIMMS why the system can t boot2 A We suggest you to insert the memory from DIMMO to DIMM3 sequentially when you have one more memory for using If you want to use the channel A slot 1 you must use channel A slot 0 first Otherwise the system can t boot The Channel B has the same rule DIMMO DDR2 ECC RDIMM channel B slot 0 DIMMI DDR2 ECC RDIMM channel A slot 0 DIMM2 DDR2 ECC RDIMM channel B slot 1 DIMM3 DDR2 ECC RDIMM channel A slot 1 errr verity ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 5 5 Appendix A System Memory Address Map Each On board device in the system is assigned a set of memory addresses which also can be identical of the device The following table lists the system memory address used Memory Area Size Device Description 0000 003F 1K Interrupt Area 0040 004F 0 3K BIOS Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K System Data 0700 09BD 37K DOS 09BE 0A79 2 9K Program Area 0A7A 9FFE 598K Available OFFF 9
13. fill a zero value into Time out Value Register to disable WDT immediately To ensure a successful accessing to the content of desired Control Register the sequence of following program codes should be step by step run again when each register is accessed Additionally there are maximum 2 seconds of counting tolerance that should be considered into user application program For more information about WDT please refer to Winbond W83627DHG 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 outp 0x002E 0x30 outp 0x002F 0x01 ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 3 6 System Installation Select Count Mode outp 0x002E OxF5 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxF7 Count mode Register amp 0x08 Specity Time out Value outp 0x002E OxF6 outp 0x002F Time out Value Register Disable WDT reset by keyboard mouse interrupts outp 0x002E OxF7 outp 0x002F 0x00 Exit Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0xAA
14. to have 2nd VGA or DVI D extension The ICH also features SATA USB and LPC Low Pin Count interface for storage devices and Super I O connections Super I O Winbond W83627DHG on LPC provides I O interfaces such as PS 2 keyboard mouse dual serial ports one parallel port one FDD channel and functions like WatchDog timer and Hardware Monitoring ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 1 6 System Overvievv CPUO CPU1 R J45 R J45 Dual Quad Dual Quad al DEE Core Xeon Core Xeon Processor Processor LGA 771 LGA 771 82515 FSBO oe FSB1 ECC DDR2 533 667 maats PCI E x4 FINGER ECC DDR2 533 667 San Clemente ke gd SATA 4 m SATA 2 PCI E x4 USB 2 0 4 ICH9R ae USB 2 0 4 Per Pin Head Bracket PCI E x1 XGI RGB 1 zii FWH BIOS RGB 2 COM 2 LPC I F W83627DHG mm FDD SiIii62CS ROBO 8921VG2R System Block Diagram ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 1 7 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 A 2 1 Jumper Setting In order to customize ROBO 8921VG2R s features for users in the following sections Short means covering a jumper cap over jumper pins Open or N C Not Connected means removing a jumper cap from jumper pins Users can refer to
15. to one PCI Express x 16 for add in Graphic cards It means ROBO 8921VC2R can be suitable for all Portwell s PICMG 1 3 server and non server grade backplanes for more expansions and the backplanes support PCI X slots via PCIe to PCI X Bridge Intel PXH 6700 to improve the bandwidth The other one PCI Express x4 Link is dedicated to Intel 82575 Gigabit Ethernet controller with two ports which are designed for high performance and low memory latency Graphics display is another advantage of this superior SHB because many industries need more than a display of most servers because those applications are image related ROBO 8921VG2R equipped XGI Z11 graphics processor with PCI Express x1 architecture Default configuration with 32MB DDR2 video memory delivers solid 2D performance Optional supports 2nd VGA or DVI TMDS signal output ROBO 8921VG2R also provides six Serial ATA 300 ports which supports RAID 0 1 5 10 functions ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 1 1 System Overvievv ROBO 8921VG2R main features Support Intel Dual Core Quad Core Xeon processors in an LGA771 socket with 1333 1066 MHz Front Side Bus Four 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM socket for two channel and support for DDR2 533 667 DIMMs up to 32GB system memory On Board relative high performance graphic engine XGI Z11 provides 2D Accelerator with 32MB DDR2 video memory 6 Flexible design of dual PCI Express x8 can be aggregated as one PCI Express x16 for the mos
