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ROBO-8773VG User's Manual

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2. 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 while all other devices remain active The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 5 Min 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min 9 Min 10 Min 11 Min 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15 Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN This item allows users to set the time to remove the power after the power button is pressed The choice Instant Off Delay 4 Sec PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs System automatically restores Power back Off System stays at Power Off 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 75 5 50 0 25 0 Power On by Ring LAN When select Enabled a system that is at soft off mode will be alert to Wake On Modem or Wake On LAN The choice Enabled Disabled Wake Up By Onboard LAN This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by on board LAN The choice Disabled Enabled ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 21 BIOS Setup Information 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 sys
3. Enter is pressed 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 Either supervisor or user password can be setup 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 selecting 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 Enter 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 Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 26 BIOS Setup Information To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will reboot and Setup can be entered freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled user will be prompted to enter it every time user tries to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from
4. If your IDE hard drive IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto supports block mode select oe E Auto Enabled for automatic On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto detection of the optimal IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto number of block IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto read writes per sector the IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto drive can support On Chip Serial ATA Setting On Chip Serial ATA Disabled X Serial ATA Port Mode Primary Master Serial ATA Port1 Mode Primary Slave fi Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note If user changes On Chip Serial ATA default to become Enhance Mode you will perceive that shadow item could be selectable IDE HDD Block Mode If 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 ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 13 BIOS Setup Information IDE DMA transfer access The choice Enabled Disabled 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 to deactivate this interface The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four ID
5. The choice Auto ESCD Manual ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 23 BIOS Setup Information IRO 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 IRO 3 IRO 4 IRQ 5 IRO 7 IRO 9 IRO 10 IRO 11 IRO 12 IRO 14 IRO 15 assigned to The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA DMA Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel a type depending on the type of device using the DMA channel Enter for more options DMA 0 DMA 1 DMA 3 DMA 5 DMA 6 DMA 7 The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA PCI VGA Palette Snoop 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 Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA To enable VGA IRQ assignation by selecting enabled The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 24 BIOS Setup Information 4 10 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Item Help Current System Temperature 31 C 87F Current CPU Temperature 47C 116F Current System FAN Speed 0 RPM MERE Current CPU FAN Speed 0 RPM Current Power FAN Speed 3835 RPM Vcore 1 24 V 2 6 V 2 57 V 3 3 V 3 36 V 12 V 12 09 V VCC 5 04 V UBAT V 3 28 V 5VSB V
6. 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 F F 1 6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults F Menu in BIOS F10 Save 2 5 Previous Values 9 i ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 1 BIOS Setup Information 4 2 Main Menu Once you enter ROBO 8773VG AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility a Main Menu is presented The Main Menu allows user to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to switch among items and press lt Enter gt key to accept or bring up the sub menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility gt Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password gt Power Management Setup Set User Password gt PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup gt PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS TY gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Di
7. Enter Select PU PD Value Fl10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 6 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min Item Help Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled M Level x C1E Function Auto EA Execute Disabled Bit Enabled fi Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Delay Prior to Thermal The choice 4 8 16 32 Min Limit CPUID MaxVal The choice Enabled Disabled CIE Function The choice Auto Disabled Execute Disabled Bit The choice Enabled Disabled When disabled forces the XD feature flag to always return Hard Disk Boot Priori Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Use lt gt or lt gt to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu Bootable Add in Cards Select SCSI Boot Ch x M S Select IDE Channel 0 1 Master or Salve Boot Select IDE Channel 2 or 3 Master Boot 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 ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 7 BIOS Setup In
8. boot up properly To clean CMOS please short 2 3 pins on JP2 for a moment and then change it back to its default setting Symptom SBC keeps beeping and no screen has shown Solution In fact each beep sound represents different definition of error message Please refer to table as following Beep sounds Meaning Action One long beep with one DRAM error Change DRAM or reinstall it short beeps One long beep constantly DRAM error Change DRAM or reinstall it One long beep with two Monitor or Display Please check Monitor connector short beeps Card error whether it inserts properly Beep rapidly Power error warning Please check Power mode setting Symptom There is neither no beeps nor screen output Solution Indeed you can do the stand alone to identify the root cause by isolating the board from other possible system devices such as PCI device backplane and so on If the system still cannot boot up please fill out RMA from which is provides on Portwell website and then send back to Portwell as a RMA Besides you also visit RMA site http www portwell com tw rma login asp to check RMA report if necessary ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 5 5 Troubleshooting Installation Problem Question How do I connect my keyboard and mouse as there is only one connector Answer Users may always adopt PS 2 keyboard and mouse over the PS 2 interface through Y cable J33 on ROBO 8773VG However it is also fi
