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IOWA-MARK Half-size CPU Card 

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Specification

 

IOWA-MARK 

Digital I/O

 

One digital input/output connector 

Power Supply

 

+5V, +12V, ATX power support 

Temperature 

0ºC - 60ºC (32ºF - 140ºF) 

Humidity (operating) 

5%~95% non-condensing 

Dimensions 

185mm x 122mm 

Weight (GW) 

1.0kg 

Table 1-2: Technical Specifications 

 

Summary of Contents for IOWA-MARK

Page 1: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page i...

Page 2: ...Page ii IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Revision Date Version Changes September 2007 1 10 CN25 CN26 and CN27 connectors combined into new CN25 connector December 2006 1 00 Initial Release...

Page 3: ...ages arising out of the use or inability to use the product or documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright Al...

Page 4: ...sage A warning message is shown below WARNING This is an example of a warning message Failure to adhere to warning messages may result in permanent damage to the IOWA MARK or personal injury to the us...

Page 5: ...al information These messages should be read carefully as any directions or instructions contained therein can help avoid making mistakes Notes are easy to recognize The word note is written as NOTE b...

Page 6: ...es representative directly To contact an IEI sales representative please send an email to sales iei com tw The items listed below should all be included in the IOWA MARK package 1 x IOWA MARK Single B...

Page 7: ...UPPORT 13 2 4 1 VIA MARK Overview 13 2 4 2 VIA MARK Memory Support 14 2 4 3 VIA MARK Integration 14 2 4 4 VIA MARK S3 Graphics Unichrome Pro Graphics Core 14 2 4 5 VIA MARK VIA PadLock Security Engine...

Page 8: ...LIST 31 3 3 1 Package Contents 31 4 CONNECTOR PINOUTS 33 4 1 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS 34 4 1 1 IOWA MARK Layout 34 4 1 2 Peripheral Interface Connectors 35 4 1 3 External Interface Panel Connec...

Page 9: ...65 4 3 3 RJ 45 Ethernet Connector 66 4 3 4 Serial Port Connector COM 1 68 4 3 5 VGA Connector 69 5 INSTALLATION 71 5 1 ANTI STATIC PRECAUTIONS 72 5 2 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS 73 5 2 1 Installation...

Page 10: ...Setup 100 6 1 2 Using Setup 100 6 1 3 Getting Help 101 6 1 4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes 101 6 1 5 Main BIOS Menu 101 6 2 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 104 6 2 1 IDE Primary Master Slave 10...

Page 11: ...EC 189 E 1 INTRODUCTION 190 E 1 1 Accessing the AC 97 CODEC 190 E 1 2 Driver Installation 190 E 2 SOUND EFFECT CONFIGURATION 191 E 2 1 Accessing the Sound Effects Manager 191 E 2 2 Sound Effect Manage...

Page 12: ...Page xii IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card F 4 7 Rebuild RAID Array 205 F 4 8 Select Boot Drive 206 G INDEX 207...

Page 13: ...sh Interface 17 Figure 2 10 Audio Codec and Header 18 Figure 2 11 USB Headers 19 Figure 2 12 Serial Ports 20 Figure 2 13 Infrared 21 Figure 2 14 Parallel Port 21 Figure 2 15 Keyboard and Mouse 22 Figu...

Page 14: ...nnector Pinout Locations 60 Figure 4 21 TFT LCD Connector Pinout Locations 61 Figure 4 22 USB Connector Pinout Locations 63 Figure 4 23 VCC Power Connector Pinout Locations 64 Figure 4 24 IOWA MARK On...

Page 15: ...n 162 Figure 7 8 AGP Driver Selection 162 Figure 7 9 Restart the Computer 163 Figure 7 10 Access the Audio Driver Folder 163 Figure 7 11 Setup Utility Icon 164 Figure 7 12 Audio Driver Install Shield...

Page 16: ...Backplane to Mainboard Connector Pinouts 43 Table 4 8 Battery Connector Pinouts 44 Table 4 9 CF Card Socket Pinouts 46 Table 4 10 DIO Connector Pinouts 47 Table 4 11 5V Fan Connector Pinouts 48 Table...

Page 17: ...4 26 J7 Connector LEDs 67 Table 4 27 RS 232 Serial Port COM 1 Pinouts 68 Table 4 28 VGA Connector Pinouts 69 Table 5 1 Jumpers 79 Table 5 2 Clear CMOS Jumper Settings 80 Table 5 3 Clear CMOS Jumper Se...

Page 18: ...IOS Menu 5 Advanced Chipset Features 119 BIOS Menu 6 Integrated Peripherals 128 BIOS Menu 7 Power Management Setup 136 BIOS Menu 8 Power Management 139 BIOS Menu 9 Wake Up Events 142 BIOS Menu 10 IRQ...

Page 19: ...rive FDC Floppy Disk Connector FFIO Flexible File Input Output FIFO First In First Out FSB Front Side Bus IrDA Infrared Data Association HDD Hard Disk Drive IDE Integrated Data Electronics I O Input O...

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Page 21: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 1 1 Introduction Chapter 1...

Page 22: ...th RAID 0 and RAID 1 capabilities are optional 1 1 1 IOWA MARK Models The IOWA MARK series has four models IOWA MARK 533 128MB R11 IOWA MARK 533S 128MB R11 IOWA MARK 800 128MB R11 IOWA MARK 800S 128MB...

Page 23: ...mance for faster data access on SATA models The VIA MARK CPU has long term support until December 2010 1 1 3 IOWA MARK Features Some of the IOWA MARK features are listed below Half size form factor Ro...

Page 24: ...Page 4 IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card 1 2 IOWA MARK Overview Figure 1 1 IOWA MARK Overview Figure 1 2 IOWA MARK Solder Side Overview...

