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BIOS Setup Information 

ROBO-8120VG2R User’s Manual 

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Limit CPUID Maximum 

 

Disabled for Windows XP 
 
Choices: Disabled, Enabled. 

 

Execute Disable Bit 

Choices: Disabled, Enabled. 

 

Hardware Prefetcher 

For UP platforms, leave it enabled. For DP/MP servers, it may use to tune 
performance the specific application. 
 
Choices: Disabled, Enabled. 

 

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch 

For UP platforms, leave it enabled. For DP/MP servers, it may use to tune 
performance the specific application. 
 
Choices: Disabled, Enabled. 

 

Intel Virtualization Technology 

Choices: Disabled, Enabled. 
 

Power Technology 

Choices: Disabled, Energy Efficient, Custom 

Summary of Contents for ROBO-8120VG2R

Page 1: ...ROBO 8120VG2R Single Host Board User s Manual Version 1 0 Copyright Portwell Inc 2011 All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners...

Page 2: ...Component Driver 3 5 3 3 2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip 3 5 3 3 3 On board Fast Ethernet Controllers 3 5 3 3 4 On board High Definition Audio Controller 3 6 3 3 5 Intel Matrix Storage Manager...

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: ...OBO 8120VG2R can be suitable for all Portwell s PICMG 1 3 server and non server grade backplanes for more expansions and the backplanes support PCI X slots via PCIe to PCI X Bridge Intel PXH 6700 to i...

Page 7: ...574L Gigabit Ethernet controller with dual RJ45 ports z Rich and powerful I O that supports six SATA 300 ports twelve USB 2 0 ports two serial ports one parallel port and one FDD channel 1 2 Check Lis...

Page 8: ...port with SPP EPP and ECP modes z USB Interface Support twelve USB Universal Serial Bus ports for high speed I O peripheral devices Dual USB ports on bracket Four USB ports route to backplane z PS 2 M...

Page 9: ...8mm 13 33 X 126 39mm 4 98 z Power Requirements 12V CPU 6 96A 12V System 0 33A 5V System 0 32A 3 3V System 2 49A System Configuration CPU Type Intel Xeon CPU C5539 2 27GHz ES Bus Speed 133 3MHz L3 4M S...

Page 10: ...w ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 1 5 Power Consumption test Run Burning Test V6 0 RUN time 30 Minutes z Operating Temperature 5 C 55 C 23 F 131 F z Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C z Relative Humidity 0 90...

Page 11: ...out Zone Chassis Assembly Keep out Zone Chassis Assembly Keep out Zone Cooler Keep out Zone MAX 7 0 mm Cooler Keep out Zone MAX 7 0 mm Cooler Keep out Zone MAX 8 0 mm Cooler Keep out Zone MAX 8 0 mm B...

Page 12: ...performance The other three PCI Express x4 and PCI Express x8 links are routed to gold finger for external expansion 3420 supports one PCI bus which was designed to support external PCI devices and P...

Page 13: ...System Overview ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 1 8 ROBO 8120VG2R System Block Diagram...

Page 14: ...his chapter The default settings are indicated with a star sign 2 1 Jumper Setting In the following sections Short means covering a jumper cap over jumper pins Open or N C Not Connected means removing...

Page 15: ...ing option JP11 PECFGSEL1 for PCI e link width strapping option JP12 CMOS normal clear jumper JP13 Voltage selection for VIO of PCI slot on backplanes JP5 Auto power on jumper JP5 Function 1 2 Short S...

Page 16: ...ckplanes The configurations are shown as follows JP9 JP10 JP11 PCIe configuration for PICMG 1 3 backplane JP9 JP11 JP10 x4 x4 x4 x4 PBPE 06V464 PBPE 06P4 JP9 JP11 JP10 x4 x4 x8 JP9 JP11 JP10 x8 x4 x4...

Page 17: ...hannel B J6 Floppy header J7 DDR3 slot for DIMM1 of channel B J8 Front panel header J9 DDR3 slot for DIMM0 of channel A J10 System fan header J12 DDR3 slot for DIMM1 of channel A J13 PS2 keyboard mous...

Page 18: ...M 0 of channel A then DIMM 0 of channel B if dual channel mode is required J6 Floppy header PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 Density Select 0 3 Ground 4 N C 5 Ground 6 N...

Page 19: ...Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 Mouse Data 2 Keyboard Data 3 NC 4 NC 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Mouse Power 8 Keyboard Power 9 Mouse Clock 10 Keyboard Clock PS PS2 KB MS function will be read...

Page 20: ...y 3 Receive Data 4 Request To Send 5 Transmit Data 6 Clear To Send 7 Data Terminal Ready 8 Ring Indicator 9 Ground 10 NC J22 SMBus header Pin No Signal Description 1 SMBus clock 2 NC 3 Ground 4 SMBus...

