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4 ETX® Connectors

Kontron User's Guide ETX®-CN8

ETX® Connectors

The pinouts for ETX® Interface Connectors X1, X2, X3, and X4 are documented for convenient reference.
Please see the ETX® Specification and ETX® Design Guide for detailed, design-level information.

4.1

Connector Locations

IDE Ports
Ethernet
Power Good/Reset Input
ATX PS Control
Speaker
Battery
I2C-Bus
SM-Bus

ISA Bus

VGA
LVDS (JILI)
Serial Ports
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
IRDA
Parallel Port
Floppy

PCI Bus

USB

Audio

Serial IRQ

3.3 V for external use

(max. 500 mA)

side view

(connectors only)

top view

(connectors only)

Summary of Contents for ETX -CN8

Page 1: ... Kontron User s Guide ETX CN8 Document Revision 1 3 ...

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Page 3: ...USupply Voltage RippleU 13 U3 3 3U USupply Current 5 V_SBU 13 U3 3 4U USupply Current typical DOS prompt U 13 U3 3 5U USupply Current Windows XP SP2 U 14 U3 3 6U UCMOS Battery Power ConsumptionU 14 U3 4U UEnvironmental SpecificationsU 15 U3 4 1U UTemperatureU 15 U3 4 2U UHumidityU 15 U3 5U UMTBFU 16 U4U UETX ConnectorsU 17 U4 1U UConnector LocationsU 17 U4 2U UGeneral Signal DescriptionU 18 U4 3U ...

Page 4: ... J2U 42 U7U UImportant Technology InformationU 43 U7 1U UI O APIC vs 8259 PIC Interrupt modeU 43 U7 1 1U UMethod of interrupts transmissionU 43 U7 1 2U UInterrupt priorityU 43 U7 1 3U UMore interruptsU 43 U7 2U UThermal Monitor and Catastrophic Thermal ProtectionU 43 U7 3U UACPI Suspend Modes and Resume EventsU 43 U8U USystem ResourcesU 45 U8 1U UInterrupt Request IRQ LinesU 45 U8 2U UDirect Memor...

Page 5: ...Restoring BIOSU 73 U10U UAppendix F JIDA StandardU 74 U10 1U UJIDA InformationU 74 U11U UAppendix G PC Architecture InformationU 75 U11 1U UBusesU 75 U11 1 1U UISA Standard PS 2 ConnectorsU 75 U11 1 2U UPCI 104U 75 U11 2U UGeneral PC ArchitectureU 76 U11 3U UPortsU 76 U11 3 1U URS 232 SerialU 76 U11 3 2U USerial ATAU 76 U11 3 3U UUSBU 77 U11 4U UProgrammingU 77 U12U UAPPENDIX I DOCUMENT REVISION H...

Page 6: ...t the express written permission of Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH DIMM PC PISA ETX ETXexpress microETXexpress X board DIMM IO and DIMM BUS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH Kontron is trademark or registered trademark of Kontron AG 1 3 Trademarks The following lists the trademarks of components used in this board IBM XT AT PS 2 and Personal System 2 are trade...

Page 7: ... other products not supplied by Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH that are caused by a faulty Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH product 1 6 Technical Support Technicians and engineers from Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH and or its subsidiaries are available for technical support We are committed to making our product easy to use and will help you use our products in your systems Please consult our Web site...

Page 8: ... an ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface for optimized power management The JILI display interface technology ensures automatic setting of the video controller parameters for the attached LCD panel Seven mounting holes on the board provide secure mounting to allow the module increased shock and vibration resistance 2 2 ETX Documentation This product manual serves as one of three princip...

Page 9: ...baseboard designed to optimally fit a system s packaging Peripheral PCI or ISA buses can be implemented directly on the baseboard rather than on mechanically unwieldy expansion cards The ability to build a system on a single baseboard using the computer as one plug in component simplifies packaging eliminates cabling and significantly reduces system level cost A single baseboard design can use a r...

