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BEM-100B/C 

User’s Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for BEM-100B

Page 1: ...BEM 100B C User s Manual 1st Ed 17 March 2009 ...

Page 2: ...OR A CLASS A DIGITAL DEVICE PURSUANT TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES THESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES USES AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTATLLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL MAY CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE TO RADIO COMMUN...

Page 3: ...ht Notice Copyright Notice Copyright 2007 Benecom co Ltd ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this document may be reproduced copied translated or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without the prior written permission of the original manufacturer Trademark Acknowledgement Trademark Acknowledgement Brand and product names are trademarks or registered tradema...

Page 4: ...r the use of the described product s conveys no license or title under any patent copyright or masks work rights to these products and makes no representations or warranties that these products are free from patent copyright or mask work right infringement unless otherwise specified Applications that are described in this manual are for illustration purposes only Benecom makes no representation or...

Page 5: ... or system whose failure to perform can be reasonably expected to cause the failure of the life support device or system or to affect its safety or effectiveness A Message to the Customer A Message to the Customer Benecom Customer Services Each and every Benecom s product is built to the most exacting specifications to ensure reliable performance in the harsh and demanding conditions typical of in...

Page 6: ... Web site at http www benecom co kr If you still cannot find the answer gather all the information or questions that apply to your problem and with the product close at hand call your dealer Our dealers are well trained and ready to give you the support you need to get the most from your Benecom s products In fact most problems reported are minor and are able to be easily solved over the phone In ...

Page 7: ...st of replacement materials 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 example CPU type and speed Benecom s products model name hardware BIOS revision number other hardware and software used etc Note anything abnormal and list any on screen messages...

Page 8: ...23 1 6 3 Installing a DIMM 24 1 6 4 Removing a SO DIMM 24 1 7 Expansion slots 24 1 7 1 Installing an Expansion Card 25 1 7 2 Configuring an Expansion Card 25 1 7 3 PCI slots 25 1 8 Jumpers 26 1 Clear RTC RAM CLRTC 26 2 COM1 RI 12V and 5V Power Select JCOMPWR1 JCOMPWR2 27 3 COM2 RI 12V and 5V Power Select JCOMPWR1 JCOMPWR2 27 4 COM3 RI 12V and 5V Power Select JCOMPWR3 JCOMPWR4 28 5 COM4 RI 12V and ...

Page 9: ...DS Connector 40 pin JLVDS 41 2 1 Managing and updating your BIOS 44 2 1 1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 44 2 2 BIOS setup program 45 2 2 1 Legend Box 46 2 2 2 List Box 46 2 2 3 Sub menu 46 2 3 BIOS menu screen 47 2 3 1 Standard CMOS Features 48 2 3 2 Advanced BIOS Features 50 2 3 3 Advanced Chipset Features 56 2 3 4 Integrated Peripherals 58 2 3 5 Security Chip Configuration 63 2 3 6 Power Manag...

Page 10: ...quipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures y Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna y Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver y Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different f...

Page 11: ...using contact your local power company y If the power supply is broken do not try to fix it by yourself Contact a qualified service technician or your retailer Operation safety y Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on it carefully read all the manuals that came with the package y Before using the product make sure all cables are correctly connected and the power cables are not dam...

Page 12: ... more information Refer to the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates 1 Benecom websites The Benecom website provides updated information on Benecom hardware and software products Refer to the Benecom contact information 2 Optional documentation Your product package may include optional documentation such as warranty flyers that may have been added by you...

Page 13: ...must press the enclosed key Example Enter means that you must press the Enter or Return key Key1 Key2 Key3 If you must press two or more keys simultaneously the key names are linked with a plus sign Example Ctrl Alt D Command Means that you must type the command exactly as shown then supply the required item or value enclosed in brackets Example At the DOS prompt type the command line afudos i fil...

Page 14: ... master DIO 8 bit General Purpose I O for DI and DO S3 S4 Yes TPM TPM1 2 Infineon TPM chip 9635 TT 1 2 on board LAN PME RPL Wake up on LAN or Ring YES Display Chipset Intel 945GSE GMCH integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Display Memory Intel DVMT 3 0 supports 224 MB video memory Max Resolution CRT mode 2048x1536 75Hz LCD mode 2048x1536 60Hz Dual Display BEM 100B CRT LVDS BEM 100C CRT LVDS CR...

