User’s Manual 3301770
3301770 Revision History Title 3.5” Embedded Controller Revision Number Description Date of Issue 1.0 Initial release November 18, 2005 Copyright Notice The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability, design, and function and does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer.
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3301770 CHAPTER 4 AMI BIOS SETUP Introduction ·······························································································································4-2 Starting Setup ···························································································································4-2 Using Setup ·······························································································································4-2 Getting Help ····································
3301770 List of Tables Page 6 Table 1-1 Technical Specifications ........................................................................6 Table 2-1 Supported CRT and Panel Screen Resolutions....................................4 Table 2-2 Important Features ................................................................................6 Table 2-3 Interface Connectors ...........................................................................10 Table 2-4 CN1: Power 4P Connector .................
3301770 Table 3-2 JP2 Pinouts ...........................................................................................7 Table 3-3 JP3 COM2 Signal Selector ...................................................................7 Table 3-4 Cables and Accessories Included in Kit ..............................................13 Table 4-1 BIOS Function Keys ..............................................................................2 Table A-1 I/O Ports to Watchdog Timer ..............................
3301770 Figure 2-24 IDE Connector ......................................................................................29 Figure 2-25 CN31 Floppy Port.................................................................................29 Figure 2-26 Front Panel Connectors .......................................................................31 Figure 2-27 10/100BaseT Ethernet (RJ-45) Port.....................................................31 Figure 3-1 Board Dimensions and Mounting Hole Locations .
3301770 Conventions Used in This Manual WARNING! Warnings appear where overlooked details may cause damage to the equipment or result in personal injury. Warnings should be taken seriously. Warnings are easy to recognize. The word “warning” is written as “WARNING,” both capitalized and bold and is followed by the warning message. CAUTION! Cautionary messages should also be heeded to help you reduce the chance of losing data or damaging the system. Cautions are easy to recognize.
3301770 We provide special revisions for various application purposes. Therefore, DO NOT upgrade your BIOS unless you fully understand what a revision will do. Problems that occur during the updating process may cause unrecoverable errors and system down time. Always consult qualified technicians before proceeding with any upgrade.
3301770 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1
3301770 Product Overview 1.1 General Information The 3301770 is a highly-integrated embedded computer specifically optimized for multimedia applications requiring minimum installation space. It supports a full range of functionality for an AT/ATX-compatible industrial computer in a space-saving 3.5” profile. The 3301770 is equipped with a low-power consumption and high performance VIA processor on board. It also contains an SDRAM SODIMM socket that supports up to 512MB memory in size.
3301770 Connectivity The 3301770 provides the following interface connections: Label Function CN1 4P power connector CN2 3-pin PS-ON/ATX feature connector CN3 5-pin Inverter control CN4 3-pin CPU fan connector CN5 5-pin External LED connector (to chassis LED control PCB) CN6 144-pin SDRAM SO-DIMM socket CN7 2-pin connector to the external Lithium 3V coin cell battery- CN8 10-pin audio connector (to the external adapter cable kit which should provide phone jacks for Line_out, Line_in, and
3301770 CN26 D-SUB 15-pin VGA connector CN27 5-pin IrDA connector CN28 TFT LCD connector (DF13-40P-1.25V) CN29 LCD panel dual-channel 18-bit LVDS/TTL connector, 30 (2x15) pin header 1.25mm (DF13-30P-1.25V) CN30 Primary IDE bus connector (44-pin 2.
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3301770 Serial Ports Parallel Port z Two RS-232 ports with 16C550 UART (or compatible) with 16-byte FIFO buffer. COM2 can support RS-422/485 through jumper setting. z One parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode z One 2x5 pin header supports AC’97 2.3 Line-in, Line-out, and Audio Connector Mic-in signals. z USB Interface USB 1.1 compliant. z Watchdog Timer PC-104 Interface Four (4) USB ports, Two external and two internal via pin header; Can be Set to 1 to 255 seconds period.
3301770 z Provides 10 Pin Audio header. z 16-bit, full-duplex AC'97 Rev. 2.3 compatible six-channel audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia systems, including host/soft audio and AMR/CNR-based designs. „ „ AC ’97 interface „ „ Meets performance requirements for audio on PC99/2001 systems Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements 16-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with 48KHz sampling rate Compliant with AC'97 Rev 2.
3301770 Chapter 2 Functional Description 2-1
3301770 This chapter provides a functional description of the 3301770 embedded board designed for the integration into a compact size chassis. This chapter includes information about main processors, interface connectors, implementation options, and signal description. 2.1 CPU, Memory, and VIA Chipsets CPU The 3301770 comes with a soldered low voltage VIA MARK processor.
