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IEI® Technology, Corp

WAFER-LX

KB/MS

One on-board keyboard/mouse connector

Watchdog Timer

Software programmable 1-255 sec. by supper I/O

Digital I/O

One GPIO connector

Fan connector

One CPU fan connector

Expansion

One PC/104 slot

Power Supply

+5V ± 5% AT/ATX power support

Temperature

0ºC - 60ºC

Humidity (operating)

5%~95% non-condensing

Dimensions

145mm x 102mm

Weight (GW/NW)

670g/230g

Table 1-2: Technical Specifications

1.3 Operating System Packages

1.3.1 Windows XPE SP2 (350MB image size stored in a 512MB CF card)

1. Advance Set Top Box: The package includes the components required to

create the advanced Set-Top Box (ASTB). The package provides the

functionality of the basic set-top box and also supports DVD playback, DVR,

Web browsing, networking, universal serial bus (USB), terminal services, and

Windows Media Player.

2. Internet

Explorer.

3. Net Framework 1.1.

4. EWF (Enhanced Write Filter).

5. CMD - Windows Command Processor.

6. Device Manager and Task Manager.

7. Video / audio and other board chipset drivers.

8. PS/2 keyboard / mouse drivers.

9. IDE Compact Flash/HDD/Flash Disk/CD-ROM support

Summary of Contents for WAFER-LX Series

Page 1: ...0 1 WAFER LX 1...

Page 2: ...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 All rights are...

Page 3: ...2 Windows CE 5 0 around 22Mbyte CF must 32Mbyte 23 2 DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS 25 2 1 OVERVIEW 26 2 2 DIMENSIONS 26 2 2 1 Board Dimensions 26 2 2 2 External Interface Panel Dimensions 27 2 3 CPU SUPPOR...

Page 4: ...CTORS 40 3 1 1 WAFER LX Layout 40 3 1 2 Peripheral Interface Connectors 41 3 1 3 External Interface Panel Connectors 42 3 1 4 On board Jumpers 43 3 2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS 44 3 2 1 AT Power C...

Page 5: ...NFIGURATION 77 4 1 ANTI STATIC PRECAUTIONS 78 4 2 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS 78 4 2 1 Installation Notices 78 4 3 UNPACKING 79 4 3 1 Unpacking Precautions 79 4 3 2 Checklist 80 4 4 WAFER LX MOTHERBOA...

Page 6: ...tion 108 5 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 110 5 5 1 IT8888 ISA Decode IO 116 5 5 2 IT8888 ISA Decode Memory 119 5 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 121 5 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 124 5 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 128 6 SOFTW...

Page 7: ...n Options 182 E ALI RAID 185 6 7 INTRODUCTION 186 A 1 1 Precautions 186 A 2 FEATURES AND BENEFITS 187 A 3 ACCESSING THE ALI RAID UTILITY 187 A 4 RAID OPTIONS 189 A 4 1 Create RAID 0 Striping for Perfo...

Page 8: ...tion Solder Side 49 Figure 3 9 Fan Connector Location 51 Figure 3 10 FDD Connector Location 52 Figure 3 11 GPIO Connector Location 54 Figure 3 12 IDE Device Connector Locations 55 Figure 3 13 Inverter...

Page 9: ...Upgrade Device Driver Wizard 140 Figure 6 10 Search for Suitable Driver 141 Figure 6 11 Locate Driver Files 142 Figure 6 12 Location Browsing Window 142 Figure 6 13 Access Windows Control Panel 143 F...

Page 10: ...b 159 Figure 6 34 Device Manager List 160 Figure 6 35 Search for Suitable Driver 161 Figure 6 36 Locate Driver Files 162 Figure 6 37 Location Browsing Window 163 FigureeD 1 Sound Effect Manager Contro...

Page 11: ...r Pinouts 50 Table 3 10 Fan Connector Pinouts 51 Table 3 11 FDD Connector Pinouts 53 Table 3 12 GPIO Connector Pinouts 54 Table 3 13 Secondary IDE Connector Pinouts 56 Table 3 14 Inverter Power Connec...

Page 12: ...73 Table 3 29 COM1 Pinouts 74 Table 3 30 VGA1 Connector Pinouts 75 Table 4 1 IEI Provided Cables 83 Table 4 2 Jumpers 84 Table 4 3 Clear CMOS Jumper Settings 86 Table 4 4 AT Power Select Jumper Settin...

Page 13: ...dvanced Chipset Features 106 BIOS Menu 5 Flat Panel Configuration 108 BIOS Menu 6 Integrated Peripherals 111 BIOS Menu 7 IT8888 ISA Decode IO 117 BIOS Menu 8 IT8888 ISA Decode Memory 119 BIOS Menu 9 P...

Page 14: ...le 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 Output ICH4 I O Controller Hub 4 L1 Cache Level...

Page 15: ...Page 15 WAFER LX Chapter 1 1 Introduction...

Page 16: ...LX CENET050 WAFER LX CLIENT XPE WAFER LX CLIENT CENET050 The specifications for the four models are show in Table 1 1 WAFER LX 800 R10 WINXPE CENET050 CLIENT XPE CLIENT CENET050 AMD LX 800 CPU YES YE...