Page 25: ...1 x Fan connector 1 x Floppy disk connector 1 x Front panel connector 1 x IDE disk drive connector 1 x Infrared interface connector 1 x 6 pin Keyboard mouse connector 1 x LVDS LCD connector 1 x Parall...

Page 26: ...f size form factor System CPU VIA MARK 533MHz or 800MHz System Chipset VIA VT82C686B Display VGA 24 bit TTL Dual Channel 36 bit dual channel LVDS 18 bits per channel Memory Supports one 512MB PC100MHz...

Page 27: ...ion IOWA MARK Digital I O One digital input output connector Power Supply 5V 12V ATX power support Temperature 0 C 60 C 32 F 140 F Humidity operating 5 95 non condensing Dimensions 185mm x 122mm Weigh...

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Page 29: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 9 2 Detailed Specifications Chapter 2...

Page 30: ...verview This chapter describes the specifications and on board features of the IOWA MARK in detail 2 2 Dimensions 2 2 1 Board Dimensions The dimensions of the board are listed below Length 185mm Width...

Page 31: ...MARK Half size CPU Card Page 11 2 2 2 External Interface Panel Dimensions External peripheral interface connector panel dimensions are shown in Figure 2 2 Figure 2 2 External Interface Panel Dimension...

Page 32: ...a Flow The IOWA MARK motherboard comes with a VIA MARK CPU and a VIA VT82C686B system chipset Figure 2 3 shows the data flow between the system chipset the CPU and other components installed on the mo...

Page 33: ...igure 2 4 IOWA MARK Overview 2 4 1 VIA MARK Overview The specifications for the VIA MARK are listed below 533MHz or 800MHz CPU frequency 133MHz FSB frequency 6W or 8W maximum thermal design power 0 13...

Page 34: ...B of RAM built in Figure 2 5 IOWA MARK RAM 2 4 3 VIA MARK Integration The VIA MARK CoreFusion processor has an x86 architecture and combines the VIA Nehemiah processor core with a feature rich Northbr...

Page 35: ...K Video Outputs 2 4 5 VIA MARK VIA PadLock Security Engine The VIA PadLock Security Engine embedded on the VIA Mark CoreFusion processor platform integrates an AES cipher engine and a quantum based ra...

Page 36: ...oller on the VIA VT82C686B has a maximum transfer rate of 100MB s ATA 6 includes advancements in error checking and ATA 6 drives are compatible with future interface additions Figure 2 8 IDE Slot The...

Page 37: ...dard CF Type I and CF Type II cards The chipset flash interface is multiplexed with an IDE interface and can be connected to an array of industry standard NAND Flash or NOR Flash devices Figure 2 9 Co...

Page 38: ...zzer o Interrupt capability Three analog line level stereo inputs with 5 bit volume control LINE_IN CD AUX High quality differential CD input Two analog line level mono inputs PCBEEP PHONE IN Two soft...

Page 39: ...audio Sensaura 3DPA enhancement optional 10 band software equalizer Voice cancellation and key shifting in Karaoke mode AVRack Media Player Configuration Panel for improved user convenience 2 5 4 VIA...

Page 40: ...nected to the system chipset integrated Super I O on the chipset Figure 2 12 Serial Ports The specifications for the serial ports are listed below 16C550 UART with 16 byte FIFO buffer 115 2Kbps transm...

Page 41: ...ared SIR Shift Keyed Infrared ASKIR 2 5 7 VIA VT82C686B Parallel Port Communications One internal parallel port connector on the IOWA MARK board is connected to the VIA VT82C686B through the integrate...

Page 42: ...to the VIA VT82C686B chipset through the integrated Super I O A PS 2 keyboard mouse Y cable is shipped with the IOWA MARK and is connected to the internal keyboard mouse connector Figure 2 15 Keyboar...

Page 43: ...MIBIOS DMI compliant Console redirection function support PXE Pre Boot Execution Environment support USB booting support 2 6 PCI Bus 2 6 1 Overview The PCI bus provides a PCI interface between the VIA...

Page 44: ...six with three implemented One PCI REQ GNT pair can be given higher arbitration priority 44 bit addressing using the DAC protocol supported 2 6 2 10 100BASE T Ethernet A highly integrated and cost eff...

Page 45: ...CI bus master data transfer Provides PCI memory space or I O space mapped data transfer Supports PCI clock speed of 16 75MHz 40MHz Advanced power saving mode Supports Wake on LAN and remote wake up AM...

Page 46: ...t PCI specification revision 2 2 compliant PCI Bus Power Management Specification revision 1 1 compliant Two independent channels to connect up to two SATA hard drive Up to 1 5Gb s SATA data transfer...

Page 47: ...ed with a preinstalled heat sink When running the system do not remove the heat sink If the heat sink is changed make sure thermal paste is placed on the bottom of the heat sink to facilitate improved...

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Page 49: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 29 3 Unpacking Chapter 3...

Page 50: ...tic wristband can help to prevent ESD from damaging the board Self grounding Before handling the board touch any grounded conducting material During the time the board is handled frequently touch any...

Page 51: ...r contact an IEI sales representative directly To contact an IEI sales representative please send an email to sales iei com tw 3 3 1 Package Contents The IOWA MARK is shipped with the following compon...

Page 52: ...U Card Quantity Item and Part Number Image 1 SATA power cable P N 32100 088600 RS 1 Dual USB cable w bracket P N CB USB02 RS CB USB02 60 RS 1 Mini jumper pack 1 Quick installation guide 1 Utility CD T...

Page 53: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 33 4 Connector Pinouts Chapter 4...

Page 54: ...peripheral interface connector locations Section 4 1 2 lists all the peripheral interface connectors seen in Section 4 1 2 4 1 1 IOWA MARK Layout Figure 4 1 shows the on board peripheral connectors re...

