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ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual

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Notice for users of ROBO-8713 series:

Its graphic engine classifies ROBO-8713 series. Following table helps identify the
ROBO-8713 series.

Model Name

ATi

Mobility M10

ATi

Mobility M9

GMCH Integrated

Graphics

ROBO-8713UGA

Integrated 64MB

Video Memory

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ROBO-8713SGA ---

Integrated 32MB

Video Memory

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ROBO-8713VGA --- ---

Shared System Memory

Up to 64MB

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The ROBO-8713 series package should cover the following basic items:

One ROBO-8713UGA, SGA or VGA single board computer

One dual Serial ports cable kit

One Parallel port cable kit (2.0mm pitch)

One FDC cable (2.0mm pitch)

One IDE cable

One Y-cable cable for PS/2 keyboard and mouse

One 4-pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection

One 7-pin SATA signal cable

One Installation Resources CD-Title

One booklet of ROBO-8713 series manual

If any of these items is damaged or missing, please contact your vendor and keep all
packing materials for future replacement and maintenance.

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Summary of Contents for ROBO-8713SGA

Page 1: ...ries Single Board Computer User s Manual P N B8980050 Version 1 1 Copyright Portwell Inc 2005 All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners S t o c k C h e c k c o m ...

Page 2: ... 6 On board 68 pin PCI connector 3 6 3 5 Clear CMOS Operation 3 6 3 6 WDT Function 3 7 3 7 SMBus 3 8 3 8 On Board USB 2 0 Controller 3 8 3 9 Display Output For ROBO 8713UGA ROBO 8713SGA only 3 9 3 10 GPIO 3 9 3 10 1 Pin assignment 3 9 3 10 2 ROBO 8713 GPIO Programming Guide 3 10 3 10 3 Example 3 11 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information 4 1 4 1 Entering Setup 4 1 4 2 Main Menu 4 2 4 3 Standard CMOS Setu...

Page 3: ...r 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 list will give users some guidelines of trouble shooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Provides various useful tips to quickly get ROBO 8713 series running with success As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapte...

Page 4: ...bility Directive 89 336 EEC The equipment was evaluated and passed the test the following standards were applied EMC EN 55022 1994 A1 1995 Class A EN 50082 2 1991 EN 61000 4 2 1995 EN 61000 4 3 1996 EN 61000 4 4 1995 EN 61000 3 2 1995 EN 61000 3 3 1995 The following manufacturer is responsible for this declaration Portwell Inc Company Name 3F No 88 Sec 1 Nei Hu Rd Taipei Taiwan R O C Company Addre...

Page 5: ... from socket when taking cooler off This action may damage processor socket which will cause poor contact between CPU socket Handling SBC Caution Do not just hold any single side of the SBC hold evenly on both sides Heavy processor cooler shall bend the SBC when SBC being held just on one side The bending may cause serious soldering or circuit damage WARNING S t o c k C h e c k c o m ...

Page 6: ...tra DMA 33 66 100 synchronous mode feature The on board Super I O Chipset integrates one floppy controller two serial ports one keyboard controller hardware monitoring one IrDA port and one parallel port Besides three USB Universal Serial Bus ports provide high speed data communication between peripherals and PC Its proprietary PCI extension connector provides an easy way to add additional functio...

Page 7: ...he ROBO 8713 series package should cover the following basic items One ROBO 8713UGA SGA or VGA single board computer One dual Serial ports cable kit One Parallel port cable kit 2 0mm pitch One FDC cable 2 0mm pitch One IDE cable One Y cable cable for PS 2 keyboard and mouse One 4 pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection One 7 pin SATA signal cable One Installation Resources CD Title On...

Page 8: ...r PCI slots PCI IDE Interface Support two enhanced IDE ports up to four HDD devices with PIO mode 4 and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 mode transfer and Bus Master feature Floppy Drive Interface Support one FDD port up to two floppy drives and 5 1 4 360K 1 2MB 3 1 2 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB diskette format and 3 mode FDD Serial Ports Support two high speed 16C550 compatible UARTs with 16 byte T R FIFOs IR In...

