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WAFER-LX User Manual

1. Introduction

The ALi M5283 is a highly integrated disk drive controller that is capable of managing Parallel-ATA

and Serial-ATA interface hard disk drives. The ALi controller supports PATA UDMA transfer mode

up to mode 6 and SATA 1.0 disk drives. The ALi M5283 also comes with cost-effective RAID

functionalities that can be used to increase data read/write speed and to provide protection to data

by distributing mirrored duplicates of data onto two disk drives (RAID1).

CAUTION!

You must properly configure the associated BIOS settings before the Ctlr+A

key combination can take effect. Please refer to

Chapter 4 Award BIOS

Setup,

the discussions of the associated configurations for more details.

SATA disk drive support must be initiated under the following two BIOS

sub-menus.

1. Boot -> Onboard SATA ROM

Chipset -> Southbridge Chipset Configuration

You will not be able to access the ALi configuration utility unless you have

properly initiated the SATA disk drive support in the Award BIOS configuration

utility.

CAUTION!

A configured RAID volume (which may consist of multiple hard drives)

appears to an operating system as a contiguous storage space. Your

operating system will not be able to distinguish the physical disk drives

contained in a RAID configuration.

Precautions:

1. One key benefit a RAID configuration brings you is that a single hard drive can fail within a

RAID array without damaging your data. With RAID1 array, you can replace a failed drive

and restore your RAID configuration.

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Summary of Contents for WAFER-LX

Page 1: ...WAFER LX 3 5 Profile WAFER Embedded Board User Manual RoHS Compliant ...

Page 2: ...tation 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 AMD is the registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Geode GeodeLink Virtual ...

Page 3: ...l Information 1 2 Connectivity 1 4 Label 1 4 Function 1 4 1 2 WAFER LX Board Overview 1 8 1 3 Technical Specifications 1 9 Audio Connector 1 10 AC 97 interface 1 11 Packing List 1 11 System Monitoring 1 11 CHAPTER TWO UNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 2 1 CPU Memory and VIA Chipsets 2 2 CPU 2 2 Memory 2 3 VGA LCD Interface 2 3 Audio 2 3 Block Diagram 2 4 Important Features 2 5 2 2 External Interfaces 2 7 Page...

Page 4: ...iguration 3 6 JP1 3 6 JP2 COM3 Serial Port Operation Mode Selector 3 6 JP3 COM Ports Power Selector 3 7 3 4 Installation 3 8 IDE Disk Drive and CDROM Connector 3 8 Optional Floppy Drive Connector CN31 3 9 Compact Flash Disk 3 9 Parallel Port Connector CN15 3 9 Audio Interface 3 10 COM Port Connectors COM1 CN22 COM2 COM3 CN16 3 10 LCD Panel Connection CN26 CN28 and CN29 3 10 Ethernet Connection CN2...

Page 5: ... 4 19 Advanced Chipset Features 4 20 Integrated Peripherals 4 26 1 1 9 OnChip IDE Device 4 27 Power Management Setup 4 31 1 1 10 Onboard Device 4 37 1 1 11 Super I O Device 4 39 PnP PCI Configurations 4 44 PC Health Status 4 47 Frequency Voltage 4 49 APPENDIX A WATCHDOG TIMER APPENDIX B CONNECTING ATX POWER Power Supply B 1 1 Using ATX Power Switch B 2 2 Using AT Power Supply B 3 APPENDIX C ALI RA...

Page 6: ... Pinouts 15 Table 2 9 PC 104 64 Connector Pinouts 16 Table 2 10 PC 104 40 Connector Pinouts 17 Table 2 11 CN11 VCC PC 104 Supplementary Power 18 Table 2 12 CN12 Reset Button Connector Pinouts 18 Table 2 13 CN13 Power ON OFF Button Connector Pinouts 19 Table 2 14 CN14 Digital I O Connector Pinouts 19 Table 2 15 Digital Input Output Definition Options 20 Table 2 16 CN15 Parallel Port Pinouts 21 Tabl...

Page 7: ...Board Overview 8 Figure 2 1 System Block Diagram 4 Figure 2 2 External Interfaces Component Side 7 Figure 2 3 External Interfaces Soldering Side 7 Figure 2 4 Locations of Configuration Jumpers 8 Figure 2 5 Power 4P Connector 11 Figure 2 6 CN2 SBVCC ATX Power Feature 12 Figure 2 7 Inverter Backlight Control 12 Figure 2 8 CN4 Fan Connector 13 Figure 2 9 CN5 Power and HDD LED Connector 13 Figure 2 10...

Page 8: ...e carried out by certified technicians 2 The chassis into which the embedded board and its associated backplane are installed should provide stable power supply and be properly grounded 3 Power off the embedded board and unplug its power cord before handling 4 When handling the embedded board avoid touching any metal leads or connectors 5 Please verify that the power supply is switched off before ...

Page 9: ...of essential but non critical information These messages should be read carefully as any directions or instructions contained therein can help you avoid making mistakes Notes are easy to recognize The word note is written as NOTE both capitalized and bold and is followed by the cautionary message Lists Bulleted Lists Bulleted lists are statements of non sequential facts that can be read in any ord...

Page 10: ...O NOT upgrade your BIOS unless you fully understand what a revision will do Problems that occur during the updating process may cause unrecoverable errors and system down time Always consult qualified technicians before proceeding with any upgrade Page 10 Page 10 IEI Technology Corp ...

Page 11: ...WAFER LX Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 1 1 ...

Page 12: ...rly suitable for low power and fan less applications The WAFER LEX supports a full range of functionality for an AT ATX compatible industrial computer in a space saving 3 5 profile The WAFER LEX is equipped with a low power consumption and high performance AMD Geode LX800 processor on board It also contains an SDRAM SODIMM socket that supports up to 1GB memory in size Figure 1 1 WAFER LX Board Lay...

Page 13: ...WAFER LX Figure 1 2 WAFER LX Board Layout Soldering Side 1 3 1 3 ...

Page 14: ...connector CN10 PC 104 connector 104 pin ISA bus CN11 3 pin external VCC supplementary for PC 104 power connector CN12 2 pin Reset button switch to the chassis front panel CN13 2 pin Power switch button to the chassis front panel CN14 10 pin general purpose I Os connector CN15 26 pin parallel port pin header CN16 14 pin internal serial port pin header COM2 CN17 6 pin keyboard mouse connector a 6 pi...

Page 15: ...ogies The built in graphics controller supports both a CRT and an 18 bit LCD display simultaneously It offers the resolutions of LCD screen up to 1920 x 1440 CRT and 1620 x 1200 TFT pixels with 18 bit DSTN TFT flat panel interface The WAFER LX s high efficiency design enables its use in a variety of multimedia applications combining the powerful Geode x86 engine application specific system level p...

