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FIR-3730 CPU Card User Manual v1.0

1. 98 Palette Snooping Disabled eese 98 PCI IDE BusMaster 98 OffBoard IDE Card Auto 4 99 lie Available 100 Channel Available 0 nnn 100 Reserved Memory Size Disabled 8 7 101 Quick Boot Enabled 1e rre Le eerta 103 Quiet Boot Disabled 7 eei trn tn nre ult nine nnna 103 Bootup Num Lock 2 104 PS 2 Mouse Support Enabled 104 Change Supervisor Password eese eene 109 109 Primary Graphics Adapter 112 V Link Mode Selection Auto 114 V Link Data 8X Supported Enabled 7 114 Onboard SATAADE 5 116 OnBoard AC 97 Audio Enabled 0 116 FIR 3730 RH Page 123 124 Set Spread Spectrum Function Enabled OnBoard Lan Function Enabled Boot From LAN Support Disabled Save Changes and Exit esee Discard Changes and Exit
2. ooo purus EAE ue GM Figure 3 8 Front Panel Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 PWRLED 2 RESET SW 3 PWRLED 4 RESET SW 5 NC 6 NC 7 HDDLED 8 PWRBTN 9 HDDLED 10 PWRBTN Table 3 9 Front Panel Connector Pinouts FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 5 25 CPU Card 3 2 7 Primary IDE Connector CN Label IDE1 CN Type 40 pin box header 2x20 CN Location See Figure 3 9 CN Pinouts See Table 3 10 One 40 pin IDE device connector on the FIR 3730 CPU card supports connectivity to Ultra 133 IDE devices with data transfer rates up to 133MB s Em ee UN Figure 3 9 Primary IDE Device Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 RESET 2 GROUND FIR 3730 RH Page 41 s ems Je emm 7 mms e emm _ Dmm emm mmi fomu 7 mms emu 7 woes m we meme m meme _ qm mom _ m eom _ 26 emesuer _ ipEDACK GROUND DEFAULT pe Desa ue Table 3 10 Primary IDE Connector Pinouts 3 2 8 Secondary IDE Connector CN Label IDE2 CN Type 44 pin box header 2x22 CN Location Se
3. 87 BIOS Menu 10 Power 8 8 8 8 7 88 BIOS Menu 11 USB Configuration 91 BIOS Menu 12 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration 93 BIOS Menu 13 PCI PnP Configuration Part 1 96 BIOS Menu 14 PCI PnP Configuration Part 2 96 BIOS Menu HV m 102 BIOS Menu 16 Boot Settings Configuration 103 BIOS Menu 17 Boot Device Priority 105 BIOS Menu 18 Removable nnns 107 BIOS Menu 19 Security ccciiecec 109 BIOS 20 Chipset errore tre treinta 110 BIOS Menu 21 Northbridge Chipset Configuration sss 111 BIOS Menu 22 AGP Features Configuration eese 112 BIOS Menu 23 V Link Configuration 114 BIOS Menu 24 SouthBridge Chipset Configuration 115 BIOS 25 2 2 118 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Chapter 1 Introduction 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 11 1 1 FIR 3730 CPU Board Introduction FIR 3730 LUKE 5 25 CPU card is fully equipped with a high performance processor and advanced multi mode l Os The
4. 7 enters Load Optimal Defaults eese Load Failsafe Defaults ccce FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Watchdog Timer 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 125 126 The following discussion only applies to DOS environment The Watchdog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash This condition may have occurred by external EMI or a software bug When the CPU stops working correctly Watchdog Timer will either perform a hardware reset cold boot or a Non Maskable Interrupt NMI to bring the system back to a known state A BIOS function call INT 15H is used to control the Watchdog Timer INT 15H AH 6FH Sub function AL 2 Sets the Watchdog Timer s period BL Time out value Its unit second is dependent on the item Watchdog Timer unit select in CMOS setup Table B 1 AH 6FH Sub function Call sub function 2 to set the time out period of Watchdog Timer first If the time out value is not zero the Watchdog Timer will start counting down While the timer value reaches zero the system will reset To ensure that this reset condition does not occur calling sub function 2 must periodically refresh the Watchdog Timer However the Watchdog timer will be disabled if the t
5. esee 36 Figure 3 7 Fan Connector Location ener nnns 39 Figure 3 8 Front Panel Connector Location 0 7 40 Figure 3 9 Primary IDE Device Connector 41 Figure 3 10 Secondary IDE Device Connector Location 43 Figure 3 11 Inverter Connector Location nnn 45 Figure 3 12 IR Connector Location 0 7 46 Figure 3 13 Keyboard Mouse Connector 47 Figure 3 14 48 Figure 3 15 LCD LVDS Connector Locations eese 50 Figure 3 16 Power Connector 0 7 52 Figure 3 17 RS 232 Serial Port Connector Locations 53 Figure 3 18 SATA Drive Connector Locations 55 Figure 3 19 TPM Connector Pinout 56 Figure 3 20 USB Connector Pinout Locations eere 58 Figure 3 21 VGA Connector 60 62 Figure 3 23 LVDS Jumper Pinout Locations 66 FIR 3730 RH Page 7 8 List of Tables Table 1 1 Technical Specifications esee 15 Table 3 1 Peripheral Interface nunnan nnmnnn 31 0
6. DESCRIPTION NO DESCRIPTION 1 2 5 3 USB DT4 4 USB DT5 4 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card USB_DT4 6 USB DT5 GND 8 5V 5V 10 GND USB DT6 12 USB 7 USB 6 14 USB DT7 GND 16 CN Location CN Pinouts 5 25 CPU Card USB Port JUSB3 Connector Pinouts 3 2 19 VGA Connector VGA1 10 pin wafer connector 2x5 20510000 FIR 3730 RH See Figure 3 21 See Table 3 27 The VGA connector is an internal VGA connector o ae irr ewe 60 PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 R 2 SSDA 3 G 4 SSCL 5 B 6 GND 7 H SYNC 8 GND 9 V SYNC 10 GND Table 3 27 VGA Connector Pinouts FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 3 3 Jumper Settings PLASTIC OPEN CLOSED A jumper is a metal bridge that is used to close an electrical circuit It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip often protected by a plastic cover that slides over the pins to connect them CLOSE SHORT jumper means connecting the pins of the jumper with Jumper the plastic clip and to OPEN a jumper means removing the plastic clip from a jumper Before the FIR 3730 is installed in the sy
7. 11 1 1 FIR 3730 CPU BOARD 12 1 2 FIR 3730 CPU BOARD OVERVIEW sassccsessansandvenasvaatvancauustensssaceanseavetussasatusnscsvsaiateeas 12 1 2 1 FIR 3730 CPU Board COnne ctor 22 78 7878 12 1 3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 13 Lal DIMENSION S 16 LAL Board DIMENSIONS 16 2 DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS 17 7 18 2 2 SOUTHBRIDGECHIPSET aM p EE 19 2 3 DATA FLOW 20 20 2 3 LVDS DISPLAY SUPPORT 21 2 0 MEMORY SUPPORT 22 2 1 DRIVE INTERFACES 22 2 7 1 SATA Drive SUPppOri deer 22 2 7 2 IDE ADD isoissa i 22 2 7 3 Compact 23 2 8 SERIAL PORTS 23 2 9 INFRARED DATA ASSOCIATION IRDA 23 1 23 T O 23 2 12 OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL eere 24 24 CHAPTER3 CONNECTORS AND JUMPERS 27 1 28 lr apt hala cade 28 3 1 2 Peripheral Interface Connectors 29 5 25 CPU FIR 3730 RH
8. Pinouts See Table 3 13 The integrated infrared IrDA connector supports both Serial Infrared SIR and Amplitude Shift Key Infrared ASKIR interfaces 9 FIR1 EOE mee nii MN Table 3 13 IR Connector Pinouts Page 46 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 3 2 11 Keyboard Mouse Connector CN Label KB MS1 CN Type 6 pin wafer connector 1x6 CN Location See Figure 3 13 CN Pinouts See Table 3 14 The keyboard and mouse connector can be connected to a standard PS 2 cable or PS 2 Y cable to add keyboard and mouse functionality to the system 6 BE i KB MS1 E 1 e 8 Figure 3 13 Keyboard Mouse Connector Location 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 47 48 Table 3 14 Keyboard Mouse Connector Pinouts 3 2 12 LAN Connector CN Label 14 pin wafer connector 2x7 CN Location See Figure 3 14 CN Pinouts See Table 3 15 The FIR 3730 is equipped with one built in GbE controller The controllers connect to the LAN through an internal 14 pin wafer connector ze LAN1 Er piii B E eo
9. PARALLEL COM 3 4 5 6 RS232 COM 1 COM2 FIR BIOS Figure 2 1 Data Flow Block Diagram 2 4 Graphics Support The LUKE processor comes with a S3 Chromotion graphics engine The features listed below are compatible with S3 Graphics Chrome S20 Series processors Page 20 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Chromotion Video Acceleration WMV9 Motion Compensation H W Acceleration Reduces CPU utilization when decoding Windows Media Video 9 WMV files MPEG 2IDCT and Motion Compensation H W Acceleration Reduces CPU utilization when decoding MPEG files Chromotion Hi Def Support HDTV Formats Supports all 18 DTV ATSC formats O Adaptive Per Pixel De Interlacing Produces superior image quality for both still and motion images using a high quality De Interlacing process Video Deblocking Removes blocking artifacts inherent in low bit rate images ChromoVision Displays full screen video on secondary HDTV display while a windows display of the video is on the primary CRT or DVI display ChromoVision Modes with ChromeView Non Linear Scaling Scales a standard 4 3 image to fill a wide screen 16 9 display with excellent image quality PanelDrive Eliminates blurring effects with motion video on panel displays by increasing panel response time O ChromoColor Provides adjustment controls for the brightness contrast hue and saturation of the display of video Chro
10. 1 4 Dimensions 1 4 1 Board Dimensions The dimensions of the board are listed below Length 203 2mm m Width 146 05mm LO Gy 5 55 Wu 88885 RY XS Figure 1 2 FIR 3730 Dimensions mm Page 16 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Chapter 2 Detailed Specifications 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 17 18 2 1 CPU Support The FIR 3730 CPU card comes with a preinstalled 1GHz 533MHz ultra low voltage ULV Luke processor The new VIA Luke CoreFusion Processing Platform integrates the latest generation VIA Eden N processor with the VIA CN400 Northbridge a single low power package The Luke CoreFusion processor features include the following Rich Integration Highly integrated processing and digital media corelogic combination delivers leading performance in a single power efficient space saving package 53 Graphics Unichrome Pro Graphics Core With an internal data flow equivalent to what is available to the latest AGP 8X graphics cards Unichrome Pro has separate 128 bit data path between the Northbridge for pixel data flow and texture command access Separate 128 bit 2D and 3D graphics engines ensure optimal performance for all multimedia entertainment and productivity applications Flaw