Page 9: ...ller works in combination with a 64 32MB DDR SDRAM Support Dual channel LVDS interface ROBO 8713UGA SGA Support TMDS interface for DVI display ROBO 8713UGA SGA Support TV output ROBO 8713UGA SGA GMCH integrated graphics 266MHz core frequency share system memory up to 64MB for system with greater than or equal to 192MB of system memory ROBO 8713VGA On board Ethernet LAN Intel 82547 integrated LAN c...

Page 10: ...SB 512KB L2 Cache Memory DDR SDRAM 512MBx2 Primary Master IDE HDD Maxtor 6Y120L0 OS Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4 Test Programs 3D Mark 2001 PRO for loading VGA and Burning Test V3 0 for loading CPU Connected Fans Only CPU fan connected Run Time 10 minutes Operating Temperature 5 C 60 C 23 F 140 F Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C Relative Humidity 0 95 non condensing 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawin...

Page 11: ...ter Super I O chip W83627HF is responsible for PS 2 Keyboard Mouse UARTs FDC Hardware Monitor Parallel Watch Dog Timer and Infrared interface The PCI to ISA Bridge supports a standard 16 bit ISA bus interface that is applied for all slower I O operations In ROBO 8713 series they support IDE mode CompactFlash Flash disk There is one on board Gigabit Ethernet via RJ 45 Port to support full functiona...

Page 12: ... CTRL DATA ADDR CTRL DATA DVO CONN IDE Primary IDE Secondary Compact Flash USB Port 1 PCI BUS ISA BUS PCI ADDR DATA PCI CTRL LCI ISA ADDR DATA ISA CTRL PCI to ISA IT8888 USB Port 2 USB Port 3 USB Port 4 Audio Codec Winbond W83627F HF LPC SIO F W HUB KEYBOARD MOUSE FLOPPY PARALLEL SERIAL 1 2 LPC BUS Hub Link 1 5 AGP BUS Ultra DMA33 66 100 SATA Interface USB 2 0 1 1 AC 97 LINK SATA X2 HOST BUS M10 M...

Page 13: ...13 series are in the proper position The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star Ì 2 1 Jumper Setting Figure 2 1 ROBO 8713 Jumper Location JP1 AT ATX Power Selection JP1 Function 1 3 2 4 Short AT Power 3 5 4 6 Short ATX Power Ì Note JP4 must be set 2 3 short first then Return 1 2 short to clear CMOS RAM if JP1 has been changed ever JP1 1 2 5 6 JP2 JP3 1 1 2 22 21 2 16 15 JP4 1...

Page 14: ...Active High Only for ROBO 8713SGA UGA JP3 LVDS Panel Power VDD Selection Pin 7 Pin 10 JP3 7 10 Function 7 8 Short 5V 9 10 Short 3 3V Ì Only for ROBO 8713SGA UGA JP3 LVDS Resolution Selection Pin 11 Pin 16 JP3 11 16 Function Pin 11 16 Open LVDS Disable Ì 11 12 Short ID0 1024 768 18 Bits 13 14 Short ID1 800 600 18 Bits 11 12 13 14 Short ID2 1024 768 36 Bits 15 16 Short ID3 1024 768 24 Bits Only for ...

Page 15: ...tor Location Component Side J1 1 2 3 4 J36 J40 J41 1 3 1 1 3 3 J34 1 2 67 68 J2 J3 J4 J5 1 1 1 1 J18 J6 1 J8 J9 1 39 2 J21 J20 7 1 J17 J19 1 1 J7 1 1 19 19 2 20 20 J22 J23 1 1 J43 J45 1 2 10 1 J44 9 2 10 9 J25 J24 J29 J30 1 1 1 1 2 9 10 1 5 11 15 1 2 5 4 1 1 4 8 1 J31 J32 J33 J35 J46 6 10 5 J12 J14 J26 J27 J28 J16 1 1 J10 J13 1 1 6 1 6 10 1 5 J15 1 2 26 13 6 1 14 1 5 1 34 33 J11 S t o c k C h e c ...