16. FFF 0 1K Unused Conventional memory ends at 640K A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 C7FF 32K Video ROM C800 C949 52K Unused C94A DFFE 90K High RAM DFFF E800 32K Unused E801 EBFF 15K High RAM EC00 EFFF 16K Unused F000 FFFF 64K System ROM HMA 64K First 64K Extended ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual Appendix B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ Peripheral devices can use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board IRO Current Use Default Use IRQO System ROM System Timer IRO 1 System ROM Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM 2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM 1 IRQ5 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ 7 Unused Usable IRQ IRQ 8 System ROM Real Time Clock IRQ 9 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 10 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 11 Unassigned Usable IRO IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRQ 15 Unassigned Usable IRQ ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual
17. Fan Connector PIN No Signal Description 2 jian FAN speed Control PWM Mode ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 2 10 System Installation Chapter 3 System Installation This chapter 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 Dual Quad Core Xeon Processor Installing LGA 771 CPU 1 Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 2 Align the processor pins with pinholes on the socket Make sure that the notched corner or dot mark pin 1 of the CPU corresponds to the socket s bevel end Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place If this operation is not easy or smooth don t do it forcibly You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 3 1 System Installation Triangle mark is meaning E first pin position kindly assemble and take aim at E notch of top and bottom between CPU and socket Precaution 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 771 package 5 You should know LGA 771 processor need extra 12V po
18. Information Ratio CMOS Setting Use or to configure Ratio CMOS Setting Hardware Prefetcher The choice Disable Enable Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch The choice Disable Enable Max CPUID Value Limit The choice Disable Enable Intel Virtualization Tech The choice Disable Enable Execute Disable Bit Capability Disabled force the XD feature flag to always return 0 The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 4 BIOS Setup Information PECI When enabled enables PECI interface The choice Disabled Enabled Intel SpeedStep tm tech Disabled Enabled GV3 tech function The choice Disabled Enabled IDE Configuration The IDE Configuration the IDE devices such as hard disk drive or CD ROM drive It uses a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Master and Slave TA 1 Configuration ICompatiblel SATA 1 Configuration The choice Disabled Compatible Enabled Configure SATA 1 as This setting specifies the function of the on chip SATA 1 controller The choice IDE RAID AHCI SATA 2 Configuration The choice Disabled Enhanced ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information Prima Secondary Third Fourth IDE Master Slave While entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices Auto Type Select the type of device connected to the system The choi
19. O 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information Floppy Configuration This Sub Menu contains Setup Items which control configuration of the Internal Graphics Display Device Floppy A Select the type of floppy drive connected to the system The choice Disabled 360KB 5 1 4 1 2MB 5 1 4 720KB 3 1 2 144MB 3 1 2 2 88MB 31 2 ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information Super IO Configuration Disabled OnBoard Floppy Controller This item allows enable disable onboard Floppy disk controller The choice Disabled Enabled Serial Port ort 2 Address Allows BIOS Select Serial Port1 or Port2 Base Addresses The choice Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Parallel Port Address This item allows you to configuring I O of the onboard parallel port The choice Disabled 378 278 3BC ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information Parallel Port Mode There are five different modes for the onboard parallel port Switch to Normal mode Bi Directional Switch to Bi Directional mode ECP Switch to ECP mode EPP Switch to EPP mode ECP amp EPP Switch to ECP amp EPP mode Parallel Port IRO Allows BIOS Select Parallel Port IRQ The choice IRQ5 IRQ7 Watch Dog Timer This BIOS testing option is able to reset the system according to the selected table The Choice Disabled 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 sec Report Chassis Intrution The choice Disabled Enabled