3301770 z Two large (64KB each, 2-way) on-chip caches z 64KB Level 2 victim cache (16-way) z Unique and sophisticated branch prediction mechanisms Memory The 3301770 provides one (1) 144-pin SDRAM SODIMM socket without ECC support for building a buffer size up to 512MB. The memory is automatically identified. The memory interface supports PC100/133 144-pin SODIMM modules.
3301770 VGA/LCD Interface Chipset: VIA MARK CPU with integrated ProSavage4 2D/3D/Video Accelerator Frame buffer: Supports 4/8/16/32MB buffer with system memory Interface: 4X AGP VGA/LCD interface, supports for 18-, 24-bit LVDS or TFT panel The graphics support includes VGA, SVGA, XGA, and SXGA+ TFT color panels with 9-bit, 12-bit, 18-bit (both 1 pixel/clock and 2 pixels/clock), and 24-bit CMOS interfaces.
3301770 Block Diagram Figure 2-1 System Block Diagram 2-5
3301770 Important Features Major functionalities provided by the 3301770 are listed below: Table 2-2 Important Features „ RoHS compliance „ VIA long term support product; embedded VIA processor „ PC104 PCI-to-ISA extension slot for stack-up configurations „ CF II socket „ Embedded ProSavage4 Graphics Controllers with the support for CRT and LVDS displays „ Supports one 24-bit TFT, and with up to 1920 x 1440 resolutions „ Aluminum alloy heatsink for optimum heat dissipation „ Supports dual-
3301770 „ Watchdog Timer: 1-255 SEC ICP6629 „ Operating temperature: 0 to 60°C „ Humidity: 0 to 95% relative humidity „ Power consumption: 5V @2.
3301770 2.2 External Interfaces For the locations of external interfaces, please refer to the diagram below: Figure 2-2 External Interfaces NOTE: 1. The configuration options through jumper settings will be discussed in Chapter 3: Installation. 2. On the solder side, there are a CFII card socket and a FDC floppy connector.
3301770 Shown below is a diagram indicating the locations of configuration jumpers. Figure 2-3 Locations of Configuration Jumpers NOTE: 1. Only configuration jumpers are shown in the diagram above. 2. The SW1 DIP switch is left unused, and the associated LVDS mode configuration can be found in BIOS setting. 3. For more configuration details on jumper settings, please refer to Chapter 3 Installation.
3301770 Table 2-3 Interface Connectors Function CN1 4P power connector CN2 3-pin PS-ON/ATX feature connector CN3 5-pin Inverter control CN4 3-pin CPU fan connector CN5 5-pin External LED connector (to chassis LED control PCB) CN6 144-pin SDRAM SO-DIMM socket CN7 2-pin connector to the external Lithium 3V coin cell battery- CN8 10-pin audio connector (to the external adapter cable kit which should provide phone jacks for Line_out, Line_in, and MIC_in connectivity) CN9 4-pin Audio CD_IN co
3301770 CN26 D-SUB 15-pin VGA connector CN27 5-pin 2.54mm IrDA connector CN28 TFT LCD connector (DF13-40P-1.25V) CN29 LCD panel dual-channel 18-bit LVDS/TTL connector, 30 (2x15) pin header 1.25mm (DF13-30P-1.25V) CN30 Primary IDE bus connector (44-pin 2.0mm) CN31 FPC flat type floppy port (one floppy drive only) CN32 Compact flash storage card socket (behaves as an IDE device through BIOS setting) 2.2.1 Internal Connectors 1.
3301770 Figure 2-4 Power 4P Connector 2. CN2: SBVCC ATX Power Feature Connector 1x3 2mm connector Using CN2 as a Power Feature Connector: The SBVCC connector can support an advanced soft power switch function. If an ATX power supply is used, connect an ATX-to-4P power cable between the SBVCC connector and ATX power source. Also connect a power on/off switch to the ATX ON/OFF switch previously mentioned.
3301770 Table 2-5 PIN CN2 SBVCC: ATX Power Feature Pinouts DESCRIPTION 1 5VSB 2 +5V 3 GND Figure 2-5 SBVCC ATX Power Feature 3. CN3: IVTC LCD Panel Inverter Backlight Control Connector This connector comes as a 1x5 pin 2mm connector. Table 2-6 CN3 IVTC Inverter Control Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 VCC12 2 GROUND 3 VEEON 4 BLADJ 5 VCC5 Figure 2-6 Inverter Backlight Control 4.
3301770 5. CN5: Power and HDD LED Connector This port provides the connectivity to the power and hard drive activity LEDs on the chassis front panel. An adapter cable is required. Table 2-8 CN5 Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION 1 VCC5 2 GROUND 3 POWER LED+ 4 POWER LED-(GND) 5 HDD LED+ 6 HDD LED- Figure 2-8 CN5 Power and HDD LED Connector 6. CN6: SDRAM 144-pin SODIMM Socket This socket receives 100/133MHz SODIMM modules 7.