Page 21: ...ound 9 TX2N 10 TX2P 11 Ground 12 Ground 13 TXCN 14 TXCP 15 Ground 16 Ground 17 DVI I2C Clock 18 DVI I2C Data 19 Hot Plug Detection 20 NC J32 VGA1 header PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Descrip...

Page 22: ...Data 2 20 Ground 8 SLIN 21 BUSY 9 Data 3 22 Ground 10 Ground 23 PE 11 Data 4 24 Ground 12 Ground 25 SLCT 13 Data 5 26 Ground J49 TPM PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 CLK_TPM_33M...

Page 23: ...structions to set up your system The additional information is 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 LGA...

Page 24: ...e notched corner or dot mark pin 1 of the CPU corresponds to the socket s bevel end Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place If this operation is not easy or smooth don t do it forcibly You...

Page 25: ...e steps of installing a CPU to change to another one or place handling bar to close the opened socket Configuring System Bus ROBO 8120VG2R will automatically detect the CPU FSB 800 1066 1333 MHz used...

Page 26: ...sure that all modules have been fully inserted into the card slots Dual Channel DDR3 DIMM Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology doubles the bandwidth of memory bus Adequate or higher bandwidth of memory...

Page 27: ...stems such as Windows XP Vista Win7 please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed You can select the Intel Chipset driver from the ROBO 8120VG2R CD title 3 3 2Intel Integrated Graph...

Page 28: ...driver supports Windows XP Vista Win7 3 3 5 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Device Drivers Support Please find utility tool for Intel 3420 of ROBO 8120VG2R CD title The drivers support Windows XP Vista...

Page 29: ...on include better HDD performance fault tolerance and higher storage capacity The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing relational database applications enterprise resource pl...

Page 30: ...following 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...

Page 31: ...0VG2R provides 8 programmable input or output ports that can be individually configured to perform a simple basic I O function Users can configure each individual port to become an input or output por...

Page 32: ...o be programmed to control the GPIO direction and status GPI value GPO CR00h CR2F are common global registers to all Logical Devices LD in W83627DHG CR07h contains the Logical Device Number that can b...

Page 33: ...Mode Write 87h to IO port EFER twice Exit Configuration Mode Write AAh to IO port EFER 3 6 3 Example include stdio h include stdlib h include conio h void WDT_Enable int time int mode void WDT_Disabl...

Page 34: ...ec min outp 0x2e 0xf7 outp 0x2f inp 0x2f 0xc0 enable reset time by mouse keyboard interrupt void WDT_Disable outp 0x2e 0x2d outp 0x2f inp 0x2f 0x01 Disable WDT function bit 2 3 GPIO 22 23 mode 0 outpu...

Page 35: ...bit 0x03 return outp 0x2e 0x07 outp 0x2f 0x09 entry device 9 outp 0x2e 0xe4 outp 0x2f inp 0x2f tmp tmp data 0 for low 1 for high bit 0 1 GPIO 30 31 bit 3 7 GPIO 3 37 data 0 for low 1 for high void GPI...

Page 36: ...ta inp 0x2f tmp read bit if data 0 return 0 else return 1 bit 0 1 GPIO 30 31 bit 3 7 GPIO 3 37 high return 1 low return 0 if not GPIO 30 31 33 37 return 0 int GPIO_Read2 int bit int tmp 1 bit int data...

Page 37: ...er 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 Test pr...

Page 38: ...ns such as time date etc BIOS Information Memory Information These items show the firmware and memory specifications of your system Read only System Date The date format is Day Month Date Year Use or...

Page 39: ...se this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features Launch PXE OpROM Enable of Disable Boot Option for Lagacy Network Devices Choices Disabled Enabled Launch Storage OpROM Enable of Disable...

Page 40: ...mpatible ROM Above 4G Decoding Choices Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer Choices 32 PCI 64 PCI 96 PCI 128 PCI 160 PCI 192 PCI 224 PCI 248 PCI Bus Clocks VGA Palette Snoop Choices Disabled Enabled PER...

Page 41: ...es Disabled Enabled Maximum Payload Choices Auto 128 Bytes 256 Bytes 512 Bytes 1024 Bytes 2048 Bytes 4096 Bytes Maximum Read Request Choices Auto 128 Bytes 256 Bytes 512 Bytes 1024 Bytes 2048 Bytes 40...

Page 42: ...Enabled Disabled ACPI Sleep State Choices Suspend Disabled S1 CPU Stop Clock S3 Suspend to RAM S3 Video Report Choices Enabled Disabled CPU Configuration These items show the advanced specifications o...

Page 43: ...tforms leave it enabled For DP MP servers it may use to tune performance the specific application Choices Disabled Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch For UP platforms leave it enabled For DP MP serv...

Page 44: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 8 Runtime error Logging Runtime Error Logging Support Setup Options Runtime error Logging Support Choices Disabled Enabled...

Page 45: ...he SATA devices such as hard disk drive or CD ROM drive SATA Mode This setting specifies the function of the on chip SATA controller Choices Disabled IDE Mode RAID Mode AHCI Mode Serial_ATA Controller...

