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Chapter 3  Award BIOS Setup    65

IDE HDD auto detection

The IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION utility can automatically detect
the IDE hard disk installed in your system.  You can use it to self-
detect and/or correct the hard disk type configuration.  You need to
repeat the setup for each of the IDE combinations:

Summary of Contents for Gene-4310

Page 1: ...Gene 4310 All in One 3 5 Single Board Cyrix GXLV computer with LCD Ethernet Audio 2 COMs...

Page 2: ...ANT TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES THESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASON ABLE PROTECTION AGAINTST HARMFUL INTERFER ENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THIS EQUIPMENT GEN...

Page 3: ...Inc AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc Award is a trademark of Award Software International Inc Cyrix is a trademark of Cyrix Corporation IBM PC AT PS 2 and VGA are trademarks of Internatio...

Page 4: ...from your products So if you run into technical difficulties we are here to help For the most frequently asked questions you can easily find answers in your product documentation These answers are nor...

Page 5: ...service time and freight Please consult your dealer for more details If you think you have a defective product follow these steps 1 Collect all the information about the problem encountered For examp...

Page 6: ...oard and PS 2 1 Parallel port 26 25 pin pitch 2 0mm mouse serial port 10 9 pin pitch 2 0mm adapter kit 120cm20 pin 2 0mm forLVDsextension 1 bag of screws and miscellaneous parts 1 Quick Installation G...

Page 7: ...horoughly before you install and use the board The product that you have purchased comes with an two year limited warranty but AAEON will not be responsible for misuse of the product Therefore we stro...

Page 8: ...19 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select JP12 JP4 20 Audio connector JP5 20 LCD driving voltage select JP8 1 3 5 21 LCD backlight voltage select output JP8 2 4 6 JP10 21 Watchdog timer output select JP11 22 LVD...

Page 9: ...atures setup 46 CHIPSET features setup 50 Powr management setup 53 PNP PCI configuration setup 56 Load BIOS defaults Load setup defaults 58 Integrated peripherals setup 59 Supervisor User password set...

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Page 11: ...Chapter 1 General Information 1 1 General Information This chapter gives background informa tion on the mainboard Sections include Board specifications Layout and dimensions C H A P T E R...

Page 12: ...d disks CD ROM drives and tape backup drives etc The GENE 4310 also features power management to minimize power consumption It complies with the ACPI standard and supports three types of power saving...

Page 13: ...Factor Supports NS Geode GXLV Low power BGA CPUs Supports CRT and 18 bit TFT Panels LVDS interface 10 100Base T Fast Ethernet Integrated AC 97 2 0 SoundBlaster compatible Audio Supports Compact Flash...

Page 14: ...2 88MB Parallel port Internal header for bi directional parallel port x 1 Supports SPP ECP and EPP modes Serial port One external DB 9 connector supports RS 232 x 1 one internal header supports RS 23...

Page 15: ...d CRT and up to 18 bit TFT LCD displays Can display both CRT and flat panel simultaneously Resolution Up to 1024x768 64K colors CRT LCD simultaneous display LVDS Interface Optional Chipset ThineTHC63L...

Page 16: ...rface One socket supports Compact Flash Disk Expansion Interface PC 104 connector One 16 bit 104 pin connector onboard Connectors Externalconnectors VGA DB 15 COM1 DB 9 Ethernet RJ 45 KB Mouse Mini DI...

Page 17: ...Chapter 1 General Information 7 Board layout...

Page 18: ...8 Gene 4310 User Manual Board layout...

Page 19: ...Chapter 1 General Information 9 Board dimensions...

Page 20: ...1 0 Gene 4310 User Manual Board dimensions...

Page 21: ...pter describes how to set up the main board hardware including instruc tions on setting jumpers and connecting peripherals switches and indicators Be sure to read all the safety precautions before you...

Page 22: ...re your system to suit your application The following tables list the function of each of the board s jumpers and connectors Jumpers Label Function JP2 1 3 Clear CMOS JP2 4 7 Onboard buzzer and extern...

Page 23: ...use and Keyboard connector J9 FDD connector 2 0 mm J10 LPT1 Parallel Port connector 2 0 mm J13 Reset Switch connector J14 LCD connector 2 0 mm J15 LVDS interface connector 2 0 mm 4310S only J16 VGA D...

Page 24: ...4310 User Manual Locating jumpers connectors A J1 Jumper Pin Number D7 D8 J13 J16 JP2 JP4 JP8 JP11 JP12 JP13 J10 JP5 J9 J7 P1 J2 CN2 J17 J8 JP3 JP2 J5 J4 JP4 JP12 J15 J14 J3 JP13 CN1 PC104 JP11 JP1 J...

Page 25: ...Chapter 2 Installation 15 Locating jumper connectors 0 J3 J1...

Page 26: ...e pins to connect them To close a jumper you connect the pins with the clip To open a jumper you remove the clip Sometimes a jumper will have three pins labeled 1 2 and 3 In this case you would connec...