Page 16: ...256MB DDR SO DIMM memory audio CRT LCD LVDS dual Ethernet SATA IFM 512MB and Windows XP embedded image and thin client package WAFER LX CLIENT CENET 050 3 5 SBC with AMD LX 800 processor 256MB DDR SO DIMM memory audio CRT LCD LVDS dual Ethernet SATA IFM 64MB and Windows CE 5 0 image and thin client package For a more updated information of supported OSes please check on IEI website or contact our ...

Page 17: ...Pad provides the starting point for a range of Web Pad based devices 2 IE 6 0 Media Player Excel Viewer Image Viewer 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 Framework 2 0 7 Standard SDK for Windows CE 8 Transaction Safe FAT File System TFAT 9 PCL Printe...

Page 18: ...WAFER LX User Manual 1 2 WAFER LX Board Overview Component Side Figure 1 3 WAFER LX Board Overview Soldering Side Figure 1 4 WAFER LX Board Overview 1 8 1 8 IEI Technology Corp ...

Page 19: ...xels Hardware Suspend Standby control PCI Interface PCI 2 2 compliant 32 bit 3 3V PCI interface w 5V tolerant inputs Up to 5 PCI masters PCI to system memory data streaming support 10 100Mbps Realtek8100C Ethernet Controller IEEE 802 3 10 100M Base T standard auto sensing interface to 10Mbps or 100Mbps networks through an onboard RJ 45 connector BIOS AMI 256KB Flash memory Compact Flash Disk Runs ...

Page 20: ...n be Set to 1 to 255 seconds period Reset or NMI will be generated when CPU does not periodically trigger the timer PC 104 Interface Direct ISA DMA mode operation E2Key A non volatile 1Kbit EEPROM is provided to retain application critical read write data Power Supply 5V 2 58A typical CPU w 1x128MB PC 100 133 module 5V 2 75A typical 800MHz CPU w 1x128MB PC 100 133 module Hardware Monitor System vo...

Page 21: ...LK input Integrated PCBEEP generator to save buzzer Interrupt capability Packing List 2xSATA cables P N 32000 062800 RS 1xAudio adapter cable P N 32000 072100 RS 1x4P to SATA power adapter cable P N 32100 088600 RS 1xIDE flat cable 44p 40p 40p P N 32200 000061 RS 1xsecond serial port COM2 cable P N 32200 000009 RS 1xKeyboard PS2 mouse cable P N 32000 000138 RS 1xMini jumper pack P N 33100 000079 R...

Page 22: ...WAFER LX Functional Description Chapter 2 2 1 2 1 ...

Page 23: ...DMA 66 100 IDE USB and a complete power management feature set The CS5536AD also provides hardware monitoring and super I O functions floppy disk drive and serial parallel ports The CPU is passively cooled over a heatsink made in aluminum alloy and is ideal for small form factor computing applications with its low power consumption and minimum heat dissipation Shown below are some of the key featu...

Page 24: ...o Accelerator Interface High resolution CRT and TFT outputs simultaneous operation Support for High Definition HD and Standard Definition SD standards Support 1920x1440 in CRT mode and 1600x1200 in TFT mode Audio The AC 97 capabilities are provided by a Realtek ALC203 chip supporting digital audio outputs The onboard ALC203 is a 20 bit DAC and 18 bit ADC supporting full duplex AC 97 2 3 compatible...

Page 25: ...WAFER LX User Manual Block Diagram Figure 2 1 System Block Diagram 2 4 2 4 IEI Technology Corp ...

Page 26: ...t dissipation in fan less installations Supports dual channel 18 bit LVDS and or 24 bit TFT LCD interface System Memory one 144 pin SODIMM socket for 64 bit 400MHz memory modules ranging from 64MB to 1GB in size 64KB I 64KB D L1 cache and 128KB L2 cache for fast I O turnarounds Two serial ports COM1 for RS 232 COM2 3 for RS 232 422 485 USB compliant with the USB rev 2 0 standard System Chipset AMD...

Page 27: ...support 115kbps IrDA 1 1 compliant Watchdog Timer 1 255 SEC ICP6629 Operating temperature 0 to 60 C Humidity 0 to 95 relative humidity Power consumption 5V 1 2A AMD Geode LX 800with DDR400 1GB memory 2 6 2 6 IEI Technology Corp ...

Page 28: ...ER LX 2 2 External Interfaces For the locations of external interfaces please refer to the diagram below Figure 2 2 External Interfaces Component Side Figure 2 3 External Interfaces Soldering Side 2 7 2 7 ...

Page 29: ...e a CFII card socket and a FPC floppy connector Shown below is a diagram indicating the locations of configuration jumpers Figure 2 4 Locations of Configuration Jumpers NOTE 1 Only configuration jumpers are shown in the diagram above 2 For more configuration details on jumper settings please refer to Chapter 3 Installation 2 8 2 8 IEI Technology Corp ...

Page 30: ... connector CN5 5 pin External LED connector to chassis LED controller board CN6 144 pin SDRAM SO DIMM socket CN7 2 pin connector to the external Lithium 3V coin cell battery CN8 10 pin audio connector to the external adapter cable kit which should provide phone jacks for Line_out Line_in and MIC_in connectivity CN9 Not implemented CN10 PC 104 connector 104 pin ISA bus CN11 3 pin external VCC power...

Page 31: ...al ATA connector CN24 8 pin internal 2 0mm USB header 2 ports an adapter cable is required CN25 Serial ATA connector CN26 D SUB 15 pin VGA connector CN27 5 pin 2 54mm IrDA connector CN28 24 bit TFT LCD connector DF13 40P 1 25V CN29 LCD panel single channel 18 bit LVDS TTL connector 20 2x10 pin header 1 25mm DF13 20P 1 25V CN30 Primary IDE bus connector 44 pin 2 0mm CN31 FPC flat type floppy port o...

Page 32: ...nal power connector CN1 You can connect power directly to CN1 or mount a PC 104 compact size power supply module on top of the board through the PC 104 interface Table 2 3 CN1 Power 4P Connector PIN DESCRIPTION 1 5V 2 GND 3 GND 4 12V Figure2 5 Power 4P Connector 2 CN2 SBVCC ATX Power Feature Connector 2 11 2 11 ...

Page 33: ...tor and a 4P power connector This board uses an adapter cable different from that provided with the previous WAFER models please refer to Appendix B for more information Using CN2 as a Configuration Jumper A jumper cap is installed on pins 1 and 2 as factory default pin1 5VSB pin2 5V If the WAFER LX is connected to an AT power let the jumper stay on pins 1 and 2 If connected to an ATX power source...

