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13 Appendix F: Limitations

Kontron User's Guide ETX®-LX2

Appendix F: Limitations

This list documents the limitations of Kontron’s

ETX®-LX board. It documents which BIOS- or hardware

revision will fix a certain limitation.

13.1

BIOS Limitations

External Super I/O does not work after S3

13.2

Hardware Limitations

PCI bus is only 3,3V and NOT 5V compatible

Note:

Do not use PCI hardware which only supports 5V.

ISA Bus limitations

The signals IOCHCK#, MASTER#, NOWS#, REFSH# and SBHE# are not supported

16bit DMA signals DRQ5…7 and DACK5…7 are not available

16bit ISA memory access is not supported

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Page 1: ...failures or damages immediate or consequential resulting from the use of the information provided herein Our products are not intended for use in systems in which failures of product could result in p...

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Page 5: ...anical Specifications 14 3 2 1 Module dimensions 14 3 3 Memory 14 3 4 Electrical Specifications 14 3 4 1 Supply Voltage 14 3 4 2 Supply Voltage Ripple 14 3 4 3 Supply Current 5 V_SB 14 3 4 4 Supply Cu...

Page 6: ...1 ATX PS Control 23 7 5 Miscellaneous Circuits 24 7 5 1 Speaker 24 7 5 2 Battery 24 7 5 3 I2 C Bus 24 7 5 4 SM Bus 24 8 Special Features 25 8 1 Watchdog Timer 25 8 2 SATA 26 9 Design Considerations 2...

Page 7: ...t Selection 49 12 Appendix D ETX Connector Pinouts 50 12 1 Connector Locations 50 12 2 Signal Description 51 12 3 Connector X1 PCI Bus USB Audio 51 12 3 1 Connector X1 Signal Levels 52 12 4 Connector...

Page 8: ...ppendix F PC Architecture Information 69 15 1 Buses 69 15 1 1 ISA Standard PS 2 Connectors 69 15 1 2 PCI 104 69 15 2 General PC Architecture 69 15 3 Ports 70 15 3 1 RS 232 Serial 70 15 3 2 Serial ATA...

Page 9: ...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 Mo...

Page 10: ...e for technical support We are committed to making our product easy to use and will help you use our products in your systems Before contacting Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH technical support please c...

Page 11: ...specifications and features of ETX LX modules The other two references which are available from the Kontron Web site include The ETX Specification defines the ETX module form factor pin out and signal...

Page 12: ...oard design can use a range of ETX modules This flexibility can differentiate products at various price performance points or to design future proof systems that have a built in upgrade path The modul...

Page 13: ...MHz with LVDS Transmitter NS DS90C385A LVDS 1x24bpp open LDI or 1x18bpp TFT Resolution up to 1024x768 with LVDS variant and 1600x1200 with TTL variant Real Time Clock RTC with CMOS RAM Power Managemen...

Page 14: ...face Parallel Port LPT1 Shared with floppy signals Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended Capabilities Port ECP with bi directional capability Floppy shared with LPT signals 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M 2 88...

Page 15: ...mm SO DIMM DDR memory modules not following this specification may cause mounting problems and contact the heatspreader and or the LPCtoISA Bridge Recommended memory 256MB Part No 97007 2560 00 0 512M...

Page 16: ...ad Idle Standby S1 Standby S3 Power Consumption 1 55 A 7 8 W 1 3 A 6 50 W 1 00 A 5 00 W 0 35 W 3 4 5 CMOS Battery Power Consumption RTC Voltage Current Winbond W83627HF 2 5V 1 6 A 3 0V 2 7 A CMOS batt...

Page 17: ...is Method 1 Case 1 In that particular method the components are assumed to be operating at a 50 stress level in a 40 C ambient environment and the system is assumed to have not been burned in Manufac...

Page 18: ...ALC203 AC 97 Codec The 20 bit DAC 18 bit ADC AC 97 2 3 compatible full duplex codec supports a Line In a Stereo Line Out and a Mono Microphone In interface Configuration The audio controller is a PCI...

Page 19: ...Subsystems Kontron User s Guide ETX LX2 18 For additional information refer to the ETX Design Guide I2 C application notes and JIDA specifications all of which are available on the Kontron Embedded Sy...

Page 20: ...systems 5 1 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 addition...

Page 21: ...orms any necessary colour lookups and output for matting Interface to the Video Processor for driving the display device s CRT resolution 1920x1440x8bbp 60Hz 1600x1200x16bbp 100Hz Supports up to 1600...

Page 22: ...plies with the ETX Specification Implementation information is provided in the ETX Design Guide Refer to the documentation for additional information Configuration The serial communication interface u...

