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NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron

& Pentium III

Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board

Advanced BIOS Features

Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system.
See Section 4.7 for the details.

Advanced Chipset Features

Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize
your system's performance. See section 4.8 for the details.

Integrated Peripherals

Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. See
section 4.9 for the details.

Power Management Setup

Use this menu to specify your settings for power management. See
section 4.10 for the details.

PnP / PCI Configuration

This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI. See section 4.11
for the details.

PC Health Status

Use this menu to monitor your hardware. See section 4.12 for the details.

Frequency/Voltage Control

Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control.
See section 4.13 for the details.

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable
performance for your system to operate. See section 4.14 for the details.

Summary of Contents for NOVA-7896

Page 1: ...ct or documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical electronic or other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer Trademarks NOVA 7896 7896FW is a registered trademark of ICP Electronics Inc IBM PC i...

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Page 3: ...ons 11 2 4 Setting the CPU of NOVA 7896 7896FW 12 2 5 Clear CMOS Setup 12 2 6 COM 2 RS 232 422 485 Setup 13 2 7 COM PORT RI and Voltage Selection 13 2 8 LCD Panel power Setup 15 2 9 LCD Panel Type Selection 16 2 10 CompactFlash Disk Sett ing 16 3 Connection 17 3 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 17 3 2 PCI E IDE Disk Drive Connector 18 3 3 Parallel Port 19 3 4 Serial Ports 19 3 5 Keyboard Mouse Connec...

Page 4: ...ker OUT Connector 25 3 15 Audio Panel Connector 26 3 16 Compact Flash Connector 26 3 17 Power Connector 27 3 18 LCD Back light Connector 28 3 19 Digital Input Output Connector 28 3 20 LCD Panel Connector 29 3 21 IEEE1394 Connector 30 4 AWARD BIOS Setup 31 4 1 Introduction 31 4 2 Starting Setup 31 4 3 Using Setup 32 4 4 Getting Help 33 4 5 Main Menu 34 4 6 Standard CMOS Setup 37 4 7 Advanced BIOS F...

Page 5: ... 4 13 Frequency Voltage Control Setup 65 4 14 Defaults Menu Setup 66 4 15 Change Supervisor User Password 67 4 16 Exit Selection 68 Appendix A WatchDog Timer 69 Appendix B POST Messages 71 Appendix C DMA IRQ 1st MB Memory and I O Address Map 77 Appendix D How to Upgrade a New BIOS 79 Appendix E Digital Input Output Address 82 Appendix F Flat Panel Connection Module 84 Appendix G Dual View Setup 86...

Page 6: ...h Disk is 100 compatible to hard disk User can use any DOS command without any extra software utility The Flash Disk currently is available from 128MB to 1GB Two advanced high performance LPC super I O chip ITE IT8705F and NS NS87366 is used in the NOVA 7896 7896FW board The on chip UARTs are compatible with the NS16C550 The parallel port and FDD interface are compatible with IBM PC AT architectur...

Page 7: ...e up to 512MB AGP VGA Controller On chip SIS300 3D Share memory up to 64MB RAM AGP bus speed 66MHz VESA Compatible Resolution Graphic Mode up to 1600 x 1200 256 32K colors 100 Hz 1280 x 1024 256 32K 64K 16M colors 120 Hz 1024 x 768 256 32K 64K 16M colors 120 Hz 800 x 600 16 256 32K 64K 16M colors 120 Hz 640 x 480 16 256 32K 64K 16M colors 120 Hz Support 3 3V Flat Panel Support 24bit TFT wide range...

Page 8: ...r high speed Serial ports NS16C550 compatible UARTs Bi directional Parallel Port One parallel port support IEEE 1284 compatible IrDA port Support Infrared and Amplitude Shift Keyed IR ASKIR interface USB port Support Two USB ports for future expansion USB V1 2 compatible Watchdog timer Supports resolution of 1 sec and period of 1 255 secs Reset is generated when CPU does not periodically trigger t...