Page 55: ...riptions of these connectors can be found below Connector Type Label AT power connector 4 pin header CN2 Audio CD In connector 4 pin header CN9 Audio connector 10 pin header CN6 Battery connector 2 pi...

Page 56: ...eyboard mouse connector 6 pin wafer CN22 LVDS LCD connector 30 pin crimp CN16 Parallel port connector 26 pin header CN3 Serial port connector COM 2 10 pin header CN17 SATA drive connector 7 pin SATA C...

Page 57: ...le CN8 Table 4 2 Rear Panel Connectors 4 2 Internal Peripheral Connectors Internal peripheral connectors are found on the motherboard and are only accessible when the motherboard is outside of the cha...

Page 58: ...Page 38 IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Figure 4 3 AT Power Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 5V 2 GND 3 GND 4 12V Table 4 3 AT Power Connector Pinouts...

Page 59: ...N Type 10 pin header CN Location See Figure 4 4 CN Pinouts See Table 4 4 The 10 pin audio connector is connected to external audio devices including speakers and microphones for the input and output o...

Page 60: ...7 GND 8 GND 9 MIC in 10 NC Table 4 4 Audio Connector Pinouts 10 pin 4 2 3 Audio CD In Connector 4 pin CN Label CN9 CN Type 4 pin header CN Location See Figure 4 5 CN Pinouts See Table 4 5 The 4 pin au...

Page 61: ...Connector Pinouts 4 pin PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 CD Signal Left 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 CD Signal Right Table 4 5 Audio CD In Connector Pinouts 4 2 4 Backlight Inverter Connector CN Label CN21 CN Type 5 pin w...

Page 62: ...connector provides the backlight on the LCD display connected to the IOWA MARK with 12V of power Figure 4 6 Panel Backlight Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 12V 4 Grou...

Page 63: ...Table 4 7 The backplane to mainboard connector closes the circuit between the mainboard and the backplane in which it is installed The backplane should have an ATX connector and be powered by an ATX p...

Page 64: ...N Pinouts See Table 4 8 The battery connector is connected to a backup battery The battery connector is also used to reset the CMOS memory if the incorrect BIOS settings have been made and the system...

Page 65: ...header 2x25 CN Location See Figure 4 9 CN Pinouts See Table 4 9 A CF Type I or Type II memory card is inserted to the CF socket on the solder side of the IOWA MARK Figure 4 9 CF Card Socket Location...

Page 66: ...8 N C 33 N C 9 GROUND 34 IOR 10 N C 35 IOW 11 N C 36 VCC_COM 12 N C 37 IRQ15 13 VCC_COM 38 VCC_COM 14 N C 39 CSEL 15 N C 40 N C 16 N C 41 HDD_RESET 17 N C 42 IORDY 18 SA2 43 SDREQ 19 SA1 44 SDACK 20...

Page 67: ...CN Pinouts See Table 4 10 The digital input output connector is managed through a Super I O chip The DIO connector pins are user programmable Figure 4 10 DIO Connector Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION PI...

Page 68: ...e 4 11 The cooling fan connector provides a 5V 500mA current to a system cooling fan The connector has a rotation pin to get rotation signals from fans Please note that only specified fans can issue t...

Page 69: ...CN Location See Figure 4 12 CN Pinouts See Table 4 12 The floppy disk connector is connected to a floppy disk drive Figure 4 12 34 pin FDD Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 G...

Page 70: ...GND 26 TRACK 0 27 GND 28 WRITE PROTECT 29 GND 30 READ DATA 31 GND 32 SIDE 1 SELECT 33 GND 34 DISK CHANGE Table 4 12 34 pin FDD Connector Pinouts 4 2 11 Front Panel Connector 8 pin CN Label CN25 CN Ty...

Page 71: ...ON 1 PWRBTN 2 5V 3 GROUND 4 GROUND 5 5V 6 RESET 7 HDDLED 8 GROUND Table 4 13 Front Panel Connector Pinouts 4 2 12 IDE Connector 40 pin CN Label CN5 CN Type 40 pin header 2x20 CN Location See Figure 4...

Page 72: ...Page 52 IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Figure 4 14 IDE Device Connector Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 RESET 2 GROUND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10...

Page 73: ...26 GROUND 27 IDE CHRDY 28 GROUND 29 IDE DACK 30 GROUND DEFAULT 31 INTERRUPT 32 N C 33 SA1 34 N C 35 SA0 36 SA2 37 HDC CS0 38 HDC CS1 39 HDD ACTIVE 40 GROUND Table 4 14 IDE Connector Pinouts 4 2 13 Inf...

Page 74: ...nfrared Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 2 NC 3 IR RX 4 GND 5 IR TX Table 4 15 Infrared Connector Pinouts 4 2 14 Keyboard Mouse Connector CN Label CN22 CN Type 6 pin header 1x6 CN L...

Page 75: ...e connected to a standard PS 2 cable or PS 2 Y cable to add keyboard and mouse functionality to the system Figure 4 16 Keyboard Mouse Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 5V KB DATA 2 MS DATA 3 MS...

Page 76: ...s See Table 4 17 The 30 pin LVDS LCD connector can be connected to an 18 bit single channel or 36 bit dual channel 18 bits per channel LVDS panel Figure 4 17 LVDS LCD Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO...

Page 77: ...LVDSB_CLK 23 N C 24 N C 25 GROUND 26 GROUND 27 VCC_LVDS 28 VCC_LVDS 29 VCC_LVDS 30 VCC_LVDS Table 4 17 LVDS LCD Port Connector Pinouts 4 2 16 Parallel Port Connector CN Label CN3 CN Type 26 pin box h...

