IB796 USER'S MANUAL - IBT Technologies Inc.
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1. J7 J3 J4 J5 J6 J1 J8 G D ap ab a 5959 evvo III T 2009 9 2000 al V2 0900 9000 00090 0900 oooom 288 JP1 moo a FAN1 2 S S 88509 J12 lure Li ST ANN D Oo o O O TTA rana 8 88mauPS sa 7 88 22 U U U U U LED1 LED2 LEDS LED4 LEDS POWER LED O Green O Green O Green O Green O Green LINK LED STATUS LED O Green O Yellow O Yellow O Yellow O Yellow ACT LED Jumper LocatiOns ooooooWoo W aka Page Configuring the CPU Freguency oooooWoo 8 JP3 Clear CMOS Contents 8 JP5 CF Card Master Slave Selection INSTALLATIONS EEH Configuring the CPU Frequency The board does not provide DIP switches to configure the processor speed CPU frequency JP3 Clear CMOS Contents Use JP3 a 3 pin header to clear the CMOS contents S Pin 1 2 Normal Lees Short Closed Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS se 3 Short Closed JP5 CF Card Master Slave Selection Pin 1 2 Short Master Pin 1 2 Open Slave INSTALLATION Connectors on the IB796 The connectors on the board allow you to connect external devices such as keyboard floppy disk drives hard disk drives printers etc The following table lists the connectors and their respective functions Connector Locations oooooWoocc 10 JI USB2. Except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min Default Under this option you can also configure other features such HDD Power Down Doze Mode and Suspend Mode PM Control by APM If Advanced Power Management APM is installed on your system selecting Yes gives better power savings Video Off Option This option decides when to shutdown video for power saving You can select it as always on or turn off video when system enters suspend mode 33 BIOS SETUP EEM Video Off Method This field defines the Video Off features There are three options V H SYNC Blank Default setting blank the screen and turn off vertical and horizontal scanning DPMS Allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer Modem Use IRQ This field sets the IRQ used by the Modem By default the setting is 3 Wake Up Events The HDD FDD COM LPT Ports and PCI PIRQ are I O events which can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service 34 BIOS SETUP CO 5565 PNP PCI Configurations This option configures the PCI bus system All PCI bus systems on the system use
3. 0 394 PS B ojo ojo o ojo ojo k O 197 Oy Ez FAN2 18 elo MAJPS jis mol ok ob ob 0 197 2 209 A 3 3 79 q 8 5 3 5 364 q 2 6 153 q 8 oo Nw in oo NK ao 24 ole N O sc td NN INSTALLATION Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the board in order to set up a workable system The topics covered are Setting the JUMPETS ooooWoooooom mna 6 Connectors on the IB796 o ooocoooWooo mk 9 Watchdog Timer Configuration oo 16 Bypass and WDT oooooo nana 17 Status LED Programming ooooo 18 Enable Disable Bypass Mode oooo 18 INSTALLATIONS eee Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used to select various settings and features according to your needs and applications Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for your needs The following lists the connectors and their respective functions Jumper Locations aT edad EZd based 7 Configuring the CPU Frequency sese sese eee eee eee JP3 Clear CMOS Contents ooooooo 8 JP5 CF Card Master Slave Selection ooooo 8 INSTALLATION Jumper Locations
4. 24 The system boot will not be halted for any error that may be detected Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will stop and you will be prompted The system boot will not be halted for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors The system boot will not be halted for a disk error it will stop for all other errors The system boot will not be halted for a key board or disk error it will stop for all others BIOS SETUP Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled ITEM HELP CPU Internal Cache Enabled Menu Level External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Allows you choose Processor Number Feature Enabled the VIRUS warning Quick Power On Self Test Enabled feature for IDE Hard First Boot Device Floppy Disk boot sector A rotection If this Second Boot Device HDD 0 anna is enabled Third Boot Device CDROM and someone Boot Other Device Enabled attempt to write data Swap Floppy Drive Disabled into this area BIOS Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled will show a warning Boot Up Numlock Status On message on screen Gate A20 Option Normal and alarm beep Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select
5. CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features P2C C2P Concurrency Enabled ITEM HELP Fast R W Turn Around Enabled Menu Level System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Frame Buffer Size 2M AGP Aperture Size 64M OnChip USB Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Enabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled P2C C2P Concurrency Set to Disabled for best performance You may set this to Enabled if you want any sort of system stability Fast R W Turn Around Leave it as Enabled for faster performance System BIOS Cacheable The setting of Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FOOOh FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Video BIOS Cacheable The Setting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h F7FFFh resulting in better video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Frame Buffer Size The default setting of the frame buffer size is 2M 28 BIOS SETUP CO ee AGP Aperture Size The field sets aperture size of the graphics The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address spa
6. Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate is enabled the system registers repeated keystrokes speeds Settings are from 6 to 30 characters per second Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate is enabled this item allows you to set the time interval for displaying the first and second characters By default this item is set to 250msec Security Option This field allows you to limit access to the System and Setup The default value is Setup When you select System the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up When you select Setup the system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility is called up OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB This option allows the system to access greater than 64MB of DRAM memory when used with OS 2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to access memory The default setting is Non OS 2 Video BIOS Shadow This item allows you to change the Video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Video Shadow will increase the video speed C8000 CBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB to 1024KB These fields determine whether or not optional ROM will be copied to RAM Small Logo EPA Show This field enables the showing of the EPA logo located at the upper right of the screen during boot up 27 BIOS SETUP AKP Advanced Chipset Features This Setup menu controls the configuration of the chipset
7. INT thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed No ITEM HELP Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Resources Controlled By Manual Be es IRQ Resources MEN Extended System DMA Resources Press Enter Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled installed a new add on Assign IRQ for VGA Disabled and the system Assign IRQ for USB Enabled reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play aware e g Windows 95 The options Yes and No Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot The options Enabled and Disabled Resources Controlled by This PnP BIOS configures all of the boot and compatible devices with the use of a use a PnP operating system such as Windows 95 IRQ DMA Resources These fields allow you to configure the IRQ DMA Resources 35 BIOS SETUP CE PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some non standard VGA display cards may not show colors properly This field allows you to set whether or not MPEG ISA V
8. Monitors 2 Mouse E Network adapters E7 Dial Up Adapter EPJ Realtek RTL8129 PCI Fast Ethernet Y Other devices aF Ports COM amp LPT MI System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers b Refresh Remove Print Close Cancel E a a a 4 4 2 4 4 E DRIVERS INSTALLATION C OOOO 2 Under System Properties click on the Device Manager tab Double click on Realtek 8129 PCI Fast Ethernet Click the Driver tab as shown Now click the Update Driver button Powie hanet bae say potestan n Asi 28S 78 com 3 When the Update Device Drivers Wizard appears click Next to continue Tha red saache bor updated chives ke Reskek ATLEIZ3P0 Fou Ehanet un been il lee ets mireg nba nadine le len la ti DE tea An DBS 78 com 48 DRIVERS INSTALLATION 4 Click Next to Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now Recommended ase 28s 5 Click Specify a location and click Next to continue ren Dre lre 39 Baie BTLD 23 PO Fon Eter LE TS Kena dead per Or Mew to de T epr dt dren T pranam TP emoi Windows Upis P Specty s Kers FOST IN 49 DRIVERS INSTALLATION This page is intentionally left blank 50 APPENDIX Appendix A YO Port Address Map B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ A I O Port Address Map Each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of I O port a
9. Setup This option allows you to determine whether or not to accept the modifications If you type Y you will quit the setup utility and save all changes into the CMOS memory If you type N you will return to Setup utility Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes you have made in this session Typing Y will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications Typing N will return you to Setup utility 38 DRIVERS INSTALLATION Drivers Installation This section describes the installation procedures for software and drivers under the Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 2000 The software and drivers are included with the board If you find the items missing please contact the vendor where you made the purchase The contents of this section include the following VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation oooo 40 VGA Drivers Installation oooc 45 LAN Drivers Installation o ooooc 47 39 DRIVERS INSTALLATION VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation Before installing the drivers for VGA LAN and Audio install the VIA 4 in drivers first Follow the instructions below to complete the installation 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board and the screen below would appear Click VIA Chipsets on the left side Jele VIA registry INF driver VIA ACE Vad diver JIA ATAPI DRIVERS INSTALLATION 3 When the Welc