Page 9: ... 54mm Support DMA66 Cable 32200 000017 32200 000052 Keyboard Mouse Adapter Mini Dim Cable x1 32000 000159 32000 000153 Printer Serial Port 1x RS232 Cable x1 32000 000004 322000 000015 Serial Port 14Pin 1xRS232 RS422 RS485 20Pin 2xRS232 Cable x1 32200 000063 32200 000003 Audio Cable x1 32000 000035 VGA Cable x1 32000 000028 IEEE1394 Cable x1 NOVA 7896FW Only 32000 021900 If any of these items is mi...

Page 10: ...7896FW The layout of NOVA 7896 7896FW is shown on the next page and the Unpacking Precautions that you should be careful with are described on the following page Also included is the jumpers and switches setting for this board s configuration such as CPU type selection system clock setting and Watchdog timer 2 1 NOVA 7896 7896FW s Layout please refer to the next page ...

Page 11: ... 7896 7896FW s Layout JP8 JP9 JP10 JP11 JP12 JP13 JP14 JP15 JP16 JP6 JP1 JP2 JP3 JP4 PCI1 DIMM1 CPU CN4 SIS630 CN8 CN7 JP5 CN6 CN2 CN3 CN1 CN12 CN19 CN11 CN9 CN10 CN20 COMPACT FLASH DISK CN22 CN26 CN29 CN31 CN28 CN27 CN30 CN23 CN24 CN25 CN21 CN18 CN15 CN17 CN16 CN5 PC104 CN14 CN13 JP17 JP18 JP19 JP20 JP21 1 11 ...

Page 12: ...NOVA 7896 7896FW Socket 370 CeleronTM Pentium III Multimedia Dual Ethernet IEEE1394 Embedded Board 10 2 2 NOVA 7896 7896FW s Dimension Unit mm ...

Page 13: ... these precautions ü Ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching your NOVA 7896 7896FW You can do it by using a grounded wrist strap at all times or by frequently touching any conducting materials that is connected to the ground ü Handle your NOVA 7896 7896FW by its edges Don t touch I C chips leads or circuitry if not necessary ü Do not plug any connector or jumper while the power...

Page 14: ...JP3 JP4 66 66 C O O O 100 100 O O C O 133 133 O C C C O Open C Close 2 5 Clear CMOS Setup If you forget the CMOS password you can clear or reset it by closing the JP6 After JP6 1 2 is closed turn on the power for about 3 seconds then turn it off and open the JP6 1 2 Now the password has been cleared from your CMOS JP6 Clear CMOS Setup 1 2 3 PIN NO DESCRIPTION 2 3 Normal Operation 1 2 Clear CMOS Se...

Page 15: ...2 1 JP8 DESCRIPTION 1 2 RS232 2 3 RS422 RS485 2 3 RS422 RS485 Option 2 7 COM Port RI and Voltage Selection JP16 JP15 Set pin 9 of COM1 as signal RI or voltage source 1 2 3 JP16 DESCRIPTION 2 3 COM1 RI Pin Use RI 1 2 COM1 RI Pin Use Voltage JP15 DESCRIPTION 2 3 COM1 RI Pin Use Voltage 12V 1 2 COM1 RI Pin Use Voltage 5V If JP16 Uses 2 3 Don t care JP15 l l l l l l ...

Page 16: ...se RI 1 2 COM2 RI Pin Use Voltage JP13 DESCRIPTION 2 3 COM2 RI Pin Use Voltage 12V 1 2 COM2 RI Pin Use Voltage 5V If JP14 Uses 2 3 Don t care JP13 JP11 JP12 Set pin 9 of COM3 as signal RI or voltage source 1 2 3 JP11 DESCRIPTION 2 3 COM3 RI Pin Use RI 1 2 COM3RI Pin Use Voltage JP12 DESCRIPTION 2 3 COM3 RI Pin Use Voltage 12V 1 2 COM3RI Pin Use Voltage 5V If JP11 Uses 2 3 Don t care JP12 l l l l l...

Page 17: ...rce 3 2 1 JP9 DESCRIPTION 2 3 COM4 RI Pin Use RI 1 2 COM4RI Pin Use Voltage JP10 DESCRIPTION 2 3 COM4 RI Pin Use Voltage 12V 1 2 COM4RI Pin Use Voltage 5V If JP9 Uses 2 3 Don t care JP10 2 8 LCD Panel power Setup To set the operating voltage for the LCD Panel JP5 LCD Power Setting 1 2 3 JP5 DESCRIPTION 2 3 3 3V 1 2 5V Set to 5V is NOT standard l l l l l l ...