Page 78: ...ROBE 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 GROUND 11 DATA 4 12 GROUND 13 DATA 5 14 GROUND 15 DATA 6 16 GROUND 17 DATA 7 18 GROUND 19 ACKNOWLE...

Page 79: ...Figure 4 19 CN Pinouts See Table 4 19 The two SATA drive connectors are each connected to a first generation SATA drive First generation SATA drives transfer data at speeds as high as 150Mb s The SAT...

Page 80: ...nnector COM 2 CN Label CN17 CN Type 10 pin header 2x5 CN Location See Figure 4 20 CN Pinouts See Table 4 20 The 10 pin serial port connector provides a second RS 232 serial communications channel The...

Page 81: ...Data TXD 6 Clear To Send CTS 7 Data Terminal Ready DTR 8 Ring Indicator RI 9 Ground GND 10 Ground GND Table 4 20 COM 2 Connector Pinouts 4 2 19 TFT LCD Connector CN Label CN20 CN Type 40 pin crimp 2x2...

Page 82: ...9 B0 10 B1 11 B2 12 B3 13 B4 14 B5 15 B6 16 B7 17 G0 18 G1 19 G2 20 G3 21 G4 22 G5 23 G6 24 G7 25 R0 26 R1 27 R2 28 R3 29 R4 30 R5 31 R6 32 R7 33 GROUND 34 GROUND 35 FPCLK 36 FPVS 37 FPDEN 38 FPHS 39...

Page 83: ...ee Table 4 22 The 2x4 USB pin connectors each provide connectivity to two USB 1 1 ports Each USB connector can support two USB devices The USB ports are used for I O bus expansion Figure 4 22 USB Conn...

Page 84: ...Table 4 22 The VCC power connector provides 5V and 12V power to legacy expansion ISA devices installed on the backplane The power supply is connected to the VCC power connecter and transmitted to the...

Page 85: ...isted below and shown in Figure 4 24 1 x PS 2 Keyboard Mouse connector 1 x RJ 45 Ethernet connector 1 x Serial communications port 1 x VGA port Figure 4 24 IOWA MARK On board External Interface Connec...

Page 86: ...OCK 11 MS_CLOCK 6 NC 12 NC Table 4 24 PS 2 Connector Pinouts 4 3 3 RJ 45 Ethernet Connector CN Label CN10 CN Type RJ 45 CN Location See Figure 4 24 CN Pinouts See Table 4 25 The RJ 45 Ethernet connect...

Page 87: ...uts Figure 4 26 J7 Connector The RJ 45 Ethernet connector has two status LEDs one green and one yellow The green LED indicates activity on the port and the yellow LED indicates the port is linked SPEE...

Page 88: ...ure 4 24 CN Pinouts See Table 4 27 and Figure 4 27 The 9 pin DB 9 COM 1 serial port connector is connected to RS 232 serial communications devices PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 DCD1 2 RXD1 3...

Page 89: ...28 and Table 4 28 The standard 15 pin female DB15 VGA connector connects to a CRT or LCD monitor directly PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 RED 6 GROUND 11 NC 2 GREEN 7 GROUND 12 DDCD...

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Page 92: ...ther electrical component is handled the following anti static precautions are strictly adhered to Wear an anti static wristband Wearing a simple anti static wristband can help to prevent ESD from dam...

Page 93: ...described in this manual should be carefully followed in order to prevent damage to the IOWA MARK IOWA MARK components and injury to the user Before and during the installation please DO the followin...

Page 94: ...checklist is provided to ensure the IOWA MARK is properly installed All the items in the packing list are present The CPU is installed The CPU cooling kit is properly installed A compatible memory mo...

Page 95: ...MARK does not fall out of the box Make sure all the components in the checklist shown in Section 3 3 are present 5 4 DIMM and CompactFlash Card Installation 5 4 1 DIMM Installation WARNING Using incor...

Page 96: ...IMM must be oriented in such a way that the notch in the middle of the DIMM must be aligned with the plastic bridge in the socket See Figure 5 1 Step 3 Insert the DIMM Once properly aligned the DIMM c...

Page 97: ...F card Type 1 or Type 2 onto the IOWA MARK please follow the steps below Step 1 Locate the CF card socket Place the IOWA MARK on an anti static pad with the solder side facing up Locate the CF card St...

Page 98: ...Page 78 IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Figure 5 2 CF Card Installation...

Page 99: ...RT a jumper means connecting the pins of the jumper with the plastic clip and to OPEN a jumper means removing the plastic clip from a jumper Before the IOWA MARK is installed in the system the jumpers...

Page 100: ...selection jumper allows selection of the voltage applied to the serial two serial ports on the IOWA MARK The serial port voltage selector jumper settings are shown in Table 5 2 Connector CN11 CN17 Des...

Page 101: ...e to improper BIOS settings the clear CMOS jumper clears the CMOS data and resets the system BIOS information To do this use the jumper cap to close pins 2 and 3 for a few seconds then reinstall the j...

Page 102: ...ve the changes and exit the CMOS Setup menu The clear CMOS jumper settings are shown in Table 5 2 AT Power Select Description Short 1 2 Keep CMOS Setup Default Short 2 3 Clear CMOS Setup Table 5 3 Cle...

Page 103: ...correct voltage Jumper Label JP3 Jumper Type 3 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 5 4 Jumper Location See Figure 5 5 The LVDS Voltage Selection jumper allows the LVDS screen voltage to be set The L...

Page 104: ...mponents The chassis in which the IOWA MARK must have air vents to allow cool air to move into the system and hot air to move out The IOWA MARK must be installed in a chassis with ventilation holes on...

Page 105: ...he chassis to see how to install the backplane into the chassis NOTE IEI has a wide range of backplanes available Please contact your IOWA MARK vendor reseller or an IEI sales representative at sales...