10. WDT The bypass function on IB796 in used to link or short two independent Ethernet ports when user s application software halt or when power is off Block Diagram Bypass Relays Ethemet l ie RAS 33 O Ethemet 2 Osy RJ4S J4 O Normal State Relays are Energized Relay UO Command WDT s Driver Communication States There are two communications states for the bypass function 1 Normal State 2 Bypass State A watchdog timer WDT is used to control and switch the communication between the two states A relay array is controlled by the WDT for physically routing of the two Ethernet ports The block diagram in the section above shows the Normal State where the two Ethernet ports work independently The following diagram shows the Bypass State where the two Ethernet ports are bypassed together 17 INSTALLATIONS Bypass Relays lt gt O Ethemet 1 An RJ45 J3 ke mn al Ethemet 2 pe 2 RJ45 J4 Bypass State Relays are Dis energized Relay UO Command gt WDT Driver Status LED Programming Programming the status LED can be done with the I O port 404Dh bit7 When I O port 404Dh bit 7 is set as 0 low then the LED is not active When I O port 404Dh bit 7 is set
11. as 1 high then the LED is active Enable Disable Bypass Mode The I O port 0442H can be defined to select between normal and bypass modes The following describes the programming procedure Enabling Watchdog Bypass mode MOV AX 000F MOV DX 0442H OUT DX AX Disabling Watchdog Normal Mode MOV AX 0010 MOV DX 0442H OUT DX AX 18 BIOS SETUP BIOS Setup This chapter describes the different settings available in the Award BIOS that comes with the board The topics covered in this chapter are as follows BIOS TitrOUUCHAON yen aneka 20 BIOS SELUP ser cele any r EN EN BEN 20 Standard CMOS Setup 22 Advanced BIOS Features oooo ooo 25 Advanced Chipset Features eee eee 28 Integrated Peripherals ooooooWo oWooWoo W 31 Power Management Setup esse eee eee eee eee eee 33 PNP PCI Configurations oooWoWoW WWW 35 PC Health StAtUS 5 aan aan 37 Load Fail Safe Defaults o ooooooooo 38 Load Setup Defaults 4 136 Be kansenusuusanunnngi 38 Set Supervisor User Passwortd oooooooo 38 Save amp Exit Setup sa usai 38 Exit Without Saving ooo oo 38 19 BIOS SETUP EEM BIOS Introduction The Award BIOS Basic Input Output System installed in your computer system s ROM supports Intel Pentium II III processors The BIOS provides critical low level support for a standard device such as disk drives serial ports and
12. board also feature hardware monitoring Mounted in an optional aluminum chassis supplied by IBASE the IB796 Internet security platform powers and handles your mission critical applications with high reliability Features o Supports 300MHz 1GHz VIA Eden low power C3 CPU o With 4 Realtek 8100C Ethernet controllers o LANI LAN2 bypass function o On board 64MB 128MB 256MB SDRAM memory o Integrated VGA with 8MB video memory o Mini PCI slot 1 USB watchdog timer o Compact Flash socket 1 COM ports o 203mm x 146mm INTRODUCTION Checklist Your board package should include the items listed below e The IB796 e This User s Manual e 1 IDE Ribbon Cable e 1 Floppy Ribbon Connector e 1 Y Cable supporting a PS 2 Keyboard and a PS 2 Mouse e 1 CD containing the following e Chipset Drivers e Flash Memory Utility INTRODUCTION Specifications Product Name Form Factor CPU Type CPU Voltage CPU Speed CPU External Clock Chipset BIOS Cache Watchdog Timer UART 16550A On Board VGA LAN 4 Memory type SUPER I O RTC CMOS Battery Keyboard Controller EPP ECP Local bus IDE 44 pin USB Expansion PCI slot Ethernet with Bypass Function LAN 1 2 Board Size IB796 5 25 inch Disk size Embedded Board VIA Eden C3 CPU 1 05V 1 85V 300MHz 1GHZ 66 100 133Mhz VIA PLE133T VT82C686A B Chipset North Bridge VT8601T 552 pin PBGA South Bridge VT82C686A B 352 pin BGA Award BIOS
13. parallel ports It also adds virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system BIOS Setup The Award BIOS provides a Setup utility program for specifying the system configurations and settings The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the computer the Award BIOS is immediately activated Pressing the lt Del gt key immediately allows you to enter the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the lt Del gt key POST Power On Self Test will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from invoking the Setup If you still wish to enter Setup restart the system by pressing the Reset button or simultaneously pressing the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys You can also restart by turning the system Off and back On again The following message will appear on the screen Press lt DEL gt to Enter Setup In general you press the arrow keys to highlight items lt Enter gt to select the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries F1 for help and lt Esc gt to quit When you enter the Setup utility the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and exit choices 20 BIOS SETUP CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Fea