20. ROBO 8921VG2R Single Host Board User s Manual Version 1 1 Copyright Portwell Inc 2010 All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners Preface Table of Contents Hovy to Use This Manual Chapter 1 System Overview e ennn erense ennen esses anna nagan nnne nnn nn nn nn than inane sina se tn nean nnns nnt 1 1 1 1 Introduction tUe o eto ede 1 1 1 2 Checklist uere etre eii te NT D era Ut Ut qot iot UR Ie e aa 1 2 1 3 Product Specification 4 rh Re Sieh ete gie Bike e de b ht s 1 2 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing otl etr eise eet else peii liter iie RS 1 5 LA System E 1 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration nene nene ee nese nenen enen teste nenen tone te t re ee sene eo nete nn nns 2 1 2 Jumper EE 2 1 2 2 Connectors nin nd dt et e ee to dtt e inl olet e td duds 2 5 Chapter 3 System Installation 1eeeeee tet s eses r n se te tonet nete nese te tere nawa nene rnnt nnn nn 3 1 3 1 Intel Dual Quad Core Xeon Processor esee 3 1 2 2 Main Memory euer ee EES 3 3 Installing Single Board Computer 3 4 3 3 1 Chipset Component DEVET auum ER Ue ni idees 3 4 3 32 XGI Z11 graphics processor NEEN 3 4 3 3 3 On board 10 100 1000 Gigabit Ethernet Controller nennen 3 5 34 Clear C MOS Operation rasen ee o Ct n lie ERROR bp e TREES 3 5 SWOT Eurictioni etnies nU i Ope ARE I P npe 3 6 Chapter 4 BIOS Setu
21. SB 2 0 driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix SMBUS Controller The choice Disabled Enabled SLP S44 Min Assertion Width The choice 4 to 5 seconds 3to 4 seconds 2 to 3 seconds 1 to 2 seconds Restoreon AC Power Loss This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs The choice Power Off Power On PCIE Port 0 PCIE Port 1 PCIE Port 2 PCIE Port 3 PCIE Port 4 The choice Auto Disabled Enabled On board Graphic The choice Auto Enabled Disabled PCIE High Priority Port The choice Disabled Port 0 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5 PCIE Port 07 PCIE Port 17 PCIE Port 27 PCIE Port 3 PCIE Port 4 PCIE Port 5 IOxAPIC Enabled The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 34 BIOS Setup Information Intel PCI X Hub Configuration Auto 1st 2nd PXH Bus A B Frequency This will allow selecting the maximum PCI bus speed to be programmed Default will always be set to AUTO where bus speed will be decided based on the capabilities of the device on that bus The choice Auto 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X M1 100 MHz PCI X M1 133 MHz PCI X M1 VO Port Decode Select the decode range for IO The choice 4K Decode 1K Decode RAS Sticky Error Handling The choice Clear Errors Leave Errors VGA 16 Bit Decode The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 35 BIOS Setup Informat
22. Support dual Ethernet port with 2 indicators dual USB ports and one CRT port ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 1 3 System Overvievv Outline Dimension L X VV 338 58mm 13 337 X 126 39mm 4 987 Power Requirements 12V CPU 2 25A 12V System 3 74A 5V 7 01A Test configuration CPU Dual Intel CPU 2 33GHz FSB 1333MHz L2 6144K e Memory Unigen DDR2 533 1GB 2 ELPIDA E5108AG 5C E e Primary Master SATA HDD LITE ON LH 20A1S OS Microsoft Windows XP professional SP2 Test Programs Burnin Test V5 3 for loading both CPU amp VGA Connected Fans Only CPU fan connected e Run Time 30 minutes Operating Temperature 5 C 60 C 23 F 140 F 6 Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C Relative Humidity 0 95 non condensing ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual System Overvievv Mechanical Dravving 1 3 1 ONONOO Kee Loco 1 126 39 O O O00CNO CO N Soo XRe e OR I LO CN OST OC 00 SIS COOOS RR OOOOH 23 10 1698 EL Eb Coen E POLL vecel vivet DK VEZL ECH 80221 87881 E 81 061 95 76 CO
23. ce Available Reserved Reserved Memory Size Select Size of memory block to reserve for legacy ISA devices The choice Disabled 16K 32K 64K ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 23 BIOS Setup Information 4 5 Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of boot devices ttings Configuration Exit gatrends Inc Un Autol ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 24 BIOS Setup Information Quick Boot Enabling this setting will cause the BIOS power on self test routine to skip some of its tests during boot up for faster system boot The choice Disabled Enabled Quiet Boot This BIOS feature determines if the BIOS should hide the normal POST messages with the motherboard or system manufacturer s full screen logo When it is enabled the BIOS will display the full screen logo during the boot up sequence hiding normal POST messages When it is disabled the BIOS will display the normal POST messages instead of the full screen logo Please note that enabling this BIOS feature often adds 2 3 seconds of delay to the booting sequence This delay ensures that the logo is displayed for a sufficient amount of time Therefore it is recommended that you disable this BIOS feature for a faster boot up time The choice Disabled Enabled AddOn ROM Display Mode This item is used to determine the display mode when an optional ROM is initialized during POST When set to Force BIOSI the display mode used by AMI BIOS is used S