11. Connectors and Jumpers 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 27 3 1 Peripheral Interface Connectors Section 3 1 1 shows peripheral interface connector locations Section 3 1 2 lists all the peripheral interface connectors seen in Section 3 1 1 3 1 1 FIR 3730 Layout Figure 3 1 and Figure 3 2 show the on board peripheral connectors rear panel peripheral connectors and on board jumpers J4 FIR F_PANEL1 JP1 8 5 DIMM1 SAT KB MS1 T SATA2 Figure 3 1 Connector and Jumper Locations LAN1 AUDIO1 Page 28 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Figure 3 2 Connector and Jumper Locations Solder Side 3 1 2 Peripheral Interface Connectors Table 3 1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the FIR 3730 Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found in Section 3 2 Connector Type Label Audio connector 10 pin wafer connector AUDIO1 CompactFlash CF connector 50 pin CF slot CF1 DDR DIMM slot 184 pin DIMM slot DIMM1 DIO connector 10 pin wafer connector DIO1 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 29 30 Expansion connector 44 pin box header EXP1 Expansion connector 30 pin wafer connector EXP2 Fan connector 3 pin w
12. HDD RESET HDD ACTI VE 47 DATA 8 DATA 9 DATA 10 Table 3 4 Compact Flash Connector Pinouts Page 34 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 3 2 3 Digital Input Output Connector CN Label DIO1 CN Type 10 pin wafer connector 2x5 CN Location See Figure 3 5 CN Pinouts See Table 3 5 Digital Input Output DIO connector is managed through a Super chip The DIO connector pins are user programmable PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 1100 2 1 3 02 4 I 5 OUTOO 6 OUTO1 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 35 36 7 OUTO2 OUTO3 9 GND 10 5V Table 3 5 DIO Connector Pinouts CN Label CN Type CN Location CN Pinouts EXP1 and EXP2 See Figure 3 6 3 2 4 Expansion Connectors 44 pin box header 2x22 and 30 pin wafer connector 2x15 See Table 3 6 and Table 3 7 The expansion connectors support four RS 232 serial ports COM1 COM2 COM4 and COMS and one parallel port 2099000 3 ue 1 2 1 2 29 44 Figure 3 6 Expansion Connector Locations FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO
13. enabled gt Disabled Onboard LAN function manually disabled Boot From LAN Support Disabled The BOOT From LAN Support option enables the system to be booted from a remote system 2 Disabled Default Cannot be booted from a remote system through the LAN gt Enabled Can be booted from a remote system through the LAN 4 8 Exit The Exit menu BIOS Menu 25 allows default BIOS values to be loaded optimal failsafe values and to save configuration changes 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 117 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Secur ity Chipset Ex it Save Changes and Exit d Ch 3 and F10 for Load 6 OCopuright BIOS Menu 25 Exit Save Changes and Exit If configuration changes are complete and a user wishes to save them and exit the BIOS menus select this option Discard Changes and Exit If you have finished making configuration changes but do not want to save them and you want to exit the BIOS menus select this option Discard Changes If you have finished making configuration changes but do not want to save them but still want to continue working with BIOS select this option Load Optimal Defaults Page 118 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card This option allows you to load optimal default values for each of the parameters the Setup menus F9 key can be used for this operation Load Failsafe Defaults This option allows you to load failsafe d
14. gt Reserved The specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices Available IRQ addresses are IRQ3 m IRQ4 wm IRQ5 7 1809 m 0 IRQ11 m 04 m IRQ15 DMA Channel Available gt Available Default The specified DMA is available to be used by PCI PnP devices gt Reserved The specified DMA is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices Available DMA Channels are DM Channel 0 DM Channel 1 DMChannel 3 DMChannel 5 100 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Channel 6 Channel 7 Reserved Memory Size Disabled The Reserved Memory Size BIOS option specifies the amount of memory that should be reserved for legacy ISA devices gt gt gt gt 4 5 Boot Disabled 16K 32K 64K Default No memory block reserved for legacy ISA devices 16KB reserved for legacy ISA devices 32KB reserved for legacy ISA devices 54KB reserved for legacy ISA devices The Boot menu BIOS Menu 15 configures system boot options 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 101 BIOS SETUP UTILITY gt Boot Settings Configuration BIOS Menu 15 Boot 4 5 1 Boot Settings Configuration The Boot Settings Configuration menu BIOS Menu 16 configures advanced system boot options Page 102 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card BIOS SETUP UTILITY Quick Boot Enabled BIOS Menu 16 Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot Enabl
15. 1 2 V Link Features Configuration 113 4 7 2 5outhBridge nito bal 115 4 8 BX aes 117 A BIOS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS ceres sees sees seen sten 121 A 1 BIOS CONFIGURATION 122 B WATCHDOG TIMER tu vkeuuk cctkce Fe eub ee En b RE CE qu kk XR ERROR EE QU 125 C ADDRESS MAPPING 129 C1 TO 08 130 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 5 C 2 IST MEMORY ADDRESS 8 e nenas 130 C3 IRQ MAPPING TABLE 131 C 4 DMA CHANNEL 51 5 131 Page 6 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 5 25 List of Figures Figure 0 12 Figure 1 2 FIR 3730 Dimensions mm 7 07 16 Figure 2 1 Data Flow Block nnn 20 Figure 3 1 Connector and Jumper Locations eese 28 Figure 3 2 Connector and Jumper Locations Solder Side 29 Figure 3 3 Audio Connector Location 0 7 32 Figure 3 4 Compact Flash Connector Location Solder Side 33 Figure 3 5 DIO Connector Location 35 Figure 3 6 Expansion Connector Locations
16. 1 Starting Setup The AMI BIOS is activated when the computer is turned on The setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 Press the DELETE key as soon as the system is turned on or 2 Press the DELETE key when the Press Del to enter SETUP message appears on the screen If the message disappears before the user responds restart the computer and try again 4 1 2 Using Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight items press ENTER to select use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit Navigation keys are shown in LEN NI Move to previous item Move to next item Move to the item on the left hand side Right arrow Move to the item on the right hand side Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu Page Up key Increase the numeric value or make changes Page Dn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card F1 key General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 F3 key Change color from total 16 colors F2 to select color forward F10 key Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu Table 4 1 BIOS Navigation Keys 4 1 3 Getting Help When F1 is pressed a small help window describing the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item appears To exit the Help Wind
17. 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 53 Table 3 21 COM6 Connector Pinouts 3 2 16 SATA Drive Connectors CN Label SATA1 and SATA2 CN Type 7 pin SATA drive connector CN Location See Figure 3 18 CN Pinouts See Table 3 22 The two SATA drive connectors are connected to two first generation SATA drives First generation SATA drives transfer data at speeds as high as 1 5Gb s Page 54 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 9 8 9 E SATA1 SATA2 5 M NE Ol B Os 7 7 Figure 3 18 SATA Drive Connector Locations NO DESCRIPTION 1 GND 1 1 RX1 RX1 UN Table 3 22 SATA Drive Connector Pinouts 3 2 17 TPM Connector CN Label TPM1 CN Type 20 pin header 2x10 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 55 See Figure 3 19 CN Pinouts See Table 3 23 The TPM Trusted Platform Module connector is a device with a controller that is used to check authenticity of digital signs and keys as well as other encryption and security functions 20505005 o mmm BB 2 22 a
18. FIR 3730 is designed for system manufacturers integrators and VARs that want performance reliability and quality at a reasonable price 1 2 FIR 3730 CPU Board Overview FAN LVDS Power VGA 28 RS 232 Inverter 8a a 9 Expansion USB connectors Digital I O Note IDE LAN AUDIO SATA TPM USB Figure 1 1 FIR 3730 CPU Board Overview 1 2 1 FIR 3730 CPU Board Connectors The FIR 3730 CPU board has the following connectors onboard m 1x Audio connector Page 12 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card m 1 CompactFlash slot solder side m 1x DDR DIMM slot 1x DIO connector m 2x Expansion connectors m 1x Fan connector m 1x Front panel connector 2x IDE device connectors m 1 x Inverter power connector m 1x IrDA interface connector Keyboard Mouse connector 1 m 1xLAN GbE connector 2xLCDLVDS connectors connect with LVDS converter board m 1 Power connector m 2x 065 232 serial connectors m 2 SATA connectors 1 TPM connector m 8x USB 2 0 connectors m 1x VGA connector The location of these connectors on the CPU card can be seen in Figure 3 1 These connectors are fully described in Chapter Chapter 2 1 3 Technical Specifications 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 CPU board technical specifications are listed in Table 1 1 Detailed descriptions of each specification can be
19. Flat package 2 6 Memory Support The FIR 3730 CPU has one 184 pin dual inline memory module DIMM sockets and supports one DDR DIMM modules with a maximum RAM of up to 1GB 2 7 Drive Interfaces The FIR 3730 can support the following drive interfaces m 2xSATAdrives m 4x IDE devices m 1 Compact flash card 2 7 1 SATA Drive Support The FIR 3730 CPU card supports two first generation SATA drives with transfer rates up to 1 5Gb s 2 7 2 IDE HDD Interfaces Page 22 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card The FIR 3730 southbridge chipset IDE controller supports up to four HDDs with the following specifications m Supports PIO IDE transfers up to 16MB s m Supports Ultra ATA 133 devices with data transfer rates up to 133MB s 2 7 3 Compact Flash Card FIR 3730 CPU card supports standard CFII flash cards 2 8 Serial Ports The FIR 3730 CPU card supports six high speed UART serial ports COM3 and COM6 are configured as two RS 232 10 pin wafer connectors COM1 COM2 COM4 and 5 are combined with the expansion connector 2 9 Infrared Data Association IrDA Interface The FIR 3730 CPU card IrDA supports the following interfaces Serial Infrared SIR Shift Keyed Infrared ASKIR If an IrDA port is used the SIR or ASKIR mode must be configured in the BIOS under Super IO devices The normal RS 232 COM 2 is then disabled 2 10 USB Interfaces The FIR 3730 CPU card supports eight USB ports The USB interfa