Page 17: ...include Reduced hardware costs Reduced software costs Reduced maintenance costs Client crash prevention Central resource control Security protection 1 1 4 WAFER LX Features Some of the WAFER LX featu...

Page 18: ...Page 18 IEI Technology Corp WAFER LX 1 2 WAFER LX Overview Figure 1 1 WAFER LX Overview...

Page 19: ...ctors The WAFER LX has the following connectors on board 1 x AT power connector 1 x ATX power function connector 1 x Audio connector 1 x Battery connector 1 x Compact Flash CF connector solder side 1...

Page 20: ...nnector 1 x RS 232 422 485 serial port connector 2 x SATA connectors 1 x Suspend power input connector 1 x TFT LCD LVDS interface connector 1 x TFT LCD TFT interface connector 1 x USB connector 1 x SO...

Page 21: ...egrated in AMD Geode LX800 TTL LVDS 18 bit single channel TFT LCD Memory Supports one 1GB DDR 333 400 200 pin SO DIMM SDRAM module BIOS Award BIOS SSD Compact Flash CF Super I O W83627EHG Audio AC 97...

Page 22: ...em Packages 1 3 1 Windows XPE SP2 350MB image size stored in a 512MB CF card 1 Advance Set Top Box The package includes the components required to create the advanced Set Top Box ASTB The package prov...

Page 23: ...ewer PDF viewer PowerPoint viewer Word viewer and WordPad 3 Support hive based registry 4 SIP Software based Input Panel SIP for Large Screens 5 Microsoft Foundation Classes MFC 6 NET Compact Framewor...

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Page 25: ...Page 25 WAFER LX Chapter 2 2 Detailed Specifications...

Page 26: ...verview This chapter describes the specifications and on board features of the WAFER LX in detail 2 2 Dimensions 2 2 1 Board Dimensions The dimensions of the board are listed below Length 146 06mm Wid...

Page 27: ...7 compatible core Processor frequency up to 500 MHZ 64K I 64K D L1 cache and 128K L2 cache Split I D cache TLB Translation Look Aside Buffer 64 bit DDR Memory interface up to 400MHz LX 800 up to 333MH...

Page 28: ...Chipset The WAFER LX series motherboards all have a preinstalled AMD Geode CS5536 system chipset The system chipset features are listed below GeodeLink Interface Unit o 64 bit 66MHz operation o PCI V...

Page 29: ...mmunication Port o System Management Bus SMB Controller o LPC Low Pin Count Port o General Purpose I Os GPIOs o 8 Multi Function General Purpose Timers MFGPTs o Real Time Clock RTC with CMOS RAM o Pow...

Page 30: ...transparency 256 ternary raster operations alpha blenders to support alpha BLTs incorporated BLT FIFOs a GeodeLink interface and the ability to throttle BLTs according to video timing New features add...

Page 31: ...n to Screen BLT Yes Screen to Screen BLT with mono expansion Yes Memory to Screen BLT Yes throttled rep movs writes Accelerated Text No Pattern Size Mono 8x8 pixels Pattern Size Color 8x8 pixels Monoc...

Page 32: ...ernet Controller Specifications 2 9 1 Overview The Realtek RTL8100C L is a highly integrated and cost effective single chip Fast Ethernet controller It is enhanced with an ACPI Advanced Configuration...

Page 33: ...Wake up frame Half Full duplex capability Supports Full Duplex Flow Control IEEE 802 3x Provides interface to 93C46 EEPROM to store resource configuration and ID parameters Provides PCI clock run pin...

Page 34: ...B and 2 88MB 2 10 4 Compact Flash Support A standard CF I or CF II card can be inserted into the compact flash slot on the solder side of the WAFER LX PCB 2 11 Serial Ports The WAFER LX has two high s...

Page 35: ...tures for the WAFER LX are listed below Minimum Operating Temperature 0 C 32 F Maximum Operating Temperature 60 C 140 F A cooling fan and heat sink must be installed on the CPU Thermal paste must be s...

Page 36: ...X High quality differential CD input Two analog line level mono input PCBEEP PHONE IN Supports double sampling rate 96KHz of DVD audio playback Two software selectable MIC inputs 6 12 20 30dB boost pr...

Page 37: ...consumption parameters for the WAFER LX when an AMD Geode LX 800 processor is running with one 1GB DDR400 memory module and running 3D Mark Voltage Current 5V 2 5A Table 2 2 Power Consumption 2 19 Pa...

Page 38: ...38 IEI Technology Corp WAFER LX 1x Utility CD 1x Quick Installation Guide 2 19 2 Optional Accessory Items The items shown in the list below are optional accessory items are purchased separately LPT c...

Page 39: ...Page 39 WAFER LX 3 Connectors and Jumpers Chapter 3...

Page 40: ...peripheral interface connector locations Section 3 1 2 lists all the peripheral interface connectors seen in Section 3 1 2 3 1 1 WAFER LX Layout Figure 3 1 shows the on board peripheral connectors rea...