24. ce Not Installed Auto CD DVD ARMD LBA Large Mode Enabling LBA causes Logical Block Addressing to be used in place of Cylinders Heads and Sectors The choice Disabled Auto Block Multi Sector Transfer Any selection except Disabled determines the number of sectors transferred per block The choice Disabled Auto PIO Mode Indicate the type of PIO Programmed Input Output The choice 0 1 2 3 4 IDMA Model Indicate the type of Ultra DMA ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information S M A R T This allows you to activate the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis amp Reporting Technology capability for the hard disks S M A R T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline The choice Auto Disabled Enabled 32 Bit Data Transfer Enable Disable 32 bit Data Transfer The choice Disabled Enabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disabled Enabled device write protection this will be effective only if device is accessed through BIOS The choice Disabled Enabled IDE Detect Time Out Sec Select the time out value for detecting ATA ATAPI device s The choice 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection Select the mechanism for detecting 80Pin ATA PI cable The choice Host amp Device Host Device ROB
25. e choice 1 1 1 4 ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information PCI Express Configuration Configure PCI Express Support BIOS SETUP UTILITY State Power Management Disabled Active State Power Management PCI Express LOs and L1 link power states The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information Smbios Configuration SMBIOS Configuration Menu Shbios Confiquration Screen Smi Support Enabled Smbios Smi Support SMBIOS SMI Wrapper support for PnP Func 50h 54h The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information 44 PCIPnP Advanced PCI PnP setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction 2 61 CO Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual D Available fivai lablel A ilablel Available 4 21 BIOS Setup Information Clear NVRAM Clear NVRAM during System Boot The choice No Yes Plug amp Play O S No lets the BIOS configure all the devices in the system Yes lets the operating system configure Plug and Play PnP devices not required for boot if your system has a Plug and Play operating system The choice No Yes PCI Latency Timer Select value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register The choice 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 248 Boot Graphic Adapter Priority Select which graphics controlle
26. e 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 EE Dual Channel DDR2 Single Channel DDR2 e y Bandwidth Bandwidth 533 MHz 17 2 GB s 8 6 GB s 667 MHz 212 GB s 10 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 ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual System Installation CPU FSB Memory Frequency synchronization Support different memory frequencies 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 CPU FSB Memory Frequency 1066MHz 533 667 MHz 1333MHz 533 667 MHz 3 3 Installing Single Board Computer To fabricate ROBO 8921VG2R into standard chassis or proprietary environment you need to perform the following Step 1 Check all jumpers setting on proper position Step 2 Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position Step 3 Place ROBO 8921VG2R into the dedicated position in your system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it Please follow instruction 3 3 1 3 3 3 to install hardware drive before all kind of hardware cab
27. elect Keep Current if you want to use the display mode of optional ROM The choice Force BIOS Keep Current Bootup Num Lock This setting is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on Setting to On will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on Setting to Off will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad The choice Off On PS 2 Mouse support Select Enabled if you need to use a PS 2 interfaced mouse in the operating system The choice Disabled Enabled Auto ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 25 BIOS Setup Information Wait For FI If Error When this setting is set to Enabled and the boot sequence encounters an error it asks you to press F1 If disabled the system continues to boot without waiting for you to press any keys The choice Disabled Enabled Hit DEL Message Display Set this option to Disabled to prevent the message as follows Hit Del if you want to run setup It will prevent the message from appearing on the first BIOS screen when the computer boots Set it to Enabled when you want to run the BIOS Setup Utility The choice Disabled Enabled Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function When enabled this BIOS feature allows the ROM BIOS of these host adaptors to capture Interrupt 19 during the boot process so that drives attached to these adaptors can function as bootable disks In addi