Page 10: ...ntroller integrated in the Southbridge 2 Channels Serial ATA Spec Rev 2 5 up to 300 MB s per channel LVDS interface LVDS transmitter VIA VT1636 LCD TFT LCD up to 1600x1200 LVDS JILI3 TTL interface LVDS receiver DS90CF364 LVDS transmitter VT1636 LCD TTL interface optional shared with LVDS Audio VIA VT1708B Intel High Definition Audio Specification Rev 1 0 Compliant Line In Line Out Mic In ISA Bus I...

Page 11: ...r s Guide ETX CN8 11 Onboard Ethernet VIA VT6103L 10BASE T 100BASE T LAN BIOS AMI 1 MB Flash BIOS BIOS support for external super I O COM3 COM4 LPT and Floppy Watchdog timer WDT Real time clock with CMOS RAM Standard ACPI Support ...

Page 12: ...3 Specifications Kontron User s Guide ETX CN8 12 3 1 1 Block diagram ...

Page 13: ... peak 0 20 MHz 3 3 3 Supply Current 5 V_SB Typical 100 mA peak 250 mA 3 3 4 Supply Current typical DOS prompt Power consumption tests were executed during the DOS prompt and without a keyboard Using a keyboard takes an additional 100 mA All boards were equipped with 512MB DDR SDRAM Modules were tested using maximum CPU frequency ETX board Prompt A W Standby A W Suspend A W ETX CN8 500 1 81 9 18 1 ...

Page 14: ...1 Standby S3 cold S3 hot A 5V A 5VSB W A 5V A 5VSB W A 5V A 5VSB W ETX CN8 500 MHz 1 58 0 01 7 94 0 02 0 137 0 77 np np np ETX CN8 1500 MHz 1 60 0 01 8 06 0 02 0 137 0 77 np np np ETX board Soft Off ACPI S5 A 5VSB W ETX CN8 500 MHz 0 11 0 55 ETX CN8 1500 MHz 0 12 0 59 Note It is difficult to test for all possible applications on the market There may be an application that draws more power from the...

Page 15: ...maximum measurable temperature on any spot on the heatspreader s surface You must maintain the temperature according to the above specification Operating without Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH heat spreader plate assembly Maximum operating temperature 0 to 60 C Non operating 30 to 85 C See the XThermal ManagementX chapter for additional information Note The maximum operating temperature is the maxi...

Page 16: ...C so in that sense the following results are slightly conservative The MTBF values shown below are for a 40 C in an office or telecommunications environment Higher temperatures and other environmental stresses extreme altitude vibration salt water exposure etc lower MTBF values System MTBF hours 174189 Notes Fans usually shipped with Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH products have 50 000 hour typical ...

Page 17: ...ification and ETX Design Guide for detailed design level information 4 1 Connector Locations IDE Ports Ethernet Power Good Reset Input ATX PS Control Speaker Battery I2C Bus SM Bus ISA Bus VGA LVDS JILI Serial Ports PS 2 Keyboard Mouse IRDA Parallel Port Floppy PCI Bus USB Audio Serial IRQ 3 3 V for external use max 500 mA side view connectors only top view connectors only X1 X2 X4 X3 ...

Page 18: ... 64 STOP 15 REQ1 16 3V 65 FRAME 66 USB2 17 GNT0 18 RESERVED 67 GND 68 GND 19 VCC 20 VCC 69 AD16 70 CBE2 21 SERIRQ 22 REQ0 71 AD17 72 USB3 23 AD0 24 3V 73 AD19 74 AD18 25 AD1 26 AD2 75 AD20 76 USB0 27 AD4 28 AD3 77 AD22 78 AD21 29 AD6 30 AD5 79 AD23 80 USB1 31 CBE0 32 AD7 81 AD24 82 CBE3 33 AD8 34 AD9 83 VCC 84 VCC 35 GND 36 GND 85 AD25 86 AD26 37 AD10 38 AUXAL 87 AD28 88 USB0 39 AD11 40 MIC 89 AD2...

Page 19: ...ine IO 3 3 27 AD4 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 28 AD3 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 29 AD6 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 30 AD5 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 31 CBE0 PCI Bus Command and Byte enables 0 IO 3 3 32 AD7 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 33 AD8 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 34 AD9 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 35 GND Ground PWR 36 GND Ground PWR 37 AD10 PCI Adress Data Bus li...