Page 34: ...RIPTION 1 Fan Speed Detect 2 5V 3 GND Figure 2 8 CN4 Fan Connector 5 CN5 Power and HDD LED Connector This port provides the connectivity to the power and hard drive activity LEDs on the chassis front panel may be so through an LED controller board on the chassis An adapter cable is required Table 2 7 CN5 Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION 1 VCC5 2 GROUND 3 POWER LED 4 POWER LED GND 5 HDD LED 6 HDD LED 2 13 2...

Page 35: ...for a replacement module Dispose of the used battery properly You may contact your local waste disposal agency for disposal instructions Do not dispose of a used battery with normal household waste WARNING 1 Keep a used battery away from children 2 Danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced Only certified module from IEI can be used as a replacement 3 Do not expose the battery to e...

Page 36: ...8 Audio Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 LINE OUT R 2 LINE IN R 3 GROUND 4 GROUND 5 LINE OUT L 6 LINE IN L 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 MIC IN 10 N C Figure 2 10 CN8 Audio Port 9 CN9 functionality not implemented 2 15 2 15 ...

Page 37: ...and PC 104 40 A 5V 12V VCC connector is provided to supply VCC voltage that is routed through the PC 104 64 pin connector Table 2 9 PC 104 64 Connector Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 IOCHECK 33 GROUND 2 SD7 34 IRSTDRV 3 SD6 35 VCC 4 SD5 36 IRQ9 5 SD4 37 5V 6 SD3 38 DRQ2 7 SD2 39 12V 8 SD1 40 ZWS 9 SD0 41 12V 10 IOCHRDY 42 GROUND 11 AEN 43 SMEMW 12 LA19 44 SMEMR 13 LA18 45 IOW 14 LA17 46...

Page 38: ...Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 GROUND 21 GROUND 2 MCS16 22 SBHE 3 IOCS16 23 LA23 4 IRQ10 24 LA22 5 IRQ11 25 LA21 6 IRQ12 26 LA20 7 IRQ15 27 LA19 8 IRQ14 28 LA18 9 DACK0 29 LA17 10 DRQ0 30 MEMR 11 DACK5 31 MEMW 12 DRQ5 32 SD8 13 DACK6 33 SD9 14 DRQ6 34 SD10 15 DACK7 35 SD11 16 DRQ7 36 SD12 17 VCC 37 SD13 18 MASTER 38 SD14 19 GROUND 39 SD15 20 GROUND 40 GROUND 2 17 2 17 ...

Page 39: ...TION 1 5V 2 GND 3 12V Figure 2 11 CN11 VCC Power 12 CN12 Reset Button Connector This connector connects to an externally implemented reset button through an adapter cable Table 2 12 CN12 Reset Button Connector Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION 1 RST_SW 2 GND Figure 2 12 CN12 Reset Button Connector 2 18 2 18 IEI Technology Corp ...

Page 40: ...e the AMD Southbridge is designed without the consideration for a power button signal and the shorted JP1 provides a hardware feedback to initiate the system Table 2 13 CN13 Power ON OFF Button Connector Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION 1 PWR_BTN 2 GND Figure 2 13 CN13 Power ON OFF Button Connector 14 CN14 Digital I O Connector This Digital I O port is managed through AMD CS5536AD Southbridge The first tab...

Page 41: ...6F09 Outputs data to DIO port The BL contents include output data The boot up default correspondence is DO0 DO3 Bit4 Bit7 Configuration example MOV AX 6F09h MOV BL 19h INT 15h If set as the boot up default DO0 1 DO1 DO3 0 6F0A Defines DIO port 8 bits as input or output Each of 8 bits in the BL register represents one DIO signal If set to 1 the DIO becomes input signal If set to 0 the DIO port carr...

Page 42: ...0050 2x13 pin header to parallel D SUB w screws for securing to a chassis panel Table 2 16 CN15 Parallel Port Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE 14 AUTO FORM FEED 2 DATA0 15 ERROR 3 DATA1 16 INITIALIZE 4 DATA2 17 PRINTER SELECT LN 5 DATA3 18 GROUND 6 DATA4 19 GROUND 7 DATA5 20 GROUND 8 DATA6 21 GROUND 9 DATA7 22 GROUND 10 ACK 23 GROUND 11 BUSY 24 GROUND 12 PAPER EMPTY 25 GROUND 13 PR...

Page 43: ...Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 DCD1 2 DSR2 3 RXD2 4 RTS2 5 TXD2 6 CTS2 7 DTR2 8 COM_RI2 9 GND 10 GND 11 TXD485 12 TXD485 13 RXD485 14 RXD485 Figure2 15 COM2 Connector The part number of the IEI COM2 serial port adapter cable is 32200 012100 Figure 2 16 COM2 Adapter Cable 2 22 2 22 IEI Technology Corp ...

Page 44: ...n modes 17 CN17 Keyboard Mouse Pin Header This port connects to a PS 2 keyboard or mouse using a 6 pin to PS 2 adapter cable An adapter cable 6 pin to two PS 2 is required IEI part no 32200 000052 Table 2 18 CN17 Keyboard Mouse Header Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION 1 5V 2 MS_DATA 3 MS_CLK 4 KB_DATA 5 KB_CLK 6 GND Figure 2 17 CN17 Keyboard Mouse Pin Header 18 CN18 This functionality is not implemented 2 2...

Page 45: ...A drives are managed by the ALi chipset onboard Table 2 19 Serial ATA Port Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 STXP 3 STXN 4 GND 5 SRXN 6 SRXP 7 GND Figure 2 18 Serial ATA Port 21 CN24 Internal USB Header Two Ports USB2 3 2x4 8 pin Header This header provides the connectivity to additional USB devices through an adapter cable Various adapters may come with USB ports on a slot bracket o...

Page 46: ... pin header allows you to connect external Infrared devices through an adapter cable The IrDA port supports either a Serial Infrared SIR or an Amplitude Shift Keyed IR ASKIR interface The header comes as a 1x5 pin 2 54mm pin header Table 2 21 CN27 IrDA Interface Port Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 5V 2 N C 3 IR RX 4 GROUND 5 IR TX Figure 2 20 CN27 IrDA Interface Port 2 25 2 25 ...

Page 47: ... GROUND 3 GROUND 6 LCD3V 5 LCD3V 8 GROUND 7 N C 10 FPD1 9 FPD0 12 FPD3 11 FPD2 14 FPD5 13 FPD4 16 FPD7 15 FPD6 18 FPD9 17 FPD8 20 FPD11 19 FPD10 22 FPD13 21 FPD12 24 FPD15 23 FPD14 26 FPD17 25 FPD16 28 FPD19 27 FPD18 30 FPD21 29 FPD20 32 FPD23 31 FPD22 34 GROUND 33 GROUND 36 FPVS 35 FPCLK 38 FPHS 37 FPDEN 40 ENVEE 39 N C Figure 2 21 CN28 TFT Panel Display Connector 2 26 2 26 IEI Technology Corp ...