9. heat sink to mount it on CPU surface and lock it on the LGA 775 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 8773VG will automatically detect the CPU used CPU speed of Intel P4 can be detected automatically 3 2 Main Memory ROBO 8773VG provides two DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets to support 333 400 DDR SDRAM as main memory Non ECC non buffered DIMMS only The maximum memory size can be up to 2GB Auto detecting memory clock in according to BIOS CMOS settings For system compatibility and stability do not use memory module without brand Memory configuration can be either one double sided DIMM in either one DIMM socket or two single sided DIMM in both sockets Watch out the contact and lock integrity of memory module with socket it will impact on the system reliability Follow normal procedures to install memory module into memory socket Before locking make sure that all modules have been fully inserted into the card slots Dual Channel DDR DIMMs Dual Channel DDR memory technology doubles the bandwidth of memory bus Adequate or higher bandwidth of memory than processor would increase system performance To enable Dual Channel DDR memory technology in
10. press enter finally find out On Chip Serial ATA item to change default Extension Memory and Total Memory are base on what kind of memory devices which user employs ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 3 BIOS Setup Information B Menu Selections Item Options Description Date mm dd yy Change the day month year and Geseent Time hh mm ss Change the internal clock IDE Channel 0 Master IDE Channel 0 Slave Options are in its sub Press lt Enter gt to enter the sub menu of IDE Channel 1 menu described in 4 4 detailed options Master Table IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A None Press Enter to enter the next page Drive B 360K 5 25 in for detail hard drive settings 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Video EGA VGA Select the default video device CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which you want No Errors the BIOS to stop the POST process and All but Keyboard notify you All but Diskette All but Disk Key Base Memory 640K Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended N A Displays the amount of extended Memory memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system ROBO 8773VG 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 CD ROM drive It uses a separate sub menu to configure each har
11. 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 selecting the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to HDD Power Down Suspend Mode There are three selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 Hour and HDD Power Down 15 Min Max Power Saving Maximum power management Suspend Mode 1 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 H SYNC 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 8773VG User s Manual 4 20 BIOS Setup Information Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off
12. unstable or do not work due to bad contact of PICMG 1 0 PCI plus ISA bus slot Note Please refer to section 3 3 1 to 3 3 4 to install INF VGA LAN drivers ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 3 4 System Installation 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset used on ROBO 8773VG is relatively new which operating systems might not be able to recognize To overcome this compatibility issue for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 2000 XP please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip Using Intel 865GMCH High performance graphic integrated chipset is aimed to gain an outstanding graphic performance It is accompanied by shared 8 to 64MB system DDR SDRAM with Intel DVMT This combination makes ROBO 8773VG an excellent piece of multimedia hardware With no additional video adaptor this onboard video will usually be the system display output By adjusting the BIOS setting to disable on board VGA an add on PCI or ISA VGA card can take over the system display Drivers Support Please find 865GMCH driver in the ROBO 8773VG CD title Drivers support Windows 2000 Windows XP OS2 and Linux 3 3 3 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Drivers Support Please find RTL 8110SC LAN driver in Ethernet directory of ROBO 8773VG CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 Windows XP and Linux LED Indicator for LAN status ROBO 8773VG provides two LED indicators to report RTL 8110SC Gigabit E
13. 1 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 8773VG User s Manual 3 6 System Installation 3 5 WDT Function The working algorithm of the WDT function can be simply described as a counting process The Time Out Interval can be set through software programming The availability of the time out interval settings by software or hardware varies from boards to boards ROBO 8773VG 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 reset after the Time out Value to be counted down to zero Or user can directly fill a zero value into Time out Value Reg
14. 5 04 V ND Move Fnter Select PU PD Value Fl10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Warning Temperature This item allows user to set a temperature above which the system will start the beeping warning Default setting is Disabled This function will only with ACPI power management and S3 STR suspend type The choices Disabled 50 C 122 F 53 C 127 F 56 C 133 F 60 C 140 F 63 C 145 F 66 C 151 F 70 C 158 F 4 11 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control Spread Spectrum Disabled Item Help Menu Level gt ND Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 25 BIOS Setup Information Spread Spectrum This item allows user to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Disabled 0 35 0 50 0 75 4 12 Default Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When lt Enter gt is pressed 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
15. 773VG User s Manual 5 3 Troubleshooting Improper disable operation There are too many occasions where users disable a certain device feature in one application through BIOS setting These variables may not be set back to the original values when needed These devices features will certainly fail to be detected When the above conditions happen it is strongly recommended to check the BIOS settings Make sure certain items are set as they should be These include the floppy drive COM1 COM2 ports Parallel port USB ports external cache on board VGA and Ethernet It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device port to release IRQ resource A few good examples are Disable COM1 serial port to release IRQ 4 Disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ 3 Disable Parallel port to release IRQ 7 Disable PS 2 mouse to release IRQ 12 Ete A quick review of the basic IRO mapping is given below for your reference It is then very easy to find out which IRO resource is ready for additional peripherals If IRQ resource is not enough please disable some devices listed above to release further IRO numbers ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 5 4 Troubleshooting 5 3 FAQ Unboot problem Symptom After changing power mode from ATX to AT my system is just not working Solution Due to ICH5 design when you change your power mode from ATX to AT or from AT to ATX you have to clean your CMOS in order to make your system
16. AM keyboard mouse floppy drive IDE hard disk printer VGA connector device cables ATX accessories or 12V 4 pin power cable are good examples that deserve attention With no assurance of properly and correctly accommodating these modules and devices it is very possible to encounter system failures that result in malfunction of any device To make sure that you have a successful start with ROBO 8773VG 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 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 ROBO 8