14. pou can uncheck fre associated chack bax F IRQ Rowing Mn pot Driver WA INF Driver 1 403 LS sa 42 DRIVERS INSTALLATION re 7 Click Next to install the VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver ATAPI Vendar Support Dnver 1 28 ET VIA 41M 4 Driver Instal Uninstall amp TAPI Vender Support Diver 43 DRIVERS INSTALLATION 9 Click Next to install the VIA AGP VxD in Turbo mode VIA_GART AGP Driver 4 05 EI VIA 41M 4 Driver Setup program w l nstalunrstal AGP dives tor you Install VA AGP WD in Standard node jnstat Vis AGP WO m Turbo mode UnratalMAAGP Wadi am w tm 10 Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect Setup Compicte VIA 41M 4 Driver 44 Setup hat finithed copaig iie tn pour compute Bang you can use Ihe progam pou m t restak AFO oF you Gompule f Tes wank to resit mp computer nou F No Ivl ieeat my conpune ae Remove any dicks k m thar hes and than cich Fresh to complete 261 0 DRIVERS INSTALLATION VGA Drivers Installation After installing the VIA 4 in 1 drivers you may now install the VIA 8602 VGA Driver Follow the steps below to proceed with the installation NOTE Before installing the VGA drivers on Windows NT 4 0 you need to install Service Pack 3 or above 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click on VIA Chipsets on the left and then click VIA 8602 VGA Driver Inside This CL Inctude V
15. 128K 64K Level1 2 CPU integrated 32 Level COM1 RS232 w 16 Byte FIFO DB9 Conn VT8601T with Integrated Graphic Max 8MB CRT output pin header Realtek 8100C 128 pin QFP Single Chip Ethernet Controller 10 100 BaseT support four LAN 64M 128M 256M on board VIA VT82C686A B IrDAx1 Parallel x1 Serial 2 FDC 2 88MB 3 Mode support Hardware monitor 3 thermal inputs 4 voltage monitor inputs VIDO 4 2 fan input optional VT82C686A B built in Lithium Battery VT82C686A B Yes VT82C686A B built in IDE1 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 IDE1 CF card 1 ports transfer rate up to 12Mb s USB1 USB connector Mini PCI 1 Bypass the Ethernet ports when system fault automatically 203mm x 146mm INTRODUCTION Board Dimensions o bey LO N a Ss N N UT O oo ies o M Q N l e ADAM mm a S S R 8 gt m VERO ooo O N N lap W W NNN J7 as J4 J5 Js JI s 5 757 lo a lo a lb ab a 5553 6000 0000 0000 0000 oooom 5 356 BA you 5 001 FAN1 8 fe 8 8 88 BS 38 po se bo bo kal 00000 J10 sol goose vil A o Biup2 y 88688 J12 L sa S bo a Bal 14 pi k bs A bol ee gprs 29 Q yi O o 2 Ld Q U 0 394 SB JP 4
16. ConnectoT ooooom oa 11 J2 External Power Supply Connector oo 11 J3 J4 J5 J6 RJ45 LAN Connector 11 JT Power Connector oooooooWooW Wan 11 J8 COM Serial Port 11 JO Parallel Port Connector oooo 12 J10 Mini PCI Connector eee 13 J11 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector oooo 12 J13 VGA CRT Connector ooooo maan 14 J14 For Testing Use Only oooooWooooooo W 14 J15 Reset Switch Pin Header 14 CNI Compact Flash Socket oooooWooo 14 JP4 Primary IDE Connector oooooooWoo 15 INSTALLATIONS Connector Locations CQ om Gre J7 J3 J4 J5 J6 J1 J8 si e dpe Op Ip q dsa 30m albojz JP1 moo a FAN1 A O O S 5 labu bawaan ON aag SS SER JP4 a 628 FAN2 8 SSeS js mal 95 SE 88 25 U U U U U LED1 LED2 LEDS LED4 LEDS POWER LED O Green O Green O Green O Green O Green LINK LED STATUS LED O Green O Yellow O Yellow O Yellow O Yellow ACT LED Connector LOCAtIONS oooooocc J1 USB Connector J2 External Power Supply Connector J3 J4 J5 J6 RJ45 LAN Connectors sss JI Power Connector ooo aan J8 COMI Serial
17. ESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA When this field is enabled a PCI VGA can work with an MPEG ISA VESA VGA card When this field is disabled a PCI VGA cannot work with an MPEG ISA VESA card Assign IRQ for VGA When this option is enabled system will assign an IRQ for VGA The default is Enabled This can also be Disabled so that VGA will not occupy an IRQ thus releasing it free for other usage typically LAN card etc Assign IRQ for USB When this option is enabled system will assign an IRQ for USB The default is Enabled This can also be Disabled so that USB will not occupy an IRQ thus releasing it free for other usage typically LAN card etc 36 BIOS SETUP eee PC Health Status This section shows the parameters in determining the PC Health Status These parameters include temperatures fan speeds and voltages CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature 75 C 167 F ITEM HELP CPU Temp 41 C 87 F System Temp 29 C 84 F Vcore 1 70V 2 5V 2 52V 3 3V 3 42V 5V 5 02V 12V 11 94V CPU Warning Temperature This field sets the temperature threshold that when reached the system would give an audible warning Shutdown Temperature This field allows the user to set the temperature by which the system automatically shuts down once the threshold temperature is reached This function can help prevent damage to the system that is caused by overheating
18. For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled DC000 DFFF Shadow Disabled Small Logo EPA Show Enabled Virus Warning This item protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications If an attempt is made the BIOS will halt the system and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem CPU Internal Cache External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type on up contain internal cache memory and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory When the CPU reguests data the system transfers the reguested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU These items allow you to enable speed up memory access or disable the cache function By default these items are Enabled 25 BIOS SETUP CE nn CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This field enables or disables the ECC Error Correction Checking checking of the CPU level 2 cache The default setting is Enabled Processor Number Feature When enabled this feature allows external systems to detect the processor number type of the CPU Quick Power On Self Test When enable