28. ing enable disable The choice Disabled Enabled Channel 0 Channel 0 enable disable The choice Disabled Enabled Channel Specific Sparing Enables Disables rank DIMM sparing feature The choice Disabled Enabled Rank Interleaving Rank interleaving setting The choice 1 1 2 1 4 1 Channel 1 Channel 1 enable disable The choice Disabled Enabled Channel Specific Sparing Enables Disables rank DIMM sparing feature The choice Disabled Enabled Rank Interleaving Rank interleaving setting The choice 1 1 2 1 4 1 ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 32 BIOS Setup Information Dynamic Calibration This feature allows for the memory interface to calibrate quickly by using the stores calibration data from a previous power on If enable CMOS must be cleared if memory configuration changes The choice Disabled Enabled Read Completion Coalescing Read returns of 64B The choice Disabled Enable Auto South Bridge Configuration 12 USB Ports USB Functions This setting specifies the function of the onboard USB controller The choice Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports 6 USB Ports 8 USB Ports 10 USB Ports 12 USB Ports USB Port Configure The choice 6x6 USB Ports 8x4 USB Ports ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 33 BIOS Setup Information USB 2 0 Controller Set to Enabled if you need to use any USB 2 0 device in the operating system that does not support or have any U
29. ion Onboard LAN PXE ROM Init The choice Disabled Enabled Clock Gen Spread Spectrum The choice Disabled Enabled 4 8 Exit This menu allovys you to load the BIOS default values or factory default settings into the BIOS and exit the BIOS setup utility with or without changes BIOS SETUP UTILITY hanges and Exit Save Changes and Exit Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Save changes to CMOS and exit the Setup Utility Discard Changes and Exit Abandon all changes and exit the Setup Utility Discard Changes Abandon all changes and continue with the Setup Utility ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 36 BIOS Setup Information Load Optimal Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the SBC manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the SBC Load Failsafe Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 37 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides a few useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8921VC2R running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 2 this chapter will primarily focus on system integration issues in terms of BIOS setting and OS diagnostics 5 1 Hardware Quick Installation Backplane ROBO 8921VG2R is a full sized Signal Board Computer and therefore is only able to run on
30. ive LED Speed LED LAN speed LED 10 Mbps 3 4 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable CMOS Clear Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position Normal Clear JP10 1 2 Short Normal Operation 2 3 Short Clear CMOS contents ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 3 5 System Installation 3 5 VVDT 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 ROBO 8921VG2R allows users control WDT through dynamic software programming The WDT starts counting when it is activated It sends out a signal to system reset 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 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 Timeout 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
31. le entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices IS SETUP UTILITY Auto SATA Porto Port5 Select the type of device connected to the system The choice Auto Not Installed SMART This allows you to activate the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis amp Reporting Technology capability for the hard disks S M A R T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information Event Log Configuration Mark as read Clear or View Event Log statistics View Event Log View all unread events on the event log Make all events as read Make all unread events as read Clear Event Log Discard all events in the Event Log ECC Event logging Enable or Disable ECC Event Logging The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information MPS Configuration Configure the Multi Processor Table MPS Revision This field allows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of your operating system Th
