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ROBO-8911VG2A User’s Manual

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33 DA1

34 DETECT

35 DA0

36 DA2

37 DCS1#

38 DCS#3

39 IDE

ACTIVE#

40 GND

J16 & J17: COM1 & COM2 connector

PIN No.

Signal Description

PIN No.

Signal Description

1 DCD

6 DSR

2 RXD

7 RTS

3 TXD

8 CTS

4 DTR

9 RI

5 GND

Note

COM1 under COM2.

J18: IR Connector

PIN No.

Signal Description

1 +5V
2 Reserved
3 IRRX
4 Ground
5 IRTX
6

NC (Key pin)

J19 & J21: SATA Connector

PIN No.

Signal Description

1 Ground
2 SATA

TX+

3 SATA

TX-

4 Ground
5 SATA

RX-

6 SATA

RX+

7 Ground

Summary of Contents for ROBO-8911VG2A

Page 1: ...ROBO 8911VG2A Single Board Computer User s Manual P N B8981210 Version 1 0 Copyright Portwell Inc 2006 All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners...

Page 2: ...t Ethernet Controller 3 5 3 3 4 On board AC 97 Audio Device 3 6 3 4 Clear CMOS Operation 3 7 3 5 WDT Function 3 8 3 6 GPIO 3 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information 4 1 4 1 Entering Setup 4 1 4 2 Main Men...

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: ...support external graphics card therefore user can choose the most wonderful graphics card for their applications As a result 915GM was selected to be the kernel of ROBO 8911VG2A The SHB does not only...

Page 5: ...for future replacement and maintenance 1 3 Product Specification Main processor Intel Pentium M Celeron M Processor FSB 533 400MHz BIOS Phoenix Award system BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM with easy upgrade f...

Page 6: ...ne 8 pin connector for external PS 2 keyboard mouse connection Auxiliary I O Interfaces System reset switch external speaker Keyboard lock and HDD active LED etc Real Time Clock Calendar RTC Support Y...

Page 7: ...one CRT port Outline Dimension L X W 338 5mm 13 33 X 122mm 4 8 Power Requirements 12V 1 59A 5V 3 34A Test configuration CPU Intel Pentium M Dothan 1 6GHz 400MHz FSB 2MB L2 Cache Memory Apacer DDR2 SO...

Page 8: ...System Overview ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 1 5 1 3 1 Mechanical Drawing 4 3 18 4 4 9...

Page 9: ...graphics display PCI Express x16 and ICH6 supports PCI Express x1 PCI bus interface APM ACPI compliant power management USB port SMBus communication Ultra DMA 33 66 100 IDE channel and SATA ports Supe...

Page 10: ...The default settings are indicated with a star sign 2 1 Jumper Setting For users to customize ROBO 8911 s features In the following sections Short means covering a jumper cap over jumper pins Open or...

Page 11: ...JP2A Function 1 3 short Backlight enable level 3 3V 3 5 short Backlight enable level 5V Note Wrong voltage selection may damage the inverter Please survey the inverter s voltage input before setup thi...

Page 12: ...nction 1 2 short CPU FSB frequency 400MHz 2 3 short CPU FSB frequency 533MHz Note The DDR2 frequency is followed the CPU FSB frequency For example the DDR2 module populated is DDR2 533 the CPU must be...

Page 13: ...hort 1400x1050 18bit dual channel Short short short open Reserved Open short short open Reserved Short open short open Reserved Open open short open Reserved Short short open open Reserved Open short...

Page 14: ...ermal sensor connector J13 12V and 5V power input connector J14 TV out connector J15 IDE connector J16 COM2 connector J17 COM1 connector J18 IR connector J19 SATA connector J20 General purpose I O con...

Page 15: ...escription 1 GND 2 Power pin 3 Speed pulse output J3 I2C Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 I2C clock 2 NC 3 GND 4 I2C data 5 5V J4 LVDS Panel Interface Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No S...

Page 16: ...2 Ground 3 Line in channel L 4 Ground 5 Line in channel R 6 Ground 7 Line out channel L 8 Ground 9 Line out channel R 10 NC Note The Reference Voltage on MIC signal offers 2 25V 2 75V with 5mA drive J...

