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ROBO-8112VG2AR

ROBO-8112VG2AR-Q87

Single Host Board

User's Manual

Version 1.0b

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Page 1: ...OBO 8112VG2AR ROBO 8112VG2AR Q87 Single Host Board User s Manual Version 1 0b Copyright Portwell Inc 2014 All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners...

Page 2: ...rd Computer 3 6 3 3 1 Chipset Component Driver 3 6 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics Controller 3 6 3 3 3 Intel PROSet Gigabit Ethernet Controlle 3 7 3 3 4 Audio Controller 3 7 3 3 5 Intel Active Manage...

Page 3: ...ide of Watch Dog Timer function Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information Specifies the meaning of each setup parameters how to get advanced BIOS performance and update new BIOS In addition POST checkpoint lis...

Page 4: ...not just hold any single side of the SBC hold evenly on both sides z Heavy processor cooler may bend the SBC when SBC being held just on one side z The bending may cause soldering or components damag...

Page 5: ...to avoid the vibration damage during transportation Heavy processor cooler may bend the SBC when systems are during transportation without any holder Example z 4U chassis Use L type mental or plastic...

Page 6: ...ent USB 2 0 To meet bandwidth of storage and expansion cards requirement the ROBO 8112VG2AR series were designed flexible with four PCI Express lanes via backplane Those four PCI Express lanes could b...

Page 7: ...Support five SATA 600 dual ports via backplane z Support six USB 3 0 ports dual ports on bracket z One PCI Express x16 external expansion one PCI Express x4 link can be configured as four PCI Express...

Page 8: ...r z Chipset Intel C226 Q87 chipset z Bus Interface Follow PICMG 1 3 Rev 1 0 standard PCI Express and PCI Support one PCI Express x4 can be as four PCI Express x1 through backplane by different bios de...

Page 9: ...sable and interval setting Generate system reset z On board VGA Processors integrated graphics share system memory up to 1GB for system with greater than or equal to 192MB of system memory z On board...

Page 10: ...Onboard Intel R Ethernet Connection I217 LM LAN Driver Intel R Ethernet Connection I217 LM Version 12 5 19 0 Audio Card Onboard Realtek ALC886 High Definition Audio Audio Driver Realtek High Definiti...

Page 11: ...System Overview ROBO 8112VG2AR User s Manual 1 6 Mechanical Drawing...

Page 12: ...tem Overview ROBO 8112VG2AR User s Manual 1 7 1 5 System Architecture All of details operating relations are shown in ROBO 8112VG2AR series System Block Diagram ROBO 8112VG2AR series System Block Diag...

Page 13: ...ngs shipped from factory are marked with an asterisk 2 1 Jumper Setting In general jumpers on the single board computer are used to select options for certain features Some of the jumpers are designed...

Page 14: ...ess Support Two slot Open 1 2 3 4 1 x16 PCI Express Support One slot Note ROBO 8112VG2AR can support one PCIEx16 or two PCIEx8 or one PCIEx8 two PCIEx4 JP2 CMOS Clear PIN NO Function 1 2 Short Normal...

Page 15: ...on Remark J1 J9 Internal USB3 Connector J2 Parallel Port Connector J3 HDMI Connector J4 J11 J12 SATA 3 Connector J5 J8 DDR3 Long SLOT J6 J7 Internal USB2 Connector J10 Floppy Connector J13 External PS...

Page 16: ...X4_DN 6 USB3_TX4_DP 7 Ground 8 USB2_DN3 9 USB2_DP3 10 Ground 11 USB2_DP2 12 USB2_DN2 13 Ground 14 USB3_TX3_DP 15 USB3_TX3_DN 16 Ground 17 USB3_RX3_DP 18 USB3_RX3_DN 19 5V Dual 20 N C J9 Internal USB3...

Page 17: ...nitialization 7 Data2 8 Printer Select IN 9 Data3 10 Ground 11 Data4 12 Ground 13 Data5 14 Ground 15 Data6 16 Ground 17 Data7 18 Ground 19 Acknowledge 20 Ground 21 Busy 22 Ground 23 Paper Empty 24 Gro...

Page 18: ...14 Drive Select A 15 Ground 16 N C 17 Ground 18 Direction 19 Ground 20 Step 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 0 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 N C 30 Read Data 31 Groun...

Page 19: ...Ready 8 RI Ring Indicator 9 Ground 10 N C J15 COM1 Serial Port 1 Connector PIN No Signal Description RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect TX DATA 2 DSR Data Set Ready N C N C 3 RXD Receive...

Page 20: ...5 GPIO2 6 GPIO6 7 GPIO3 8 GPIO7 9 Ground 10 5V Note All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level 0V 5V and each Fan J19 12V POWER Connector PIN No Signal Description PI...

Page 21: ...on off output J26 POWER 4P CONNECTOR for USB POWER PIN NO Signal Description 1 N C 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 5V J27 Front Panel Pin HDR PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 PWR_LED 2 Speak...