01770 waste. WARNING! 1. Keep a used battery away from children. 2. Danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced. Only certified module from GAI can be used as a replacement. 3. Do not expose the battery to excessive heat or fire. 4. If the battery shows signs of leakage, contact your local vendor immediately. 8. CN8: 2x5 2.0mm Audio Pin Header This port connects to AC’97 compatible audio devices through an adapter cable, e.g.
3301770 9. CN9: Audio CD_IN Header This 4-pin header connects to audio source such as CD/DVD-ROM optical drives. Table 2-10 CN9 Audio CD_IN Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 LINE_IN L 2 GND 3 GND 4 LINE IN R Figure 2-10 CN9 Audio CD_IN Port 10. CN10: PC-104 (104-pin ISA bus) Connector The 3301770 features a PC/104 expansion bus that let you attach any kind of PC-104 modules.
3301770 10 IOCHRDY 42 GROUND 11 AEN 43 SMEMW# 12 LA19 44 SMEMR# 13 LA18 45 IOW# 14 LA17 46 IOR# 15 SA16 47 DACK3# 16 SA15 48 DRQ3 17 SA14 49 DACK1# 18 SA13 50 DRQ1 19 SA12 51 REFRESH# 20 SA11 52 SYSCLK 21 SA10 53 IRQ7 22 SA9 54 N/C 23 SA8 55 IRQ5 24 SA7 56 IRQ4 25 SA6 57 IRQ3 26 SA5 58 DACK2 27 SA4 59 TC 28 SA3 60 BALE 29 SA2 61 VCC 30 SA1 62 OSC 31 SA0 63 GROUND 32 GROUND 64 GROUND Table 2-12 PIN PC/104-40 Connect
3301770 8 IRQ14 28 LA18 9 DACK0# 29 LA17 10 DRQ0 30 MEMR# 11 DACK5# 31 MEMW# 12 DRQ5 32 SD8 13 DACK6# 33 SD9 14 DRQ6 34 SD10 15 DACK7# 35 SD11 16 DRQ7 36 SD12 17 VCC 37 SD13 18 MASTER# 38 SD14 19 GROUND 39 SD15 20 GROUND 40 GROUND 11.
3301770 12. CN12: Reset Button Connector This connector connects to an externally implemented reset button through an adapter cable. Table 2-14 PIN CN12 Reset Button Connector Pinouts DESCRIPTION 1 RST_SW 2 GND Figure 2-12 CN12 Reset Button Connector 13. CN13: Power ON/OFF Button Connector This connector connects to an externally implemented ON/OFF button through an adapter cable.
3301770 14. CN14: Digital I/O Connector This Digital I/O port is managed through VIA’s VT82C686B Southbridge. below shows the CN14 port pinouts. The first table The second table displays the referential pin connection to the I/O chip.
3301770 8 DIO_OUT2 MCCS/GPIOD Connect to 10K-ohm pull-up to +3.3VBAT power if no multiplexed function is applied. 10 DIO_OUT3 PCI STP/GPO5 Connect to 4.7K-ohm pull-up to +3.3V power if the function is not applied. Figure 2-14 CN14 Digital I/O Connector 15. CN15: Parallel Port Connector 2x13 pin header 2mm connector CN15 is an IEEE1284 compatible interface. Usually, the parallel port connects to a printer. This port is provided as a 26-pin 2.0mm pin header.
3301770 12 PAPER EMPTY 25 GROUND 13 PRINTER SELECT 26 N/C Figure 2-15 CN15 Parallel Port 16. CN16: COM2 RS-232/422/485 Serial Port Header Table 2-19 COM2: 14 (2x7) Pin 2.
3301770 Figure 2-17 COM2 Adapter Cable NOTE: 1. If you want to use the RS485 mode, just connect to TX2-, TX2+. If you want to use the RS422, please connect to TX2-, TX2+, RX2+, and RX2-. 2. Please refer to Chapter 3 for details on serial port operation modes. 17. CN17: Keyboard/Mouse Pin Header This port connects to a PS/2 keyboard or mouse using a 6-pin-to-PS/2 adapter cable. An adapter cable, 6-pin-to-two PS/2, is required.
3301770 Figure 2-18 CN17 Keyboard/Mouse Pin Header 18. CN18: Factory reserved. 19. CN19, CN20, CN21, CN22, and CN26: Front Panel Connectors These are front panel connectors. Please refer to the next section for details. 20. CN23 & CN25: Serial ATA Disk Drive Connectors These 7-pin standard Serial ATA ports connect to SATA I-compatible hard disk drives. SATA drives are managed by the ALi chipset onboard.
