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RUBY-9713VG2AR User`s Manual

1. nn nana nana nn NAAN nn nnnn ananasa na nana nana nana 5 1 5 1 Hardware Quick Installation sesa Sae neg Pa ee e E eE IE STEE STE 5 1 5 2 Frequency Asking Ouestions ee 5 8 Ha BIOS EE EE 5 9 Appendix A Appendix B How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your RUBY 9713VG2AR 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 how to properly mount the CPU main memory and Compact Flash to get a safe installation and provides a programming guide of Watch Dog Timer function Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information Specifies the meaning of each setup parameters how to get advanced BIOS performance and update new BIOS In addition POST checkpoint list will give users some guidelines of trouble shooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Provides various useful tips to quickly get RUBY 9713VG2AR running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3 this chapter will basically focus on system integration iss
2. GEXP_RX8N GND GND GEXP_TX9P GND GEXP_RX9P GEXP_TX9N GND GEXP RX9N GND GND GEXP_TX10P GND GEXP RX10P GEXP_TX10N GND GEXP_RX10N GND GND GEXP_TX11P GND GEXP_RX11P GEXP_TX11N GND GEXP_RX11N GND GND GEXP_TX12P GND GEXP_TX12N GEXP_RX12P GND GEXP_RX12N GND GND GEXP_TX13P GND GEXP_TX13N GEXP_RX13P GND GEXP_RX13N GND GND GEXP_TX14P GND GEXP_TX14N GEXP_RX14P GND GEXP_RX14N GND GND GEXP_TX15P GND GEXP_RX15P GEXP_TX15N GEXP_RX15N GND RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 10 Hardware Configuration J14 Audio CD in Connector PIN No Signal Description CD in Left Channel CD Ground CD Ground CD in Right Channel J15 SMBus Connector Signal Description SMBus Clock SMBus Data 3V Stand by 16 XDP Port Signal Description PIN No GND GND O O 3 M5 5 M4 M3 M2 M1 N C N C GND N C N C GND N C MO N C GND 20 GND N C N C GND N C N C N C GND N C N C 22 IN slslclslslclsls U U NI H 24 N C 28 N C N C GND 38 CPU_PWRGD 40 CLK_XDP_P 2 CLK_XDP_N NO Gi Z U WIWININ EH KO 9 Z JIa Q QI 9 Z Q 37 39 41 O U TEST INS 4 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 11 Hardware Configuration VCCP 1 53 SMB CLK TRSTA 56
3. Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Hard Disk Boot Priority Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Use lt gt or lt gt to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu Bootable Add in Cards Select SCSI Boot Virus Warning Allow you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a Enabled warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table CPU L1 Cache L2 Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design Enabled Enable Cache Disabled Disable Cache RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information Quick Power On Self Test The system to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Device Select your boot device priority The choice Flop
4. Setu The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the P correct password is not entered at the prompt APIC Mode Setting to Enabled can cause instabilities Once the operating system is installed such as Windows XP in my case this setting cannot be changed without reinstalling the operating system regardless of whether the initial setting is Disabled or Enabled The purpose of setting it to Enabled is to extend the number of IRQ s which sounds like a real risky proposition I m not surprised to see the conclusion reached at APIC Benefit or Trouble The number of IRQ s should be fine without being extended anyway The choice Enabled Disabled MPS Version Control For OS Not changeable with APIC Mode set to disabled The choice 1 1 1 4 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information Small Logo EPA Show The choice Enabled Disabled 4 8 Advanced Chipset Feature This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the Intel 945GM chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM DDR II SO SDRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between the conventional PCI Express bus and PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making an
5. RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 5 6 Troubleshooting After F6 the following picture will be seen to specify RAID driver _S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continwe FJ Exit _ENTER Select F3 Exit As you see the above picture please select Intel 82801GR GH SATA RAID Controller Desktop ICH7R DH and now you are ready to start your Windows XP storage partition configuration RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 5 7 Troubleshooting 5 2 Frequency Asking Questions Q I have one IDE hard disk and one SATA hard disk How can I assign SATA Hard disk as First boot device A After entering system BIOS access Advanced BIOS Feature And then press enter on Hard disk boot Priority You will see the mode of your SATA hard disk Select it as first boot device Besides please also notice Every time when your hard disk devices have been changed system bios will ask you to re setup Hard disk boot priority Q Since RUBY 9713VG2A has two Giga LAN onboard can RUBY 9713VG2A support Intel fault tolerance function or what people called teaming function A Yes RUBY 9713VG2A 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 we can send teaming function guideline to you Q I am using an AT
6. Define GPIO4 as output pin and output 0 to this pin mov dx 2eh Enter Configuration Mode mov al 87h out dx al jmp 2 out dx al mov dx 2eh mov al 29h Read CR29 out dx al mov dx 2fh in al dx or al 40h Set GPIO multiplexed pins as bit 7 6 as 01 for Group 1 as GPIO mov ah al mov dx 2eh mov al 29h out dx al mov dx 2fh mov al ah out dx al mov dx 2eh mov al 07h Point to LDN7 out dx al mov dx 2fh mov al 07h out dx al mov dx 2eh Read CR30 mov al 30h out dx al mov dx 2fh in al dx or al 01h mov ah al RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 15 System Installation mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in and mov mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in and mov mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in and mov dx 2eh al 30h dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh al 0f0h dx al dx 2fh al dx al 0efh ah al dx 2eh al 0f0h dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh al 0f2h dx al dx 2fh al dx al 0efh ah al dx 2eh al 0f2h dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh al 0fih dx al dx 2fh al dx al 0efh ah al RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual CR30_Bit0 P1 Read LD7 CRFO LD7_CRFO_Bit4 P0 Read LD7 CRP2 LD7_CRF2_Bit4 P0 Read LD7 CRF1 3 16 System Installation mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out dx 2eh alOflh LD7_CRF1_Bit4 P0 dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh Exit Configuration Mode al 0AAh dx
7. LINE IN LINE OUT RUBY 9713VG2AR Block Diagram RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 1 6 Hardware Configuration Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers headers and connector All of the configuration jumpers on RUBY 9713VG2AR are in the proper position The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star A 2 1 Jumper Setting a CREA ni O O o o EE a o oa re 1 JE TEH S LO S Do Figure 2 1 RUBY 9713VG2AR Jumper amp Connector Location RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 1 Hardware Configuration P4 COM1 J4 Interface Selection 5 6 9 11 10 12 15 17 16 18 Short RS 232 4 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 P
8. Windows XP 64 bit Please execute Install for Windows XP System 64 bit file to start graphics driver installation RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 6 System Installation 3 3 3 On board Fast Ethernet Controller Drivers Support Please find Intel 82573E Eth 0 82573V Eth 1 Gigabit LAN driver in Ethernet directory of RUBY 9713VG2AR CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 XP System 32 Bit amp Windows XP System 64 bit Intel PRO 100 1000 Ethernet Driver Please choose your OS to install Install for Windows 2000 XP 32 bit System Install for Windows XP 64 bit System Windows 2000 XP 32bit Please execute Install for Windows 2000 XP System 32 Bit file to start Intel LAN driver installation Windows XP 64 bit Please execute Install for Windows XP System 64 bit file to Ethernet intel intel_Gigabit_64bit Pass below button into the dictionary LED Indicator for LAN status RUBY 9713VG2AR provides three LED indicators to report Intel 82573E 82573V Gigabit Ethernet interfaces status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide 82573E Operation of Ethernet Port Name of LED Yellow LAN Linked amp Active LED LAN speed LED RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 7 System Installation 3 3 4 On board AC 97 Audio Device Please find Realtek ALC202A Audio driver of RUBY 9713VG2AR CD title The drivers support Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP Install AC97 Audio Driver
9. Memory clock Auto detecting 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 SODIMM in both slots Watch out the contact and lock integrity of memory module with socket it will impact on the system reliability Follow normal procedures to install your DRAM module into memory socket Before locking make sure that all modules have been fully inserted into the card slots Dual Channel DDR2 SODIMM Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology doubles the bandwidth of memory bus Adequate or higher bandwidth of memory than processor would increase system performance To enable Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology you have to install dual identical memory modules in both memory sockets Following tables show bandwidth information of different processor and memory configurations Nemar re Xo Dual Channel DDR Single Channel DDR EA Gara aad Bandwidth Bandwidth 667MHz 10 7 GB s 5 3 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 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 3 System Installation CPU FSB Memory Frequency synchronization Support different memory frequencies depending on the CPU front side bus and the type of DDR2 SO DIMM CPU FSB Memory Frequenc 667 MHz 533 MHZ 667 MHz JP8 PCI VIO Selection Se