Page 22: ...8 Analog Ground 9 Line out Right Channel 10 N C J29 DVI Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 D2 9 D1 17 D0 2 D2 10 D1 18 D0 3 SHIELD1 11 SHIELD2 1...

Page 23: ...s enclosed to help you set up onboard PCI device and handle Watch Dog Timer WDT and operation of GPIO in software programming 3 1 Intel Haswell processor LGA 1150 CPU Socket Pin1 corner of the CPU Soc...

Page 24: ...Installation ROBO 8112VG2AR User s Manual 3 2 LGA 1150 CPU Installation Steps Before install the CPU please make sure to turn off the power first 1 Open the load lever 2 Lift the load lever up to full...

Page 25: ...3 3 Remove the plastic cap on the CPU socket Before you install the CPU always cover it to protect the socket pin 4 After confirming the CPU direction for correct mating put down the CPU in the socket...

Page 26: ...tallation ROBO 8112VG2AR User s Manual 3 4 5 Make sure the CPU has been seated well into the socket If not take out the CPU and reinstall 6 Engage the load lever while pressing down lightly onto the l...

Page 27: ...by BIOS via SPD interface For system compatibility and stability do not use memory module without brand Memory configuration can be set to either one double sided DIMM in one DIMM socket or two single...

Page 28: ...Windows XP please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed You can find very easily this chipset component driver in ROBO 8112VG2AR CD title Moreover if using some old OS the driver m...

Page 29: ...VG2AR CD title The driver supports Windows Win7 64 bits 3 3 4 Audio Controller Please find Intel High Definition Audio driver form ROBO 8112VG2AR CD title The driver supports Windows Win7 64 bits 3 3...

Page 30: ...sample program that is written in C language User can fill a non zero value into the Time out Value Register to enable refresh WDT System will be reset after the Time out Value to be counted down to...

Page 31: ...printf LDN x n LDN void Set_Register unsigned char offset unsigned char value outportb SIO_Port offset outportb SIO_Port 1 value printf Write offset x x n offset value int main void printf test string...

Page 32: ...ugh Data Register J17 General Purpose I O Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 GPIO0 2 GPIO4 3 GPIO1 4 GPIO5 5 GPIO2 6 GPIO6 7 GPIO3 8 GPIO7 9 Ground 10 5V include stdio h i...

Page 33: ...void And_Register unsigned char offset unsigned char value outp SIO_Port offset outp SIO_Port 1 inp SIO_Port 1 value printf Write offset x x n offset value int main void int result printf ROBO 8112 GP...

Page 34: ..._Base 0 0x10 0x10 result 0 if inp GPIO_Base 2 0xE0 0xE0 result 0 if result 0 printf Test fail n return 1 output low outp GPIO_Base 0 inp GPIO_Base 0 0xF9 11 12 outp GPIO_Base 3 inp GPIO_Base 3 0x7F 47...

Page 35: ...1 12 if inp GPIO_Base 3 0x80 0x80 result 0 47 if inp GPIO_Base 4 0x01 0x01 result 0 50 if result 0 printf Test fail n return 1 output low outp GPIO_Base 0 inp GPIO_Base 0 0xEF 14 outp GPIO_Base 2 inp...

Page 36: ...e user to enter the SETUP program Some errors are significant enough to abort the start up 4 1 Entering Setup Launch System Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Tes...

Page 37: ...al 4 2 4 2 Main Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc System Date The date format is Day Month Date Year Use or to configure system Date System Time The time format is Ho...

Page 38: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8112VG2AR User s Manual 4 3 4 3 Configuration Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features...

Page 39: ...able quick boot Choices Disabled Enabled Diagnostic Splash Screen If you select Enabled the diagnostic splash screen always displays during boot If you select Disabled the diagnostic splash screen doe...

Page 40: ...r s Manual 4 5 Allow Hotkey in S4 resume Enable hotkey detection when system resuming from Hibernate state Choices Disabled Enabled UEFI Boot Enable the UEFI boot Choices Disabled Enabled PCI PCIE Con...

Page 41: ...al 4 6 Processor PCI Express Configuration FEG0 PEG0 Gen X Configure PFG0 B0 D0 F0 Speed Choices Gen1 Gen2 Gen3 FEG1 PEG1 Gen X Configure PFG1 B0 D0 F1 Speed Choices Gen1 Gen2 Gen3 FEG2 PEG2 Gen X Con...

Page 42: ...tup Information ROBO 8112VG2AR User s Manual 4 7 ICH PCI Express Configuration DMI Link ASPM Control The control of active state Power Management on both NB side of the DMI Link Choices Disabled L0s L...

Page 43: ...Express Root Port 5 8 Control PCI Express root port Choices Disabled Enabled PCIe Speed Select PCIe Speed to Gen1 or Gen2 Choices Auto Gen1 Gen2 ASPM Control PCIe Active State Power Management settin...

Page 44: ...led CER PCI Express Device Correctable Error Reporting Enable Disable Choices Disabled Enabled SEFE Root PCI Express System Error on Fatal Error Enable Disable Choices Disabled Enabled SENFE Root PCI...