Page 41: ...riptions of these connectors can be found in Section 0 on page 43 Connector Type Label AT power connector 4 pin header CN1 ATX power function connector 3 pin header CN2 ATX power button connector 2 pi...

Page 42: ...nnector 14 pin header CN16 SATA drive connector 150MB s 7 pin SATA connector CN23 SATA drive connector 150MB s 7 pin SATA connector CN25 TFTLCD LVDS connector 20 pin header CN29 TFT LCD TTL connector...

Page 43: ...a plastic cover that slides over the pins to connect them To CLOSE SHORT a jumper mean connecting the pins of the jumper with the plastic clip and to OPEN a jumper means removing the plastic clip fro...

Page 44: ...ard is outside of the chassis This section has complete descriptions of all the internal peripheral connectors on the WAFER LX 3 2 1 AT Power Connector CN Label CN1 CN Type 4 pin AT power connector 1x...

Page 45: ...le 3 4 AT Power Connector Pinouts 3 2 2 ATX Power Connector CN Label CN2 CN Type 3 pin header 1x3 CN Location See Figure 3 4 CN Pinouts See Table 3 5 The ATX Power connector CN2 connects an ATX or AT...

Page 46: ...Table 3 5 ATX Power Connector Pinouts 3 2 3 ATX Power Button Connector CN Label CN13 CN Type 1 pin header 1x2 CN Location See Figure 3 5 CN Pinouts See Table 3 6 The ATX power button connector to a p...

Page 47: ...4 Audio Connector CN Label CN8 CN Type 10 pin header 2x5 CN Location See Figure 3 6 CN Pinouts See Table 3 7 The audio connector is connected to an on board codec An external audio connector kit can...

Page 48: ...Table 3 7 Audio Connector Pinouts 3 2 5 Battery Connector CN Label CN7 CN Type 2 pin header 1x2 CN Location See Figure 3 7 CN Pinouts See Table 3 8 The battery connector is connected to a backup batt...

Page 49: ...CN Label CN32 solder side CN Type 50 pin header 2x25 CN Location See Figure 3 8 CN Pinouts See Table 3 9 A compact flash memory module is inserted to the Compact Flash 2 connector J2 Jumper 2 JP2 conf...

Page 50: ...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 SA0 45 HDD_A...

Page 51: ...The connector has a rotation pin to get rotation signals from fans and notify the system so the system BIOS can recognize the fan speed Please note that only specified fans can issue the rotation sig...

Page 52: ...solder side CN Type 26 pin header 1 x 26 CN Location See Figure 3 10 CN Pinouts See Table 3 11 The floppy disk connector FDD1 is connected to a floppy disk drive Figure 3 10 FDD Connector Location PI...

Page 53: ...RDATA 12 DIR 25 GND 13 NC 26 HEAD Table 3 11 FDD Connector Pinouts 3 2 9 GPIO Connector CN Label CN14 CN Type 10 pin header 2x5 CN Location See Figure 3 11 CN Pinouts See Table 3 12 The General Purpos...

Page 54: ...6 GPO3 7 GPI0 8 GPI1 9 GPI2 10 GPI3 Table 3 12 GPIO Connector Pinouts 3 2 10 IDE Connector CN Label CN30 CN Type 44pin header 2x22 CN Location See Figure 3 12 CN Pinouts See Table 3 13 One 44 pin IDE...

Page 55: ...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 GROUND 20 N C 21 IDE DRQ 22 GROUND 23 IOW 24 G...

Page 56: ...C Table 3 13 Secondary IDE Connector Pinouts 3 2 11 Inverter Power Connector CN Label CN3 CN Type 5 pin header 1x5 CN Location See Figure 3 13 CN Pinouts See Table 3 14 The inverter connector is conne...

Page 57: ...bel CN17 CN Type 6 pin header 1x6 CN Location See Figure 3 14 CN Pinouts See Table 3 15 The keyboard and mouse connector can be connected to a standard PS 2 cable or PS 2 Y cable to add keyboard and m...

Page 58: ...nector Pinouts 3 2 13 LED Connector CN Label CN5 CN Type 6 pin header 1x6 CN Location See Figure 3 15 CN Pinouts See Table 3 16 The LED connector CN5 connects to an HDD indicator LED and a power LED o...

Page 59: ...Page 59 WAFER LX Figure 3 15 LED Connector Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 5V 2 GND 3 Power LED 4 Power LED 5 HDD LED 6 HDD LED Table 3 16 LED Connector Pinouts...

Page 60: ...ion See Figure 3 16 CN Pinouts See Table 3 17 The WAFER LX has one print port connector that can be connected directly to a printer Figure 3 16 Print Port Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO...

Page 61: ...N C Table 3 17 Parallel Port Connector Pinouts 3 2 15 PC 104 Power Input Connector CN Label CN11 CN Type 3 pin header 1x3 CN Location See Figure 3 17 CN Pinouts See Table 3 18 The PC 104 power input c...

