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1. 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 0 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Head Select 33 Ground 34 Disk Change ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 2 6 Hardware Configuration J9 J8 COM1 COM2 Serial Port 1 2 Connector Signal Description RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 DCD Data Carrier Detect TX DATA RXD Receive Data TX DATA TXD Transmit Data RX N C DTR Data Terminal Ready RX N C GND Ground GND GND DSR Data Set Ready N C N C RTS Request to Send N C N C CTS Clear to Send N C N C RI Ring Indicator N C N C N C N C N C Notes 1 J9 is fixed as RS 232 2 J8 is configurable as RS 232 422 485 with jumper JP2 J10 General Purpose I O Connector Signal Description General Purpose I O Port 1 GPIO1 General Purpose I O Port 2 GPIO2 General Purpose I O Port 3 GPIO3 General Purpose I O Port 4 GPIO4 Ground Buffered Digital Output Port 1 DO1 Buffered Digital Output Port 2 DO2 Buffered Digital Output Port 3 DO3 Buffered Digital Output Port 4 DO4 5V Ne JE RS RY Notes 1 All General Purpose I O ports can only adapt standard TTL 5 signal level OV 5V Pin 1 4 can be either input or output while pin 6 10 can only be digital output 2 The 4 extra DO ports are provided for the applications that need higher driving capability Through invert amplitude respected to GPIO port each
2. USB Interface Support three USB Universal Serial Bus ports for high speed I O peripheral devices PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 6 pin Mini DIN connector for PS 2 mouse keyboard connection through Y Cable separation and one 5 pin shrouded connector for PS 2 keyboard connection through backplane connection ATX Power Control Interface One 4 pin header to support ATX power control with Modem Ring On and Wake On LAN function ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 1 3 System Overview Auxiliary I O Interfaces System reset switch external speaker Keyboard lock and HDD active LED etc Real Time Clock Calendar RTC Support Y2K Real Time Clock Calendar with battery backup for 7 year data retention Watchdog Timer Support WDT function through software programming for enable disable and interval setting Generate system reset or non maskable interrupt NMI SG Disk On Chip DOC Feature Reserved one 32 pin socket for M systems Flash Disk up to 512MB DOS Windows Win95 NT bootable drivers and Utility supported On board VGA ATI Mobility Radeon graphic controller works in combination with a 16MB DDR SDRAM Support Dual channel LVDS interface Support TMDS interface for DVI display Support TV output On board Ethernet LAN Intel 82801 ICH2 integrated LAN controller to support RJ 45 connector On board 68 pin PCI connector Support one additional PCI daughter board High ISA Driving Capability Support
3. error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps The other code indicates that your DRAM error has occurred This beep code consists of a single long beep repeatedly Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may has been caused by a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER No boot device was found This could mean that either a boot drive was not detected or the drive does not contain proper system boot files Insert a system disk into Drive A and press lt Enter gt If you assumed the system would boot from the hard drive make sure the controller is inserted correctly and all cables are properly attached Also be sure the disk is formatted as a boot device Then reboot the system DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR RUN SETUP Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS definition Run Setup to reconfigure the drive type correctly ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 28
4. 5 Restart your system 6 There is also situation that the installed network adapter is not working anymore for you or old network driver stays in the system after you change your network card Please remove all the network adapters and protocols from network setup menu and redo the loading of driver and protocols again 7 Network setup within Windows NT 4 0 is not as easy as within Windows 95 98 Special familiarity and care are required for a successful installation Note Please visit our technical web site at http www portwell com tw For additional technical information which is not covered in this manual ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 5 9 Appendix 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 04C3 17K DOS 04C4 OC9B 31K Program Area OC9C 9FFE 589K Available 9FFF 9FFF 0 1K Unused Conventional memory ends at 640K A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 CFFF 64K Video ROM D000 C97F 38K ROM D980 DB49 7 2K Unused DB4A DFFE 18K High RAM DFFF E300 12K Unused E301 EBFF 35K High RAM EC
5. Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C Relative Humidity 0 95 non condensing ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 1 5 System Overview 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing 4 HOLE 4 121 90 59 44 7 62 99 82 22 33 mum mmm 49 02 76 20 86 37 P5 39 LJ 1 50 338 58 1 4 System Architecture The most up to date system architecture of ROBO 8710VLA includes two main Intel chips Intel 845E chipset supports Pentium 4 processor DDR SDRAM 2D 3D graphic display and its 82801BA ICH2 supports PCI bus interface APM ACPI compliant power management USB port SMBus communication and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 IDE Master and it also provides a Fast Ethernet controller W83627HF I O Contro
6. computer use E Screen shot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS X Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume No Power Management User Define 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 CPU THRM Throttling 50 0 Wake Up by OnBoard LAN Disabled Power On by Ring Disabled X USB KB Wake Up From S3 Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled X Date of Month Alarm 0 X Time hh mm ss Alarm 000 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD COM LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ A D Disabled Item Help Menu Level gt Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults F6 Fail Safe Defaults ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information ACPI Suspend Type To decide which ACPI suspend mode to use The choice S1 POS S3 STR Run VGA BIOS if S3 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 Do
7. 7 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 11 IRQ 12 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 assigned to 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 ISA PnP Legacy ISA DMA Resources DMA 0 DMA 1 DMA 3 DMA 5 DMA 6 DMA 7 assigned to The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA To enable VGA IRQ assignation by selecting enabled The choice Enabled Disabled INT Pin 1 Assignment Devices S using this INT Display Cntrlr Bus 1 Dev 0 Func 0 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 INT Pin 2 Assignment Devices S using this INT Multimedia Device Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 5 Simple COMM Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 6 SMBus Cnitrlr Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 3 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 INT Pin 3 Pin 6 Pin 7 Assignment Devices S using this INT The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 23 BIOS Setup Information INT Pin 4 Assignment Devices S using this INT USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 2 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 INT Pin 5 Assignment Devices S using this INT Network Cntrlr Bus 2 Dev 8 Func 0 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 INT Pin 8 Assignment Device
8. DRAM parameters in BIOS setup to upgrade your system performance without acquiring technical information 3 3 M systems Flash Disk ROBO 8710VLA reserves one 32 pin DIP sockets for installing M systems Flash disk from 2MB to 512MB This operation structure is running with pure ISA bus without PnP Plug and Play function Before installing make sure that I O address jumper setting is set on right position to prevent unworkable system due to I O resource conflict Do remember to follow DOC DiskOnChip installation procedure Otherwise it is possible to burn out the Flash chip due to incorrect installation Installing DOC Align the DOC with pinholes on the socket Make sure that the notched corner or dot mark pin 1 of DOC corresponds to notched corner of the socket Then press the DOC gently until it fits into place If installation procedure is correct the Flash disk can be viewed as a normal hard disk to access read write data WARNING Please ensure that your DOC is properly inserted Placing the DOC in reverse will cause severe damage Remember a new DOC chip is always a formatted disk You may simply plug the chip on the DOC socket and read write through it If you would like to boot from this Flash disk it is necessary to refer to the application note from M systems You can easily get relative information from M systems shipping package such as product manual or Web site http www m sys com ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 3
9. Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 3 BIOS Setup Information E Menu selections Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Change the day month year and century Time hh mm ss Change the internal clock IDE Primary Options are initssub Press lt Enter gt to enter next page for Master menu described in 4 4 detail hard drive settings Table IDE Primary Slave Options are initssub Press lt Enter gt to enter next page for menu described in 4 4 detail hard drive settings Table IDE Secondary Options are initssub Press lt Enter gt to enter next page for Master menu described in 4 4 detail hard drive settings Table IDE Secondary Options are initssub Press lt Enter gt to enter next page for Slave menu described in 4 4 detail hard drive settings Table Drive A None Select the type of floppy disk drive Drive B 360K 5 25 in installed in your system 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Disabled Support Drive A Drive B Both 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 Base Memory 640K Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Mem