Page 45: ...AC Power state when power is re applied after a power failure Choices Power Off Power On Last State SLP_S4 Assertion stretch Enable Choices Disabled Enabled Wake system with Fixed Time Enable or disab...

Page 46: ...Technology and Disabled for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology When Disabled only one Choices Disabled Enabled Active Processor Cores Select the number of physical cores to enab...

Page 47: ...Turbo Mode Choices Disabled Enabled C States Choices Disabled Enabled VT x When enabled a VWM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology Choices Disabled Enable...

Page 48: ...LAN Enabled Disabled Wake on LAN Function Choices Disabled Enabled LAN Boot ROM Control LAN Boot ROM PXE function Choices Disabled Enabled Intel WG1210AT GbE LAN Enabled Disabled Intel WG1210AT LAN Ch...

Page 49: ...hoices Disabled Enabled NB PCIe Configuration Config NB PCI Express Settings Always Enable PEG To Enable the PEG Slot Choices Disabled Enabled PEG ASPM Control ASPM Support for the PEG Device This has...

Page 50: ...gnment would adjust TOLUD automatically based on largest MMIO length of installed graphic controller Choices 1GB 1 25GB 1 5GB 1 75GB 2GB 2 25GB 2 5GB 2 75GB 3GB 3 25GB Memory Frequency Maximum Memory...

Page 51: ...OBO 8112VG2AR User s Manual 4 16 SB Azalia Config SB Azalia Config Parameters Azalia Control Detection of the Azalia device Choices Disabled Enabled Azalia PME Enabled Enabled Disabled PME for Azalia...

Page 52: ...uld be Primary Display Or select SG for Switchable Gfx Choices Auto IGFX PEG PCI Internal Graphics Keep IGD Enabled Based on the setup options Choices Auto Disabled Enabled Aperture Size Select the Ap...

Page 53: ...t display Choices VBIOS Default CRT DVI HDMI Secondary Boot display Choices VBIOS Default CRT DVI HDMI SATA Configuration Configure SATA controller and view detected HDD Information SATA Controller s...

Page 54: ...of the device attached Choices Empty Port 0 4 Enabled or Disabled SATA Port Choices Disabled Enabled Hot Plug Designates this port as Hot Pluggable Choices Disabled Enabled External Port External SAT...

Page 55: ...ation Configure USB controller and other advanced setting Legacy USB Support Enables Legacy USB support AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected DISABLE option will keep USB...

Page 56: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8112VG2AR User s Manual 4 21 PCH USB Configuration Control each of the USB ports disabling USB Ports Per Port Disable Choices Enabled Disabled...

Page 57: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8112VG2AR User s Manual 4 22 ME Configuration Configure Management Engine Technology Parameters Intel R ME Enable Disable Intel R Management Engine Choices Enabled Disabled...

Page 58: ...PC Super IO FDC Address Choices Disabled 3F0 IRQ6 Serial Port 1 2 Choices Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3F8 IRQ4 COM2 Configuration Select Com2 Configuration Choices RS 232 RS422 RS485 Parallel Address Choices Di...

Page 59: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8112VG2AR User s Manual 4 24 Hardware Monitor Provide on board sensor reading information Show only CPU Fan Feature...

Page 60: ...Enabled Disabled Smart Fan Start Temp Choices 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 Fan Full Speed Temp Choices 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 Serial Port Console Configuration Configure console redirectio...

Page 61: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8112VG2AR User s Manual 4 26 SMBIOS Event Log Clears SMBIOS events Choices Enter...

Page 62: ...when entering the BIOS setup program Set Supervisor Password Set or clear the Supervisor account s password Supervisor Hint String Press Enter to type Supervisor Hint String Set User Password Set or...

Page 63: ...28 4 5 Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of boot devices Boot Priority Order Keys used to view or configure devices and arrows Select a device and move the device up or down Shift 1 enabled o...

Page 64: ...atically Exit Discarding Changes Equal to ESC never save changes then exit setup configure driver Load Setup Defaults Equal to F9 Load standard default values Load Optimized Defaults Load settings for...

Page 65: ...no other setting that really needs to be set up However there are only two connectors that must be connected J19 4 pins CPU 12V main power connector 24 pins ATX Power Connector Serial ATA Hard Disk S...

Page 66: ...t DEL key and enter the BIOS setup menu to tune up a stable BIOS configuration so that you can wake up your system far well Loading the default optimal setting When prompted with the main setup menu p...

Page 67: ...able COM1 serial port to release IRQ 4 Disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ 3 Etc A quick review of the basic IRQ mapping is given below for your reference Interrupt Request Lines IRQ IRQ Current U...

Page 68: ...to root of the bootable USB Pen drive Insert your bootable USB Pen drive in ROBO 8112VG2AR board and power on Input the FPT f XXXXX ROM BIOS to start to update BIOS XXXXX is the file name of the ROM f...

Page 69: ...s Manual 5 5 5 4 System Memory Address Map Each On board device in the system is assigned a set of memory addresses which also can be identical of the device The following table lists the system memo...

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