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Chapter 4

BIOS Setup Description

COM 830

Reference Manual

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Industry Specifications

The list below provides links to industry specifications that apply to Ampro modules.

Specification

Link

Audio Codec ‘97 Component Specification, Version 2.3 
(AC ’97)

http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/
audio/

Low Pin Count Interface Specification, Revision 1.0 
(LPC)

http://developer.intel.com/design/
chipsets/industry/lpc.htm

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Specification, Revision 2.0 

http://www.usb.org/home

PCI Specification, Revision 2.2

http://www.pcisig.com/specifications

Serial ATA Specification, Revision 1.0a

http://www.serialata.org

PICMG

®

 COM Express Module™ Base Specification

http://www.picmg.org/

PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 2.0

http://www.pcisig.com/specifications

Summary of Contents for COM 830

Page 1: ...COM 830 Computer On Module Reference Manual P N 5001829A Revision A ...

Page 2: ... obligation to notify any person of such revisions If errors are found please contact Ampro at the address listed below on the Notice page of this document Audience This reference manual is for the person who designs computer related equipment including but not limited to hardware and software design and implementation of the same Ampro Computers Inc assumes you are qualified in designing and impl...

Page 3: ...e Device 7 Supply Voltage Standard Power 7 Electrical Characteristics 7 Power Consumption 7 Windows XP Professional SP2 7 Processor Information 8 Environmental Specifications 9 Block Diagram 10 Heatspreader 11 Heatspreader Dimensions 12 Connector Subsystems Rows A B C D 13 Primary Connector Rows A and B 13 Serial ATA SATA 13 USB 2 0 13 AC 97 Digital Audio Interface HDA 13 Gigabit Ethernet 13 LPC B...

Page 4: ... 19 Thermal Monitor and Catastrophic Thermal Protection 19 Processor Performance Control 20 Intel 64 20 Intel Virtualization Technology 21 Thermal Management 21 Passive Cooling 21 Active Cooling 22 Critical Trip Point 22 ACPI Suspend Modes and Resume Events 22 USB 2 0 EHCI Host Controller Support 24 Routing Diagram 24 Chapter 3 Signals and Pinout Tables 25 A B Connector Signal Descriptions 26 A B ...

Page 5: ...Configuration Submenu 66 Primary Secondary IDE Master Slave Submenu 68 USB Configuration Submenu 70 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Submenu 71 Keyboard Mouse Configuration Submenu 71 Remote Access Configuration Submenu 72 Hardware Monitoring Submenu 73 Watchdog Configuration Submenu 74 Boot Setup 75 Boot Device Priority 76 Boot Settings Configuration 77 Security Setup 78 Security Settings 79...

Page 6: ...0 LVDS Signal Descriptions 32 Table 3 11 TV Out Signal Descriptions 32 Table 3 12 Miscellaneous Signal Descriptions 33 Table 3 13 General Purpose I O Signal Descriptions 34 Table 3 14 Power and System Management Signal Descriptions 34 Table 3 15 Power and GND Signal Descriptions 35 Table 3 16 Connector A B Pinout 36 Table 3 17 PCI Signal Descriptions 38 Table 3 18 IDE Signal Descriptions 39 Table ...

Page 7: ...es no representation warranty or guaranty express or implied regarding the products except its standard form of limited warranty Limited Warranty Ampro may in its sole discretion modify its Limited Warranty at any time and from time to time Table 1 1 Definitions of Terms Term Description GB Gigabyte 1 073 741 824 bytes GHz Gigahertz one billion hertz kB Kilobyte 1024 bytes MB Megabyte 1 048 576 by...

Page 8: ...of the product or from any other cause The sole and exclusive remedy against Ampro whether a claim sound in contract warranty tort or any other legal theory shall be repair or replacement of the product only COM Express Concept COM Express is an open industry standard defined specifically for COMs computer on modules Its creation provides the ability to make a smooth transition from legacy paralle...

Page 9: ...S As of July 2006 all electronic products are required to be environmentally friendly In the future many of the currently available embedded computer modules will not be offered as lead free variants For this reason all Ampro designs are created from lead free components and are completely RoHS compliant This makes Ampro products ideal lead free substitutes for new and existing designs Electrostat...

Page 10: ...Chapter 1 About This Manual 4 Reference Manual COM 830 ...

Page 11: ...dent display support CRT Interface 400 MHz RAMDAC Resolutions up to 2048x1536 70Hz QXGA including 1920x1080 85Hz HDTV Flatpanel Interface integrated 2x112MHz LVDS Transmitter Supports all 1x18 2x18 1x24 2x24 Bit TFT configurations current chipset revisions support 24Bit modes although not officially stated by Intel Supports both conventional FPDI and non conventional LDI color mappings Automatic P...