10. Step1 CR2A_Bit 7 2 P 1 1 1 1 1 1 to select multiplexed pins as GPIO10 17 pins Step2 LD7 CR07h P 07h Point to LD7 Step3 LD7_CR30h_Bit0 P1 Enable LD7 Step4 Select GPIO direction Get Status or output value LD7 CRFoh GPIO17 10 direction 1 input 0 output pin LD7_CRF2h P 00h Let CRF1 GPIO data port non invert to prevent from confusion LD7 CRFlh GPIO17 10 data port for input pin get status from the related bit for output pin write value to the related bit For example LD7_CRFOh_Bit4 P0 Let GPIO14 as output pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit4 P0 Let CRF1 Bit4 non inverted LD7_CRF1h_Bit4 P0 Output O to GPIO14 pin J38_Pin2 LD7 CRFOh Bit0 P1 Let GPIO10 as input pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit0 P0 Let CRF1 Bit0 non inverted Read LD7 CRFIh Bit0 Read the status from GPIO10 pin J38_Pin1 How to access W83627THF CR In RUBY 9713VG2AR the EFER 002Eh and EFDR 002Fh EFER and EFDR are 2 IO ports needed to access W83627THHE CR EFER is the Index Port EFDR is the Data Port CR index number needs to be written into EFER first Then the data will be read written from to EFDR To R W W83627THF CR it is needed to Enter Enable Configuration Mode first When completing the programming it is suggested to Exit Disable Configuration Mode Enter Configuration Mode Write 87h to IO port EFER twice Exit Configuration Mode Write AAh to IO port EFER RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 14 System Installation 3 6 3 Example
11. lt gt keys to select the value or number you want in each item and press lt Enter gt key to certify it Follow command keys in CMOS Setup table to change Date Time Drive type and Boot Sector Virus Protection Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss gt IDE Channel 0 Master gt IDE Channel 0 Slave gt IDE Channel 1 Master gt IDE Channel 1 Slave gt IDE Channel 2 Master gt IDE Channel 2 Slave gt IDE Channel 3 Master gt IDE Channel 3 Slave Drive A Drive B Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Mon Jul 3 2006 15 19 30 Maxtor 91021U2 ASUS CRW 1210R None None ST3120827AS None ST3120827AS None 1 44M 3 5 in None EVG VGA All But Keyboard 640K 514048K Item Help Menu Level gt Change the day month year and century 515072K Ne Move F5 Previous Values Enter Select PU PD Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F7 Optimized Defaults RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 3 BIOS Setup Information E Menu Selections Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Change the day month year and bo sii 8 56S SS cmc Time hh mm ss Change the internal clock IDE Channel 0 Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of Master
12. IDEConnetr JO ATX Power Connector J51 182 J37 J38 SATA Connector 1 383 FDC InterfaceConnector CHO KC ko Qu 3rd pairs of USB Connector 4th pairs of USB Connector Front Panel Connector RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 3 Hardware Configuration Note Power Button J36 pin 9 and J36 pin 11 Reset Button J36 pin 17 and J36 pin 19 Power LED J36 pin 2 and J36 pin 6 Speaker J36 pin 14 and J36 pin 20 HDD LED J36 pin 1 and J36 pin 3 Pin Assignments of Connectors J1 On board VGA CRT Connector PIN No Signal Description Red 7 ES 10 ii 12 13 14 15 VGA DDC Clock 5V I F 2 Audio MIC Line in Line out Connector 3 Line in Left Channel 4 AmalogGround 6 Analog Ground 8 Analog Ground MI Line out Left Channel eae ine 9 Line out Right Channel 10 N C Note The Reference Voltage on MIC signal offers 2 25V 2 75V with 5mA drive J3 Audio Jack RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 4 Hardware Configuration H COMI Serial Port 1 Connector UP pT Rsasa RS 422 RS 485 N C DTR Data Terminal Ready N C GND 6 DSR DataSetReady JL N C Me N C 8 CTS CleartoSend LR H 9 RI Ring Indicator Nec Nc Note J2 COM1 could be configurable as RS 232 422 485 with jumper JP4 J4 COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector Bottom AI es o e DSR Data Set Ready e rs GeartoSeni ZZ Z poi RI Ring Indica
13. Setting a value of 65535 Max 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 ae Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Number of sectors per track Max 255 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information 4 5 Advanced BIOS Feature 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 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt CPU Feature Press Enter Item Help gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Virus Warnin Disabled CPU L1 amp L2 Cae Enabled Menu beya Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Hard Disk Second Boot Device CD ROM Third Boot Device Floppy Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 X Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 Small Logo EPA Show Disabled Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information 4 6 CPU Feature Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CP
14. This action will restart the counting process A well written WDT program should keep the counting process running under normal condition WDT should never generate a system reset or NMI signal unless the system runs into troubles The related Control Registers of WDT are all included in the following sample program that is written in C language User can fill a non zero value into the Time out Value Register to enable refresh WDT System will be reset after the Time out Value to be counted down to zero Or user can directly fill a zero value into Time out Value Register to disable 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 W83627THF data sheet RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 11 System Installation There are two PNP I O port addresses that can be used to configure WDT 1 0x2E 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 bea WDTO outp 0x002E 0x2
15. the post stage However to enter RAID Configuration Utility please press lt CTRLHI gt RAID Volunes ID Mane Level Size Status Bootable 4 olune8 RAIDS Parity 4KE 149 168 A Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Status Vol ID 4 HDS 722584VLSA88 VN6HJRCHC4 M2E 76 76GB HDS Z2588VLSA88 UNGBIRCHC437EE 76 76GB ST388813AS 3JUASRUS 74 5GB Press SALSE to enter Configuration Utility After entering RAID Configuration Utility you will be able to Create Delete and Rest RAID Volume Besides RAID 0 1 0 1 and 5 can also be configured here as well RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 5 5 Troubleshooting sl MAIN MENU J Delete RAID Volune 2 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID 4 Exit DISK VOLUME INFORMATION RAID Volunes ID Name Level A jo luneg RAIDS Parity Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial 8 4 HDS 22580VLSA88 VN6BJRCHCA4 M2E HDS 2Z589VLSA88 UNGBSRCHC437EE ST1300813AS HUT KU Strip 64KB Size 149 168 Size 76 AER 76 7GB 74 5GB Status Bootable Yes Type Status Vol ID After configuring RAID make sure you have RAID driver diskette ready before starting to install your operating system As for RAID driver diskette please kindly check Portwell Driver CD Besides to install RAID driver from disk F6 must be pressed as soon as system boots up from Windows XP installation CD M Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver
16. 2 GPIO2 6 General Purpose I O Port 6 GPIO6 8 General Purpose I O Port 7 GPIO7 9 Ground All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level OV 5V and each source sink capacity up to 12mA 3 6 2 RUBY 9713VG2AR GPIO Programming Guide There are 8 GPIO pins on RUBY 9713VG2AR These GPIO pins are from SUPER I O W83627THF GPIO pins and can be programmed as Input or Output direction J38 pin header is for 8 GPIO pins and its pin assignment as following J38_Pin1 GPIO1 from SUPER I O_GPIO10 with Ext 2 7K PH J38_Pin3 GPIO2 from SUPER I O_GPIO11 with Ext 2 7K PH J38_Pin5 GPIO3 from SUPER I O_GPIO12 with Ext 2 7K PH J38_Pin7 GPIO4 from SUPER I O_GPIO13 with Ext 2 7K PH J38_Pin2 GPIO5 from SUPER I O_GPIO14 with Ext 2 7K PH J38_Pin4 GPIO6 from SUPER I O_GPIO15 with Ext 2 7K PH J38_Pin6 GPIO7 from SUPER I O_GPIO16 with Ext 2 7K PH J38_Pin8 GPIO8 from SUPER I O_GPIO17 with Ext 2 7K PH lt lt lt lt lt Be careful PinI GND Pinl0 VCC gt gt gt gt gt RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 13 System Installation There are several Configuration Registers CR of W83627THF needed to be programmed to control the GPIO direction and status GPI value GPO CR00h CR2F are common global registers to all Logical Devices LD in W83627THF CR07h contains the Logical Device Number that can be changed to access the LD as needed LD7 contains the GPIO10 17 registers Programming Guide
17. No Signal Description 6 NC 27 Parallel Port Connector 6 datas LJ Ground 8 Data6 2 Daa7 22 Gomd S O Paper Empty Printer Select RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 14 Hardware Configuration 28 Battery Connector PIN No Signal Description 3V Battery In 29 IDE Connector IDE 5 Daas Data 7 Daa5 LB ata 9 Daas ata RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 15 Hardware Configuration J30 ATX Power Connector 4 ATX 5V 14 ATX Power On Control PS ON 6 ATXSV LJ ATXGround 8 ATXPowerGood LJ LAN 9 ATX5VStandBy Lg ATX TT 37 138 131 J32 Primary Secondary 3rd 4th SATA Connector PIN No Signal Description Ground SATATX SATATXP 1 2 3 SATATX SATATXN 5 7 SATARX SATARXN Ground 6 SATARXZ SATARXP Ground J33 FDC Interface Connector 5 Ground Density Select 7 Ground 8 lnded 9 Ground 10 Motor ENA RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 16 Hardware Configuration Read Data Head Select Disk Change 34 3rd pairs of USB Connector PIN No Signal Description x No Signal Description 1 Frame Ground karam CU O 5 Lupi SB Z 7 Ground Ip SB 9 FrameGround 10 J Note 5V Dual is always available It s supplied by either 5V VCC power source in normal operation mode or 5V standby power source in standby mode 35 4th pairs of USB Connector PIN No Signal Descriptio
