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EP100 AMD Embedded G-Series Processor EPIC Board with LVDS

AMI BIOS Setup Utility

4.6

Boot Menu

The Boot menu allows users to change boot options of the system.

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Setup Prompt Timeout

Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535(0xFFFF) means indefinite
waiting.

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Bootup NumLock State

Use this item to select the power-on state for the NumLock.

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Quiet Boot

Enable or disable quiet boot option.

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Boot Option Priorities

Set the system boot priority order.

Summary of Contents for EP100

Page 1: ...EP100 AMD Embedded G Series Processor EPIC Board User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...manual Axiomtek reserves the right to change or revise this document and or product at any time without notice No part of this document may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Axiomtek Co Ltd CAUTION If you replace wrong batteries it causes the danger ...

Page 3: ...is for a few seconds It discharges static electricity from your body Wear a wrist grounding strap available from most electronic component stores when handling boards and components Trademarks Acknowledgments Axiomtek is a trademark of Axiomtek Co Ltd Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation AMI is trademark of American Megatrend Inc IBM PC AT PS 2 VGA are trademarks of International Busine...

Page 4: ...n JP10 and JP12 12 2 3 8 Auto Power On JP11 13 2 3 9 LVDS Brightness Control Mode Setting JP14 13 2 3 10 Restore BIOS Optimal Defaults JP16 13 2 4 Connectors 14 2 4 1 Power Connector ATX1 15 2 4 2 Power Output Connector CN1 and CN5 15 2 4 3 Audio Connector CN2 15 2 4 4 COM3 and COM4 Connector CN3 16 2 4 5 COM1 and COM2 Connector COM1 and CN6 16 2 4 6 PCI Express Mini Card Socket CN7 and SCN1 17 2 ...

Page 5: ... BIOS 29 3 3 System Memory 29 3 4 I O Port Address Map 30 3 5 Interrupt Controller IRQ Map 32 3 6 Memory Map 33 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Setup Utility 35 4 1 Starting 35 4 2 Navigation Keys 35 4 3 Main Menu 36 4 4 Advanced Menu 37 4 5 Chipset Menu 44 4 6 Boot Menu 51 4 7 Security Menu 52 4 8 Save Exit Menu 53 Appendix A Watchdog Timer 55 About Watchdog Timer 55 How to Use Watchdog Timer 55 Sample Progra...

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Page 7: ...m memory capacity up to 4GB It also features two Gigabit Fast Ethernet ports two serial ATA channels for total two Serial ATA hard drives at maximum transfer rate up to 600MB sec six USB 2 0 high speed compliant and built in HD audio codec that can achieve the best stability and reliability for industrial applications Additionally it provides you with unique embedded features such as 4 serial port...

Page 8: ...for RS 232 422 485 and three ports for RS 232 Serial ATA Two SATA 600 connectors CFast Socket One CFast Socket USB Interface Six USB ports with fuse protection and complies with USB Spec Rev 2 0 Display A standard type 15 pin D Sub connector as VGA connector Dual DisplayPorts One 40 pin connector for 18 24 bit single dual channel LVDS and one 8 pin inverter connector LVDS resolution is up to 1920x...

Page 9: ... EPIC Board with LVDS Introduction 3 Form Factor EPIC form factor Note All specifications and images are subject to change without notice 1 3 Utilities Supported Chipset and graphic driver Ethernet driver RTL8111E Audio driver AHCI driver ...

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Page 11: ...EP100 AMD Embedded G Series Processor EPIC Board with LVDS Board and Pin Assignments 5 Chapter 2 Board and Pin Assignments 2 1 Board Dimensions and Fixing Holes Top Side ...

Page 12: ...EP100 AMD Embedded G Series Processor EPIC Board with LVDS 6 Board and Pin Assignments Bottom Side Side View ...

Page 13: ...EP100 AMD Embedded G Series Processor EPIC Board with LVDS Board and Pin Assignments 7 Slim Type ...

