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Summary of Contents for PEAK 7220VL2G

Page 1: ...www nexcom com Single Board Computer User Manual 2003 08 Edition ...

Page 2: ...uct names mentioned herein are registered trademarks of their respective owners Regulatory Compliance Statements This section provides the FCC compliance statement for Class A devices and describes how to keep the system CE compliant FCC Compliance Statement for Class A Devices The product s described in this user s guide has been tested and proved to comply with the limits for a Class A digital d...

Page 3: ...anging CPU 24 3 4 Installing Fan Heatsink 25 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 26 4 1 Entering Setup 28 4 2 The Main Menu 28 4 3 Getting Help 30 4 4 Control Keys 31 4 5 Standard CMOS Features 32 4 6 Advanced BIOS Features 36 4 7 Advanced Chipset Features 40 4 8 Integrated Peripherals 41 4 9 Power Management Setup 43 4 10 PnP PCI Configurations 46 4 11 PC Health Status 47 4 12 Load Fail Safe Defaults 48 4...

Page 4: ...Chapter 5 Driver Installation 50 5 1 Installing VGA Driver 51 5 2 Installing INF 53 5 3 Installing LAN 55 5 4 Installing USB 57 Appendix Watchdog Timer Setting 58 Appendix GPIO User Guide 62 3 ...

Page 5: ...4 Chapter 1 General Information Chapter 1 General Information ...

Page 6: ...ligent switching type power regulator x 2 Support streaming SIMD instruction SMP support is requiring Support uni processor implementation Support Hyper Threading technology Main Memory DDR SDRAM DIMM x4 support max memory up to 8GB DDR200 266 Support two 64 bit DDR channels Registered ECC DIMMs only BIOS Award System BIOS Plug Play support Advanced Power Management support ACPI 2 0 compliant 4M b...

Page 7: ...X Power On function On board 4 Pin Additional Power Source Input AC97 output 10 pin header x 1 System Monitor Derived from Super IO ITE 8712F A to support system monitor 8 voltage For 1 5V 3 3V 5V 5V 12V 12V Vcore and Vcc5VStand By One Fan speed for CPU Temperature x 2 one for CPU internal use another for external system use ACPI Function only when 3 pins Power cable connect to Backplane which con...

Page 8: ...rements Voltage Maximum 5V 25A 12V 20A Environments Operating temperatures 0 C to 60 C 0 C to 50 C for 2 8GHz CPU Storage temperatures 20 C to 80 C Relative humidity 10 to 90 Non condensing Certification CE FCC 7 ...

Page 9: ...d Layout Max 8GB DDR 266 Dual channel memory in 4 DIMM Slots Dual Intel XeonTM LV XeonTM w 533MHz FSB Speed to 3 06GHz Intel E7501 Chipset Intel P64H2 64bit PCI X Bridge Intel 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet ATI Rage XL VGA Chipset Dual LAN VGA Port Intel ICH3 ...

Page 10: ...g of this model is shown below One PEAK7220VL2G Quick Reference Guide One 50CM Cable JST 2 5mm 3 pin to 3 pin 5V standby ATX Power on Cable One Y Cable for Keyboard and Mouse One 180 mm AUX Power Cable for J2 One Cable Set FDD x1 SIO PIO x1 SIO x1 Keyboard x1 IDE66 x1 One USB Cable with Bracket One Driver Manual CD 9 Figure 1 2 Mechanical Drawing of PEAK7220VL2G ...

Page 11: ...10 Chapter 2 Jumper Switch Settings ...

Page 12: ...t Static electricity can damage many of the electronic components Humid environment tend to have less static electricity than dry environments A grounding strap is warranted whenever danger of static electricity exists Precautions Computer components and electronic circuit boards can be damaged by discharges of static electricity Working on the computers that are still connected to a power supply ...

Page 13: ...ion of each jumper 12 Table 2 1 Functions of Jumpers Jumper Function Jumper Function J1 J2 Power Connector JP1 Speaker J4 J5 Fan Connector JP3 GPIO J5 on Daughter ATX Power JP4 On board RTC Board J6 AC 97 JP5 SMBUS J7 IDE Active LED JP6 Reset Button J13 AT ATX Selection JP7 Power Button JP9 Keyboard Lock ...

Page 14: ...s SHORT If you remove the jumper cap or place the jumper cap on just one pin the jumpr is OPEN Please see the following illustrations Figure 2 1 How to Set Jumpers 13 The illustrations on the right show a 2 pin jumper When the jumper cap is placed on both pins the jumper is SHORT If you remove the jumper cap or place the jumper cap on just one pin the jumper is OPEN Open Off Short On These illustr...

Page 15: ...Figure 2 2 Location of Jumpers 14 Primary CPU Socket Secondary CPU Socket J1 J2 J4 J5 JP1 J5 J6 JP3 J13 Floppy Disk Primary IDE Secondary IDE PIO SIO1 SIO2 JP4 JP5 J7 JP6 JP7 JP9 Pin 1 USB Connectors PS 2 KB Mouse LAN Connectors VGA Connector Channel A DIMM 1 Channel B DIMM 2 Channel B DIMM 4 ...