Page 16: ...nector J11 Parallel Port Connector J12 FDC Interface Connector J13 IrDA Connector J14 TV out Connector Only for ROBO 8713SGA UGA J16 LVDS Panel Control Connector Only for ROBO 8713SGA UGA J17 LVDS Panel Connector Only for ROBO 8713SGA UGA J18 ATX Power button Interface J19 TMDS Panel Connect Only for ROBO 8713SGA UGA J20 Secondary SATA Connector J21 Primary SATA Connector J22 External Wake On Ring...

Page 17: ...r J44 Audio CD in Connector J45 Audio MIC Line in Line out Connector J46 On board VGA CRT Connector J47 Compact Flash Card Pin Assignments of Connectors J1 12V POWER Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 12V 4 12V J2 Reset Button Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Reset Signal Input Active low 2 Ground J3 External Speaker Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Speaker Signal Ou...

Page 18: ... HDD LED 2 HDD Active HDD LED J6 Standalone Power Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 12V 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 5V Notes 1 To run system in standalone operation Both J1 and J6 have to be connected 2 Some of USB 2 0 devices need large current consumption It is helpful for them to detect by system while Standalone Power connector is connected on SBC J7 ATX Power Control Connector PIN No Signal Descr...

Page 19: ... Data 4 10 Data 11 11 Data 3 12 Data 12 13 Data 2 14 Data 13 15 Data 1 16 Data 14 17 Data 0 18 Data 15 19 Ground 20 N C 21 DMA REQ 22 Ground 23 IOW 24 Ground 25 IOR 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 Pull down 29 DMA ACK 30 Ground 31 INT REQ 32 N C 33 SA1 34 CBLID 35 SA0 36 SA2 37 HDC CS0 38 HDC CS1 39 HDD Active 40 Ground J10 SMBus Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 SMBus Clock 2 N C 3 Ground 4 SMBus Dat...

Page 20: ...sy 24 Ground 12 Paper Empty 25 Ground 13 Printer Select 26 N C J12 FDC Interface Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 Density Select 0 3 Ground 4 N C 5 Ground 6 Density Select 1 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor ENA 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select A 15 Ground 16 Motor ENB 17 Ground 18 Direction 19 Ground 20 Step 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 ...

Page 21: ...ion 1 5V 2 N C 3 IRRX 4 Ground 5 IRTX 6 N C J14 TV out Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 COMP B 3 Y G 4 C R 5 SYNC 6 N C J16 LVDS Panel Control Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 12V 2 Ground 3 Panel VDD 4 Backlight on Signal Output S t o c k C h e c k c o m ...

Page 22: ...will be only used in dual channel LVDS mode 2 This panel connector J17 should be accompanied with LVDS Panel Control Connector J16 and its jumper setting JP3 3 In general lower channel equals odd channel and upper channel equals even channel for different panel description J18 ATX Power button Interface PIN No Signal Description 1 Pull high 1K Ohm to 5VSB 2 Power Button Signal Input Active high J1...

Page 23: ...ing Signal Input Active low 2 Ground J23 External Wake On LAN Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 5VSB 2 Ground 3 External WOL Signal Input Active low J24 External Thermal Sensor Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Thermistor Pin 1 2 Thermistor Pin 2 Note An external thermistor can be connected these two pins for temperature monitoring remotely such as chassis ambient temperature etc Normally ...

Page 24: ...al Purpose I O Port 7 GPIO7 10 5V Note All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level 0V 5V and each Fan J26 COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector PIN No Signal Description RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect TX DATA 2 RXD Receive Data TX DATA 3 TXD Transmit Data RX N C 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready RX N C 5 GND Ground GND GND 6 DSR Data Set Ready N C N C 7 RTS Request t...