Page 48: ... 5 LVD1 8 LVD2 7 LVD2 10 LVDCK 9 LVDCK 12 N C 11 N C 14 GROUND 13 GROUND 16 N C 15 N C 18 LVD_VCC5 17 LVD_VCC5 20 LVD_VCC3 19 LVD_VCC3 Figure 2 22 CN29 LVDS Panel Display Connector 25 CN30 IDE Connector One IDE connector can connect to one 1 IDE cable and the single IDE cable can then connect to two IDE devices An optional IDE adapter cable from IEI is available the part number is 32200 008800 2 2...

Page 49: ... 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 SIGNAL GND 20 KEY 21 HDD 0 22 GROUND 23 IO WRITE 24 GROUND 25 IO READ 26 GROUND 27 HD READY 28 N C 29 HDACK 0 30 GROUND 31 IRQ14 32 N C 33 ADDR 1 34 N C 35 ADDR 0 36 ADDR 2 37 HDD SELECT 0 38 HDD SELECT 1 39 IDE ACTIVE 40 GROUND 41 VCC 42 VCC 43 GROUND 44 N C Figure 2 23 IDE Connector 2 28 2 28 IEI Technology Corp ...

Page 50: ... 720 KB 1 44 MB and 2 88 MB drive to this port Table 2 25 CN31 Optional Floppy Connector PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 14 STEP 2 INDEX 15 GROUND 3 VCC 16 WDATA 4 DISKSEL0 17 GROUND 5 VCC 18 WGATE 6 DSKCHG 19 GROUND 7 N C 20 TRAK0 8 N C 21 GROUND 9 N C 22 WRTPRT 10 MTR0 23 GROUND 11 N C 24 RDATA 12 DIR 25 GROUND 13 N C 26 HDSEL Figure 2 24 CN31 Floppy Port 2 29 2 29 ...

Page 51: ...ND 26 VCC IN CHECK1 2 DATA3 27 DATA11 3 DATA4 28 DATA12 4 DATA5 29 DATA13 5 DATA6 30 DATA14 6 DATA7 31 DATA15 7 HDC_CS0 32 HDC_CS1 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 SA0 45 HDD_ACTIVE 21 DATA0 46 PDIAG 22 DATA1 47 DATA8 23 DATA2 48 DATA...

Page 52: ...to USB1 1 devices CN20 CN21 10 100BaseT Ethernet RJ 45 Ports These RJ 45 connectors provide 10 100BaseT Ethernet connection to a local or internet network Refer to the table below for the Ethernet port LED indication Figure 2 26 10 100BaseT Ethernet RJ 45 Port Table 2 27 Ethernet Port Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 TX 5 N C 2 N C 6 RX 3 TX 7 N C 4 RX 8 N C 2 31 2 31 ...

Page 53: ...rial connection in the RS 232 mode Table 2 29 Serial Port COM1 Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 NRLSD1 6 NDSR1 2 NRX1 7 NRTS1 3 NTX1 8 NCTS1 4 NDTR1 9 COM_RI1 5 GND CN26 VGA Port This 15 pin D SUB VGA port connects to a CRT or LCD display monitor Table 2 30 VGA Port Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 VGA_R 9 N C 2 VGA_G 10 GND 3 VGA_B 11 N C 4 N C 12 SSDA 5 GND 13 VGA_HS 6 GND 14 V...

Page 54: ...WAFER LX Installation Chapter 3 3 1 3 1 ...

Page 55: ...lation Notices 1 Prior to installation please do not remove the stickers on the system board These stickers are required for warranty validation 2 Prior to the installation of the system board or any hardware please first carefully read the information in the provided manual 3 Before using the product please verify that all cables and power connectors are connected 4 To prevent damage to the PCB b...

Page 56: ...ges and can be damaged by a sudden rush of power To protect it from unintended damage be sure to follow these precautions Ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching your PCB You can do so by using a grounded wrist strap at all times or by frequently touching any conducting materials that is connected to the ground Handle your PCB by its edges Do not touch IC chips leads or circuit...

Page 57: ...s TBD Figure 3 1 Board Dimensions and Mounting Hole Locations NOTE Use the mounting holes on the four corners of the PCB for securing within a chassis Holes in the middle of the board are used for securing a heatsink 3 4 3 4 IEI Technology Corp ...

Page 58: ...l pins and a small metal clip often protected by a plastic cover that slides over the ins to connect them To CLOSE SHORT 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 Figure 3 2 Jumper Figure 3 3 Locations of Configuration Jumpers 3 5 3 5 ...

Page 59: ...P1 are shorted by a jumper cap The reason why JP1 should be shorted is because the AMD Southbridge is designed without the consideration for a power button signal and the shorted JP1 provides a hardware feedback to initiate the system The power on off function is then managed by the AT power switch button JP1 Pin Configuration Table 3 1 JP1 Pin Configuration JP1 Power Mode Selector 1 AUTO_SW 2 PWR...

Page 60: ...r Selector Table 3 3 JP3 COM2 Signal Selector COM1 Pin 9 Signal Selection COM2 Pin 8 Signal Selection PIN COMBINATION DESCRIPTION PIN COMBINATION DESCRIPTION 1 3 12V 2 4 12V 3 5 5V 4 6 5V 5 7 5V 6 8 5V 7 9 RI1 8 10 RI2 Figure 3 5 JP3 Pin Configurations 3 7 3 7 ...

Page 61: ...vices are daisy chained using a standard 44 pin IDE cable Connection is made by connecting one end of the cable to the CN30 IDE connector The connector has a keyed pin which prevents you from inserting the connector in a wrong direction The read wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector Plug the other end of the cable into the Enhanced IDE hard drive with pin 1 on the cable corresponding to pin 1...

Page 62: ... only one connector in the set Compact Flash Disk When appropriately formatted a compact Flash disk can serve as a bootable hard drive in applications where installation space is limited The Compact Flash card occupies a secondary IDE channel Configuration options can be found through the BIOS configuration utility Parallel Port Connector CN15 Parallel port connects to a printer The WAFER LX comes...

Page 63: ...lays and flat panel displays including passive LCD and active LCD displays There are three 3 connectors onboard for the connection to the three 3 display types 1 CRT VGA monitors 2 TFT flat panel displays 3 LVDS type LCD panels One CRT display connector CN26 is provided as a 15 pin female D SUB to connect conventional CRT displays Pin assignments can be found in Chapter 2 Functional Description Fl...

Page 64: ...nt with IEEE 802 3U 10 100Mbps CSMA CD standards The 10 100BaseT connector connections are made via standard RJ 45 connectors on the front edge PXE Pre Boot Execution Environment PXE is an open industry standard developed by a number of software and hardware vendors IEI BIOS PXE feature allows a workstation to boot from a server on a network by receiving a pre OS agent prior to booting the operati...

