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System Overview

Intel Q965 integrated GMA 3000 on-board graphics interface

Equipped dual Gigabit Ethernet port

Audio in/out, Watch-dog timer, 6 USB 2.0 ports (dual USB on bracket
dedicated for keyboard & mouse; four internal ports)

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List

The ROBO-8717VG2A package should cover the following basic items:

One ROBO-8717VG2A single board computer

Dual 7-pin SATA signal cable

One 4-pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection

One Installation Resources CD-Title

One booklet of ROBO-8717VG2A manual

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

ROBO-8717VG2A User’s Manual

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Summary of Contents for ROBO-8717VG2A

Page 1: ...ROBO 8717VG2A Single Board Computer User s Manual P N B8981400 Version 1 0A Copyright Portwell Inc 2006 All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners...

Page 2: ...3 4 Clear CMOS Operation 3 5 3 5 WDT Function 3 6 3 6 SMBus 3 7 3 7 On Board USB 2 0 Controller 3 7 3 8 GPIO 3 8 3 8 1 Pin assignment 3 8 3 8 2 ROBO 8717VG2A GPIO Programming Guide 3 8 3 8 3 Example 3...

Page 3: ...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 list will give users...

Page 4: ...hermal grease between processor and cooler will lead the processor be pulled out from socket when taking cooler off This action may damage processor socket which will cause poor contact between CPU so...

Page 5: ...ith up to 84W TDP ROBO 8717VG2A a PICMG 1 0 PCI ISA single host board adopts Intel 965 chipset that supports up to Intel 1 066MHz FSB Core 2 Duo processor and 4GB DDR2 800 system memory 965 equipped t...

Page 6: ...The ROBO 8717VG2A package should cover the following basic items One ROBO 8717VG2A single board computer Dual 7 pin SATA signal cable One 4 pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection One In...

Page 7: ...ISA function 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...

Page 8: ...rogrammable high driving GPIO Cooling Fans Support one 4 pin and one 3 pin headers for CPU and System fans System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature system temperature and major power sources...

Page 9: ...System Overview Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C Relative Humidity 0 95 non condensing 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 1 5...

Page 10: ...c Realtek ALC262 based on HDA High Definition Audio to provide 2 channel audio function such as Line in Line out MIC via header on board A D D R AUDIO OUT CPU W83629G D A T A ON BOARD TWO FOR D SUB W8...

Page 11: ...oper position The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star 2 1 Jumper Setting Figure 2 1 ROBO 8717VG2A Jumper Location JP4 CMOS Clear JP4 Function 1 2 Short Normal Operation 2 3 Sh...

Page 12: ...tor J31 SATA 0 Connector J32 SATA 1 Connector J34 External USB Connector J35 Internal USB Connector J36 External USB Connector J37 Internal USB Connector J38 Ethernet RJ 45 Connector LAN 1 J39 Etherne...

Page 13: ...8 Ground 9 5V 10 Ground 11 Monitor ID1 MONID1 5V I F 12 VGA DDC Data 5V I F 13 Horizontal Sync HSYNC 5V I F 14 Vertical Sync VSYNC 5V I F 15 VGA DDC Clock 5V I F J9 CPU Fan Connector PIN No Signal De...

Page 14: ...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 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 0 27 Gro...

Page 15: ...10 Ground Note 5V Dual is always available It s supplied by either 5V VCC power source in normal operation mode or 5V standby power source in standby mode J38 J39 Ethernet RJ 45 Connector PIN No Sign...

Page 16: ...e Data 3 TXD Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request to Send 8 CTS Clear to Send 9 RI Ring Indicator 10 N C J43 COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector PIN No Sign...

Page 17: ...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 J47 Parallel Port Connector PIN No Signal Description...

Page 18: ...7 3 3V pull_up 8 Reset Signal J49 External Speaker Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Speaker Signal Output Open drain w internal series 33 Ohm 2 N C 3 Ground 4 5V Note The pull high voltage of ext...

Page 19: ...GA775 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 bev...

Page 20: ...6 800 667 533 Auto detecting memory clock which is according to BIOS CMOS settings For system compatibility and stability do not use memory module without brand Memory configuration can be either one...

Page 21: ...MHz 800MHz 667 533MHz 533MHz 533MHz 3 3 Installing the Single Board Computer To install your ROBO 8717VG2A into standard chassis or proprietary environment please perform the following Step 1 Check al...

Page 22: ...will usually be the system display output By adjusting the BIOS setting to disable on board VGA an add on PCI or ISA VGA card can take over the system display Drivers Support Please find G965 driver...

Page 23: ...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 contents To correctly operate CM...