Page 12: ...rosoft Windows XP Embedded Linux Mechanical Dimensions 95 0 mm x 125 0 mm 3 74 x 4 92 Height approx 18 or 21mm including heatspreader depending on the carrier board connector that is used If the 5mm height carrier board connector is used then approximate overall height is 18mm If the 8mm height carrier board connector is used then approximate overall height is 21mm BIOS Based on AMIBIOS8 1MByte Fl...

Page 13: ...easured when the module and all peripherals were connected The SATA drive was powered externally by an ATX power supply so that it does not influence the power consumption value that is measured for the module The USB keyboard was detached once the module was configured within the OS Each module was measured while running Windows XP Professional with SP2 service pack 2 and the Power Scheme was set...

Page 14: ... mentioned terms will be added to the power tables to describe the processor For example Intel Core Duo L2400 1 66GHz 2MB L2 cache LV Intel also describes the type of manufacturing process used for each processor The following term is used nm nanometer The manufacturing process description is included in the power tables as well See example below For information about the manufacturing process vis...

Page 15: ...ble 2 4 COM 830 Intel Celeron M 423 1 07GHz 1MB L2 cache COM 830 R 10 Intel Celeron M 423 1 06GHz 1MB L2 cache ULV 65nm Memory Size 512MB Operating System Windows XP Professional SP2 Power State Desktop Idle 100 workload Standby S1 Suspend to Ram S3 Power consumption measured in Amperes Watts 1 26A 15 10W 1 90A 22 82W 1 60A 19 23W 0 82A 9 86W NOTE All recorded power consumption values are approxim...

Page 16: ...I F LVDS AC 97 Digital Audio HDA Interface 2x SATA GPIs GPOs SPI LPC Bus PCI Bus I2C Fan Control Power Management and Control Signals Gbit Ethernet SM Bus 1x IDE Primary System Bus 533 or 667MHz 1x x1 PCIe Lane 5x x1 PCIe Lanes DMI Interface PCI Express Graphics x16 2x SDVO x16 OR Composite Video Component Video S Video TV Out OR 3 H Memory Bus 533 or 667MHz ...

Page 17: ...nk It has been designed to be used as a thermal interface between the module and the application specific thermal solution The application specific thermal solution may use heatsinks with fans and or heat pipes which can be attached to the heatspreader Some thermal solutions may also require that the heatspreader is attached directly to the systems chassis therefore using the whole chassis as a he...

Page 18: ...ecifications 12 Reference Manual COM 830 Heatspreader Dimensions Heatspreader is available for all variants of COM 830 NOTE All measurements are in millimeters Torque specification for heatspreader screws is 0 5 Nm ...

Page 19: ...ports via connector rows A and B AC 97 Digital Audio Interface HDA The COM 830 provides an interface that supports the connection of AC 97 digital audio codecs as well as HDA audio codecs Gigabit Ethernet The COM 830 is equipped with a Marvell 88E8056 Gigabit Ethernet Controller This controller is implemented through the use of the sixth x1 PCI Express lane The Ethernet interface consists of 4 pai...

Page 20: ... Pipe B Power Control PWR_OK Power OK from main power supply A high value indicates that the power is good Using this input is optional Through the use of an internal monitor on the 12V 5 input voltage and or the internal power supplies the COM 830 module is capable of generating its own power on reset According to the COM Express PWR_OK is a 3 3V signal The COM 830 provides support for controllin...

Page 21: ...of the document ATX12V Power Supply Design Guide V2 2 Power Management APM 1 2 compliant ACPI 2 0 compliant with battery support Also supports Suspend to RAM S3 Secondary Connector Rows C and D The following subsystems can be found on the secondary connector rows C and D PCI Express Graphics PEG The COM 830 supports the implementation of a x16 link for an external high performance PCI Express Grap...

Page 22: ...the I C bus from the x86 core architecture which results in higher embedded feature performance and more reliability even when the x86 processor is in a low power mode Embedded BIOS The COM 830 is equipped with Embedded BIOS and has the following features ACPI Power Management ACPI Battery Support Supports Customer Specific CMOS Defaults Multistage Watchdog User Data Storage Manufacturing Data and...

Page 23: ...etup Program using the F10 key feature After the F10 function has been evoked the CMOS Data is stored in a dedicated non volatile CMOS Data Backup area located in the BIOS Flash Memory chip as well as RTC The CMOS Data is written to and read back from the CMOS Data Backup area and verified Once verified the F10 Save and Exit function continues to perform some minor processing tasks and finally rea...

Page 24: ...s are prioritized Unlike the 8259 PIC the I O APIC interrupt priority is independent of the actual interrupt number A major advantage of the I O APIC found in the chipset of the COM 830 is that it s able to provide more interrupts a total of 24 to be exact It must be mentioned that the APIC is not supported by all operating systems In order to utilize the APIC mode it must be enabled in the BIOS s...