Page 46: ...does not support or have any USB 1 1 2 0 driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix Choices Disabled Enabled Auto EHCI Hand Off This is a workaround for OSes without EHCI hand off support The EHCI own...

Page 47: ...eport Configuration Post Report Choices Disabled Enabled Info Error Message Choices Disabled Enabled Summary Screen Choices Disabled Enabled Super IO Configuratoin List all the option that can be set...

Page 48: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 12 Floppy Disk Controller Configuration...

Page 49: ...3F0h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 DMA 2 3 IO 370h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 DMA 2 3 Device Mode Choices Read Write Write Protect Serial Port 0 1 Configuration Serial Port Choices Disabled Enabled Change Setti...

Page 50: ...h IRO 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 378h IRQ 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 278h IRQ 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 38Ch IRQ 5 6 7 10 11 12 Device Mode Choices STD printer mode SPP mode EPP 1 9 and SPP mode EPP 1 7 and SPP mode ECP mode E...

Page 51: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 15 H W monitor Smart Fan Function Choices Disabled Enabled Smart Fan Mode Configuration...

Page 52: ...an Speed Cruise Mode System expect PWM Output DC Volta Choices 0 255 CPU Smart Fan 0 1 Mode Choices Manual Mode Thermal Cruise Mode Fan Speed Cruise Mode Smart Fan III Mode CPUFAN0 1 expect PWM Output...

Page 53: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 17 North Bridge Chipset Configuration...

Page 54: ...User s Manual 4 18 Jasper Forest IIO Configuration Isoc Choices Disabled Auto Enabled Intel R I OAT Choices Disabled Enabled DCA Support Choices Disabled Enabled IIO0 1 NTB Configuration Choices Tran...

Page 55: ...70 GT s Disable Fast mode RTID Profile UP Choices Default UP IO Centric Memory Mode Choices Independent Mirroring Lock Step Sparing NUMA Choices Disabled Enabled Channel Interleaving Choices Auto 6 Wa...

Page 56: ...nd Scrub Choices Disabled Enabled Fast MRC Choices Disabled Enabled DDR3 Memory Operating Speed Choices Auto 1333MHz 1067MHz 800MHz Memory Rank Margining Choices Auto 1333MHz 1067MHz 800MHz Closed Loo...

Page 57: ...Bridge Configuration SMBus Controller Choices Disabled Enabled SLP_S4 Assertion Stretch Enable Choices Disabled Enabled SLP_S4 Assertion Width Choices 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 seconds High Precision timer Cho...

Page 58: ...BIOS Setup Information ROBO 8120VG2R User s Manual 4 22 PCI Express Ports Configuration All PCI Express Ports can be set as choices Disabled Enabled Auto USB Configuration...

Page 59: ...ces Disabled Enabled EHCI Controller 2 Choices Disabled Enabled RHM Support Choices Disabled Enabled Auto USB Port 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Choices Disabled Enabled ME Subsystem Configuration M...

Page 60: ...the BIOS will display the full screen logo during the boot up sequence hiding normal POST messages When it is disabled the BIOS will display the normal POST messages instead of the full screen logo Pl...

Page 61: ...IOS the display mode used by AMI BIOS is used Select Keep Current if you want to use the display mode of optional ROM Choices Force BIOS Keep Current Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is the software...

Page 62: ...and user passwords Administrator Password Administrator Password controls access to the BIOS Setup utility These settings allow you to set or change the supervisor password User Password User Passwor...

Page 63: ...to CMOS Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Save changes to CMOS and exit the Setup Utility Discard Changes and Exit Abandon all changes and exit the Setup Utility Save Changes and Reset...

Page 64: ...the SBC manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the SBC Save as User Defaults Save all changes and considers as User s default Restore User Default Restore the setting according to User s...

Page 65: ...og Choices Enabled Disabled Erase Event Log Choices No Yes Next reset Yes Every reset When Log is Full Choices Do Nothing Erase Immediately MECI Choices 1 255 METW Choices 0 99 Log OEM Codes Choices E...

Page 66: ...two connectors that must be connected PWR2 24 pins Power Connector and PWR1 Serial ATA Hard Disk Setting for IDE RAID AHCI Unlike IDE bus each Serial ATA channel can only connect to one SATA hard disk...

Page 67: ...to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that Portwell has highly endorsed As a matter of fact users can load the default BIOS setting any time when system appears to...

Page 68: ...IRQ It is then very easy to find out which IRQ resource is ready for additional peripherals If IRQ resource is not enough please disable some devices listed above to release further IRQ numbers 5 3 FA...

Page 69: ...nded BIOS Area 9E80 9EBF 1K Unused A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 C7FF 32K Video ROM C800 EFFF 160K Unused F000 FFFF 64K System ROM HMA 64K First 64K Exten...

Page 70: ...r s Manual 5 5 IRQ 9 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 10 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 11 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk E...

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