20. Page 3 4 0 31 3 2 INTERNAL 31 32 1 A dio Connector 32 3 2 2 Connector 33 3 2 3 Digital Input Output 35 3 24 Expansi n Connectors E EEE i 36 ONC E E M E 38 3 2 0 Froni Panel Connector EE RO E t 39 3 2 7 Primary REMAIN 41 3 2 8 Secondary IDE 42 EE 44 3 2 10 IrDA Infrared Interface 45 3 2 11 Keyboard Mouse Conf lou uso ve S 47 212 LAN Connell 48 3213 LCD LEYDS Connectors 7 49 2 14 Power Connector 52 3 2 15 RS 232 Serial Port CORNCCIONS 53 3 2 16 SATA Drive Connectors 54 32A7 TEM E abita IRRE 55 3 2 18 Internal USB Connectors 57 3 2 19 6 MU SUMMAM Dd DEN RENE 59 3 2 JUMPER SETTINGS iiit aea Ee tedesca 61 3 3 1 Clear CMOS MIRROR rr NS 62 Sue CF Card Set p spetiali pr dua Du CUT aud 63 3 3 3 COMS COMO Voltage Setup 64 3 3 4 LCD Voltage Setup JUN 64 3 3 5 LVDS Set p 65 CHAPTER 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP 6
21. Select Display Device BIOS feature to determine what displays are used Dual display functionality is enabled here Dual display configuration options are listed below CRT only CRT LCD DEFAULT m CRT TV m CRT 2 ePanel 1 800x600x18 1ch The Panel Type option specifies the device the panel type 4 7 1 2 V Link Features Configuration The V Link Features Configuration menu BIOS Menu 23 configures the V Link Features 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 113 V Link Features Configuration V Link mode selection Auto BIOS Menu 23 V Link Configuration V Link Mode Selection Auto The V Link Mode Selection controls V Link bus operation The following options are available m Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 m Mode 3 m Mode 4 V Link Data 8X Supported Enabled The V Link Data 8X Support controls the data transmission speed between the Northbridge and Southbridge chipsets Page 114 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card gt Disabled V LINK Data 8x transmissions not supported and the transmission speed between the integrated Northbridge and Southbridge decreases Enabled Default V LINK Data 8x transmissions supported and the transmission speed between the integrated Northbridge and Southbridge increases 4 7 2 SouthBridge Configuration The SouthBridge Configuration menu BIOS Menu 24 configures the southbridge chipset VIA 078237 South Chipset Configuration O
22. The CPU Configuration menu BIOS Menu 3 lists the following CPU details Manufacturer Lists the name of the CPU manufacturer Brand String Lists the brand name of the CPU being used m Frequency Lists the CPU processing speed FSB Speed Lists the FSB speed m Cache L1 Lists the CPU L1 cache size m Cache 12 Lists the CPU L2 cache size which in this case is zero 4 3 2 IDE Configuration The IDE Configuration menu BIOS Menu 4 IDE devices installed in the system to be user configured 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 73 OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Both BIOS Menu 4 IDE Configuration OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Both The OnBoard PCI IDE Controller BIOS option specifies the IDE channels used by the onboard PCI IDE controller The following configuration options are available gt Disabled Prevents the system from using the onboard IDE controller gt Primary Only allows the system to detect the Primary IDE channel including both the Primary Master and Primary Slave gt Secondary Only allows the system to detect the Secondary IDE channel including both the Secondary Master and Page 74 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 5 25 Secondary Slave gt Both Default Allows the system to detect both the Primary and Secondary IDE channels including the Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave IDE Master and IDE Slave When entering setup BI
23. 3 3MBps Page 78 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card PIO mode 1 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 5 2MBps PIO mode 2 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 8 3MBps PIO mode 3 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 11 1MBps PIO mode 4 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 16 6MBps This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999 For other disk drives such as IDE CD ROM drives check the specifications of the drive DMA Mode UDMA3 The DMA Mode BIOS selection adjusts the DMA mode options gt Auto swpmao SWDMAi swoma2 MWDMAO MWDMA1 mwoma2 5 25 CPU Card Default BIOS auto detects the DMA mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Single Word DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 2 1MBps Single Word DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 4 2MBps Single Word DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 8 3MBps Multi Word DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 4 2MBps Multi Word DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 13 3MBps Multi Word DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 16 6MBps FIR 3730 RH Page 79 3 UDMA1 Ultra DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 16 6MBps gt UDMA1 Ultra DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 25MBps gt UDMA2 Ult
24. 4 pin header on LVDS converter board Table 3 2 On board Jumpers 3 2 Internal Peripheral Connectors Internal peripheral connectors are found on the CPU card and are only accessible when the CPU card is outside of the chassis This section has complete descriptions of all the internal peripheral connectors on the FIR 3730 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 31 32 3 2 1 Audio Connector CN Label AUDIO1 CN Type 10 pin wafer connector 2x5 CN Location See Figure 3 3 CN Pinouts See Table 3 3 The audio connector is connected to an on board codec An external audio connector kit can be connected to the connector to provide sound input and output 5959155 950005 1 Figure 3 3 Audio Connector Location PINNO DESCRIPTION PINNO DESCRIPTION ow FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card LEER as D NN o LINER Table 3 3 Audio Connector Pinouts 3 2 2 CompactFlash Connector CN Label CF1 solder side CN Type 50 pin CF slot 2x25 Location See Figure 3 4 CN Pinouts See Table 3 4 A compact flash memory module is inserted to the CompactFlash connector CF1 on the solder side of the FIR 3730 Figure 3 4 Compact Flash Connector Location Solder Side 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 33 DESCRIPTION
25. 7 4 1 INTRODUCTION 68 68 222223 68 8 69 4 1 4 Unable to Reboot After 69 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 4 1 5 BIOS Menu 69 70 4 3 ADVANCED ETT TH 71 GT 72 4 3 2 IDE 73 4 3 2 1 IDE Master IDE Slave 75 4 3 3 Super 81 4 3 4 Hardware Health 84 0 acabsmemuaagineiens 85 4 3 5 1 Advanced ACPI Configuration eese sees 87 4 3 6 88 43 7 USB imo RE 90 4 3 7 1 USB Mass Storage Device 93 95 0 101 4 5 1 Boot Settings 102 4 5 2 Device Priority 105 4 5 3 Hard Disk Drives 4 105 0 106 4 9 3 CD DVD Driv S 108 108 NEM Ium 110 4 7 1 Northbridge VIA CN400 Configuration cesses esee enne 111 4 7 1 1 AGP Features Configuration 111 4 7
26. 97 31 Table 3 3 Audio Connector 0 7 33 Table 3 4 Compact Flash Connector Pinout 222 22 34 Table 3 5 0 7 36 Table 3 6 Expansion 1 Connector Pinout eres 37 Table 3 7 Expansion EXP2 Connector Pinout 2 1 38 0 7 39 Table 3 9 Front Panel Connector Pinouts eese 40 Table 3 10 Primary IDE Connector 42 Table 3 11 Secondary IDE Connector Pinouts sees 44 Table 3 12 Inverter Power Connector Pinouts eese 45 46 Table 3 14 Keyboard Mouse Connector 2 1 1 11 1 1 48 Table 3 15 LAN Connector 7 7 49 Table 3 16 LVDS Connector 43 07 51 Table 3 17 LVDS Connector 44 51 Table 3 18 LVDS Connector J5 Pinouts 0 7 52 Table 3 19 Power Connector 7 7 0 7 53 Table 3 20 Connector Pinouts eese nnne nnns 54 8 7 54 Table 3 22 SATA Drive Connector Pinouts 09 55 Table 3 23 TPM Connector 7 Table 3 24 USB Port JUSB1 Connector Pinouts 58 Tabl
27. Address Map C 2 1st MB Memory Address Map 00000 9FFFF System memory 0000 VGA buffer FOOOO FFFFF System BIOS 1000000 Extend BIOS Table C 2 1 MB Memory Address Page 130 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 6 3 IRQ Mapping Table Table C 3 IRQ Mapping Table C 4 DMA Channel Assignments System Timer IRQ8 RTC clock IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ9 Avaliable IRQ2 Cascade to IRQ Controller IRQ10 AC 97 CODEC IRQ3 COM2 IRQ11 Intel 82562ET LAN IRQ4 COM1 2 05 2 mouse IRQ5 Available 013 FPU IRQ6 FDC 4 Primary IDE Parallel Port Secondary IDE Available Available Floppy disk 8 bit transfer Available Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available lt Available Table C 4 DMA Channel Assignments 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 131
28. DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION NDSR4 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 37 we e sume m omm mw e ew _ wer _ wm o oe Table 3 7 Expansion EXP2 Connector Pinouts 3 2 5 Fan Connector CN Label FAN1 CN Type 3 pin wafer connector Location See Figure 3 7 CN Pinouts See Table 3 8 The cooling fan connector on the FIR 3730 provides a 5V current to a cooling fan cooling fans have linear fan speed controlled by BIOS Page 38 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 5 25 ae Figure 3 7 Fan Connector Location PIN NO 1 DESCRIPTION Fan Speed Detect 2 5V 3 GND Table 3 8 Fan Connector Pinouts 3 2 6 Front Panel Connector CN Label CN Type F PANEL1 10 pin wafer connector 2x5 Location See Figure 3 8 CN Pinouts See Table 3 9 FIR 3730 RH Page 39 40 The front panel connector connects to several external switches and indicators to monitor and control the CPU card These indicators and switches include Power button Reset button HDD LED m Power LED o PANEL1 1 2 9 10
29. FIR 3730 Embedded 5 25 CPU Card with VIA LUKE CPU LVDS GbE SATA USB 2 0 Audio and COM User Manual Rev 1 0 nous 2 Revision History Title FIR 3730 Embedded 5 25 CPU card Revision Number Description Date of Issue 1 0 Initial release November 2006 COPYRIGHT NOTICE The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability design and function and does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product or documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical electronic or other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer TRADEMARKS IBM PC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation INTEL is a registered trademark of INTEL Corporation Other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective owners FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Table of Contents CHAPTER 520