Page 18: ...800x600 TFT 4 SAMSUNG LT121S1 106 800x600 TFT l l l 3 2 1 JP17 JP18 JP19 JP20 DESCRIPTION 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1024X768 TFT 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 800X600 TFT 2 10 CompactFlash Disk Setting The CompactFlash Disk is 100 compatible to IDE hard disk It is just plug and play easy and reliable The CompactFlash Disk is available from 128MB to 1GB Besides it can accept type II IBM MicroDriver JP21 CompactFlash Disk ...

Page 19: ... 34 pin daisy chain driver connector cable CN26 FDD CONNECTOR PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 GROUND 2 REDUCE WRITE 3 GROUND 4 N C 5 GROUND 6 N C 7 GROUND 8 INDEX 9 GROUND 10 MOTOR ENABLE A 11 GROUND 12 DRIVE SELECT B 13 GROUND 14 DRIVE SELECT A 15 GROUND 16 MOTOR ENABLE B 17 GROUND 18 D4IRECTION 19 GROUND 20 STEP 21 GROUND 22 WRITE DATA 23 GROUND 24 WRITE GATE 25 GROUND 26 TRACK 0 27 GROU...

Page 20: ...l length shall not exceed 0 46 m 18in CN3 40Pin 2 54mm IDE Primary IDE Connector CN3 IDE Interface Connector PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 RESET 2 GND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 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 GND 20 N C 21 IDE DRQ 22 GND 23 IOW 24 GND 25 IOR 26 GND 27 IDE CHRDY 28 GND ...

Page 21: ... 2 AUTO FORM FEED 3 DATA 0 4 ERROR 5 DATA 1 6 INITIALIZE 7 DATA 2 8 PRINTER SELECT LN 9 DATA 3 10 GND 11 DATA 4 12 GND 13 DATA 5 14 GND 15 DATA 6 16 GND 17 DATA 7 18 GND 19 ACKNOWLEDGE 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PAPER EMPTY 24 GND 25 PRINTER SELECT 26 N C 3 4 Serial Ports The NOVA 7896 7896FW offers four high speed NS16C550 compatible UARTs with Read Receive 16 byte FIFO serial ports COM1 COM2 COM3 ...

Page 22: ...2x7 pin header Connector RS232 Mode Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 DCD 2 DSR 3 RXD 4 RTS 5 TXD 6 CTX 7 DTR 8 RI 9 GND 10 NC RS422 RS485 Mode Option For 2x7 pin header Connector RS422 Mode Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TX 12 TX 13 RX 14 RX For 2x7 pin header Connector RS485 Mode Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 RX 14 RX ...

Page 23: ...scription 1 DCD3 2 DSR3 3 RXD3 4 RTS3 5 TXD3 6 CTX3 7 DTR3 8 RI3 9 GND 10 N C 11 DCD4 12 DSR4 13 RXD4 14 RTS4 15 TXD4 16 CTX4 17 DTR4 18 RI4 19 GND 20 N C 3 5 Keyboard Mouse Connector The NOVA 7896 7896FW provides one internal one mouse and one keyboard connectors CN27 5 pin Header Mouse Connector PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 MS DATA 2 N C 3 GND 4 VCC 5 MS CLOCK CN30 5 pin Header Keyboard Connector PIN NO...

Page 24: ...PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 SPEAKER 11 POWER LED 2 N C 12 N C 3 N C 13 POWER LED 4 SPEAKER 5V 14 KEYLOCK 5 RESET SW 15 KEYLOCK 6 RESET SW GND 16 GND 7 IDE LED 17 N C 8 IDE LED 18 ATX POWER PSON 9 ATX POWER BUTTON 19 ATX 5VSB 10 ATX POWER BUTTON GND 20 ATX 5VSB 3 7 USB Port Connector The NOVA 7896 7896FW has two built in USB ports for the future new I O bus expansion CN9 10 Pin Header U...