10. IRQ 0 System Counter IRQ 1 Keyboard IRQ 2 Programmed Controller IRQ 3 COM2 IRQ 4 COM1 IRQ 5 Nothing IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ 7 Printer Port Parallel Port IRQ 8 CMOS Clock IRQ 9 Nothing IRQ 10 USB interface IRQ 11 Nothing IRQ 12 PS 2 mouse IRQ 13 Data Processor IRQ 14 Primary IDE Controller IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Controller 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 5 4 OS Diagnostics What will be presented here is a brief guide to properly house in the driver for any Microsoft Windows 95 98 NT device For other operating systems please refer to OS manual guidebook Booting Users may find quite a lot of Windows 95 98 hang during loading sequence Windows logo stays with no progress or simply no display is given Please restart your system and hit F5 when loading the Windows system and enter Safe mode Users will always be allowed to enter Safe mode with success to remove devices that are not properly running or installed Please proceed to do so and restart your Windows Devices with removed drivers will be automatically detected again The drivers will be loaded automatically if drivers have been included in the system database else you will be asked to provide driver source for installation ROBO 8710VLA User s M
11. Line in Left Channel Analog Ground 5 Line in Right Channel Analog Ground 7 Line out Left Channel Analog Ground 9 Line out Right Channel N C Note The Reference Voltage on MIC signal offers 2 25V 2 75V with 5mA drive J30 TV out Connector PIN No Signal Description 2 COMP B 4 C R 6 N C __ SCARTRGB Composite Red SVID C Colour Green SVID Y Luminance COMP B Blue SYNC Sync Signal Composite Video Note Different video interfaces will be auto selected The selection will be made base on the different impedance combination from each signal line ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual Hardware Configuration J31 Audio CD in Connector PIN No Signal Description CD in Left Channel CD Ground CD Ground CD in Right Channel vs OAI H lt J32 On board VGA CRT Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Monitor IDO MONIDO 5V I F 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 5V 10 Ground 11 Monitor ID1 MONID1 5V I F 12 VGA DDC Data 5V I F 13 Horizontal Sync HSYNC 5V I F 14 Vertical Sync VSYNC 5V I F 15 VGA DDC Clock 5V I F J33 External Keyboard Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Keyboard Clock 2 Keyboard Data 3 N C 4 Ground 5 5V Dual J36 SMBus Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 SMBus Clock 2 N C 3 Ground 4 SMBus Data 5 5V ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 2 14 Hardwa
12. Listo nssr snena a n N R S AA aa a 4 33 AAZ BIOS EE HE UE 4 38 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting eegeeEEEEENEEEEEEEEENNEEEEEEEEEESEEENEEEEEEEEEEEEE KEES naadi aiaa aan 5 1 5 1Backplane Setup enee testorstt es cede aan EAE E AE R AAN 5 1 5 2 Onboard hardware mstallatpon 5 4 53 BIOS Sete aneiens ins a a a a ara aA San eaS Enn EAA Ea E AEAT Ee SROI IESni 5 6 DAOS Did SNOSttes ain AE EER E ER A A R NEE E dee 5 7 Appendix A Appendix B Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO 8710VLA 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 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 M systems flash disk 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 Trou
13. SS SS SS SS SN If any of these items is damaged or missing please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 1 2 System Overview 1 3 Product Specification Main processor Intel Pentium 4 Celeron Processor FSB 533 400MHz e BIOS Phoenix Award system BIOS with 512KB Flash ROM with easy upgrade function ACPI DMI Green function and Plug and Play Compatible Main Memory Two DIMM sockets support non buffered 200 266 DDR SDRAM up to 2GB ROBO 8710VLA supports ECC function without buffer or register L2 Cache Memory 512 256KB in Intel Pentium 4 Celeron Processor Chipset Intel 82845E GMCH and ICH2 chipset Bus Interface Follow PICMG 1 0 Rev 2 0 standard 32 bit PCI and 16 bit ISA Fully complies with PCI Local Bus specification V2 2 support 4 master PCI slots PCI IDE Interface Support two enhanced IDE ports up to four HDD devices with PIO mode 4 and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 mode transfer and Bus Master feature Floppy Drive Interface Support one FDD port up to two floppy drives and 5 1 4 360K 1 2MB 3 1 2 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB diskette format and 3 mode FDD Serial Ports Support two high speed 16C550 compatible UARTs with 16 byte T R FIFOs IR Interface Support one 6 pin header for serial Standard Infrared wireless communication Parallel Port Support one parallel port with SPP EPP and ECP modes
14. every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press lt Enter gt it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely MPS Version Control For OS The choice 1 1 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system The choice Non OS2 OS2 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information Report No FDD for WIN 95 The choice No Yes Small Logo EPA Show The choice Enabled Disabled 4 6 Advanced Chipset Features This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the Intel 82845E chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM SDRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The on
15. high performance to all segments of the industrial PC market This single board computer runs with Intel Pentium 4 Celeron mPGA478 processor and supports two DIMM up to 2GB DDR SDRAM maximum The enhanced on board PCI IDE interface can support 4 drives up to PIO mode 4 timing and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 synchronous mode feature The on board Super I O Chipset integrates one floppy controller two serial ports one keyboard controller hardware monitoring one IrDA port and one parallel port Besides three USB Universal Serial Bus ports provide high speed data communication between peripherals and PC Its proprietary PCI extension connector provides an easy way to add additional functions like U160 SCSI or 2nd LAN device in minutes The compact form factor with proprietary PCI connection interface makes it the best and flexible daughter board solution for adding more functions in a limited space The PICMG standard makes the ROBO 8710VLA works with the legacy ISA ISA PCI or multi slots PCI bus backplane The on board 32 pin DIP socket supports M systems DiskOnChip 2000 product up to 512MB The Watch Dog Timer function can be used to restart you system whenever system goes abnormal One 6 pin Mini DIN connector with Y Cable is provided to connect PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard The on board Flash ROM is used to make the BIOS update easier ROM chip can be replaced quickly The ROBO 8710VLA also provide up to 8 high driving GPIO and high resolution
16. 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 Improper disable operation There are too many occasions where users disable a certain device feature in one application through BIOS setting These variables may not be set back to the original values when needed These devices features will certainly fail to be detected When the above conditions happen it is strongly recommended to check the BIOS settings Make sure certain items are set as they should be These include the floppy drive COM1 COM2 ports parallel port USB ports external cache on board VGA and Ethernet It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device port to release IRQ resource A few good examples are disable COMI serial port to release IRQ 4 disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ 3 disable parallel port to release IRQ 7 disable PS 2 mouse to release IRQ 12 etc ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 5 6 Troubleshooting A quick review of the basic IRQ mapping is given below for your reference IRQ Description
17. move JP1 CMOS clear Jumper to 2 3 power on the system to clear CMOS move on off switch from off to on for AT mode or toggle the switch for ATX mode power off the system move JP1 back to 1 2 and power on again ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 5 4 Troubleshooting Q I power on the system but the CPU speed is not correct Why A This applies to Engineering Sample processor ONLY If you have ever loaded the BIOS optimal default thank you for doing so However this will force the BIOS to pick up the default CPU core bus ratio as well It needs to be emphasized again that ROBO 8710VLA does not have switch or jumper to configure CPU core bus ratio This is done through BIOS automatically Please check in the Frequency Voltage Control section of Chapter 4 4 11 to adjust this core bus ratio only available when you plug in the engineering sample processor from Intel System default setting is automatically setting when you plug in commercial processors from Intel and you will not see the CPU Clock Ratio item in the BIOS setting screen Q I connect two IDE devices over one IDE flat cable but the system either does not start or just hangs from time to time Why A Make sure that you have configured the two IDE devices as a master and a slave respectively Q Iam using an ATA 66 or 100 hard drive how can I know that ATA 66 function is started A You need to use the 80 pin ATA 66 IDE flat cable to have this function
18. ready During POST you can see ATA 66 or 100 message while hard drive is being detected Besides after Microsoft series OS installation successfully you must install ATA 66 100 driver then the function can be active ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 5 5 Troubleshooting 5 3 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the device cables required before turning on AT power CPU CPU fan CPU fan power cable 184 pin DDR SDRAM keyboard mouse floppy drive IDE hard disk printer VGA connector device power 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 ROBO 8710VLA 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 configuration It is recommended to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that Portwell has
19. to deactivate this interface The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master 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 Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master 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 your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choice Auto Disabled USB Controller This item allows you to enable disable USB Universal Serial Bus function 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 The choice Auto Disabled ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information Onboard LAN Function The ch
20. 0VLA User s Manual Hardware Configuration Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter indicates jumpers headers and connectors locations Users may find useful information related to hardware settings in this chapter The default settings are indicated with a star sign 2 1 Jumper Setting For users to customize ROBO 8710VLA s features In the following sections Short means covering a jumper cap over jumper pins Open or N C Not Connected means removing a jumper cap from jumper pins Users can refer to Figure 2 1 for the Jumper locations Jk mo F m KH SUE Ca SR mo em a en TT eu MCH apne Spuer W Sea vi Figure 2 1 ROBO 8710VLA Jumper Location JP1 CMOS Clear Function 1 2 Short Normal Operation 2 3 Short Clear CMOS Contents ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 2 1 Hardware Configuration JP2 COM2 J8 Interface Selection Function 5 6 9 11 10 12 15 17 16 18 Short RS 232 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 JP4 AT ATX Power Selection Function 1 3 2 4 Short 3 5 4 6 Short On board VGA Enable Disable JP6 amp JP7 Function Enable 1 2 Short 1 2 Short Disable JP9 LVDS Configuration LVDS Backlight On Signal Selection Pin 1 Pin 6 Function 1 2 5 6 Short 5V Active Low 1 2 4 6 Short 5V Active High 1 3 5 6 Short 12V Active Low 1 3 4 6 Short 12V Active High L