Page 106: ...able Table 5 5 IEI Provided Cables 5 7 2 ATA Flat Cable Connection The ATA 66 100 flat cable connects to the IOWA MARK to one or two IDE devices To connect an IDE HDD to the IOWA MARK please follow th...

Page 107: ...he Audio Kit that came with the IOWA MARK connects to the 10 pin audio connector on the IOWA MARK The audio kit consists of three audio jacks One audio jack Mic In connects to a microphone The remaini...

Page 108: ...o the mic in audio jack Step 0 5 7 4 Single RS 232 Cable Connection The single RS 232 cable consists of one serial port connectors attached to a serial communications cable that is then attached to a...

Page 109: ...assis please refer to the reference material that came with the chassisStep 0 5 7 5 SATA Drive Connection The IOWA MARK is shipped with two SATA drive cables and one SATA drive power cable To connect...

Page 110: ...tep 3 Connect the cable to the SATA disk Connect the connector on the other end of the cable to the connector at the back of the SATA drive See Figure 5 10 Step 4 Connect the SATA power cable Connect...

Page 111: ...d with a dual port USB 2 0 cable To connect the USB cable connector please follow the steps below Step 1 Locate the connectors The locations of the USB connectors are shown in Chapter 3 WARNING If the...

Page 112: ...h the USB connectors on the IOWA MARK connect the cable connectors to the onboard connectors See Figure 5 11 Figure 5 11 Dual USB Cable Connection Step 4 Attach the bracket to the chassis The USB 2 0...

Page 113: ...TTL connector is shown in Chapter 3 Step 2 Insert the cable connector Insert the connector from the TTL LVDS PCB driving board to the TTL LVDS connector as shown in Figure 5 12 When connecting the co...

Page 114: ...inverter connector The location of the backlight inverter connector is shown in Chapter 3 Step 4 Connect backlight connector Connect the backlight connector to the driver TFT LVDS LCD PCB as shown in...

Page 115: ...o the external peripheral interface connectors Serial port devices VGA monitors Parallel port devices RJ 45 Ethernet cable connectors Mouse and keyboard To install these devices connect the correspond...

Page 116: ...apter 3 Step 2 Align the VGA connector Align the male DB 15 connector on the VGA screen cable with the female DB 15 connector on the external peripheral interface Step 3 Insert the VGA connector Once...

Page 117: ...connector please follow the steps below Step 1 Locate the PS 2 connector The location of the PS 2 connector is shown in Chapter 3 Step 2 Align the PS 2 connector Align the PS 2 connector on the Y cabl...

Page 118: ...ge 98 IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card showing the device the connector must be connected to If the mouse is connected to the keyboard connector and vice versa both the keyboard and mouse do not work Step...

Page 119: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 99 6 AWARD BIOS Chapter 6...

Page 120: ...e Press Del to enter SETUP message appears on the screen If the message disappears restart the computer and try again 6 1 2 Using Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight items press ENTER to select use...

Page 121: ...6 1 BIOS Navigation Keys 6 1 3 Getting Help When F1 is pressed a small help window describing the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item appears To exit the Help...

Page 122: ...s Changes the basic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Changes the advanced system settings Advanced Chipset Features Changes the chipset configuration features Integrated Peripherals Changes...

Page 123: ...logue box appears with Enter Password Type the password and press ENTER Retype the original password into the Confirm Password dialogue box and press ENTER To disable the password simply press ENTER i...

Page 124: ...ng any configuration changes 6 2 Standard CMOS Features Use the Standard CMOS Features BIOS menu BIOS Menu 2 to set basic BIOS configuration options BIOS Menu 2 Standard CMOS Features Date Day mm dd y...

Page 125: ...the IDE Configuration menu BIOS Menu 3 If an IDE device is detected and one of the above listed two BIOS configuration options is selected the IDE configuration options shown in Section 6 2 1 appear D...

Page 126: ...r errors All But Disk Key The system boot does not stop for a keyboard or a disk error it stops for all other errors Base Memory The Base Memory is NOT user configurable The POST determines the amount...

Page 127: ...s Enter Use the IDE HDD Auto Detection option to enable BIOS to automatically detect the IDE settings Select IDE HDD Auto Detection and press ENTER BIOS automatically detects the HDD type Do not set t...

Page 128: ...nfiguration option is set to either Manual or Auto Use the Access Mode option to determine the hard disk BIOS translation modes Most systems now use hard drives with large capacities and therefore eit...

Page 129: ...Precomp The Precomp specification indicates on what track the write precompensation begins Landing Zone The Landing Zone specification indicates where the disk head will park itself after the system...

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Page 131: ...an anti virus program can then be run to locate and remove the virus before any damage is done Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anythi...

Page 132: ...Self Test option to speed up the POST after the computer is turned on If enabled BIOS shortens or skips some POST check items Disabled Normal POST occurs after the computer is turned on Enabled Defaul...

Page 133: ...onfiguration options First Boot Device Default Floppy Second Boot Device Default HDD 0 Third Boot Device Default LS 120 Using the default values the system first looks for a FDD to boot from If it can...

Page 134: ...designate A or B to a floppy drive without changing the physical connection Enabled Can designate A or B to a floppy drive without changing the physical connection Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Use the...

Page 135: ...te Setting Disabled Use the Typematic Rate Setting configuration option to specify if only one character is allowed to appear on the screen if a key is continuously held down When this option is enabl...

Page 136: ...ng is enabled Use the Typematic Delay option to specify the delay time between when a key is first pressed and when the acceleration begins 250 Default 250 milliseconds 500 500 milliseconds 750 750 mi...

Page 137: ...the operating system used as OS 2 Non OS2 Default Select this option when not using the OS 2 operating system Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Use the Video Bios Shadow option to enable video BIOS to be copi...