Page 62: ...e 3 17 PC 104 Power Input Connector Pinouts PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 5V 2 GND 3 12V Table 3 18 PC 104 Power Input Connector Pinouts 3 2 16 PC 104 Slot CN Label CN10 CN Type 104 pin PC 104 slot CN Location...

Page 63: ...n No Column A Column B Column C Column D 1 IOCHK GROUND GROUND GROUND 2 SD7 RSTDRV SBHE MCS16 3 SD6 5V SA23 IOCS16 4 SD5 IRQ9 SA22 IRQ10 5 SD4 5V SA21 IRQ11 6 SD3 DREQ2 SA20 IRQ12 7 SD2 12V SA19 IRQ15...

Page 64: ...ROUND 21 SA10 IRQ7 22 SA9 IRQ6 23 SA8 IRQ5 24 SA7 IRQ4 25 SA6 IRQ3 26 SA5 DACK2 27 SA4 TC 28 SA3 BALE 29 SA2 5V 30 SA1 ISA_OSC 31 SA0 GROUND 32 GROUND GROUND Table 3 19 PC 104 Slot Connector Pinouts 3...

Page 65: ...utton Connector Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 Reset 2 Ground Table 3 20 Reset Button Connector Pinouts 3 2 18 RS 232 422 485 Cable Connectors CN Label CN16 CN Type 14 pin header 2x7 CN Location See F...

Page 66: ...3 is located on pin 11 to pin 14 of CN16 Figure 3 20 RS 232 Serial Port Connector Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 DCD 2 DSR 3 RXD 4 RTS 5 TXD 6 CTS 7 DTR 8 RI Vout 9 GND 10 GND 11 Tx...

Page 67: ...TA drive connectors are connected to two first generation SATA drives First generation SATA drives transfer data at speeds as high as 150MB s Figure 3 21 SATA Drive Connector Locations PIN NO DESCRIPT...

Page 68: ...el CN29 CN Type 20 pin header 2x10 CN Location See Figure 3 22 CN Pinouts See Table 3 23 The TFT LCD LVDS can be connected to a TFT LCD screen directly Figure 3 22 TFT LCD LVDS Connector Pinout Locati...

Page 69: ...LCD LVDS Port Connector Pinouts CLK 3 2 21 TFT LCD TTL Connector CN Label CN28 CN Type 40 pin header 2x20 CN Location See Figure 3 23 CN Pinouts See Table 3 24 The TFT LCD LVDS can be connected to a...

Page 70: ...26 R2 28 R3 29 R4 30 R5 31 R6 32 R7 33 GND 34 GND 35 CLK 36 VSYNC 37 LCD_EN 38 HSYNC 39 NC 40 DISP_EN Table 3 24 TFT LCD TTL Port Connector Pinouts 3 2 22 Internal USB Connectors CN Label CN24 CN Type...

Page 71: ...SB Table 3 25 USB Port Connector Pinouts 3 3 External Interface Connectors 3 3 1 External Interface Connector Overview Figure 3 25 shows the WAFER LX motherboard external interface connectors The WAFE...

Page 72: ...l USB devices through an adapter cable Various adapters may come with USB ports on a slot bracket or ports that can be attached to D SUB openings on a chassis USB devices connect directly to the USB c...

Page 73: ...6 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 SPEED LED LINK LED...

Page 74: ...DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 DCD1 2 RXD1 3 TXD1 4 DTR1 5 GND 6 DSR1 7 RTS1 8 CTS1 9 COM_RI1 Table 3 29 COM1 Pinouts Figure 3 27 COM1 Pinout Locations 3 3 5 VGA Connector CN Label CN26 CN Type See VG...

Page 75: ...SCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 RED 6 GROUND 11 NC 2 GREEN 7 GROUND 12 DDCDAT 3 BLUE 8 GROUND 13 HSYNC 4 NC 9 NC 14 VSYNC 5 GROUND 10 GROUND 15 DDCCLK Table 3 30 VGA1 Connector Pinouts Fig...

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Page 78: ...the ground 4 2 Installation Considerations NOTE The following installation notices and installation considerations should be read and understood before the motherboard is installed All installation no...

Page 79: ...t with the PCB circuit connector pins or its components 4 3 Unpacking NOTE If any of the items listed below are missing when the WAFER LX is unpacked do not proceed with the installation and contact t...

Page 80: ...les 1 x SATA power cable 1 x Audio cable 1 x KB MS cable 1 x USB cable 1 x RS 232 cable 1x Utility CD 1x Quick Installation GuideIf one or more of these items are missing please contact the reseller o...

Page 81: ...the anti static precautions listed above in order to prevent ESD damage to the motherboard and other electronic components like the CPU and DIMM modules The following components must be installed onto...

Page 82: ...4 4 1 2 DIMM Module Installation The WAFER LX motherboard has two DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets To install the DIMM modules follow the instructions below Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Locate the SO DIMM modul...

Page 83: ...ct the otherboard to the IDE HDD is a standard 44 pin ATA 66 100 flat cable To connect an IDE HDD to the motherboard follow the instructions below Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Find the ATA 66 100 flat...