21. 1 3 short and 2 4 short support AT function If the ATX power supply has a switch such as ORION 300ATX do not remove the jumper of backplane connector in step 1 and use the power supply switch as the system power on switch In all cases users may apply a 2 pin AT on off switch over pin 3 and pin 4 of the backplane connector in step 1 However power supply switch needs to be moved to on if there is one 5 2 Onboard hardware installation Q How do I connect my keyboard and mouse A Users may always adopt PS 2 keyboard and mouse over the PS 2 interface through Y cable J28 on ROBO 8710VLA However it is also fine to adopt a standard keyboard over the standard keyboard connector on backplane if provided In this way users need to adopt a 5 pin keyboard connection cable to line up external keyboard interface J33 on ROBO 8710VLA with the 5 pin keyboard connector on backplane Q OK I have finished up hardware installation but I got nothing when I power on the system Why A There are thousands of different reasons to get this power on failure 1 Check ROBO 8710VLA jumper JP4 For AT power supply or ATX power supply used for AT system JP4 needs to be at 1 3 and 2 4 Otherwise it needs to be at 3 5 and 4 6 Incorrect power setting will not allow you to power on the system 2 Double check if every connector is attached with the correct cable 3 If you have changed processor with different system clock please
22. 10VLA User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information 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 Normal 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 3 1 PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs On System automatically restores power back Off System stays at power off Midi Port Address There are 4 choices There are Disabled 330 300 and 290 The choice Disabled 330 300 290 Midi Port IRO To assign an IRQ number to Midi Port The choice 5 10 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 4 Min DOC Memory Address Range There are 4 sections option in the memory available to be selected The choice D8000 D9FFF DA000 DBFFF DCO00 DDFFF and DE000 DFFFF ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information 4 8 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
23. 1BA Name of LED LAN Linked amp Active LED Linked LAN speed LED Active Blinking ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 3 4 System Installation 3 4 4 AC 97 Audio Device The on board AC 97 audio device provides a more than standard sound display It is capable for many general purposes This on board Audio function is supported by Intel 82801BA ICH2 embedded AC 97 Codec Controller Drivers Support Please find Sound driver in Audio AC97 Avance of IPC Driver CD title The drivers support Windows NT 4 0 Windows 95 98 98SE Windows 2000 and Windows XP To disable this onboard Audio function please configure the Integrated Peripheral Setup Menu in BIOS Change the AC 97 Audio setting to Disabled will help you to turn off this PCI Audio device 3 4 5 68 pin PCI connector ROBO 8710VLA provides one on board 68 pin PCI connector that allows you to apply additional PCI devices such as SCSI or Ethernet If you have a compatible PCI device simply plug it onto the connector and secure it with two retention bars 3 5 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable CMOS Clear Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position Function 1 2 Short Normal Operation zk 2 3 Short Clear CMOS Contents To correctly operate CMOS Clear function users must turn off the system move JP1 jumper to short pin 2 and 3 To clear CMOS please turn the power back on and
24. 2 System Installation 3 4 Installing the Single Board Computer To install your ROBO 8710VLA into standard chassis or proprietary environment you need to perform the following Step 1 Check all jumpers setting on proper position Step 2 Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position Step 3 Place ROBO 8710VLA into the dedicated position in your system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it Step 5 Attach 4 pin 12V power cable of ATX power supply to on board 12V CPU supplementary connector J5 WARNING Please ensure that your SBC is properly inserted and fixed by mechanism Otherwise the system might be unstable or do not work due to bad contact of golden finger and ISA bus slot Note Please refer to section 3 4 1 to 3 4 3 to install INF VGA LAN drivers 3 4 1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset on ROBO 8710VLA 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 95 98 98SE 2000 please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed You can find very easily this chipset component driver in ROBO 8710VLA CD title 3 4 2 ATI Mobility Radeon Graphic Integrated Chipset Using ATI Mobility Radeon High performance graphic integrated chipset is aimed to gain an outstanding graphic performance It is accompanied by a 16MB DDR SDRAM This combination makes ROBO 8710VLA
25. 3 18 Ground Data 4 19 Ground Data 5 20 Ground Data 6 21 Ground Data 7 22 Ground Acknowledge 23 Ground Busy 24 Ground Paper Empty 25 Ground Printer Select 26 N C J4 External Thermal Sensor Connector PIN No Thermistor Pin 1 Thermistor Pin 2 Note An external thermistor can be connected to these 2 pins for temperature monitoring remotely such as chassis ambient temperature etc Normally the resistance selected for thermistor should be 10KOhm at 25 degrees centigrade J5 12V CPU Supplementary Connector ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Configuration 6 J2 Primary Secondary IDE Connector IDE1 IDE2 PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 RESET 2 Ground 3 Data 7 4 Data 8 5 Data 6 6 Data 9 7 Data 5 8 Data 10 9 Data 4 10 Data 11 11 Data 3 12 Data 12 13 Data 2 14 Data 13 15 Data 1 16 Data 14 17 Data 0 18 Data 15 19 Ground 20 N C 21 DMA REQ 22 Ground 23 IOW 24 Ground 25 IOR 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 Pull down 29 DMA ACK 30 Ground 31 INT REQ 32 N C 33 SA1 34 CBLID 35 SAO 36 SA2 37 HDC CSO 38 HDC CS1 39 HDD Active 40 Ground J7 FDC Interface Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 Density Select 0 3 Ground 4 N C 5 Ground 6 Density Select 1 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor EN AA 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select A 15 Ground 16 Motor ENB 17 Ground 18 Direction 19 Ground 20 Step
26. 64mA high driving capability for multi slots ISA bus High Driving GPIO Support 8 high driving capability for GPIO 4 GPI and 4 GPO Cooling Fans Support three 3 pin headers for CPU System and Power fans System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature system temperature and major power sources etc Bracket Support one Ethernet port with 2 indicators one Mini DIN port for PS 2 mouse keyboard one USB port and one CRT port Outline Dimension L X W 338 5mm 13 33 X 122mm 4 8 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 1 4 System Overview Power Requirements Configuration A 12V CPU 2 7A 12V System 0 6A t5V 3 7A Test configuration CPU Intel P4 1 8GHz 400MHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache e Memory DDR SDRAM 512MBx2 Primary Master IDE HDD Seagate ST330620A e OS Microsoft Windows 2000 SP2 Test Programs 3D Mark 2001 for loading VGA and Burning Test V2 2 for loading CPU Connected Fans Only CPU fan connected Run Time 10 minutes Configuration B 12V CPU 5 0A 12V System 0 7A 5V 4 2A Test configuration e CPU Intel P4 3 06GHz 533MHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache e Memory DDR SDRAM 512MBx2 with ECC Primary Master IDE HDD Seagate ST340016A e OS Microsoft Windows 2000 SP2 e Test Programs 3D Mark 2001 for loading VGA and Burning Test V3 0 for loading CPU e Connected Fans Only CPU fan connected e Run Time 10 minutes Operating Temperature 5 C 60 C 23 F 140 F
27. 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 Disabled to ignore this BIOS caching function The choice Enabled Disabled Memory 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 Delayed Transaction Select Enabled to enable delay transaction This will enhance performance for data transmission between different PCI bus The choice Enabled Disabled Delay Prior to Thermal The choice 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min 32 Min AGP Aperture Size MB The choice 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 8 bit IO Recovery Time The choice 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 PCI CLK 16 bit IO Recovery Time The choice 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 PCI CLK ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information 4 7 Integrated Peripherals E Screen shot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals On Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Salve PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Prima
28. BIOS Setup Information DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct and then either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection DISPLAY TYPE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Since last powering off the system the display adapter has been changed You must configure the system for the new display type EISA Configuration Checksum Error PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The EISA non volatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly read the EISA slot This can indicate either the EISA non volatile memory has become corrupt or the slot has been configured incorrectly Also be sure the card is installed firmly in the slot EISA Configuration Is Not Complete PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The slot configuration information stored in the EISA non volatile memory is incomplete Note When either of these errors appear the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility ERROR ENCOUNTERED INITIALIZING HARD DRIVE Hard drive cannot be initialized Be sure the adapter is installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER Cannot initialize con
29. Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password F10 Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit T J gt Select Item Time Date Hard Disk Type Note It is strongly recommended to reload Optimal Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Setup Information 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt or lt gt 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 E Screen shot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Mon Oct 2 1999 Item Help Time hh mm ss 16 51 13 gt IDE PrimaryMaster None Menu Level g gt IDE Primary Slave None gt IDE Secondary Master None Change the day month gt IDE Secondary Slave None year and century Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Based Memory 640K Extended Memory 260096K Total Memory 261120K Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General