Page 20: ... PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 75 AD20 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 76 USB0 USB Data Port0 IO 3 3 PD 15K 77 AD22 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 78 AD21 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 79 AD23 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 80 USB1 USB Data Port1 IO 3 3 PD 15K 81 AD24 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 82 CBE3 PCI Command and Byte enables 3 IO 3 3 83 VCC Power 5V PWR 84 VCC Power 5V PWR 85 AD25...

Page 21: ... configuration of the PCI bus Note Only 2 root hubs with 4 ports are wired with the ETX connector according to the ETX standard Audio The ETX CN8 PCI audio controller is integrated in the VIA VT8237S southbridge The audio codec is compatible with AC97 Configuration The audio controller is a PCI bus device The BIOS allocates required system resources during configuration of the PCI device Serial IR...

Page 22: ...R 20 DREQ0 69 SA13 70 DREQ3 21 LA17 22 DACK0 71 SA14 72 DACK3 23 LA18 24 IRQ14 73 SA15 74 IOR 25 LA19 26 IRQ15 75 SA16 76 IOW 27 LA20 28 IRQ12 77 SA18 78 SA17 29 LA21 30 IRQ11 79 SA19 80 SMEMR 31 LA22 32 IRQ10 81 IOCHRDY 82 AEN 33 LA23 34 IO16 83 VCC 84 VCC 35 GND 36 GND 85 SD0 86 SMEMW 37 SBHE 38 M16 87 SD2 88 SD1 39 SA0 40 OSC 89 SD3 90 NOWS 41 SA1 42 BALE 91 DREQ2 92 SD4 43 SA2 44 TC 93 SD5 94 ...

Page 23: ...14 ISA Interrupt Request 14 ROM Chip Select IO 5 25 LA19 ISA Adress Bus SA19 O 5 26 IRQ15 ISA Interrupt Request 15 I 5 27 LA20 ISA Latchable Adress Bus O 5 28 IRQ12 ISA Interrupt Request 12 I 5 29 LA21 ISA Latchable Adress Bus O 5 30 IRQ11 ISA Interrupt Request 11 I 5 31 LA22 ISA Latchable Adress Bus O 5 32 IRQ10 ISA Interrupt Request 10 I 5 33 LA23 ISA Latchable Adress Bus O 5 34 IO16 ISA 16 Bit ...

Page 24: ...5 PU 4K7 5V 75 SA16 ISA Adress Bus O 5 76 IOW ISA I O Write IO 5 PU 4K7 5V 77 SA18 ISA Adress Bus O 5 78 SA17 ISA Adress Bus O 5 79 SA19 ISA Adress Bus O 5 80 SMEMR ISA System Memory Read IO 5 PU 4K7 5V 81 IOCHRDY ISA I O Channel Ready IO 5 PU 1k 5V 82 AEN ISA Adress Enable IO 5 Bootstrap PD 4k7 83 VCC Power 5V PWR 84 VCC Power 5V PWR 85 SD0 ISA Data Bus IO 5 PU 4K7 5V 86 SMEMW ISA System Memory W...

Page 25: ...8 25 4 4 2 Connector X2 Signal Description ISA Bus Slot The implementation of this subsystem complies with the ETX Specification Implementation information is provided in the ETX Design Guide Refer to the documentation for additional information ...

Page 26: ...GND 15 GND 16 GND 17 LCDDO13 18 LCDDO15 17 B1 18 B3 19 LCDDO12 20 LCDDO14 19 B0 20 B2 21 GND 22 GND 21 GND 22 GND 23 LCDDO8 24 LCDDO11 23 G2 24 G5 25 LCDDO9 26 LCDDO10 25 G3 26 G4 27 GND 28 GND 27 GND 28 GND 29 LCDDO4 30 LCDDO7 29 R4 30 G1 31 LCDDO5 32 LCDDO6 31 R5 32 G0 33 GND 34 GND 33 GND 34 GND 35 LCDDO1 36 LCDDO3 35 R1 36 R3 37 LCDDO0 38 LCDDO2 37 R0 38 R2 39 VCC 40 VCC 39 VCC 40 VCC 41 JILI_...