Page 14: ...EP100 AMD Embedded G Series Processor EPIC Board with LVDS 8 Board and Pin Assignments 2 2 Board Layout Top Side ...

Page 15: ...EP100 AMD Embedded G Series Processor EPIC Board with LVDS Board and Pin Assignments 9 Bottom Side ...

Page 16: ... out 1 3 2 4 close JP2 COM3 Data Power Selection Default RS 232 Data CN3 Pin 1 DCD 3 5 close CN3 Pin 8 RI 4 6 close JP3 COM4 Data Power Selection Default RS 232 Data CN3 Pin 11 DCD 3 5 close CN3 Pin 18 RI 4 6 close JP4 COM2 Data Power Selection Default RS 232 Data CN6 Pin 1 DCD 3 5 close CN6 Pin 8 RI 4 6 close JP6 COM1 Data Power Selection Default RS 232 Data CN17A Pin 1 DCD COM1 Pin 1 DCD 3 5 clo...

Page 17: ...a Power Selection JP4 The COM2 port has 5V level power capability on DCD and 12V level on RI by setting this jumper Function Setting Line out Default 1 3 2 4 close Speaker out 3 5 4 6 close Function Setting Power Set CN3 pin 1 to 5V level 1 3 close Data Set CN3 pin 1 to DCD Default 3 5 close Power Set CN3 pin 8 to 12V level 2 4 close Data Set CN3 pin 8 to RI Default 4 6 close Function Setting Powe...

Page 18: ...7 LVDS Voltage Selection JP10 and JP12 The board supports voltage selection for flat panel displays JP10 is used to set LVDS connector CN13 pin 1 6 VCCM to 3 3V or 5V voltage level JP12 is used to set LVDS connector CN13 pin 1 6 VCCM to 12V voltage level Function Setting Power Set CN17A COM 1 pin 1 to 5V level 1 3 close Data Set CN17A COM1 pin 1 to DCD Default 3 5 close Power Set CN17A COM1 pin 9 ...

Page 19: ...ardware circuitry instead of BIOS 2 3 9 LVDS Brightness Control Mode Setting JP14 The JP14 enables you to select PWM or voltage control mode for inverter connector CN9 pin 8 These two control modes are for adjusting LVDS brightness 2 3 10 Restore BIOS Optimal Defaults JP16 Put jumper clip to pin 2 3 for a few seconds then move it back to pin 1 2 Doing this procedure can restore BIOS optimal defaul...

Page 20: ...COM4 Connector CN5 Power Output Connector CN6 COM2 Connector CN7 PCI Express Mini Card Connector CN8 Digital I O Port Connector CN9 Inverter Connector CN10 USB Port 4 and 5 CN13 LVDS Connector CN14 SMBus Connector CN15 CPU Fan Connector CN16 Front Panel Connector CN17 COM1 Connector and VGA Connector CN18 DisplayPort 0 CN19 DisplayPort 1 CN20 VGA Connector Slim type only COM1 COM1 Connector Slim t...

Page 21: ...its into this connector Loose connection may cause system instability 2 4 2 Power Output Connector CN1 and CN5 Use CN1 and CN5 for interfacing to SATA 2 5 HDD power supply 2 4 3 Audio Connector CN2 Pin 7 and pin 9 of connector CN2 can be set to different audio source by setting JP1 see section 2 3 1 Pin Signal 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V Pin Signal 1 12V level 2 GND 3 GND 4 5V level Pin Signal Pin Sig...

Page 22: ...d CN6 have 5V level power capability on DCD and 12V level on RI by setting JP6 and JP4 respectively see section 2 3 5 and 2 3 4 The pin assignments are listed on the following table Note COM1 connector is only in slim type I O COM1 CN6 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 DCD3 2 DSR3 3 RXD3 4 RTS3 5 TXD3 6 CTS3 7 DTR3 8 RI3 9 GND 10 N C 11 DCD4 12 DSR4 13 RXD4 14 RTS4 15 TXD4 16 CTS4 17 DTR4 18 RI4 19 GND 20 N...