Page 25: ...port you have to configure the FIR or ASKIR model in the BIOS s Peripheral Setup s COM2 Then the normal RS 232 COM2 will be disabled CN23 IrDA Connector PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 2 N C 3 IR RX 4 GND 5 IR TX 3 9 VGA Connector The built in 10 pin Header VGA connector can be connected directly to your monochrome CRT monitor as well as high resolution color CRT monitor CN1 10 pin Header VGA Connector 1...

Page 26: ... chip SIS 900 LAN CN19 PCI BUS Realtek 8139C LAN CN7 Active LED Connector For on chip SIS900 LAN Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 LAN ACT 2 VCC On Chip SIS900 LAN Support Active LED Only CN14 Active LED Connector For Realtek 8139C LAN Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 VCC 2 LAN ACT CN13 Link LED Connector For Realtek 8139C LAN Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 VCC 2 LAN Link 3 1...

Page 27: ...perature Sensor Connector Use 10K Ohm Temperature register sensor Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 THER DA 2 GND 3 13 Audio CD IN This is used to connect to the CD Out from CD ROM player CN25 Audio CD IN 2 54mm Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 CD IN_R 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD IN_L 3 14 Audio Speaker OUT Reserved CN24 Left Right Audio SPK Output Connector By optional amplifier Speaker Output ...

Page 28: ...re from audio chip without being amplified CN28 Audio Panel Pin Description Pin Description 1 Line Out R 2 GND 3 Line Out L 4 GND 5 Line Out R 6 Line Out L 7 GND 8 GND 9 Line In R 10 Line In L 11 GND 12 GND 13 NC 14 NC 15 MIC In 16 GND 3 16 CompactFlash Storage Card Socket The NOVA 7896 7896FW configures CompactFlash Storage Card in IDE Mode It will use IDE Secondary Slave channel when CompactFlas...

Page 29: ...S3 8 N C 33 N C 9 GROUND 34 IOR 10 N C 35 IOW 11 N C 36 OBLIGATORY TO PULL HIGH 12 N C 37 IRQ15 13 VCC 38 VCC 14 N C 39 MASTER SLAVE 15 N C 40 N C 16 N C 41 RESET 17 N C 42 IORDY 18 A2 43 N C 19 A1 44 OBLIGATORY TO PULL HIGH 20 A0 45 ACTIVE 21 D0 46 PDIAG 22 D1 47 D8 23 D2 48 D9 24 N C 49 D10 25 CARD DETECT2 50 GROUND 3 17 Power Connector The NOVA 7896 7896FW can work without back plane while atta...

Page 30: ...scription Pin No Description 1 NC 2 ENABKL 3 GND 4 12V 5 GND 3 19 Digital Input Output NOVA 7896 7896FW provides you with an isolated digital input output The usage will be explained in detail in appendix G CN11 Digital Input Output Pin Description Pin Description 1 Input 0 2 Input 1 3 Input 2 4 Input 3 5 Output 0 6 Output 1 7 Output 2 8 Output 3 9 Ext GND 10 Ext VCC ...

Page 31: ...n Description Pin Description 1 NC 2 NC 3 NC 4 NC 5 NC 6 NC 7 NC 8 NC 9 NC 10 NC 11 NC 12 NC 13 NC 14 P21 15 P23 16 P22 17 P16 18 P20 19 P17 20 P18 21 P19 22 P14 23 P13 24 P12 25 P15 26 P11 27 P7 28 P10 29 VDD 30 VDD 31 P9 32 P8 33 P4 34 P6 35 P3 36 P5 37 P2 38 P1 39 M 40 P0 41 SHFCLK 42 ENABLK 43 FPVDD 44 FLM 45 FPVEE 46 LP 47 GND 48 GND 49 12V 50 12V ...

Page 32: ...Multimedia Dual Ethernet IEEE1394 Embedded Board 30 3 21 IEEE1394 Connector CN16 IEEE1394 Connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 12 VCC 9 12 VCC 2 GND 10 GND 3 TPB1 11 TPB0 4 TPB1 12 TPB0 5 TPA1 13 TPA0 6 TPA1 14 TPA0 7 CASE 15 CASE 8 CASE 16 CASE ...