32. le kits and power source already been ready 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver ROBO 8921VG2R is based on Intel Xeon processor Intel 5100 and ICH9R chipsets Some elderly operation 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 ROBO 8921VG2R CD title 3 3 2 XGI Z11 graphics processor ROBO 8921VG2R equipped with XGI Z11 graphics processor It integrates a PCI Express x1 controller and a 64 bit 2D graphics engine with 32MB DDR2 video memory It support CRT and optional second CRT or DVI display interfaces Drivers Support Please find chipset driver from ROBO 8921VG2R CD title Drivers support Windows 2000 XP System 32 bit amp Windows XP System 64 bit ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 3 4 System Installation 3 3 3 On board 10 100 1000 Gigabit Ethernet Controller One PCI Express x4 interface Intel 82575EB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet interfaces status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide LED Indicator for LAN status ROBO 8921VG2R provides two LED indicators to report Intel 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet operation status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide Operation of Ethernet Port 82575EB Name of LED On Twinkling Status LED Yellow LAN Linked amp Act
33. m by simultaneously pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and Delete keys Press F1 to Run SETUP or Resume The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing F1 The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press lt Esc gt to exit the Help screen General Help e Select Screen TL Select Item Change Option Field Enter Go to Sub Screen PGDN Next Page PGUP Previous Page HOME Go to Top of Screen END Go to Bottom of Screen F2 F3 Change Colors F Discard Changes F8 Load Failsafe Defaults F9 Load Optimal Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESE LEKIT ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc AMI BIOS Processor System Memory These items show the firmware and hardware specifications of your system Read only System Time The time format is Hour Minute Second Use or to configure system Time System Date The date format is Day Month Date Year Use or to configure system Date ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Setup Information 4 3 Advanced Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features CPU Configuration These items show the advanced specifications of your CPU Read only ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 3 BIOS Setup
34. n Suggest your S l or vendor to use a metal bracket to hold fix the desktop or server grade SBC to avoid the vibration damage during transportation Heavy processor cooler may bend the SBC when systems are during transportation without any holder Example e 4U chassis gt Use L type mental or plastic or rubber bracket to hold SBC 2U or 1U chassis a mental bracket on the bottom of chassis to balance and support SBC from bending s JM IM ni z System Overvievv Chapter 1 System Overvievv 1 1 Introduction ROBO 8921VC2R the PICMG 1 3 Single Host Board supports Intel high performance single or dual Dual Core Quad Core Xeon processors in LGA771 package which adopts Intel 5100 and ICH9R chipset Intel 5100 MCH based can offer lower rated platform power than the last generation 5000P The special design CPU cooler can support dual processors 160W max TDP for high computing power and also provide smart fan function support The board equipped four DDR2 DIMM sockets allows up to 32GB ECC registered memory for those market segments that could benefit from it such as Medical data storage Security wireless infrastructure and Converged Communications application I O interfaces are improved at the same time like PCI Express x4 based dual Gigabit Ethernet controller one PCI Express x8 and three PCI Express x4 links The MCH 5100 features flexible design of dual PCI Express x8 that could be aggregated
35. ow to properly mount the CPU main memory and Compact Flash to get a safe installation and provides a programming guide of Watch Dog Timer function Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information Specifies the meaning of each setup parameters how to get advanced BIOS performance and update new BIOS In addition POST checkpoint list will give users some guidelines of trouble shooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Provides various useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8921VG2R 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 and EC declaration document is subject to change without prior notice These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the document Portwell may make supplement or change in the products described in this document at any time Updates to this manual technical clarification and answers to frequently asked questions wil be shown on the following web site http www portwell com tw Preface Notice SBC Handling and Installation Notice m Handling and Installing SBC Caution Do not just hold any single side of the SBC hold evenly on both sides Heavy processor cooler may bend the SBC when SBC being held just on one side The bending may cause soldering or components damaged Preface m Fix your SBC in System Cautio