Page 84: ...er that slides over the pins to connect them To CLOSE SHORT a jumper mean connecting the pins of the jumper with the plastic clip and to OPEN a jumper means removing the plastic clip from a jumper s B...

Page 85: ...2 Jumper Locations 4 5 1 Clear CMOS Jumper NOTE The battery connector CN7 is used as the clear CMOS jumper on the WAFER LX Jumper Label CN7 Jumper Type 2 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 4 3 Jumpe...

Page 86: ...be corrected by pressing the F1 to enter the CMOS Setup menu Do one of the following Enter the correct CMOS setting Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults After having done one of the above save...

Page 87: ...1 Pin 2 RS 422 Default Short Pin 2 Pin 3 RS 485 Table 4 5 COM3 Setup Jumper Settings 4 6 Chassis Installation After the CPU the cooling kit and the DIMM modules have been installed and after the inter...

Page 88: ...rates up to 1Gb s 4 7 3 USB Connection The rear panel USB connectors provide easier and quicker access to external USB devices The rear panel USB connector is a standard connector and can easily be co...

Page 89: ...Page 89 WAFER LX 5 Award BIOS Setup Chapter 5...

Page 90: ...the screen If the message disappears restart the computer and try again 5 1 2 Using Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight items press ENTER to select use the PAGEUP and PAGEDOWN keys to change entrie...

Page 91: ...ed a small help window describing the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item appears To exit the Help Window press ESC or the F1 key again 5 1 4 Unable to Reboot...

Page 92: ...sic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Changes the advanced system settings Advanced Chipset Features Changes the chipset configuration features Integrated Peripherals Changes the settings fo...

Page 93: ...m Password dialogue box and press ENTER To disable the password simply press ENTER in the Enter Password dialogue box then press any key in the Password Disabled dialogue box Set User Password Use the...

Page 94: ...se the Date option to set the system date Time hh mm ss Use the Time option to set the system time IDE Master and IDE Slave When entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices The Standa...

Page 95: ...720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5in Default 2 88M 3 5 in Halt On All But Keyboard Use the Halt On option to specify what errors detected during the power up process stop the system All Errors Whenever BIOS detect...

Page 96: ...the memory address map of the CPU Total Memory The Total Memory is NOT user configurable 5 2 1 IDE Primary Master Slave Use the IDE Primary Master Slave menu to set or change the master slave IDE conf...

Page 97: ...uto Use the Access Mode option to determine the hard disk BIOS translation modes Most systems now use hard drives with large capacities and therefore either the LBA translation mode or auto mode shoul...

Page 98: ...omp 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 power...

Page 99: ...led beforehand Use the Virus Warning option to enable BIOS to monitor the boot sector and partition table of the HDD for any attempted modification If a modification attempt is made the BIOS halts the...

Page 100: ...is turned on If enabled BIOS shortens or skips some POST check items Disabled Normal POST occurs after the computer is turned on Enabled Default Quick POST occurs after the computer is turned on Boot...

Page 101: ...a HDD to boot from If it cannot find an HDD it boots from a CD ROM If both The HDD and the CD ROM are unavailable the system boots from a SCSI drive Boot Device configuration options are Floppy LS120...

Page 102: ...ack number Note that there is no warning message if the drive installed is 360K Enabled BIOS searches for a FDD to determine if it has 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS cannot tell the difference between...

Page 103: ...the typematic rate Typematic Rate Chars sec 6 The Typematic Rate option can only be configured if the Typematic Rate Setting is enabled Use the Typematic Rate option to specify the rate keys are accel...

Page 104: ...sword is not entered at the prompt NOTE To disable security select the password setting in the Main Menu When asked to enter a password don t type anything press ENTER and the security is disabled Onc...

Page 105: ...specified is the number of seconds the system waits before the HDD is identified Small Logo EPA Show Disabled Use the Small Logo EPA Show option to specify if the Environmental Protection Agency EPA...

Page 106: ...he CPU Frequency option to set the CPU frequency The CPU Frequency options are Auto 200MHz 333MHz 400MHz 433MHz 500MHz Default Memory Frequency 333MHz Use the Memory Frequency option to set the freque...

Page 107: ...ify how the cache memory is interleaved LOI Default Low order interleaving LOI of memory occurs HOI High order interleaving HOI of memory occurs Video Memory Size 8M Use the Video Memory Size option t...

Page 108: ...in Section 5 4 1 OnBoard Audio Enabled Use the OnBoard Audio option to enable or disable the onboard codec Disabled The onboard codec is disabled Enabled Default The onboard codec is detected and enab...

Page 109: ...ion is not set to Auto Use the Data Bus Type option to set the bus type and the data bus width used to transfer data between the system and the flat panel screen connected to the system The Data Bus T...

Page 110: ...Use the VGSYNC Polarity Active option to set the polarity of the VSYNC signal to the panel The VGSYNC Polarity Active options are High Low Default SHFCLK Active Period Free Running Use the SHFCLK Acti...