Page 15: ... x CPU fan connector 1 x Power fan connector 1 x USB connectors support additional 2 USB ports 1 x LVDS connector 1 x LVDS inventor connector 1 x IDE connector 2 x SATA connectors 1 x Digital IO header 1 x Front panel header 1 x S PDIF Out header 1 x Audio amplifier connector 1 x Front audio connector 1 x Mini PCI Express Mechanical Environment Power Type ATX mode Operating Temp 0 60 32 140 Operat...

Page 16: ...t below 1 2 Package contents Check your motherboard package for the following items Before you begin installing your single board please make sure that the following materials have been shipped z 1 x BEM 100B C Mini ITX Main board z 1 x CD ROM contains the followings User s Manual in PDF file Drivers z 1 x IDE cable 40 pin z 2 x SATA cable kit SATA and Power z 1 x I O Shield If any of the above it...

Page 17: ...I O capabilities for cost effective embedded solutions It features an integrated 32 bit 3D graphics engine based on Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Intel GMA 950 architecture a 533 MHz front side bus FSB single channel 400 533 MHz DDR2 system memory SODIMM and or memory down and Intel High Definition Audio interface The chipset consists of the Intel 82945GSE Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMC...

Page 18: ...e S PDIF digital sound ready The motherboard supports the S PDIF Out function through the S PDIF interfaces at mainboard The S PDIF technology turns your computer into a high end entertainment system with digital connectivity to powerful audio and speaker systems See page 1 31 for details Temperature fan and voltage monitoring The CPU temperature is monitored by the ASIC integrated in the Winbond ...

Page 19: ...al object such as the power supply case before handling components to avoid damaging them due to static electricity y Hold components by the edges to avoid touching the ICs on them y Whenever you uninstall any component place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that came with the component y Before you install or remove any component ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off or th...

Page 20: ...lure to do so can cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components 1 5 1 Placement Direction When installing the motherboard make sure that you place it into the chassis in the correct orientation The edge with external ports goes to the rear part of the chassis as indicated in the image below 1 5 2 Screw Holes Place four 4 screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the mother...

Page 21: ...User s Manual BEM 100B C Series User s Manual 21 1 5 3 Motherboard Layout z For BEM 100C with VGA DVI connector ...

Page 22: ...BEM 100B C 22 BEM 100B C User s Manual z For BEM 100B with VGA connector only ...

Page 23: ...but has a 200 pin footprint compared to the 184 pin DDR DIMM DDR2 DIMMs are notched differently to prevent installation on a DDR DIMM socket The following figure illustrates the location of the sockets 200 Pin DDR2 SO DIMM sockets Channel Socket Channel A SO DIMM_A1 1 6 2 Memory Configurations You may install 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB and up to 2 GB unbuffered ECC or non ECC DDR SO DIMMs into the...

Page 24: ...only one direction DO NOT force a SO DIMM into a socket to avoid damaging the SO DIMM z The DDR2 SO DIMM sockets do not support DDR SO DIMMs DO NOT install DDR SO DIMMs to the DDR2 SO DIMM socket 1 6 4 Removing a SO DIMM 1 Simultaneously press the retaining clips outward to unlock the SO DIMM Support the SO DIMM lightly with your fingers when pressing the retaining clips The SO DIMM might get dama...

Page 25: ... seated on the slot 5 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed earlier 6 Replace the system cover 1 7 2 Configuring an Expansion Card After installing the expansion card configure it by adjusting the software settings 1 Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings if any See Chapter 2 for information on BIOS setup 2 Assign an IRQ to the card if needed Refer to the tab...

Page 26: ...ove the onboard battery 3 Move the jumper cap from pins 1 2 default to pins 2 3 Keep the cap on pins 2 3 for about 5 10 seconds then move the cap back to pins 1 2 4 Re install the battery 5 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 6 Hold down the Del key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re enter data Except when clearing the RTC RAM never remove the cap on CLRTC jumper default p...

Page 27: ...to select 5V power And set JCOMPWR1 to pins 3 5 and JCOMPWR2 to pins 1 3 to select 12V power Then set JCOMPWR2 to pins 3 5 and JCOMPWR1 to open for RI selection 3 COM2 RI 12V and 5V Power Select JCOMPWR1 JCOMPWR2 This jumper allows you to select COM2 RI 5V and 12V power Set JCOMPWR1 to pins 2 4 and JCOMPWR2 to pins 2 4 to select 5V power And set JCOMPWR1 to pins 4 6 and JCOMPWR2 to pins 2 4 to sel...