Page 25: ...a Set Ready 7 RTS Request to Send 8 CTS Clear to Send 9 RI Ring Indicator 10 N C J28 External Keyboard Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Keyboard Clock 2 Keyboard Data 3 N C 4 Ground 5 5V Dual J29 Case open Detection Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Case open Signal Active low 2 Ground J30 External LAN Access LED Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 5V 270 ohm pull up for HDD LED 2 HDD A...

Page 26: ...y USB Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 5V Dual 2 USB0 3 USB0 4 Ground J34 68 pin PCI Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 5V 2 AD0 3 AD1 4 AD2 5 AD3 6 AD4 7 AD5 8 AD6 9 AD7 10 Ground 11 5V 12 AD8 13 AD9 14 AD10 15 AD11 16 AD12 17 AD13 18 AD14 19 AD15 20 Ground 21 5V 22 AD16 23 AD17 24 AD18 25 AD19 26 AD20 27 AD21 28 AD22 29 AD23 30 Ground 31 5V 32 AD24 33 AD25 34 AD...

Page 27: ... GNT 5 60 Ground 61 PCI Clock1 62 PCI Clock2 63 PCIRST 64 LOCK 65 IRQ A 66 IRQ B 67 IRQ C 68 IRQ D J35 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Keyboard Data 2 Mouse Data 3 Ground 4 5V Dual 5 Keyboard Clock 6 Mouse Clock J36 J40 J41 CPU Power System Fan Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Fan Speed Detecting signal Note The fan must be a 12V fan And there is not a...

Page 28: ...standby power source in standby mode J44 Audio CD in Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 CD in Left Channel 2 CD Ground 3 CD Ground 4 CD in Right Channel J45 Audio MIC Line in Line out Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 MIC with Reference Voltage 2 Analog Ground 3 Line in Left Channel 4 Analog Ground 5 Line in Right Channel 6 Analog Ground 7 Line out Left Channel 8 A...

Page 29: ...rtical Sync VSYNC 5V I F 15 VGA DDC Clock 5V I F J47 Compact Flash Card PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 26 N C 2 Data 3 27 Data 11 3 Data 4 28 Data 12 4 Data 5 29 Data 13 5 Data 6 30 Data 14 6 Data 7 31 Data 15 7 HDC CS0 32 HDC CS1 8 Ground 33 Ground 9 Ground 34 IOR 10 Ground 35 IOW 11 Ground 36 Pull Up 12 Ground 37 INT REQ 13 VCC 38 VCC 14 Ground 39 Pull down 15 Groun...

Page 30: ...ardware Configuration ROBO 8713 Series User s Manual 2 18 20 SA0 45 HDD Active 21 Data 0 46 Pull down 22 Data 1 47 Data 8 23 Data 2 48 Data 9 24 N C 49 Data 10 25 N C 50 Ground S t o c k C h e c k c o m ...

Page 31: ...ket 478 Pentium 4 Celeron Processor Installing Socket 478 CPU 1 Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end 2 Align the processor pins with pinholes on the socket Make sure that the 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 f...

Page 32: ... 2GB Auto detecting memory clock according to BIOS CMOS settings For system compatibility and stability do not use memory module without brand Memory configuration can be either one double sided DIMM in either one DIMM socket or two single sided DIMM in both sockets Watch out the contact and lock integrity of memory module with socket it will impact on the system reliability Follow normal procedur...

Page 33: ...may run at 320MHz not 333MHz due to chipset limitation 3 3 CompactFlash Card ROBO 8713 series reserves one Type II Compact Flash socket for installing Compact Flash card up to 1GB Installing CF 1 To protect hardware always hold it by the edges Holding the center of the card probably won t damage it but holding the card by the edges provides an extra measure of protection 2 Slide Compact Flash card...

Page 34: ...er to section 3 4 1 to 3 4 4 to install INF VGA LAN drivers 3 4 1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset used on ROBO 8713 series is relatively new which operating systems might not be able to recognize To overcome this compatibility issue for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 98 98SE ME 2000 XP please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed 3 4 2 ATI Mobility Radeon Graphi...