Page 23: ...configuration and are set to be compatible with common PC AT settings You can change some parameters of the parallel communication interface through the BIOS setup 6 9 Floppy The floppy disk interfac...

Page 24: ...fully integrated 10 100BASE TX LAN solution The Ethernet interface requires an external transformer See the ETX Design Guide for suggestions on transformer selection Configuration The ETX LX provides...

Page 25: ...imiting devices resistor and diode between the battery and the consuming component 7 5 3 I2 C Bus The ETX LX provides a software driven I2 C port to communicate with external I2 C slave devices This p...

Page 26: ...power on boot The application software should strobe the WDT to prevent its timeout Upon timeout the WDT resets and restarts the system This provides a way to recover from program crashes or lockups...

Page 27: ...cted a second OptionROM is loaded and no RAID support is given To access the SATA Option ROM press CTRL Z during POST The option ROM is only available if SATA RAID is enabled in the BIOS and a SATA De...

Page 28: ...derside of the heat spreader assembly implement thermal interfaces between the Heatspreader plate and the major heat generating components on the ETX LX About 80 percent of the power dissipated within...

Page 29: ...9 Design Considerations Kontron User s Guide ETX LX2 28 9 2 Module Dimensions...

Page 30: ...F Socket DDR SODIMM DDR 266 333 400 ETX LX2 MLX2 AMD LX Refresh EEPROM CMOS Setup Data SATA LPC to ISA Bridge F85226A X1 X2 SATA Connector AMD Companion Chip CS5536 Super I O Controller Winbond W83627...

Page 31: ...he corresponding interrupt is available for other devices 2Unavailable if baseboard is equipped with an I O controller SMC FDC37C669 and the device is enabled in setup 3Unavailable in Advanced Configu...

Page 32: ...237DMA Controller 20h 21h 8259A PIC 2Eh 2Fh SuperIO Access Port 40h 43h XT AT 44h 47h PS 2 8254PIT 4Eh 4Fh 85226 LPC to ISA 60h 64h KeyBoard Controller 90h 96h PS 2 P OS A0h A1h 8259A PIC F0h FFh Math...

Page 33: ...Management SM Bus Following SM bus addresses are reserved SM Bus Address SM Device Comment JIDA Bus Nr 12h SMART_CHARGER Not to be used with any SM bus device except a charger 1 14h SMART_SELECTOR Not...

Page 34: ...er left corner of your screen Phoenix Award BIOS v6 00PG An Energy Ally Copyright 1984 2003 Phoenix Technology LTD ETX LX2 BIOS RX XX 11 3 Setup Guide The Award BIOS Setup Utility changes system behav...

Page 35: ...ion Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your s...

Page 36: ...o load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance and system operations While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to cha...

Page 37: ...25 MB 3 5 in references a 1024 byte sector Japanese media format The 1 25 MB 3 5 in diskette requires a 3 Mode floppy disk drive Halt On All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But...

Page 38: ...n the menu Access Mode lets you set the remaining fields on this screen Access Mode CHS LBA Large Auto Choose the access mode for this hard disk Capacity N A Disk drive capacity approximate Note that...

Page 39: ...rst second and third boot devices Boot Other Device Disabled Enabled When enabled the system will search all other possible locations for an operating system if it fails to find one in the devices spe...

Page 40: ...but does not generate FPU exceptions If disabled the FPU runs in slower but precise mode and FPU exceptions will be generated Usercode Feature Disabled Enabled Enables or disables scan for usercode E...

Page 41: ...set to 200MHz Memory Frequency is limited to 100MHz Memory Frequency Auto 100 MHz 133 MHz 166 MHz 200 MHz Selects the memory frequency Video Memory Size None 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB 254 MB Sele...

Page 42: ...RAID OPROM for SATA RAID support IDE OPROM for CF Card IDE devices in native IDE mode Notes According to selected SATA mode different drivers are necessary PATA IO Address Auto 170h Changes the IO Add...

Page 43: ...de Disabled Enabled Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic...

Page 44: ...1 7 EPP1 9 Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA 1 3 Select the DMA channel for ECP External FDC Controller Disabled Enabled Select Enabled if your system has the Super I O controller FDC37...

Page 45: ...BIOS Operation Kontron User s Guide ETX LX2 44 Feature Option Description Note ECP Mode DMA is only possible when the Onboard Floppy Disk Controller is disabled LPT2 ECP Mode Use DMA 1 3 Select the LP...

Page 46: ...uspend Mode Disabled 1 5 10 15 30 45 Sec 1 5 10 15 30 45 60 90 12 Min This Submenu appears highlighted only when Legacy is enabled in the Menu Power Management Standby mode conserves power by turning...

Page 47: ...11 Appendix C BIOS Operation Kontron User s Guide ETX LX2 46 11 9 1 IRQ Wakeup Events...