Page 23: ...s Mini Card Spec V1 2 CN7 51 52 18 17 2 1 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 WAKE 2 3 3VSB 3 No use 4 GND 5 No use 6 1 5V 7 CLKREQ 8 No use 9 GND 10 No use 11 REFCLK 12 No use 13 REFCLK 14 No use 15 GND 16 No use 17 No use 18 GND 19 No use 20 W_DISABLE 21 GND 22 PERST 23 PE_RXN3 24 3 3VSB 25 PE_RXP3 26 GND 27 GND 28 1 5V 29 GND 30 SMB_CLK 31 PE_TXN3 32 SMB_DATA 33 PE_TXP3 34 GND 35 GND 36 USB_D8 37 GND 38 US...

Page 24: ...are application method is provided in Appendix B Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 WAKE 2 3 3VSB 3 No use 4 GND 5 No use 6 1 5V 7 CLKREQ 8 PWR 9 GND 10 I O 11 REFCLK 12 CLK 13 REFCLK 14 RST 15 GND 16 VPP 17 No use 18 GND 19 No use 20 W_DISABLE 21 GND 22 PERST 23 PE_RXN3 24 3 3VSB 25 PE_RXP3 26 GND 27 GND 28 1 5V 29 GND 30 SMB_CLK 31 PE_TXN3 32 SMB_DATA 33 PE_TXP3 34 GND 35 GND 36 USB_D8 37 GND 38 USB_D8 39 ...

Page 25: ...is Universal Serial Bus USB connector which carries USB port 4 and USB port 5 It is for installing versatile USB interface peripherals The CN10 is designed with 5V level standby power which can provide power when system is in suspend mode Pin Signal 1 VBL1 12V level 2 VBL1 12V level 3 VBL2 5V level 4 VBL_ENABLE 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 VBL Brightness Control Pin USB Port 4 Pin USB Port 5 1 USB VCC 5V l...

Page 26: ...M can be set to 3 3V level or 5V level or 12V level by setting JP10 or JP12 see section 2 3 7 18 bit single channel Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VCCM 2 VCCM 3 VCCM 4 VCCM 5 VCCM 6 VCCM 7 N C 8 N C 9 GND 10 GND 11 N C 12 N C 13 N C 14 N C 15 GND 16 GND 17 N C 18 N C 19 N C 20 N C 21 GND 22 GND 23 Channel A D0 24 N C 25 Channel A D0 26 N C 27 GND 28 GND 29 Channel A D1 30 N C 31 Channel A D1 32 N C 33 GN...

Page 27: ...in Signal Pin Signal 1 VCCM 2 VCCM 3 VCCM 4 VCCM 5 VCCM 6 VCCM 7 N C 8 N C 9 GND 10 GND 11 N C 12 Channel B D0 13 N C 14 Channel B D0 15 GND 16 GND 17 Channel B CLK 18 Channel B D1 19 Channel B CLK 20 Channel B D1 21 GND 22 GND 23 Channel A D0 24 Channel B D2 25 Channel A D0 26 Channel B D2 27 GND 28 GND 29 Channel A D1 30 N C 31 Channel A D1 32 N C 33 GND 34 GND 35 Channel A D2 36 Channel A CLK 3...

Page 28: ...Setup Utility Advanced H W Monitor PC Health Status 2 4 13 Front Panel Connector CN16 Power LED Pin 1 connects anode of LED and pin 5 connects cathode of LED The power LED lights up when the system is powered on External Speaker and Internal Buzzer Pin 2 4 6 and 8 connect the case mounted speaker unit or internal buzzer While connecting the CPU board to an internal buzzer please set pin 2 and 4 cl...