Page 27: ...M Your Gene 4310 can accept regular PC 100 SDRAM SODIMM Module with or without parity Single sided modules are typically 16 or 64 MB double sided modules are usually 32 or 128 MB Memory Installation P...

Page 28: ...CMOS data set JP2 to 2 3 closed for just a few seconds and then move the jumper back to 1 2 closed Clear CMOS JP2 1 3 Protect Clear CMOS JP2 default 1 2 3 1 2 3 Onboard buzzer external speaker select...

Page 29: ...nection user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters ASK IR 56Kbps and Fast IR 4Mbps 2 meters Install infrared module onto IrD...

Page 30: ...ignal Pin Signal 1 Mic In 2 MIC_Vcc 3 GND 4 CD_GND 5 Line In Left 6 CD_Left 7 Line In Right 8 CD_GND 9 GND 10 CD_Right 11 Audio Out Left 12 Audio Out Right 13 GND 14 GND COM2 RS 232 422 485 select JP1...

Page 31: ...3 3V default JP8 LCD backlight voltage select output JP8 2 4 6 JP10 You can set the JP10 for LCD backlight voltage to 5V or 12V output by configuring JP8 2 4 6 The configurations are as follows LCD b...

Page 32: ...l Watchdog timer output select JP11 Watchdog timer output select JP11 IRQ15 Reset JP11 default 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 LVDS edge trigger select JP13 4310T only LVDS edge trigger select JP13 Falling edge R...

Page 33: ...lly red or blue and the other wires are usually gray 1 Connect one end of the cable to J2 Make sure that the red or blue wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector which is labeled on the board on the...

Page 34: ...DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 SIGNAL GND 20 NC 21 DREQ 22 GND 23 IO WRITE 24 GND 25 IO READ 26 GND 27 IO CHANNEL RE...

Page 35: ...llow you to connect them to serial devices mouse printers etc COM 2 RS 232 422 485 serial ports J5 COM1 COM2 RS 232 422 485 serial port PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL COM1 1 DCDB 2 RXDB 3 TXDB 4 DTRB 5 GND 6 D...

Page 36: ...which give complete plug and play hot attach detach for up to 127 external devices The USB interfaces comply with USB specifica tion Rev 1 0 and can be disabled in the system BIOS setup USB connector...

Page 37: ...Make sure that the red or blue wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector 2 Attach the appropriate connector on the other end of the cable to the floppy drive s You can use only one connector in the...

Page 38: ...LECT 3 GND 4 NC 5 GND 6 DRIVE TYPE 7 GND 8 INDEX 9 GND 10 MOTOR 0 11 GND 12 DRIVE SELECT 1 13 GND 14 DRIVE SELECT 2 15 GND 16 MOTOR 1 17 GND 18 DIRECTION 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 WRITE DATA 23 GND 24...

Page 39: ...ble has a 26 pin connector on one end and a DB 25 connector on the other Parallel port IRQ The Gene 4310 supports one parallel port The port is designated as LPT1 and can be disabled or changed to LPT...

Page 40: ...ne for standard CRT VGA monitors and one for flat panel displays VGA display connector J16 A simple one to one adapter can be used to match J16 to a standard 15 pin D SUB connector commonly used for V...

Page 41: ...the VGA interface is done completely via the software utility You do not have to set any jumpers LCD connector J14 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 12 VDC 2 12 VDC 3 GND 4 GND 5 5 VDC 6 5 VDC 7 ENAVEE 8 GND 9...

Page 42: ...tion 100Base Tx Ethernet connector CN2 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Tx 2 Tx 3 Rx 4 NC 5 NC 6 Rx 7 NC 8 NC Power connector P1 In single board computer non passive backplane applications you will need to con...

Page 43: ...C AT BIOS will report an error or fail during power on self test POST after a reset if the keyboard is not present The main board BIOS Advanced setup menu allows you to select Present or Absent under...

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Page 45: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 35 3 Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the Gene 4310 C H A P T E R...

Page 46: ...ing POST you can start the Setup program in one of two ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after switching the system on or 2 By pressing Del or pressing Ctrl Alt Esc when the following message appears...

Page 47: ...ic value or make changes PgDn Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 Change color from total 16 colors F2 to select co...

Page 48: ...resets your system to its default configuration You can invoke this override by immediately pressing Insert when you restart your computer You can restart by either using the ON OFF switch the RESET...

Page 49: ...andard and PCI Local Bus Configuration configuration options Integrated I O subsystems that depend on the inte Peripherals grated peripherals controller in your system Supervisor User Change set or di...

Page 50: ...Defaults most stable minimal performance system operations Load Setup Setup defaults are factory settings for Defaults optimal performance system operations Save Exit Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS...

Page 51: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 41 Standard CMOS setup When you choose the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 52: ...eld The time format is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the...

Page 53: ...umber of cylinders number of heads write precompensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any pre defined type are classified as type USER Size...

Page 54: ...nders Drive A Drive B Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive s installed in the computer None No diskette drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 360 kilobyte...

Page 55: ...action All But Keyboard POST does not stop for a keyboard error but stops for all other errors All But Diskette POST does not stop for diskette drive errors but stops for all other errors All But Dis...