30. NE In Jack Sensing m 14 318MHz gt 24 576MHz PLL to eliminate crystal m 12 288MHz BITCLK input m Integrated PCBEEP generator to save buzzer m Interrupt capability Three analog line level stereo inputs with 5 bit volume control LINE IN CD AUX FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 5 25 High quality differential CD input Two analog line level mono inputs PCBEEP PHONE IN Two software selectable MIC inputs Dedicated Front MIC input for front panel applications software selectable Boost preamplifier for MIC input LINE input shared with surround output MIC input shared with Center and LFE output Built in 50mW 20ohm amplifier for both Front out and Surround Out External Amplifier Power Down EAPD capability Power management and enhanced power saving features Supports Power Off CD function Adjustable VREFOUT control Supports 48KHz S PDIF output complying with AC 97 Rev 2 3 specifications Supports 32K 44 1K 48KHz S PDIF input Power support Digital 3 3V Analog 3 3V 5V Standard 48 pin LQFP package EAX 1 0 amp 2 0 compatible Direct Sound 3D compatible A3D compatible I3DL2 compatible HRTF 3D positional audio 10 band software equalizer Voice cancellation and key shifting in Karaoke mode AVRack Media Player Configuration Panel for improved user convenience FIR 3730 RH Page 25 THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Page 26 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Chapter 3
31. OS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of the auto detected IDE devices The following IDE devices are detected and are shown in the IDE Configuration menu Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave m Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave m Third IDE Master m Third IDE Slave m Fourth IDE Master m Fourth IDE Slave The IDE Configuration menu BIOS Menu 4 changes the configurations for the IDE devices installed in the system If an IDE device is detected and one of the above listed four BIOS configuration options are selected the IDE configuration options shown in Section 4 3 2 1 appear 4 3 2 1 IDE Master IDE Slave IDE Master and IDE Slave configuration options for both primary and secondary IDE devices are shown in the BIOS menu below FIR 3730 RH Page 75 UP UTILITY Auto BIOS Menu 5 IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration Auto Detected Drive Parameters The grayed out items in the left frame are IDE disk drive parameters automatically detected from the firmware of the selected IDE disk drive The drive parameters are listed as follows m Device Lists the device type e g hard disk CD ROM etc Vendor Lists the device manufacturer m Size The size of the device LBA Mode Indicates whether the LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive is supported or not Block Mode Block mode boosts IDE drive perform
32. P16 18 FP17 19 FP22 20 FP23 21 GND 22 2 5V 23 GND 24 2 5V 25 GND 26 2 5V 27 GND 28 2 5V PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 FPCLKP 2 FPCLKN 3 FPCLKP 4 FPCLKN 5 FP14 6 FP15 7 FP12 8 FP13 9 FP10 10 FP11 11 FP8 12 FP9 13 FP14 14 FP15 15 FPDEN 16 FPHS 17 FPDEN 18 FPHS 19 FPVS 20 LCD 21 FPVS 22 LCD 23 GND 24 LCD 25 GND 26 LCD FIR 3730 RH Page 51 27 LCD 28 Table 3 18 LVDS Connector J5 Pinouts 3 2 14 Power Connector CN Label PW1 CN Type 14 pin connector 2x7 CN Location See Figure 3 16 CN Pinouts See Table 3 19 The power connector connects to the power source ajial1 a a 5000000 ge e Em 255551522 52 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Table 3 19 Power Connector Pinouts 3 2 15 RS 232 Serial Port Connectors CN Label COMBS and COM6 CN Type 10 pin wafer connector 2x5 CN Location See Figure 3 17 CN Pinouts See Table 3 20 and Table 3 21 The and COM6 serial port connectors connect to RS 232 serial port devices 0 COM3 l Figure 3 17 RS 232 Serial Port Connector Locations i Hs pom 1 1 2 9 10 1 2 9 10 COM6 EEE ume
33. PS 2 mouse gt Auto Allows the system to automatically detect if a PS 2 mouse is being used Page 104 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 4 5 2 Boot Device Priority The Boot Device Priority menu BIOS Menu 17 specifies the boot sequence from the available devices Possible boot devices may include HDD CD DVD BIOS SETUP UTILITY 15 Boot Device USB JetFlash 7516 71 BIOS Menu 17 Boot Device Priority 4 5 3 Hard Disk Drives The Hard Disk Drives menu is similar to the Removable Drives BIOS Menu 18 and it specifies the boot sequence of the available HDDs When the menu is opened the HDDs connected to the system are listed as shown below Drive HDD PM part number 15 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 105 2nd Drive HDD PS part number m 3rd Drive HDD SM part number m Drive HDD SM part number Only the drives connected to the system not shown For example if only two HDDs are connected only 1st Drive and 2nd Drive are listed The boot sequence can be selected from the available devices If the 1st Drive option is selected a list of available HDDs are shown Select the first HDD you wish the system to boot from If system does not boot from the 1st Drive it may also disabled 4 5 4 Removable Drives The Removable Drives menu BIOS Menu 18 specifies the boot sequence of the available removable drives When the menu is op
34. RH 5 25 CPU Card 2 Enabled Default Enables the APM feature Power Button Mode On Off The Power Button Mode BIOS option specifies how the power button functions gt On Off Default When the power button is pressed the system is either turned on or off 2 Standby When the power button is pressed the system goes into standby mode 2 Suspend When the power button is pressed the system goes into suspend mode Restore on AC Power Loss Power Off The Restore on AC Power Loss BIOS option specifies what state the system returns to if there is a sudden loss of power to the system gt Power Off Default The system remains turned off gt Power On The system turns on gt Last State The system returns to its previous state If it was on it turns itself on If it was off it remains off 3 Resume PME Disabled The Resume on PME BIOS option specifies if the system is roused from a suspended or standby state when there is activity on the PCI PME power management event controller gt Disabled Default Wake event not generated by PCI PME controller activity 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 89 gt Enabled Wake event generated by PCI PME controller activity Resume RTC Alarm Disabled The Resume On RTC Alarm determines when the computer is roused from a suspended state 2 Disabled Default The real time clock RTC cannot generate a wake event gt Enabled If selected the followin
35. RH 5 25 CPU Card Processor Displays auto detected CPU specifications Type Names the currently installed processor Speed Lists the processor speed O Count The number of CPUs on the FIR 3730 m System Memory Displays the auto detected system memory O Size Lists memory size The System Overview field also has two user configurable fields m System Time xx xx xx Allows system time to be set m System Date Day xx xx xxxx Allows the system date to be set 4 3 Advanced 5 25 CPU Card The Advanced menu BIOS Menu 2 allows CPU and peripheral device configuration options to be accessed through the following sub menus WARNING Setting the wrong values in the sections below may cause the system to malfunction Make sure that the settings are compatible with the system hardware CPU Configuration see Section 4 3 1 IDE Configuration see Section 4 3 2 SuperlO Configuration see Section 4 3 3 Hardware Health Configuration see Section 4 3 4 m ACPI Configuration see Section 4 3 5 APM Configuration see Section 4 3 6 USB Configuration see Section 4 3 7 FIR 3730 RH Page 71 BIOS SETUP UTILITY gt CPU Configuration BIOS Menu 2 Advanced 4 3 1 CPU Configuration The CPU Configuration menu BIOS Menu 3 shows detailed CPU specifications Page 72 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card _ BIOS SETUP UTILITY BIOS Menu 3 CPU Configuration
36. SB 2 0 Controller O Support for 8 USB 2 0 1 1 ports Network Controller O Enterprise Class 10 100Mbps Fast Ethernet MAC PCI amp bus controllers m Vinyl Audio O VIA Vinyl integrated 5 1 surround sound e AC 97 audio VIA Six TRAC codec O VIA Vinyl Gold on board 7 1 surround sound e 24 96 resolution audio VIA Envy24PT VIA Six TRAC Codec additional DAC O VIA Stylus Audio drivers e Integrated Sensaura technology Full 3D gaming support m Architecture O Ultra V Link High throughput 1GB s South Bridge North Bridge interconnect 6 Supports new generation VIA North Bridges across all processor platforms 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 19 8X V Link High speed 533MB s South Bridge North Bridge interconnect Supports current generation VIA North Bridges across all processor platforms VIA Hyperion 4in1 Unified Drivers Optimized system performance and stability 2 3 Data Flow Figure 2 1 shows the data flow between the two on board chipsets and other components installed on the CPU card and described in the following sections of this chapter CLOCK SYNTESIZER GTLRESISTER HSBGA 841 LVDS VIDEO VT1631 Transmitter OUTPUT TTL To LVDS Luke 533M 1G cene nm SB VT8237R E oc 2 AUDIO ALC655 1 PCI BUS SUPER W83697HG rs12165 ep en LAN RTL8110SC 0 fi AD20 LAN
37. SB mass storage device after the start unit command gt 30 Sec POST waits 30 seconds for the USB mass storage device after the start unit command gt 40 Sec POST waits 40 seconds for the USB mass storage device after the start unit command Device The Device field lists the USB devices that are connected to the system Emulation Type Auto Use the Emulation Type BIOS option to specify the type of emulation BIOS has to provide for the USB device 4 NOTE Please note that the device s formatted type and the emulation type provided by the BIOS must match for a device to boot properly If both types do not match then device s behavior is undefined To make sure both types match format the device using BIOS INT13h calls after selecting the proper emulation option in BIOS setup The FORMAT utility provided by Microsoft MS DOS Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 98 can be used for this purpose 2 Auto Default BIOS auto detects the current USB 2 Floppy The USB device will be emulated as a floppy drive The device can be either A or B responding to Page 94 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card INT13h calls that return DL 0 or DL 1 respectively gt Forced FDD Allows a hard disk image to be connected as a floppy image This option works only for drives formatted with FAT12 FAT16 or FAT32 gt Hard Disk Allows the USB device to be emulated as hard disk responding to IN