Page 25: ... Thermal Monitor uses to activate the TCC cannot be configured by the user nor is it software visible The Thermal Monitor can control the processor temperature through the use of two different methods defined as TM1 and TM2 TM1 method consists of the modulation starting and stopping of the processor clocks at a 50 duty cycle The TM2 method initiates an Enhanced Intel Speedstep transition to the lo...

Page 26: ... When On Demand Clock Modulation is enabled the processor clock is throttled using the duty cycle determined in setup Keep in mind that the On Demand clock modulation duty cycle indicates that the clock on to clock off interval ratio This means that when set to 75 the clock is running 75 of the overall time and this leads to a performance decrease of approximately 25 Intel 64 The formerly known In...

Page 27: ...the system software that puts its new features to use In the case of virtualization technology that support comes from the virtual machine monitor VMM a layer of software that controls the underlying physical platform resources sharing them between multiple guest operating systems Intel VT is already incorporated into most commercial and open source VMMs including those from VMware Microsoft XenSo...

Page 28: ...ee section ACPI Configuration Submenu S4 Suspend to Disk is not supported by the BIOS S4_BIOS but it is supported by the following operating systems S4_OS Hibernate Win2K WinXP The following table lists the Wake Events that resume the system from both S1 or S3 unless otherwise stated in the Conditions Remarks column NOTE The end user must determine the cooling preferences for the system by using t...

Page 29: ... Windows XP add following registry entries Add this key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services usb Under this key add the following value USBBIOSx DWORD 00000000 Note that Windows XP disables USB wakeup from S3 so this entry has to be added to re enable it Configure USB keyboard mouse to be able to wake up the system In Device Manager look for the keyboard mouse devices Go to the Pow...

Page 30: ...e EHC functionality there is a port routing logic that executes the mixing between the two different types of host controllers EHCI and UHCI This means that when a USB device is connected the routing logic determines who owns the port If the device is not USB 2 0 compliant or if the software drivers for EHCI support are not installed then the UHCI controller owns the ports Routing Diagram ...

Page 31: ...a high voltage level Table 3 1 Signal Tables Terminology Descriptions Term Description PU COM Express internally implemented Pull up resistor PD COM Express internally implemented Pull down resistor I O 3 3V Bi directional signal 3 3V tolerant I O 5V Bi directional signal 5V tolerant I 3 3V Input 3 3V tolerant I 5V Input 5V tolerant I O 3 3VSB Input 3 3V tolerant active in standby state O 3 3V Out...

Page 32: ... is a 24 000MHz serial data clock generated by the Intel High Definition Audio controller the Intel ICH7M DH This signal has an Intel integrated pull down resistor so that AC_BIT_CLK doesn t float when an Intel High Definition Audio codec or no codec is connected but the signals are temporarily configured as AC 97 I 3 3V O 3 3V AC_SDO UT AC 97 Intel High Definition Audio Serial Data Out This signa...

Page 33: ...ernet Controller 0 100Mbit sec link indicator active low OD GBE0_LINK1000 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0 1000Mbit sec link indicator active low OD GBE0_CTREF Reference voltage for Carrier Board Ethernet channel 0 magnetics center tap The reference voltage is determined by the requirements of the module PHY and may be as low as 0V and as high as 3 3V The reference voltage output shall be current lim...

Page 34: ... PCIE0_RX PCIE0_RX PCI Express channel 1 Receive Input differential pair I PCIE Supports PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1 0a PCIE0_TX PCIE0_TX PCI Express channel 1 Transmit Output differential pair O PCIE Supports PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1 0a PCIE1_RX PCIE1_RX PCI Express channel 2 Receive Input differential pair I PCIE Supports PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1 0...

Page 35: ...ut differential pair O PCIE Not available Used by onboard Gigabit Ethernet PCIE_CLK_RE F PCIE_CLK_RE F PCI Express Reference Clock output for all PCI Express and PCI Express Graphics Lanes O PCIE PD 49 9R Table 3 6 ExpressCard Support Pins Descriptions Signal Description I O PU PD Comment EXCD 0 1 _CPPE ExpressCard capable card request I 3 3VSB PU 8k2 3 3VSB EXCD 0 1 _RST EXCD 0 1 _PER ST ExpressC...

Page 36: ...pliant and backwards compatible to USB 1 1 USB3 USB Port 3 data or D I O USB 2 0 compliant and backwards compatible to USB 1 1 USB3 USB Port 3 data or D I O USB 2 0 compliant and backwards compatible to USB 1 1 USB4 USB Port 4 data or D I O USB 2 0 compliant and backwards compatible to USB 1 1 USB4 USB Port 4 data or D I O USB 2 0 compliant and backwards compatible to USB 1 1 USB5 USB Port 5 data ...

Page 37: ...SB_4_5_OC USB over current sense USB ports 4 and 5 A pull up for this line shall be present on the module An open drain driver from a USB current monitor on the carrier board may drive this line low Do not pull this line high on the carrier board I 3 3VSB PU 10k 3 3VSB USB_6_7_OC USB over current sense USB ports 6 and 7 A pull up for this line shall be present on the module An open drain driver fr...