18. Parallel Port This item allows you to configure I O address of the onboard parallel port The choice Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IR05 and 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode There are four different modes for the onboard parallel port SPP Switch to SPP mode EPP Switch to EPP mode ECP Switch to ECP mode ECP EPP Switch to ECP EPP mode Switch to Normal mode EPP Mode Select Select different version of EPP mode The choice EPP1 7 EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a proper DMA channel for ECP mode The choice 1 3 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 22 BIOS Setup Information 4 10 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS X Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume No Power Management User Define Menu Level 4 Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off PWRON After PWR Fail On Wake up by PCI Card Disabled Power On by Ring Disabled X USB KB Wake Up From 53 Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled X Date of Month Alarm 0 X Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 D
19. al RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 17 BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information RUBY 9713VG2AR is equipped with the AWARD BIOS stored in Flash ROM These BIOS has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power off periods When system is turned on RUBY 9713VG2AR communicates with peripheral devices and checks its hardware resources against the configuration information stored in the CMOS memory If any error is detected or the CMOS parameters need to be initially defined the diagnostic program will prompt the user to enter the SETUP program Some errors are significant enough to abort the start up 4 1 Entering Setup Turn on or reboot the computer The message Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP appears press lt Del gt key immediately to enter BIOS setup program If the message disappears before you respond but you still wish to enter Setup please restart the system to try COLD START again by turning it OFF and then ON or touch the RESET button You may also restart from WARM START by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys simultaneously If you do not press the keys at the right time and the system will not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to Press lt F1 gt to Run SETUP or Resume In HIFLEX BIOS se
20. be enabled to support Wake On Modem signal The choice Enabled Disabled USB KB Wake up From S3 This option can be enabled to support USB Keyboard in S3 mode Wake up System The choice Enabled Disabled RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 25 BIOS Setup Information Resume by Alarm This item allows users to enable disable the resume by alarm function When Enabled is selected system using ATX power supply could be powered on if a customized time and day is approached The choice Enabled Disabled Date of Month Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the date parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice 0 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the time parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice hh 0 23 mm 0 59 ss 0 59 Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 This item is to configure IDE devices being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled COM Port This item is to configure COM ports being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled PCI PIRQ A D This option can be used to detect PCI device activities If they are activities the system will go into sle
21. processor chosen is the right one Regarding to processor information please refer to Intel website 1 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a tri angle on CPU upper interface Math Pin and tri angle and then insert the CPU into the socket as Figure 5 1 is N N K H 6 F ED r buli RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 5 1 Troubleshooting 2 After CPU is installed please make CPU has been secure To secure installed P processor please refer to Figure 5 2 s Li OTTO P4 Power connector Unlike Most Pentium M solution motherboards 12V CPU Supplementary Power connector is required on RUBY 9713VG2A It is because Portwell wants to provide customer better performance and more reliable system By using this CPU Supplementary will enhance the power drawing to the motherboard However J12 12V CPU Supplementary Power connector must be connected all the time Otherwise the system will fail to boot up Please refer to Figure 5 3 to ensure J12 connected MUNN AAA Maaari RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 5 2 Troubleshooting ATX Power Setting Unlike other Single board computer RUBY 9713VG2A supports ATX only Therefore there is no other setting that really needs to be set up However there are only two connectors that must be connected J30 20 pins Power Connector Figure 5 4 and J36 Pin 9 and Pin 11 Power Button Figure 5 5 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 5 3 Troubleshooting Serial ATA
22. 050 18bit 2ch and 1600X1200 24bit 2ch TV Standard The choice Off NTSC PAL and SECAM Video Connector The choice Automatic Composite and Component Both TV Format The choice Auto NTSC_M NTSC M J NTSC 433 NTSC N PAL B PAL G PAL D PALH PALI PALM PAL N PAL 60 SECAM L SECAM I1 SECAM B SECAM D SECAM G SECAM H SECAM K SECAM KI RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information 4 9 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help gt Onboard Device Press Enter gt Super IO Device Press Enter Watch Dog Timer Select Disabled Ment LETELA Onboard LAN Boot ROM init Disabled Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Watch Dog Timer Select This BIOS testing option is able to reset the system according to the selected table The choice Disabled 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec 40 Sec 1 Min 2 Min and 4 Min Onboard LAN Boot ROM init Select Enabled to Onboard Load Boot ROM to shadow RAM The choice Enabled Disabled RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Item Help IDE DMA transfer access Enabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Prima
23. 22 485 selectable IR Interface Support one 6 pin header for serial Standard Infrared wireless communication Parallel Port Support one parallel port 6 USB Interface Support eight USB Universal Serial Bus ports four at rear for keyboard mouse and external devices four on board for internal devices for high speed I O peripheral devices e PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support dual 6 pin mini DIN connector at rear I O panel for PS 2 keyboard mouse e Audio Interface Connector and header of Line in Line out MIC for external and internal usage 6 Real Time Clock Calendar RTC Support Y2K Real Time Clock Calendar with battery backup for 7 year data retention e Watchdog Timer Support WDT function through software programming for enable disable and interval setting Generate system reset On board VGA GMCH integrated graphics Share system memory up to 224MB for system memory On board Ethernet LAN Dual Gigabit 10 100 1000 Mbits sec LAN port using the Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller e High Driving GPIO Support 8 programmable high driving GPIO Cooling Fans Support one 4 pin power connector for CPU cooler and one 3 pin power connector for system fan System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature system temperature and major power sources etc RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 1 3 System Overview Outline Dimension L X W 243 8mm 9 67 X 243 8mm 9 67 Power Requirements Configur
24. 5 LVDS Backlight On Signal Selection 1 2 Short 2 3 Short P6 LVDS Panel Power VDD Selection 1 2 Short 2 3 Short P7 CMOS CLEAR 1 2 Short Normal Operation 2 3 Short Clear CMOS Contents JP8 PCI VIO Selection 1 2 Short 2 3 Short P9 PCIe Slot type 1 2 Short One PClex4 x 2 3 Short Four PCle x 1 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration 2 2 Connector Allocation I O peripheral devices are connected to the interface connectors on this Industrial Mainboard Connector Function List Jt Onboard VGA CRT Connector JL 2 Audio MIC Line in Line out Connector 1 D Audiofack TI JA UP Port COMISerial Port1Connector J4 Bottom Port COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector S PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Jo Primary USBx2 LAN Connector lt J7 Secondary USBx2 LAN Connector 1 J8J10 DDR2SODIMM SS d O JH PCl Expressx4Comnector ju PelComnector 1 D ATX412VPOWERCON f3 PCIExpressx16 Connector JL ha AudioCD inConnector jas SMBusComnector 1 js Lapp bot Open 7 PCIConnector Extention JL 18 External Wake On Ring Connector 19 LVDS Panel Control Connector 21 pin Fan Connector Di Spin Fan Connector TV out Connector Ess Di pin FanConnector J5 General Purpose I O Connector 1 J6 IDAComnector le P Parallel Port Connector J28 Battery Connector P9