Page 35: ...the system display Drivers Support Please find 865 driver in the ROBO 8713 CD title Drivers support Windows 98 98SE ME 2000 Windows XP OS2 and Linux 3 4 4 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Drivers Support Please find Intel 82547 LAN driver in Ethernet directory of ROBO 8713 CD title The drivers support Windows 98 98SE ME Windows 2000 Windows XP and Linux LED Indicator for LAN status ROBO 8713 series pro...

Page 36: ...nnector that allows user apply additional PCI devices such as SCSI or Ethernet If compatible PCI device is present simply plug it onto the connector and secure it with two retention bars 3 5 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable disable CMOS Clear Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position JP4 Function 1 2 Short Normal Operation 2 3 Short Clear CMOS ...

Page 37: ...ten 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 zero Or user can directly fill a zero value into Time out Value Register to disable WDT immediately To ensure a successful accessing to the content of desired Control Register the sequence of following program codes should be st...

Page 38: ...hich simple power related chips can communicate with rest of the system It uses I2C as its backbone A system using SMBus passes messages to and from devices instead of tripping individual control lines With the SMBus a device can provide manufacturer information tell the system what its model part number is save its state for a suspend event report different types of errors accept control paramete...

Page 39: ...s 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 port by programming register bit of I O Selection To invert port value the setting of Inversion Register has to be made Port values can be set to read or write through Data Register 3 10 1 Pin assignment J25...

Page 40: ...ed to control the GPIO direction and status GPI value GPO CR00h CR2F are common global registers to all Logical Devices LD in W83627HF CR07h contains the Logical Device Number that can be changed to access the LD as needed LD7 contains the GPIO10 17 registers Programming Guide Step1 CR2A_Bit 7 2 P 1 1 1 1 1 1 to select multiplexed pins as GPIO10 17 pins Step2 LD7_CR07h P 07h Point to LD7 Step3 LD7...

Page 41: ...st When completing the programming it is suggested to Exit Disable Configuration Mode Enter Configuration Mode Write 87h to IO port EFER twice Exit Configuration Mode Write AAh to IO port EFER 3 10 3 Example Define GPIO4 as output pin and output 0 to this pin mov dx 2eh Enter Configuration Mode mov al 87h out dx al jmp 2 out dx al mov dx 2eh mov al 2Ah Read CR2A out dx al mov dx 2fh in al dx or al...

Page 42: ...ov dx 2fh mov al ah out dx al mov dx 2eh mov al 0f0h Read LD7_CRF0 out dx al mov dx 2fh in al dx and al 0efh mov ah al mov dx 2eh mov al 0f0h LD7_CRF0_Bit4 P0 out dx al mov dx 2fh mov al ah out dx al mov dx 2eh mov al 0f2h Read LD7_CRF2 out dx al mov dx 2fh in al dx and al 0efh mov ah al mov dx 2eh mov al 0f2h LD7_CRF2_Bit4 P0 out dx al mov dx 2fh mov al ah out dx al S t o c k C h e c k c o m ...

Page 43: ...13 mov dx 2eh mov al 0f1h Read LD7_CRF1 out dx al mov dx 2fh in al dx and al 0efh mov ah al mov dx 2eh mov al 0f1h LD7_CRF1_Bit4 P0 out dx al mov dx 2fh mov al ah out dx al mov dx 2eh Exit Configuration Mode mov al 0AAh out dx al S t o c k C h e c k c o m ...

Page 44: ... the computer When the message Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP appears press Del key immediately to enter BIOS setup program If the message disappears before you respond but you still wish to enter Setup please restart the system to try COLD START again by turning it OFF and then ON or touch the RESET button You may also restart from WARM START by pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys simultaneously ...

Page 45: ...BIOS CMOS Setup Utility f Standard CMOS Features f Advanced BIOS Features f Advanced Chipset Features f Integrated Peripherals f Power Management Setup f PnP PCI Configurations f PC Health Status f Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit...