Page 27: ...57 RESERVED 58 PD7 57 RESERVED 58 RESERVED 59 IRRX 60 ERR 59 IRRX 60 HDSEL 61 IRTX 62 PD6 61 IRTX 62 RESERVED 63 RXD2 64 INIT 63 RXD2 64 DIR 65 GND 66 GND 65 GND 66 GND 67 RTS2 68 PD5 67 RTS2 68 RESERVED 69 DTR2 70 SLIN 69 DTR2 70 STEP 71 DCD2 72 PD4 71 DCD2 72 DSKCHG 73 DSR2 74 PD3 73 DSR2 74 RDATA 75 CTS2 76 PD2 75 CTS2 76 WP 77 TXD2 78 PD1 77 TXD2 78 TRK0 79 RI2 80 PD0 79 RI2 80 INDEX 81 VCC 82...

Page 28: ...PWR 23 LCDDO8 LVDS Channel Data O 24 LCDDO11 LVDS Channel Data O 25 LCDDO9 LVDS Channel Data O 26 LCDDO10 LVDS Channel Data O 27 GND Ground PWR 28 GND Ground PWR 29 LCDDO4 LVDS Channel Data O 30 LCDDO7 LVDS Channel Data O 31 LCDDO5 LVDS Channel Data O 32 LCDDO6 LVDS Channel Data O 33 GND Ground PWR 34 GND Ground PWR 35 LCDDO1 LVDS Channel Data O 36 LCDDO3 LVDS Channel Data O 37 LCDDO0 LVDS Channel...

Page 29: ... 5 PU 4k7 5V 75 CTS2 Clear to Send COM2 I 3 3 PU 100k 3 3V 76 PD2 WP LPT Data Bus D Floppy Write Protect Signal IO 5 PU 4k7 5V 77 TXD2 Data Transmit COM2 O 3 3 PU 4k7 3 3V 78 PD1 TRK0 LPT Data Bus D1 Floppy Track Signal IO 5 PU 4k7 5V 79 RI2 Ring Indicator COM2 I 3 3 PU 2k2 3 3V 80 PD0 INDEX LPT Data Bus D0 Floppy Index Signal IO 5 PU 4k7 5V 81 VCC Power 5V PWR 82 VCC Power 5V PWR 83 RXD1 Data Rec...

Page 30: ...o the documentation for additional information Configuration The serial communication interface uses I O and IRQ resources The resources are allocated by the BIOS during POST configuration and are set to be compatible with common PC AT settings Use the BIOS setup to change some parameters that relate to the serial communication interface PS 2 Keyboard The implementation of the keyboard interface c...

Page 31: ...cation interface through the BIOS setup Floppy The floppy disk interface shares signals with the parallel communication interface The floppy interface is limited to one drive drive_1 A standard floppy cable has two connectors for floppy drives One connector has a non twisted cable leading to it the other has a twisted cable leading to it When using the floppy interface you must connect the floppy ...

Page 32: ...1 74 PIDE_D3 25 SIDE_CS3 26 RESERVED 75 SIDE_D4 76 PIDE_D11 27 SIDE_CS1 28 DASP_S 77 SIDE_D10 78 PIDE_D4 29 SIDE_A2 30 PIDE_CS3 79 SIDE_D5 80 PIDE_D10 31 SIDE_A0 32 PIDE_CS1 81 VCC 82 VCC 33 GND 34 GND 83 SIDE_D9 84 PIDE_D5 35 PDIAG_S 36 PIDE_A2 85 SIDE_D6 86 PIDE_D9 37 SIDE_A1 38 PIDE_A0 87 SIDE_D8 88 PIDE_D6 39 SIDE_INTRQ 40 PIDE_A1 89 RESERVED 90 RESERVED 41 RESERVED 42 RESERVED 91 RXD 92 PIDE_...

Page 33: ...BALERT External SMB Alert I 3 3 PU 10k 3 3V 27 SIDE_CS1 Secondary IDE Chip Select Channel 0 O 3 3 28 NC nc 29 SIDE_A2 Secondary IDE Address Bus O 3 3 30 PIDE_CS3 Primary IDE Chip Select Channel 1 O 3 3 31 SIDE_A0 Secondary IDE Address Bus O 3 3 32 PIDE_CS1 Primary IDE Chip Select Channel 0 O 3 3 33 GND Ground PWR 34 GND Ground PWR 35 PDIAG_S 80 conductor IDE cable Channel 1 I 3 3 PU 10k 3 3V 36 PI...