Page 138: ...Protection Agency EPA logo appears during the system boot up process If enabled the boot up process may be delayed Disabled Default EPA logo does not appear during boot up Enabled EPA logo appears du...

Page 139: ...ponents such as CAS column array strobe and bank cycle time as well as valid settings for the module and the manufacturer s code The SPD enables the BIOS to read the spec sheet of the DIMM on boot up...

Page 140: ...3 DEFAULT Bank Interleave Disabled Use the Bank Interleave option to specify how multiple modules communicate with each other Interleaving enables access to a second memory bank when the first memory...

Page 141: ...ansferred in both directions at the same time System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Use the System BIOS Cacheable option to enable caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system p...

Page 142: ...a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation AGP Aperture Size configu...

Page 143: ...e stronger the AGP bus transmission signal is The maximum and minimum hexadecimal numbers are shown below MIN 0000 MAX 00FF Select Display Device Auto Use the Select Display Device option to specify t...

Page 144: ...s used ATX DEFAULT An ATX power supply is used OnChip USB Enabled Use the OnChip USB option to enable or disable the chipset USB controller Disabled Chipset USB controller disabled Enabled DEFAULT Chi...

Page 145: ...able or disable the onboard codec Disabled The onboard codec is disabled Enabled Default The onboard codec is detected and enabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Use the CPU to PCI Write Buffer optio...

Page 146: ...I occur Disabled There are no zero wait states when there are writes to the PCI bus Enabled Default There are zero wait states when there are writes to the PCI bus PCI Delay Transaction Disabled Use t...

Page 147: ...stem memory reads made by the AGP bus master are speeded up Disabled Default AGP Master 1 WS Read is not in effect Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Read is in effect AGP Master 1 WS Write Use the AGP Master 1...

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Page 149: ...upport IDE pre fetching Enabled Default Retain the default for faster IDE drive access Drive PIO Mode Auto Use the Drive PIO Mode options below to select the Programmed Input Output PIO mode for the f...

Page 150: ...The AGP display is the primary display IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled If the drive connected to the system supports block mode use the IDE HDD Block Mode option to enable the system to detect the optimal...

Page 151: ...s are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 Default 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Use the Onboard Serial Port 2 option to select the I O address and IRQ for the onboard serial port 2 The seria...

Page 152: ...No Yes Use the TX RX Inverting enable option to invert the transmitted and received signals The table below lists the configuration options BIOS Option TX Transmitted RX Received Default No No Not inv...

Page 153: ...een the two are much faster than the SPP mode ECP EPP The parallel port is compatible with both ECP and EPP devices Normal Default ECP Mode Use DMA 3 The ECP Mode Use DMA option is only available if t...

Page 154: ...ed Default Legacy audio devices enabled Sound Blaster Disabled Use the Sound Blaster option to enable the onboard sound blaster Disabled Default Sound blaster disabled Enabled Sound blaster enabled SB...

Page 155: ...Use the MPU 401 option to enable the MPU 401 MIDI Processing Unit Disabled Default MPU 401 disabled Enabled MPU 401 enabled MPU 401 I O Address 330 333H Use the MPU 401 I O Address option to select th...

Page 156: ...nced Configuration and Power Interface function Disabled ACPI function disabled Enabled Default ACPI function enabled Power Management Press Enter Use the Power Management option to open new power man...

Page 157: ...is installed If the OS is not an APM compliant OS no PM functions are made available No BIOS enables the PM function Video Off Option Suspend Off Use the Video Off Option option to specify the status...

Page 158: ...tronics Association DPMS Display Power Management Signaling select this option Power management software comes with the display Use this software to specify the power management options for the displa...

Page 159: ...er button must be held down longer than four seconds otherwise the system enters a low power usage state Wake Up Events Press Enter Use the Wake Up Events option to open a new Wake Up Event menu For m...

Page 160: ...state The longest time for either of these is one hour Max Saving The shortest period of time that can be specified before the system enters either the Doze mode or the suspend state The shortest time...

Page 161: ...e system does not go into a Doze Mode The following settings can be made Disable Default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour Suspend Mode Use the Suspend Mode option to en...

Page 162: ...u BIOS Menu 9 to specify what components can rouse the system from a suspend or doze state when there is activity on the components BIOS Menu 9 Wake Up Events VGA OFF Use the VGA option to enable the...

Page 163: ...om a doze state or suspend state when activity is detected on the LPT display and serial ports LPT The system is roused from a doze state or suspend state when activity is detected on the LPT port COM...

Page 164: ...r On Default The system is roused from a doze state or suspend state when activity is detected on the PCI master PCI Master OFF Use the PCI Master option to enable the system to monitor activity on th...

Page 165: ...vity RTC Alarm Resume Disabled Use the RTC Alarm Resume option to specify when the computer is roused from a suspended state Disabled Default The real time clock RTC cannot generate a wake event Enabl...

Page 166: ...s Monitoring Activity Press Enter To view the IRQs Monitoring Activity options press ENTER If the Primary INTR was selected as ON the IRQs can be monitored and used to generate wake events BIOS Menu 1...

Page 167: ...ons Use the PnP PCI Configurations menu BIOS Menu 11 to set the plug and play and PCI options BIOS Menu 11 PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed No The PNP OS Installed option determines whether the...

Page 168: ...d Default ESCD will not be reconfigured Enabled ESCD will be reconfigured after you exit setup Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Use the Resources Controlled By option to either manually configure all...

Page 169: ...14 assigned to IRQ 15 assigned to The above options all have the following default options PCI ISA PnP The IRQ is reserved by BIOS for PCI and ISA PnP devices Legacy ISA Default The IRQ is assigned t...

Page 170: ...esources to select a base address and the length for the memory area used by a peripheral that requires high memory BIOS Menu 13 Memory Resources The menu has two configurable options PCI ISA PnP Defa...