25. 55 N C TDI TCK 58 J17 PCI Connector Extention B02 PCI Clock GND B04 PREQ 1 T NE ooo CI Clock N C oo N C N C N C N C EOH2 N C 12 V N C av 1 SO neo o o SCHT J18 External Wake On Ring Connector PIN No Signal Description Ring Signal Input Active low J19 LVDS Panel Control Connector Signal Description 12 V Backlight on Signal Output Brightness Control Signal RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 12 Hardware Configuration 21 4 pin Fan Connector PIN No Signal Description Fan Speed Detecting signal Fan Control Signal Note The fan must be a 12V fan And there is not any over current protection 22 3 pin Fan Connector Note The fan must be a 12V fan And there is not any over current protection 23 TV out Connector 5 SYNC NC 24 SYSTEM Fan Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2o AN ov o FB Fan Speed Detecting signal 1 2 3 Note The fan must be a 12V fan And there is not any over current protection RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 13 Hardware Configuration 25 General Purpose I O Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 2 4 a a GPIO0 GPIO4 amy la GPIO1 GPIO5 ae aa GPIO2 GPIO6 1 3 7 General Purpose I O Port 3 General Purpose I O Port 7 GPIO3 GPIO7 9 Ground ao JN Note 2 7K pull high to 5V for each GPIO pin 26 IrDA Connector PIN
26. A 66 or 100 hard drive how can I know that ATA 66 function is enabled A You need to use the 80 pin ATA 66 IDE flat cable to have this function During the Post phase you can see ATA 66 or 100 message while hard drive is being detected Besides after installing Microsoft series OS successfully you also need to Install ATA 66 100 driver to active ATA 66 100 function Q Does RUBY 9713VG2A support boot from LAN function If it does how and where can I enable it A RUBY 9713VG2A does support boot from LAN function to enable it please change the setting in Onboard LAN BOOT ROM Init in Integrated Peripherals of BIOS Q Is it possible to insert PCI Express X 8 X4 or X1 card on PCI Express x 16 A Yes you can but Intel only defines PCI Express X 16 slot can only configure as PCI Express x 16 and x 1 card You may find some other x 8 and x 4 can work on PCI Express X 16 slot but there is no guarantee that all the cards will work If you really need project requirement to use x 4 and x 8 card that currently fail to work on our motherboard you may contact us to get the help tsd portwell com tw RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 5 8 Troubleshooting Q After installing PCI Card why isn t it working A As a matter of fact some PCI cards will occupy shadow memory which might cause SBC or PCI malfunction However the best way to see if the problem relates to shadow memory or not please kindly disable USB controller a
27. B outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxEF Select Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x07 outp 0x002F 0x08 Active Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x30 outp 0x002F 0x01 Select Count Mode outp 0x002E 0xF5 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp 0xF7 Count mode Register amp 0x08 Specify Time out Value outp 0x002E 0xF6 outp 0x002F Time out Value Register Disable WDT reset by keyboard mouse interrupts outp 0x002E 0xF7 outp 0x002F 0x00 Exit Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0xAA Definitions of Variables Value of Count mode Register 1 0x00 Count down in seconds Bit3 0 2 0x08 Count down in minutes Bit3 1 Value of Time out Value Register 1 0x00 Time out Disable 2 0x01 0xFF Value for counting down RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 12 System Installation 3 6 GPIO The RUBY 9713VG2AR provides 8 programmable input or output ports that can be individually configured to perform a simple basic I O function Users can configure each individual port to become an input or output port by programming register bit of I O Selection To invert port value the setting of Inversion Register has to be made Port values can be set to read or write through Data Register 3 6 1 Pin assignment 38 General Purpose I O Connector General Purpose I O Port 1 GPIO1 General Purpose I O Port 5 GPIO5 General Purpose I O Port
28. B34 B35 B36 B37 B38 B39 B42 B43 B44 B45 B46 B47 B48 B53 B54 B55 B58 A59 B59 A60 A62 B62 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 8 Hardware Configuration J12 ATX4 12V POWER CON PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description J13 PCI Express x 16 Connector Signal Description Signal Description N C 12V 12V 12V 12V 12V GND GND N C SMBus Clock SMBus Data N C GND VCC3 VCC3 N C VCC3 3V Stand By PLTRSY GND WAKE CLK_PE_X16P CLK_PE_X16N GEXP TXOP GND GEXP_TXON GEXP RXOP GND GEXP RXON GND SDVO CLK GND N C GEXP TX1P GND GEXP TXIN GEXP_RX1P GND A23 GND B23 GEXP TX2P A25 GEXP RX2P B25 GND A26 GEXP_RX2N B26 GND A27 GND B27 GEXP_TX3P GND GEXP_TX3N GEXP_RX3P GND GEXP_RX3N N C GND SDVO_DATA GND GEXP_TX4P A34 GND B34 GEXP_TX4N A35 GEXP_RX4P B35 GND A36 GEXP_RX4N B36 GND RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 9 Hardware Configuration A37 GND B37 GEXP_TX5P A38 GND B38 GEXP_TX5N A39 GEXP_RX5P B39 GND A40 GEXP_RX5N B40 GND A41 GND B41 GEXP_TX6P A42 GND B42 GEXP_TX6N A43 GEXP_RX6P B43 GND A44 GEXP_RX6N B44 GND A45 GND B45 GEXP_TX7P A46 GND B46 GEXP_TX7N A47 GEXP_RX7P B47 GND B48 EXP_EN_HDR A48 GEXP_RX7N A49 GND N C B49 GND GEXP_TX8P GND GEXP_TX8N GEXP_RX8P GND
29. Hardware and SATA RAID Installation Unlike IDE bus each Serial ATA channel can only connect to one SATA hard disk at a time there are total two connectors J20 and J21 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 The Serial ATA hard disk of installation please see figure 5 5 as a below Hard Drive Serial ATA Power Cable Serial ATA Data Cable Figure 5 5 After done with the installation of SATA hardware please enter system BIOS to enable Serial ATA function Otherwise Serial hardware won t be recognized To enable SATA function please see as following System BIOS Integrated Peripherals On Chip IDE Device Press enter Lo On Chip Serial ATA Auto Besides RUBY 9713VG2AR also supports RAID 0 1 and 5 functions To enable SATA RAID function On Chip Serial ATA must be set to Enhanced Mode After that SATA Mode option will be unmasked automatically Please set SATA Mode from IDE to RAID and then save reboot system after saving the new setting Please refer to the following picture RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 5 4 Troubleshooting Enabled Enabled tnabled Muto After rebooting system you will see the RAID Configuration Utility appear during
30. Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 and Mode 4 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information IDE Primary Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 66 100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If you re hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choice Auto Disabled SATA Mode IDE Use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical Storage devices RAID With Intel Matrix Storage Technology with RAID 0 1 5 10 support The Advanced Host Controller Interface AHCI specification AHCI describes the register level interface for a Host Controller for Serial ATA 1 0a and Serial ATA II On Chip Serial ATA Disabled Disabled SATA Controller Auto Auto arrange by BIOS Car wed Mode eg SATA are combined Max Of 2 IDE drives in each Enhanced Mode Enable both SATA and PATA Max Of 6 IDE drives are Supported SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode SATA PORT Speed Settings The choice Disabled Force GEN I Force GEN II Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device USB Controller Enabled Item Help USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Enabled USB Mouse Support Enabled Menu LeveL AC97 Audio Select Auto Noe Move Ent
31. Mode Select EPP1 7 X ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information Onboard FDC Controller This item allows you to enable disable onboard Floppy disk controller The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 TROQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Select This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode Disable Infrared function Select IrDA mode transmission ASKIR Select ASKIR mode transmission RxD TxD Active This item is to configure Infrared transmission rate Four options are available igh rate for receiving igh rate for transmitting High rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting Low rate for receiving High rate for transmitting Low rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting IR Transmission Delay This option will be available when IR is enabled The choice Enabled Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode The available choices are full duplex mode and half duplex mode The choice Full Half Use IR Pins The available choices are IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 The choice IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 21 BIOS Setup Information Onboard
32. RUBY 9713VG2AR Industrial Mainboard User s Manual P N B8981280 Version 1 0 Copyright Portwell Inc 2006 All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners Preface Table of Contents How to Use This Manual Chapter 1 System Overview nnnannannannanannnnan nan nnna AA 1 1 Ll Intra et OM NB E NANA VN RAN A UE TANANG 1 1 1 2 CHECK GE AA AA AA 1 2 1 3 Product Specification E 1 2 Lat Mechanical Drawing mpa ank NAA oljka GEN aan AKAN Ni a JA ES AAN an 1 5 1 4 System E 1 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration e nn nane anan anane nane nane anae anae nane nana nana 2 1 251 Jumper Setting siti si anaa er NANG NG AANE KAT LA E Ng Na NA 2 1 2 2 Commector Allocations ii vite saras nin AA oblit vi ole Eder 2 3 Chapter 3 System Installation sanesa nana wanara nawa ne wanan wane wanara nawa nana nana wane wanen 3 1 3 1 Bentiuri 4 PrOCeSSOt sapasang NA Eeer 3 1 3 2 Matty Memory 5 sas asas sasana dasa naga Nga ide GB A AA AA a a aa ei 3 3 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer NEEN 3 4 33 1 Chipset Component DIVE a benang ponese GENENG KENEN TEGA NGE NDE ui kakai kaa ye sane 3 5 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip ulanan 3 6 3 3 3 On board Fast Ethernet Controller ENEE 3 7 3 3 4 On board AC 97 Audio Device 3 8 3 3 5 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Device 3 9 3 4 Clear CMOS OpETaA HON sina nega naka dani aa cuss ala bovali 3 T1 2 5 W DI Funetl0ii sn