Page 33: ...OS will seek an operating system on one of the disks and then launch and turn control over to the operating system While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after switching the system on or 2 by pressing the Del key when the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test Press D...

Page 34: ...tup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes key Increase the numeric value or make changes key Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 key General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Shift F2 key Change color from total 16 color...

Page 35: ...iscover that your computer no longer is able to boot the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings which resets your system to its defaults The best advice is to only alter settings which you thoroughly understand To this end we strongly recommend that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your systems manufactur...

Page 36: ...ced BIOS Feature Advanced Chipset Feature Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Note that a brief description of each highlighted sele...

Page 37: ...grated peripherals See section 4 9 for the details Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management See section 4 10 for the details PnP PCI Configuration This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI See section 4 11 for the details PC Health Status Use this menu to monitor your hardware See section 4 12 for the details Frequency Voltage Control Use this men...

Page 38: ...s designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs See section 4 14 for the details Supervisor User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords See section 4 15 for the details Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup See section 4 16 for the details Exit Without Save Abandon all CMOS value...

Page 39: ...e you want in each item Standard CMOS Features Date Mon Feb 8 1999 Time 16 19 20 Ø IDE Primary Master 2557 MB Ø IDE Primary Slave None Ø IDE Secondary Master None Ø IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None LCD CRT Both Panel Hardware Setting Halt On All Errors Based Memory 640K Extended Memory 64512K Total Memory 65536K Item Help Menu Level Ø Change the day month year and century...

Page 40: ...r Options are in its sub menu described in Table 3 Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A Drive B None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system LCD CRT Both CRT Select LCD CRT Display Panel Hardware Setting 800x600 TFT1 800x600 TFT2 1024x768 18bit TFT1 1024x768 18bit TFT2 1024x768 18bit TFT3...

Page 41: ...d disk drive Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 1998 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter IDE Primary Master Auto 2557 MB Access Mode Auto Cylinder 4956 Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 4955 Sector 63 Item Help Menu Level ØØ To auto detect the HDD s size head on this channel Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit ...

Page 42: ...ECOMP 65535 means NONE Capacity Auto Display your disk drive size Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Access Mode Normal LBA Large Auto Choose the access mode for this hard disk The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual Cylinder Min 0 Max 6...

Page 43: ...Floppy Second Boot device HDD 0 Third Boot device Floppy Boot other device Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Off Gate A20 Option Normal Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 Report NO FDD For Win 95 No Item Help _______________________ __________...

Page 44: ...ning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table CPU Internal Cache External Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC checking The choice Enabled Disabled Processor Numbe...

Page 45: ...ng system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choice Floppy LS ZIP HDD SCSI CDROM Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives you can swap the logical drive name assignments The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Seeks disk drives during boot up Disabling speeds boot up The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for...

Page 46: ...0 500 750 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSW...

Page 47: ...edia Dual Ethernet IEEE1394 Embedded Board 45 Report No FDD For Win 95 Whether report no FDD for Win 95 or not The choice Yes No Video BIOS Shadow This item allows the video BIOS to be copied to system memory for faster performance The Choice Enable Disable ...

Page 48: ... Delay Transaction Enabled Power supply Type AT Memory Parity Check Enabled Item Help _______________________ ____________ Menu Level Ø Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail safe defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset This chipset manages bus speeds a...

Page 49: ...ill automatically configure the chipset timing You may select manual to set up following gray items by your specific need The choice Manual Auto 100MHZ 133MHZ SDRAM RAS Active Time This item defines SDRAM ACT to PRE command period The Choice 6T 7T 5T 4T SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This item defines SDRAM PRE to ACT command period The Choice 3T 2T 4T Reserved RAS to CAS Delay This item defines SDRAM A...

Page 50: ...This item defines VCM REF to REF ACT command period The choice 10T 9T VCM ACCT To ACT REF Delay This item defines VCM ACT to ACT REF command period The choice 10T 9T 8T Reserved Early CKE Delay 1T Cntrl When this item is enabled CKE is driven out from flip flop It is used when system operates under low frequency and CKE delay adjustment method defined in the Early CKE Delay Adjustment which can no...