Page 34: ...y IDE Data Bus IO 76 PIDE_D11 Primary IDE Data Bus IO 77 SIDE_D10 Secondary IDE Data Bus IO 78 PIDE_D4 Primary IDE Data Bus IO 79 SIDE_D5 Secondary IDE Data Bus IO 80 PIDE_D10 Primary IDE Data Bus IO 81 VCC Power 5V PWR 82 VCC Power 5V PWR 83 SIDE_D9 Secondary IDE Data Bus IO 84 PIDE_D5 Primary IDE Data Bus IO 85 SIDE_D6 Secondary IDE Data Bus IO 86 PIDE_D9 Primary IDE Data Bus IO 87 SIDE_D8 Secon...

Page 35: ... disable them in setup Resources used by the primary and secondary IDE host adapters are compatible with the PC AT Ethernet The Ethernet interface is based on the VIA VT6103L Fast Ethernet PCI controller This 32 bit PCI controller is a fully integrated 10 100BASE TX LAN solution The Ethernet interface requires an external transformer See the ETX Design Guide for suggestions on transformer selectio...

Page 36: ...ecification Implementation information is provided in the ETX Design Guide Refer to the documentation for additional information Battery The implementation of the battery input complies with the ETX Specification Implementation information is provided in the ETX Design Guide Refer to the documentation for additional information In compliance with EN60950 there are at least two current limiting dev...

Page 37: ...on timeout the WDT resets and restarts the system This provides a way to recover from program crashes or lockups Configuration You can program the timeout period for the watchdog timer in two ranges 1 second increments from 1 to 255 seconds 1 minute increments from 1 to 255 minutes The watchdog can release a NMI or a reset Contact Kontron Embedded Modules technical support for information on progr...

Page 38: ... on the underside of the heat spreader assembly implement thermal interfaces between the heat spreader plate and the major heat generating components on the ETX CN8 About 80 percent of the power dissipated within the module is conducted to the heat spreader plate and can be removed by the cooling solution For 1000MHz and 1500MHz modules the heat dissipated into the plate ranges from 18 to 20 watts...

Page 39: ...6 Design Considerations Kontron User s Guide ETX CN8 39 6 2 Heat spreader Dimensions 6 2 1 18031 0000 99 0 Heatspreader with thread ...

Page 40: ...6 Design Considerations Kontron User s Guide ETX CN8 40 6 2 2 18031 0000 99 1 Heatspreader through hole ...

Page 41: ...n depending on the Active Trip Point temperature The fan switches on off depending on the adjusted Active Trip Point temperature In order for this feature to function properly an ACPI compliant OS is necessary Note The ETX CN8 BIOS supports only turning the onboard FAN ON OFF For additional support 3rd party software is necessary 6 3 1 Schematics of fan control Part number Molex J2 53261 0390 Mate...

Page 42: ...6 Design Considerations Kontron User s Guide ETX CN8 42 6 3 2 Location and Pinout of fan connector J2 ...

Page 43: ...interrupts are handled without the needs for the processor to run an interrupt acknowledge cycle 7 1 2 Interrupt priority The priority of interrupts in the I O APIC is independent of the interrupt number 7 1 3 More interrupts The I O APIC in the chipset of the ETX CN8 supports a total of 24 interrupts The APIC is not supported by all operating systems The APIC mode must be enabled in the BIOS setu...

Page 44: ...ts PCI Bus signal PME LAN WOL RTC Alarm The following event resumes the system from S3 Power Button PCI Bus signal PME LAN WOL RTC Alarm The following event resumes the system from S5 Power Button LAN WOL RTC Alarm Note The regarding Event must be enabled in the BIOS setup utility ...