Page 111: ...nnel is not used Enabled Default The primary IDE channel is used Drive PIO Mode Auto Use the Drive PIO Mode options below to select the Programmed Input Output PIO mode for the following HDDs Master D...

Page 112: ...The computer selects the correct UDMA Disabled The UDMA for the HDD device is disabled IT8888 ISA Decode IO Use the IT8888 ISA Decode IO menu BIOS Menu 7 to set the IO memory range for the onboard ISA...

Page 113: ...IRQ4 Use the Onboard Serial Port 1 option to select the I O address and IRQ for the onboard serial port 1 The serial port can be disabled or the I O address and the IRQ can be automatically selected b...

Page 114: ...Onboard Parallel Port option to specify a logical LPT port address and corresponding interrupt for the physical parallel port The Onboard Parallel Port options are Disabled 378 IRQ7 Default 278 IRQ5...

Page 115: ...de Select EPP1 7 The EPP Mode Select option is only available if the Parallel Port Mode option is set to EPP mode Use the EPP Mode Select option to select the parallel port mode standard for the paral...

Page 116: ...rd If these devices are stacked onto the board the ISA bus space should be enabled If no PCI 104 devices are being used disable all the buses Disabling these buses frees up system resources that can b...

Page 117: ...d represents a set for the PCI 104 devices that are attached to the system Decode IO Space N Enabled Use the Decode IO Space N option to allocate system resources to the ISA bridge and to enable the N...

Page 118: ...Middle Speed Slow Speed Subtractive Speed Decode IO Address N 0 15 xx Use the Decode IO Address N 0 15 option to allocate an address to the ISA bus The address may range from 0001 to FFFF Decode IO Si...

Page 119: ...ble all the memory allocations for these buses Disabling the memory allocations frees up system resources that can be allocated to other system applications Use the IT8888 ISA Decode Memory BIOS Menu...

Page 120: ...nabled Default The Nth memory set is enabled and dedicated system memory resources are allocated to the ISA bus Decode Memory Speed N Fast Speed Use the Decode Memory Speed N option to specify the mem...

Page 121: ...etup menu BIOS Menu 9 to set the BIOS power management and saving features BIOS Menu 9 Power Management Setup ACPI Function Disabled Use the ACPI Function to enable the ACPI Advanced Configuration and...

Page 122: ...I Use the Power Management option to set the power management type used by the system Disabled All power management options are turned off The only user configurable options are the power button and a...

Page 123: ...led The Suspend Mode option can only be selected if the Power Management option is set to Legacy The Suspend Mode specifies the amount of time the system can be inactive before the system enters suspe...

Page 124: ...sed Instant Off Default When the power button is pressed the system is immediately shutdown Delay 4 sec To shutdown the system the power button must be held down longer than four seconds otherwise the...

Page 125: ...reset the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when exiting setup if booting problems occur after a new add on is installed Disabled Default ESCD will not be reconfigured Enabled ESCD will be recon...

Page 126: ...nu has the following options IRQ 3 assigned to IRQ 4 assigned to IRQ 5 assigned to IRQ 7 assigned to IRQ 10 assigned to IRQ 11 assigned to The above options all have the following default options PCI...

Page 127: ...mory Resources to select a base address and the length for the memory area used by a peripheral that requires high memory BIOS Menu 12 Memory Resources The menu has two configurable options Reserved M...

Page 128: ...nd hardware MPEG decoders and other similar devices are allowed to look at the VGA palette on the video card so these devices can determine what colors are in use This option is needed very rarely and...

Page 129: ...perature when the system should automatically shutdown CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Use the CPU Warning Temperature option to set the CPU temperature that would automatically generate a warning Di...

Page 130: ...Page 130 IEI Technology Corp WAFER LX System Fan The following system fans are monitored Current System Fan Voltages The following voltages are monitored Vcore 3 3 V VccMem 5 V 12 V VBAT V...

Page 131: ...Page 131 WAFER LX Chapter 6 6 Software Drivers...

Page 132: ...river Audio Driver LAN Driver SATA RAID Driver ISA Driver All five drivers can be found on the CD that came with the CPU card To install the drivers please follow the instructions in the sections belo...

Page 133: ...Page 133 WAFER LX Figure 6 1 AMD LX GX CD Main Menu Step 2 A window appears listing the drivers available for installation Figure 6 2...

Page 134: ...view more information on the driver installation or select Manual to navigate to the WAFER LX user manual Step 0 The following sections fully describe the driver installation procedures for the WAFER...

Page 135: ...Page 135 WAFER LX Figure 6 3 Access Windows Control Panel Step 2 Double click the System icon Figure 6 4...

Page 136: ...logy Corp WAFER LX Figure 6 4 Double Click the System Icon Step 3 Step 4 Double click the Device Manager tab Figure 6 5 Figure 6 5 Double Click the Device Manager Tab A list of system hardware devices...

Page 137: ...rs category Figure 6 7 Right click the adapter and select Properties NOTE If the Display Adapters category is not available navigate to X VGA LX800 XP VGA 2 01 05 where X is the system CD drive and re...