30. Integrated Chipset NEE 3 3 3 4 3 Fast Ethernet Contr ollerisisccts enerne visits toni dE eet Hades A Nested Eed 3 4 3 4 4 AC 97 Audio Device oo cecccscccsscessccsscessecescessecscessecsecessecsecessscssecessessecesscsssaeecssseaeeesaeensees 3 5 3 4 9 68 pin PC Connector sei acti wetness Aa cviesseaa Oh ences deceased a eleesenants 3 5 3 5 Clears CMOS Operationicreccssss ssscvssssceessisesteacsysadscontasnetsedscndvsnvaes EnEn I ENAS Ea SNS EEA NESSIE 3 5 3 6 Watch Dog Timer FUNCHON msnnen na iEn Eae ENNE 3 6 SEIN IS EE E EE E EA E EE e A 3 7 3 6 Display Ee 3 8 SR RE Le EE 3 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ccceessesseesenessesseesneeeseeeseesseeeseesaeeesseesenesseassensaeeeseness 4 1 4 1 Entering Setup icv cot EE R ENEE 4 1 A FET M VE 4 2 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Meier 4 3 4A TIDE Adaptors Setup Men scisstssscivss siebeestesescetessndeassicnds ia ele e Ean NSIN Eain 4 5 4 5Advanced BIOS Fea EE 4 7 4 6 Advanced Chipset Bette EE a a a oaa 4 10 47 Integrated Peripherals cerieirar EEGENEN 4 13 4 8 Power Management Setup ENEE 4 18 9 PoP PC Configurations icscsssecetesiscesiuavavesdecssseatanexdessdnseassvgutetdnsydeveatbeesess ATASS ENa 4 22 SR e ER E EE 4 24 4 11 Frequ nicy Voltage Control eege ites ies ies ae EES eegen 4 25 4 12 Defatilt TEE 4 26 4 13 Supervisor User Password Setting ENEE 4 26 ATA Exiting Selections hierren ni rai uy wanasaecy sent noes dea stewes ona NNA E 4 27 EE 4 28 4 16 BIOS POST Check Point
31. LLEL CCITT ULI ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 5 1 Troubleshooting Step2 Connect 20 pin power cable of the ATX POWER with ATX POWER CONNECTOR 20 pin on the backplane Step3 Use a 4 pin power cable to connect the ATX P S CONTROL CONNECTOR 4 pin connector on the backplane Step4 Please find the J12 4 pin ATX Power Control Connector on the center part of ROBO 8710VLA in white color You will also see a mark with J12 on the upper side of J12 header Connect the 4 pin ATX power control cable with this J12 header ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 5 2 Troubleshooting Step5 Please adjust the AT ATX jumper on JP3 to short 3 5 4 6 pins then it can support ATX power scheme Step6 Connect TOGGLE SWITCH with J24 connector on ROBO 8710VLA Step7 The figure below is the TOGGLE SWITCH which is used to switch the ATX Power on off for SBC Usually the TOGGLE SWITCH is located on the chassis front panel Pressing the switch button once will turn power on and press again to turn it off Q In addition to the above description is there anything to do to finish up an ATX system A Yes ROBO 8710VLA needs to be configured to support ATX function for the above cabling Please move jumper JP4 to 3 5 short and 4 6 short support ATX function ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 5 3 Troubleshooting Q How can I build up an AT system using ATX power supply A Do not forget to move JP4 of ROBO 8710VLA back to
32. N rR J25 J34 J35 Power CPU System Fan Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Fan Speed Detecting signal Note The fan must be a 12V fan And there is not any over current protection J26 Single port USB Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 5V Dual 2 USB0 3 USBO 4 Ground ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual Hardware Configuration J27 68 pin PCI Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 5V 2 ADO 3 AD1 4 AD2 5 AD3 6 AD4 7 AD5 8 AD6 9 AD7 10 Ground 11 5V 12 AD8 13 AD9 14 AD10 15 AD11 16 AD12 17 AD13 18 AD14 19 AD15 20 Ground 21 5V 22 AD16 23 AD17 24 AD18 25 AD19 26 AD20 27 AD21 28 AD22 29 AD23 30 Ground 31 5V 32 AD24 33 AD25 34 AD26 35 AD27 36 AD28 37 AD29 38 AD30 39 AD31 40 Ground 41 5V 42 C BE 0 43 C BE 1 44 C BE 2 45 C BE 3 46 PAR 47 FRAME 48 TRDY 49 IRDY 50 Ground 51 5V 52 STOP 53 DEVSEL 54 PERR 55 SERR 56 REQ 4 57 GNT 4 58 REQ 5 59 GNT 5 60 Ground 61 PCI Clock1 62 PCI Clock2 63 PCIRST 64 LOCK 65 IRQ A 66 IRQ B 67 IRQ C 68 IRQ D ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual Hardware Configuration J28 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector PIN No Signal Description Mouse Data Keyboard Data Ground 5V Dual Mouse Clock Keyboard Clock ane J29 Audio MIC Line in Line out Connector PIN No Signal Description Signal Description 1 MIC with Reference Voltage Analog Ground 3
33. O00 EFFF 16K Unused F000 FFFF 64K System ROM HMA 64K First 64K Extended ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual Appendix 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 Unassigned 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 IRQ ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual
34. R SEGMENT Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory Should Be Empty But EISA Board Found PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY A valid board ID was found in a slot that was configured as having no board ID Note When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Should Have EISA Board But Not Found PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board installed is not responding to the ID request or no board ID has been found in the indicated slot Note When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 31 BIOS Setup Information Slot Not Empty Indicates that a slot designated as empty by the EISA Configuration Utility actually contains a board Note When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility SYSTEM HALTED CTRL ALT DEL TO REBOOT Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL Wrong Board In Slot PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board ID does not match the ID stored in the EISA non volatile memory Note When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility FLOPPY DISK S fail 80 gt Unable to re
35. ROBO 8710VLA Single Board Computer User s Manual P N B8980710 Version 1 4 Copyright Portwell Inc 2004 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 ccsssssscsssseecseeesseeseesseeesseesseeeseesseesnneeseesaenesseesenesseessensaeeeseness 1 1 TV Kee ge e 10 EE es kes ne estas EN AA eee a es 1 1 LSPA Gd Ty EE 1 2 VS Product Specifications ae Een E 1 3 1 31 Mechanical Draw 11 e f 1s 2 cssssssesssenetsves ENNEN EEN 1 6 L A SystemiA rchitecture i ssssossesivedietisteseivetetonedsvedondieaantanotsasionedsnesdassdsseseaseasensserdsodisonsiendbeadieae 1 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration cccccsssssesseessnesseesseesseesseeeseesseeeseesaeeesseesenesseassensneeesenes 2 1 2 1 Jamper ett EE ege a Nina aiias 2 1 2 2 Connector Allocation ccccccccessessccsseessessscessesseccsseessececesseceecessecesecesscssecesecnsecessensesesssessecsasensees 2 3 Chapter 3 System Installation ccsecsscsseesseeseeeseeeseeesseesenessnenseesaneeseesnenenseesenesseeesensneeesenees 3 1 3 1 Socket 478 Pentium 4 Celeron Drocessor 3 1 SM erer Meter ege 3 2 3 3 M Systems Flash EE 3 2 3 4 Installing the Single Board Computer 3 3 3 4 1 Chipset Component Driver iiccccscsssssscscesscsoscsaesdesssrsecsonesssosesasnnasssnsdssotsavasronsnsesvaneseoceesecees 3 3 3 4 2 ATI Mobility Radeon Graphic
36. VDS Panel Power VDD Selection Pin 7 Pin 10 JP9 7 10 Function 7 8 Short 9 10 Short ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration LVDS Resolution Selection Pin 11 Pin 16 JP9 11 16 Function N C IDO Disable Panel x 11 12 Short ID1 800 600 18 Bits 1 Channel 13 14 Short ID2 1024 768 18 Bits 1 Channel 11 12 13 14 Short ID3 1024 768 24 Bits 1 Channel Notes 1 To correctly operate LCD Panel the power up sequence and scheme on the backlight and Panel VDD are strongly recommended to be controlled by on board VGA chipset through proper JP9 setting 2 If other resolution combination is needed please contact Portwell for this 2 2 Connector Allocation I O peripheral devices and flash disk are connected to the interface connectors and DOC socket on this single board computer Figure 2 2 be J Fs E TA b Jb lba en cae p Como ma B2801BA EE nns no BEA m BGA478 us S ATI Mobility E Figure 2 2 ROBO 8710VLA Connector Location J22 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 2 3 Hardware Configuration Connector Function List ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual Connector Function Remark jl Case open Detection Connector Connect to Chassis J2 Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 J3 Parallel Port Connector J4 External Thermal Sensor Connector J5 12V CPU Po
37. an excellent piece of multimedia hardware With no additional video adaptor this onboard video will usually be the system display output By adjusting the JP6 jumper to disable on board VGA an add on PCI or ISA VGA card can take over the system display ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 3 3 System Installation Drivers Support Please find ATI Mobility Radeon driver in the ROBO 8710VLA CD title Drivers support Windows 98 98SE ME Windows NT 3 51 4 0 Windows 2000 OS2 and Linux Windows 98 98SE Please execute exe file to start graphics driver installation or bring up the Display Control Panel and update graphics driver Windows NT 4 0 Please install Windows NT 4 0 Service Pack 4 or above first then execute exe file or simply bring up the Display Control Panel and update graphics driver Windows 2000 Please bring up the Device Manager and update graphics drivers Red hat Linux V6 2 Please refer to the related documentation in for graphic drivers installation 3 4 3 Fast Ethernet Controller Drivers Support Please find Intel 82801BA ICH2 LAN driver in Ethernet directory of ROBO 8710VLA CD title The drivers support Windows NT 4 0 Windows 98 98SE ME Windows 2000 Windows XP and Linux LED Indicator for LAN status ROBO 8710VLA provides three LED indicators to report 82801BA MAC Fast Ethernet interfaces status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide Operation of Ethernet Port 8280
38. anual 5 7 Troubleshooting For Windows NT 4 0 users it is always not recommended to change your hardware configuration after your first installation However if such a change is needed please note that sometimes Windows NT 4 0 will stop loading and prompt you with a whole page of error messages Please note that reinstallation of this NT hard disk is inevitable You have to backup your data stored in this hard disk because it is almost impossible to switch back this system unless booting up with another hard disk If this NT hard disk is installed with FAT16 disk format please boot up your system with any Windows OS You will then be able to see this NT hard disk and retrieve any data you are interested in However if this NT hard disk is installed with NTFS disk format there is only OS on an NTFS partition that will allow you to retrieve this NT hard disk again Display setup By default any Windows OS starts with 640 x 480 with 16 colors display The display driver provided in ROBO 8710VLA product CDROM can be installed into operating system to maximize the VGA performance If you are using a monitor that Microsoft Windows cannot identify you will also need to set in the display from the setup menu a system monitor to correctly retrieve display output For Windows NT 4 0 users ROBO 8710VLA provides AGP on board display feature Service Pack 3 0 or above is required to activate this display feature Network setup Windows 95 98 user