19. IA registry INF diver VIA ACE aD diver JIA ATAPI 2 Click Next to agree with the license agreement statement and to continue Welocare tothe Vi Teoh KLE PLE Display Dive Setup pigan THs pogan w Hinata Vi Tech KLE PLE Display Diven a on pou aonpa l lis ol aa rai ai Windoma pw gan belos mang fas Sehun Ka Na Paha pp Da Sean ep AOINA twe avi Ciok Nest M condinue sah he Satu WARNING The paar amp protected by copaig lara ancintematonad nahan Unau horpod ipecduction ar didibukon cd Lane pls L aa ne ood m ovas ca land Mann ne ba promectedio neniun sadari prede under lam KD we 45 DRIVERS INSTALLATION 3 Click Next to start copying the driver files 46 DRIVERS INSTALLATION LAN Drivers Installation Follow the steps below to proceed with the LAN drivers installation 1 In your Windows operating system click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt System Properties 1 Pi hg e a wo Control Panel en eke m manor A se pen 5 J s L 4 a L TO bawe rion Madaru Mowe Mead Naoi OC Eaa Kebr rai uerg awa Krs a l i SB 2 Test MA coment ram see s MMR arre tregoes wa rache eta aa maten ant r rv rE EI System Properties EE General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type View devices by connection Computer CDROM amp Disk drives L Display adapters Floppy disk controllers amp Hard disk controllers F Keyboard a
20. IB796 VIA Apollo PLE133T Embedded Board USER S MANUAL Version 1 1 Acknowledgments Award is a registered trademark of Award Software International Inc PS 2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Intel and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners Table of Contents IntroduCtiOn ooooooooooooooooooo 1 Product Description ooooccccoo 1 Checklist tabah na alan dal teta aa aa 2 SpecificatiOnS oo Waka 3 Board Dimension ooooocoooo mk 4 InstallatiOnS oooooooooooooo 5 Setting the Jumpers ooooooooomoW Waka 6 Connectors on the IB796 ooooooo Woo 9 Watchdog Timer Configuration o 16 Bypass and WDT Lena a RE R 17 Status LED Programming 18 Enable Disable Bypass Mode i oooooooo 18 BIOS SOU Ne ma manga 19 Drivers InstallatiON 39 VIA 4 in 1 Drivers Installation oooooo 40 VGA Drivers Installation ooc 45 LAN Drivers Installation ooc 47 Appendini 51 A YO Port Address Mapes sees 51 B Interrupt Request Lines IRO oooooooo essee 52 This page was intentionally left bl
21. LATION Signal Name Pin Signal Name Reset IDE Ground Host data 7 Host data 8 Host data 6 Host data 9 La ele Host data 5 Host data 10 aa Host data 4 10 Host data 11 a Host data 3 11 12 Host data 12 an Host data 2 13 14 Host data 13 a Host data 1 15 16 Host data 14 a Host data 0 17 18 Host data 15 me Ground 19 20 Key se DRQO 21 22 Ground oo Host IOW 23 24 Ground aa Host IOR 25 26 Ground aA IOCHRDY 27 28 Host ALE asasi DACKO 29 30 Ground No connect IRO14 31 32 Address 1 33 34 Address 0 35 36 No connect Address 2 Chip select 0 37 38 Chip select 1 Activity 39 40 Ground Vcc 41 42 Vcc 15 INSTALLATIONS Watchdog Timer Configuration The function of the watchdog timer is used to control switch select between normal and bypass modes It is defined at I O port 0443H To enable the watchdog timer and write I O port 0443H To disable the timer write I O port 0441H for the system to normal mode The timer has a tolerance of 20 for its intervals The following describes how the timer should be programmed Enabling Watchdog Bypass mode MOV AX OOOFH Choose the values from 0 MOVDX 0443H OUT DX AX Disabling Watchdog Normal Mode MOV AX OOFH Any value is fine MOV DX 0441H OUT DX AX WATCHDOG TIMER CONTROL TABLE Pita o 9 7 16 ra ae 6 l E E oo e aa 10 _ es is fa PA pan fon fas pan ft a 18 34 26 06 50 16 INSTALLATION Bypass and
22. Potter ion geena Eiee iR Beam J9 Parallel Port Connector oooo J10 Mini PCI Connector sese J11 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector J13 VGA CRT Connector oooo man JI4 For Testing Use Only im anuns han aa J15 Reset Switch Pin Header oooooooooo CNI Compact Flash Socket JP4 Primary IDE Connector oooooo Woo 10 INSTALLATION J1 USB Connector J1 supports an external USB connector Pin Signal Name Vcc 2 USB a HE ee J2 External Power Supply Connector a J3 J4 J5 J6 RJ45 LAN Connectors These four LAN LAN1 2 3 4 connectors are used in conjunction with the four Realtek RTL8100C Ethernet controllers on the board O O Om J7 Power Connector 5V only 1 kod H jv poly J8 COM1 Serial Port Pin Signal Name DCD Data carrier detect RXD Receive data TXD Transmit data DTR Data terminal ready 00000 0000 Ground DSR Data set ready RTS Reguest to send CTS Clear to send RI Ring indicator INSTALLATIONS J9 Parallel Port Connector The following table describes the pin out assignments of this connector PDA parallel data 4 6 PD6 parallel data 6 8 PDT parallel 7 9 J11 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector J11 a 10 pin header connector has functions for both keyboard and mouse z a an J12 COM2 Serial Port oDoooooooonooo