Page 46: ...tem Help Date mm dd yy Thu Nov 28 2002 Time hh mm ss 10 29 50 f IDE Channel 0 Master Maxtor 90432D2 f IDE Channel 0 Slave None f IDE Channel 1 Master None f IDE Channel 1 Slave None f IDE Channel 2 Master None f IDE Channel 3 Master ST380023AS Drive A 1 4M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EVG VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 252928K Total Memory 253952K Menu Level f Change th...

Page 47: ...er to enter the next page for detail hard drive settings IDE Channel 2 Master Press Enter to enter the next page for detail hard drive settings IDE Channel 3 Master Press Enter to enter the next page for detail hard drive settings Drive A Drive B None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Press Enter to enter the next page for detail hard drive settings Video EGA VGA CGA ...

Page 48: ... channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Channel 0 Master None Auto Manual Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields on this screen Selects the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode CHS LBA Large Auto Choose the access mode for this hard disk Capacity Auto Displ...

Page 49: ... it fills the remaining fields on this menu Extended IDE Drive None Auto Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields on this screen Selects the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Access Mode Large Auto Choose the access mode for this hard disk Capacity Auto Display your disk drive size Disk drive capacity Approxim...

Page 50: ...us On Gate A20 Option Fast Security Option Setup X APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 No Small Logo EPA Show Disabled Menu Level f Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Hard Disk Boot Priority Select Ha...

Page 51: ...ority The choice Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP 100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device Select your Boot Device Priority The choice Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives choose enable to assign physical driver B to logical drive A and Vice Versa The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests floppy drives to determine wheth...

Page 52: ... Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press Enter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely APIC Mode The choice Enabled Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The choice 1 1 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select OS 2 only if you are running...

Page 53: ...ly time user might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while during system operation Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Item Help DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD X CAS Latency Time 2 X Active to Precharge Delay 6 X DRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3 X DRAM RAS Precharge 3 Memory Frequency For Auto System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS C...

Page 54: ...s Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Only for ROBO 8713UGA This chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario might well occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity...

Page 55: ...o Auto The choice 2 3 4 DRAM RAS Precharge This option controls the number of SCLKs for RAS precharge If the system equipped with quality memory module change to 3 SCLKs to obtain better memory performance It is set to auto normally The choice 2 3 4 Memory Frequency For Users are recommended to use Auto for memory frequency selection The choice DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 Auto System BIOS Cacheable Selec...

Page 56: ...e 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 Init Display First This item allows you to select the first display port to be initialized The choice PCI Slot Onboard AGP On Chip VGA Only for ROBO 8713VGA The choice Enabled Disabled On Chip Frame Buffer Size Only for ROBO 8713VGA Users can set the display memory size that shared from main memory The choice 1MB 8MB 16MB Boot Display Only for ROBO 8713VGA The choice Auto CR...

Page 57: ... Primary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Serial ATA Setting On Chip Serial ATA Disabled X Serial ATA Port0 Mode Primary Master Serial ATA Port1 Mode Primary Slave Menu Level f If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detect...

Page 58: ...ce In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 66 100 implementation is possible only if IDE hard drive supports and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and system software bo...

Page 59: ...led USB 2 0 Controller This entry is for disable enable EHCI controller only This BIOS itself may may not have high speed USB support built in the support will be automatically turn on when high speed device were attached The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support This item allows enabling USB keyboard function under POST BIOS setup menu DOS or Windows NT with no USB driver loaded The choice...

Page 60: ...ng different power on scheme using ATX power supply Password Power on using customized password string Hot Key Power on using special customized key Mouse Left Power on using mouse left click Mouse Right Power on using mouse right click Any Key Power on using any keyboard key Button Only Power on by power Button Keyboard 98 Power on by keyboard 98 Only power ON OFF key Keyboard Power On Password I...

Page 61: ...sion As Infrared transmission function shares onboard serial port 2 COM2 needs to be enabled RxD TxD Active This item is to configure Infrared transmission rate Four options are available Hi Hi High rate for receiving High rate for transmitting Hi Lo High rate for receiving Low rate for transmitting Lo Hi Low rate for receiving High rate for transmitting Lo Lo Low rate for receiving Low rate for t...