Page 28: ...ins 3 5 and JCOMPWR4 to pins 1 3 to select 12V power Then set JCOMPWR4 to pins 3 5 and JCOMPWR3 to open for RI selection 5 COM4 RI 12V and 5V Power Select JCOMPWR3 JCOMPWR4 This jumper allows you to select COM3 RI 5V and 12V power Set JCOMPWR3 to pins 2 4 and JCOMPWR4 to pins 2 4 to select 5V power And set JCOMPWR3 to pins 4 6 and JCOMPWR4 to pins 2 4 to select 12V power Then set JCOMPWR4 to pins ...

Page 29: ...n the system is in sleep mode z ATX Power Button Soft off Button 2 pin PWRSW This connector is for the system power button Pressing the power button turns the system on or puts the system in sleep or soft off mode depending on the BIOS settings Pressing the power switch for more than four seconds while the system is ON turns the system OFF z Hard Disk Drive Activity LED 2 pin HDLED This 2 pin conn...

Page 30: ...EM 100B C User s Manual the HDD z Reset Button 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector is for the chassis mounted reset button for system reboot without turning off the system power 1 9 Connectors 1 9 1 Rear panel connectors ...

Page 31: ...es Front Speaker Out 8 Microphone port pink This port connects a microphone 9 USB 2 0 ports 3 and 4 These two 4 pin Universal Serial Bus USB ports are available for connecting USB 2 0 devices 10 USB 2 0 ports 1 and 2 These two 4 pin Universal Serial Bus USB ports are available for connecting USB 2 0 devices 11 VGA port This 15 pin VGA port connects to a VGA monitor 12 Serial connector This 9 pin C...

Page 32: ...BEM 100B C 32 BEM 100B C User s Manual It is recommended that you connect a high definition front panel audio module to this connector to avail of the motherboard s high definition audio capability ...

Page 33: ... connectors 3 pin CHA_FAN The fan connectors support cooling fans of 350mA 740mA 8 88W max or a total of 1A 2 22A 26 64W max at 12V Connect the fan cables to the fan connectors on the motherboard making sure that the black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors Insufficient air flow inside the system may damage the m...

Page 34: ...dio connector 4 1 pin SPDIF_OUT This connector is for the S PDIF audio module to allow digital sound output Connect one end of the S PDIF audio cable to this connector and the other end to the S PDIF module The S PDIF out module is purchased separately ...

Page 35: ...45 This connector is for USB 2 0 ports Connect the optional USB module cable to any of these connectors then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis These USB connectors comply with USB 2 0 specification that supports up to 480 Mbps connection speed ...

Page 36: ...nnector then select one of the following modes to configure your hard disk drive s Cable Select Mode use this mode to select the operating mode by cable connectors No of drives Drive type Drive jumper Cable connector 1 With OS Cable select black 2 With OS black Without OS gray Jumper Select Mode use this mode to select the operating mode by hard disk drive jumper No of drives Drive type Drive jump...

Page 37: ...r is for ATX power supply plugs The power supply plugs are designed to fit these connectors in only one orientation Find the proper orientation and push down firmly until the connectors completely fit y Use of a PSU with a higher power output is recommended when configuring a system with more power consuming devices The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate y Mak...

Page 38: ...plifier connector is an electronic amplifier that amplifies low power audio signals signals composed primarily of frequencies between 20 hertz to 20 000 hertz the human range of hearing to a level suitable for driving loudspeakers and is the final stage in a typical audio playback chain ...

Page 39: ...oint to point interface standard allows network equipment designers to develop an array of next generation multi service switches and routers to support multi service traffic with aggregate bandwidths up to OC 192 10 Gb s and beyond enabling them to dramatically increase system performance ...

Page 40: ...BEM 100B C 40 BEM 100B C User s Manual 11 LCD Inverter Connector 5 pin JBLK 12 Digital IO Connector 12 pin JDIO ...

Page 41: ...User s Manual BEM 100B C Series User s Manual 41 13 LVDS Connector 40 pin JLVDS z For BEM 100C support 18bit x 2CH LVDS ...