Page 45: ...T1 No Note 1 8 RTC No 9 SCI No Note 3 10 COM3 Yes Note 2 11 COM4 Yes Note 2 12 PS 2 Mouse No Note 1 13 FPU No 14 IDE0 No Note 1 15 IDE1 No Note 1 Note 1 If the Used For device is disabled in setup the corresponding interrupt is available for other devices 2 Unavailable if baseboard is equipped with an I O controller SMC FDC37C669 and the device is enabled in setup 3 Unavailable in Advanced Configu...

Page 46: ...troller 1 21 LNKB LNKC No SATA Controller EHCI Controller 22 LNKB No UHCI Controller 2 23 LNKA No LAN Controller 27 LINKH No PCI to PCI Bridge 31 LINKH No PCI to PCI Bridge Note 1 If the Used For device is disabled in setup the corresponding interrupt is available for other devices 2 Unavailable if baseboard is equipped with an I O controller SMC FDC37C669 and the device is enabled in setup 3 Unav...

Page 47: ...SM Bus Address SM Device Comment JIDA Bus Nr 10h SMB Host Do not use under any circumstances 1 12h SMART_CHARGER Not to be used with any SM bus device except a charger 1 14h SMART_SELECTOR Not to be used with any SM bus device except a selector 1 16h SMART_BATTERY Not to be used with any SM bus device except a battery 1 54h Winbond on eval board Not available when used with ETX evalboard 1 90h Win...

Page 48: ...te Selecting incorrect values may cause system boot failure Load setup default values to recover by pressing F9 9 2 1 Start AMI BIOS Setup Utility To start the AMI BIOS setup utility press DEL when the following string appears during bootup Press DEL to enter Setup The Info Menu then appears The Setup Screen is composed of several sections Setup Screen Location Function Menu Bar Top Lists and sele...

Page 49: ...ey to move the cursor to the field you want Then use the and keys to select a value for that field The Save Value commands in the Exit menu save the values displayed in all the menus Displaying Submenus Use the or key to move the cursor to the submenu you want Then press Enter A pointer marks all submenus Item Specific Help Window The Help window on the right side of each menu displays the Help te...

Page 50: ...n User s Guide ETX CN8 50 9 3 BIOS Setup Menus 9 3 1 Main Menu Feature Option Description System Time hh mm ss Tab Shift Tab or Enter selects field System Date mm dd yyyy Tab Shift Tab or Enter selects field Module Info Menu ...

Page 51: ...9 BIOS Operation Kontron User s Guide ETX CN8 51 9 3 2 Advanced Menu ...

Page 52: ...sor VIA Processor C2 State Enabled Disabled Enables and Disables the C2 State of the VIA processor VIA Processor C3 State Enabled Disabled Enables and Disables the C3 State of the VIA processor VIA Processor C4 State Enabled Disabled Enables and Disables the C4 State of the VIA processor VIA Processor Up Down Mode Enabled Disabled Enables and Disables the automatic power saving modes of the VIA pr...

Page 53: ...address of the onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode Normal Bi Directional ECP EPP ECP EPP Sets the mode of the parallel port Parallel Port IRQ IRQ5 IRQ7 Sets the IRQ for the parallel port External Floppy Controller Enabled Disabled Enables or disables 32Bit Data Transfer Mode External COMA COMB Address Disabled Any Combination of 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 and IRQ 10 IRQ 11 Sets the address and interrupt...

Page 54: ...isables PCI delay transactions Serial IRQ mode Quiet Continuous Sets Serial IRQ Mode to Quiet or Continuous LAN Controller Enabled Disabled Enables or Disables the onboard LAN Controller LAN Option ROM Enabled Disabled Enables or Disables the LAN Controller Option ROM for PXE boot support HDAC Audio Controller Enabled Disabled Enables or Disables the onboard HDAC Audio Controller ...

Page 55: ...mance Enabled Disabled If enabled optimizes the DRAM memory utilization Leads to faster memory access DBI Function Enabled Disabled Dynamic Bus Inversion If enabled reduces the overall system power consumption Warning To enable the Top Performance feature can create non boot situations with certain memory modules ...

Page 56: ...peed DRAM Timing Manual Auto Turbo Ultra Sets the DRAM Timings Auto uses the SPD Data Timings and Manual opens additional notes to change the individual DRAM timings 1T CMD Support Disabled Auto Enables or auto configures the 1 Tact Command Support Memory Chip Driving Normal Weak Sets the driver power DDR2 Memory Chip ODT Auto Disabled 75 ohm 150 ohm Sets the On Die Termination ...