Page 56: ...46 Gene 4310 User Manual BIOS features setup By choosing the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 57: ...M 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 requests data the system transfers the request...

Page 58: ...that you set this field to Disabled to save time Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots When toggled On the numeric keypad gener...

Page 59: ...X bus Shadowing improves the performance of the system BIOS and similar ROM firmware for expansion peripherals but it also reduces the amount of high memory 640 KB to 1 MB avail able for loading devi...

Page 60: ...50 Gene 4310 User Manual CHIPSET features setup By choosing the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 61: ...ile using your system Because of the complexity and technical nature of some of the options not all of the options are described here SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous SDRAM is installed you can...

Page 62: ...upport applications and drivers in non USB aware environments e g DOS the Host controller needs to provide some amount of hardware support for the emulation of PS 2 KB or PS 2 Mouse by their USB equiv...

Page 63: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 53 Power management setup By choosing the POWER MANAGEMENT option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 64: ...Doze Mode After the selected period of system inactivity the CPU clock throttles to a small percentage of its duty cycle between 10 percent and 25 percent for most chipsets All other devices still ope...

Page 65: ...rottle Duty Cycle When the system enters Doze mode the CPU clock runs only part of the time You may select the percent of time that the clock runs IRQ1 IRQ15 IRQ1 keyboard IRQ3 COM2 IRQ4 COM1 IRQ5 LPT...

Page 66: ...56 Gene 4310 User Manual PNP PCI configuration setup By choosing the PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 67: ...IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Da...

Page 68: ...e BIOS DEFAULTS provides the most stable settings though they do not provide optimal performance LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS on the other hand provides for maximum system performance If the stored record crea...

Page 69: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 59 Integrated peripherals setup By choosing the INTEGRATD PERIPHERALS option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 70: ...allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33 MB s When you select Auto in the four IDE UDMA fields for each of up to four IDE devices that the internal PCI IDE interface supports...

Page 71: ...Mode Setup IR mode as IrDA ASKIR FIR CIR When you set it to FIR mode You also have to setting the FIR DMA IR Transmittion delay enable or Disable IR transmittion delay IR IRQ select Setup IR IRQ Onbo...

Page 72: ...3 disable Audio High DMA select Disable or Setup audio high DMA DMA5 DMA6 DMA7 Multiple Monitor support Support dual display functions PCI first M B first No onboard Multiple Monitor Support Choose pr...

Page 73: ...t either SUPERVISOR or USER PASSWORD or both of them The difference between the two is that the supervisor password allows unrestricted access to enter and change the options of the setup menus while...

Page 74: ...the message changes CONFIRM PASSWORD Again type the password and press Enter To abort the process at any time press Esc In the Security Option item in the BIOS Features Setup screen select System or S...

Page 75: ...tion The IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION utility can automatically detect the IDE hard disk installed in your system You can use it to self detect and or correct the hard disk type configuration You need to re...

Page 76: ...ess ENTER the values entered in the setup utility will be recorded in the chipset s CMOS memory The microprocessor will check this every time you turn your system on and compare this to what it finds...

Page 77: ...d press ENTER the values entered in the setup utility will be recorded in the chipset s CMOS memory The microprocessor will check this every time you turn your system on and compare this to what it fi...

Page 78: ...Chapter 4 Software Configuration 69 4 Ethernet Software Configuration This chapter describes how to configure the Etherent Card to match your applica tion requirements C H A P T E R...

Page 79: ...Ethernet interface Just highlight the option you wish to change by using the Up and DOWN keys To change a selected item press ENTER and a screen will appear with the available options Highlight your...

Page 80: ...dog Timer The mainboard is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for whatever reason This feature ensures system reliability...

Page 81: ...ipset Winbond W83977 If you want to use it you have to know how to read write the configuration register of W83977 The basic proce dure is as follows 1 Enter configuration mode 2 Select Logical Device...

Page 82: ...er F2h of logical deivice 8 Logical Device 7 Register number 30h CR30 00h Logical device is inactive 01h Activates the logical device Logicel Device 8 Register number F2h CRF2 00h Time out Disable 01h...

Page 83: ...G_PORT dw 370h DATA_PORT dw 371h SetWatchDog_Time PROC push bx push cx push dx mov bl 7 Select logical device number 7 mov ax 0130h write 01h to register 30h to activate timer call W977Write movbl 8 S...

Page 84: ...7h Specific value to enter Config Mode mov dx cs CONFIG_PORT out dx al Write to Config Port twice out dx al jmp 2 Delay jmp 2 pop dx pop ax ret EnterConfig endp Exit to I O Chip Program Configuration...

Page 85: ...lectDevice proc push ax push dx mov al 07h Select control register 7 mov dx cs CONFIG_PORT out dx al Write to Config Port jmp 2 mov al bl Write logical device number mov dx cs DATA_PORT to Data Port o...

Page 86: ...WritePROC push dx call EnterConfig Enter Config Mode call SelectDevice Select logical device mov dx cs CONFIG_PORT out dx al Select register number mov al ah mov dx cs DATA_PORT out dx al call ExitCon...

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