Page 29: ...onnector CN17A The COM1 is a high rise 9 pin D Sub connector This connector is equipped with 5V level power capability on DCD and 12V level on RI by setting JP6 see section 2 3 5 The pin assignment of RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 is listed on the following table If you need COM1 port to support RS 422 or RS 485 mode please refer to section 2 3 6 CN17A CN17B see section below 2 4 15 VGA Connector CN17B The...

Page 30: ...ich is commonly used for CRT VGA monitor This VGA interface configuration can be configured via software utility Note CN20 connector is only in slim type I O Pin Signal 1 DPB_LANE0 2 GND 3 DPB_LANE0 4 DPB_LANE1 5 GND 6 DPB_LANE1 7 DPB_LANE2 8 GND 9 DPB_LANE2 10 DPB_LANE3 11 GND 12 DPB_LANE3 13 Detect Pin 14 GND 15 DPB_AUX 16 GND 17 DPB_AUX 18 DPB_HPDE 19 GND 20 3 3V Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Red 2 G...

Page 31: ...SCN1 It is mainly used in 3G wireless network application 2 4 19 Serial ATA Connectors SATA1 and SATA2 These Serial Advanced Technology Attachment Serial ATA or SATA connectors are for high speed SATA interface ports They are computer bus interfaces for connecting to devices such as hard disk drives The EP100 has two Serial ATA connectors SATA1 and SATA2 Pin Signal 1 PWR 2 RST 3 CLK 4 NC 5 GND 6 V...

Page 32: ...TM card which is based on the Serial ATA bus The socket is specially designed to avoid incorrect installation of the CFast TM card When installing or removing the CFast TM card please make sure the system power is off The CFast TM card by default identifies itself as C or D drive in your PC system Pin USB Port 0 Pin USB Port 1 1 USB VCC 5V level 5 USB VCC 5V level 2 USB 0_D 6 USB 1_D 3 USB 0_D 7 U...

Page 33: ...ual RJ 45 ethernet connectors Connection can be established by plugging one end of the ethernet cable into this RJ 45 connector and the other end phone jack to a 1000 100 10 Base T hub Pin Signal Pin Signal L1 MDI0 L5 MDI2 L2 MDI0 L6 MDI2 L3 MDI1 L7 MDI3 L4 MDI1 L8 MDI3 A Active LED Yellow B 100 LAN LED Green 1000 LAN LED Orange ...

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Page 35: ...ed Processing Unit T56N T40R which enables your system to operate under Windows XP Windows 7 and Linux environments The system performance depends on the APU 3 2 BIOS The EP100 uses AMI Plug and Play BIOS with a single 16Mbit SPI Flash 3 3 System Memory The EP100 supports one 204 pin DDR3 SO DIMM sockets for a maximum memory of 4GB DDR3 SDRAMs The memory module comes in sizes of 1GB 2GB and 4GB ...

Page 36: ...ies Processor EPIC Board with LVDS 30 Hardware Description 3 4 I O Port Address Map The AMD G Series APU communicates via I O ports Total 1KB port addresses are available for assigning to other devices via I O expansion cards ...

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Page 38: ... Hardware Description 3 5 Interrupt Controller IRQ Map The EP100 is 100 PC compatible control board which consists of 20 interrupt request lines Four out of 20 can be programmable The mapping list of the 20 interrupt request lines is shown as the following table ...

Page 39: ...EP100 AMD Embedded G Series Processor EPIC Board with LVDS Hardware Description 33 3 6 Memory Map The memory mapping list is shown as follows ...

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Page 41: ...y the main BIOS setup menu displays You can access the other setup screens from the main BIOS setup menu such as the Advanced and Chipset menus Note If your computer can not boot after making and saving system changes with Setup you can restore BIOS optimal defaults by setting JP16 see section 2 3 10 It is strongly recommended that you should avoid changing the chipset s defaults Both AMI and your...