Page 17: ...5 SLCT 26 NC J8 FDC Interface Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 Ground 2 Drive density select bit 0 3 Ground 4 NC 5 Ground 6 NC 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 MOA motor A o...

Page 18: ...nment may damage either Ethernet card or SBC J10 CD IN Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 CD IN Left 2 CD Ground 3 CD Ground 4 CD IN Right J11 PC speaker Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 Speak...

Page 19: ...5V J14 TV Out Connector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 GND 2 TVDAC A 3 TVDAC B 4 TVDAC C 5 GND 6 NC Note TVDAC_A COMPOSITE VIDEO TVDAC_B S VIDEO LUMINANCE TVDAC_C S VIDEO CHROMI...

Page 20: ...nnector PIN No Signal Description PIN No Signal Description 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND Note COM1 under COM2 J18 IR Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 5V 2 Reserved 3 IRRX...

Page 21: ...3 9 GND 10 5V Note All General Purpose I O ports can only adapt standard TTL 5 signal level 0V 5V J22 J23 USB Connector PIN No Signal Description 1 USB power 5V 2 USBD 3 USBD 4 USB ground J24 J26 Ethe...

Page 22: ...tion PIN No Signal Description 1 NC 2 USB power 5V 3 USB GND 4 USB DATA A 5 USB DATA B 6 USB DATA A 7 USB DATA B 8 USB GND 9 USB power 5V 10 Chassis ground Note The other 4 USB port are reside on the...

Page 23: ...Signal Description 1 Ground 26 NC 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 Select 0 32 Select 1 8 Ground 33 NC 9 Ground 34 IO Read 10 Groun...

Page 24: ...TX A14 GND B15 GND A15 PCI Ex1 channel 0 RX B16 GND A16 PCI Ex1 channel 0 RX B17 PCI Ex1 channel 1 TX A17 GND B18 PCI Ex1 channel 1 TX A18 GND B19 GND A19 PCI Ex1 channel 1 RX B20 GND A20 PCI Ex1 chan...

Page 25: ...B58 PCI Ex16 channel 3 TX A58 GND B59 GND A59 PCI Ex16 channel 3 RX B60 GND A60 PCI Ex16 channel 3 RX B61 PCI Ex16 channel 4 TX A61 GND B62 PCI Ex16 channel 4 TX A62 GND B63 GND A63 PCI Ex16 channel...

Page 26: ...C18 GND D19 GND C19 PCI Ex16 channel 11 RX D20 GND C20 PCI Ex16 channel 11 RX D21 PCI Ex16 channel 12 TX C21 GND D22 PCI Ex16 channel 12 TX C22 GND D23 GND C23 PCI Ex16 channel 12 RX D24 GND C24 PCI...

Page 27: ...C6 F13 SATA T1 E13 GND F14 SATA T1 E14 GND F15 GND E15 SATA R1 F16 GND E16 SATA R1 F17 SATA T3 E17 GND F18 SATA T3 E18 GND F19 GND E19 SATA R3 F20 GND E20 SATA R3 F21 Reserved E21 GND F22 Reserved E22...

Page 28: ...0 3 3V F51 GND E51 GND F52 GND E52 GND F53 GND E53 GND F54 GND E54 GND F55 GND E55 GND F56 GND E56 GND F57 GND E57 GND F58 GND E58 GND F59 5V E59 5V F60 5V E60 5V F61 5V E61 5V F62 5V E62 5V F63 GND E...

Page 29: ...ICLK1 H15 3 3V G15 GND H16 AD31 G16 GND H17 AD29 G17 3 3V H18 Pull down to ground G18 AD30 H19 AD27 G19 AD28 H20 AD25 G20 GND H21 GND G21 AD26 H22 C BE 3 G22 AD24 H23 AD23 G23 3 3V H24 GND G24 AD22 H2...