23. Temperatures Fan Speeds Voltages These fields are the parameters of the hardware monitoring function feature of the board The values are read only values as monitored by the system and show the PC health status 37 BIOS SETUP CE nn Load Fail Safe Defaults This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default settings are non optimal and disable all high performance features Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to your system configuration These default settings are optimal and enable all high performance features Set Supervisor User Password These two options set the system password Supervisor Password sets a password that will be used to protect the system and Setup utility User Password sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system To specify a password highlight the type you want and press Enter The Enter Password message prompts on the screen Type the password up to eight characters in length and press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically returns to the main screen To disable a password just press the lt Enter gt key when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password to be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely Save amp Exit
24. ank INTRODUCTION Introduction Product Description The IB796 embedded board is a low power platform featuring an integrated VIA Eden C3 processors Equipped with four Realtek 8100C 10 100 BaseT Ethernet controllers this VIA PLE133T based motherboard delivers excellent levels of scalability and performance on a cost effective integrated chipset platform and is designed as an Ethernet firewall VPN device and for other networking applications Featuring LAN bypass functionality for two ports The IB796 embedded board is a platform featuring an integrated VIA Eden C3 processors Equipped with four Realtek 8100C 10 100 BaseT Ethernet controllers this VIA PLE133T based motherboard delivers excellent levels of scalability and performance on a cost effective integrated chipset platform and is designed as an Ethernet firewall VPN device and for other networking applications Featuring LAN bypass functionality for two ports IB796 allows LAN connection to work continuously even when system faults which is required for certain Internet security applications With the use of CompactFlash or DiskOnModule on IB796 for installing OS the system can be free of disruption caused by hard disk drives mechanical failures One COM port can be used for console monitoring and diagnostics The IB796 comes with onboard 64MB 128MB 256MB SDRAM memory Added expansion is available with the on board miniPCI slot for wireless LAN networking requirements The
25. ce Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The default setting is 64M OnChip USB The default setting of this filed is Enabled to enable the USB function on board OnChip Keyboard Support Enable this if you are using a USB keyboard CPU to PCI Write Buffer This controls the CPU write buffer to the PCI bus If this buffer is disabled the CPU writes directly to the PCI bus The default setting is Enabled PCI Dynamic Bursting This option controls the PCI write buffer If this is enabled then every write transaction on the PCI bus goes straight to the write buffer Burst transactions are then sent on their way as soon as there are enough to send in a single burst PCI Master 0 WS Write This function determines whether there s a delay before any writes to the PCI bus If this is enabled then writes to the PCI bus are executed immediately with zero wait states as soon as the PCI bus is ready to receive data But if it is disabled then every write transaction to the PCI bus is delayed by one wait state It s recommended to enable this for faster PCI performance PCI Delay Transaction This feature is used to meet the latency of PCI cycles to and from the ISA bus 29 BIOS SETUP EEM PCI 2 Access 1 Retry This BIOS feature is linked to the CPU to PCI Write Buffer Normally the CPU to PCI Write Buffer is enabled All writes to the PCI bus are as such immediately written i
26. d this field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST after the system is turned on If it is set to Enabled BIOS will skip some items First Second Third Boot Device These fields determine the drive that the system searches first for an operating system The options available include Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 LAN and Disable Boot Other Device These fields allow the system to search for an operating system from other devices other than the ones selected in the First Second Third Boot Device Swap Floppy Drive This item allows you to determine whether or not to enable Swap Floppy Drive When enabled the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A By default this field is set to Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will seek whether or not the floppy drive installed has 40 or 80 tracks 360K type has 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44M all have 80 tracks Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to activate the NumLock function after you power up the system Gate A20 Option This field allows you to select how Gate A20 is worked Gate A20 is a device used to address memory above MB 26 BIOS SETUP Typematic Rate Setting When disabled continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed next By default this field is set to Disabled