Page 42: ... The F3 key allows you to Load Optimized Defaults F4 The F4 key allows you to save any changes you have made and exit Setup Press the F4 key to save your changes Esc The Esc key allows you to discard any changes you have made and exit the Setup Press the Esc key to exit the setup without saving your changes Enter The Enter key allows you to display or change the setup option listed for a particula...

Page 43: ...s The date must be entered in MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format 4 4 Advanced Menu Launch PXE OpROM Use this item to enable or disable the boot ROM function of the onboard LAN chip when the system boots up The Advanced menu also allows users to set configuration of the CPU and other system devices You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen to go to the sub ...

Page 44: ...ght side of the screen Enable ACPI Auto Configuration Use this item to enable or disable BIOS ACPI auto configuration ACPI Sleep State Allow you to select the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI sleep state Here are the options for your selection Suspend Disabled and S3 Suspend to RAM The S3 Suspend to RAM option selects the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter when SUSPEND b...

Page 45: ...P100 AMD Embedded G Series Processor EPIC Board with LVDS AMI BIOS Setup Utility 39 CPU Configuration This screen shows the CPU Configuration Node 0 Information View memory information related to Node 0 ...

Page 46: ...EPIC Board with LVDS 40 AMI BIOS Setup Utility IDE Configuration In the IDE Configuration menu you can see the currently installed hardware in the SATA ports During system boot up the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices ...

Page 47: ...acy operating system The default setting is Enabled Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected Disable option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications USB transfer time out The time out value for control bulk and interrupt transfers Device reset time out USB mass storage device start unit command time out Device power up delay Maximum time the device will ...

Page 48: ... screen to select options for the Super IO Configuration and change the value of the selected option A description of the selected item appears on the right side of the screen For items marked with please press Enter for more options W83627UHG Serial Port 1 4 Configuration The configuration of serial port 1 4 are set Enable as default ...

Page 49: ...ocessor EPIC Board with LVDS AMI BIOS Setup Utility 43 H W Monitor This screen monitors hardware health status This screen displays the temperature of system and CPU cooling fan speed in RPM and system voltages VCORE 12V 5V and 3 3V ...

Page 50: ... 5 Chipset Menu The Chipset menu allows users to change the advanced chipset settings You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen to go to the sub menus North Bridge North Bridge LVDS Config Select South Bridge For items marked with please press Enter for more options ...

Page 51: ...Series Processor EPIC Board with LVDS AMI BIOS Setup Utility 45 North Bridge Configuration This screen allows users to configure parameters of North Bridge chipset Memory Configuration All of options are set Auto as default ...

Page 52: ...EP100 AMD Embedded G Series Processor EPIC Board with LVDS 46 AMI BIOS Setup Utility Node 0 Information This item is to provide user with the information of current using DDR3 SDRAMs ...

Page 53: ...h Bridge LVDS Config Select DP0 Output Mode Use this item to enable LVDS or Display Port0 DP1 Output Mode Use this item to choose Display Port1 output or disable mode LVDS Panel Config Select Use this item to select configuration for LVDS panel if DP0 Output Mode is enabled see screen below ...

Page 54: ...C Board with LVDS 48 AMI BIOS Setup Utility South Bridge This screen allows users to configure South Bridge chipset For items marked with please press Enter for more options SB SATA Configuration SB USB Configuration SB HD Azalia Configuration ...

Page 55: ...Board with LVDS AMI BIOS Setup Utility 49 SB SATA Configuration Use this item to select options for SATA configuration OnChip SATA Channel Use this item to enable or disable SATA channel OnChip SATA Type Here are the options Native IDE and AHCI ...

Page 56: ...es Processor EPIC Board with LVDS 50 AMI BIOS Setup Utility SB USB Configuration Use this item to enable or disable all of USB devices SB HD Azalia Configuration This item allows you to enable or disable HD audio Azalia device ...