3301770 21. CN24: Internal USB Header (Two Ports) USB0/1: 2x4 8-pin Header This header provides the connectivity to additional USB devices through an adapter cable. Various adapters may come with USB ports on a slot bracket or ports that can be attached to D-SUB openings on a chassis. Table 2-22 CN24 USB Port Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 +5V 8 GND 2 USBDT2N 7 USBDT3P 3 USBDT2P 6 USBDT3N 4 GND 5 +5V Figure 2-20 CN24 USB (1.1) Port 22.
3301770 23. CN28: Flat Panel Display Connector TFT LCD (24-bit one channel; DF13-40DP-1.
3301770 Table 2-25 CN29 LVDS Connector Pinouts PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 2 GND 1 GND 4 LVDSA_Y0- 3 LVDSA_Y0+ 6 LVDSA_Y1- 5 LVDSA_Y1+ 8 LVDSA_Y2- 7 LVDSA_Y2+ 10 LVDSA_CLK- 9 LVDSA_CLK+ 12 N/C 11 N/C 14 GROUND 13 GROUND 16 LVDSB_Y0- 15 LVDSB_Y0+ 18 LVDSB_Y1- 17 LVDSB_Y1+ 20 LVDSB_Y2- 19 LVDSB_Y2+ 22 LVDSB_CLK- 21 LVDSB_CLK+ 24 N/C 23 N/C 26 GROUND 25 GROUND 28 VCC5_LVDS 27 VCC5_LVDS 30 VCC3_LVDS 29 VCC3_LVDS Figure 2-23 CN29 LVDS Panel Di
3301770 Table 2-26 CN30 IDE Connector Pinouts 2-28 PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 RESET# 2 GROUND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10 9 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 SIGNAL GND 20 (KEY) 21 HDD 0 22 GROUND 23 IO WRITE 24 GROUND 25 IO READ 26 GROUND 27 HD READY 28 N/C 29 HDACK 0 30 GROUND 31 IRQ14 32 N/C 33 ADDR 1 34 N/C 35 ADDR 0 36 ADD
3301770 Figure 2-24 IDE Connector 26. CN31: Optional Floppy Connector (On the Soldering Side) A 26-pin FPC connector cable is required for connecting to the optional floppy port. You can connect one (1) 3.5”(720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB) drive to this port.
3301770 27. CN32: Compact Flash Connector) The CN32 socket allows you to attach a Compact Flash Disk that occupies the secondary IDE channel. The CN32 socket supports both the TYPE II and TYPE I modules.
3301770 2.2.2 Front Panel Connectors Figure 2-26 Front Panel Connectors CN19: USB Combo Connector (2 Ports) The combo connector provides two USB ports. These two USB ports connect to USB1.1 devices. CN20 & CN21: 10/100BaseT Ethernet (RJ-45) Ports These RJ-45 connectors provide 10/100BaseT Ethernet connection to a local or internet network. Refer to the table below for the Ethernet port LED indication.
3301770 Ethernet Port LED Indicators Table 2-30 Ethernet Port LED Indications ACTIVITY LED LINK LED Status Description Status Description GREEN Activity YELLOW Linked CN22: Serial Port COM1 This serial port is defined as COM1 and provides serial connection in the RS-232 mode.
3301770 Chapter 3 Installation 3-1
3301770 3.1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Embedded Board The embedded board contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components, which can become damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, prior to installation, please follow the instructions below: 1. Please turn off the computer and unplug its power cord. 2. When handling the board, avoid touching any metal leads or connectors. 3.
3301770 Airflow Consideration Although the embedded board can operate without active cooling, it is still necessary to install the board in a chassis with ventilation holes on the sides allowing airflow to travel through the heatsink surface. In a system with an individual power supply unit, the cooling fan of a power supply can also help generate airflow through the board surface.
3301770 3.2 Mechanical Diagrams Figure 3-1 Board Dimensions and Mounting Hole Locations NOTE: Use the mounting holes on the four corners of the PCB for securing within a chassis. Holes in the middle of the board are used for securing a heatsink.
3301770 3.3 Jumper Settings NOTE: A jumper is a metal bridge that is used to close an electrical circuit. It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the ins to connect them. To CLOSE/SHORT a jumper means connecting the pins of the jumper with the plastic clip and to OPEN a jumper means removing the plastic clip from a jumper.
3301770 JP1 (Clear CMOS) In case the embedded board fails to boot due to user’s improper BIOS setting, this jumper can be used to clear the CMOS data and reset the system BIOS information. To clear the CMOS contents, shunt pins 2 and 3 for a few seconds, and then reinstall the jumper clip back to pins 1 and 2. If the “CMOS Settings Wrong” message displays during the boot up process, you may then try to correct the fault by pressing the F1 to enter the CMOS Setup menu.
3301770 JP2: COM2 Serial Port Operation Mode Selector This jumper block allows you to select an operation mode for the COM2 serial port (Default: 1-3).