Page 138: ...Technology Corp WAFER LX Figure 6 7 Expand the Display Adapters Category Step 6 From the Driver tab of the Properties window click Update Driver Figure 6 8 or click Reinstall Driver if Update Driver...

Page 139: ...Page 139 WAFER LX Figure 6 8 Update Driver Step 7 The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard appears Figure 6 9 Click NEXT to continue...

Page 140: ...ogy Corp WAFER LX Figure 6 9 Upgrade Device Driver Wizard Step 8 The Install Hardware Device Driver screen appears Figure 6 10 Select the Search for a suitable driver for my device radio button and cl...

Page 141: ...Page 141 WAFER LX Figure 6 10 Search for Suitable Driver Step 9 Select Specify a Location in the Locate Driver Files window Figure 6 11 Click NEXT to continue...

Page 142: ...WAFER LX Figure 6 11 Locate Driver Files Step 10 Step 11 Click Browse and navigate to the X AMD LX800 XP VGA 2 01 05 directory where X is the system CD drive Figure 6 12 Figure 6 12 Location Browsing...

Page 143: ...ow appears Click NEXT to continue The driver is installed Step 0 6 3 Audio Driver Installation To install the audio driver please follow the steps below Open Windows Control Panel Figure 6 13 Figure 6...

Page 144: ...gy Corp WAFER LX Figure 6 14 Double Click the System Icon Step 3 Step 4 Double click the Device Manager tab Figure 6 15 Figure 6 15 Double Click the Device Manager Tab A list of system hardware device...

Page 145: ...e 6 16 Device Manager List Step 5 Step 6 Double click the listed device that has question marks next to it This means Windows does not recognize the device The Device Driver Wizard appears Figure 6 17...

Page 146: ...Page 146 IEI Technology Corp WAFER LX Figure 6 17 Search for Suitable Driver Step 7 Select Specify a Location in the Locate Driver Files window Figure 6 18 Click NEXT to continue...

Page 147: ...Page 147 WAFER LX Figure 6 18 Locate Driver Files Step 8 Select X Audio GeodeLX_XP_XPe_WDM_Audio_v2 03 00 directory in the location browsing window where X is the system CD drive Figure 6 19...

Page 148: ...ars Select the LXWDMAu inf file and click OPEN to continue The driver is installed Step 0 6 4 LAN Driver To install the LAN driver please follow the steps below Click LAN from the AMD LX GX CD Driver...

Page 149: ...ep 5 Step 6 Double click the Setup program icon in Figure 6 20 The Install Shield Wizard is prepared to guide the user through the rest of the process Figure 6 21 Figure 6 21 Preparing Setup Screen On...

Page 150: ...ard Welcome Screen Click NEXT to continue the installation or CANCEL to stop the installation Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 The Install Wizard starts to install the LAN driver Once the installation is complete...

Page 151: ...tion and exit the Install Shield Wizard Step 10 Step 11 Once the installation process is complete the computer may be restarted immediately or later Select the preferred option and click FINISH to com...

Page 152: ...TA RAID Driver To install the ALi SATA RAID driver please follow the steps below Step 1 Step 2 Click SATA from the AMD LX GX CD Driver Menu to open a window to the X ALi_SATA_M5283 where X is the syst...

Page 153: ...Setup Program Icon Step 3 Step 4 The Install Shield Wizard Figure 6 26 is prepared to guide the user through the rest of the process Figure 6 26 Preparing Setup Screen Once initialized the Install Wi...

Page 154: ...echnology Corp WAFER LX Figure 6 27 Install Wizard Welcome Screen Click NEXT to continue the installation or CANCEL to stop the installation Step 5 Step 6 The Install Wizard starts to install the driv...

Page 155: ...Page 155 WAFER LX Figure 6 28 Installing Screen Step 7 A Digital Signal Not Found screen appears Figure 6 29 Click YES to continue the installation process...

Page 156: ...Page 156 IEI Technology Corp WAFER LX Figure 6 29 RAID Driver Digital Signal Step 8 Once the installation is complete the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen appears Figure 6 30...

Page 157: ...is complete the computer may be restarted immediately or later Select the preferred option and click FINISH to complete the installation process and exit the Install Shield Wizard Step 0 6 6 ISA Drive...

Page 158: ...Page 158 IEI Technology Corp WAFER LX Figure 6 31 Access Windows Control Panel Step 2 Double click the System icon Figure 6 32...

Page 159: ...FER LX Figure 6 32 Double Click the System Icon Step 3 Step 4 Double click the Device Manager tab Figure 6 33 Figure 6 33 Double Click the Device Manager Tab A list of system hardware devices appears...

Page 160: ...R LX Figure 6 34 Device Manager List Step 5 Step 6 Double click the listed device that has question marks next to it This means Windows does not recognize the device The Device Driver Wizard appears F...

Page 161: ...Page 161 WAFER LX Figure 6 35 Search for Suitable Driver Step 7 Select Specify a Location in the Locate Driver Files window Figure 6 36 Click NEXT to continue...