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Page 22: ... of memory modules are not recommended Total Memory 128MB Empty Empty 256MB 256MB Empty Empty 512MB 512MB Empty Empty 1024MB 1024MB Empty Empty 2048MB Empty 128MB 128MB 256MB Empty 256MB 256MB 512MB Empty 512MB 512MB 1024MB Empty 1024MB 1024MB 2048MB 128MB 128MB 128MB 512MB 256MB 256MB 256MB 1024MB 512MB 512MB 512MB 2048MB 1024MB 1024MB 1024MB 4096MB 21 Table 3 1 PEAK7220VL2G DIMM Configurations D...

Page 23: ...e the two handles of the DIMM sockets are in the open position i e the handles stay outward Figure 3 1 How to Install DIMM 1 2 Slowly slide the DIMM modules along the plastic guides in the both ends of the socket Figure 3 2 How to Install DIMM 2 22 ...

Page 24: ...two handles automatically locked the memory modules into the right position of the DIMM socket 4 To take away the memory module just push the both handles outward the memory module will be ejected by the mechanism in the socket Figure 3 3 How to Install DIMM 3 Figure 3 4 How to Install DIMM 4 23 ...

Page 25: ...efully lift the existing CPU up to remove it from the socket 2 Place the new CPU on the middle of the socket orienting its beveled corner to line up with the socket s beveled corner Make sure the pins of the CPU fit evenly to the socket openings Replace the handling bar to fasten the CPU to the socket Figure 3 5 How to Change CPU 24 ...

Page 26: ...25 3 4 Installing the Fan Heatsink Step 1 Insert the fan in the CPU bed Step 2 As shown in the picture screw tight Step 3 Then get the fan connector connected ...

Page 27: ...26 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup ...

Page 28: ...tion even when the power is turned off When the system is turned back on the system is configured with the values found in CMOS With easy to use pull down menus you can configure such items as Hard drives diskette drives and peripherals Video display type and display options Password protection from unauthorized use Power management features When to Run BIOS This program should be executed under t...

Page 29: ...e Powering on the computer and immediately pressing Del allows you to enter Setup Another way to enter Setup is to power on the computer and wait for the following message during the POST TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL KEY Press the Del key or press the Ctrl Alt and Esc keys to enter Setup 4 2 The Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 w...

Page 30: ...ages Value Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance for your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values i e factory settings for optimal performance system operations While Award has de signed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the option to change these defaults to mee...

Page 31: ...ing Help Main Menu The on line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bot tom of the screen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press F1 or Esc 30 ...

Page 32: ...em PgUp plus key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn minus key Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 key F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 Shift F2 key Change color from total 16 colors F2 to select color forward Shift F2 to select color backward F5 key Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 key L...

Page 33: ... format in hour minute second The time is calculated based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Figure 4 3 BIOS Standard CMOS Features 32 The Standard CMOS Setup utility is used to configure the following features Date mm dd yy The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other data information This field is for information only Press the left or right arrow key to ...

Page 34: ...e that supports LBA mode more than one line will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive Do not choose Large or Normal if the hard disk drive is already fully formatted when you installed it Select the mode that was used to format it IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave If you leave this item at Auto the system will automatically detect and configure any IDE devic...

Page 35: ...m will automatically decide the fastest way to access the hard disk drive Press Esc to close the IDE device submenu and return to the Standard CMOS Features page Floppy Drive A Options for these fields are None No floppy drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 360 kilobyte capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 1 2 megabyte capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 inc...

Page 36: ...or all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error it will stop for all other errors Base Extended Total Memory This category is display only The contents are determined by the POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS You cannot make changes to these fields Base Memory Also called conventional memory The DOS operating system and conventional applications use...

Page 37: ...ing feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and an alarm will beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing the follow ing warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table WARNING Disk boot s...

Page 38: ...y The Intel Hyper Threading Technology allows a single processor to execute two or more separate threads concurrently When hyper threading is enabled multi threaded software applications can execute their threads in parallel thereby im proving the processor s performance Quick Power On Self Test This item speeds up the Power On Self Test POST when you turn on the computer If it is set to Enabled B...

Page 39: ...tting If set to Enabled enables you to set the Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay Typematic Rate Chars Sec This setting controls the speed at which the system registers held down key strokes The choices range from 6 to 30 Chars Sec Typematic Delay Msec This setting controls the time between the display of the first character and suc cessive characters There are four delay choices 250ms 500ms 750ms...

Page 40: ... that the motherboard will use The MPS is a specification by which PC manufacturers design and build Intel architec ture systems with two or more processors MPS version 1 4 is required for a motherboard to support a bridgeless secondary PCI bus 39 After you have made your selections in the Advanced BIOS Features setup press ESC to go back to the main screen ...

Page 41: ...choices are Enabled Disabled 4 7 Advanced Chipset Features 40 Video BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h resulting in better video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choices Enabled Disabled Memory Hole at 15M 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards This...

Page 42: ... Block mode and a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE Primary Master Slave PIO s and two IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA s and two IDE Secondary Master Slave PIO s and two IDE Second ary Master Slave UDMA s Select Enabled to activate the primary and or second ary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface USB Contr...