Page 51: ... Choice 2 3 SPD SDRCLK Control This item controls the phase of SDRCLK that lags behind SDCLK The choice Enabled Disabled SDWCLK Control CS CKE This item controls the phase of SDWCLK used for chip set select signals pin that lags ahead SDCLK The choice Enabled Disabled SDWCLK Control MA SRAS This item controls the phase of SDWCLK used for MA SRAS signals that lags ahead SDCLK The choice 5 0ns 2 5ns...

Page 52: ...lting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled Vedio RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled Memory Hole at 15M 16M You can reserve this area of...

Page 53: ...s Concurrently Access Memory Function Select enabled allows CPU access memory cycles and PCI masters access memory cycles concurrently issued onto host bus and PCI bus respectively and then the memory access cycles will be rearranged by SiS630 to memory sequentially The choice Enabled Disabled Concurrent Function PCI This item is CPU PCI Masters Concurrently Access PCI Bus Function Select enabled ...

Page 54: ...support delay transaction cycles you can enable this item to provide compliance with PCI Ver 2 1 specifications We recommend that you leave this item at the default value The choice Enable Disable Power Supply Type This item controls the power supply type to AT or ATX The choice AT ATX Memory Parity Check Enabled this item to test the boot up memory The choice Enabled Disabled ...

Page 55: ... for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector the drive can support Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail safe defaults F7 Optimized Defaults SIS 630 OnChip IDE Device Internal PCI IDE This chipset contains an internal PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels The choice Primary Secondary Both IDE Primar...

Page 56: ...r each IDE device The choice Auto Disabled IDE Burst Mode Selecting Enabled reduces latency between each drive read write cycle but may cause instability in IDE subsystems that cannot support such fast performance If you are getting disk drive errors try setting this value to Disabled This field does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled SIS 630 O...

Page 57: ... second serial ports The choice 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to select UART mode The choice Enabled Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to select the IR half full duplex funcion The choice Half Full Onboard Parallel Port 1 Port 2 This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O address The ...

Page 58: ...ller and you have a USB keyboard Choices are Enabled Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The choice Enabled Disabled Init Display First This i...

Page 59: ...ank Switch Function Break Wake Hot Key Function As Power Off HDD Off After Disable Power Button Override Instant Off KB Power On Password Disable PM Wake Up Events Press Enter Power Up by Alarm Press Enter Item Help _______________________ ____________ Menu Level Ø Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail safe defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ACPI Fu...

Page 60: ...de Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of t...

Page 61: ...ess the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The choice Soft Off Delay 4 Sec PM Wake Up Events IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing...

Page 62: ...Power On Password This item can be used to prompt the used for a password when the system power is resumed by keyboard action The choice Disable Enable Power Up by Alarm When you select Enabled the following fields appear They let you set the alarm that returns the system to Full On state Date of Month Alarm lets you select a day from 1 to 31 Time Alarm lets you select a time for the alarm in hour...

Page 63: ...nfiguration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Ø IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Item Help Menu Level Ø Default is Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot Move Enter Select PU PD Value...

Page 64: ...t follows this field a sub menu is preceded by a Ø The choice Auto ESCD Manual IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt IRQ3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 assigned to This item allows you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot Legacy ISA for devices compliant with...

Page 65: ...tage 3 4 97V Voltage 4 11 96V Voltage 5 3 29V Voltage 6 11 45V Voltage 7 4 65V Voltage Battery 2 91V Temperature1 55 J Temperature2 40 J Temperature3 79 J FAN 1 Speed 4153 RPM FAN 2 Speed 0 RPM Item Help Menu Level Ø Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail safe defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Voltage 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The chipset reserves 8 inputs fo...

Page 66: ...et reserves 3 inputs for monitoring temperatures that are typically the CPU system temperatures Generic names are given for the same reason as Voltage 0 7 Fan 1 2 Speed The chipset reserves 2 inputs for monitoring FAN speeds in the system Usually one FAN is applied to cool down the CPU and the other one is applied by different purpose Generic names are given for the same reason as Voltage 0 7 ...

Page 67: ...alue F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail safe defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto Detect DIMM PCI CLK This item allows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI Clock The choice Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled CPU Host DRAM PCI Clock This item allows you to select CPU PCI freq...