38. T13h calls that return DL values of 80h or above gt CDROM Assumes the CD ROM is formatted as bootable media All the devices that support block sizes greater than 512 bytes can only be booted using this option 4 4 The PCI PnP menu BIOS Menu 13 configures advanced PCI and PnP settings WARNING Setting wrong values for the BIOS selections in the PCIPnP BIOS menu may cause system malfunctions 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 95 Clear BIOS Menu 13 PCI PnP Configuration Part 1 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Reserved Memory Size Disabled BIOS Menu 14 PCI PnP Configuration Part 2 Page 96 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Clear No Clear NVRAM specifies whether the contents of the NVRAM Non Volatile when the power is turned off 2 Default System does not clear NVRAM during system boot gt Yes System clears NVRAM during system boot Plug amp Play 0 5 No The Plug amp Play O S BIOS determines whether the Plug and Play devices connected to the system are configured by the operating system or the BIOS gt No Default If the operating system does not meet the Plug and Play specifications this option allows the BIOS to configure all the devices in the system gt Yes This setting allows the operating system to change the interrupt and DMA settings Set this option if the system is running Plug a
39. TPM1 1602 9 19 20 Figure 3 19 TPM Connector Pinout Location PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 LCLK 2 GND 3 LFRAME 4 KEY NC 5 LRESET 6 5V 7 LAD3 8 LAD2 9 3V 10 LAD1 11 LADO 12 GND 13 SCL 14 SDA Page 56 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 15 SB3V 16 SERIRQ 17 GND 18 CLKRUN 19 LPCPD 20 LDRQ Table 3 23 TPM Connector Pinouts CN Label CN Type CN Location CN Pinouts 3 2 18 Internal USB Connectors JUSB1 JUSB2 and JUSB3 8 pin 2x4 and 16 pin 2x8 wafer connector See Figure 3 20 See Table 3 24 Table 3 25 and Table 3 26 The 2x4 USB pin connector provides connectivity to two USB 2 0 devices and the 2x8 USB pin connector supports four USB devices The USB ports are used for I O bus expansion 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH 58 SSS Figure 3 20 USB Connector Pinout Locations DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 2 5 3 USB_DTO 4 USB_DT1 5 USB_DTO 6 USB_DT1 7 GND 8 5V Table 3 24 USB Port JUSB1 Connector Pinouts DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION 1 5 2 GND 3 USB DT2 4 USB 5 USB 2 6 USB DT3 7 GND 8 5V Table 3 25 USB Port JUSB2 Connector Pinouts
40. U Card FIR 3730 RH Page 77 The LBA Large Mode BIOS option disables or auto detects LBA Logical Block Addressing LBA is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB 2 Disabled This selection prevents the BIOS from using the LBA mode control on the specified channel gt Auto Default This option allows the BIOS to auto detect the LBA mode control on the specified channel Block Multi Sector Transfer Auto gt Disabled Selecting this option prevents the BIOS from using Multi Sector Transfer on the specified channel The data to and from the device occurs one sector at a time 2 Auto Default Selecting this value to allows the BIOS to auto detect the device support for Multi Sector Transfers on the specified channel If supported Select this value to allow the BIOS to auto detect the number of sectors per block for transfer from the hard disk drive to the memory The data transfer to and from the device occurs multiple sectors at a time Mode Auto The PIO Mode option selects the IDE PIO Programmable mode program timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the mode increases the cycle time decreases gt Auto Default This setting allows the BIOS to auto detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined PIO mode 0 selected with a maximum transfer rate of
41. afer connector FAN1 Front panel connector 10 pin wafer connector F PANEL1 IDE Interface connector primary 40 pin box header IDE1 IDE Interface connector secondary 44 pin box header IDE2 Inverter power connector 5 wafer connector INV1 IR interface connector 6 pin header FIR1 Keyboard Mouse connector 6 pin wafer connector KB MS1 LAN connector GbE 14 pin wafer connector LAN1 LCD LVDS connectors 28 pin header J4 connect with LVDS converter board J5 Power connector 14 pin connector PW1 RS 232 serial port connector 10 pin wafer connector 345 232 serial connector 10 pin wafer connector COM6 SATA drive connector 7 pin SATA connector SATA1 SATA drive connector 7 pin SATA connector SATA2 TPM connector 20 pin header TPM1 USB connector 8 pin wafer connector JUSB1 USB connector 8 pin wafer connector JUSB2 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card USB connector 16 pin wafer connector JUSB3 VGA connector 10 pin wafer connector VGA1 Table 3 1 Peripheral Interface Connectors 3 1 3 On board Jumpers The FIR 3730 CPU has five jumpers four on the main board and one on the LVDS converter board Table 3 2 lists the jumpers Detailed descriptions of these jumpers can be found in Section 3 3 Description Label Type Clear CMOS J1 3 pin header CF card setup JP2 2 pin header COM and COM6 voltage setup JP1 12 pin header LCD voltage setup JP5 6 pin header LVDS setup JP1
42. ance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block mode is not used Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt Page 76 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card PIO Mode Indicates the PIO mode of the installed device m Async DMA Indicates the highest Asynchronous DMA Mode that is supported m Ultra DMA Indicates the highest Synchronous DMA Mode that is supported S M A R T Indicates whether or not the Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology protocol is supported Auto The Type BIOS option determines the type of device that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after the Power On Self Test POST has completed 2 Not Installed Selecting this value prevents the BIOS from searching for an IDE disk drive on the specified channel 2 Auto Default This selection enables the BIOS to auto detect the IDE disk drive type attached to the specified channel This setting should be used if an IDE hard disk drive is attached to the specified channel 2 CD DVD The CD DVD option specifies that an IDE CD ROM drive is attached to the specified IDE channel The BIOS does not attempt to search for other types of IDE disk drives on the specified channel 2 This option specifies an Removable Media Device These include but are not limited to gt ZIP 15 120 Mode Auto 5 25 CP
43. arallel Port Address BIOS option assigns the parallel port interrupt address The following address options are available gt IRQ5 Parallel port interrupt address is IRQ5 gt IRQ7 Default Parallel port interrupt address is IRQ7 4 3 4 Hardware Health Configuration The Hardware Health Configuration menu BIOS Menu 7 shows the configuration for the H W Health Function and shows the operating temperature and system voltages Page 84 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card BIOS Menu 7 Hardware Health Configuration If the H W Health Function is enabled different system parameters and values are shown The following hardware health parameters are monitored System Temperatures The following system temperature is monitored CPU Temperature Fan Speeds The CPU cooling fan speed is monitored CPU Fan Speed Voltages The following system voltages are monitored Vcore 8 3Vin 5Vin 4 3 5 ACPI Configuration 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 85 The ACPI Configuration menu BIOS Menu 8 configures the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI and Power Management APM options BIOS SETUP UTILITY ACPI Aware 0 5 BIOS Menu 8 ACPI Configuration ACPI Aware Yes Use the ACPI Aware O S option to enable the system to configure ACPI power saving options ACPI can only be implemented if the system OS complies with the ACPI standard Windows 98 Windows 2000 a
44. ces support both USB 2 0 and USB 1 1 2 11 BIOS The FIR 3730 CPU card uses a licensed copy of AMI BIOS The features of the flash BIOS used are listed below 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 23 24 SMIBIOS DMI compliant Console redirection function support PXE Pre Boot Execution Environment support USB booting support 2 12 Operating Temperature and Temperature Control The maximum and minimum operating temperatures for the FIR 3730 CPU card are listed below Minimum Operating Temperature 0 C 32 F m Maximum Operating Temperature 60 C 140 F A heat sink must be installed on the CPU Thermal paste must be smeared on the lower side of the heat sink before it is mounted on the CPU Heat sinks are also mounted on the southbridge chipset to ensure the operating temperature of these chips remain low 2 13 Audio Codec The FIR 3730 has an integrated Realtek ALC655 codec The ALC655 codec is a 16 bit full duplex AC 97 Rev 2 3 compatible six channel audio CODEC designed for multimedia systems including host soft audio and AMR CNR based designs Some of the features of the codec are listed below m Meets performance requirements for audio on 99 2001 systems Meets Microsoft WHQL WLP 2 0 audio requirements 16 bit Stereo full duplex CODEC with 48KHz sampling rate m Compliant with AC 97 Rev 2 3 specifications Front Out Surround Out MIC In and LI
45. d USB keyboard support Normally if this option is not enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard does not become available until a USB compatible operating system is fully booted with all USB drivers loaded When this option is enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard can control the system even when there is no USB driver loaded on the system gt Disabled Legacy USB support disabled gt Enabled Default Legacy USB support enabled USB2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed The USB2 0 Controller Mode BIOS option sets the speed of the USB2 0 controller 2 FullSpeed The controller is capable of operating at full speed 12Mbits second gt HiSpeed Default The controller is capable of operating at high speed Page 92 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 480Mbits second 4 3 7 1 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Use the USB Mass Storage Device Configuration menu BIOS Menu 12 to configure USB mass storage class devices BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Mass Storage Reset Delay 120 BIOS Menu 12 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration USB Mass Storage Reset Delay 20 Sec Use the USB Mass Storage Reset Delay option to set the number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after the start unit command 3 10 6 POST waits 10 seconds for the USB mass storage device after the start unit command 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 93 2 20 Sec Default POST waits 20 seconds for the U