33. Realtek AC 97 Please choose your OS to install Install for Win 98SE ME 2K XP System Install AC97 Utility J14 Audio CD in Connector PIN No CD in Left Channel 2 CD Ground 3 CD Ground 4 CD in Right Channel RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 8 System Installation 3 3 5 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Device Drivers Support Please find Intel ICH7R driver of RUBY 9713VG2AR CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 XP System 32 Bit amp Windows XP System 64 bit Intel Matrix storage Manager ICH7R RAID Driver of Win2000 XP 32 hit Install for Windows 2000 XP System 32bit ICH7R RAID Driver of Windows XP 64 bit Install for Windows XP 64 bit l Installing Serial ATA hard disks The RUBY 9713VG2AR supports Serial ATA hard disk drives For optimal performance install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration 1 Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays 2 Connect the SATA signal cables 3 Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive Intel RAID configurations This RUBY 9713VG2AR supports RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 0 1 and Intel Matrix Storage configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the Intel ICH7R Southbridge chip RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 9 System Installation RAID configurations RAID 0 Data striping optimizes two identical hard disk dri
34. U Feature Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min Item Help Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 X TM2 Bus Ratio 10X X TM2 Bus VID 0 828V Meje P CTE Function LAuto Execute Disabled Bit Enabled Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Delay Prior to Thermal The choice 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min and 32 Min Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 On die throttling Thermal Monitor 2 Ratio amp VID transition The choice Thermal Monitor 1 Thermal Monitor 2 CIE Function Select Auto or disabled CPU CTE Function The choice Auto Disabled Execute Disabled Bit When disabled forces the XD feature flag to always return 0 Execute Disable Bit currently requires one of the following operating systems to support it OS Windows Server 2003 with SP 1 Windows XP with SP 2 SUSE Linux 9 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3 The choice Enabled Disabled RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information 4 7 Hard Disk Boot Priority Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority 1 chO M Maxtor 91021U2 Item Help 2 ch2 M ST3120827AS 3 ch3 M ST3120827AS M Level e 4 Bootable add in Cards mais Use lt gt or lt gt to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu
35. VBAT V 3 26 V 5VSB V 5 02 V Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save FSC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Warning Temperature This item allows you to set a temperature above which the system will start the beeping warning Default setting is disabled This function will only with ACPI power management and S3 STR suspends type The choices Disabled 50 C 122 F 53 C 127 F 56 C 133 F 60 C 140 F 63 C 145 F 66 C 151F 70 C 158F RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 29 BIOS Setup Information 4 13 Default Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations 4 14 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are Set Supervisor Password can enter and c
36. Y 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 1 System Installation 2 Align the processor pins with pinholes on the socket Make sure that the notched corner or dot mark pin 1 of the CPU corresponds to the socket s bevel end Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place If this operation is not easy or smooth don t do it forcibly You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly 3 Push down the lever to lock processor chip into the socket once CPU fits mPGA 478MT Socet Close S59 s OPEN To un install the current processor use a screwdriver to disengage open the socket actuator as shown in Figure 1 below The socket actuator should open after only a half turn or so and you should then be able to remove the processor with your fingers RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 2 System Installation J12 ATX4 12V POWER CON PIN No Signal Description Removing CPU 1 Unlock the cooling fan first 2 Lift the lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 3 Carefully lifts up the existing CPU to remove it from the socket 4 Follow the steps of installing a CPU to change to another one or place handling bar to close the opened socket 3 2 Main Memory RUBY 9713VG2AR provides 2 x 200 pin SODIMM sockets dual channel Support only unbuffered SODIMM and non ECC memory as Smallest memory capacity possible is 128MB on board main memory Largest memory capacity possible is 4GB 2GB per channel
37. ased on PCI Express x1 interface without sharing bandwidth of PCI expansion bus Optional function TPM Trusted Platform Module 1 2 AMT Active Management Technology 1 0 1 2 Check List The RUBY 9713VG2AR package should cover the following basic items SANS NAN One RUBY 9713VG2AR Industrial Mainboard One I O shield One IDE cable One 7 pin SATA signal cable One Installation Resources CD Title One booklet of RUBY 9713VG2AR manual If any of these items is damaged or missing please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance 1 3 Product Specification Main processor CPU amp Package Intel Core Duo Core Solo processor FSB 667 533MHz BIOS Award BIOS Main Memory Support dual channel amp signal channel DDR memory interface Non ECC and non buffered Up to 4GB DDR2 667 533 SDRAM on two 200pin SO DIMM sockets L2 Cache Memory Included in processor Chipset Intel 945GM and ICH7R chipset Expansion Interface One 32 bit PCI expansion slot and support up to four PCI slots by riser card One PCI Express x 4 slot and support up to four PCI Express x1 slot by riser card One PCI Express x 16 slots RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 1 2 System Overview e PCI IDE Interface Support one enhanced IDE ports up to two HDD devices with Ultra DMA 33 66 100 SATA Interface Four SATA 300 ports Serial Ports Support two serial ports RS 232x1 One RS 232 4
38. ation 12V CPU 1 2A 12V System 1 4A 5V System 1 8A 3 3V System 1 5A Test configuration lt CPU Intel R Dual Core Yonah 2 0 GHZ 166x12 0 FSB 667 L2 cache 2048Kx2 K Memory Transcend ELPIDA E5108AG 6E E 512MB x2 DDR2 667 lt HDD Seagate ST380011A 80GB e OS Windows XP Pro Test Programs Burning Test V4 0 Connected Fans Only CPU fan connected Run Time 30 minutes Operating Temperature 0 C 55 C Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C e Relative Humidity 0 95 non condensing RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual System Overview 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual System Overview 1 4 System Architecture RUBY 9713VG2AR includes Intel 945GM PCI Express chipset Intel 82573L PCI Express x1 interface Gigabit Ethernet controller and Winbond Super I O The 945GM chipset supports the latest Intel Core Duo Core Solo processors with 667 533MHz front side bus up to 4GB DDR 667 533 SDRAM system memory in dual So DIMM sockets four SATA ports one IDE port and eight USB 2 0 on RUBY 9713VG2AR Winboard Super I O provides connection of PS 2 interface keyboard amp mouse dual serial port one parallel port Watch dog timer and GPIO interface FCPGA 478 CK 410M AGTL BUS FSB 533 800 PCI EXPRESS X DDR2 S3M667 GMCH 82945GM VGA Connector Taman SODIMM DDR2 53667 ICH7M ICH7R 82801GM GR PCI Express x4
39. e such as dual channel DDR2 667 memory PCI Express x16 graphic up to four PCI slots up to four PCI E x 1 slots two PCI E based Gigabit Ethernet ports four SATA 300 ports and one IDE channel This chipset includes the Intel GMA 950 graphics core which provides responsive graphics performance and stunning video playback In addition RUBY 9713VG2AR also strengthens its storage capability with next generation Serial ATA 300 ports and Intel Matrix Storage Technology The chipset have four integrated SATA ports for transfer rates up to 3 Gb s which is double the speed of the current SATA interface of 1 5Gb s SATA 3Gbits sec essentially provides a larger pipe to move data faster Together with Intel Matrix Storage Technology it adds support for RAID 0 1 5 and 10 level providing quick access to data and protection against data loss for maximum performance protection and upgradeability Following is brief specification of RUBY 9713VG2AR Industrial mainboard in uATX form factor that supports Intel Core Duo Core Solo processor for MoDT Mobile on Desktop application 6 One 32 bit PCI expansion slot and support up to four PCI slots by riser card One PCI Express x 4 slot and support up to four PCI Express x1 slot by riser card 6 Support GPIO TV Out and LVDS on board Adopts Intel Matrix Storage Technology to support RAID 0 1 5 10 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 1 1 System Overview Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports that b