36. p Information ana nano nanen nore ete nenen eee enen te t re eee se seen nennen nnn nn ann nnne n nnn Na nna 4 1 4 1 Entering Setup Launch System Setup sss eene 4 1 4 2 Mais E 4 2 AB Advanced ihnen term ete nee e eco eiie eee eb iE relates 4 3 44 PCIEnP zi seien aee tote eben tate a ee i ve C ee o RE 4 21 A TEE 4 24 E E E 4 29 47 Chipset zs neun P Pe te e UI a Peu ter ado e e e ea Pone dte 4 30 AS Ka ent eon BOT ettet e RR er itam eR 4 36 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting can ananas anen eo se ze ere tet s eee nenen nete nennen nns nenen emen tet s tete asini nnne nn nns 5 1 5 1 Hardware Quick Installation neo sene enen ee sene erneer vene KAN GE nnne nnne ee kete nnne 5 1 E EE 5 2 5 3 Frequency Asking Questions FAQ eren 5 3 Appendix A Appendix B Preface Hovy to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO 8921VG2R system to meet various operating requirements It is divided into five chapters with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Board Computer Chapter 1 System Overview Presents what you have in the box and give you an overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this series model of single board computer Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Shows the definitions and locations of Jumpers and Connectors that you can easily configure your system Chapter 3 System Installation Describes h
37. r to use as the primary boot device The choice 1 Search Bus Hi gt Lo Device Hi gt Lo 2 Search Bus Hi gt Lo Device Lo gt Hi 3 Search Bus Lo gt Hi Device Hi gt Lo 4 Search Bus Lo gt Hi Device Lo gt Hi Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes Assigns IRQ to PCI VGA card if card requests an IRQ No Does not assign IRQ to PCI VGA card even if card requests an IRQ The choice Yes No Palette Snooping Enabled informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system so the card will function correctly The choice Disabled Enabled PCTIDE BusMaster Enabled Uses PCI bus mastering for reading writing to IDE drives The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 22 BIOS Setup Information OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card Some PCI IDE cards may require this to be set to the PCT slot number that is holding the card AUTO Works for most PCI IDE cards The choice Auto PCI Slot1 PCI Slot2 PCI Slot3 PCI Slot4 PCI Slot5 PCI Slot6 IRO 3 IRQ 4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRO 9 IRQ 107 IRO 11 IRO 14 IRO 15 Available Specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI PnP devices Reserved Specified IRQ is reserved for used by Legacy ISA devices The choice Available Reserved DMA Channel 07 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 37 DMA Channel 57 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 Available Specified DMA is available to be used by PCI PnP devices Reserved Specified DMA is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices The choi
38. sor Password Supervisor Password Change Supervisor Password Supervisor Password controls access to the BIOS Setup utility These settings allow you to set or change the supervisor password User Password Change User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot These settings allow you to set or change the user password Boot Sector Virus Protection Boot Sector Virus Protection The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 29 BIOS Setup Information 4 7 Chipset This menu controls the advanced features of the onboard Northbridge and Southbridge Configuration ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 30 BIOS Setup Information North Bridge Configuration Function Enabled Hyper Threading Function Enabled Disable Hyper Threading Functionality The choice Enabled Disabled Crystal Beach DMA Crystal Beach DMA configuration The choice Disables Enabled MCH Channel Mode Sequencing allocates address channel 0 then 1 Interleaving interleaves channel across channels Single Channel force single ch 0 The choice Channel Sequencing Channel Interleave Single Channel 0 ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 31 BIOS Setup Information Patrol Scrubbing ECC patrol scrub enable disable The choice Disabled Enabled Demand Scrubbing ECC demand scrub enable disable The choice Disabled Enabled Channel Dependent Sparing Channel dependent rank DIMM spar