3301770 3.4 Installation Figure 3-5 Soldering Side Sockets IDE Disk Drive and CDROM Connector The 3301770 provides 1 IDE channel which allows the connection to two Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics hard disk drives or CD/DVD-ROM. The IDE controller is attached to a PCI interface. The advanced IDE controller supports PIO mode 3, mode 4 and up to UDMA/100 in transfer speed. Connecting Hard Disk Drives IDE bus devices are daisy-chained using standard a 144-pin IDE cable.
3301770 Note that when connecting two IDE disk drives you will have to configure one as the master and the other the slave. The configuration is done by setting the jumpers on the disk drives. Optional Floppy Drive Connector (FDD1) This connector provides access to one (1) externally mounted floppy drive (3.5”-profile, 720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB types floppy drive). A 26-pin FPC connector cable is required for the connection to floppy drives.
3301770 Audio Interface Audio Connector AC’97 Audio signals are interfaced through a 10-pin flat-cable connector. These signals include Microphone line-in, line-in stereo, and line-out stereo. An audio 10-pin-to-phone-jack adapter kit is required. COM Port Connectors [COM1(CN22), COM2(CN16)] The 3301770 provides two serial ports (COM1: RS-232; COM2: RS-232/422/485) interfaced through one DB-9 connector (COM1) and one 14-pin male header.
3301770 LVDS Connector (CN29): CN29 is a 20-pin connector, Hirose DF13A-20DP-1.25V. The CN29 connects an 18-bit LCD panel. Adapter cables are required for connecting the display connectors. Ethernet Connection (CN20 & CN21) The onboard 32-bit PCI-bus Ethernet interface is fully compliant with IEEE 802.3U 10/100Mbps CSMA/CD standards. The 10/100BaseT connector connections are made via standard RJ-45 connectors on the front edge.
3301770 Figure 3 -6 PXE Central Management USB Connection (CN24 and CN19) The combo USB header (CN24) provides the connectivity of up to two (2) USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports. The USB interface features complete Plug and Play, and hot attach/detach for up to 127 external devices, compliance with USB specification Rev. 1.1. An adapter 10-pin-to-USB cable is required for connecting to CN24. The USB interface is accessed through two 5 x 2-pin connectors, USB01.
3301770 Accessories Included in Kit GAI provides the following cables to facilitate connections to your peripheral devices. For more information on the locations of the connectors, please refer to Chapter 2. Cables not included in kit are the user supplied items and should be separately purchased. Table 3 -4 No.
3301770 Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Setup 4-1
3301770 Introduction This chapter discusses AMI's Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in batterybacked RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. Starting Setup The AMI BIOS is immediately activated when you first power on the computer. The BIOS reads the system information contained in the CMOS and begins the process of checking out the system configuration.
3301770 Getting Help Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press or the F1 key again. If, after making and saving system changes with Setup, you discover that your computer no longer is able to boot, the AMI BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings which resets your system to its defaults. The best advice is to only alter settings which you thoroughly understand.
3301770 4.1 Setup Summary „ Standard CMOS Setup: Standard CMOS Setup: Change time, date, hard disk type, etc. „ Advanced CMOS Setup: Advanced CMOS Setup: Configure system options. „ Advanced Chipset Setup: Advanced Chipset Setup: Configure chipset features. „ Power Management Setup: Power Management Setup: Configure power management features. „ PCI / Plug and Play Setup: Configures PCI / Plug and Play features. „ Peripheral Setup: Configure peripheral features.
3301770 4.2 Main Menu Selections 4.3 Standard CMOS Setup Selections „ Floppy A, B Move the cursor to these fields and select the floppy type. Available manual setting options are: [1.2MB 5 1/4] [720KB 3 1/2] [1.44MB 3 1/2] [2.88MB 3 1/2] „ Primary/Secondary Master/Slave LBA Mode LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a new IDE HDD access method to developed to overcome the 528-megabyte capacity bottleneck. If your IDE hard disk capacity is greater than 528MB, AMIBIOS can enable this LBA mode feature.
3301770 mode. „ Primary/Secondary Master/Slave Block Mode If your hard disk drive supports IDE block transfer mode, enable this option for a faster IDE hard disk drive transfer rate. The option is only for Primary Master Block mode. „ Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO Mode This option enables Primary Master IDE PIO mode on the IDE, which can set proper cycle timings.
3301770 4.4 „ Advanced CMOS Setup Selections Quick Boot The Optimal and Fail-Safe default setting is Disabled. Set this value to Disabled to allow the BIOS to perform all POST tests. Set this value to Enabled to allow the BIOS to skip certain POST tests to boot faster. „ 1st Boot Device This option sets the type of device for the first boot drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes. The settings are Disabled, IDE-0, IDE-1, Floppy, ARMD-FDD, ARMD-HDD, CDROM, and SCSI.