46. de is IrDA gt ASK IR Serial Port 2 mode is ASK IR Parallel Port Address 378 The Parallel Port Address BIOS option assigns the I O port address of the parallel port The following address options are available gt Disabled No I O port address is assigned to the parallel port gt 378 Default Parallel Port port address is 378 gt 278 Parallel Port I O port address is 278 gt 3BC Parallel Port I O port address is 3BC Parallel Port Mode Normal The Parallel Port Mode BIOS options selects the mode the parallel port operates in 2 Normal Default normal parallel port mode is the standard mode for parallel port operation gt Bi Directional Bi Directional parallel port is able to receive 8 lines of data into the computer gt The parallel operates in the enhanced parallel port mode EPP The EPP mode supports bi directional communication between the system and the parallel port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the Normal mode 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 83 gt ECP EPP The parallel port operates in the extended capabilities port ECP mode The ECP mode supports bi directional communication between the system and the parallel port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the Normal mode The parallel port becomes compatible with EPP devices described above Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 The P
47. e 3 25 USB Port JUSB2 Connector Pinouts 58 Table 3 26 USB Port JUSB3 Connector Pinouts 59 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 5 25 Table 3 27 VGA Connector Pinouts 60 Table 3 28 62 Table 3 29 Clear CMOS Jumper J1 Settings eese 63 Table 3 30 CF Card Setup Jumper JP2 Settings sss 63 Table 3 31 COM3 and COM6 Voltage Setup Jumper JP1 Settings 64 Table 3 32 LCD Voltage Select Jumper Settings cesses 65 Table 3 33 2 0 77 66 Table 4 1 69 FIR 3730 RH Page 9 10 List of BIOS Menus BIOS IUE m 8 70 BIOS Menu 2 72 7 73 BIOS Menu 4 IDE Configuration 74 BIOS Menu 5 IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration 76 BIOS Menu 6 Super IO Configuration nnn 81 BIOS Menu 7 Hardware 85 BIOS Menu 8 ACPI Configuration 7 86 BIOS Menu 9 Advanced ACPI Configuration
48. e Figure 3 10 CN Pinouts See Table 3 11 One 44 pin IDE device connector on the FIR 3730 CPU card supports connectivity to Ultra ATA 133 IDE devices with data transfer rates up to 133MB s Page 42 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 5 25 DESCRIPTION PIN NO aee DESCRIPTION RESET 2 CNN omas fe omas CNN fe oms fe fe oma NN FIR 3730 RH GROUND DATA 8 DATA 9 DATA 10 DATA 11 DATA 12 DATA 13 DATA 14 DATA 15 N C CABLE SELECT GROUND DEFAULT Page 43 PDI 6 Table 3 11 Secondary IDE Connector Pinouts 3 2 9 Inverter Power Connector CN Label INV1 CN Type 5 pin wafer connector 1x5 Location See Figure 3 11 CN Pinouts See Table 3 12 The inverter power connector is connected to the LCD backlight Page 44 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card ae iiij DESCRIPTION LCD BLADJ LCD ENBLT Table 3 12 Inverter Power Connector Pinouts 3 2 10 IrDA Infrared Interface Connector CN Label FIR1 CN Type 6 pin header 1x6 CN Location See Figure 3 12 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 45
49. ed The Quick Boot BIOS option speeds up the boot process gt Disabled System does not skip any POST procedures gt Enabled Default Allows system to skip some POST procedures to decrease the system boot time Quiet Boot Disabled The Quiet Boot BIOS option allows the boot up screen options to be modified between POST messages or an OEM logo gt Disabled Default Displays normal POST messages 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 103 gt Enabled Displays OEM Logo instead of POST messages Bootup Num Lock On The Bootup Num Lock BIOS option allows the Number Lock setting to be modified during boot up 2 Off Does not enable the keyboard Number Lock automatically To use the 10 keys on the keyboard press the Number Lock key located on the upper left hand corner of the 10 key pad The Number Lock LED on the keyboard lights up when the Number Lock is engaged 2 Default Allows the Number Lock on the keyboard to enabled automatically when the computer system boots up This allows the immediate use of the 10 key numeric keypad located on the right side of the keyboard To confirm this the Number Lock LED light on the keyboard is lit PS 2 Mouse Support Enabled The PS 2 Mouse Support BIOS option allows the PS 2 mouse support to be adjusted gt Disabled Disables PS 2 mouse support and prevents the PS 2 mouse port from using system resources 2 Enabled Default Allows the system to use a
50. efault values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus F8 key can be used for this operation 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 119 THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Page 120 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card BIOS Configuration Options 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 121 122 1 BIOS Configuration Options Below is a list of BIOS configuration options described in Chapter Chapter 4 eese 7 OnBoard PCI IDE Master IDE Slave Auto Detected Drive LBA Large Mode Block Multi Sector Transfer Auto eere PIO Mode DMA Mode UDMA S M A R T 32Bit Data Transfer 7 Serial Port1 Address SF8 IRQ4 eese Serial Port2 Address 2F8 IRQ3 eese Serial Port2 Mode Normal eren Parallel Port Address 378 Parallel Port ACPI Aware O S Yes ACPI 2 0 Features Power Management APM Powe
51. ened the removable drives connected to the system are listed as shown below 1st Drive Drive Details 2nd Drive Drive Details Only the drives connected the system are shown For example if only one removable drive is connected only 1st Drive is listed The boot sequence from the available devices is selected If 15 Drive option is selected a list of available removable drives are shown Select the first removable drive the system is to boot from If system does not boot from the 1st Drive it may also disabled Page 106 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card There is floppy disk function on the FIR 3730 removable drives that may be listed include USB drives SETUP UTILITY ist Drive USB JetFlash 7516 71 BIOS Menu 18 Removable Drives 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 107 4 5 5 CD DVD Drives The CD DVD Drives menu is similar to the Removable Drives BIOS Menu 18 and it specifies the boot sequence of the available CD DVD drives When the menu is opened the CD drives and DVD drives connected to the system are listed as shown below 151 Drive CD DVD PM part 10 m 2nd Drive HDD PS part 10 3rd Drive HDD SM part ID m 4th Drive HDD SM part 10 pA NOTE Only the drives connected to the system are shown For example if only two CDs or DVDs are connected only 1st Drive and 2nd Drive listed Select the b
52. found in Chapter Chapter 2 Specification FIR 3730 CPU Type VIA LUKE Eden N System Chipset VIA LUKE CN400 VIA VT8237R Chip Winbond W83697HG FIR 3730 RH Page 13 14 VGA Chip Embedded on chip 2 5pin 2 00mm wafer connector Audio Chip 97 Codec Realtek ALC655 2 5 2 0mm wafer connector Network Chip One Giga LAN Chip RTL8110SC SCSI Chip NA Hardware Monitor On Chip System Memory One DDR DIMM slot 1GB MAX Cache Memory 64KB IDE Two ATA133 IDE interfaces Primary IDE 40pin 2 54mm box header Secondary IDE 44pin 2 00mm box header SSD One CompactFlash slot RS 232 Six RS 232 connectors SATA Two SATA connectors USB Eight USB 2 0 connectors supported IrDA One IrDA connector Parallel Port One parallel port combined with Expansion Connector Keyboard amp Mouse One keyboard mouse connector Digital 4 in 4 out Watchdog Timer On Chip 1 255 sec min LCD interface LVDS 18 24 bits FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Power Connector 14 pin connector 5V 12V 5VSB PS_ON Form Factor 5 25 form factor with PCI Golden Finger Expansion Slot Two expansion slots EXP1 44pin 2 0mm box header EXP2 30pin 2 0mm box header BIOS AMI core 8 Table 1 1 Technical Specifications 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 15
53. g appears with values that can be selected RTC Alarm Date Days System Time After setting the alarm the computer turns itself on from a suspend state when the alarm goes off 4 3 7 USB Configuration The USB Configuration menu BIOS Menu 11 gives information on the USB configuration and allows some USB features to be configured Page 90 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card USB 1 1 Ports Configuration USB 8 Ports BIOS Menu 11 USB Configuration USB Configuration The USB Configuration field shows the system USB configuration The items listed are m Module Version USB Devices Enabled Lists the USB devices that are enabled on the system USB 1 1 Ports Configuration USB 8 Ports The USB Ports Configuration BIOS option specifies how many of the USB ports are USB 1 1 compatible gt Disabled None of the ports are USB 1 1 compatible 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 91 gt USB 2 Ports Two ports are USB 1 1 compatible gt USB 4 ports Four ports are USB 1 1 compatible gt USB 6 ports Six ports are USB 1 1 compatible gt USB 8 ports Default Eight ports are USB 1 1 compatible USB 2 0 Ports Enable Enabled The USB 2 0 Ports BIOS option enables or disables the USB 2 0 controller gt Disabled USB 2 0 function disabled gt Enabled Default USB 2 0 function enabled Legacy USB Support Enabled The Legacy USB Support BIOS option refers to USB mouse an
54. ime out value is set to zero A tolerance of at least 1096 must be maintained to avoid unknown routines within the operating system DOS such as disk I O that can be very time consuming FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer otherwise the system will reset Example program INITIAL TIMER PERIOD COUNTER W_LOOP MOV 6F02H setting the time out value MOV BL 30 time out value is 48 seconds INT 15H ADD YOUR APPLICATION PROGRAM HERE 1 15 your application over JNE W_LOOP restart your application MOV 6 2 disable Watchdog Timer MOV BL 0 INT 15H EXIT 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 127 THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Page 128 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Appendix C Address Mapping 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 129 000 01F DMA Controller 020 021 Interrupt Controller 040 05 8254 timer 060 06 Keyboard Controller 070 07 NMI Mask Real time Clock 080 09 DMA Controller Interrupt Controller 0CO ODF DMA Controller OFO OFF Numeric data processor 18 Fixed Disk 2F8 2FF Serial Port 2 COM2 378 37F Parallel Printer Port 1 LPT1 3 0 Reserved 3D0 3DF Color Graphics Monitor Adapter 3F7 3F7 Standard floppy disk controller 3F8 3FF Serial Port 1 COM1 Table 6 1