Page 57: ...the shared Memory for Graphics Interface Select Display Device CRT LCD CRT LCD Selects the display device Panel Type Auto 640x480 1x18 800x600 1x18 1024x768 1x18 1024x768 1x24 VESA 1280x1024 2x18 1280x1024 2x24 VESA 1440x900 2x24 VESA PAID FPID Selects the Panel type of the connected display Auto will use the information stored in the JILI EEPROM Hook Driver Display Switch Disabled Enabled When en...

Page 58: ...bled Disables or Enables the legacy USB Support Port 64 60 Emulation Disabled Enabled Enables I O port 64h 60h emulation support It should be enabled for keyboard legacy support for non USB aware OSs USB 2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed FullSpeed Configures the USB 2 0 Controller either in HighSpeed 480Mbps or FullSpeed 12Mbps BIOS EHCI Hand Off Disabled Enabled If enabled it is a workaround for OSs wi...

Page 59: ...imary Secondary Enables and Disables the available IDE Controllers Hard Disk Write Protect Enabled Disabled Enables Disables the harddisk write protect feature works only when hdd is accessed through BIOS IDE Detect Time Out Sec 0 5 30 35 Sets the time out of IDE detection SATA 1 2 Primary IDE Opens Serial ATAPI IDE Device Configuration Auto detects the SATA device and allows settings for the cert...

Page 60: ...ock Multi Sector Transfer Auto Disabled Disables or auto detects the Multi Sector Transfer Mode of the device PIO Mode Auto 0 1 2 3 4 Auto detects or selects the PIO mode for the device DMA Mode Auto SWDMAn MWDMAn UDMAn Auto detects or selects the DMA Mode for the device S M A R T Auto Disabled Enabled Auto detects disables or enables the Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Tool for the device ...

Page 61: ...bles or auto detects the Multi Sector Transfer Mode of the device PIO Mode Auto 0 1 2 3 4 Auto detects or selects the PIO mode for the device DMA Mode Auto SWDMAn MWDMAn UDMAn Auto detects or selects the DMA Mode for the device S M A R T Auto Disabled Enabled Auto detects disables or enables the Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Tool for the device 32Bit Data Transfer Enabled Disabled Enables...

Page 62: ...lth Configuration Menu Feature Option Description H W Health Function Enabled Disabled Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device Fan Speed Devisor 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 Selects the number of ticks that the fan signals on each single turning ACPI Configuration Menu ...

Page 63: ...r to invoke VGA BIOS post on S3 STR resume Advanced ACPI Configuration Menu Feature Option Description ACPI Version Features ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 ACPI v3 0 Different ACPI versions have different features Here you can select the ACPI version of your choice ACPI APIC support Enabled Disabled Determines whether to invoke VGA BIOS post on S3 STR resume Headless mode Enabled Disabled Enables and Disable...

Page 64: ...I Active Trip Point the point in which the OS will turn on the CPU fan Passive Trip Point Disabled 40 C 45 C 110 C This value controls the temperature of the ACPI Passive Trip Point the point in which the OS will begin throttling the CPU Critical Trip Point 40 C 45 C 110 C This value controls the temperature of the ACPI Critical Trip Point the point in which the OS will shut off the system ...

Page 65: ...e power button Suspend Power Saving Type C3 S1 Sets the Suspend Mode power saving type to either C3 CPU 3 or S1 System 1 Restore on AC Power Loss Last State Power Off Power On Sets the mode for AC Power Loss behaviour Thermal Management TM1 TM2 TM3 Sets the CPU thermal behavior at 100 C Standby Suspend Time Out Disabled 1Min 2Min 40Min Sets the Time Out for the regarding state Hard Disk Time Out M...

Page 66: ...onitor Can Monitors certain events for Resume Resume On LAN Disabled Enabled Disables Enables the wake up from S3 and S5 for LAN Resume On PME Disabled Enabled Disables Enables the wake up from S3 for PME Resume On KBC Disabled Enabled Disables Enables the wake up from S1 for Keyboard Controller Wake Up Key Any Key Opens Dialog for Wake up password Sets key password for wake up event for keyboard ...

