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NOTE:
The following discussion applies to DOS environment. GAI support is
contacted or the GAI website visited for specific drivers for more
sophisticated operating systems, e.g., Windows and Linux.
The Watchdog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover
from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash. This condition may have
occurred by external EMI or a software bug. When the CPU stops working correctly,
Watchdog Timer either performs a hardware reset (cold boot) or a Non-Maskable Interrupt
(NMI) to bring the system back to a known state.
A BIOS function call (INT 15H) is used to control the Watchdog Timer:
INT 15H:
AH – 6FH Sub-function:
AL – 2:
Sets the Watchdog Timer’s period.
BL:
Time-out value (Its unit-second is dependent on the item “Watchdog
Timer unit select” in CMOS setup).
Table C-1: AH-6FH Sub-function
Call sub-function 2 to set the time-out period of Watchdog Timer first. If the time-out value
is not zero, the Watchdog Timer starts counting down. While the timer value reaches zero,
the system resets. To ensure that this reset condition does not occur, calling sub-function
2 must periodically refresh the Watchdog Timer. However, the Watchdog timer is disabled
if the time-out value is set to zero.
A tolerance of at least 10% must be maintained to avoid unknown routines within the
operating system (DOS), such as disk I/O that can be very time-consuming.
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Страница 17: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 1 1 Introduction Chapter 1 ...
Страница 24: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 8 2 Detailed Specifications Chapter 2 ...
Страница 55: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 39 3 Unpacking Chapter 3 ...
Страница 59: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 43 4 Connector Pinouts Chapter 4 ...
Страница 88: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 72 5 Installation Chapter 5 ...
Страница 120: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 104 6 Intel AMT Configuration Chapter 8 ...
Страница 130: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 114 A Terminology Appendix A ...
Страница 135: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 119 B DIO Interface Appendix B ...
Страница 138: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 122 C Watchdog Timer Appendix C ...
Страница 141: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 125 D Address Mapping Appendix D ...
Страница 144: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 128 E Compatibility Appendix E ...
Страница 147: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 131 F Intel Matrix Storage Manager Appendix F ...
Страница 161: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 145 G Hazardous Materials Disclosure Appendix G ...
Страница 164: ...2807940 uATX Motherboard Page 148 H Index ...