Page 62: ...8 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode There are four different modes for the onboard parallel port SPP Switch to SPP mode EPP Switch to EPP mode ECP Switch to ECP mode ECP EPP Switch to ECP EPP mode EPP Mode Select Select different version of EPP mode The choice EPP1 7 EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a proper DMA channel for ECP mode The choice 3 1 S t o c k C h e c k c o m ...

Page 63: ...wn Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off PWRON After PWR Fail On CPU THRM Throttling 50 0 Power On by Ring LAN Disabled Wake Up by Onboard LAN Disabled X USB KB Wake Up From S3 Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled X Date of Month Alarm 0 X Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD COM LP...

Page 64: ...e 1 Min and HDD Power Down 1 Min User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled Suspend Mode ranges from 1 min to 1 Hour and HDD Power Down ranges from 1 Min to 15 Min Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks ...

Page 65: ... set the time to remove the power after the power button is pressed The choice Instant Off Delay 4 Sec PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs On System automatically restores Power back Off System stays at Power Off CPU THRM Throttling When the CPU temperature reaches the preset standard The CPU usage wil...

Page 66: ...e by Alarm is enabled this item could allow users to configure the time parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system The choice hh 0 23 mm 0 59 ss 0 59 Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 This item is to configure IDE devices being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled FDD COM LPT Port This item is to con...

Page 67: ...A Enabled INT Pin 1 Assignment Auto INT Pin 2 Assignment Auto INT Pin 3 Assignment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto INT Pin 5 Assignment Auto INT Pin 6 Assignment Auto INT Pin 7 Assignment Auto INT Pin 8 Assignment Auto Menu Level f Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ...

Page 68: ...ources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel a type depending on the type of device using the DMA channel Enter for more options DMA 0 DMA 1 DMA 3 DMA 5 DMA 6 DMA 7 The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA PCI VGA Palette Snoop Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the plug and play standard whether designed for ...

Page 69: ...his INT IDE Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev31 Func 2 Network Cntrlr Bus 1 Dev1 Func 0 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Cntrl Bus 0 Dev29 Func 2 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 INT Pin 3 Assignment Only for ROBO 8713UGA Devices S using this INT IDE Cntrlr Bus 0 Dev31 Func 2 Network Cntrlr Bus 2 Dev1 Func 0 USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Cntrl Bus 0 Dev29 Func 2 The choice Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 INT Pin 4 Assignment Devices S u...

Page 70: ... PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Warning Temperature This item allows user to set a temperature above which the system will start the beeping warning Default setting is Disabled This function will only with ACPI power management and S3 STR suspend type The choices Disabled 50 122 53 127 56 133 60 140 63 145 66 151 70 158...

Page 71: ...enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled 4 12 Default Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When Enter is pressed a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations L...

Page 72: ...to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will reboot and Setup can be entered freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled user will be prompted to enter it every time user tries to enter Setup This prevents an ...

Page 73: ...on after system off During subsequnet booting of computer the BIOS configures the system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit Without Saving Y N N This allows user to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This ...

Page 74: ... ISA backplane To know whether your backplane is PICMG PCI ISA backplane please contact with vendor or manufacturer P4 Power connector ROBO 8713 series requires power drawing from at least one or two power connectors J1 and J7 depending on power mode AT or ATX The CPU supplementary Power Connector J1 has to be connected to a system all the time no matter using AT or ATX mode Otherwise the system w...

Page 75: ... 4 of ATX P S control connector on backplane and then use 4 pin power cable to connect both ATX P S Control Connector on backplane and ATX Power Control J7 on Signal Board Computer Figure 5 2 Figure 5 2 Step 2 Please adjust AT ATX Jumper on JP7 to short 3 5 4 6 pins then it can support ATX power scheme Figure 5 3 Figure 5 3 Step 3 Please connect 12 Power to CPU supplementary Power Connector J1 whi...