39. bleshooting Provides you a few useful tips to quickly get your ROBO 8710VLA running with no failure As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3 this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues in terms of backplane setup BIOS setting and OS diagnostics The content of this manual and EC declaration document is subject to change without prior notice These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the document Portwell may make supplement or change in the products described in this document at any time Updates to this manual technical clarification and answers to frequently asked questions will be shown on the following web site http www portwell com Preface EC Declaration of Conformity To Be Added For the following equipment Product Name Model Name Trade Name is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89 336 EEC The equipment was evaluated and passed the test the following standards were applied EMC EN 55022 1994 A1 1995 Class A EN 50082 2 1991 EN 61000 4 2 1995 EN 61000 4 3 1996 EN 61000 4 4 1995 EN 61000 3 2 1995 EN 61000 3 3 1995 The following manufacturer is responsible for this declaration Portwell Inc Company Name 3F No 88 Sec 1 Nei Hu Rd Taipei Taiwan R O C Company Ad
40. 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 FDD COM LPT Port This item is to configure floppy device COM ports and parallel port being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled PCI PIROQ A D This option can be used to detect PCI device activities If they are activities the system will go into sleep mode The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 21 BIOS Setup Information 4 9 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings E Screen shot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD X IRQ Resources Press Enter Me
41. ctor J30 for more details Each time when the system is on the system auto detects one interface for outputting display information A connection to one of these 3 different interfaces will result different signal line impedance combinations The selection will be made base on the different impedances combinations 3 9 GPIO The ROBO 8710VLA provides 4 input 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 Additionally 4 extra Digital Output ports inversely amplified signals from GPIO ports There are open drain buffers which can offer greater driving capacity up to 100mA There are two PnP I O port addresses that can be used to configure GPIO ports 1 0x2E EFER Extended Function Enable Register for entering Extended Function Mode 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 GPIOs Enter Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0x87 outp 0x002E 0x87 Assign Pin121 128 to be GPIO port 1 outp 0x002E 0x2A outp 0x002F inp Ox002F 0x84 Select Logic Device 7
42. dress Taipei R O C Place Date Legal Signature of Authorized Person Preface WARNING m Remove Processor Caution Do not pull out processor without opening socket handle High viscosity thermal grease between processor and cooler will lead the processor be pulled out from socket when taking cooler off This action may damage processor socket which will cause poor contact between CPU amp socket H Handling SBC Caution Do not just hold any single side of the SBC hold evenly on both sides Heavy processor cooler shall bend the SBC when SBC being held just on one side The bending may cause serious soldering or circuit damage System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 Introduction The ROBO 8710VLA all in one full size single board computer is designed to fit high performance and scalable Intel Pentium 4 Celeron processors and compatible for high end industrial computer system with PCI plus ISA local bus architecture PICMG 1 0 Rev 2 0 It is made to meet today s demanding reliability amp stability for critical computing environments and keep complete compatibility amp functionality for wide range of applications It s beneficial to built up a high performance and reliable system for VARs or system integrators The on board 3D ATI Mobility Radeon graphics with panel display interface and TV output interface Intel fast Ethernet interface and AC 97 audio CODEC will bring full functionality and
43. e 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 4 Follow the installation guide of cooling fan or heat sink to mount it on CPU surface and lock it on the socket 478 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 Configuring System Bus ROBO 8710VLA will automatically detect the CPU used CPU speed of Intel P4 can be detected automatically ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 3 1 System Installation 3 2 Main Memory ROBO 8710VLA provides two DDR SDRAM DIMM slots to support 2 5V DDR SDRAM as on board main memory The maximum memory size can be up to 2GB Auto detecting memory clock according to BIOS CMOS settings 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 Note To maintain system stability don t change any of
44. emory chips Memory parity Error at Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Memory has been added or removed since the last boot In EISA mode use Configuration Utility to reconfigure the memory configuration In ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields Memory Verify Error at Indicates an error verifying a value already written to memory Use the location along with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 30 BIOS Setup Information OFFENDING ADDRESS NOT FOUND This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated OFFENDING SEGMENT This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot Press any key and the system will reboot PRESS F1 TO DISABLE NMI F2 TO REBOOT When BIOS detects a Non maskable Interrupt condition during boot this will allow you to disable the NMI and continue to boot or you can reboot the system with the NMI enabled RAM PARITY ERROR CHECKING FO
45. er This item allows you to enable disable onboard Floppy disk controller The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 15 BIOS Setup Information Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode Normal Disable Infrared function IrDA Select IrDA mode transmission ASKIR Select ASKIR mode transmission As Infrared transmission function shares onboard serial port 2 COM2 needs to be enabled RxD TxD Active This item is to configure Infrared transmission rate Four options are available Hi Hi High rate for receiving High rate for transmitting Hi Lo High rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting Lo Hi Low rate for receiving High rate for transmitting Lo Lo 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 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to configure I O address of the onboard parallel port The choice Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 TRQ5 3BC IRQ7 ROBO 87
46. h Reserved 62h Reserved 63h Reserved 64h Reserved ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 36 BIOS Setup Information 65h Initialize PS 2 Mouse 66h Reserved 67h Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax E820h 68h Reserved 69h Turn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup amp Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved 73h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 74h Reserved 75h Detect amp install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76h Reserved 77h Detect serial ports amp parallel ports 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect amp install co processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo 80h Reserved 81h Reserved 82h 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text fond used by EPA
47. ile 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 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 CPU THRM Throttling When the CPU temperature reaches the preset standard The CPU usage will be reduced to a selected level to avoid overheating The choice 87 5 75 0 62 5 50 0 37 5 25 0 12 5 Wake Up by OnBoard LAN This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by on board LAN The choice Disabled Enabled Power On by Ring When select Enabled a system that is at soft off mode will be alert to Wake On Modem signal The choice Enabled Disabled USB KB Wake up From S3 The choice Enabled Disabled 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 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information 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 choices 0 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item
48. ller is responsible for PS 2 Keyboard Mouse UARTs FDC Hardware Monitor Parallel Watch Dog Timer and Infrared interface The special pin configuration of the CPU socket adopts the 478 pins in total This new generation CPU provides better performance to many applications The PCI to ISA bridge supports a standard 16 bit ISA bus interface which is applied for all slower I O operations In ROBO 8710VLA it supports DiskOnChip DOC for M systems Flash disk There is one on board PCI Fast Ethernet via RJ 45 Ports to support full functionality of ROBO 8710VLA AIO SBC All In One Single Board Computer The on board 68 pin PCI connector supports one additional PCI daughter board for further extension ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 1 6 System Overview Intel Pentium 4 Processor Northwood Processor HOST BUS 400 533 MHz 16MB SDRAM 64 bit DDR CLOCK GENERATOR 2 DDR MEMORY x 2 up l __ to 2GB in total ATI Mobility 82845E DDR 200 266 Radeon MCH LVDS Pand CRT Hub Link 2 ATA 100 IDE Channels 82801BA ICH2 360 EBGA 3 x USB PORTS PCI BUS Phy LPC LAN 2UART LPT FDD IR SUPER UO Keyboard W83627HF WDT ee Mouse onitor NS PC87200VUL DiskOnChip B UFFER lt ISA BUS gt Golden Finger ROBO 8710VLA System Block Diagram ROBO 871