Page 38: ...A_CK LVDS Channel A differential clock O LVDS LVDS_B 0 3 LVDS_B 0 3 LVDS Channel B differential pairs O LVDS LVDS_B_CK LVDS_B_CK LVDS Channel B differential clock O LVDS LVDS_VDD_EN LVDS panel power enable O 3 3V PD 10k LVDS_BKLT_E N LVDS panel backlight enable O 3 3V LVDS_BKLT_C TRL LVDS panel backlight brightness control O 3 3V LVDS_I2C_CK DDC lines used for flat panel detection and control O 3 ...

Page 39: ...BIOS_DISABLE Module BIOS disable input Pull low to disable module BIOS Used to allow off module BIOS implementations I 3 3V PU 4k7 3 3V WDT Output indicating that a watchdog time out event has occurred I 3 3V PU 10k 3 3V This signal is not supported see note 2 below KBD_RST Input to module from optional external keyboard controller that can force a reset Pulled high on the module This is a legacy ...

Page 40: ...gh internally on the module I 3 3VSB PU 10k 3 3VSB GPI 3 General purpose input pins Pulled high internally on the module I 3 3VSB PU 10k 3 3VSB Table 3 14 Power and System Management Signal Descriptions Signal Description I O PU PD Comment PWRBTN Power button to bring system out of S5 soft off active on rising edge I 3 3VSB PU 10k 3 3VSB SYS_RESET Reset button input Active low input System is held...

Page 41: ...RIP Active low output indicating that the CPU has entered thermal shutdown O 3 3V PU 10k 3 3V SMB_CK System Management Bus bidirectional clock line Power sourced through 5V standby rail and main power rails I O 3 3VSB PU 2k2 3 3VSB SMB_DAT System Management Bus bidirectional data line Power sourced through 5V standby rail and main power rails I O 3 3VSB PU 2k2 3 3VSB SMB_ALERT System Management Bu...

Page 42: ...LPC_AD1 A60 GND FIXED B60 GND FIXED A6 GBE0_MDI2 B6 LPC_AD2 A61 PCIE_TX2 B61 PCIE_RX2 A7 GBE0_MDI2 B7 LPC_AD3 A62 PCIE_TX2 B62 PCIE_RX2 A8 GBE0_LINK B8 LPC_DRQ0 A63 GPI1 B63 GPO3 A9 GBE0_MDI1 B9 LPC_DRQ1 A64 PCIE_TX1 B64 PCIE_RX1 A1 0 GBE0_MDI1 B10 LPC_CLK A65 PCIE_TX1 B65 PCIE_RX1 A11 GND FIXED B11 GND FIXED A66 GND B66 WAKE0 A1 2 GBE0_MDI0 B12 PWRBTN A67 GPI2 B67 WAKE1 A1 3 GBE0_MDI0 B13 SMB_CK ...

Page 43: ...L A2 9 AC_SYNC B29 AC_SDIN1 A84 LVDS_I2C_D AT B84 VCC_5V_S BY A3 0 AC_RST B30 AC_SDIN0 A85 GPI3 B85 VCC_5V_S BY A3 1 GND FIXED B31 GND FIXED A86 KBD_RST B86 VCC_5V_S BY A3 2 AC_BITCLK B32 SPKR A87 KBD_A20GA TE B87 VCC_5V_S BY A3 3 AC_SDOUT B33 I2C_CK A88 PCIE0_CK_R EF B88 RSVD A3 4 BIOS_DISABLE B34 I2C_DAT A89 PCIE0_CK_R EF B89 VGA_RED A3 5 THRMTRIP B35 THRM A90 GND FIXED B90 GND FIXED A3 6 USB6 B...

Page 44: ... A10 7 VCC_12V B10 7 VCC_12V A5 3 PCIE_TX5 B53 PCIE_RX5 A10 8 VCC_12V B10 8 VCC_12V A5 4 GPI0 B54 GPO1 A10 9 VCC_12V B10 9 VCC_12V A5 5 PCIE_TX4 B55 PCIE_RX4 A11 0 GND FIXED B11 0 GND FIXED NOTE The signals marked with an asterisk symbol are not supported on the COM 830 PCIE_TX5 and PCIE_RX5 are used for the onboard Gigabit Ethernet and therefore are not available Table 3 17 PCI Signal Description...

Page 45: ...om low power states S1 S5 I 3 3VS B PU 10k 3 3VSB PCI_CLKRUN Bidirectional pin used to support PCI clock run protocol for mobile systems I O 3 3V PU 8k2 3 3V PCI_IRQ A D PCI interrupt request lines I 3 3V PU 8k2 3 3V PCI_CLK PCI 33MHz clock output O 3 3V PCI_M66EN Module input signal indicates whether an off module PCI device is capable of 66MHz operation Pulled to GND by Carrier Board device or b...