3301770 system if it cannot find a boot drive among the drives specified in the 1st Boot Device, 2nd Boot Device, 3rd Boot Device, 4th Boot Device options. The settings are Yes or No. „ Boot from LAN This option enables you to utilize the PXE LAN control feature. „ S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology. This option can help the BIOS to warn the user of a possible device failure and give the user a chance to back up the device before the failure actually happens.
3301770 „ L2 Cache This option can be used to enable or disable the CPU’s L2 cache. „ The default is Enabled. System BIOS Cacheable When this option is set to enable, the System ROM area from F0000-FFFFF is copied (shadowed) to the RAM for faster execution. Shadowing the BIOS code from ROM to the much faster system RAM increases performance. Enabling this setting will also allow the system to cache the RAID where BIOS resides, and hence more performance is gained.
3301770 The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards. „ D000, 16k Shadow These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option title. The settings are Enable Disable, Cached. The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards. „ D400, 16k Shadow These options enable shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option title. The settings are Enable Disable, Cached.
3301770 4.5 „ Advanced Chipset Setup Selections Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD When set to Enabled, bios will use the data from DIMM’s SPD to setup the DRAM timing. If set to Disabled, bios will use default setting. NOTE: Defautl memory setting is 133MHz. „ DRAM Frequency This setting is setting Memory working frequency, 66/100/133 MHz. „ Memory Hole Some (unusual) expansion cards require access to particular memory addresses in order to function properly.
3301770 Memory addresses space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation „ USB Controller Select enable if your system contains a USB controller and you have USB Peripherals. Otherwise, select disable. „ USB Device Legacy Support Enable or Disable the USB device legacy support.
3301770 4.6 „ Power Management Setup Selections ACPI Aware O/S Set this value to allow the system to utilize the Intel ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default setting is Yes. „ ACPI Standby State This option allows you to select the S1 ACPI states: S1. The S1 state is the default setting. „ Power Management/APM Set this option to Enabled to run APM (Advanced Power Management).
3301770 „ IRQ# These options allow IRQ settings to be modified. „ Power Button Function Allows the system to go into On/Off mode or suspend mode when the power button is pressed. Configuration options: [On/Off] [Suspend]. „ Restore on AC/Power Loss When set to Power Off, the system goes into off state after an AC power loss. When set to Power On, the system goes on after an AC power loss.
3301770 4.7 „ PCI / Plug and Play Setup Selections Plug and Play Aware O/S If enabled, BIOS will configure only PnP ISA boot devices (i.e. all PnP ISA cards which have boot flag set). And PnP aware OS will configure all other devices. If disabled, BIOS will configure all devices. „ Clear NVRAM Clear NVRAM during system bootup. „ Onboard LAN Controller Allows you to enable/disable the onboard LAN function.
3301770 „ Onchip VGA Frame Buffer Size This setting instructs the BIOS to reserve the specified amount of memory for the internal video controller. „ PCI Latency Timer Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register PCI Latency Timer [64] Configuration options: [32] [64] [96] [128] [160] [192] [224] [248] „ VGA Card After Bridge Factory preserved function. Leave this option unchanged.
3301770 NOTE: It is recommended not to change the rest of the BIOS menu options under this category. The default setting will work properly for the majority of applications. 4.8 „ Peripheral Setup Selections OnBoard FDC This option allows you to enable/disable the onboard floppy disk controller. „ OnBoard Serial Port# This feature allows you to disable the onboard serial port or to manually select the I/O address and IRQ for it.
3301770 Bi-Dir: Use this setting to support bi-directional transfers on the parallel port. EPP: The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) specifications. EPP uses the existing parallel port signals to provide asymmetric bi-directional data transfer driven by the host device. ECP: The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) specifications. ECP uses the DMA protocol to achieve data transfer rates of up to 2.
3301770 4.9 Hardware Monitor Setup Selections This menu screen provides access to the readings of CPU temperature, fan speed, and voltage sensors. 4.10 Auto-Detect Hard Drives When the Auto-detect command is executed, system BIOS will automatically detect Primary IDE bus master/slave, Secondary IDE bus master/slave, and floppy drive parameters.
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3301770 Appendix A Watchdog Timer A-1
3301770 NOTE: The following discussion applies to DOS environment. It is recommended you contact GAI support or visit our website for specific drivers for more sophisticated operating systems, e.g., Windows and Linux. The Watchdog Timer is a device to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash. or a software bug.
3301770 out period that is selected by software, please refer to the example program. A tolerance of at least 5% must be maintained to avoid unknown routines within the operating system (DOS), such as disk I/Os that can be very time consuming. Therefore, if the timeout period has been set to 10 seconds, the I/O port 443H must be read within 7 seconds. NOTE: When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer, otherwise the system will reset.