Page 162: ...Page 162 IEI Technology Corp WAFER LX Figure 6 36 Locate Driver Files Step 8 Select X IT8888 directory in the location browsing window where X is the system CD drive Figure 6 37...

Page 163: ...163 WAFER LX Figure 6 37 Location Browsing Window Step 9 Click OK to continue A driver files location menu window appears Select the ite inf file and click OPEN to continue The driver is installed St...

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Page 165: ...Page 165 WAFER LX Appendix A A BIOS Configuration Options...

Page 166: ...y mm dd yyyy 94 Time hh mm ss 94 IDE Master and IDE Slave 94 Drive A None 95 Halt On All But Keyboard 95 Base Memory 96 Extended Memory 96 Total Memory 96 IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter 96 IDE Pri...

Page 167: ...isabled 105 CPU Frequency 500MHz 106 Memory Frequency 333MHz 106 CAS Latency Auto 107 Interleave Select LOI 107 Video Memory Size 8M 107 Output Display Panel CRT 107 Flat Panel Configuration Press Ent...

Page 168: ...de IO Size N Fast Speed 118 Decode Memory Space N Enabled 120 Decode Memory Speed N Fast Speed 120 Decode Memory Address N xx 120 Decode Memory Size N xx 120 ACPI Function Disabled 121 ACPI Suspend Ty...

Page 169: ...Page 169 WAFER LX CPU Warning Temperature Disabled 129 System Temperature 129 System Fan 130 Voltages 130...

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Page 171: ...Page 171 WAFER LX B Watchdog Timer Appendix B...

Page 172: ...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 173: ...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 1 is the...

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Page 175: ...Page 175 WAFER LX C Address Mapping Appendix C...

Page 176: ...er 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 Pr...

Page 177: ...IRQ4 COM1 IRQ12 PS 2 mouse IRQ5 SMBus Controller IRQ13 FPU IRQ6 FDC IRQ14 Primary IDE IRQ7 Available IRQ15 Secondary IDE Table C 3 IRQ Mapping Table C 4 DMA Channel Assignments Channel Function 0 Avai...

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Page 179: ...Page 179 WAFER LX D External AC 97 Audio CODEC Appendix D...

Page 180: ...AC 97 CODEC The CODEC is accessed through a connector on the WAFER LXG motherboard Connect the audio kit to the connector D 1 2 Driver Installation eD 1 The driver installation has been described in...

Page 181: ...Effect Manager icon in the Notification Area of the system task bar see FigureeD 2 or igureeD 3 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Install the audio CODEC driver Click either The Sound Effect Manager icon in the C...

Page 182: ...nt CODECs may have different sound manager appearances The following section describes the different configuration options in the Sound Effect Manager D 2 2 Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options...

Page 183: ...ns The Sound Effect Manager loaded onto the system may only have some of the options listed above Below is a brief description of the available configuration options in the Sound Effects Manager Sound...

Page 184: ...uration Multi channel speaker settings are configured in this menu Configurable options include o Headphone o Channel mode for 4 speaker output o Channel mode for 5 1 speaker output Speaker Test Each...

Page 185: ...Page 185 WAFER LX E Ali RAID Appendix E...

Page 186: ...e operating system will not be able to distinguish the physical disk drives contained in a RAID configuration A 1 1 Precautions One key benefit a RAID configuration brings is that a single hard drive...

Page 187: ...same capacity are the same type and have the same speed NOTE Make sure the SATA drives are EXACTLY the same when they are configured in a RAID configuration JBOD RAID 0 or RAID 1 If they are not the...

Page 188: ...p program Figuree Accessing ALi RAID BIOS Utility E 1 FigureeE 2 Step 9 Delete RAID settings and partitions The RAID BIOS Setup Utility in appears Before configuring the array select the Delete All RA...

Page 189: ...a RAID array make sure the data has been moved or backed up before creating a RAID array out of the disk drives Select Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Use the arrow keys to highlight Create RA...

Page 190: ...create a RAID array The excessive capacity of a larger disk drive cannot be utilized because data stripes are equally distributed across all members of a RAID array A 4 2 Create RAID 1 Mirroring for R...

Page 191: ...he created array Upper and lower case alphabetic numeric space and underscore characters are all applicable for naming an array View the array A prompt appears to proceed with drive copy The Source an...

Page 192: ...are used to create a RAID array make sure the data has been moved or backed up before creating a RAID array out of the disk drives Step 1 Step 2 Select Create JBOD for Integrated Capacity Use the arro...

Page 193: ...drives connected on the same IDE channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAID1 array Avoid mixing Parallel ATA and Serial ATA disk drives in a RAID1 array A 4 4 Stripe Size Changing the stripe...

Page 194: ...ll also be deleted Delete RAID Settings Use the arrow keys to highlight Delete All RAID Setting Partition and press ENTER Confirm delete The Data on RAID drives will be erased Y N confirm box appears...

Page 195: ...y may vary depending on the size of stored data disk drive capacity and drive performance A 4 8 Select Boot Drive Step 1 Step 2 Select the Boot Drive Use the arrow keys to highlight Select Boot Drive...

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