40. eam 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset on RUBY 9713VG2AR is a new chipset that a few old operating systems might not be able to recognize To overcome this compatibility issue for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed You can find very easily this chipset component driver in RUBY 9713VG2AR CD title Intel Chipset Software Install Chipset Driver RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 5 System Installation 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip Using GMCH High performance graphic integrated chipset is aimed to gain an outstanding graphic performance Shared 64 accompany it to 160MB system DDR SDRAM with Total Graphics Memory This combination makes RUBY 9713VG2AR an excellent piece of multimedia hardware With no additional video adaptor this onboard video will usually be the system display output By adjusting the BIOS setting to disable on board VGA an add on PCI or PCI Express by 16 VGA Card can take over the system display Drivers Support Please find 82945GM Express GMCH drivers in the RUBY 9713VG2AR CD title Drivers support Windows 2000 XP System 32 bit amp Windows XP System 64 bit Intel 945 Graphic Driver Install for Windows 2000 XP System 32bit Install for Windows XP 64 bit l Windows 2000 XP 32bit Please execute Install for Windows 2000 XP System 32 Bit file to start graphics driver installation
41. ep mode The choice Enabled Disabled RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 26 BIOS Setup Information 4 11 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus and PCI Express bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level gt Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD X IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled PCI Express relative items Maximum Payload Size 4096 Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Init Display First This item allows you to select the first display port to be initialized The choice PCI Slot Onboard Reset Configuration Data Default is disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot The choice Enab
42. er Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults USB Controller This item allows you to enable disable USB Universal Serial Bus function The choice Enabled Disabled RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information USB 2 0 Controller This entry is for disable enable EHCI controller only This BIOS itself may may not have high speed USB support built in the support will be automatically turn on when high speed device were attached The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to enable USB keyboard function under POST BIOS setup menu DOS or Windows NT with no USB driver loaded The choice Enabled Disabled USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enabled USB Mouse function under POST BIOS Setup menu DOS or Window NT with no USB driver loaded The choice Enabled Disabled AC97 Audio Select Users can enable or disable on board AC97 Audio Function The choice Auto Disabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Item Help Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRO4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRO3 UART Mode Select Normal Menu Level X RxD TxD Active Hi Lo X IR Transmission Delay Enabled X UR2 Duplex Mode Half X Use IR Pins IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP X EPP
43. etection Press Enter Item Help IDE Channel 2 Master Auto M E k Access Mode Auto SE To atuo detect the HDD s C t 120GB SES size head on this Cylinder 57461 channel Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 57460 Sector 255 Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information E Menu Selections detection Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this the remaining fields on this menu channel If detection is successful it fills to Manual IDE Channel 2 None Selecting manual lets you set the Master Auto remaining fields on this screen Selects the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode Large Choose the access mode for this hard disk Auto Capacity Auto Display your Disk drive capacity Approximated disk drive size given by a disk checking program The following options are selectable only if the IDE Channel 2 Master item is set Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk Cylinder Min 0 Set the number of cylinders for this hard Max 65535 disk Head Min 0 Set the number of read write heads Max 255 Precomp Min 0 werk Warning
44. hange the options of the setup menus Set User Password just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 30 BIOS Setup Information 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 i
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46. il Safe Defaults F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F7 Optimized Defaults E Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on detection this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Channel 0 None Selecting manual lets you set the Master Auto remaining fields on this screen Selects Manual the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode CHS Choose the access mode for this hard LBA disk Large Auto Capacity Auto Display your disk Disk drive capacity Approximated drive size Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information The following options are selectable only if the IDE Channel 0 Master item is set to Manual Cylinder Min 0 Set the number of cylinders for this Max 65535 hard disk Head Min 0 Set the number of read write heads Max 255 Precomp Min 0 TT Warning Setting a value of 65535 Max 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 odi Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Number of sectors per track Max 255 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 2 Master IDE HDD Auto D
47. isabled Primary IDE1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled COM Port Disabled PCI PIRQ A D Disabled Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 23 BIOS Setup Information ACPI Suspend Type To decide which ACPI suspend mode to use The choice S1 POS S3 STR Run VGA BIOS if 53 Resume The choice Auto Yes No Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to HDD Power Down Suspend Mode There are three selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 Hour and HDD Power Down 15 Min Max Power Saving Maximum power management Suspend Mode 1 Mim and HDD Power Down 1 Min User Defined Allow you to set each mode individually When not disabled Suspend Mode ranges from 1 min to 1 Hour and HDD Power Down ranges from 1 Min to 15 Min Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blank
48. lect PCI Slot VIO support 3 3V 5V PCI v2 3 Connector 1 2 Short 2 3 Short JP9 PCI Express Slot type ROBO 9713VG2AR supports One PCI Express by 4 Device or for PCI Express by 1 Slot 1 2Short One PCI Expressby4 x 2 3 Short Four PCI Express by 1 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer To install your RUBY 9713VG2AR into standard chassis or proprietary environment you need to perform the following Step 1 Check all jumpers setting on proper position Step 2 Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position Step 3 Place RUBY 9713VG2AR into the dedicated position in your system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it WARNING One 32 bit 3 3V 5V PCI slot fully compatible with Revision 2 3 of the PCI local bus specification shall be placed on the component side of the board The connector shall be positioned in accordance to the micro ATX motherboard placement specification such that the board may be mounted in a generic chassis Note Please refer to section 3 3 1 to 3 3 5 to install INF VGA LAN Audio Intel Matrix Storage Manager Device drivers RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 4 System Installation RUBY 9713VG2AR Install Chipset Driver Install Intel Graphic Driver Install Intel Ethernet Driver Install AC97 Audio Driver Install Microsoft Direct X 8 1 Install Adobe Acrobat Reader Intel Matrix storage Manager Portwell Together in flectric Dr
49. led Disabled RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 27 BIOS Setup Information Resource Controlled By BIOS can automatically configure the entire boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose Auto you cannot select IRQ DMA and memory base address fields since BIOS automatically assigns them The choice Auto ESCD Manual IRO Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt Enter for more options IRQ 3 TRQ 4 IRQ 5 TRQ 7 IRQ 9 TRQ 10 IRQ 11 IRQ 12 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 assigned to The Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The choice PCI Device Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop The choice Enabled Disabled Maximum Payload Size Set maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices The unit is byte The choice 128 256 512 1024 2048 and 4096 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 28 BIOS Setup Information 4 12 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Item Help Current System Temp 34 C 93F Current CPU Temperature 33 C 91F System Fan1 Speed 0 RPM ME o CPU Fan Speed 6367RPM System Fan2 Speed 0 RPM Vcore 1 08 V 1 8 V 1 79 V 3 3 V 3 32 V 12 V 11 97 V VCC V 5 02 V
50. menu detailed options IDE Channel 0 Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Slave menu for detail hard drive settings Drive A None Press lt Enter gt to enter the next page Drive B 360K 5 25 in for detail hard drive settings 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Video EGA VGA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which you want No Errors the BIOS to stop the POST process and All but Keyboard notify you All but Diskette All but Disk Key Displays the amount of conventional Base Memory Ka e detected during boot up Extended N A Displays the amount of extended Memory memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 4 BIOS Setup Information 4 4 IDE Adaptors Setup Menu The IDE adapters control the IDE devices such as Hard disk drive or CDROM drive It uses a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 0 Master Item Help Menu Level gt To auto detect the HDD s size head on this channel IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter IDE Channel 0 Master Auto Access Mode Auto Capacity 10246 MB Cylinder 19852 Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 19851 Sector 63 N se Move Enter Select PU PD Value F5 Previous Values F6 Fa