Page 46: ...cription I O PU PD Comment PEG_RX 0 15 PEG_RX 0 15 PCI Express Graphics Receive Input differential pairs Some of these lines are multiplexed with SDVO lines Note Can also be used as PCI Express Receive Input differential pairs 16 through 31 known as PCIE_RX 16 31 and I PCIE PEG_TX 0 15 PEG_TX 0 15 PCI Express Graphics Transmit Output differential pairs Some of these lines are multiplexed with SDVO...

Page 47: ...r Multiplexed with PEG_TX 4 and PEG_TX 4 O PCIE SDVOC_GRN SDVOC_GRN Serial Digital Video C green output differential pair Multiplexed with PEG_TX 5 and PEG_TX 5 O PCIE SDVOC_BLU SDVOC_BLU Serial Digital Video C blue output differential pair Multiplexed with PEG_TX 6 and PEG_TX 6 O PCIE SDVOC_CK SDVOC_CK Serial Digital Video C clock output differential pair Multiplexed with PEG_TX 7 and PEG_TX 7 O ...

Page 48: ...wing the Type 2 5 Pinout standard The COM 830 is based on the COM Express Type 2 pinout therefore these pins are not connected TYPE2 TYPE1 TYPE0 X NC NC X NC NC X NC GND Pinout Type 1 Pinout Type 2 Pinout Type 3 no IDE The Carrier Board should implement combinatorial logic that monitors the module TYPE pins and keeps power off e g deactivates the ATX_ON signal for an ATX power supply if an incompa...

Page 49: ...2 C70 GND FIXED D70 GND FIXED C16 PCI_GNT2 D16 IDE_CS1 C71 PEG_RX6 D71 PEG_TX6 C17 PCI_REQ2 D17 IDE_CS3 C72 PEG_RX6 D72 PEG_TX6 C18 PCI_GNT1 D18 IDE_RESET C73 SDVO_DATA D73 SVDO_CLK C19 PCI_REQ1 D19 PCI_GNT3 C74 PEG_RX7 D74 PEG_TX7 C20 PCI_GNT0 D20 PCI_REQ3 C75 PEG_RX7 D75 PEG_TX7 C21 GND FIXED D21 GND FIXED C76 GND D76 GND C22 PCI_REQ0 D22 PCI_AD1 C77 RSVD D77 IDE_CBLID C23 PCI_RESET D23 PCI_AD3 ...

Page 50: ... C45 PCI_AD25 D45 PCI_AD30 C10 0 GND FIXED D10 0 GND FIXED C46 PCI_AD27 D46 PCI_IRQC C10 1 PEG_RX15 D10 1 PEG_TX15 C47 PCI_AD29 D47 PCI_IRQD C10 2 PEG_RX15 D10 2 PEG_TX15 C48 PCI_AD31 D48 PCI_CLKRUN C10 3 GND D10 3 GND C49 PCI_IRQA D49 PCI_M66EN C10 4 VCC_12V D10 4 VCC_12V C50 PCI_IRQB D50 PCI_CLK C10 5 VCC_12V D10 5 VCC_12V C51 GND FIXED D51 GND FIXED C10 6 VCC_12V D10 6 VCC_12V C52 PEG_RX0 D52 P...

Page 51: ... High Definition Audio O 3 3V AC_SDOUT is a boot strap signal see caution statement below ATA_ACT ATA parallel and serial or SAS activity indicator active low OC 3 3V ATA_ACT is a boot strap signal see caution statement below SPKR Output for audio enunciator the speaker in PC AT systems O 3 3V SPEAKER is a boot strap signal see caution statement below PEG_LANE_RV PCI Express Graphics lane reversal...

Page 52: ...C_SDOUT External resistors may override the internal strap states and cause the COM Express module to malfunction and or cause irreparable damage to the module AC_SYNC and AC_SDOUT can be used to switch PCI Express channels 1 4 between x1 and x4 mode If both signals are each pulled up using 1K resistors to 3 3V at the rising edge of PWROK then x4 mode is enabled x1 mode is used by default if these...

Page 53: ...sistance Table 3 26 I O Address Assignment I O Address hex Size Available Description 0000 00FF 256 bytes No Motherboard resources 0100 010F 16 bytes No Ampro System Control 0170 0177 8 bytes No Secondary IDE channel 01F0 01F7 8 bytes No Primary IDE channels 0376 1 byte No Secondary IDE channel command port 0377 1 byte No Secondary IDE channel status port 03B0 03DF 16 bytes No Video system 03F6 1 ...