Page 171: ...g to be enabled upon installation Disabled Default Does not allow the graphics devices to examine the VGA palette on the graphics card Enabled Allows the graphics devices to examine the VGA palette on...

Page 172: ...m operating parameters that are essential to the stable operation of the system BIOS Menu 14 PC Health Status The following system parameters are monitored by the PC Health Status menu System Temperat...

Page 173: ...CPUFAN2 Speed Voltages The following voltages are monitored Vcore 2 5 V 3 3 V 5 V 12 V 6 9 Frequency Voltage Control Use the Frequency Voltage Control menu BIOS Menu 15 to set the frequency options f...

Page 174: ...duce the EMI Excess EMI is generated when the system clock generator pulses have extreme values Spreading the pulse spectrum modulates changes in the extreme values from spikes to flat curves thus red...

Page 175: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 155 100 33 MHz 103 34 MHz 112 37 MHz 124 31 MHz 133 33 MHz 138 34 MHz 140 35 MHz 150 37 MHz...

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Page 177: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 157 7 Software Drivers Chapter 7...

Page 178: ...Service Pack v4 3 RealTek Audio Driver RealTek LAN Driver The ALi RAID driver is fully described in Appendix F All four drivers can be found on the CD that came with the motherboard To install the dri...

Page 179: ...e 7 2 Setup Utility Icon Step 4 The installation program begins to initialize After the initialization process a welcome screen shown in Figure 7 3 appears Click NEXT to continue Figure 7 3 VIA Chipse...

Page 180: ...7 4 Readme Information Step 6 Select Normal Installation or Quick Installation See Figure 7 5 Click NEXT to continue Figure 7 5 VIA Chipset Driver Installation Type Step 7 Select the setup components...

Page 181: ...river AGP Driver AGP3 0 Supported VIA INF Driver 1 70A Click NEXT to continue the installation Figure 7 6 Driver Selection Step 8 The setup then prompts the user see Figure 7 7 if the VIA PCI IDE Bus...

Page 182: ...on Step 9 The setup then prompts the user see Figure 7 8 if the AGP driver must be installed on the system Select install or uninstall Click NEXT to continue Figure 7 8 AGP Driver Selection Step 10 Th...

Page 183: ...Step 0 Figure 7 9 Restart the Computer 7 3 RealTek Audio Driver Installation To install the RealTek AC 97 Audio driver please follow the steps below Step 1 Insert the CD into the system that contains...

Page 184: ...arts See Figure 7 12 Figure 7 12 Audio Driver Install Shield Wizard Starting Step 5 The RealTek Audio Setup prepares the install shield to guide you through the rest of the setup process See Figure 7...

Page 185: ...tall shield starts to configure the new software as shown in Figure 7 15 Figure 7 14 Audio Driver Welcome Screen Figure 7 15 Audio Driver Software Configuration Step 7 The Digital Signal Not Found scr...

Page 186: ...16 Audio Driver Digital Signal Step 8 The installation of the driver begins See Figure 7 17 Figure 7 17 Audio Driver Installation Begins Step 9 After the driver installation process is complete a con...

Page 187: ...1 Click FINISH to complete the installation Step 0 7 3 1 LAN Driver Installation To install the LAN driver follow the steps below Step 1 Insert the CD into the system that contains the IOWA MARK board...

Page 188: ...p 4 Once the Setup icon is double clicked a Welcome screen shown in Figure 7 21 appears Figure 7 21 LAN Driver Welcome Screen Step 5 To continue installing click Next The driver is installed and a con...

Page 189: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 169 Figure 7 22 LAN Driver Installation Complete Step 6 Click Finish to complete the installation Step 0...

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Page 191: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 171 A BIOS Options Appendix A...

Page 192: ...o 105 Halt On All But Keyboard 105 Base Memory 106 Extended Memory 106 Total Memory 106 IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter 107 IDE Primary Master Auto 107 Access Mode Auto 108 Capacity 108 Cylinder 10...

Page 193: ...117 XXXXX YYYYY Shadow Disabled 117 Small Logo EPA Show Disabled 118 DRAM Timing by SPD Enabled 119 DRAM Clock Host CLK 120 SDRAM Cycle Length 3 120 Bank Interleave Disabled 120 Memory Hole Disabled 1...

Page 194: ...nabled 129 Drive PIO Mode Auto 129 IDE UDMA Auto 130 Init Display First PCI Slot 130 IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled 130 Onboard FDD Controller Disabled 130 Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 131 Onboard Seria...

Page 195: ...anagement 140 HDD Power Down Disabled 140 Doze Mode Disabled 141 Suspend Mode 141 VGA OFF 142 LPT COM LPT COM 143 HDD FDD ON 143 PCI Master OFF 144 PCI Master OFF 144 Wake Up On LAN Disabled 144 Modem...

Page 196: ...VGA Palette Snoop Disabled 151 Assign IRQ for VGA Enabled 151 Assign IRQ for USB Enabled 151 System Temperature 152 Fan Speeds 152 Voltages 153 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled 154 Spread Spectrum Dis...

Page 197: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 177 B DIO Connector Chapter B...

Page 198: ...lease refer to the Winbond datasheet for the Winbond W83627EHG Super I O chipset B 2 DIO Connector Pinouts The following table describes how the DIO connector pins are connected to the Super I O GPIO...

Page 199: ...igital I O input functions is listed below MOV AX 6F08H Sets the digital port as input INT 15H Initiates the INT 15H BIOS call B 3 2 Enable the DIO Output Function The BIOS interrupt call INT 15H cont...

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Page 201: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 181 C Watchdog Timer Appendix C...

Page 202: ...A BIOS function call INT 15H is used to control the Watchdog Timer INT 15H AH 6FH Sub function AL 2 Sets the Watchdog Timer s period BL Time out value Its unit second is dependent on the item Watchdog...