49. ller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved OAh Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional Auto detect ports for keyboard amp mouse followed by a port amp interface swap optional Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips OBh Reserved UCh Reserved Uh Reserved OEh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker OFh Reserved 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD amp DMI support 11h Reserved 12h Use walking 1 s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override 13h Reserved 14h Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early_Init_Onboard_Generator switch 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 19h Reserved 1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR amp S W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR 1Ch Reserved 1Dh Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 34 BIOS Setup Infor
50. logo not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 37 BIOS Setup Information 85h USB final Initialization NET PC Build SYSID structure Switch screen back to text mode Set up ACPI table at top of memory Invoke ISA adapter ROMs Assign IRQs to PCI devices Initialize APM Clear noise of IRQs CO JO OS DA H r 86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program boot up speed 3 Chipset final initialization 4 Power management final initialization 5 Clear screen amp display summary table 6 Program K6 write allocation 7 Program P6 class write combining 95h 1 Program daylight saving 2 Update keyboard LED amp typematic rate 96h 1 Build MP table 2 Build amp update ESCD 3 Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4 Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5 Build MSIRQ routing table FFh Boot attempt INT 19h 4 17 Utilize AWARD Flash BIOS programming utility to update on board BIOS for the future new BIOS version Please contact your technical window to get this utility if necessary Note Remark or delete any installed Memor
51. ly time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system E Screen shot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD Item Help X CAS Latency Time 25 X Active to Precharge Delay 6 X DRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3 enti AS X DRAM RAS Precharge 3 DRAM Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Memory Frequency For Auto Dram Read Thermal Mgmt Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Memory Hole AT 15 16M Disabled Delayed Transaction Enabled Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min AGP Aperture Size MB 64 8 bit IO Recovery Time 5 PCI CLK 16 bit IO Recovery Time 4 PCI CLK N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario might well occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information DRAM Time Selectable This option provides DIMM plug and play support by serial presence detect SPD mechanism via the system manageme
52. mation 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI amp PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp I O resource Search for a valid VGA device amp VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp PII for 0 640K memory address Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller Measure CPU speed Invoke video BIOS 2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved 2Dh Initialize multi language Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed 2Eh Reserved 2Fh Reserved 30h Reserved 31h Reserved 32h Reserved 33h Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 34h Reserved 35h Reserved 36h Reserved 37h Reserved 38h Reserved 39h Reserved 3Ah Reserved 3Bh Reserved 3Ch Test 8254 3Dh Reserved 3Eh Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for cha
53. nnel 1 3Fh Reserved 40h Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 35 BIOS Setup Information 41h Reserved 42h Reserved 43h Test 8259 functionality 44h Reserved 45h Reserved 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU amp program CPU with proper cacheable range 2 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 3 On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cache able ranges between each CPU are not identical 4Fh Reserved 50h Initialize USB 51h Reserved 52h Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 53h Reserved 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors multi processor platform 56h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO switch 2 Initialize Init_Onbaord_AUDIO switch 5Eh Reserved 5Fh Reserved 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility 61
54. nt 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 SDRAMs and the time the GMCH samples correspondent data from the SDRAMs The choice 1 5 2 2 5 SCLKs Active to Precharge Delay This is to DDR standard accordingly The choice 7 6 5 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 or 3 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 or 3 DRAM Data Integrity Mode There are two options available The DRAM integrity mode will be implemented by the parity algorithm when this option is set to Non ECC The choice Non ECC ECC Memory Frequency For Users are recommended to use Auto for memory frequency selection The choice DDR200 DDR266 Auto ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information DRAM Read Thermal Mgmt DRAM Read Thermal Management has options enable and disable The choice Enabled Disabled System
55. nu Level DP X DMA Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled BIOS can automatically Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled configure all the boot and INT PIN 1 Assignment Auto Plug and Play compatible INT PIN 2 Assignment Auto devices If you choose Auto INT PIN 3 Assignment Auto you cannot select IRQ DMA INT PIN 4 Assignment Auto and memory base address INT PIN 5 Assignment Auto fields since BIOS INT PIN 6 Assignment Auto automatically assigns them INT PIN 7 Assignment Auto INT PIN 8 Assignment Auto N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save FSC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Reset Configuration Data Default is Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot The choice Enabled Disabled Resource Controlled By BIOS can automatically configure all the 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 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 22 BIOS Setup Information IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt The choice Press Enter IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5 IRQ
56. oice Enabled Disabled Init Display First This item allows you to select the first display port to be initialized The choice PCI Slot off board video adaptor AGP TV Out Mode The choice NTSC PAL PAL M PAL N IDE HDD Block Mode If your 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 Power On Function This item allows you to select different power on scheme using ATX power supply Password Power on using customized password string Hot Key Power on using special customized key Mouse Left Power on using mouse left click Mouse Right Power on using mouse right click Any Key Power on using any keyboard key Button Only Power on by power Button Keyboard 98 Power on by keyboard 98 Only power ON OFF key Keyboard Power On Password In the event of Power On Function being configured as Password this item will be enabled for tuning Press Enter key to enter a customized password and confirm again when being asked In the case that the confirmed password does not match the configured one the message of Password Disabled Press any key to continue will be prompted Hot Key Power On In the event of Power On Function being configured as Hot Key this item will be enabled for tuning The choice Ctrl F1 to Ctrl F12 Onboard FDC Controll
57. open drain DO port can stand maximum fan out for up to 100mA rather than 12mA direct driven by GPIO port ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 2 7 Hardware Configuration J11 ATX Power Control Connector PIN No Signal Description ATX Power Good Signal PW Ok ATX 5V Stand by 5VSB ATX Power On Control PS ON Ground Eb J12 External USB Connector PIN No Signal Description Signal Description 1 5V Dual Frame Ground 3 USB2 Ground 5 USB2 USB3 7 Ground USB3 9 Frame Ground 5V Dual 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 J13 Standalone Power Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 12V 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 5V Notes 1 To run system in standalone operation Both J13 and J5 have to be connected 2 Some of USB 2 0 devices need large current consumption Itis helpful for them to detect by system while Standalone Power connector is connected on SBC J14 LVDS Panel Control Connector PIN No Signal Description 12V Ground Panel VDD Backlight on Signal Output Aloln ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 2 8 Hardware Configuration J15 Wake On Ring Connector Signal Description Ring Signal Input Active low Ground Signal Description Pull high 100 Ohm to 5V Power Button Signal Input Active high Signal Description Reset Signal Input Active low Gro
58. ory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system ROBO 8710VLA 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 E Screen shot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Access Mode Auto Menu Level gt Capacity 20491 MB To auto detect the HDD s size head on this channel Cylinder 39703 Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 39702 Sector 63 TL Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information Menu selections disk drive size Item Options Description IDE HDD Press Enter To auto detect the HDD s size Auto detection head on the channel IDE Primary None Selecting manual lets you set the Master Auto remaining fields on this screen Manual 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 CHS Choose the access mode for this hard LBA disk Large Auto Capacity Auto Display y
59. our Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual Cylinder Min 0 Set the number of cylinders for this Max 65535 hard disk Head Min 0 Set the number of read write heads Max 255 Precomp Min 0 werk Warning Setting a value of 65535 Max 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 opr Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Number of sectors per track Max 255 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information 4 5 Advanced BIOS Features 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 E Screen shot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled Hyper Threading Technolo Enabled Ge Power On Self Test Enabled Menu Level gt First Boot Device HDD 0 Second Boot Device HDD 1 Third Boot Device Floppy Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Get A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled X Typematic Rate Chars sec 6 X Typematic delay Msec 250 Sec