Page 54: ...US INTx 11 Yes IRQ11 via SERIRQ or PCI BUS INTx 12 Yes IRQ12 via SERIRQ or PCI BUS INTx 13 No Math processor Not applicable 14 Note 1 IDE Controller 0 IDE0 Generic IRQ14 or PCI BUS INTx 15 Note 1 IDE Controller 1 IDE1 Generic IRQ15 or PCI BUS INTx NOTE If the ATA IDE configuration is set to enhanced mode in BIOS setup serial ATA and parallel ATA native mode operation IRQ14 and 15 are free for PCI ...

Page 55: ...ed native mode UHCI Host Controller 2 PCI Express Root Port 3 19 No PIRQD Serial ATA controller in enhanced native mode UHCI Host Controller 1 SMBus Controller PCI Express Root Port 4 20 Yes PIRQE PCI Bus INTD option for SCI 21 Yes PIRQF PCI Bus INTA 22 Yes PIRQG PCI Bus INTB 23 Yes PIRQH PCI Bus INTC UHCI Host Controller 0 EHCI Host Controller NOTE If the ATA IDE configuration is set to enhanced ...

Page 56: ...h 01h Internal UHCI Host Controller 1 00h 1Dh 02h Internal UHCI Host Controller 2 00h 1Dh 03h Internal UHCI Host Controller 3 00h 1Dh 07h Internal EHCI Host Controller 00h 1Eh 00h Internal PCI to PCI Bridge 00h 1Eh 02h Internal AC97 Audio Controller 00h 1Fh 00h N A PCI to LPC Bridge 00h 1Fh 01h Internal Parallel ATA Controller in enhanced mode 00h 1Fh 02h Internal Serial ATA Controller in enhanced...

Page 57: ...pply if all PCI Express Ports are enabled in the BIOS setup If for example PCI Express Port 2 is disabled then PCI Express Port 3 will be assigned bus number 3 instead of bus number 4 Port 4 will be assigned bus number 4 and the standard PCI slots will be assigned bus number 6 Furthermore the respective PCI Express Root Port is hidden if the corresponding PCI Express Port is disabled Table 3 30 PC...

Page 58: ...d PIRQ Table 3 32 LAN SATA Native PCI EX Root Port 0 PCI EX Root Port 1 PCI EX Root Port 2 PCI EX Root Port 3 PCI EX Root Port 4 PCI EX Root Port 5 PCI EX Port 0 PCI EX Por t 1 PCI EX Port 2 PCI EX Por t 3 PCI EX Por t 4 A x x x x 5 x 4 x 3 x B x x x x x 2 x 5 x 4 x C x x 4 x 3 x x 5 x 4 D x x x 5 x 4 x x 2 x 5 E F G H NOTE These interrupts are available for external devices slots on the X1 connec...

Page 59: ...ger desired If you want to change the BIOS settings or save the manufacturer default settings then you must enter the BIOS setup program and use the Save and Exit function This feature is enabled by default Setup Menu and Navigation The BIOS setup screen is composed of the menu bar and two main frames The menu bar is shown below The left frame displays all the options that can be configured in the...

Page 60: ...nu Feature Options Description System Time Hour Minute Second Specifies the current system time Note The time is in 24 hour format System Date Day of week month day year Specifies the current system date Note The date is in month day year format BIOS ID no option Displays the BIOS ID Processor no option Displays the processor type System Memory no option Displays the total amount of system memory ...

Page 61: ...is used for setting advanced features Main Advanced Boot Security Power Exit ACPI Configuration PCI Configuration Graphics Configuration CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration I O Interface Configuration Clock Configuration IDE Configuration USB Configuration Keyboard Mouse Configuration Remote Access Configuration Hardware Health Configuration Watchdog Configuration ...

Page 62: ... VGA BIOS post on S3 resume required by some OS to re initialize graphics USB Device Wakeup From S3 S4 Disabled Enabled Enable or disable USB device wakeup from S3 and S4 state Active Cooling Trip Point Disabled 50 60 70 80 90 C Specifies the temperature threshold at which the ACPI aware OS turns the fan on off Passive Cooling Trip Point Disabled 50 60 70 80 90 C Specifies the temperature threshol...

Page 63: ...es that define what Windows will do when a fatal error has been detected In order to ensure that the system restarts after a Watchdog ACPI Event that is set to Restart you must make sure that the check box for the selection Automatically restart has been checked If this option is not selected then Windows will remain at a blue screen after a Watchdog ACPI Event that has been configured for Restart...

Page 64: ... to be used during boot up IGD Internal Graphics Device PEG PCI Express x16 Graphics Port Device PCI Standard PCI Express or PCI Graphics Device Internal VGA Mode Select Disabled Enabled 1MB Enabled 8MB This option allows you to disable the internal VGA controller or enable it with 1MB or 8MB initial frame buffer size DVMT Mode Select Fixed Mode DVMT Mode Combo Mode Select the DVMT mode to be used...