17. ATX power supply to let system boot up If you are using AT power supply you can simply turn on the power on AT power supply to boot up the system ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 5 1 Troubleshooting Figure 5 1 Note Due to the fact that different power supply has different definition of pin assignments Therefore please check Pin assignment on Power Supply or ask your vendor Serial ATA Hard Disk Setting There are total two connectors J18 and J24 The installation of Serial ATA is simpler and easier than IDE because SATA hard disk doesn t require setting up Master and Slave which can reduce mistake of hardware installation All you need to do is to plug in two cables and enable SATA in System BIOS The Serial ATA hard disk of installation please see figure 5 2 as below Hard Drive Serial ATA Power Cable Serial ATA Data Cable Figure 5 2 ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 5 2 Troubleshooting After done with the installation of SATA hardware please enter system BIOS to enable Serial ATA function Otherwise Serial hardware won t be recognized To enable SATA function please see as following System BIOS Integrated Peripherals On Chip IDE Device Press enter On Chip Serial ATA Auto 5 2 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the devices cables required before turning on AT or ATX power CPU CPU Fan 184 pin DDR SDR
18. Active Link LED PIN No LANI Active LED LANI Link LED J6 Reset Button Connector 1 Reset Signal Input Active low Ground ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 2 3 Hardware Configuration J7 12V POWER CON PIN No Signal Description J8 CPU FAN 4 pin Smart FAN PIN No Signal Description Fan Control Signal Note The fan must be a 12V fan And there is not any over current protection J9 3 pin Fan Connector Note The fan must be a 12V fan And there is not any over current protection J15 J10 Primary Secondary IDE Connector IDE1 IDE2 5 Laag JL 6 ata MIN 11 12 ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 2 4 Hardware Configuration J11 Parallel Port Connector 4 6 Daas LJ j Gruwd 8 Daas JL 21 Jong 9 Daa7 LH Loun J12 External Wake On Ring Connector PIN No Signal Description Ring Signal Input Active low Ground J13 External Wake On LAN Connector PIN No Signal Description 5VSB External WOL Signal Input Active low ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 2 5 Hardware Configuration J14 FDC Interface Connector 3 Ground Density Select 7 Ground 8 Jjmdef 0 9 Ground 10 MotorENA 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 J16 ATX Power Button PIN No Signal Description 1 Pull high 1K Ohm to 5VSB Power Button Signal Input Active high J17 ATX Power Control Connector PIN No Signal De
19. Chapter 2 this chapter will primarily focus on system integration issues in terms of BIOS setting and OS diagnostics 5 1 Hardware Quick Installation Backplane ROBO 8773VG is a full sized Signal Board Computer and therefore is only able to run on PICMG PCI ISA backplane To know whether your backplane is PICMG PCI ISA backplane please contact with vendor or manufacturer P4 Power connector ROBO 8773VG requires power drawing from at least one or two power connectors 17 and J7 depending on power mode AT or ATX The CPU supplementary Power Connector J7 has to be connected to a system all the time no matter using AT or ATX mode Otherwise the system won t boot up properly In addition the 4 pin connector J17 is only required at ATX mode due to the fact that 4 pin connector provides 5V Stand by from the backplane to the SBC If J17 isn t connected it could also cause system failed to boot up Stand alone setting The purpose of system stand alone function is to identify the root cause by isolating the board from other possible system devices such as PCI device backplane and so on Please refer the following steps to make system at stand alone status Step 1 Please connect 4 pins power to J26 in order to make system stand alone Step 2 Please connect 12 Power to CPU supplementary Power Connector J26 Step 3 If you are using ATX power please short PS ON and Ground on ATX power connector and turn on AC power switch of
20. E PIO Programmed Input Output fields allow 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 IDE hard drive supports and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choice Auto Disabled On Chip Serial ATA Disabled Disabled SATA Controller Auto Auto arrange by BIOS Combined Mode PATA and SATA are combined Max of 2 IDE drives in each Channel Enhanced Mode Enable both SATA and PATA Max of 6 IDE drives are Supported SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 14 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device USB Controller Enabled Item Help USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Enabled USB Mouse Support Disabled Menu Leye AC97 Audio Disabled N e Move Fnter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults
21. F7 Optimized Defaults USB Controller This item allows you to enable disable USB Universal Serial Bus function The choice Enabled Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This entry is for disable enable EHCI controller only This BIOS itself may may not have high speed USB support built in the support will be automatically turn on when high speed device were attached The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support This item allows enabling 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 enabling USB Mouse function under POST BIOS Setup menu DOS or Window NT with no USB driver loaded The choice Enabled Disabled AC97 Audio This item allows control to Auto Disable Audio function The choice Auto Disabled ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 15 BIOS Setup Information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device POWER ON Function Any Key Item Help X KB Power ON Password Enter X Hot Key Power ON Ctrl F1 Onboard FDC Controller Enabled SAGD LEN Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRO4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRO3 UART Mode Select Normal X RxD TxD Active kla Co X IR Transmission Delay Enabled X UR2 Duplex Mode Half X Use IR Pins IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP X EPP Mode Select ERRIZ X ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Watch Dog Timer Select D
22. Hardware Configuration 2 2 Connector Allocation I O peripheral devices are connected to the interface connectors on this Single Board Computer Connector Function List External Speaker Connector J2 J3 J4 J6 JZ 12V POWER CON J8 CPU FAN 3 pin Smart FAN J9 3 pin Fan Connector Ooo J10 Secondary IDE Connector MEE Jil Parallel Port Connector COSS J15 J12 J13 Di J16 J17 J18 J24 J19 Di COM2Serial Port 2 Connector Le J21_ COMI Serial Port1 Connector Le J23 IrDA Connector O Di _ Secondary SATA Connector p5 Primary USB Connector J26 Standalone Power Connector JL J27 Secondary USB Connector J29 J28 J32 External USB Connector J80 _ Primary Ethernet RJ 45 Connector lt J31 SystemFAN SpinSmatFAN 99 PS 2Keyboard MouseConnetor Di ACO7Comedo 0 O 35 On board VGA CRT Connector ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 2 2 Hardware Configuration Pin Assignments of Connectors J1 External Speaker Connector Speaker Signal Output Open drain w internal series 33 Ohm Note The pull high voltage of external speaker is limited at 5V maximum J2 Power LED PIN No Signal Description 5V Standby 470 Ohm pull up for power LED 1 Ground For Power LED J3 Hard Disk Drive LED Connector PIN No Signal Description 5V 470 ohm pull up for HDD LED HDD Active HDD LED J4 LAN
23. JP2 to clean your password Note Please visit our technical web site at http www portwell com tw For additional technical information this is not covered in this manual ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 5 7 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 03DE 13K DOS 03DF OBB6 31K Program Area OBB7 9F7F 583K Available Conventional memory ends at 640K 9F80 9FFF 2K Extended BIOS Area A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 CA1F 40K Video ROM CA20 CB00 3 5K Unused CB01 CBFE AK High RAM CBFF D549 37K Unused D54A D7FE 10K High RAM D7FF D7FF 0 1K Unused D800 E7FF 64K Page Frame E800 E800 0 1K Unused E801 EAFF 11K High RAM EBOO EFFF 20K Unused F000 FFFF 64K System ROM HMA 64K First 64K Extended ROBO 8773VG User s Manual Appendix B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ Peripheral devices can use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board IRQ Cur