Page 42: ...BEM 100B C 42 BEM 100B C User s Manual z For BEM 100B support 24bit x 2CH LVDS ...

Page 43: ...er s Manual BEM 100B C Series User s Manual 43 2 This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided BIOS Setup ...

Page 44: ... 3 1 2 Floppy Drive icon d Click File from the menu then select Format A Format 3 1 2 Floppy Disk window appears e Select Create an MS DOS startup disk from the format options field then click Start Windows 2000 environment To create a set of boot disks for Windows 2000 a Insert a formatted high density 1 44 MB floppy disk into the drive b Insert the Windows 2000 CD to the optical drive c Click St...

Page 45: ...un this program Press Del during the Power On Self Test POST to enter the Setup utility otherwise POST continues with its test routines If you wish to enter Setup after POST restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt Delete or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on Do this last option only if the first two failed The Setup pr...

Page 46: ...tems in the menu you selected 2 2 3 Sub menu Note that a right pointer symbol X appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that you can display a sub menu from this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter To display a sub menu move the highlight to the field and press Enter The sub menu appears Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to ...

Page 47: ...IOS the following screen appears The BIOS menu screen displays the items that allow you to make changes to the system configuration To access the menu items press the up down right left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted then press Enter to open the specific menu ...

Page 48: ...ear 2 3 1 2 Time xx xx xx The time format is hour minute second based on the 24 hour clock 2 3 1 3 IDE Channel 0 1 Master Slave y IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter to select this option for automatic device detection y IDE Device Setup Auto Automatically detects IDE devices during POST None Select this when no IDE device is used The system will skip the auto detection setup to make system start u...

Page 49: ... must match your video display card and monitor y EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters y CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode y CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode y MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters 2 3 1 5 Halt On Sets the system to halt on errors according to th...

Page 50: ...S Features item from the Initial Setup Screen menu It allows the user to configure the RX945G according to his particular requirements Below are some major items that are provided in the Advanced BIOS Features screen A quick booting function is provided for your convenience Simply enable the Quick Booting item to save yourself valuable time ...

Page 51: ...ium 4 s Thermal Monitor should be activated in automatic mode after the system boots For example with the default value of 16 Minutes the BIOS activates the Thermal Monitor in automatic mode 16 minutes after the system starts booting up y Limit CPUID MaxVal Set Limit CPUID MaxVa1 to 3 This should be disabled for WinXP y C1E Function CPU C1E function select y Execute Disable Bit When disabled force...

Page 52: ...oot Priority Set hard disk boot device priority y CH0 S Primary SATA channel with Master Device It will show the device model type when SATA HDD or CD ROM connected y Bootable Add in Cards Bootable add in cards is an item on the HDD boot priority list ...

Page 53: ...4 Hyper Threading Technology System will detect automatically and show up when you installed the Intel Pentium 4 processor with HT Technology Set to Enabled for faster system performance 2 3 2 5 Quick Power On Self Test This allows the system to skip certain tests to speed up the boot up procedure Item Description Enable Enable quick POST Disable Normal POST 2 3 2 6 First Second Third Boot Device ...

Page 54: ...password is not entered at the prompt 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 Enter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely 2 3 2 11 APIC Mode This setting allows you to enable the APIC mode The choices are Disabled or Enabled 2 3 2 12...

Page 55: ...Series User s Manual 55 2 3 2 13 Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you enabled disabled the small EPA logo show on screen at the POST step Item Description Enabled EPA Logo shows is enabled Disabled EPA logo show is disabled ...

Page 56: ... to BySPD if not sure 2 3 3 2 CAS Latency Time Controls the latency between the SDRAM Read command and the time data actually becomes available 2 3 3 3 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay Controls the latency between the DDR SDRAM active command and the read write command 2 3 3 4 DRAM RAS Precharge Controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DDRSDRAM 2 3 3 5 Precharge delay tRAS Precharge ...

Page 57: ...ory area a system error may result 2 3 3 9 Memory Hole At 15M 16M Enabling this feature reserves 15 MB to 16 MB memory address space for ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting This makes memory from 15 MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16 MB The default setting is Disabled 2 3 3 10 On Chip Frame Buffer Size The On Chip Frame Buffer...