Page 76: ... front panel Figure 5 4 AT Power Setting This section will introduce you how to quickly and appropriately set up AT power on your system Step 1 Please adjust AT ATX Jumper on JP7 to short 1 3 2 4 pins then it can support AT power scheme Figure 5 5 Figure 5 4 Note If you currently used ATX mode please clean CMOS first before adjusting Power setting to AT mode Otherwise system would not boot up prop...

Page 77: ...which shows on Figure 5 1 Stand alone Setting The purpose of system stand alone function is to identify the root cause by isolating the board from other possible system devices such as PCI device backplane and so on Please refer the following steps to make system at stand alone status Step 1 Please connect 4 pins power to J6 in order to make system stand alone See Figure 5 6 Figure 5 6 Step 2 Plea...

Page 78: ... of pin assignments Therefore please check Pin assignment on Power Supply or ask your vendor Serial ATA Hard Disk Setting Unlike IDE bus each Serial ATA channel can only connect to one SATA hard disk at a time there are total two connectors J20 and J21 The installation of Serial ATA is simpler and easier than IDE because SATA hard disk doesn t require setting up Master and Slave which can reduce m...

Page 79: ...hat you have a successful start with ROBO 8713 series it is recommended when going with the boot up sequence to hit 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 please scroll down to Load Optimal Defaults press Enter and Y to load in default optima...

Page 80: ... release IRQ resource A few good examples are Disable COM1 serial port to release IRQ 4 Disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ 3 Disable Parallel port to release IRQ 7 Disable PS 2 mouse to release IRQ 12 Etc A quick review of the basic IRQ mapping is given below for your reference IRQ Description IRQ 0 System Timer IRQ 1 Keyboard IRQ 2 Unassigned IRQ 3 COM2 IRQ 4 COM1 IRQ 5 Unassigned IRQ 6 Flop...

Page 81: ... properly Beep rapidly Power error warning Please check Power mode setting Symptom There is neither no beeps nor screen output Solution Indeed you can do the stand alone to identify the root cause by isolating the board from other possible system devices such as PCI device backplane and so on If the system still cannot boot up please fill out RMA from which is provides on Portwell website and then...

Page 82: ...TA 66 100 function Information Support Question I have one IDE hard disk and one SATA hard disk How can I assign SATA hard disk as First boot device Answer After entering system BIOS access Advanced BIOS Feature And then press enter on Hard disk boot Priority You will see the mode of your SATA hard disk Select it as first boot device Besides please also notice Every time when your hard disk device...

Page 83: ...unction In order to determine it is a lack of shadow memory problem please disable USB controller and on board LAN After disabling these two devices ISA card works The lack of shadow memory could be a case To solve this problem you can download BIOS from our website http www portwell com tw download asp If you cannot find BIOS that you need please contact with Technical Support Department to reque...

Page 84: ... Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K System Data 0070 03DE 13K DOS 03DF 0BB6 31K Program Area 0BB7 9F7F 583K Available Conventional memory ends at 640K 9F80 9FFF 2K Extended BIOS Area A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 CA1F 40K Video ROM CA20 CB00 3 5K Unused CB01 CBFE 4K High RAM CBFF D549 37K Unused D54A D7FE 10K High RAM D7FF D7FF 0 1K Unused D800 E7FF 64K Page Fra...

Page 85: ...t Area 0040 004F 0 3K BIOS Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K System Data 0070 0483 16K DOS 0484 085B 15K Program Area 085C 9F7F 604K Available 9F7F 9F7F 0 1K Unused Conventional memory ends at 638K 9F80 9FFF 2K Extended BIOS Area A000 AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 B7FF 32K Unused B800 BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 CFFF 64K Video ROM D000 D8FF 36K ROM D900 DA49 5 2K Unused DA4A DFFE 22K High RAM DFFF E800 32K Unused ...

Page 86: ...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 Event IRQ 15 VIDE CDD Usable IRQ Interrupt Request Lines IRQ Only for ROBO 8713UGA IRQ Current Use Default Use IRQ 0 SMARTDRV System Timer IRQ 1 SMARTDRV Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM 2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM 1 IRQ 5...

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