Page 24: ...e 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...

Page 25: ...wer 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 SMB...

Page 26: ...se I O Port 6 GPIO6 9 General Purpose I O Port 7 GPIO7 10 5V All General Purpose I O ports can only apply to standard TTL 5 signal level 0V 5V and each source sink capacity up to 12mA 3 8 2 ROBO 8717V...

Page 27: ...n get status from the related bit for output pin write value to the related bit For example LD7_CRF0h_Bit4 P0 Let GPIO14 as output pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit4 P0 Let CRF1_Bit4 non inverted LD7_CRF1h_Bit4 P0 Ou...

Page 28: ...mov dx 2fh in al dx or al 0FCh CR2A_Bit 7 2 P 1 1 1 1 1 1 mov ah al mov dx 2eh mov al 2Ah out dx al mov dx 2fh mov al ah out dx al mov dx 2eh mov al 07h Point to LDN7 out dx al mov dx 2fh mov al 07h...

Page 29: ...ut 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 mov dx 2eh mov al 0f1...

Page 30: ...System Installation mov dx 2eh Exit Configuration Mode mov al 0AAh out dx al ROBO 8717VG2A User s Manual 3 12...

Page 31: ...e 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 t...

Page 32: ...lity 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 Con...

Page 33: ...MOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Thu Oct 26 2006 Time hh mm ss 10 20 30 f IDE Channel 0 Master None f IDE Channel 0 Slave None f IDE Channel 1 Master None f IDE Channel...

Page 34: ...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 set...

Page 35: ...is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Channel 0 1 2 3 Master Slave None Auto Manual Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields on this screen Selects the type of fixed...

Page 36: ...ppy Seek Enabled Boot up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 X Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Vers...

Page 37: ...2 Bootable add in Cards Menu Level f Use or to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list Press ESC to exit this menu Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 Gener...

Page 38: ...ccess However it depends on CPU chipset design Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Quick Power On Self Test Allows the system to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time ne...

Page 39: ...boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password...

Page 40: ...u discovered that data was being lost while during system operation Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Item Help System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabl...

Page 41: ...f Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PCI Express Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 The choice Auto Enabled Disabled PCI X Com...

Page 42: ...revious Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device Item Help IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled IDE DMA transfer access Enabled IDE Primary Maste...

Page 43: ...ve PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields allow set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increase...

Page 44: ...Floppy disk controller The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an DDR2 and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2...

Page 45: ...is item allows you to configuring I O DDR2 of the onboard parallel port The choice Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode There are four different modes for the onboard parallel port S...

Page 46: ...y 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...

Page 47: ...Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Wake Up by PCI card Enabled Power On by Ring Ensabled USB KB Wake Up From S3 Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled X Date of Month Alarm 0 X Time hh mm ss A...

Page 48: ...own 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 determin...

Page 49: ...Soft Off by PWR BTTN This item allows users to set the time to remove the power after the power button is pressed The choice Instant Off Delay 4 Sec Wake Up By PCI card This option can be enabled to s...

Page 50: ...ep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy The choice Enabled Disabled FDD COM LPT Port This item is to configure floppy device COM ports and parallel port being monitored by syste...

Page 51: ...y First PCI Slot Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD X IRQ Resources Press Enter X DMA Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled PCI Express relative items M...

Page 52: ...The choice Press Enter Default setting is unavailable selection IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 11 IRQ 12 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 assigned to The choice PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA DMA Resources When resou...

Page 53: ...Defaults 4 11 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control Item Help Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Host SRC PCI Clock Defau...

Page 54: ...erences between are Set Supervisor Password can enter and change the options of the setup menus Set User Password just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus...

Page 55: ...red both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup 4 14 Exiting Selection Save Exit Setup Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Save to...

Page 56: ...PU supplementary Power Connector J10 has to be connected to a system all the time no matter using AT or ATX mode Otherwise the system won t boot up properly In addition the 4 pin connector J10 is only...

Page 57: ...on It is recommended 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 wh...

Page 58: ...signed IRQ 3 COM2 IRQ 4 COM1 IRQ 5 Unassigned IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ 7 Parallel port IRQ 8 Real time Clock IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI Compliant System IRQ 10 Unassigned IRQ 11 Unassigned IRQ 12 PS...

Page 59: ...ort beeps Monitor or Display Card error Please check Monitor connector whether it inserts properly Beep rapidly Power error warning Please check Power mode setting Symptom There is neither no beeps no...

Page 60: ...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 d...

Page 61: ...em 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...

Page 62: ...DRV Keyboard Event IRQ 2 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM 2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM 1 IRQ 5 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ 7 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 8 System ROM Re...

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