39. t add in graphic cards one PCI Express x 4 link can be configured as four PCI Express x 1 link four PCI devices via backplane Equipped Intel 82575 Gigabit Ethernet controller with dual RJ45 ports Rich and powerful I O that supports six SATA 300 ports ten USB 2 0 ports two serial ports one parallel port and one FDD channel 1 2 Check List The ROBO 8921VG2R package should cover the following basic items One ROBO 8921VG2R Single Host Board One high efficiency processor coolers One Serial port amp Printer port cable kit 2 0mm pitch One FDD cable 2 0mm pitch Two SATA signal cables One Installation Resources CD Title Se Se P Su NUN 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 6 Main processor Single or Dual Intel Dual Core Quad Core Xeon processor in LGA771 package FSB 1333 1066M Hz e BIOS AMI system BIOS with 16MB SPI Flash ROM 6 Main Memory Support dual channel amp signal channel DDR2 memory interface ECC registered only Four DIMM sockets support DDR2 533 667 SDRAM up to 32GB System Memory ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 1 2 System Overvievv I2 Cache Memory Built in Processor Chipset Intel 5100 MCH and ICHOR chipset Bus Interface Follow PICMG 1 3 RC1 0 standard 6 Floppy Drive Interface Support one FDD port up to two floppy drives and 5 1
40. tion it allows you to gain access to the host adaptor s ROM setup utility if one is available When this is disabled the ROM BIOS of these host adaptors will not be able to capture Interrupt 19 Therefore you will not be able to boot operating systems from any bootable disks attached to these host adaptors Nor will you be able to gain access to their ROM setup utilities The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 26 BIOS Setup Information Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system First press Enter to enter the sub menu Then you may use the arrow keys to select the desired device then press lt gt lt gt or lt PageUp gt lt PageDown gt key to move it up down in the priority list The choice 1 FLOPPY DRICE Disabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 27 BIOS Setup Information Removable Drives 1st Drive This setting allows users to set the priority of the removable devices First press Enter to enter the sub menu Then you may use the arrow keys 11 to select the desired device then press lt gt lt gt or lt PageUp gt lt PageDown gt key to move it up down in the priority list The choice 1st FLOPPY DRICE Disabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 28 BIOS Setup Information 4 6 Security Use this menu to set supervisor and user passwords ervi
41. vanced ACPI Configuration Advanced ACPI Configuration settings Use this section to configure additional ACPI options BIOS SETUP UTILITY ion Features ACPI v1 01 ACPI Version Features Enable RSDP pointers to 64 bit Fixed System Description Tables The choice ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 ACPI v3 0 ACPI APIC support Include ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list The choice Disabled Enabled AMI OEMB table Include OEMB table pointer to R X SDT pointer list The choice Disabled Enabled Headless mode Enable Disable Headless operation mode through ACPI The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 13 BIOS Setup Information Chipset ACPI Configuration Chipset ACPI related Configuration settings Use this section to configure additional ACPI options Energy Lake Feature Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend The choice Disabled Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRO Enable Disable APIC ACPI SCI IRQ The choice Disabled Enabled High Performance Event Time The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information AHCI Configuration Select for AHCI Configuration AHCI BIOS Support The choice Enabled Disabled AHCI CD DVD Boot Time out Some SATA CD DVD in AHCI mode need to wait ready longer The choice 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 4 15 BIOS Setup Information AHCI Porto Port VYhi
42. wer source Don t forget to connect 4pin Or 8 pin 12V connector to J19 19 12V Supplementary Connector for CPU 8 pin 5 Ju Ce DV E PNL jV ROBO 8921VG2R User s Manual 3 2 System Installation 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 Dual Quad Core Intel Xeon Processor in LGA 771 package 3 2 Main Memory ROBO 8921VC2R supports 4 x 240 pin DIMM sockets support 1 8V of dual channel DDR2 533 667 with ECC amp registered function the maximum memory size can be up to 32GB 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 Precaution for 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 increas
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