Page 48: ...to ESCD Manual This item allows you to automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields are cleared...

Page 49: ...rformance system operation 11 13 Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads th...

Page 50: ...t the password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You can determine when the password is requested in the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security...

Page 51: ...e see the ETX Specification and ETX Design Guide for detailed design level information 12 1 Connector Locations IDE Ports Ethernet Power Good Reset Input ATX PS Control Speaker Battery I2C Bus SM Bus...

Page 52: ...3 IRDY 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 US...

Page 53: ...s line 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 By...

Page 54: ...line IO 3 3 74 AD18 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 77 AD22 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3 3 78 AD21 PCI Adress Data Bus line IO 3...

Page 55: ...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...

Page 56: ...4 IRQ14 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 2...

Page 57: ...us O 5 PU 10k 5V 74 IOR ISA I O Read IO 5 PU 8k2 5V 75 SA16 ISA Adress Bus O 5 PU 10k 5V 76 IOW ISA I O Write IO 5 PU 8k2 5V 77 SA18 ISA Adress Bus O 5 PU 10k 5V 78 SA17 ISA Adress Bus O 5 PU 10k 5V 7...

Page 58: ...al 1 GND 2 GND 3 R 4 B 5 HSY 6 G 7 VSY 8 DDCK 9 n c 10 DDDA 11 n c 12 TXCLK 13 n c 14 TXIN26_EN 15 GND 16 GND 17 n c 18 n c 19 n c 20 n c 21 GND 22 GND 23 LCDDO8 24 n c 25 LCDDO9 26 n c 27 GND 28 GND...

Page 59: ...D 56 DENSEL 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 R...

Page 60: ..._OUT3 DRGB12 O 24 G5 DRGB15 O 25 LCDDO9 G3 LVDS_OUT3 DRGB13 O 26 G4 DRGB14 O 27 GND Ground PWR 28 GND Ground PWR 29 LCDDO4 R4 LVDS_OUT2 DRGB22 O 30 LCDDO7 G1 LVDS_CLKOUT DRGB11 O 31 LCDDO5 R5 LVDS_OUT...

Page 61: ...w Data Read IO 5 75 CTS2 Clear to Send COM2 I 5 76 PD2 WP LPT Data Bus D Floppy Write Protect Signal IO 5 77 TXD2 Data Transmit COM2 O 5 Bootstrap PU 4k7 5V 78 PD1 TRK0 LPT Data Bus D1 Floppy Track Si...

Page 62: ...IDE_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 S...

Page 63: ...DE_CS3 Secondary IDE Chip Select Channel 1 O 3 3 26SMBALERT nc Reserved 27SIDE_CS1 Secondary IDE Chip Select Channel 0 O 3 3 28DASP_S Master Slave negotiation O 29SIDE_A2 Secondary IDE Adress Bus O 3...

Page 64: ...IDE Data Bus IO 74 PIDE_D3 Primary IDE Data Bus IO 75 SIDE_D4 Secondary 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...

Page 65: ...controller VIA VT6421 SATA Ports and Onboard Compact Flash is only supported with Linux Kernel 2 6 18 or later and Windows XP 2k with installed device driver Please refer to the ETX LX download sectio...

Page 66: ...te2 A second VT6421 OPROM with native IDE support is supported Select IDE as SATA 2nd IDE operation mode in setup for full IDE support on secondary IDE and Compact Flash e g for Sandisk 5000 CF Cards...

Page 67: ...ll fix a certain limitation 13 1 BIOS Limitations External Super I O does not work after S3 13 2 Hardware Limitations PCI bus is only 3 3V and NOT 5V compatible Note Do not use PCI hardware which only...

Page 68: ...supply breaks down for shorter than 100ms the module will not wake up again If the power supply on the baseboard is not able to avoid this error case the module can be waken up after the supply voltag...

Page 69: ...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...

Page 70: ...ortium provides information about PC 104 and PC 104 Plus technology You can search for information about the consortium on the Web PCI SIG The PCI SIG provides a forum for its 900 member companies who...

Page 71: ...etween disk drives and host processors It provides a common point of attachment for systems manufacturers and the system You can search for information about the working group on the Web We recommend...

Page 72: ...ocument Revision History Kontron User s Guide ETX LX2 71 16 Appendix G Document Revision History Revision Date Edited by Changes 0 1 06 05 2015 VGG Initial Release based on ETX LX 1 0 26 06 2015 VGG R...

Page 73: ...221 272 273 10 E Mail west fortecag de Austria FORTEC Elektronik AG Office Vienna Nuschinggasse 12 1230 Wien Austria Phone 43 1 8673492 0 Fax 43 1 8673492 26 E Mail office fortec at Switzerland ALTRA...

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