Page 203: ...he system resets Example program INITIAL TIMER PERIOD COUNTER W_LOOP MOV AX 6F02H setting the time out value MOV BL 30 time out value is 48 seconds INT 15H ADD THE APPLICATION PROGRAM HERE CMP EXIT_AP...

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Page 205: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 185 D Address Mapping Appendix D...

Page 206: ...0F0 0FF Numeric data processor 1F0 1F7 Primary IDE Channel 2F8 2FF Serial Port 2 COM2 378 37F Parallel Printer Port 1 LPT1 3B0 3BB AMD Graphics Controller 3C0 3DF AMD Graphics Controller 3F6 3F6 Prim...

Page 207: ...B2 0 SATA IRQ4 COM1 IRQ12 PS 2 mouse IRQ5 SMBus Controller IRQ13 FPU IRQ6 FDC IRQ14 Primary IDE IRQ7 Available IRQ15 Secondary IDE Table D 3 IRQ Mapping Table D 4 DMA Channel Assignments Channel Funct...

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Page 209: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 189 E AC 97 Audio CODEC Appendix E...

Page 210: ...AC 97 CODEC The CODEC is accessed through a connector on the IOWA MARK motherboard Connect the audio kit to the connector E 1 2 Driver Installation The driver installation has been described in Chapt...

Page 211: ...owing Step 1 Install the audio CODEC driver Step 2 Click either The Sound Effect Manager icon in the Notification Area of the system task bar see Figure E 2 or The Sound Effect Manager icon in the Con...

Page 212: ...2 2 Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options The Sound Effects Manager enables configuration of the items listed below To configure these items click the corresponding menu tab in the Sound Effects...

Page 213: ...nt up or down arrow icons enables users to define a key that fits a certain vocal range Equalizer Selection Preset equalizer settings enable easy audio range settings Ten frequency bands can be config...

Page 214: ...F Head Related Transfer Functions 3D positional audio here before running 3D applications Microphone Effect Microphone noise suppression is enabled in this menu General General information about the i...

Page 215: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 195 F RAID Setup Appendix F...

Page 216: ...system as a contingent storage space The operating system will not be able to distinguish the physical disk drives contained in a RAID configuration F 1 1 Precautions One key benefit a RAID configura...

Page 217: ...ccess the Ali RAID Utility please follow the steps below Step 1 Connect SATA drives to the system Connect two SATA drives to the system Make sure the drives have the same capacity are the same type an...

Page 218: ...oot the system after saving and exiting the BIOS Step 5 Press Ctrl A When the screen in Figure F 1 appears press Ctrl A to enter the ALi RAID BIOS setup program Figure F 1 Accessing ALi RAID BIOS Util...

Page 219: ...has been configured see below install the OS To do this please refer to the documentation that came with the OS Step 0 F 4 RAID Options F 4 1 Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance WARNING All data pr...

Page 220: ...er drive Step 3 Confirm The Create RAID0 Y N confirm box appears Press Y Step 4 Name the array Enter a nickname for the created array Upper and lower case alphabetic numeric space and underscore chara...

Page 221: ...D array out of the disk drives Step 1 Select Create RAID 1 Striping for Reliability Use the arrow keys to highlight Create RAID 1 Striping for Reliability and press ENTER A flashing S appears on the D...

Page 222: ...e and Destination drives are indicated as M and m in the Drive Menu Step 0 NOTE To reduce the chance of losing data ALi imposes certain limitations on the RAID configuration options PATA drives connec...

Page 223: ...ID configuration is destroyed during the RAID initialization process If used drives are used to create a RAID array make sure the data has been moved or backed up before creating a RAID array out of t...

Page 224: ...umeric space and underscore characters are all applicable for naming an array Step 0 NOTE To reduce the chance of losing data ALi imposes certain limitations on the RAID configuration options Parallel...

Page 225: ...s ENTER A flashing E appears at the Drive Menu where the member drives to be removed can be chosen Step 2 Confirm Delete The Data on RAID drives will be erased Y N confirm box appears Press Y Step 0 F...

Page 226: ...sting arrays The source and destination drives will be displayed Step 2 Confirm rebuild array Press Y to begin the rebuild process Step 0 NOTE A status bar will indicate the rebuild progress Rebuild c...

Page 227: ...IOWA MARK Half size CPU Card Page 207 G Index...

Page 228: ...le 86 87 ATX power supply 43 audio 16 integrated 3 integrated AC 97 16 Audio 163 164 165 166 167 audio connector 5 39 location and pinouts 39 audio connector CD in 40 location and pinouts 40 Award BIO...

Page 229: ...loppy disk 49 IDE 51 infrared interface 53 keyboard mouse 54 LVDS LCD 30 pin 56 parallel port 57 serial port COM 2 60 TFT LCD 40 pin 61 USB internal 63 VCC power 64 cooling 84 airflow 84 CPU 13 CPU ca...

Page 230: ...infrared interface connector 20 53 location and pinouts 53 installation checklist 74 ISA devices 64 J jumper 79 clear CMOS 80 81 jumper configuration 79 jumper settings 79 LVDS voltage selection 83 T...

Page 231: ...S 2 keyboard mouse Y cable 97 PS 2 mouse 97 R RAID 59 RealTek Audio Driver 163 real time clock 22 RJ 45 Ethernet connector 5 66 location and pinouts 66 RoHS compliant 3 rotation signals 48 RS 232 60 6...

Page 232: ...6 Ultra ATA 100 16 Ultra ATA 33 16 Ultra ATA 66 16 Ultra ATA 100 16 unpacking 30 75 unpacking checklist 31 unpacking precautions 30 75 USB 63 91 cable dual port 91 cable 91 cable connection 92 connect...

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