Page 65: ... and a standard USB connector on the other Accessories Included in Kit IEI provides the following cables to facilitate connections to your peripheral devices For more information on the locations of the connectors please refer to Chapter 2 Cables not included in kit are the user supplied items and should be separately purchased Table 3 4 Cables and Accessories Included in Kit No Type 1 IDE flat ca...

Page 66: ...WAFER LX Award BIOS Setup Chapter 4 4 1 4 1 ...

Page 67: ... Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight items press ENTER to select use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries press F1 for help and press ESC to quit Navigation keys are shown in Key Function Up arrow Move to the item above Down arrow Move to the item below Left arrow Move to the item on the left hand side Right arrow Move to the item on the right hand side Page up Increase the numeric val...

Page 68: ...ppears To exit the Help Window press ESC or the F1 key again 1 1 4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes If you are unable to boot your computer after you have made changes to the system configuration you must restore the CMOS defaults Use the jumper described in Chapter Error Reference source not found Section Error Reference source not found 1 1 5 Main BIOS Menu Once the BIOS opens the ma...

Page 69: ... BIOS Main Menu Load Fail Safe Defaults This option allows you to load failsafe default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus F6 key can be used for this operation on any page Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load optimal default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus F7 key can be used for this operation on any page Set Supervisor Password By default ...

Page 70: ...elect this option Exit Without Saving If you have finished making configuration changes but do not want to save them and you want to exit the BIOS menus select this option Standard CMOS Features When you enter the Standard CMOS Features BIOS menu BIOS Menu 2 appears The Standard CMOS Features menu allows you to set basic BIOS configuration options BIOS Menu 2 Standard CMOS Features The Standard CM...

Page 71: ...BIOS configuration options are selected the IDE configuration options shown in Section 1 1 6 appear Drive A 1 44M 3 5in The Drive A configuration option determines the type of floppy drive installed in the system The floppy drive configuration options are listed below 1 None 2 1 44M 3 5 in DEFAULT Halt On The Halt On category allows users to determine whether the computer will stop if an error is ...

Page 72: ...system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the CPU card or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory The Extended Memory is NOT user configurable The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST This is the amount of memory above 1MB located in the memory address map of the CPU ...

Page 73: ...S Menu 3 IDE Channel Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Selecting IDE HDD Auto Detection option and pressing the ENTER key will enable the BIOS to automatically detect the HDD type Do not set this option manually IDE Channel 0 1 Master Slave Auto The IDE Channel option allows you to activate or deactivate the following drive channels 1 Channel 0 Master 2 Channel 0 Slave 4 8 IEI Technology C...

Page 74: ...ities and therefore either the LBA translation mode or auto should be selected CHS Select this mode if the HDD capacity is less than 504MB LBA Select this mode if the HDD capacity is more than 8 4GB Large This mode is an extended ECHS mode and while it supports HDDs larger than 504MB it is not recommended Auto DEFAULT If you are unsure of what access mode to set select this option Capacity The Cap...

Page 75: ...ication tells the user where the disk head will park itself after the system powers off Sector The Sector specification tells the user how many logical sectors the HDD has been divided into Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features menu BIOS Menu 4 allows you to access CPU and peripheral device configuration options 4 10 IEI Technology Corp 4 10 ...

Page 76: ...ER button The menu will appear The menus are discussed fully in Section 1 1 7 CPU Feature and Section 1 1 8 Hard Disk Boot Priority below Virus Warning Disabled When this item is enabled the BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the HDD for any attempt at modification If an attempt is made the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear Afterwards if necessary you...

Page 77: ...PU Internal L1 L2 Cache Enabled The CPU L1 L2 Cache option allows users to select whether the CPU primary cache L1 and secondary cache L2 will be turned on or off Enabled DEFAULT The L1 and L2 CPU caches are both turned on Disabled The L1 and L2 CPU caches are both turned off Boot From LAN Control This allows you to utilize the boot from LAN feature SATA Boot ROM Control When enabled the ALi or UL...

Page 78: ...120 3 HDD 0 4 SCSI 5 CDROM 6 HDD 1 7 ZIP100 8 USB FDD 9 USB ZIP 10 USB CDROM 11 USB HDD 12 LAN 13 Disabled Boot Other Device Enabled The Boot Other Device option determines whether the CPU card will use a second or third boot device if the first boot device is not found Enabled DEFAULT The system will look for second and third boot devices if the first one is not found Disabled The system will not...

Page 79: ... Setting Disabled Disabling the Typematic Rate Setting configuration option only allows one character to appear onto the screen if a key is continuously held down In other words the BIOS will only report the key is down When this option is enabled the BIOS will report as before but it will then wait a moment and if the key is still down it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repea...

Page 80: ... systems For systems running newer protected or real mode operating systems this option should never be changed Security Option Setup The Security Option configuration option allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to the Setup Setup DEFAULT The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt System The system will boo...

Page 81: ...han the original 8 bit X bus Small Logo EPA Show Disabled The Small Logo EPA Show option determines if the Environmental Protection Agency EPA logo will appear during the system boot up process If it is enabled then the boot up process may be delayed Enabled EPA logo will appear during the boot up process Disabled DEFAULT EPA logo will not appear during the boot up process Delay For HDD Secs 3 A l...

Page 82: ...ating frequency of your system memory Setting this value too high may damage your embedded board CAS Latency Auto This controls the time delay in clock cycles CLKs that passes before the SDRAM starts to carry out a read command after receiving it This also determines the number of CLKs for the completion of the first part of a burst transfer In other words the lower the latency the faster the tran...

Page 83: ... the graphics card for texture storage Output Display Panel CRT This option allows you to select either one of the display types Flat Panel CRT or both of the display types connected to the embedded board Flat Panel Configuration Press Enter The Flat Panel configuration provides access to fine tune the flat panel display characteristics The options include 1 LVDS TFT or auto detect the LCD display...

Page 84: ...WAFER LX 1 1 8 Hard Disk Boot Priority The Hard Disk Boot Priority menu BIOS Menu 6 is shown below BIOS Menu 6 Hard Disk Boot Priority 4 19 4 19 ...

Page 85: ...D The DRAM Latency Timing configuration option allows you to select whether the manufacturer recommended settings for the following DRAM configuration options are automatically detected by the BIOS or if you manually select the DRAM settings The DRAM configuration options are 1 CAS Latency Time 4 2 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay 4 3 DRAM RAS Precharge 4 4 Precharge Delay tRAS 12 5 System Memory Frequency 5...

Page 86: ... The DRAM RAS to CAS Delay refers to the Row Address Strobe RAS to CAS delay time To be able to change this configuration option the DRAM Latency Timing configuration option must be set to Manual The following configuration options are available 1 2 nanoseconds 2 3 nanoseconds 3 4 nanoseconds DEFAULT 4 5 nanoseconds 5 Auto DRAM RAS Precharge 4 The DRAM RAS Precharge option indicates how fast your ...