24. MCH IDE Primary Ultra DMA33 66 100 IDE Secondary USB Port 1 2 USB Port 3 4 USB 2 0 1 1 USB Port 5 6 USB Port 7 8 AC97 CON AC 97 LINK SATA Interface SATA X2 Giga LAN RealTek e Laun qnH 8110SC PCI ADDR DATA UO Controller Hub PCI CTRL snd lod ISA ADDR DATA LPC to ISA r v O D c o ISA CTRL Winbond W83627THF LPC SIO KEYBOARD FLOPPY PARALLEL SERIAL 1 2 F W HUB MOUSE ROBO 8773VG System Block Diagram ROBO 8773VG User s Manual Hardware Configuration Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers headers and connector All of the configuration jumpers on ROBO 8773VG series are in the proper position The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star 2 1 Jumper Setting LR EI MHI DO DIMMI DIMM2 i eee 1 LL BS 1 T zal en 417 H e Rum J CES J26 E J31 ww KO Figure 2 1 ROBO 8773VG Jumper Location JP1 COM2 21 Interface Selection JP2 CMOS Clear 1 2 Short Normal Operation x 2 3 Short Clear CMOS Contents ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 2 1
25. ROBO 8773VG Single Board Computer User s Manual P N B8981480 Version 1 0 Copyright Portwell Inc 2007 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 OVverview ccsecccesccesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeseneeenseeeeeeeessaeesnseaeseneseseaeseseeeeneeeeseaeaenaas 1 1 1 1 Nb aan Od et OM NE NA NGA NR A to o a a NE EE 1 1 1 2 CHECK List awisi isini Te NG GG EN ANGGE NA Pn E A A SABA NA TE R a a aga Ga aa a ik deel 1 2 1 3 Product Specification E 1 2 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing eene eie eerte le dee Diei tte erento EKS SAK aan 1 4 1 4 System E 1 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration snessnessnsan arannana nana ne nane nane anan nnn nnnn nane nnn nsns nnne nn nasa 2 1 241 Jumper Setting nascere nete tec in pei E i ot rte late ed eng ts 2 1 2 2 Connector Allocatioti ger agan a GENENG KN eel eie erba eee dee 2 2 Chapter 3 System Installation eeeeeeeeeeeeeeises essen enne enne nnn nennt ne wanara ne KEEN 3 1 3 1 LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 Celeron Processor enne 3 1 3 2 Mac MEMORY ES 3 3 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer sse 3 4 33 1 Chipset Component Driver oe ce eet quete idee eto debe e sta sane 3 5 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip eee 3 5 3 3 3 Gigabit Ethernet Controller ANEN 3 5 3 3 4 On board AC 97 Audio Device
26. VGA DDC Clock 5V I F J36 SMBus Connector SMBus Data ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 2 11 System Installation Chapter 3 System Installation This chapter provides you with instructions to set up your system The additional information is enclosed to help you set up onboard PCI device and handle WDT operation in software programming 3 1 LGA 775 Intel Pentium 4 Celeron Processor Installing LGA775 CPU 1 Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end Following step A position to step B position 2 Align the processor pins with pinholes on the socket Make sure that the notched corner or dot mark pin 1 of the CPU corresponds to the socket s bevel end Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place If this operation is not easy or smooth don t do it forcibly You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 3 1 System Installation Triangle mark is meaning S first pin position kindly amp assemble and take aim at K notch of top and bottom sg between CPU and socket ROBO 8773VG User s Manual Figure 3 4 3 2 System Installation Precaution See fig 3 3 Don t touch directly by your hand or impacts internal align balls of CPU socket to avoid motherboard destruction it is a precise actuator 3 Push down the lever to lock processor chip into the socket once CPU fits 4 Follow the installation guide of cooling fan or
27. abled Default Disabled Security Option Select whether the password is required 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 APIC Mode The choice Enabled Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The choice 1 1 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Select OS 2 only if you are running SO 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system The choice Non OS2 OS2 Report No FDD for WIN 95 The choice No Yes Small Logo EPA Show The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 9 BIOS Setup Information 4 6 Advanced Chipset Features This section allows user to configure the system based on the specific features of the Intel 865 GMCH MCH and ICH5 chipset for ROBO 8713VG2 This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM DDR SDRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus It must
28. al Cylinder Set the number of cylinders for hard disk ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 5 BIOS Setup Information Head Min 0 Max 255 Set the number of read write heads Precomp Min 0 Max 65535 Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min 0 Max 65535 Sector Min 0 Max 255 Number of sectors per track 4 5 Advanced BIOS Features This section allows user to configure your system for basic operation The system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security may be modified accordingly Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt CPU Feature Press Enter Item Help gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Virus Warnin Disabled CPU L1 amp L2 AN Enabled Menaul eye Hyper Threading Technology Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Select nd Disk Boot First Boot Device Hard Disk Device Priority Second Boot Device CDROM Third Boot Device Floppy Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 X Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup X APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Report No FDD For WIN95 No Small Logo EPA Show Disabled N e Move
29. al components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations PnP OS Installed No Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD X IRO Resources Press Enter X DMA Resources Press Enter Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Operaunp system Select No Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Ny ine BIOS to configure non boot devices N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl10 Save FSC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed Select Yes if using a plug and play capable operating system select No if BIOS is controlling non boot devices The choice No Yes Reset Configuration Data Default is Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot The choice Enabled Disabled Resource Controlled By BIOS can automatically configure the entire boot and plug and play compatible devices If set to Auto IRO DMA and memory base address fields can not be selected since BIOS automatically assigns them
30. 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 the system The only time user might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while during system operation Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD Item Help X CAS Latency Time 2 5 X Active to Precharge Delay 7 X DRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3 Menu Level X DRAM RAS Precharge 3 Memory Frequency For Auto System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Delay Prior to Thermal 16 Min AGP Aperture Size MB 128 Init Display First PCI Slot On Chip VGA Setting On Chip VGA Enabled On Chip Frame Buffer Size SMB Boot Display Auto FWH Write Protection Enabled N lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults DRAM Timing Selectable This option provides DIMM plug and play support by serial presence detect SPD mechanism via the system management bus SMBUS interface The choice Manual By SPD ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 10 BIOS Setup Information CAS Latency Time This option controls the number of SCLKs between the time a read command is sampled by the SDRAMs and the time th