Page 67: ...n Watchdog Mode Disabled Reset NMI Disables or Enables the Watchdog Mode and selects the function of Watchdog Reset or NMI Spread Spectrum Disabled Enabled Disables or Enables the Spread Spectrum Function of the Clock Controller MARS Disabled Enabled Disables or Enables the MARS Smart Battery System Support ...

Page 68: ...n ISA graphic device is installed Off Board PCI ISA IDE Card Auto PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 4 Some PCI ISA IDE cards may require this to be set to the PCI slot number that is holding the card AUTO works for most of the PCI and ISA IDE cards IRQ 3 15 Available Reserved Available Specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI PNP devices Reserved Specified IRQ is reserved for use by le...

Page 69: ...9 BIOS Operation Kontron User s Guide ETX CN8 69 9 3 4 Boot Menu Note Boot Device Priority Menu depends on the connected and detected devices ...

Page 70: ...essages AddOn ROM Display Mode Force BIOS Keep current Set display mode for Option ROM Bootup Num Lock On Off Select Power On state for Numlock PS 2 Mouse Support Auto Enabled Disabled Select mouse support for PS 2 Wait For F1 If Error Enabled Disabled Wait for F1 key to be pressed if error occurs Hit DEL Message Display Enabled Disabled Displays Press DEL to run Setup in POST if enabled Interrupt...

Page 71: ...rity Menu Feature Option Description Change Supervisor Password Enter password to enter BIOS setup utility Change User Password Enter password to boot the system Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Enabled Enables and disables the boot sector virus protection ...

Page 72: ...9 BIOS Operation Kontron User s Guide ETX CN8 72 9 3 6 Exit Menu ...

Page 73: ...ram the Flash ROM Flash bat Batch File with necessary flash command Execute this file to update the BIOS 9 5 Preventing Problems When Updating or Restoring BIOS Updating the BIOS represents a potential hazard Power failures or fluctuations that may occur during updating the Flash ROM can damage the BIOS code making the system unbootable To prevent this potential hazard many systems come with a boo...

Page 74: ...w the JIDA standard use the following procedure Call Get BIOS ID with CL 1 The name of the first device installed will be returned If you see the result Board exists CL 0 increment CL and call Get BIOS ID again Repeat until you see Board not present CL 0 You now know the names of all boards within your system that follow the JIDA standard You can find out more information about a specific board by...

Page 75: ...y Publishing Company 1995 ISBN 0 201 40996 8 Personal Computer Bus Standard P996 Draft D2 00 Jan 18 1990 IEEE Inc Technical Reference Guide Extended Industry Standard Architecture Expansion Bus Compaq 1989 11 1 2 PCI 104 Embedded PC 104 Consortium The consortium provides information about PC 104 and PC 104 Plus technology You can search for information about the consortium on the Web PCI SIG The P...

Page 76: ...e modem which then sends the data over a telephone line The data that the modem receives from the telephone line can then be sent to the computer You can search for information about the standard on the Web RS 232 Made Easy Connecting Computers Printers Terminals and Modems Martin D Seyer Prentice Hall 1991 ISBN 0 13 749854 3 National Semiconductor The Interface Data Book includes application note...

Page 77: ...ial Bus technology You can search for information about the standard on the Web 11 4 Programming C Programmer s Guide to Serial Communications Second Edition Joe Campbell SAMS 1987 ISBN 0 672 22584 0 Programmer s Guide to the EGA VGA and Super VGA Cards Third Edition Richard Ferraro Addison Wesley 1990 ISBN 0 201 57025 4 The Programmer s PC Sourcebook Second Edition Thom Hogan Microsoft Press 1991...

Page 78: ...ical specifications heat spreader dimensions BIOS description fan connector exchanged product foto 1 1 08 01 09 UMA Updated BIOS setup information to current BIOS MODCR110 updated chapter one to current version and added Ethernet LED behaviour 1 2 14 01 09 UMA Corrected BIOS setup information added information in Ethernet LED pinout list X4 pin10 1 3 23 01 09 UMA Added MTBF value added USB configu...

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