Page 30: ...Hardware Configuration ROBO 8911VG2A User s Manual 2 21 H42 AD11 G42 C BE 0 H43 AD8 G43 GND H44 GND G44 AD6 H45 AD7 G45 AD5 H46 AD4 G46 GND H47 GND G47 AD2 H48 AD3 G48 AD1 H49 AD0 G49 GND...

Page 31: ...ket 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 Th...

Page 32: ...the opened socket Configuring System Bus ROBO 8911VG2A will automatically detect the CPU used CPU speed of Intel Pentium M can be detected automatically JP2B CPU VCCA voltage input JP2B Function 2 4 s...

Page 33: ...encies depending on the CPU front side bus and the type of DDR II SODIMM CPU FSB Memory Frequency 533MHz 533 400MHz 400MHz 400MHz JP2C PCI E x16 graphic port enable disable ROBO 8911VG2A support PCI E...

Page 34: ...A is a new chipset that a few old operating systems might not be able to recognize To overcome this compatibility issue for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 2000 XP please install its INF bef...

Page 35: ...video will usually be the system display output By adjusting the BIOS setting to disable on board VGA an add on PCI E VGA Card can take over the system display Please find Intel 915 Graphic driver in...

Page 36: ...rnet Port Green LAN Linked Active LED Linked Active Blinking LED display LAN speed All Off N A 10 Mbps Green Speed LED 100 Mbps N A Amber Speed LED 1000 Mbps N A Notes 1 Only J26 support LAN wake up f...

Page 37: ...n hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position JP6 RTC CMOS Clear Jumper Setting JP6 Process Selection 1 2 Normal Operation 2 3 Clear CMOS Contents To correctly operate CMOS Clear function u...

Page 38: ...s of WDT are all included in the 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...

Page 39: ...e Register 0x08 Specify Time out Value outp 0x002E 0xF6 outp 0x002F Time out Value Register Disable WDT reset by keyboard mouse interrupts outp 0x002E 0xF7 outp 0x002F 0x00 Exit Extended Function Mode...

Page 40: ...PIO Port16 7 GPIO Port13 8 GPIO Port17 9 Ground 10 5V Additionally 4 extra Digital Output ports inversely amplified signals from GPIO ports There are open drain buffers which can offer greater driving...

Page 41: ...Bit3 vs GPIO port 4 Bit4 vs GPIO port 5 Bit5 vs GPIO port 6 Bit6 vs GPIO port 7 Bit7 vs GPIO port 8 Value of Inversion Register Only high nibble is available for this function When set to a 1 the inc...

Page 42: ...er s Manual 3 12 Notes 1 All the Buffered Digital Outputs are open drain amplified form corresponding GPIO ports 2 Some other functions may occupy the lower nibble of the registers Altering any conten...

Page 43: ...on or reboot 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 wis...

Page 44: ...Phoenix AwardBIOS 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 Heal...

Page 45: ...y Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Thu Jan 12 2006 Time hh mm ss 16 51 13 f IDE Channel 0 Master Maxtor 91021U2 f IDE Channel 0 Slave CD 540E f IDE Channel 1 Master None f IDE Channel 1...

Page 46: ...its sub menu 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...

Page 47: ...lts Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto detection Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu...

Page 48: ...lp F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Menu Selections Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto detection Press Enter Press Enter to auto detect the HDD on this channel If dete...

Page 49: ...n shot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Item Help f CPU Feature Press Enter f Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Virus Warning Disabled CPU L1 L2 Cache Enabled Quick Power...

Page 50: ...Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 On die throttling Thermal Monitor 2 Ratio VID transition The choice Thermal Monitor 1 Thermal Monitor 2 Execute Disable Bit When disabled forces the XD feature fl...

Page 51: ...g a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or...

Page 52: ...NumLock The choice Off On Gate A20 Option Fast lets chipsets control Gate A20 and Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Default is Fast The choice Normal Fast Typematic Rate Setti...

Page 53: ...instabilities Once the operating system is installed such as Windows XP in my case this setting cannot be changed without reinstalling the operating system regardless of whether the initial setting i...

Page 54: ...S Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Item Help SLP_S4 Assertion Width 1 to 2 Sec System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled f PCI Express Root Port Func Press Enter VGA Setting PE...