27. ddresses which also becomes the identity of the device The following table lists the I O port addresses used Address Device Description 000h O1Fh 020h O3Fh 040h O5Fh 060h O6Fh 070h O7Fh 080h O9Fh OAOh OBFh 00h ODFh OFOh OFT RR 1F7h 278 27F 2FSh 2FFh 2B0 2DF 378h 3FFh 360 36F 380 3BF 3C0 3CF 3D0 3DF 3FOh 3FTh 3F8h 3FFh APPENDIX B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ Peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board 52
28. de Normal ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Parallel Port EPP Type EPP1 9 OnChip IDE Channel 0 The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately IDE Prefetch Mode These field enables disables the prefetch buffers in the PCI IDE controller The prefetch buffers are used as a temporary storage place as data is transferred from one location to another IDE Primary Master Slave PIO These fields allow your system hard disk controller to work faster Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands that transfer to or from the disk drive PIO Programmed Input Output allows the BIOS to communicate with the controller and CPU directly The system supports five modes numbered from 0 default to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode 31 BIOS SETUP EEM IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA These fields allow your system to improve disk I O throughput to 33Mb sec with the Ultra DMA 33 feature The options are Auto and Disabled Init Display First This field allows the system to initialize first the VGA card on chip or the display on the PCI Slot By default the PCI Slot VGA is initialized first IDE HDD Block Mode This field allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive Onboard FDD Controller Select Enabled if
29. nto the buffer instead of the PCI bus This frees up the CPU from waiting till the PCI bus is free The data are then written to the PCI bus when the next PCI bus cycle starts There s a possibility that the buffer write to the PCI bus may fail When that happens this BIOS option determines if the buffer write should be reattempted or sent back for arbitration If this BIOS option is enabled then the buffer will attempt to write to the PCI bus until successful If disabled the buffer will flush its contents and register the transaction as failed The CPU will have to write again to the write buffer AGP Master 1 WS Write Read When enabled a single wait state is used when writing reading to the AGP bus When disabled a 2 wait state is used For optimal performance set this to Enabled For improved stability set it to disabled 30 BIOS SETUP eee Integrated Peripherals This section sets configurations for your hard disk and other integrated peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On Chip IDE Channel 0 Enabled ITEM HELP IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Menu Level IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto Init Display First PCI Slot IDE HDD Block Mode Disabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRO4 Onboard Serial Port 2 Disabled Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mo
30. o oDoooooooonoonoo 6 HSR Data set ready Pa CS Clear to send po RI Ring indicator INSTA LLATION J10 Mini PCI Connector it Sa Fin T Se EX a 7 S V INTA 22 NC LO INTA RES Nc oR LK 33 5 7 9 D L o LN Pin 63 65 67 s 69 LL 73 35 En 79 81 83 85 87 89 93 95 97 11 2 ana ena 101 4 4 47 49 51 5 5 2 3 5 z 25 BEBI GND 19 D 17 Pin S 2 za 6 10 12 moun 18 20 24 26 30 32 34 36 40 4 44 46 48 50 52 ta 56 58 60 62 DAS DIZ pwan Ta ne 110 Menn m ne e 30 ADI apna TOST Ne 122 Lap faz pey 14 TRDY STOP 43 3V DEVSEL w AD 13 ADI 11 GND AD 9 C BE 0 43 3V AD 6 ADI4 D 2 Z Q Q Q Z le ND C SDOUT S C_RST a Q GND C GND SAD 13 INSTALLATIONS J13 VGA CRT Connector J13 is a 15 pin header for an external VGA CRT female connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name 14 o S Mee pa Green Ground oo Blue N C an N C N C a Ground H Sync 5 E S i Ground V Sync Ground N C Ground J14 For Testing Use Only J15 Reset Switch Pin Header CN1 Compact Flash Socket 14 JP4 Primary IDE Connector INSTAL
31. ome screen appears click Next Welcane to the VIA Service Pack Setup program This program val paia VA Serice Pack on your lt T h e strongly reconmancded that pou oat al Windows pare r bakre irrig Ihi Setuo program Click Cancel to ga Setup and then close anv pro yams you N have run Click Hed to continue wth the Setup mogan WARNING This program ie protected by capung law and Pie naitre lysates Unashotzed reproduction a detibuton of this pogan an any porion of it may result n severe uul and ciminna peshat and Hi be prosecuted to Ihe marinum eMart rote under Law ant eer a 4 Click Next to agree with the license agreement statement and to continue VIA Service Pack 1 RESOWE Press PAGE DOWN kay to see the rest of document VIA Service Pack Idhi README TXT Aman eman om on a a a Penanaman vl Service Pack VIA 4 ki 1 amp COD 1998 vl Techrobges Inc Table of Contents About VIA 4in1 ira Up Updates Tachncal Support Special Note WirFact AGP VGA veers ank gt Oicking Yes mesra pou have reed and agreed with the license agiseman and README Dick Noto dasihe and Ent w 41 DRIVERS INSTALLATION EEE 5 Select the Setup Mode and click Next to continue VIA Click to enable Normally or Quickly Instal 21M 4 Driver 6 Click Next to install the drivers listed Setup Components ET VIA This sete program val install the folowing diven 41M 4 Driver F you dont wari to intal them