Page 57: ... change boot options of the system Setup Prompt Timeout Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key 65535 0xFFFF means indefinite waiting Bootup NumLock State Use this item to select the power on state for the NumLock Quiet Boot Enable or disable quiet boot option Boot Option Priorities Set the system boot priority order ...

Page 58: ...ty Menu The Security menu allows users to change the security settings for the system Administrator Password This item indicates whether an administrator password has been set installed or uninstalled User Password This item indicates whether an user password has been set installed or uninstalled ...

Page 59: ...rom the Save Exit menu and press Enter Select Yes to discard changes and exit Save Changes and Reset When you have completed the system configuration changes select this option to leave Setup and reboot the computer so the new system configuration parameters can take effect Select Save Changes and Reset from the Save Exit menu and press Enter Select Yes to save changes and reset Discard Changes an...

Page 60: ...ly sets all Setup options to a complete set of default settings when you select this option Select Restore Defaults from the Save Exit menu and press Enter Save as User Defaults Select this option to save system configuration changes done so far as User Defaults Select Save as User Defaults from the Save Exit menu and press Enter Restore User Defaults It automatically sets all Setup options to a c...

Page 61: ...h an initial value and must reset it periodically If the counter ever reaches zero which means the software has crashed the system will reboot How to Use Watchdog Timer The I O port base addresses of watchdog timer are 2E hex and 2F hex The 2E hex and 2F hex are address and data port respectively Assume that program A is put in a loop that must execute at least once every 10ms Initialize watchdog ...

Page 62: ...d or Minute mov dx 2Eh mov al 0F5h out dx al mov dx 2Fh mov al Nh N 00h or 08h see below Note out dx al Set base timer mov dx 2Eh mov al 0F6h out dx al mov dx 2Fh mov al Mh M 00h 01h FFh hex Value 0 to 255 out dx al see below Note Disable WDT mov dx 2Eh mov al 30h out dx al mov dx 2Fh mov al 00h Can be disabled at any time out dx al Note If N 00h the time base is set to second M time value 00 Time...

Page 63: ...ard with LVDS Watchdog Timer 57 If N 08h the time base is set to minute M time value 00 Time out Disable 01 Time out occurs after 1 minute 02 Time out occurs after 2 minutes 03 Time out occurs after 3 minutes FFh Time out occurs after 255 minutes ...

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Page 65: ... power The BIOS default settings are 3 inputs and 5 outputs where all of these pins are set to 1 CN8 Digital I O Programming Assembly sample code Set functionality Start set DIO program mov dx 2Eh mov al 87h Un lock super I O out dx al out dx al mov dx 2Eh mov al 07h out dx al mov dx 2Fh mov al 08h out dx al mov dx 2Eh mov al 30h out dx al mov dx 2Fh mov al 02h out dx al Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 DI...

Page 66: ... are DIO pin 3 7 state 1 High 0 Low if M FFh all DIO pins are high see below Note3 Note1 The N has 8 bits Every bit s value is either 1 or 0 1 means that the bit is programmed to input 0 means that the bit is programmed to output Ex 1 N 00h 00000000b DIO7 DIO6 DIO5 DIO4 DIO3 DIO2 DIO1 DIO0 Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Output 2 N 02h 00000010b DIO7 DIO6 DIO5 DIO4 DIO3 DIO2 DIO1 ...

Page 67: ... 1 1 1 2 When DIO0 2 are connected to external device the device sets DIO0 to low and DIO1 2 to high DIO7 DIO6 DIO5 DIO4 DIO3 DIO2 DIO1 DIO0 Output Output Output Output Output 1 1 0 Note3 If N 07h DIO7 DIO6 DIO5 DIO4 DIO3 DIO2 DIO1 DIO0 Output Output Output Output Output Input Input Input 1 When M FFh DIO7 DIO6 DIO5 DIO4 DIO3 DIO2 DIO1 DIO0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 When M D7h DIO7 DIO6 DIO5 DIO4 DIO3 DIO...

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