Page 43: ...you to manually select the I O address and IRQ for the first and second serial ports It is recommended that you leave it as Auto so that the BIOS can select the best settings for it But if you need a particular I O port or IRQ that s been taken up by this serial port you can manually select an alternative I O port or IRQ for it You can also disable this serial port if you do not need to use it Doi...

Page 44: ...the Integrated Peripherals setup press the ESC key to go back to the main program screen 4 9 Power Management Setup Figure 4 7 BIOS Power Management Setup Auto PWR Failure Resume This setting specifies whether your system reboots after a power failure There are three selections Off The system will remain off when power comes back after a power failure On The system will switch on when power comes ...

Page 45: ...set each mode individually Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked There are three choices 1 V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization port and write blanks to the video buffer 2 Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer 3 DPMS Support Select this option if your monitor suppo...

Page 46: ...ng call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The choices Enabled Disabled Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 The events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the sys tem remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which ...

Page 47: ...led Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows95 If you set this field to Manual then choose specific resources by going into each of the submenus that follows this field The...

Page 48: ...9 BIOS PC Health Status 47 After you have read the PC Health Status press the ESC key to go back to the main program screen PCI Latency Timer CLK This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over ...

Page 49: ... display that option and then press the F7 key 4 14 Set Supervisor User Password The Supervisor User Password utility sets the password The mainboard is shipped with the password disabled If you want to change the password you must first enter the current password then at the prompt enter your new password The password is case sensitive You can use up to eight alphanumeric characters Press Enter a...

Page 50: ...ng Enter will save the new setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process 4 16 Exit Without Saving Selecting this option and pressing Enter will exit the Setup Utility without recording any new values or changing old ones 49 ...

Page 51: ...50 Chapter 5 Driver Installation ...

Page 52: ...J5 30 0_CD09_ RXL_N WDM for Windows 2000 operating system Step 5 1 2 After the menu displays select the SETUP icon 51 The PEAK7220 series comes with a driver installation CD ROM that enables you to install VGA driver software Intel chipset software and LAN Step 5 1 3 Click NEXT to continue with the Setup program ...

Page 53: ...mponent you want to install and then click NEXT 52 Step 5 1 6 An installation wizard will inform successful completion of driver software installation and ask you to restart your computer Select Yes I want to restart my computer now and then click Finish After your computer reboots VGA driver is already setup in your computer ...

Page 54: ...5 2 Installing Intel Chipset Software Step 5 2 1 Open the folder of Intel Chipset Software Step 5 2 2 Double click the blue icon infinst_autol Step 5 2 3 Click Next to install INF 53 ...

Page 55: ...Step 5 2 4 Click Yes to continue Step 5 2 5 Click NEXT Step 5 2 6 Select Yes I want to restart my computer now Then click Finish INF is installed 54 ...

Page 56: ...5 3 Installing LAN Step 5 3 1 After the folder of LAN driver displays click it Step 5 3 2 Double click the Autorun Icon Step 5 3 3 Click Install Base Driver 55 ...

Page 57: ...Step 5 3 4 Click OK to continue 56 Step 5 3 5 Click NEXT to continue Step 5 3 6 Click NEXT after accepting the license agreement ...

Page 58: ...AN driver go back to computer desktop and open My Computer Step 5 4 1 Choose the setup type that best suits your needs and then click NEXT Step 5 4 2 Click INSTALL to begin installation Step 5 4 3 Click FINISH to exit after the installation 57 ...

Page 59: ... special hardware device that monitors the computer system during normal operation WDT has a clock circuit that times down from a set number to zero If a monitored item occurs before the timer reaches zero WDT resets and counts down again If for some reason the monitored item doesn t occur before the timer reaches zero WDT performs an action such as a diagnostic operation rebooting the computer Yo...

Page 60: ...inition 3 Watchdog Timer Programming Procedure 3 1 Power On or Reset the System The initial value of WDT Control Register D3 D0 is zero 0 when power is on or the system has been reset The following table indicates the initial value of WDT 00000000b Bit Value Mean 3 0 Disable Watchdog Timer 2 1 0 0 0 0 Select 64 second Table B 3 WDT Control Register Initial Value Table B 2 WDT Control Register Bit ...

Page 61: ...es to WDT configuration port Set WDT Control Register to control the WDT working mode The initial value of WDT Control Register is shown as follows Setting the WDT Control Register as AL Mov al 0h Setting initial value 0 for the WDT Control Register Follow these instructions to set the register 1 Select the time out intervals of WDT decide the values of D2 D1 D0 in F2 Example If D2 D0 0 the time o...

Page 62: ...he WDT After finishing the above settings you must output the Control Register s value to WDT Configuration Port Then WDT will start according to the above settings MOV dx F2h Setting WDT Configuration Port OUT dx al Output the Control Register Value ...

Page 63: ...GPIO User Guide Digital I O UESD Port 801 Input Output JP17 IN 0 IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 OUT 0 OUT 1 OUT 2 OUT 3 62 I3 I2 I1 I0 O3 O2 O1 O0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

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