Page 68: ...on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are facto...

Page 69: ...nd press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time y...

Page 70: ...tion of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The pre...

Page 71: ...e time out period The resolution of the timer is 1 second and the range of the timer is from 1 sec to 255 sec You need to send the time out value to the I O port 443H and then enable it by reading data from the same I O port 443H This will activate the timer that will eventually time out and reset the CPU board To ensure that this reset condition won t occur the Watch Dog Timer must be periodicall...

Page 72: ...rogram TIMER_PORT 443H TIMER_START 443H TIMER_STOP 843H INITIAL TIMER COUNTER MOVDX TIMER_PORT MOVAL 8 8 seconds OUTDX AL MOVDX TIMER_START IN AL DX start counter W_LOOP MOVDX TIMER_STOP IN AL DX MOVDX TIMER_START IN AL DX restart counter ADD YOUR APPLICATION HERE CMP EXIT_AP 0 JNEW_LOOP MOVDX TIMER_STOP IN AL DX EXIT AP ...

Page 73: ...de consists of a single long beep repeatedly Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corru...

Page 74: ... been changed You must configure the system for the new display type EISA Configuration Checksum Error PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The EISA non volatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly read the EISA slot This can indicate either the EISA non volatile memory has become corrupt or the slot has been configured incorrectly Also be sure the card is installed firmly in the slot E...

Page 75: ...grammed incorrectly or has become corrupt Re run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot If you are purp...

Page 76: ...FFENDING SEGMENT This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot Press any key and the system will reboot PRESS F1 TO DISABLE NMI F2 TO REBOOT When BIOS detects a Non maskable I...

Page 77: ...SA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility SYSTEM HALTED CTRL ALT DEL TO REBOOT Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL Wrong Board In Slot PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board ID does not match the ID stored in the EISA non volatile memory NOTE When this error appears...

Page 78: ... no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the P15 of keyboard controller is pull low This is also used for M B burn in test BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of ROM address F0000H FFFFFH is bad Memory test f...

Page 79: ...ler 1 5 Sound 6 Available 7 Available IRQ Mapping Chart IRQ0 System Timer IRQ8 RTC Clock IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ9 USB IRQ2 Cascade to IRQ Controller IRQ10 LAN1 IRQ3 COM2 IRQ11 LAN2 IRQ4 COM1 IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ5 Sound IRQ13 FPU IRQ6 FDC IRQ14 Primary IDE IRQ7 LPT1 IRQ15 Secondary IDE Note All IRQs have been assigned to the listed devices so if you want to add any additional device interface you must fr...

Page 80: ...roller 1 020 021 Interrupt Controller 1 Master 040 05F 8254 Timer 060 06F 8042 Keyboard Controller 070 07F Real Time Clock NMI Mask 080 09F DMA Page Register 0A0 0BF Interrupt Controller 2 0C0 0DF DMA Controller 2 0F0 Clear Math Coprocessor Busy 0F1 Reset Math Coprocessor 0F8 0FF Math Coprocessor 170 177 1F0 1F7 Fixed Disk 2F8 2FF Serial Port 2 COM2 378 37F Parallel Printer Port 1 LPT1 380 38F SDL...

Page 81: ...n MS DOS or Windows 9x and with an available floppy disk in A type format A s That will format the floppy and transfer the needed system files to it NOTES A This procedure will erase any prior data on that floppy so please Proceed accordingly B Typically four files will be transferred only COMMAND COM being visible when running a simple directory listing C Please leave the diskette UN write protec...

Page 82: ...ile name to save the old BIOS to is OLDBIOS BIN B If you do NOT decide to save the old BIOS PLEASE at least write down the version number of the old BIOS and store that information with your important computer documents Enter N for no and skip to step 9 7 To save the old BIOS hit Y for yes 8 Enter a name for the OLD BIOS file and hit enter NOTE PLEASE be sure you do NOT save the old BIOS file to t...

Page 83: ...tial boot up screen has changed to the new BIOS version Your BIOS upgrade is now complete Recovering Your Old BIOS 1 Assuming you have the floppy made during the upgrade procedure noted above boot the system with that diskette in the floppy drive If you do not have floppy made during the upgrade procedure noted above you will need to repeat steps 1 though 3 above for the version of the BIOS you wi...