60. outp 0x002E 0x07 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 3 8 System Installation outp 0x002F 0x07 Active Logic Device 7 outp 0x002E 0x30 outp 0x002F 0x01 Select Inversion Mode outp 0x002E OxF2 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp Ox0F Inversion Register amp 0xF0 Select 1 O Mode outp 0x002E OxF0 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp 0x0F I O Selection Register amp OxFO0 Access GPIO ports outp 0x002E OxF1 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp 0x0F Output Data amp OxFO0 or Input Data inp 0x002F Exit Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E OxAA Definitions of Variables Each bit in the high nibble of each Register represents the setting of a GPIO port Bit4 vs GPIO port 1 Bit5 vs GPIO port 2 Bit6 vs GPIO port 3 Bit7 vs GPIO port 4 Value of Inversion Register Only high nibble is available for this function When set to a 1 the incoming outgoing port value is inverted When set to a 0 the incoming outgoing port value is the same as in Data Register Value of I O Selection Register Only high nibble is available for this function When set to a 1 respective GPIO port is programmed as an input port When set to a 0 respective GPIO port is programmed as an output port Value of Output Data Input Data Only high nibble is available for this function If a port is assigned to be an
61. output port then its respective bit can be read written If a port is assigned to be an input port then its respective bit can be read only ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 3 9 System Installation Notes 1 All the Buffered Digital Outputs are open drain amplified from corresponding GPIO ports 2 Some other functions may occupy the lower nibble of the registers Altering any content in lower nibble will be undesired ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 3 10 BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8710VLA is equipped with the Phoenix AWARD BIOS stored in Flash ROM This BIOS has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power off periods When system is turned on ROBO 8710VLA communicates with peripheral devices and check 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 When 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 plea
62. quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The choice Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Other Boot Device 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 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information Get 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 Typematic Rate Setting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be select The choice Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars sec The rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic delay Msec The delay before key strokes begin to repeat The choice 250 500 750 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is required
63. r on sequence and what test is currently being performed This is done to help troubleshoot faulty system board If the BIOS detects a terminal error condition it will halt the POST process and attempt to display the checkpoint code written to port 80H If the system hangs before the BIOS detects the terminal error the value at port 80H will be the last test performed In this case the terminal error cannot be displayed on the screen The following POST checkpoint codes are valid for all AWARDBIOS products with a core BIOS date of 07 15 95 version 6 27 Enhanced Code Description CFh Test CMOS R W functionality COh Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers Cih Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below C3h Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM CSh Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM Oh1 Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch 04h Reserved ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 33 BIOS Setup Information 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard contro
64. re Configuration J40 LVDS Panel Connector Signal Description PIN No Signal Description Lower DATAO TXLON 2 Lower DATA0 TXLOP Lower DATA1 TXL1N 4 Lower DATA1 TXL1P Lower DATA2 TXL2N 6 Lower DATA2 TXL2P Lower DATA3 TXL3N 8 Lower DATA3 TXL3P Lower CLOCK TXLCN 10 Lower CLOCK TXLCP Upper DATAO TXUON 12 Upper DATA0 TXUOP Upper DATA1 TXUIN 14 Upper DATA1 TXU1P Upper DATA2 TXU2N 16 Upper DATA2 TXU2P Upper DATA3 TXU3N 18 Upper DATA3 TXU3P Upper CLOCK TXUCN 20 Upper CLOCK TXUCP Notes 1 The signals of LVDS upper channel will be only used in dual channel LVDS mode 2 This panel connector J40 should be accompanied with LVDS Panel Control Connector J14 and its jumper setting JP9 3 In general lower channel equals odd channel and upper channel equals even channel for different panel description ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 2 15 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 install M systems Flash disk set up onboard PCI device and handle WDT operation in software programming 3 1 Socket 478 Pentium 4 Celeron Processor Installing Socket 478 CPU 1 Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 2 Align the processor pins with pinholes on the socket Make sure that the notched corner or dot mark pin 1 of th
65. ry Salve UDMA On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Salve PIO IDE Secondary Salve UDMA USB Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support AC97 Audio Onboard LAN Function Init Display First TV Out Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Power On Function X KB Power On Password X Hot Key Power On Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select X RxD TxD Active X IR Transmission Delay X UR2 Duplex Mode X Use IR Pins Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode X EPP Mode Select X ECP Mode Use DMA PWRON After PWR Fail Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ Watch Dog Timer Select IDE Secondary Master UDMA DOC Memory Address Range Enabled Item Help Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Enabled Disabled Auto Enable PCI Slot NTSC Enabled Button Only Enter Ctrl F1 Enabled Auto Auto Normal Hi Lo Enabled Half IR Rx2Tx2 378 IRQ7 SPP EPP1 7 3 off 330 10 Disabled D8000 D9FFF Menu Level gt F5 Previous Values N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 13 BIOS Setup Information OnChip Primary Secondary 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
66. s 1 Please apply a PCI network card over PCI slot or simply use the on board Fast Ethernet device 2 Start Windows 95 98 and let Window 95 98 automatically detect your network adapter 3 Provide the driver and complete installation 4 Restart your windows system is required 5 After you come back to windows please go to Control Panel gt System gt Device Manager and see if your network adapter has been properly installed A warning sign will be prompted if the network adaptor is not properly installed 6 Please remove this network device from system setup menu and restart windows to re detect your network adapter again 7 After you are sure that hardware installation is completed please go to Control Panel gt Network to set up your networking configuration This includes DNS IP and Gateway Appropriate protocols are required to carry your networking activities Please refer to your system administrator for additional assistance ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 5 8 Troubleshooting Windows NT 4 0 users 1 Please install your network adapter manually in Control Panel gt Network gt Adapter Drivers are required at this stage 2 Proceed Binding after you load in the driver 3 Change to Protocol label and load in the protocols that you are interested generally TCP IP Configuring IP gateway and DNS is required for TCP IP protocol 4 Proceed again Binding after you complete the protocol loading
67. s S using this INT USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 4 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 4 10 PC Health Status E Screen shot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Item Help Current System Temperature 38 C 100 F Current CPU Temperature 43 C 109 F Menu Level ik Current CPU FAN Speed 4687 RPM Current Power FAN Speed 0 RPM Current System FAN Speed 0 RPM CPU Vcore 1 45V 1 8V 1 84V 3 3V 3 36V 5V 4 99V 12 V 11 85V 12 V 11 78V 5V 4 79V VBAT V 3 21V 5VSB V 5 01V CPU Throttle Temperature Disabled TJ Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual BIOS Setup Information 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 yn power management and S3 STR suspend type The choice Disabled 50 C 122 F 53 C 127 F 56 C 133 F 60 C 140 F 63 C 145 F 66 C 151 F 70 C 158 F CPU Throttle Temperature This item allows you to set a temperature above which the system will operate in lower speed immediately Default setting is Disabled This function will only with ACPI power management and S3 STR su
68. se 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 setup 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 ___ General Help IJ lt Move Enter _ Select PU PD Value Exit General Help Ttem Help Previous Values _ Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Menu in BIOS F9 F10 a Save ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Menu Once you enter ROBO 8710VLA 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 Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized
69. set floppy subsystem FLOPPY DISK S fail 40 Floppy Type dismatch Hard Disk s fail 80 HDD reset failed Hard Disk s fail 40 HDD controller diagnostics failed Hard Disk s fail 20 HDD initialization error Hard Disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of ROM address FOOOOH FFFFFH is bad ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 32 BIOS Setup Information Memory test fail BIOS reports the memory test fail if the onboard memory is tested error 4 16 BIOS POST Check Point List AWARD BIOS provides all IBM standard Power On Self Test POST routines as well as enhanced AWARD BIOS POST routines The POST routines support CPU internal diagnostics The POST checkpoint codes are accessible via the Manufacturing Test Port I O port 80h Whenever a recoverable error occurs during the POST the system BIOS will display an error message describing the message and explaining the problem in detail so that the problem can be corrected During the POST the BIOS signals a checkpoint by issuing one code to I O address 80H This code can be used to establish how far the BIOS has executed through the powe
70. spend type The choice Disabled 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 F 4 11 Frequency Voltage Control E Screen shot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio 19X Item Help Auto Detect PCI CLK Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Menu Level gt TL Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto Detect PCI CLK The choice Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 25 BIOS Setup Information 4 12 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 13 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set ei
71. ssword is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 3 If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup 4 14 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 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 27 BIOS Setup Information 4 15 POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST if the BIOS detects an error requiring you to do something to fix it will either sound a beep code or display a message If a message is displayed it will be accompanied by PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP POST Beep Currently there are two kinds of beep codes in BIOS This code indicates that a video