Page 87: ...10 nanoseconds 11 11 nanoseconds 12 12 nanoseconds DEFAULT 13 13 nanoseconds 14 14 nanoseconds 15 15 nanoseconds System Memory Frequency The System Memory Frequency configuration option allows you to manually select the speed of the installed memory module The default value is 533MHz If you are not certain of what value to select select Auto and the BIOS will automatically detect the speed To be a...

Page 88: ...hed in the L2 cache Disabled Video BIOS is not cached in the L2 cache Enabled DEFAULT Video BIOS is cached in the L2 cache Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled The Memory Hole At 15M 16M reserves the memory space between 15MB and 16MB for ISA expansion cards that require a specified area of memory to work properly If you are using older ISA expansion cards please refer to the documentation that came wi...

Page 89: ...uilt in graphics processor as well as a PCI E port It allows you to select whether to use the onboard graphics processor or the PCI E card On Chip VGA The system will boot up using the on chip graphics processor regardless of whether or not a PCI graphics card is installed PEG Port The system will boot up using the installed PCI graphics card Auto DEFAULT During the boot process the BIOS will auto...

Page 90: ...emory is allocated as graphics memory to ensure that the graphics memory will always be sufficient Once the memory has been allocated as graphics memory it cannot be accessed by the system DVMT DEFAULT The graphics chip assesses the system and graphics memory requirement and dynamically allocates memory either as graphics memory or system memory according to the predetermined needs Both A fixed am...

Page 91: ...ice type CRT The display device type will be set as CRT TV The display device type will be set as TV EFP The display device type will be set as EFP Integrated Peripherals The Integrated Peripherals menu BIOS Menu 9 allows you to change the configuration option for peripheral devices BIOS Menu 9 Integrated Peripherals The Integrated Peripherals menu BIOS Menu 9 has three options listed below 4 26 I...

Page 92: ...ss 6 IDE HDD Block Mode 7 Onboard FDC Controller 8 Onboard Serial Port 1 9 Onboard Serial Port 2 10 Onboard Serial Port 3 11 Onboard Parallel Port 12 Parallel Port Mode Select the menu you wish to configure 1 1 9 OnChip IDE Device The OnChip IDE Device menu BIOS Menu 10 allows you to change the IDE device configurations 4 27 4 27 ...

Page 93: ... with a maximum transfer rate of 5 2MBps 2 PIO mode 2 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 8 3MBps 3 PIO mode 3 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 11 1MBps 4 PIO mode 4 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 16 6MBps IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA Auto The Ultra DMA UDMA mode for the following HDDs can all be selected 1 IDE Primary Master UDMA 2 IDE Primary Slave UDMA 3 IDE Secondary Ma...

Page 94: ...The options are 3F8H 2F8H 3E8H 2E8H Auto and Disable Port 1 is COM1 Port 2 is Com2 and so on The operating mode of COM2 COM3 can be selected through jumpers on the embedded board Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 These options are used to select the port address for specific on board serial port The options are 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 and Disable SPP DEFAULT The parallel port will operate in the s...

Page 95: ...EPP Mode Select option The EPP parallel port mode has two standards EPP 1 7 and EP 1 9 This selection allows you to choose the standard the parallel port will operate in Please refer to the parallel device that your system will be connected to and select the EPP mode accordingly EPP1 9 EPP 1 9 is selected as the EPP standard EPP1 7 DEFAULT EPP 1 7 is selected as the EPP standard x ECP Mode Use DMA...

Page 96: ...WAFER LX Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup menu BIOS Menu 9 allows you to set the power management and saving features in the BIOS 4 31 4 31 ...

Page 97: ...Power Management User Define The Power Management option allows you to manually define the Suspend Mode and the HDD Power Down options BIOS has preset minimum and maximum values for the Suspend Mode and the HDD Power Down options User Define DEFAULT The user defines the Suspend Mode time and the HDD Power Down time Min Saving BIOS automatically sets the Suspend Mode time and the HDD Power Down tim...

Page 98: ...cify whether the display monitor is turned off or remains on when the systems enters a suspend state No The display monitor will remain on when the system is in suspend mode Yes DEFAULT The display monitor will be turned off when the system is in suspend mode Suspend Type Stop Grant The Suspend Type option allows you to determine what suspend state the CPU will go into when the system is in the su...

Page 99: ...e If you disable this option the system will not go into a suspend mode Note that if you selected max or min as the setting for the Power Management option you will not be able to configure this setting The following settings can be made 1 Disable DEFAULT 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 2 8 Min 3 12 Min 4 20 Min 5 30 Min 6 40 Min 1 Hour HDD Power Down Disabled The HDD Power Down option allows you to speci...

Page 100: ...ay choose to allow the system to be either turned off completely or enter into a suspend mode Instant Off DEFAULT The system will be turned off as soon as the power button is pressed Delay 4 Sec The power button must be pressed for more than four seconds before it is turned off If it is pressed for less than four seconds the system will enter a suspend state Wake Up by PCI Card Enabled The Wake Up...

Page 101: ...lows you to wake the system from an S3 suspend state using the keyboard Disabled DEFAULT Keyboard cannot be used to rouse the system from the S3 suspend state Enabled Keyboard can be used to rouse the system from the S3 suspend state Resume by Alarm Disabled The Resume by Alarm option allows you tell the computer when it should be roused from a suspend state Disabled DEFAULT No time is specified f...

Page 102: ...0 to 59 Reload Global Timer Events The Reload Global Timer Events field has the following BIOS configuration options 1 Primary IDE 0 2 Primary IDE 1 3 Secondary IDE 0 4 Secondary IDE 1 5 FDD COM LPT Port 6 PCI PIRQ A D All the above options have Disabled as their default value When disabled if any activity occurs on these devices during a suspended state the system will not be roused If Enabled is...

Page 103: ... activate or deactivate the onboard EHCI controller Enabled DEFAULT The EHCI controller is activated Disabled The EHCI controller is deactivated USB Keyboard Support Disabled The USB Keyboard Support is only applicable if you are using a USB keyboard Some OSes do not support USB keyboards Enabling this option in BIOS will allow users using an OS that does not support USB keyboard to implement a US...

Page 104: ...oot ROM functionality you do not need a boot disk installed on the system Disabled If disabled you will not be able to boot your system from a server Enabled DEFAULT You will be able to boot your system from a server if the LAN card installed in the system has boot ROM Onboard LAN1 2 MacAddress contr Enabled Disabled Enabled DEFAULT 1 1 11 Super I O Device The SuperIO Device menu BIOS Menu 13 allo...