51. n PIN No Signal Description 5V Dual USB6 Eer EE 9 FrameGround 10 5VDul Note 5V Dual is always available It s supplied by either 5V VCC power source in normal operation mode or 5V standby power source in standby mode 36 Front Panel Connector x No Signal Description x No Signal Description 150 ohm Pull High VCC 330 ohm Pull High Stand by HDD LED VE Power LED HDD LED 150 ohm Pull High Stand by VCC Ed 8 iv TT ATX Power On Control PS ON Active High RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 17 Hardware Configuration Reset Signal Input Ground Active low Ground Speaker out Note The pull high voltage of external speaker is limited at 5V maximum Power Button J36 pin 9 and J36 pin 11 Reset Button J36 pin 17 and J36 pin 19 Power LED J36 pin 2 and J36 pin 6 Speaker J36 pin 14 and J36 pin 20 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 18 System Installation Chapter 3 System Installation This chapter provides you with instructions to set up your system The additional information is enclosed to help you set up onboard PCI PCI Express device and handle WDT operation in software programming 3 1 Pentium 4 Processor Configuring System Bus RUBY 9713VG2AR will automatically detect the CPU used Support Package uFCPGA478 LV Yonah Dual Core processor CPU Installing mPGA 478MT Socket 1 Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end RUB
52. nd on board LAN to release more shadow memory space To solve this problem you might also check our download center if there is BIOS for this issue http www portwell com tw download as if you cannot find a BIOS or the BIOS on our website cannot solve your problem please kindly contact Portwell Technical Support department for solving issue Portwell Technical Support Department e mail tsd portwell com tw 5 3 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the devices cables required before turning on AT or ATX power CPU CPU Fan 184 pin DDR SDRAM keyboard mouse floppy drive IDE hard disk printer VGA connector device cables ATX accessories or 12V 4 pin power cable are good examples that deserve attention With no assurance of properly and correctly accommodating these modules and devices it is very possible to encounter system failures that result in malfunction of any device To make sure that you have a successful start with RUBY 9713VG2A it is recommended when going with the boot up sequence to hit DEL key and enter the BIOS setup menu to tune up a stable BIOS configuration so that you can wake up your system far well Loading the default optimal setting When prompted with the main setup menu please scroll down to Load Optimal Defaults press Enter and Y to load in default optimal BIOS setup This will force your BIOS setting back to the initial factory c
53. ned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM 2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM 1 IRQ 5 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ 7 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 8 System ROM Real Time Clock IRQ 9 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 10 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 11 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRQ 15 Unassigned Usable IRO RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual
54. ng and other business systems Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup Intel Matrix Storage Manager The Intel Matrix Storage technology supported by the ICH7R chip allows you to create a RAID 0 and a RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets This technology also allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 3 10 System Installation 3 4 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable CMOS Clear Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position 1 1 2 ta 2 3 O 3 Normal Clear 1 2 Short Normal Operation x 2 3 Short Clear CMOS contents 3 5 WDT Function The working algorithm of the WDT function can be simply described as a counting process The Time Out Interval can be set through software programming The availability of the time out interval settings by software or hardware varies from boards to boards RUBY 9713VG2A allows users control WDT through dynamic software programming The WDT starts counting when it is activated It sends out a signal to system reset or to non maskable interrupt NMI when time out interval ends To prevent the time out interval from running out a re trigger signal will need to be sent before the counting reaches its end
55. o DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This option controls the number of SCLKs SDRAM Clock from a row activate command to a read or write command If your system installs good quality of SDRAM you can set this option to 3 SCLKs to obtain better memory performance Normally the option will be set to Auto The choice 2 3 4 5 6 and Auto DRAM RAS Precharge This option controls the number of SCLKs for RAS precharge If your system installs good quality of SDRAM you can set this option to 3 SCLKs to obtain better memory performance It is set to auto normally The choice 2 3 4 5 6 and Auto Precharge delay tRAS The choice 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 and Auto System Memory Frequency Users are recommended to use Auto for memory frequency selection The choice 533MHz 667MHz and Auto SLIP S4 Assertion Width The choice 4 to 5 Sec 3to 4 Sec 2 to 3 Sec 1 to 2 Sec RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled to enable caching VGA BIOS into L2 cache to get higher display performance Select Disabled to ignore this BIOS caching function The choice Enabled Disabled Memo
56. onfiguration It is recommended to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that Portwell has highly endorsed As a matter of fact users can load the default BIOS setting any time when system appears to be unstable in boot up sequence Auto Detect Hard Disks In the BIOS gt Standard CMOS setup menu pick up any one from Primary Secondary Master Slave IDE ports and press Enter Setup the selected IDE port and its access mode to Auto This will force system to automatically pick up the IDE devices that are being connected each time system boots up RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 5 9 Troubleshooting Improper disable operation There are too many occasions where users disable a certain device feature in one application through BIOS setting These variables may not be set back to the original values when needed These devices features will certainly fail to be detected When the above conditions happen it is strongly recommended to check the BIOS settings Make sure certain items are set as they should be These include the floppy drive COM1 COM2 ports Parallel port USB ports external cache on board VGA and Ethernet It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device port to release IRQ resource A few good examples are Disable COM1 serial port to release IRQ 4 Disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ 3 Disable Parallel port to release IRQ 7 Disable PS 2 mouse to relea
57. py LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device Select your boot device priority The choice Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose enable to assign physical driver B to logical drive A and Vice Versa The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock The choice Off On Gate A20 Option Fast lets chipsets control Gate A20 and Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Default is Fast The choice Normal Fast RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information Typematic Rate Setting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The choice Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars sec The rate at character repeats when you hold down a key The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic delay Msec The delay before keystrokes begins to repeat The choice 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup Sistemi The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the y correct password is not entered at the prompt
58. ry Hole At 15 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB The choice Enabled Disabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI Express Root Port Func PCI Express Port 1 Auto PCI Express Port 2 Auto Inip PCI Express Port 3 Auto PCI Express Port 4 Auto Menu Level gt PCI Express Port 5 Auto PCI Express Port 6 Auto PCI E Compliancy Mode V1 0a Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PCI Express Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5 Porto PCI Express Port 1 Port 4 Default On board PCI Express x 4 PCI Express Port 5 amp Port 6 Default On board Gigi LAN The choice Auto Enabled Disabled PCI E Compliancy Mode The choice V1 0 V1 0a RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 15 BIOS Setup Information PEG Onchip VGA Control The choice Onchip VGA PEG Port and Auto On Chip Frame Buffer Size The choice 1MB 8MB DVMT Mode The choice DVMT FIXED and BOTH DVMT FIXED Memory Size The choice 64MB 128MB 224MB Boot Display The choice CRT CRT LEP Panel Scaling The choice Auto On Off Panel Number The choice 640X480 18bit 1ch 800X600 18bit Ich 1024X768 18bit Ich 1024X768 24bit Ich 1280X768 24bit Ich 1280X768 24bit 2ch 1400X1