72. t 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 W83627HF data sheet There are two PnP I O port addresses that can be used to configure WDT 1 Ox2E EFIR Extended Function Index Register for identifying CR index number 2 Ox2F 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 0x2B outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxEF Select Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x07 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 3 6 System Installation outp 0x002F 0x08 Active Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x30 outp 0x002F 0x01 Select Count Mode outp 0x002E OxF5 outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxF7 Count mode Register amp 0x08 Specify Time out Value outp 0x002E OxF6 outp 0x002F Time out Value Register A Disable WDT reset by keyboard mouse interrupts outp 0x002E O
73. ther supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are Set supervisor password can enter and change 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 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 26 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 pa
74. troller Make sure the cord is correctly and firmly installed in the bus Be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup Also check to see if any jumper needs to be set correctly on the hard drive FLOPPY DISK CNTRLR ERROR OR NO CNTRLR PRESENT Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller Make sure the controller is installed correctly and firmly If there are no floppy drives installed be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 29 BIOS Setup Information Invalid EISA Configuration PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt Re run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory Note When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL BUT KEYBOARD This will cause the BIOS to ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot Memory Address Error at Indicates a memory address error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad m
75. turn it off again for AT system or press the toggle switch a few times for ATX system Move the JP1 back to 1 2 position Normal Operation and start the system System will then produce a CMOS Check Sum Error message and hold up Users may then follow the displayed message to load BIOS default setting ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 3 5 System Installation 3 6 Watch Dog Timer 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 The ROBO 8710VLA 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 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 rese
76. und PIN No Signal Description 1 Speaker Signal Output Open drain w internal series 33 Ohm 2 N C 3 Ground 4 5V Note The pull high voltage of external speaker is limited at 5V maximum J19 Power LED and Keyboard Lock Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 5V 330 Ohm pull up for power LED 2 N C 3 Ground For Power LED 4 Keyboard Lock Signal Input Active low 5 Ground ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 2 9 Hardware Configuration J20 Hard Disk Drive LED Connector Signal Description 5V 270 ohm pull up for HDD LED HDD Active HDD LED J21 IrDA Connector PIN No Signal Description 5V N C IRRX Ground IRTX N C D OTR OLN rR J22 External Wake On LAN Connector Signal Description Ground External WOL Signal Input Active low Signal Description PIN No Signal Description TMDS DATAO TXON 2 TMDS DATAO TXOP Ground 4 Ground TMDS DATA1 TXIN 6 TMDS DATA1 TX1P Ground 8 Ground TMDS DATA2 TX2N 10 TMDS DATA2 TX2P Ground 12 Ground TMDS CLOCK TXCN 14 TMDS CLOCK TXCP 5V 16 5V DVI DDC Clock 5V I F 18 DVI DDC Data 5V I F Hot Plug Detect HPD 20 N C ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 2 10 Hardware Configuration J24 Ethernet RJ 45 Connector PIN No Signal Description TD TD RD Termination to Ground Termination to Ground RD Termination to Ground Termination to Ground COPNI D OT BH DS
77. urity Option Setup X APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control ForOS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Report no FDD for Win 95 No Small logo EPA show Disabled TL Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup Information 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 Hyper Threading Technology Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4X OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology and Disabled for OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology The choice Enabled Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Allows the system to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Enabled Enable
78. watchdog timer All of these features make ROBO 8710VLA excellent in many applications and one of the best performing single board computer in the market ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 1 1 System Overview Notice for users of ROBO 8710L ROBO 8710L is built based on our high integration Pentium 4 SBC ROBO 8710VLA We take off multimedia function from it to generate high performance computing engine for networking application purposes ROBO 8710L retains ROBO 8710VLA s reliable design and eliminates those unnecessary video audio and TV out function that makes it the right solution for those networking applications need Pentium 4 high computing power You can find ROBO 8710VLA manual and CD Title in this package please just ignore multimedia related driver utility setting instruction Other jumper settings and connectors should be referred as for ROBO 8710VLA 1 2 Check List The ROBO 8710VLA package should cover the following basic items One ROBO 8710VLA ROBO 8710L single board computer One serial port kit with two COM ports One Parallel port cable kit One FDC cable One IDE cable One Y cable cable for PS 2 keyboard and mouse One 4 pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection One Installation Resources CD Title CPU holder One booklet of ROBO 8710VLA manual One Multimedia kit with S Video Composite video MIC Line In Line Out and Single port USB connectors Optional Accessory not included in standard package
79. wer Connector J6 Primary IDE Connector IDE1 JZ FDC Interface Connector J8 COM2 Serial Port RS 232 422 485 J9 COM1 Serial Port RS 232 J10 General Purpose I O Connector J11 ATX Power Control Connector Connect to Backplane J12 External USB Connector J13 Standalone Power Connector J14 LVDS Panel Control Connector J15 Wake On Ring Connector J16 ATX Power Button Interface Connect to Chassis J17 Reset Button Connector Connect to Chassis J18 External Speaker Connector Connect to Chassis J19 Power LED and Keyboard Lock Connector Connect to Chassis J20 Hard Disk Drive LED Connector Connect to Chassis J21 IrDA Connector J22 External Wake On LAN Connector J23 TMDS Panel Connector J24 Ethernet RJ 45 Connector J25 Power FAN Connector J26 Single port USB Connector J27 68 pin PCI Connector J28 PS 2 keyboard Mouse Connector 6 pin Mini DIN J29 Audio MIC Line in Line out Connector J30 TV out Connector J31 Audio CD in Connector J32 On board VGA CRT Connector J33 External keyboard Connector Connect to Backplane J34 CPU Fan Connector J35 System Fan Connector J36 SMBus Connector J40 LVDS Panel Connector 2 4 Hardware Configuration Pin Assignments of Connectors J1 Case open Detection Connector PIN No Case open Signal Active low Ground J3 Parallel Port Connector Signal Description PIN No Signal Description Strobe 14 Auto Form Feed Data 0 15 Error Data 1 16 Initialization Data 2 17 Printer Select IN Data
80. wn 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 Min and HDD Power Down 1 Min User Defined Allows 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 HSYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS 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 ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 4 19 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 1 Hour HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down wh
81. xF7 outp 0x002F 0x00 Exit Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E OxAA 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 3 7 SMBus The System Management Bus is a two wire interface through which simple power related chips can communicate with rest of the system It uses I2C as its backbone A system using SMBus passes messages to and from devices instead of tripping individual control lines With the SMBus a device can provide manufacturer information tell the system what its model part number is save its state for a suspend event report different types of errors accept control parameters and return its status The SMBus may share the same host device and physical bus as ACCESS bus components provided that an appropriate electrical bridge is provided between the internal SMB devices and external ACCESS bus devices ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual 3 7 System Installation 3 8 Display Output LCD Display Interface There are two LCD panel interfaces provided in this system TMDS and LVDS are two interfaces available on ROBO 8710VLA TV output Interface Composite Video S video and Scart R G B interfaces are 3 kinds of TV outputs provided by this system Please refer to conne
82. y Management Utility such as HIMEM SYS EMM386 EXE QEMM EXE etc in the CONFIG SYS files before running Flash BIOS Flash Utility programming utility ROBO 8710VLA User s Manual Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides you a few useful tips to quickly get your ROBO 8710VLA running with no failure As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3 this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues in terms of backplane setup BIOS setting and OS diagnostics 5 1 Backplane Setup Backplane ROBO 8710VLA is a full sized SBC and therefore is only able to run on PICMG PCI ISA backplane P4 Power Connector ROBO 8710VLA requires power drawing from at least two connectors The CPU supplementary power connector J5 should be connected at all time for this P4 system to run properly At its standalone mode the single board computer will connect no peripheral device cards 4 pin connector for CPU J5 and the 4pin connector J13 must be connected If the system s main power comes from a backplane the CPU supplementary power connector J5 should still be connected ATX Power ROBO 8710VLA is designed to also support ATX mode Please refer to the following instruction to apply ATX power on your ROBO 8710VLA and backplane Step1 Remove the jumper on pin3 and pin4 of ATX P S CONTROL CONNECTOR 4 pin connector see the Figure below LLDT MAANNANNANN

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