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3301770 Appendix B Connecting ATX Power Supply B-1
3301770 The following notes show how to connect ATX Power Supply to the embedded board. 1. Using ATX Power Switch Step 1. Disconnect the AC cord of the Power Supply from the AC source to prevent sudden electric surge to the board. Figure -1 Step 2. ATX Power Connection Connect an ATX power button switch (see the diagram above) to the ATX ON/OFF switch connector (power button). And connect the power cable from 20-pin ATX power supply to the CN1 4P and the CN2 SBVCC ATX feature connectors. cable.
3301770 WARNING! The new power adapter cable has its “Ground” pin removed from the 3-pin ATX feature connector. If you connect the power feature connector cable previously provided by GAI, you will destroy the 3301770 board. Figure BT-2 Step 3. ATX Power Adapter Cable To turn on the system press the button once. To turn off the power supply press the ATX power switch button for about 4 seconds. 2.
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3301770 Appendix C ALi® RAID for SATA C-1
3301770 1. Introduction The ALi M5283 is a highly integrated disk drive controller that is capable of managing Parallel-ATA and Serial-ATA interface hard disk drives. up to mode 6 and SATA 1.0 disk drives. The ALi controller supports PATA UDMA transfer mode The ALi M5283 also comes with cost-effective RAID functionalities that can be used to increase data read/write speed and to provide protection to data by distributing mirrored duplicates of data onto two disk drives (RAID1).
3301770 However, if you replace the wrong drive when you are trying to remove a failed one, irrecoverable data loss will occur! It is therefore strongly recommended to mark the physical connections of all of your SATA disk drives. If a drive member of a RAID array should fail, you will then be able to correctly locate a failed drive. For example, you may specify the drive locations by attaching stickers to the drive bays.
3301770 3. SATA-ALi RAID Driver CAUTION! Because of the inherent limitations by system chipset, the ALi M5283 SATA and RAID controller is implemented as a device that requires you to provide device driver during the Windows installation process. To successfully install the device driver, please carefully read the following instructions. The ALi driver is especially required if SATA drives are the only hard disk drives in your system.
3301770 Step 4. Boot from Windows installation CD-ROM (this requires you to set CD-ROM as the 1st Boot Device), when the Windows XP Setup blue screen appears and prompts users to Press F6 if you need to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver, please press the F6 key. Step 5. The setup program will continue, later when the setup program prompts users to specify additional adapters, please press the S key. Step 6. Then the setup program will prompt user to insert the driver diskette.
3301770 Step 3. In the follow-up window, please select SCSI and RAID controllers, and then click Next to continue. Step 4. In the follow-up window, click Have Disk..., then insert the driver diskette and type in the driver location: e.g., a CD-ROM, then click OK to continue. Step 5. In the follow-up window, select ALi SATA/RAID Controller, then click Next to continue. Step 6. Confirm the follow-up windows and click the Finish button to continue. Step 7.
3301770 1. RAID BIOS Setup Menu: The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID Configuration utility stored within the ALi RAID controller ROM. The BIOS configuration screen is divided into three major functional areas: Main Functional Menu, Drive Selection Menu, and a list for the configured RAID arrays. 2. RAID Options: 2.1 Create RAID0 Striping for Performance Step 1. To create a RAID0 array, use your arrow keys to highlight and press Enter to activate this item.
3301770 Step 3. You should then be prompted by a “Create RAID0(Y/N)” confirm box. Step 4. Press Y and then some necessary information will be written to the selected disk drives. WARNING! All data previously stored on the member drives of a RAID configuration will be destroyed during the RAID initialization process. If you use “used” drives to create a RAID array, make you have moved or backed up your data before creating a RAID array out of these disk drives. Step 5.
3301770 NOTE: 1. To reduce the chance of losing data, ALi imposed certain limitations on the RAID configuration options. For example, Parallel-ATA drives connected on the same IDE channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAID0 array. Mixing Parallel- and Serial-ATA disk drives in a RAID0 array should also be avoided. 2. Always use disk drives of the same capacity to create a RAID array.
3301770 2.2 Create RAID1 Mirroring for Reliability Step 1. To create a RAID1 array, use your arrow keys to highlight and press Enter to activate this item. An ‘M’ flashing character will appear at the Drive Selection Menu where you can choose the member drives to be included in the RAID1 array. Step 2. Use the Space key to select members of the RAID1 RAID configuration. The flashing cursor should change to a lower case ‘m’ character once any of the connected disk drives has been selected.