Page 55: ...Express Port 4 Auto PCI E Compliancy Mode V1 0a Menu Level 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...

Page 56: ...te and Component Both FWH Write Protection The choice Enabled Disabled BootBlock Protection The choice Enabled Disabled 4 7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Perip...

Page 57: ...Menu Level f If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support Move Enter Select PU PD Valu...

Page 58: ...ver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choice Auto Disabled On Chip Serial ATA Disabled Disabled SATA Controller Auto A...

Page 59: ...p menu DOS or Window NT with no USB driver loaded The choice Enabled Disabled Azalia AC97 Audio Select Users can disable on board AC97 Audio function The choice Auto AC97 Audio Disabled Phoenix AwardB...

Page 60: ...mode transmission 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 availabl...

Page 61: ...EPP mode Normal Switch to Normal 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 1 3 PWRON Afte...

Page 62: ...nt Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Wake up by On Board LAN Disabled Power On by Ring Disabled X USB KB Wake Up From S3 Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled...

Page 63: ...t Suspend Mode 1 Min and HDD Power Down 1 Min User Defined Allow 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...

Page 64: ...Min 14 Min 15 Min 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 On Board LAN This opt...

Page 65: ...ystem 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...

Page 66: ...rces Controlled By Auto ESCD X IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled INT Pin 1 Assignment Auto INT Pin 2 Assignment Auto INT Pin 3 Assignment Auto INT Pin...

Page 67: ...signed to 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 PCI or ISA bus architecture...

Page 68: ...th Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Item Help CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Current System Temp 37 98 Current CPU Temperature 21 71 Current External Temperature System F...

Page 69: ...e spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled 4 12 Default Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press En...

Page 70: ...o press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once...

Page 71: ...ays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restar...

Page 72: ...cus on system integration issues in terms of backplane setup BIOS setting and OS diagnostics 5 1 Backplane Setup Backplane ROBO 8911 is a full sized SBC and therefore is only able to run on PICMG 1 3...

Page 73: ...Express x16 and four PCI Express x1 System Setting ROBO 8911 is designed to support ATX mode Please refer to the following instruction to apply ATX power on your ROBO 8911 and backplane Step1 The JP9...

Page 74: ...The CPU supplementary power connector J25 should be connected at all time for this P4 system to run properly Figure 5 2 Figure 5 2 Step3 Connect 24 pin power cable of the ATX POWER with ATX POWER CON...

Page 75: ...H with PICMG 1 3 Backplane Figure 5 4 Figure 5 4 Step6 Press TOGGLE SWITCH which is used to switch the ATX Power on off for SBC Usually the TOGGLE SWITCH is located on the chassis front panel Pressing...

Page 76: ...to clear CMOS move on off switch from off to on for AT mode or toggle the switch for ATX mode power off the system move JP6 back to 1 2 and power on again Q3 I power on the system but the CPU speed i...

Page 77: ...function ready During POST you can see ATA 66 or 100 message while hard drive is being detected Q6 In addition to the above description is there anything to do to finish up an ATX system A Yes ROBO 8...

Page 78: ...d system A No ROBO 8711 is used IHC6 M not ICH6 R Raid I O controller the ICH6 M chipset doesn t support raid system Q10 Can I connect USB ports on PICMG 1 3 Backplane A Actually ROBO 8911 resides 4 U...

Page 79: ...efault optimal BIOS setup This will force your BIOS setting back to the initial factory configuration It is recommended to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that P...

Page 80: ...Counter IRQ 1 Keyboard IRQ 2 Programmed Controller IRQ 3 COM2 IRQ 4 COM1 IRQ 5 Display Network USB 1 0 1 1 UHCI Controller IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ 7 Printer Port Parallel Port IRQ 8 CMOS Cloc...

Page 81: ...ress used Memory Area Size Device Description 0000 003F 1K Interrupt Area 0040 004F 0 3K BIOS Data Area 0050 006F 0 5K System Data 0070 0436 15K DOS 0437 0600 7 2K Program Area 0601 9F7F 613K Availabl...

Page 82: ...RV 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 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ 7 Unassigned Usa...

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