55. ipset WARNING Setting the wrong values for the Chipset BIOS selections in the Chipset BIOS menu may cause the system to malfunction BOS SETUP UTILITY gt NorthBridge VIA CN400 Configuration BIOS Menu 20 Chipset Page 110 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 4 7 1 Northbridge CN400 Configuration The Northbridge VIA CN400 Configuration menu BIOS Menu 21 configures the Northbridge chipset NorthBridge VIA CN400 gt AGP Features Configuration BIOS Menu 21 Northbridge Chipset Configuration The Northbridge VIA CN400 Configuration BIOS menu has three submenus AGP Features Configuration V LINK Features Configuration AGP Features Configuration 4 7 1 1 The AGP Features Configuration menu BIOS Menu 22 configures the AGP settings 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 111 AGP Features Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter AGP BIOS Menu 22 AGP Features Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter AGP The Primary Graphics Adapter selects the graphics adapter the system uses gt Default PCI graphics adapter is used gt AGP AGP graphics adapter is used eVGA Frame Buffer Size 64MB The VGA Frame Buffer Size BIOS option sets the memory buffer size for the VGA display The following buffer sizes can be set m None m 16MB Page 112 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card m 32MB 64MB Default Select Display Device CRT LCD Use the
56. less Digital Media Playback Unichrome Pro includes native support for the most popular digital video and audio playback through hardware 2 4 acceleration and acclaimed VIA Vinyl Audio suite delivering spectacular playback for entertainment devices Maximum Display Flexibility Unichrome Pro with its optimized shared memory architecture and high definition video support through the Chromotion CE Video Display Engine offers a breathtaking visual experience for the latest HDTV format displays Support for LVDS and DVI interfaces enables complete flexibility for integration into a wide range of embedded and personal electronics applications m Native Serial ATA The VIA DriveStaion Controller Suite with native dual channel Serial ATA controller provides direct support for two 1 5Gb s Serial ATA devices and the SATAlite interface expands support for two additional SATA devices FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 2 2 SouthbridgeChipset The FIR 3730 CPU has VIA VT8237R Plus Southbridge on board A summary of the available Southbridge features is listed below For more information on this chipset please visit the VIA website m VIA DriveStation Controller Suite O Serial ATA Full duplex high performance 1 5Gb s Dual Channel Serial ATA interface Support for additional two Serial ATA devices through SATALite interface O Parallel ATA 133 Supports up to four PATA devices m VIA Advanced Connectivity Suite U
57. llows the user to set the voltage for the LCD panel Before setting this jumper please refer to the LCD panel user guide to determine the required voltage After the required voltage is known make the necessary jumper setting in accordance with the settings shown in Table 3 32 Table 3 32 LCD Voltage Select Jumper Settings 3 3 5 LVDS Setup WARNING Making the wrong setting on this jumper may cause irreparable damage to both the CPU card and the LCD screen connected to the on board connector Jumper Label JP1 on LVDS converter board Jumper Type 4 pin header FIR 3730 RH Page 65 Jumper Settings See Table 3 33 Jumper Location See Figure 3 23 This jumper located on LVDS converter board configures the LVDS flat panel screen The jumper settings and pinout locations are shown below Open Dual Channel Short Single Channel Default Open Single Ended Clock Short Dual Clock Default Table 3 33 LVDS Jumper Settings 3 24 JP1 T3 Figure 3 23 LVDS Jumper Pinout Locations Page 66 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 67 68 4 1 Introduction A licensed copy of AMI BIOS is preprogrammed into the ROM BIOS The BIOS setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This chapter describes how to access the BIOS setup program and the configuration options are user configurable 4 1
58. motion Video Image Controls ChromoColor Tonal Adjustment Allows fine tuning of luma values for the video display with controls for black point and white point enhancement ArtisticLicense Effects Allows high quality image enhancements including Sharpening Soft Focus Embossing and Neon Edge effects 2 5 LVDS Display Support The FIR 3730 CPU card supports TTL displays Using the LVDS converter board enables connectivity to 18 bit or 24 bit flat panel displays The daughterboard comes with an on board VIA VT1631L Low Voltage Differential Signaling LVDS Transmitter The VIA VT1631L is designed to support pixel data transmissions from a Host to a Flat Panel display ranging from VGA to UXGA resolutions VIA VT1631 features are listed below 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 21 Complies with Open LDI Specification for Digital Display Interfaces to 85 MHz Input Clock Support 25 m Supports VGA through UXGA Panel Resolution m Power down mode lt 198uW TBD Two wire Serial Communication Interface to 400KHz m Narrow Bus reduces cable size and cost 592Mbytes sec bandwidth Up Dual 12 bit double pumped digital input port m PLL requires no external components m Support both LVTTL and low voltage level input Capable of 1 0 to 1 8V Programmable input clock and control strobe select m Compatible with TIA EIA 644 m 2 24 to 2 75 supply voltage TQFP 100 Thin Quad
59. nBoard SATA IDE SATA BIOS Menu 24 SouthBridge Chipset Configuration 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 115 Onboard SATA IDE SATA Use the Onboard SATA IDE option to set the onboard SATA controller If the RAID function is going to be used this option must be set in the RAID mode gt Disabled The onboard SATA controller is disabled 2 Default The SATA controller is set as an IDE device with an ID at 0181h gt RAID The SATA controller is set as a RAID device with an ID at 0181h OnBoard AC 97 Audio Enabled The OnBoard AC97 Audio enables or disables the AC 97 CODEC Disabled The onboard AC 97 is disabled gt Enabled Default onboard 97 automatically detected and enabled Set Spread Spectrum Function Enabled Use the Set Spread Spectrum Function option to reduce the EMI Excess EMI is generated when the system clock generator pulses have extreme values Spreading the pulse spectrum modulates changes in the extreme values from spikes to flat curves thus reducing the EMI This benefit may in some cases be outweighed by problems with timing critical devices such as a clock sensitive SCSI device gt Disabled EMI not reduced Enabled Default reduced OnBoard Lan Function Enabled The OnBoard Lan Function option enables or disables the onboard LAN Page 116 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 2 Enabled Default The onboard LAN device automatically detected
60. nabled Default IDE controller on the local bus has mastering capabilities OffBoard IDE Card Auto 5 25 CPU Card The OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card BIOS option selects the OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card gt Auto pcisiot1 2 pcisiot3 pcisiot4 pcisiots 6 Default The location of the Off Board PCI IDE adapter card is automatically detected by the AMIBIOS PCI Slot 1 is selected as the location of the OffBoard PCI IDE adapter card Only select this slot if the adapter card is installed in PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 is selected as the location of the OffBoard PCI IDE adapter card Only select this slot if the adapter card is installed in PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 is selected as the location of the OffBoard PCI IDE adapter card Only select this slot if the adapter card is installed in PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 4 is selected as the location of the OffBoard PCI IDE adapter card Only select this slot if the adapter card is installed in PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 5 is selected as the location of the OffBoard PCI IDE adapter card Only select this slot if the adapter card is installed in PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 6 is selected as the location of the OffBoard PCI IDE adapter card Only select this slot if the FIR 3730 RH Page 99 adapter is installed in PCI Slot 6 gt IRQ Available gt Available Default The specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI PnP devices
61. nd Play aware operating systems PCI Latency Timer 64 The values stipulated in the PCI Latency Timer are in units of PCI clock cycles for the device latency timer register Configuration options are 2 Default 64 m 96 128 m 160 192 224 248 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 97 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes The Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA restrictd the system from giving the VGA adapter card an interrupt address 2 Yes Default Assigns an IRQ to a PCI VGA if card requests IRQ 2 Does not assign IRQ to a PCI VGA card even if the requests an IRQ Palette Snooping Disabled The Palette Snooping enables or disables the palette snooping function gt Disabled Default Unless the VGA card manufacturer requires palette snooping to be enabled this option should be disabled gt No PCI devices are informed that an ISA based Graphics device is installed in the system so the ISA based Graphics card functions correctly This does necessarily indicate a physical ISA adapter card The graphics chipset can be mounted on a PCI card Always check with the adapter card manual first before modifying the default settings in the BIOS PCIIDE BusMaster Enabled The PCI IDE BusMaster BIOS option enables or prevents the use of PCI IDE busmastering gt Disabled Busmastering is prevented Page 98 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card E