32. provide Primary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each channel can support up to two hard disks the first is the Master and the second is the Slave Press lt Enter gt to configure the hard disk The selections include Auto Manual and None Select Manual to define the drive information manually You will be asked to enter the following items CYLS Number of cylinders HEAD Number of read write heads PRECOMP Write precompensation LANDZ Landing zone SECTOR Number of sectors The Access Mode selections are as follows Auto Normal HD 528MB Large for MS DOS only LBA HD 528MB and supports Logical Block Addressing Drive A Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer The available specifications are 360KB 1 2MB 720KB 1 44MB 2 88MB 5 25 in 5 25in 3 5in 3 5in 3 5 in 23 BIOS SETUP Video This field selects the type of video display card installed in your system You can choose the following video display cards EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters default Power up in 40 column mode Power up in 80 column mode For Hercules or MDA adapters This field determines whether or not the system will halt if an error is detected during power up No errors All errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key
33. tion however if you change your system hardware configurations the onboard battery fails or the configuration stored in the CMOS memory was lost or damaged CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue Mar 26 2000 Item Help Time hh mm ss 00 00 00 Menu Level IDE Primary Master Press Enter 13020 MB Change the day month IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None Year and century Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 129024K Total Memory 130048K At the bottom of the menu are the control keys for use on this menu If you need any help in each item field you can press the F1 key It will display the relevant information to help you The memory display at the lower right hand side of the menu is read only It will adjust automatically according to the memory changed The following describes each item of this menu Date The date format 1s Day Sun to Sat Month 1 to 12 Date 1 to 31 Year 1994 to 2079 To set the date highlight the Date field and use the PageUp PageDown or keys to set the current time 22 BIOS SETUP a IUM Time The time format is Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 To set the time highlight the Time field and use the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt or keys to set the current time IDE Primary HDDs The onboard PCI IDE connectors
34. tures Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit M YV gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type The section below the setup items of the Main Menu displays the control keys for this menu At the bottom of the Main Menu just below the control keys section there is another section which displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list Note If the system cannot boot after making and saving system changes with Setup the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your system to its default Warning It is strongly recommended that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability Changing the defaults could cause the system to become unstable and crash in some cases 21 BIOS SETUP EEH Standard CMOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup choice allows you to record some basic hardware configurations in your computer system and set the system clock and error handling If the board is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option You will need to run the Standard CMOS op
35. your system has a floppy disk controller installed on the board and you wish to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field This option allows you to select the onboard FDD port Onboard Serial Parallel Port These fields allow you to select the onboard serial and parallel ports and their addresses The default values for these ports are Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Serial Port 2 Disabled Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode This field allows you to determine parallel port mode function SPP Standard Printer Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port ECP Mode Use DMA This field by default is set to 3 Parallel Port EPP Type This field by default is set to EPP 1 9 32 BIOS SETUP CO nn Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2002 Award Software Power Management Setup Power Management Press Enter ITEM HELP PM Control by APM Yes Menu Level Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method VH Sync Blank Modem Use IRQ 3 Wake Up Events Press Enter Power Management This field allows you to select the type of power saving management modes There are four selections for Power Management Min Power Saving Minimum power management Max Power Saving Maximum power management User Define Each of the ranges is from 1 min to 1hr
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