3301770 NOTE: 1. To reduce the chance of losing data, ALi imposed limitations on the RAID configuration options. For example, Parallel-ATA drives connected on the same IDE channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAID1 array. Mixing Parallel- and Serial-ATA disk drives in a RAID1 array should also be avoided. 2. Always use disk drives of the same capacity to create a RAID array.
3301770 flashing character will appear at the Drive Selection Menu where you can choose the member drives to be included in the JBOD. Step 2. Use the Space key to select members of the JBOD configuration. The flashing cursor should change to a lower case ‘j’ character once any of the connected disk drives has been selected. select another member drive. Follow the same method to The maximum number of member drives in a JBOD is four and the minimum is two. Step 3.
3301770 NOTE: To reduce the chance of losing data, ALi imposed limitations on the RAID configuration options. For example, Parallel-ATA drives connected on the same IDE channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAID1 array. Mixing Parallel- and Serial-ATA disk drives in a RAID1 array should also be avoided. 2.4 Stripe Size The change to stripe size takes effect on RAID0 arrays. 64K (default), 32K, 16K, 8K, and 4K.
3301770 WARNING! If you delete a RAID configuration, all data previously stored on the member drives of the RAID configuration will be destroyed. 2.6 Delete All RAID Setting & Partition Step 1. To delete all existing RAID configurations, use your arrow keys to highlight and press Enter to activate this item. Step 2. You should then be prompted by “Data on RAID drives will be erased (Y/N)?”. Step 3. Press Y and then all existing RAID configurations will be invalidated.
3301770 2.7 Rebuild RAID Array This function allows you to rebuild a RAID array if a member of a RAID configuration should fail. Neither RAID0 nor JBOD provides data redundancy. option only applies to RAID1 arrays. Therefore, this This item takes effect when a member of a RAID1 configuration has failed. Step 1. To delete all existing RAID configurations, use your arrow keys to highlight and press Enter to activate this item. Step 2.
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3301770 Index I-1
3301770 Battery Connector, 2-14 00,32k Shadow, 4-9 BIOS, 1-6, 4-1 BIOS Cacheable, 4-9 10/100BaseT Ethernet, 2-31 Block Diagram, 2-5 1st Boot Device, 4-7 Block Mode, 4-6 Board Overview, 1-5 2D/3D/Video Accelerator, 2-4 Boot Drive, C-15 2nd Boot Device, 4-7 Boot from LAN, 4-8 Boot To OS/2, 4-8 32Bit Mode, 4-6 BootUp Num-Lock, 4-8 3rd Boot Device, 4-7 Cables Included, 3-13 4P power, 1-3, 2-10 CF II socket, 2-6 chassis, 2-2 AC ’97, 1-8 Chipset, 1-6 Accessories, 3-13 Clear CMOS, 3-6 ACPI Aware
3301770 CN26, 2-32, 3-10 ESD, 3-2 CN27, 2-25 Ethernet, 3-11 CN28, 2-26, 3-10 Ethernet interface, 1-6 CN29, 2-26, 3-10, 3-11 Ethernet port, 1-3, 2-10 CN3, 2-13 Ethernet Port LED, 2-32 CN30, 2-27 external interfaces, 2-8 CN31, 2-29 external VCC, 1-3 CN32, 2-30 external -VCC, 2-10 CN5, 2-14 External VCC Power, 2-18 CN6, 2-14 CN7, 2-14 failed drive, C-2 CN8, 2-15 Fan Connector, 2-13 CN9, 2-16 FDD Interface, 1-6 coin cell, 2-10 FDD1, 3-9 COM1, 1-3, 2-10, 2-32, 3-10 Flat panel display
3301770 IDE Interface, 1-6 LVDS/TTL, 2-11 Important Features, 2-6 Installation, 3-2 Mechanical Diagrams, 3-4 internal USB, 1-3 Memory, 1-6, 2-3 Internal USB, 2-25 Memory Hole, 4-11 Inverter control, 1-3 Mounting Holes, 3-4 IrDA, 1-4, 2-6, 2-11, 2-25 multimedia, 1-2 IrDA port, 1-7 IRQ, 4-16 OnBoard AC 97, 4-18 IRQ#, 4-14 OnBoard FDC, 4-17 IVTC, 2-13 OnBoard IDE, 4-18 Onboard LAN Controller, 4-15 JBOD, C-11 On-Board Parallel Port, 4-17 JP1, 2-24, 3-6 OnBoard Serial Port#, 4-17 JP2, 3-7
3301770 Power and HDD LED, 2-14 RS-422, 3-7 Power Button, 4-14 RS-485, 3-7 Power consumption, 2-7 3 Power Management, 4-13 S.M.A.R.T.
3301770 VIA MARK, 1-4 VIA processor, 1-2 Video Power Down, 4-13 Virus Protection, 4-6 I-6 VT82C686B, 2-2 7 Watchdog Timer, 1-7, 2-7, A-1
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