Page 58: ...BEM 100B C 58 BEM 100B C User s Manual 2 3 4 Integrated Peripherals ...

Page 59: ...sfer access y OnChip Primary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately y IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO fields allow you to 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 increa...

Page 60: ...le BIOS support y On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enable the secondary IDE channel y On Chip SATA Controller To select Serial ATA mode The choices are Native IDE RAID AHCI Legacy IDE y SATA Port Speed Settings y PATA IDE Mode y SATA Port 2 3 4 2 Onboard Device y Azalia Audio Select Select Disabled if you do not want to use Azalia audio Configuration options Auto Disabled y Audio Amplifier y Amplifier Ga...

Page 61: ... Hot Key Power ON Awaken the system by pressing the hot key button The choices are Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 to Ctrl F8 y Onboard Serial Port 1 2 The settings are 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 and Disabled for the on board serial connector y PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows you to select if you want to power on the system after power failure The choice Off On Former Sts 2 3 4 4 Onboard La...

Page 62: ...3 4 8 USB Device Setting y USB Controller This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature y USB 2 0 Controller Enable the USB 2 0 controller y USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and...

Page 63: ...3 2 3 5 Security Chip Configuration 2 3 5 1 TPM Support The choices are Enabled and Disabled 2 3 5 2 TPM Current Status This item shows you the current TPM status 2 3 5 3 TPM Status The choices are No Change Clear Enable Activate Deactivate Disable ...

Page 64: ... 6 2 ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to set ACPI suspend type to S1 POS Power On Suspend or S3 STR Suspend To RAM 2 3 5 4 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Select Auto to run VGA BIOS if S3 resume automatically The Yes enables running VGA BIOS if S3 resume The No disables this function 2 3 5 5 Power Management There are three selections for Power Management and each of them has fixed mode settings I...

Page 65: ...aximum power management HDD Power Down 1 Min User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable 2 3 5 9 Soft Off by PWR BTTN If you choose Instant Off then pushing the ATX soft power switch but ton once will switch the system to system off power mode You can choose...

Page 66: ...t 2 3 6 3 Resources Controlled By The commands here are Auto ESCD or Manual Choosing Manual requires you to choose resources from the following sub menu Auto ESCD automatically configures all of the boot and Plug and Play devices but you must be using Windows 95 or above 2 3 6 4 PCI VGA Palette Snoop This is set to Disabled by default 2 3 6 5 Maximum Payload Size This allows you to set the maximum...

Page 67: ...ture 2 3 8 4 Current CPU1 Temperature This item shows you the current CPU temperature 2 3 8 5 CPU Fan Speed This item shows you the current CPU fan speed 2 3 8 6 System Fan Speed This item shows you the current system fan speed 2 3 8 7 Vcore This item shows you the current Vcore voltage value 2 3 8 8 12V This item shows you the current 12V voltage value 2 3 8 9 5V This item shows you the current 5...

Page 68: ... and Disabled 2 3 8 2 Spread Spectrum This setting allows you to reduce EMI by modulating the signals the CPU generates so that the spikes are reduced to flatter curves This is achieved by varying the frequency slightly so that the signal does not use any particular frequency for more than a moment The choices are Disabled and Enabled 2 3 8 3 CPU Host SRC PCI Clock The choice 100 ...

Page 69: ...ual 69 2 3 10 Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance for your system to operate Press Y to load the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations ...

Page 70: ... y If the CMOS is good and this option has been used to change the default password the user is asked for the password stored in the CMOS The screen displays the following message Please Confirm Your Password y Type the current password and press Enter y After pressing Enter ROM password or the current password user defined you can change the password stored in the CMOS The password must be no lon...

Page 71: ...er y If the CMOS is good and this option has been used to change the default password the user is asked for the password stored in the CMOS The screen displays the following message Please Confirm Your Password y Type the current password and press Enter y After pressing Enter ROM password or the current password user defined you can change the password stored in the CMOS The password must be no l...

Page 72: ...and press Enter the values entered in the setup utilities will be recorded in the CMOS memory of the chipset The processor will check this every time you turn your system on and compare this to what it finds as it checks the system This record is required for the sys tem to operate ...

Page 73: ...User s Manual BEM 100B C Series User s Manual 73 2 3 14 Exit Without Saving Selecting this option and pressing Enter lets you exit the setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones ...

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