Page 84: ...W s power supply at either 5V 12V or GND to isolate NOVA 7896 7896FW main system and the external I O device In case that you cannot find any external power supply to activate the digital I O the 5V or 12V of the system s power supply can be used Under this condition The digital I O is not isolated Digital Input Output Address Read port 709 Digital Input Bit Value 0 3 0 F Write port 708 Digital Ou...

Page 85: ...1 Level 11V min Input Impedance 2 7K 0 5 W Digital Output specifications Open Drain to 20V Max Output Current 700mA Max per channel External Power Input is 5V Output Current 700mA Max per channel External Power Input is 12V Digital Input Output Circuit Diagram ISOLATED 120 4 7K 390 0 1U 0 1U 2 7K 0 5W PC357 1 2 4 3 PC357 1 2 4 3 1N4148 A K 6030L G D S 10K ...

Page 86: ... pin connector will only support 24 bit flat panel The major function of FP24 02 V1 0 is to enhanced the drive strength of LCD signal to provide NOVA 7896 7896FW with a better connection J3 44 pin LCD Interface Connector PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 12V 2 12V 3 GND 4 GND 5 3 3V 6 3 3V 7 FPVEE 8 GND 9 P0 10 P1 11 P2 12 P3 13 P4 14 P5 15 P6 16 P7 17 P8 18 P9 19 P10 20 P11 21 P12 22 P13 23...

Page 87: ... CeleronTM Pentium III Multimedia Dual Ethernet IEEE1394 Embedded Board 85 J2 LCD Backlight Power Connector PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 N C 2 GND 3 12V 4 GND 5 FPVEE Inverter Enable FP24 02 V V1 0 Dimension Unit mm J2 J3 FP24 02 V V1 0 ...

Page 88: ...al View Setup The NOVA 7896 7896FW is equipped with a OnChip SIS300 VGA chip which supports dual view function It allows you to run two applications on two monitors respectively The following will describe how to enable the dual view function in WINDOWS 1 Select Display in Control Panel and enter Display Properties ...

Page 89: ...NOVA 7896 7896FW Socket 370 CeleronTM Pentium III Multimedia Dual Ethernet IEEE1394 Embedded Board 87 2 Select the item Settings and click on the Advanced button ...

Page 90: ...NOVA 7896 7896FW Socket 370 CeleronTM Pentium III Multimedia Dual Ethernet IEEE1394 Embedded Board 88 3 Select the item DisplayModes and click on the Advanced button ...

Page 91: ...96 7896FW Socket 370 CeleronTM Pentium III Multimedia Dual Ethernet IEEE1394 Embedded Board 89 4 Select the item Multimonitor in Driver Mode and select the Display combination of primary and secondary display ...

Page 92: ...NOVA 7896 7896FW Socket 370 CeleronTM Pentium III Multimedia Dual Ethernet IEEE1394 Embedded Board 90 5 After everything is set up you need to restart your computer to make the new setting take effect ...

Page 93: ...6 7896FW Socket 370 CeleronTM Pentium III Multimedia Dual Ethernet IEEE1394 Embedded Board 91 6 Re enter Display Properties and go to the item Setting You will be able to see two monitors showing on the screen ...

Page 94: ...cket 370 CeleronTM Pentium III Multimedia Dual Ethernet IEEE1394 Embedded Board 92 7 Click on the second monitor icon and Window will ask you if you want to enable the second monitor Click Yes to enable the second monitor ...

Page 95: ...t IEEE1394 Embedded Board 93 8 After you enable the second monitor you could see image on the second monitor Then you can drag the monitor icons to arrange the display of your monitors in the way of left right or up down alignment The screen below is left and right alignment ...

Page 96: ...NOVA 7896 7896FW Socket 370 CeleronTM Pentium III Multimedia Dual Ethernet IEEE1394 Embedded Board 94 9 Up and down alignment ...

Page 97: ... Multimedia Dual Ethernet IEEE1394 Embedded Board 95 10 If you want to disable the dual view function just click on the item Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor The mark before this item will be canceled and the dual view function is disabled ...

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