Page 105: ...utton Keyboard 98 If you are using Windows 98 or better and have the appropriate keyboard you can use the keyboard s wake up or power on button to start up the computer x KB Power ON Password Enter The KB Power ON Password option can only be specified if you have selected the Password as the POWER ON Function option To set the password place the cursor on the password option and click ENTER You wi...

Page 106: ... and the IRQ can be automatically selected by the BIOS The options are listed below 1 Disabled 2 3F8 IRQ4 DEFAULT 3 2F8 IRQ3 4 3E8 IRQ4 5 2E8 IRQ3 6 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 3F8 IRQ4 The Onboard Serial Port 2 option allows you to select the I O address and IRQ for the onboard serial port The serial port can be disabled or the I O address and the IRQ can be automatically selected by the BIOS The ...

Page 107: ...BIOS option allows you to set the infra red reception RxD and transmission TxD polarity This option can only be selected if the UART is set in IrDA mode or ASKIR mode The following configuration options are available 1 Hi Hi 2 Hi Lo DEFAULT 3 Lo Hi 4 Lo Lo x IR Transmission Delay Enabled Disabled Enabled DEFAULT UR2 Duplex Mode Half Full Half DEFAULT Use IR Pins IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 IR Rx2Tx2 DEFAU...

Page 108: ...n Former Sts After the power returns the system will return to its original state If it was off it will remain off If it was on it will turn on again Game Port Address 201 The Game Port Address configuration option allows you to specify the game port address Disabled When disabled the onboard game port will be unable to access any system resources and will in effect be inaccessible 201 DEFAULT The...

Page 109: ... determine what display device to boot with PCI Slot DEFAULT The system will boot using the PCI graphic card Onboard The system will boot using the preinstalled onboard graphics device Reset Configuration Data Disabled The Reset Configuration Data option allows you to reset the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit setup if you have problems booting the system up after you have ins...

Page 110: ...gures plug and play devices as well as boot devices Manual You manually configure the plug and play devices and any other boot devices x IRQ Resources Press Enter If you select manual in the Resources Controlled By option then you will be able to configure the IRQ Resources To do this select IRQ Resources and press ENTER A new menu will appear See BIOS Menu 15 BIOS Menu 15 IRQ Resources The menu w...

Page 111: ...e what colors are in use This option is only very rarely needed It should be left at Disabled unless a video device specifically requires the setting enabled upon installation Disabled DEFAULT Does not allow the graphics devices to examine the VGA palette on the graphics card Enabled Does allow the graphics devices to examine the VGA palette on the graphics card INT Pin Assignment Auto The INT Pin...

Page 112: ...ed for the PCI E devices 128 The maximum TLP payload size is 128 bytes 256 The maximum TLP payload size is 256 bytes 512 The maximum TLP payload size is 512 bytes 1024 The maximum TLP payload size is 1024 bytes 2048 The maximum TLP payload size is 2048 bytes 4096 DEFAULT The maximum TLP payload size is 4096 bytes PC Health Status The PC Health Status menu BIOS Menu 16 is a passive menu where you c...

Page 113: ... PC Health Status menu BIOS Menu 16 Temperature The following temperatures are monitored 1 System Temperature 2 CPU Temperature Fan Speeds The following fan speeds are monitored 1 CPU an Speed 2 System Fan Speed Voltages The following voltages are monitored 1 Vcore 2 VCC1_5 4 48 IEI Technology Corp 4 48 ...

Page 114: ...ur board by modulating the signals it generates so that the spikes are reduced to flatter curves It achieves this by varying the frequency slightly so that the signal does not use any particular frequency for more than a moment The spread spectrum has the following configuration options Default 0 80 Down 1 00 Down 1 25 Down 1 50 Down 1 75 Down 2 00 Down 2 50 Down 3 00 Down 0 30 center 0 40 center ...

Page 115: ...WAFER LX Watchdog Timer Appendix A A 1 A 1 ...

Page 116: ...43 Write Set Watchdog time period 443 hex Read Enable the refresh to the Watchdog Timer 043 843 hex Read Disable the Watchdog Timer Table 1 I O Ports to Watchdog Timer Prior to enable the Watchdog Timer users have to define the Timer first The output data is a value of time interval and the range of the value is from 01 hex to FF hex and the range for time interval ranges from 1 second to 255 seco...

Page 117: ... 443H must be read within 7 seconds NOTE When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer otherwise the system will reset Example Assembly Program TIMER_PORT 443H TIMER_START 443H TIMER_STOP 843H INITIAL TIME PERIOD COUNTER MOV DX TIME_PORT MOV AL 8 8 SECONDS OUT DX AL ADD YOUR APPLICATION HERE MOV DX TIMER START IN AL DX START COUNTER ADD YOUR APPLICATION HERE W_LOOP MOV DX TI...

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Page 119: ...WAFER LX Connecting ATX Power Supply Appendix B B 1 B 1 ...

Page 120: ...tep 2 Properly configure the JP1 jumper Remove the jumper cap from JP1 and CN2 Figure B 1 ATX Power Connection WARNING The new power adapter cable for the WAFER LX has its Ground pin removed from the 3 pin ATX feature connector If you connect the power feature connector cable previously provided by IEI you will destroy the WAFER LX board Step 3 Connect an ATX power button switch see the diagram ab...

Page 121: ...Power Adapter Cable Step 4 Connect CN13 to a power button switch Step 5 To turn on the system press the button once To turn off the power supply press the ATX power switch button for about 4 seconds 2 Using AT Power Supply The connection to an AT power supply is as simple as connecting a 4P power connector to CN1 Power on or off is controlled by the power switch on the AT power supply Let the jump...

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Page 123: ...WAFER LX ALi RAID for SATA Appendix C C 1 C 1 ...

Page 124: ... the associated configurations for more details SATA disk drive support must be initiated under the following two BIOS sub menus 1 Boot Onboard SATA ROM 2 Chipset Southbridge Chipset Configuration You will not be able to access the ALi configuration utility unless you have properly initiated the SATA disk drive support in the Award BIOS configuration utility CAUTION A configured RAID volume which ...

Page 125: ...ay specify the drive locations by attaching stickers to the drive bays You need a reminder if the cabling does not match the physical locations of hard drives 2 It is also crucial that you do not accidentally disconnect the SATA drive cables Carefully route your cables within the chassis to avoid system down time 2 Features and Benefits Supports RAID levels 0 1 and JBOD Supports the connectivity t...

Page 126: ...idual disk drives The system BIOS can identify SATA disk drives but cannot control their operation The separately installed driver therefore is necessary ALi SATA Controller Driver Installation Steps During Windows XP Installation Step 1 Enable SATA ROM using the BIOS configuration utility The SATA ROM option is provided in the ALi BIOS menu Step 2 Locate the ALi installation driver folder within ...