59. ry Master PIO Auto a IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto If you re IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Serial ATA Setting automatic detection of X SATA Mode IDE the optimal number of On Chip Serial ATA Auto block read writes per X SATA PORT Speed Settings Disabled sector the drive can X PATA IDE Mode Secondary support SATA Port PO P2 is Primary Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults IDE HDD Block Mode If you re IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The choice Enabled Disabled IDE DMA transfer access The choice Enabled Disabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto
60. s set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup 4 15 Exiting Selection Save amp Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit Without Saving Y N N This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 31 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides a few useful tips to quickly get RUBY 9713VG2A running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 2 this chapter will primarily focus on system integration issues in terms of BIOS setting and OS diagnostics 5 1 Hardware Quick Installation CPU Installation Due to the design of RUBY 9713VG2A it only supports Yonah Base Processor as well known as Intel Core Duo Processor Before installing Processor please ensure the
61. s to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend This allows user to enable disable video off in Suspend Mode The choice Yes No Suspend Type Two options are available Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend The choice Stop Grant PwrOn Suspend RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 24 BIOS Setup Information Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min and 1 Hour HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min and 15 Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN This item allows users to set the time to remove the power after the power button is pressed The choice Instant Off Delay 4 Sec PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs System automatically restores power back Off System stays at power off Wake Up by PCI Card This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by PCI LAN Card The choice Disabled Enabled Power On by Ring This option can
62. se IRQ 12 Etc A quick review of the basic IRQ mapping is given below for your reference It is then very easy to find out which IRQ resource is ready for additional peripherals If IRQ resource is not enough please disable some devices listed above to release further IRQ numbers RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 5 10 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 0070 OE2E 54K DOS OE2F OF6B 5K Program Area OF6C 9FFF 574K Available Conventional memory ends at 636K 9F00 9FBF 3K Extended BIOS Area 9FCO AFFF 1K Unused A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B800 BFFF 32K Unused C000 CE9F 32K VGA Text CEAO EFFF 58K Video ROM F000 FFFF 133K Unused D400 EEFF 64K System ROM RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual Appendix B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ Peripheral devices can use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board IRQ Current Use Default Use IRQ 0 SMARTDRV System Timer IRQ 1 SMARTDRV Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Unassig
63. tor 5 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Signal Description Keyboard Data RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Configuration J6 Prinary USBx2 LAN Connector Signal Description MDI0 MDIOP MDIO MDION MDI1 MDILP MDI2 MDI2P MDI2 MDIBN MDII MDIIN Ce osi SS MDI3 MDIBP MDIS MDIBN 5 Joma MONI ONJO KH WO Lg 7 Secondary USBx2 LAN Connector Signal Description MDIO MDIOP MDIO MDION MDI1 MDIIP MDI2 MDI2P MDI2 MDI2N MDI1 MDI1N 6 UusB MDI3 MDI3P MDI3 MDI3N 8 Ground COIN JAGAJ GI JR OIMJI5 J9 PCI Express x 4 Connector B01 GND SSS A14 CK_PE_X16N RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 6 Hardware Configuration A15 A16 A17 um A19 A20 EXP RXIP GND oe A23 A24 A25 A26 A7 A28 Emi A30 EE J11 PCI Connector A02 A12 GND LB GN A13 GND BIB GND Ald NG DI N A15 PCIRSTH B15 GND B16 A17 PGNT O LB G A20 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 2 7 Hardware Configuration A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 VCC3 AD28 AD26 B21 B22 B23 B24 B25 IDSEL AD26 B27 C BE 3 AD23 VCC3 AD22 AD20 B29 B30 AD18 B31 A28 A29 A30 A31 B28 GND AD21 AD19 VCC3 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A38 A39 A40 A41 A42 A43 A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A49 A50 A31 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 B32
64. tup you can use the keyboard to choose among options or modify the system parameters to match the options with your system The table below will show you all of keystroke functions in BIOS setup F1 RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Menu Once you enter RUBY 9713VG2AR AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility you should start with the Main Menu The Main Menu allows you to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to switch among items and press lt Enter gt key to accept or bring up the sub menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility gt Standard CMOS Features gt Advanced BIOS Features gt Advanced Chipset Features gt Integrated Peripherals gt Power Management Setup gt PnP PCI Configurations gt PC Health Status Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS F10 Save amp Exit Setup TU Us Select Item Time Date Hard Disk Type Note It is strongly recommended to reload Optimal Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Setup Information 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt or lt gt
65. ues in terms of backplane setup BIOS setting and OS diagnostics The content of this manual is subject to change without prior notice These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the document Portwell may make supplement or change in the products described in this document at any time Updates to this manual technical clarification and answers to frequently asked questions will be shown on the following web site http www portwell com tw System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 Introduction Multi core technology has been a major evolution in IT industry now since various applications are running in parallel Multi core processing will help address these computing challenges This evolution in technology will allow for increased performance and efficiency in computers that can simultaneously run multiple complex applications and successfully complete more tasks at the same time Moreover on multi core systems since each core has its own cache the operating system has sufficient resources to handle most compute intensive tasks in parallel Since Intel has presented dual core technology in one processor package it is good news for all users expect server adopters RUBY 9713VG2AR uATX form factor Industrial Mainboard that adopts Intel s latest PCI Express chipset based on Intel 945GM and ICH7R that supports up to 667MHz FSB processor It delivers outstanding system performance through high bandwidth interfac
66. ves to read and write data in parallel interleaved stacks Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate double that of a single disk alone thus improving data access and storage Use of two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup RAID 1 Data mirroring copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a second drive If one drive fails the disk array management software directs all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in the other drive This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system Use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup The new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity redundancy data having to be calculated and written With the RAID 10 configuration you get all the benefits of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for this setup RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives Among the advantages of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance fault tolerance and higher storage capacity The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing relational database applications enterprise resource planni
67. y changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD Item Help X CAS Latency Time Auto X DRAM RAS to CAS Delay Auto Menu Level k X DRAM RASA Precharge Auto Kee X Precharge delay tRAS Auto X System Memory Frequency Auto SLP_S4 Assertion Width 4 to 5 Sec System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled gt PCI Express Root Port Func Press Enter VGA Setting PEG Onchip VGA Control Auto On Chip Frame Buffer Size 8MB DVMT Mode DVMT DVMT FIXED Memory Size 128MB Boot Display CRT Panel Scaling Auto Panel Number 640X480 18bit 1ch TV Standard Off Video Connector Automatic TV Format Auto Noe Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults RUBY 9713VG2AR User s Manual 4 13 BIOS Setup Information DRAM Timing Selectable This option provides DIMM plug and play support by serial presence detect SPD mechanism via the system management bus SMBUS interface The choice Manual By SPD CAS Latency Time This option controls the number of SCLKs between the time a read command is sampled by the DRAMs and the time the GMCH samples correspondent data from the DRAMs The choice 3 4 5 6 and Aut

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