62. nd Windows XP all comply with ACPI gt No Disables the ACPI support for the OS This selection should be disabled if the OS does not support ACPI gt Yes Default Enables the ACPI support for the operating system This selection should be enabled if the OS does support ACPI Page 86 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 4 3 5 1 Advanced ACPI Configuration The Advanced ACPI Configuration menu BIOS Menu 9 selects the ACPI state when the system is suspended BIOS SETUP UTILITY 20 ACPI 2 0 Features BIOS Menu 9 Advanced ACPI Configuration ACPI 2 0 Features No The ACPI 2 0 Features BIOS enables the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface features If enabled the system RSDP Root System Description Pointer can obtain physical addresses for other 64 bit fixed system description tables gt No Default RSDP pointers to 64 bit fixed systems are not provided to the system gt Yes RSDP pointers to 64 bit fixed systems are provided to the 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 87 system 4 3 6 APM Configuration The APM Configuration menu BIOS Menu 10 configures advanced power management options BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Management APM Enabled BIOS Menu 10 Power Power Management APM Enabled The Power Management APM BIOS option provides access the advanced power management features gt Disabled Disables the Advanced Power Management APM feature Page 88 FIR 3730
63. oo N E 14 Figure 3 14 LAN Connector Location FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Table 3 15 LAN Connector Pinouts 3 2 13 LCD LVDS Connectors CN Label J4 and J5 on FIR 3730 J3 on daughterboard CN Type 28 pin header 2x14 CN Location See Figure 3 15 CN Pinouts J3 Table 3 17 J4 Table 3 18 J5 Table 3 18 The LVDS converter board is installed on the on board J4 and J5 connectors The LVDS converter board has one LVDS connector J3 and supports 18 bit or 24 bit TTL devices 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 49 Cw PIN NO DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 GND 3 0 4 AO 5 1 6 1 7 A2 8 A2 9 CLK1 10 CLK1 11 A3 12 A3 13 GND 14 GND 15 4 16 4 17 5 18 5 19 A6 20 21 CLK2 22 CLK2 23 A7 24 7 25 GND 26 GND 27 LCD_VDD 28 LCD_VDD 29 LCD_VDD 30 LCD_VDD Page 50 FIR 3730 RH 9 ee rir 888 5 25 5 25 PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 FP6 2 FP7 3 4 4 FP5 5 FP2 6 FP3 7 FPO 8 FP1 9 FP6 10 FP7 11 FP22 12 FP23 13 FP20 14 FP21 15 FP18 16 FP19 17 F
64. oot sequence from the available devices If the 15 Drive option is selected a list of available HDDs are shown Select the first HDD the system is to boot from If System does not boot from the 1st Drive it may also disabled 4 6 Security The Security menu BIOS Menu 19 allows you to configure the system security settings including passwords Page 108 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Change Supervisor Password BIOS Menu 19 Security Change Supervisor Password The default setting for the Change Supervisor Password is Not Installed If you wish to install a supervisor password select this field and enter the password After the password has been added a User Access Level option and a Password Check option appear Change User Password The default setting for the Change User Password is Not Installed If you wish to install a user password select this field and enter the password After the password has been added Install appears next to Change User Password Clear User Password If you wish to clear user password choose the Clear User Password option and press Enter to immediately clear the user password 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 109 4 7 Chipset The Chipset menu BIOS Menu 20 has two sub menus Northbridge VIA CN400 Configuration and Southbridge VIA VT8237 Configuration The Northbridge submenu configures the Northbridge chipset and the Southbridge submenu configures the Southbridge ch
65. ow press Esc or the F1 key again 4 1 4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes If the computer is unable to boot after changes are made to the system configuration restore the CMOS defaults Use the jumper described in Chapter Chapter Chapter 3 Section 3 3 1 4 1 5 BIOS Menu Bar The menu bar on top of the BIOS screen has the following main items Changes the basic system configuration Advanced Changes the advanced system settings m PCIPnP Changes the advanced PCI PnP Settings Boot Changes the system boot configuration Security Sets User and Supervisor Passwords Chipset Changes the chipset settings Exit Selects exit options and loads default settings The following sections completely describe the configuration options found in the menu items at the top of the BIOS screen and listed above 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 69 4 2 When entering the BIOS Setup program the menu BIOS Menu 1 appears The Main menu gives overview of the basic system information System Time BIOS Menu 1 Main gt System Overview The System Overview lists a brief summary of different system components The fields in System Overview cannot be changed The items shown in the system overview include AMI BIOS Displays auto detected BIOS information Version Current BIOS version Build Date Date the current BIOS version was made ID Installed BIOS ID Page 70 FIR 3730
66. r Button Mode On Off Restore AC Power Loss Power Resume on PME Disabled eene Resume On Alarm Disabled eene RTC Alarm Date 3 3 5 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 5 25 ITI 90 USB Conf 91 91 USB 1 1 Ports Configuration USB 8 91 USB 2 0 Ports Enable Enabled 8 7 92 Legacy USB Support Enabled eere 92 USB2 0 Controller Mode 5 22 22 22 2 2 21 92 USB Mass Storage Reset Delay 20 93 HH mL 94 Emulation Type Auto 1 212 rre rnnt tnnt denne netur 94 Clear No nne n ture 97 Plug amp Play O S Wo cene conector critt nu cesare enun en teneas 97 PCI Latency Timer 64 97 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA
67. r the correct CMOS setting m Load Optimal Defaults m Load Failsafe Defaults After having done one of the above save the changes and exit the CMOS Setup menu Clear CMOS DESCRIPTION Keep CMOS Setup Default Clear CMOS Setup Table 3 29 Clear CMOS Jumper J1 Settings 3 3 2 CF Card Setup Jumper Label JP2 Jumper Type 2 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 3 30 Jumper Location See Figure 3 22 The JP2 jumper sets the compact flash card as either the slave device or the master device CF Card Setup DESCRIPTION Table 3 30 CF Card Setup Jumper JP2 Settings FIR 3730 RH Page 63 64 3 3 3 and 6 Voltage Setup Jumper Label JP1 Jumper Type 12 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 3 31 Jumper Location See Figure 3 22 The FIR 3730 COMS and COM6 serial port voltage setup jumper settings are shown in Table 3 31 and the location of the jumper is shown in Figure 3 22 00 mersa i Table 3 31 COM3 and COM6 Voltage Jumper 3 1 Settings 3 3 4 LCD Voltage Setup Jumper WARNING Making the wrong setting on this jumper may cause irreparable damage to both the CPU card and the LCD screen connected to the on board connector FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 5 25 CPU Card Jumper Label JP5 Jumper Type 6 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 3 32 Jumper Location See Figure 3 22 This jumper a
68. ra DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 33 3MBps gt UDMA3 Ultra DMA mode 3 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 44MBps To use this mode it is required that an 80 conductor ATA cable is used gt UDMA4 Ultra DMA mode 4 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 66 6MBps To use this mode it is required that an 80 conductor ATA cable is used gt UDMA5 Ultra DMA mode 5 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 99 9MBps To use this mode it is required that an 80 conductor ATA cable is used S M A R T Auto Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART feature can help predict impending drive failures The S M A R T BIOS option enables or disable this function gt Auto Default BIOS to auto detects if the hard disk drive supports S M A R T Use this setting if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined gt Disabled Select this value to prevent the BIOS from using the SMART feature gt Enabled Select this value to allow the BIOS to use the SMART Page 80 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card feature on support hard disk drives 32Bit Data Transfer Enabled The 32Bit Data Transfer BIOS option enables or disables 32 bit data transfers gt Disabled Prevents the BIOS from using 32 bit data transfers gt Enabled Default Allows BIOS to use 32 bit data transfers on support hard disk drives 4 3 3 Super IO Configuration The Super IO Configura
69. stem the jumpers must be set in accordance with the desired configuration The FIR 3730 CPU card has five jumpers four on the main board and one on the LVDS converter board The jumpers are described in Table 3 28 and shown in Figure 3 22 Description Label Type Clear CMOS J1 3 pin header CF card setup JP2 2 pin header COM and COM6 voltage setup JP1 12 pin header LCD voltage setup JP5 6 pin header LVDS setup JP1 4 pin header on LVDS converter board 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 61 Table 3 28 Jumpers JP2 0D Figure 3 22 Jumper Locations umm GEE 3 3 1 Clear CMOS Jumper Jumper Label J1 Jumper Type 3 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 3 29 Jumper Location See Figure 3 22 If the FIR 3730 fails to boot due to improper BIOS settings use this connector to clear the CMOS data and reset the system BIOS information To do this disconnect J1 and keep it disconnected for at least five seconds After five seconds has elapsed reinsert the connector Page 62 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card 5 25 If the CMOS Settings Wrong message is displayed during the boot up process the fault may be corrected by pressing the F1 to enter the CMOS Setup menu Do one of the following Ente
70. tion menu BIOS Menu 6 sets or changes the configurations for the parallel ports and serial ports BIOS SETUP UTILITY Serial Porti Address 3F8 IR Q41 BIOS Menu 6 Super IO Configuration 5 25 CPU Card FIR 3730 RH Page 81 Serial Port1 Address 3F8 IRQ4 The Serial Porti Address option allows BIOS to select the Serial Port 1 base address 3 3 Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Default No base address is assigned to Serial Port 1 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 3F8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 Serial Port 1 port address is 2F8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3 Serial Port2 Address 2F8 IRQ3 The Serial Port2 Address option allows BIOS to select the Serial Port 2 base address gt gt Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Default No base address is assigned to Serial Port 2 Serial Port 2 I O port address is 2F8 and the interrupt address is Serial Port 2 I O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 Serial Port 2 I O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3 Serial Port2 Mode Normal Allows BIOS to select the mode for Serial Port 2 Page 82 FIR 3730 RH 5 25 CPU Card Normal Default Serial Port 2 mode is normal Serial Port 2 mo

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