31. 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 the computer User may determine when the password 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 Enter 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 system off During subsequnet booting of computer the BIOS configures the system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit Without Saving Y N N This allows user 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 8773VG User s Manual 4 27 Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides a few useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8773VG running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in
32. d disk drive Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 0 1 Master amp Slave IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Channel 0 Master Auto Access Mode Auto Menu Level gt Capacity 0 MB To atuo detect the HDD s Cylinder 0 size head on this Head 0 channel Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 ND Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note The oblique words item are meaning which are base on what kind of storage device does user employ B Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this detection channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Channel 0 None Selecting manual lets you set the Master Auto remaining fields on this screen Selects the Manual type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode CHS LBA Choose the access mode for this hard disk Large Auto Capacity Auto Display your Disk drive capacity Approximated disk drive size 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 Manu
33. data will be read written from to EFDR To R W W83627THF CR it is needed to Enter Enable Configuration Mode first When completing the programming it is suggested to Exit Disable Configuration Mode Enter Configuration Mode Write 87h to IO port EFER twice Exit Configuration Mode Write AAh to IO port EFER 3 8 3 Example Define GPIO4 as output pin and output 0 to this pin mov dx 2eh Enter Configuration Mode mov al 87h out dx al jmp 2 out dx al mov dx 2eh mov al 2Ah Read CR2A out dx al mov dx 2fh in al dx or alOFCh CR2A Bit 7 2 P 1 1 1 1 1 1 mov ah al mov dx 2eh mov al 2Ah out dx al mov dx 2fh mov alah out dx al ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 3 11 System Installation mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in or mov mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in and mov mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in and mov dx 2eh al 07h dx al dx 2fh al 07h dx al dx 2eh al 30h dx al dx 2fh al dx aLO1h ah al dx 2eh al 30h dx al dx 2fh al ah dx al dx 2eh al 0f0h dx al dx 2fh al dx al Oefh ah al dx 2eh al 0f0h dx al dx 2fh al ah dx al dx 2eh al 0f2h dx al dx 2fh al dx al Oefh ah al ROBO 8773VG User s Manual Point to LDN7 Read CR30 CR30_Bit0 P1 Read LD7 CRFO LD7 CRFO Bd DU Read LD7_CRF2 3 12 System Installation mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out mov in and mov
34. e GMCH samples correspondent data from the SDRAMs The choice 2 2 5 3 Active to Precharge Delay This is to DDR standard accordingly The choice 5 6 7 8 DRAM RAS to CAS Dela This option controls the number of SCLKs SDRAM Clock from a row activate command to a read or write command If your system installs good quality of SDRAM you can set this option to 3 SCLKs to obtain better memory performance Normally the option will be set to Auto The choice 2 3 4 DRAM RAS Precharge This option controls the number of SCLKs for RAS precharge If the system equipped with quality memory module change to 3 SCLKs to obtain better memory performance It is set to auto normally The choice 2 3 4 Memory Frequency For Users are recommended to use Auto for memory frequency selection The choice DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 Auto System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled to enable caching VGA BIOS into L2 cache to get higher display performance Disabled to ignore this BIOS caching function The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 11 BIOS Setup Information Memory Hole At 15 16M In order to improve performance certain space in mem
35. formation Hyper Threading Technology Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2 4 X OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology and Disabled for other OS 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 quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Device Select your Boot Device Priority The choice Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP 100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device Select your Boot Device Priority The choice Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose enable to assign physical driver B to logical drive A and Vice Versa The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock The choice Off On ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 8 BIOS Setup Information Gate A20 Option Fast lets chipsets control Gate A20 and Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Default is Fast The choice Normal Fast Typematic Rate Setting Keyboard repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller when enabled the typematic delay can de select The choice Enabled Dis
36. gister bit of I O Selection To invert port value the setting of Inversion Register has to be made Port values can be set to read or write through Data Register 3 8 1 Pin assignment J19 General Purpose I O Connector Signal Description General Purpose I O Port 3 GPIO3 General Purpose I O Port 4 GPIO4 General Purpose I O Port 5 GPIO5 General Purpose I O Port 6 GPIO6 General Purpose I O Port 7 GPIO7 5V 5 Ground 1 2 3 4 5 7 0 1 All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level OV 5V and each source sink capacity up to 12mA ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 3 9 System Installation 3 8 2 ROBO 8773VG GPIO Programming Guide There are 8 GPIO pins on ROBO 8773 series These GPIO pins are from SUPER I O W83627THF GPIO pins and can be programmed as Input or Output direction J19 pin header is for 8 GPIO pins and its pin assignment as following J19_Pin1 GPIO1 from SUPER I O_GPIO10 with Ext 2 7K PH J19 Pin32GPIO2 from SUPER I O_GPIO11 with Ext 2 7K PH J19_Pin5 GPIO3 from SUPER I O_GPIO12 with Ext 2 7K PH J19_Pin7 GPIO4 from SUPER I O_GPIO13 with Ext 2 7K PH J19_Pin2 GPIO5 from SUPER I O_GPIO14 with Ext 2 7K PH J19_Pin4 GPIO6 from SUPER I O_GPIO15 with Ext 2 7K PH J19 Pin62GPIO7 from SUPER I O_GPIO16 with Ext 2 7K PH J19_Pin8 GPIO8 from SUPER I O_GPIO17 with Ext 2 7K PH lt lt lt lt lt Be careful PinI GND Pin102VCC gt gt gt gt gt There are seve
37. ication Main processor Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D Celeron D Processor in LGA 775 package FSB 800 533MHz BIOS Phoenix Award system BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM with easy upgrade function ACPI DMI Green function and Plug and Play Compatible Main Memory Support dual channel amp signal channel DDR memory interface Non ECC non buffered DIMMS only Two DIMM sockets support 400 333 266 DDR SDRAM up to 2GB System Memory L2 Cache Memory Built in processor Chipset Intel 865G GMCH MCH and ICH5 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 ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 1 2 System Overview 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 Parallel Port Support one parallel port with SPP EPP and ECP modes USB Interface Support six USB Universal Serial Bus ports for high speed I O peripheral devices PS 2Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 6 pin Mini DIN connector for PS 2 keyboard mouse connection through Y Cable separati