Page 65: ...o Local Flat Panel Type Auto VGA 1x18 002h VGA 1x18 013h SVGA 1x18 004h XGA 1x18 006h XGA 2x18 007h XGA 1x24 008h XGA 2x24 012h SXGA 2x24 00Ah UXGA 2x24 00Ch Customized EDID 1 Customized EDID 2 Customized EDID 3 Select a predefined LFP type or choose Auto to let the BIOS automatically detect and configure the attached LVDS panel Auto detection is performed by reading an EDID data set via the video...

Page 66: ...e DVI TV CRT LVDS Select the SDVO device connected to this port TV Standard VBIOS Default NTSC PAL SECAM SMPTE240M ITU R television SMPTE295M SMPTE296M EIA 770 2 EIA 770 3 Select TV standard that should be supported TV connection type is automatically detected by the Video BIOS TV Sub Type Options depend on selected TV standard Select sub type for selected TV standard ...

Page 67: ...Maximum Speed Minimum Speed Automatic Disabled Maximum CPU speed is set to maximum Minimum CPU speed is set to minimum Automatic CPU speed is controlled by the operating system Disabled No SpeedStep default CPU speed Note This option is not available for Celeron M CPUs Max CPU Frequency Available options depend on processor Allows to reduce the maximum processor frequency This limits the maximum f...

Page 68: ...anced Disable or enable C2 support in standard or enhanced mode C3 Enable Disabled Standard Enhanced Disable or enable C3 support in standard or enhanced mode C4 Enable Disabled Standard Enhanced Disable or enable C4 support in standard or enhanced mode Hard C4 Enable Disabled Enabled Enable or disable hard C4 support additional power reduction compared to C4 ...

Page 69: ...CPU is put to C4 state when the ACPI OS initiates a transition to C3 for additional power saving at Desktop Idle Mode Active State Power Management Disabled Enabled Enable or disable PCI Express L0s and L1 link power states PCIE Port 0 Auto Enabled Disabled Enable or disable PCI Express port PCIE Port 1 Auto Enabled Disabled Enable or disable PCI Express port PCIE Port 2 Auto Enabled Disabled Enab...

Page 70: ...E Port 4 IOxAPIC Enable Disabled Enabled Enable support for IOAPIC behind PCI Express port Feature Options Description Onboard Audio Controller Azalia AC97 Disabled Configure onboard audio controller for AC 97 or Azalia Intel High Definition Audio mode Note Azalia mode requires an external Azalia codec Onboard Ethernet Controller Enabled Disabled Enable Disable the ICH7M DH onboard Ethernet contro...

Page 71: ...ial port 2 IR Duplex Mode Full Duplex Half Duplex Select IRDA full or half duplex function IR I O Pin Select SINB SOUTB IRRX RTX Select receiver and transmit pins for IRDA mode Parallel Port Address Disabled 378 278 3BC Specifies the I O base address used by the parallel port Parallel Port Mode Normal Bi directional ECP EPP ECP EPP Specifies the parallel port mode EPP Version 1 9 1 7 Specifies the...

Page 72: ... SATA as Disabled RAID Disable SATA or configure it as RAID controller Note This node is only available if ATA IDE Configuration is set to Compatible and the Legacy IDE Channels configuration node is set to PATA only Configure SATA as IDE RAID AHCI Configure SATA device as IDE RAID or AHCI controller Note This node is only available if ATA IDE Configuration is set to Enhanced Primary IDE Master su...

Page 73: ...ettings to allow for faster boot times Adjust this setting until a suitable timing can be found that will allow for all IDE disk drives that are attached to be detected ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection Host Device Host Device Select the mechanism for detecting 80Pin ATA PI cable Note The use of an 80 conductor ATA cable is mandatory for running UDMA66 and faster hard disk drives The standard 40 conduc...

Page 74: ...Mode that is supported S M A R T no option Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology protocol used by IDE drives of some manufacturers to predict drive failures Type Not Installed Auto CD DVD ARMD Sets the type of device that the BIOS attempts to boot from after the POST has completed Not Installed prevents the BIOS from searching for an IDE disk Auto allows the BIOS to auto detect the IDE...

Page 75: ...eature Set to Enabled to allow the BIOS to use SMART feature on supported hard disk drives 32Bit Data Transfer Disabled Enabled Enable Disable 32 bit data transfers on supported hard disk drives ARMD Emulation Type Auto Floppy Hard disk drive ARMD is a device that uses removable media such as the LS120 MO Magneto optical or Iomega Zip drives If you want to boot from media on ARMD it is required th...

Page 76: ...pport NOTE This option has to be used with caution If the system is equipped with USB keyboard only the user cannot enter setup to enable the option back USB Mouse Legacy Support Disabled Enabled Enable Disable USB mouse legacy support USB Storage Device Support Disabled Enabled Enable Disable USB mass storage device support Port 64 60 Emulation Disabled Enabled Enable Disable the Port 6h 64h trap...