Page 127: ...stalled in which selected ALi controller s should be included Step 9 Repeat step 5 but select ALi ATA RAID Controller at step 7 If both controllers are installed go to next step Step 10 If users want to install other devices please operate at this time If all devices have been successfully installed please go to next step Step 11 Press Enter to continue Windows XP setup Installation Steps under Ex...

Page 128: ...tart the computer Step 8 Repeat step 1 but select ALi ATA RAID Controller at step 4 4 Accessing the ALi RAID Utility If the SATA ROM configuration options in system BIOS have been properly configured the RAID BIOS version and disk drive information should appear after system POST screen The BIOS disk drive information should look like the following ALi RAID BIOS V1 XX c ALi Corporation 2005 All Ri...

Page 129: ...1 Create RAID0 Striping for Performance Step 1 To create a RAID0 array use your arrow keys to highlight and press Enter to activate this item An S flashing character will appear at the Drive Selection Menu where you can choose the member drives to be included in the RAID0 array Step 2 Use the Space key to select members of the RAID0 RAID configuration The flashing cursor should change to a lower c...

Page 130: ...g the RAID initialization process If you use used drives to create a RAID array make you have moved or backed up your data before creating a RAID array out of these disk drives Step 5 Next you will be prompted to enter a nickname for the created array Upper and lower case alphabetic numeric space and underscore characters are all applicable for naming an array Step 6 Once an array is successfully ...

Page 131: ...be selected as the members of a RAID0 array Mixing Parallel and Serial ATA disk drives in a RAID0 array should also be avoided 2 Always use disk drives of the same capacity to 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 The operational concept is diagrammed below C 9 C 9 ...

Page 132: ...and then some necessary information will be written to the selected disk drives WARNING All data previously stored on the member drives of a RAID configuration will be destroyed during the RAID initialization process If you use used drives to create a RAID array make you have moved or backed up your data before creating a RAID array out of these disk drives Step 5 Next you will be prompted to prov...

Page 133: ...isk drives of the same capacity to create a RAID array The excessive capacity of a larger disk drive cannot be utilized because data mirrors are equally distributed across corresponding members of drive pairs within a RAID array The operational concept is diagrammed below 2 3 Create JBOD for Integrated Capacity Step 1 JBOD stands for Just a Bunch of Drives JBOD provides neither performance gains n...

Page 134: ...AID1 Y N confirm box Step 4 Press Y and then some necessary information will be written to the selected disk drives WARNING All data previously stored on the member drives of a RAID configuration will be destroyed during the RAID initialization process If you use used drives to create a RAID array make you have moved or backed up your data before creating a RAID array out of these disk drives Step...

Page 135: ... randomly occurred you can select a small stripe size If your I Os are mostly large and come in sequential orders e g A V playback and editing applications choose a larger stripe size The default value 64K should be appropriate for most applications 2 5 Delete RAID Setting Partition Step 1 To delete an existing RAID configuration use your arrow keys to highlight and press Enter to activate this it...

Page 136: ...xisting RAID configurations use your arrow keys to highlight and press Enter to activate this item Step 2 You should then be prompted by Data on RAID drives will be erased Y N Step 3 Press Y and then all existing RAID configurations will be invalidated WARNING If you delete a RAID configuration all data previously stored on the member drives of the RAID configuration will be destroyed C 14 IEI Tec...

Page 137: ...he list of existing arrays Step 3 The source and destination drives will be displayed Step 4 Press Y to begin the rebuild process Step 5 During the rebuild process the rebuild progress will be indicated by a status bar Rebuild consumes considerable system resources and the time required for rebuilding a RAID array may vary depending on the size of stored data disk drive capacity and drive performa...

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Page 139: ...WAFER LX Index I 1 ...

Page 140: ...ector 2 14 BIOS 1 9 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 6 4 8 4 17 4 24 4 39 Block Diagram 2 4 Board Overview 1 8 Boot Display 4 26 Boot Drive C 15 Boot Other Device 4 13 Boot Up Floppy Seek 4 13 Boot Up Numlock 4 14 Ｃ Cables Included 3 12 CAS Latency 4 17 CF II socket 2 5 chassis 2 2 Chipset 1 9 CN1 2 11 CN10 2 16 CN11 2 18 CN12 2 18 CN13 2 19 CN14 2 19 CN15 2 21 3 9 CN16 2 22 COM2 COM3 3 10 CN17 2 23 CN19 2 24 2 ...

Page 141: ...0 EEPROM 1 10 electrostatic discharge 3 2 ESD 3 2 Ethernet 3 11 Ethernet interface 1 9 Ethernet port 1 4 2 10 Ethernet Port LED 2 32 external interfaces 2 7 External LED 1 4 external VCC 1 4 external VCC 2 9 External VCC Power 2 18 Ｆ failed drive C 2 Fan Connector 2 13 FDD 4 13 4 37 FDD Interface 1 9 Flat Panel Configuration 4 18 Flat panel display 3 10 Flat Panel Display 2 26 floppy 1 5 2 10 Flop...

Page 142: ... 4 2 9 LVDS LCD 2 27 LVDS Panel Display 2 27 LVDS type LCD 3 10 LVDS TTL 2 10 Ｍ Master Slave 4 28 Mechanical Diagrams 3 4 Memory 1 9 2 3 Memory Frequency 4 17 Memory Hole At 15M 4 23 MODEM Use IRQ 4 34 Mounting Holes 3 4 multimedia 1 2 Ｏ Onboard Audio 4 18 OnBoard Device 4 37 Onboard FDC Controller 4 29 Onboard LAN1 2 Boot Rom 4 39 Onboard Parallel Port 4 29 Onboard Serial Port 4 29 On Chip Frame ...

Page 143: ... 2 18 Reset Configuration Data 4 44 resolutions 1 5 Resources Controlled By 4 45 Resume by Alarm 4 36 RJ 45 2 31 RoHS 2 5 RS 232 3 6 RS 422 3 6 RxD TxD Active 4 42 Ｓ SATA Boot ROM 4 12 SATA ALi RAID C 4 SBVCC 2 11 Security Option 4 15 Serial ATA 1 4 2 10 2 24 Serial ports 1 10 Serial ATA C 9 SLP_S4 4 22 SODIMM 1 2 2 5 SO DIMM 1 4 2 9 SODIMM Socket 2 14 Soft Off by PWR BTTN 4 35 Soldering Side 3 8 ...

Page 144: ... 42 Unpacking 3 3 USB 1 4 1 10 2 10 2 24 2 31 3 12 4 13 4 36 4 38 USB ports 2 5 Ｖ VGA 1 5 2 10 2 32 VGA LCD Interface 2 3 Video BIOS 4 16 Video BIOS Cacheable 4 23 Video Memory Size 4 18 Video Off In Suspend 4 33 Ｗ Wake Up by PCI Card 4 35 Watchdog Timer 1 10 2 6 A 1 I 6 IEI Technology Corp ...

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