38. ing ENEE 4 26 4 IA EE 4 27 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting s ssssssuussuunsnununnnnunnunnnuunnunnnuunnuunnuunnnunnnunnnunnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnn snas sn nnmnnn 5 1 52 Hardware Quick Installation e senine eet tee ent etit e e E Kan 5 1 5 2 BIOS EE 5 3 EE 5 5 Appendix A Appendix B Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO 8773VG system to meet various operating requirements It is divided into five chapters with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Board Computer Chapter 1 System Overview Presents what you have in the box and give you an overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this series model of single board computer Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Shows the definitions and locations of Jumpers and Connectors that you can easily configure your system Chapter 3 System Installation Describes how to properly mount the CPU main memory and Compact Flash to get a safe installation and provides a programming guide of Watch Dog Timer function Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information Specifies the meaning of each setup parameters how to get advanced BIOS performance and update new BIOS In addition POST checkpoint list will give users some guidelines of trouble shooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Provides various useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8773VG running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Cha
39. isabled N e Move Fnter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Power On Function This item allows selecting different power on scheme using ATX power supply 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 KB 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 ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 16 BIOS Setup Information 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 Controller This item allows enable disable onboard Floppy disk controller The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice 3F8 IROA 2E8 IROS 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IROS Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode Disable Infrared function Select IrDA mode trans
40. ister to disable WDT immediately To ensure a successful accessing to the content of desired Control Register the sequence of following program codes should be step by step run again when each register is accessed Additionally there are maximum 2 seconds of counting tolerance that should be considered into user application program For more information about WDT please refer to Winbond W83627THF data sheet There are two PNP I O port addresses that can be used to configure WDT 1 Ox2E EFIR Extended Function Index Register for identifying CR index number 2 0x2F EFDR Extended Function Data Register for accessing desired CR Below are some example codes which demonstrate the use of WDT Enter Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0x87 outp 0x002E 0x87 Assign Pin 89 to be a WDTO outp 0x002E 0x2B outp 0x002F inp 0x002F amp OxEF Select Logic Device 8 outp 0x002E 0x07 outp 0x002F 0x08 Active Logic Device 8 ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 3 7 System Installation 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 Disable WDT reset by keyboard mouse interrupts outp 0x002E OxF7 outp 0x002F 0x00 Exit Extended Function Mode outp 0x002E 0xAA Definitions
41. mission 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 High rate for receiving High rate for transmitting High rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting Low rate for receiving High rate for transmitting Low rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting IR Transmission Delay This option will be available when IR is enabled The choice Enabled Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode The available choices are full duplex mode and half duplex mode The choice Full Half ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 17 BIOS Setup Information 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 configuring I O address of the onboard parallel port The choice Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode There are four different modes for the onboard parallel port SPP Switch to SPP mode EPP Switch to EPP mode ECP Switch to ECP mode ECP EPP Switch to ECP EPP mode 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 Watch Dog Timer Select The choice Disabled 10 20 30 40 Sec 1 Min 2 4 Min ROBO 8773VG User s Ma
42. mov mov out mov mov out mov mov out dx 2eh alLOf2h LD7 CRF2 Bd D dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh al 0f1h Read LD7 CRF1 dx al dx 2fh al dx al Oefh ah al dx 2eh alOflh LD7 CRFI1 Bit4 PO dx al dx 2fh alah dx al dx 2eh Exit Configuration Mode alOAAh dx al ROBO 8773VG User s Manual BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8773VG is equipped with the 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 8773VG 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 please restart the system to try COLD START again by turning it OFF and then ON or touch the RESET button You may also restart from WARM START
43. ne example of several levels of products Portwell can supply to help our customers enhance their solutions portfolio whether they are entry level value or performance The Intel 865G chipset has already gained a solid reputation among users as the most competitively priced of Intel latest chipsets in a variety of computing platforms Portwell implemented the Intel 865G chipset for this very reason Itis a market approved legacy Intel chipset and supports the necessary functions for industrial applications at an enviable cost performance ratio The ROBO 8773VG single board computer also features Gigabit Ethernet ports and dual SATA connectors plus dual IDE channels one FDD channel six USB 2 0 ports dual serial ports a parallel port GPIO and Watchdog timer ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 1 1 System Overview 1 2 Check List The ROBO 8773VG package should cover the following basic items ROR NON fe S Se RN UN One ROBO 8773VG single board computer One dual Serial ports cable kit One Parallel port cable kit 2 0mm pitch One FDC cable 2 0mm pitch One IDE cable One Y cable cable for PS 2 keyboard and mouse One 4 pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection One 7 pin SATA signal cable One Installation Resources CD Title One booklet of ROBO 8773VG manual If any of these items is damaged or missing please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance 1 3 Product Specif
44. ne 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 8773VG with the 10 pin keyboard connector on backplane Question After done with installation of SATA hard disk device why does system BIOS show nothing on screen Answer As matter of fact you need to access system BIOS to enable SATA device Please refer to SATA hard disk device installation guide Question I am using an ATA 66 or 100 hard drive how can I know that ATA 66 function is enabled Answer You need to use the 80 pin ATA 66 IDE flat cable to have this function During the Post stage you can see ATA 66 or 100 message while hard drive is being detected Besides After successfully installing Microsoft series OS you also need to install ATA 66 100 driver to active ATA 66 100 function Information amp Support Question I have one IDE hard disk and one SATA hard disk How can I assign SATA hard disk as First boot device Answer After entering system BIOS access Advanced BIOS Feature And then press enter on Hard disk boot Priority You will see the mode of your SATA hard disk Select it as first boot device Besides please also notice Every time when your hard disk devices have been changed system bios will ask you to re setup Hard disk boot priority ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 5 6 Troubleshooti