Page 77: ...rmatted type and the emulation type provided by the BIOS must match for the device to boot properly Select AUTO to let the BIOS auto detect the current formatted media If Floppy is selected then the device will be emulated as a floppy drive Forced FDD allows a hard disk image to be connected as a floppy image Works only for drives formatted with FAT12 FAT16 or FAT32 Hard Disk allows the device to ...

Page 78: ...lways With Disabled Serial Redirection functionality is disabled at the end of BIOS POST If set to Always all resources and interrupts associated with Serial Redirection are protected and not released to DOS This option lets Serial Redirection permanently reside at base memory which allows the DOS console to be redirected Note that graphics output VGA SVGA etc from DOS programs is not redirected I...

Page 79: ...Disabled Enabled Enable hardware health monitoring device and display the readings Board Temperature no option Current board temperature CPU Temperature no option Current processor die temperature CPU Fan Speed no option Current CPU FAN speed VcoreA no option Current Core A reading 3 3VSB no option Current 3 3V standby reading 5VSB no option Current 5V standby reading 12Vin no option Current 12V i...

Page 80: ...set to One time trigger the watchdog will be disabled after the first trigger If set to Single event every stage will be executed only once then the watchdog will be disabled If set to Repeated event the last stage will be executed repeatedly until a reset occurs Delay see Post Watchdog Select the delay time before the runtime watchdog becomes active This ensures that an operating system has enoug...

Page 81: ... you to prioritize the available boot devices The lower part of this setup screen shows options related to the BIOS boot Timeout 1 0 5sec 1sec 2sec 5sec 10sec 30sec 1min 2min Selects the timeout value for the first stage watchdog event Timeout 2 see above Selects the timeout value for the second stage watchdog event Timeout 3 see above Selects the timeout value for the third stage watchdog event ...

Page 82: ...oot menu is static and can only be changed by the user 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device Up to 12 boot devices can be prioritized if device based priority list control is selected If Type Based priority list control is enabled only 8 boot devices can be prioritized Disabled Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Legacy Floppy USB Harddisk USB CDROM USB Removable Dev Onboard LAN Extern...

Page 83: ... Set display mode for Option ROM Halt On Error Disabled Enabled Determines whether the BIOS halts and displays an error message if an error occurs If set to Enabled the BIOS waits for user input Hit DEL Message Display Disabled Enabled Allows Prevents the BIOS to display the Hit Del to enter Setup message Interrupt 19 Capture Disabled Enabled Allows Prevents the option ROMs such as network control...

Page 84: ... is no longer detected then this is considered an AC power loss condition If the standby voltage remains stable for 30 seconds then it is assumed that the system was switched off properly Inexpensive ATX power supplies often have problems with short AC power sags When using these ATX power supplies it is possible that the system turns off but does not switch back on even when the PS_ON signal is a...

Page 85: ...d Check Setup Always Setup Check password while invoking setup Always Check password also on each boot Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Enabled Select Enabled to enable boot sector protection The BIOS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive If enabled the following appears when a write is attempte...

Page 86: ...d Power Management Suspend Timeout Disabled 1 60 Min Specifies the length of time of inactivity the system waits before it enters suspend mode Video Power Down Mode Disabled Standby Suspend Specifies the power state that the video subsystem enters when the BIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of display inactivity has expired Hard Disk Power Down Mode Disabled Standby ...

Page 87: ... the system The code that handles BIOS recovery resides in a section of the flash referred to as boot block BIOS Recovery via Storage Devices In order to make a BIOS recovery from a floppy disk CD ROM ISO9660 or USB floppy the BIOS file must be copied into the root directory of the storage device and renamed AMIBOOT ROM BIOS Recovery via Serial Port The Serial Flash method allows for boot block re...

Page 88: ...ng data on a locked drive requires the proper password to unlock the disk The BIOS enables users to enable disable hard disk security for each hard drive in setup A master password is available if the user can not remember the user password Both passwords can be set independently however the drive will only lock if a user password is installed The max length of the passwords is 32 bytes During POS...

Page 89: ... chipsets audio Low Pin Count Interface Specification Revision 1 0 LPC http developer intel com design chipsets industry lpc htm Universal Serial Bus USB Specification Revision 2 0 http www usb org home PCI Specification Revision 2 2 http www pcisig com specifications Serial ATA Specification Revision 1 0a http www serialata org PICMG COM Express Module Base Specification http www picmg org PCI Ex...

Page 90: ...Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Description 84 Reference Manual COM 830 ...

Page 91: ... may also request personal assistance by creating an Ask an Expert account and then going to the Ask a Question feature Requests can be submitted 24 hours a day 7 days a week You will receive immediate confirmation that your request has been entered Once you have submitted your request you must log in to go to My Stuff area where you can check status update your request and access other features I...

Page 92: ...Appendix A Technical Support 86 Reference Manual COM 830 ...

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