45. ng Question Intel 865 series Chipset supports Dual Channel Mode but how can I enable this function Answer Indeed you don t have to change any setting You can simply plug in two DDR RAM Module and then system will automatically enable Dual Channel Mode Question What kind of CPU supports Hyper Threading Answer All FSB 800 MHz series CPU support Hyper Threading mode AS for FSB 533 MHz CPU must be over 3 06 GHz Question Why cannot I install USB 2 0 driver Answer If you are using Windows 2000 you need to update your Service Pack version to Service Pack 4 If you are using Windows XP you need to update Service Pack to Service Pack 1 at least Question After installing ISA card why isn t it working Answer As a matter of fact some ISA cards need to occupy shadow memory which might case ISA card malfunction In order to determine it is a lack of shadow memory problem please disable USB controller and on board LAN After disabling these two devices ISA card works The lack of shadow memory could be a case To solve this problem you can download BIOS from our website http www portwell com tw download as If you cannot find BIOS that you need please contact with Technical Support Department to request a new BIOS to solve this problem Technical Support Department Mailto tsd mail portwell com tw Question forget my password of system BIOS what am I supposed to do Answer You can simply short 2 3 pins on
46. nual 4 18 BIOS Setup Information 4 8 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows configuration of the system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS X Run VGABIOS if 58 Resume No Power Management User Define Menu Level d Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off PWRON After PWR Fail On CPU THRM Throttling 50 0 Power On by Ring LAN Disabled Wake Up by Onboard LAN 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 0 0 0 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 N e Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 19 BIOS Setup Information ACPI Suspend Type To decide which ACPI
47. 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 6 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 8773VG User s Manual 3 8 System Installation 3 7 On Board USB 2 0 Controller Drivers Support Please find Intel ICH5 USB driver in USB20 directory of ROBO 8773VG CD title The drivers support Windows 98 98SE 2000 and Windows XP 3 8 GPIO The ROBO 8773VG provides 8 programmable input or output ports that can be individually configured to perform a simple basic I O function Users can configure each individual port to become an input or output port by programming re
48. on CPU Intel Pentium 4 3 4G SL8PS FSB 800 1M cache Memory DDR SDRAM 512MBx2 Primary Master IDE HDD Seagate ST340014A OS Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Test Programs Run Burning Test V4 0 Connected Fans Only CPU fan connected e Run Time 10 minutes Operating Temperature 0 C 55 C 32 F 131 F Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C Relative Humidity 0 95 non condensing 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing ROBO 8773VG User s Manual System Overview 1 4 System Architecture The system architecture of ROBO 8773VG includes two main Intel chips Intel 865G chipset supports Pentium 4 and Celeron D processor DDR SDRAM 2D 3D graphic display and 82801EA ICH5 that supports PCI bus interface APM ACPI compliant power management USB port SMBus communication and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 IDE Master Super I O chip W83627HF is responsible for PS 2 Keyboard Mouse UARTs FDC Hardware Monitor Parallel Watch Dog Timer and Infrared interface The PCI to ISA Bridge supports a standard 16 bit ISA bus interface that is applied for all slower I O operations There is one on board Gigabit Ethernet via RJ 45 Port to support full functionality of ROBO 8773VG AIO SBC All In One Single Board Computer ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 1 5 System Overview VRD 11 0 10 0 LGA775 Socket uaav 1419 viva HOST BUS uaav 7419 viva SPRINGDALE Dual Channel DIMM 2 DDR 333 400 VGA CONN G
49. on IRRX IRTX ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 2 8 Hardware Configuration J25 27 Primary Secondary USB Connector J26 Standalone Power Connector PIN No Signal Description 2 Lounge 2 3 Ground 4 J29 28 32 External USB Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 5V Dual 2 Frame Ground 3 USB2 4 Ground 6 JUSB3 9 FrameGround 10 5VDul O 5V Dual 2 Frame Ground 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 J30 Primary Ethernet RJ 45 Connector MDD2 MDDN MDII MDI1N MDI3 MDI3P MDI3 MDI3N ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 2 9 Hardware Configuration J31 System FAN 4 pin Smart FAN Fan Speed Detecting signal Fan Control Signal Note The fan must be a 12V fan And there is not any over current protection J33 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector PINNo Signal Description Keyboard Data 2 Lous Dan 5 Keyboard Clock 6 MouseClock 134 AC97 Connector Signal Description 2 GND J35 On board VGA CRT Connector 5 Grund 0 0 Ip Ground 6 Gowd 0 j 8 Ground 1 0 1 O NECHN 5V ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 2 10 Hardware Configuration Monitor ID1 MONID1 5V I F VGA DDC Data 5V I F Horizontal Sync HSYNC 5V I F Vertical Sync VSYNC 5V I F
50. on 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 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 On board VGA GMCH integrated graphics 266MHz core frequency share system memory up to 64MB for system with greater than or equal to 192MB of system memory On board Ethernet LAN Realtek RTL8110SC Gigabit Ethernet controller to support RJ 45 connector ISA Driving Capability Support 16 bit ISA bus e High Driving GPIO Support 8 programmable high driving GPIO 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 dual USB ports one Mini DIN port for PS 2 keyboard mouse and one CRT port ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 1 3 System Overview Outline Dimension L X W 338 5mm 13 33 X 122mm 4 87 Power Requirements 12V CPU 5 6A 12V System 7 2A 5V 6 3A Configuration Test configurati
51. ory is reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB 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 Init Display First This item allows you to select the first display port to be initialized The choice PCI Slot amp Onboard AGP On Chip VGA The choice Enabled Disabled On Chip Frame Buffer Size Users can set the display memory size that shared from main memory The choice 1MB 8MB 16MB Boot Display The choice Auto CRT TV CRT TV FWH Write Protection The item allow advanced user to sustain BIOS default detting The choice Enabled Disabled ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 4 12 BIOS Setup Information 4 7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help gt Onboard Device Press Enter gt Super IO Device Press Enter Menu Level gt fi Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Item Help IDE DMA transfer access Enabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Menubevel IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto
52. pter 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 tw System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1 1 Introduction ROBO 8773VG a cost effective PICMG 1 0 single board computer SBC Based on the Intel 865G chipset and LGA 775 socket the ROBO 8773VG SBC supports latest Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D and Celeron D processor It offers entry level opportunity to the remarkable LGA 775 processors and the ability to transition applications from the socket 478 processors while remaining within any existing budget constraints With LGA 775 package CPU support feature ROBO 8773VG SBC is the ideal cost effective solution for applications in medical equipment industrial automation process control semiconductor equipment and network security markets There is no escaping the fact these days that users have to keep an eye on their competition and the other on their budget and that s the very reason they can rely on ROBO 8773VG and it is just o
53. ral Configuration Registers CR of W83627THF needed to be programmed to control the GPIO direction and status GPI value GPO CROOh CR2F are common global registers to all Logical Devices LD in W83627THF CRO7h contains the Logical Device Number that can be changed to access the LD as needed LD7 contains the GPIO10 17 registers Programming Guide Step1 CR29 Bit 7 6 P 0 1 to select multiplexed pins as GPIO10 17 pins Step2 LD7 CR07h P 07h Point to LD7 Step3 LD7 CR30h Bu Di Enable LD7 Step4 Select GPIO direction Get Status or output value LD7 CRFOh GPIO17 10 direction 1 input 0 output pin LD7 CRF2h P 00h Let CRF1 GPIO data port non invert to prevent from confusion LD7 CRF1h GPIO17 10 data port for input pin get status from the related bit for output pin write value to the related bit For example LD7_CRFOh_Bit4 P0 Let GPIO14 as output pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit4 P0 Let CRF1 Bit4 non inverted LD7_CRF1h_Bit4 P0 Output 0 to GPIO14 pin J19 Pin 2 LD7 CRFOh Bit0 P1 Let GPIO10 as input pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit0 P0 Let CRF1 Bit0 non inverted Read LD7 CRF1h Bu Read the status from GPIO10 pin J19 Pin1 ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 3 10 System Installation How to access W83627THF CR In ROBO 8773 the EFER 002Eh and EFDR 002Fh EFER and EFDR are 2 IO ports needed to access W83627THF CR EFER is the Index Port EFDR is the Data Port CR index number needs to be written into EFER first Then the
54. rent 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 VIDE CDD Usable IRQ ROBO 8773VG User s Manual
55. scription ATX Power Good Signal PW OK ATX 5V Stand by 5VSB ATX Power On Control PS ON ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 2 6 Hardware Configuration J18 J24 Primary Secondary SATA Connector SATATX SATATXP SATATX SATATXN SATARX SATARXN SATARX SATARXP J19 General Purpose I O Connector PIN No Signal Description General Purpose I O Port 0 GPIOO 2 General Purpose I O Port 1 GPIO1 General Purpose I O Port 2 GPIO2 General Purpose I O Port 3 GPIO3 7 General Purpose I O Port 5 GPIO5 General Purpose I O Port 7 GPIO7 10 5V x Ne N Note All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level 0V 5V and each source sink capacity up to 12mA J20 COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector RSD 6 DSR Data Set Ready 8 CTS CleartoSend 9 Rl RingIndicatr LIM NG N C ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 2 7 Hardware Configuration J21 COMI Serial Port 1 Connector PIN No Signal Description R923 RAID RS485 TX TAA A N RI Ring Indicator N C Note J21 COM1 could be configurable as RS 232 422 485 with jumper JP1 J46 General Purpose I O Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description i 2 GPIO Note All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level OV 5V and each Fan D IrDA Connector PIN No Signal Descripti
56. sk Type Note It is strongly recommended to reload Optimal Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated ROBO 8773VG 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 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Fri May 18 2007 Item Help Time hh mm ss 10 20 30 gt IDE Channel 0 Master None Menu Level ii gt IDE Channel 0 Slave None gt IDE Channel 1 Master None Change i nedar moni gt IDE Channel 1 Slave None JE NE Drive A 1 4M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EVG VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 252928K Total Memory 253952K N lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note Setting On Chip Serial ATA at Enhanced Mode could start up SATA device function you could enter Integrated Peripheral section and then look for On Chip IDE device and
57. stall two identical memory modules in both memory sockets is required Following tables show bandwidth information of different processor and memory configurations ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 3 3 System Installation CPU FSB Bandwidth 800MHz 6 4GB s 533MHz 4 2GB s Memory Frequency Dual Channel DDR Single Channel DDR Bandwidth Bandwidth 400MHz 6 4GB s 3 2GB s 333MHz 5 4GB s 2 7GB s Note To maintain system stability don t change any of DRAM parameters in BIOS setup to upgrade system performance without acquiring technical information Memory frequency CPU FSB synchronization ROBO 8773VG supports different memory frequencies depending on the CPU front side bus and the type of DDR DIMM CPU FSB Memory Frequency 800MHz 400 333 MHz 533MHz 333 MHz When using 800MHz FSB CPU DDR DIMMs may run at 320MHz not 333MHZ due to chipset limitation 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer To install your ROBO 8773VG into standard chassis or proprietary environment please 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 8773VG into the dedicated position in the system Step 4 Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it WARNING Please ensure that SBC is properly inserted and fixed by mechanism Otherwise the system might be
58. tem using ATX power supply could be powered on if a customized time and day is approached The choice Enabled Disabled Date of Month Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the date parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice 0 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm When Resume by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the time parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice hh 0 23 mm 0 59 ss 0 59 Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 This item is to configure IDE devices being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled 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 PIRQ 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 8773VG User s Manual 4 22 BIOS Setup Information 49 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 speci
59. thernet interface status Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide EE NN RN Eth P 8110SC Color Name of LED rin Green LAN Linked amp Active LED Linked E Blinking pad a pon LAN speed LED Fu MESSI ee Orange Green Green Off ROBO 8773VG User s Manual 3 5 System Installation 3 3 4 On board 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 onboard Audio function is supported by Winbond W83627THG embedded AC 97 Codec Controller Driver Support Please find Sound driver in Audio Ac97 of ROBO 8773VG driver CD title The drivers support Windows 2000 and Windows XP To disable this onboard Audio function please configure the Integrated Peripheral Setup Menu in BIOS and entry onboard device item list to Change the AC 97 Audio setting to Disable will turn off this PCI Audio device 3 4 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 2 3 Short Clear CMOS contents To correctly operate CMOS Clear function users must turn off the system move JP2 jumper to short pin 2 and 3 To clear CMOS contents please turn the power back on and turn it off again for AT system or press the toggle switch a few times for ATX system Move the JP

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