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eKINO-945GSE Motherboard
MODEL:
eKINO-945GSE
Mini-ITX Motherboard with Intel® Atom™ CPU
UPS Battery Backup, DDR2, VGA, DVI, LVDS, HDTV
Dual PCIe GbE, CompactFlash®, Dual SATA and PCIe Mini

User Manual

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Rev. 1.00 – 11 March, 2009

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Motherboard MODEL: eKINO-945GSE Mini-ITX Motherboard with Intel® Atom™ CPU UPS Battery Backup, DDR2, VGA, DVI, LVDS, HDTV Dual PCIe GbE, CompactFlash®, Dual SATA and PCIe Mini User Manual Page i Rev. 1.00 – 11 March, 2009...
  • Page 2 Motherboard Revision Date Version Changes 11 March, 2009 1.01 Changed product name 23 December, 2008 1.00 Initial release Page ii...
  • Page 3 Motherboard Copyright 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. In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

  • Page 4: Packing List

    To contact an IEI sales representative, please send an email to sales@iei.com.tw. The items listed below should all be included in the eKINO-945GSE package. 1 x eKINO-945GSE Mini-ITX Motherboard 2 x SATA with DC output power cable kit (P/N: 32000-106100-RS)

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Motherboard Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION......................1 1.1 I ......................2 NTRODUCTION KINO-945GSE O ..................2 VERVIEW 1.2.1 Overview Photo....................2 1.2.2 Peripheral Connectors and Jumpers ..............3 1.2.3 Technical Specifications..................5 2 DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS .................. 7 2.1 D .......................
  • Page 6 Motherboard 2.5.5.1 PCIe GbE Ethernet..................18 2.5.5.2 PCIe Mini Card ..................19 2.5.6 Real Time Clock ....................19 2.5.7 SATA Controller ....................19 2.5.8 USB Controller ....................19 2.6 LPC B ................... 20 OMPONENTS 2.6.1 BIOS Chipset....................20 2.6.2 iTE IT8718F Super I/O chipset................ 20 2.6.2.1 LPC Interface ....................
  • Page 7 Motherboard 4.2.1 BIOS Battery Connector .................. 33 4.2.2 CompactFlash® Socket..................34 4.2.3 Digital I/O Connector ..................35 4.2.4 Fan Connector ....................36 4.2.5 Front Panel Connector ..................37 4.2.6 IDE Connector ....................38 4.2.7 Infrared Interface Connector ................39 4.2.8 Keyboard/Mouse Connector ................
  • Page 8 Motherboard 5.3 U ......................64 NPACKING 5.4 SO-DIMM I ..................65 NSTALLATION 5.5 CF C ..................66 NSTALLATION 5.6 UPS I ....................68 NSTALLATION 5.7 J ....................68 UMPER ETTINGS 5.7.1 AT/ATX Selection ..................... 70 5.7.2 Clear CMOS Jumper..................71 5.7.3 CF Card Setup ....................
  • Page 9 Motherboard 6.1.5 BIOS Menu Bar....................91 6.2 M ........................92 6.3 A ....................... 93 DVANCED 6.3.1 CPU Configuration..................95 6.3.2 IDE Configuration ................... 96 6.3.2.1 IDE Master, IDE Slave ................98 6.3.3 Super IO Configuration ................. 103 6.3.4 Hardware Health Configuration..............106 6.3.5 Power Configuration..................110...
  • Page 10 Motherboard 8.1 I ....................... 157 NTRODUCTION 8.2 M DC P ............ 157 ONITORING OWER AND MART ATTERY 8.2.1 Application Installation.................. 157 8.2.2 Status Information..................160 8.2.2.1 DC Detection ..................160 8.2.2.2 Battery Detection ..................161 8.2.2.3 Total Battery Time .................. 162 8.2.3 Battery Information..................
  • Page 11 Motherboard List of Figures Figure 1-1: eKINO-945GSE ......................2 Figure 1-2: eKINO-945GSE Overview ...................3 Figure 2-1: eKINO-945GSE Dimensions (mm) ................8 Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm) ..............9 Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram ..................10 Figure 2-4: Chipset ........................11 Figure 2-5: Intel® ICH7M Southbridge Chipset .................15 Figure 4-1: Connector and Jumper Locations................31...
  • Page 12 Motherboard Figure 4-24: eKINO-945GSE External Peripheral Interface Connector ........55 Figure 4-25: Audio Connector .....................56 Figure 4-26: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector..................57 Figure 4-27: RS-232 Serial Port Pinout Locations..............58 Figure 4-28: VGA Connector .......................59 Figure 5-1: SO-DIMM Installation ....................65 Figure 5-2: CF Card Installation ....................67 Figure 5-3: UPS Installation......................68...
  • Page 13 Motherboard Figure 7-15: VGA Driver Installation Finish Screen ............... 150 Figure 7-16: LAN Driver Welcome Screen ................151 Figure 7-17: LAN Driver Welcome Screen ................151 Figure 7-18: LAN Driver Installation ..................152 Figure 7-19: LAN Driver Installation Complete............... 152 Figure 7-20: Audio Driver Options ...................
  • Page 14 Motherboard List of Tables Table 1-1: Technical Specifications....................6 Table 2-1: Supported HDD Specifications..................17 Table 2-2: Power Consumption....................24 Table 3-1: Packing List.........................28 Table 3-2: Optional Items......................29 Table 4-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors ................33 Table 4-2: Rear Panel Connectors ....................33 Table 4-3: Battery Connector Pinouts ..................34 Table 4-4: DIO Connector Pinouts ....................36...
  • Page 15 Motherboard Table 5-1: Jumpers ........................69 Table 5-2: AT/ATX Power Selection Jumper Settings...............70 Table 5-3: Clear CMOS Jumper Settings..................71 Table 5-4: CF Card Setup Jumper Settings ................72 Table 5-5: COM3 RS-232/422/485 Selection Jumper Pinouts...........72 Table 5-6: LCD Panel Type Selection Jumper Settings ............73 Table 5-7: LVDS Voltage Selection Jumper Settings..............73...
  • Page 16 Motherboard BIOS Menus BIOS Menu 1: Main ........................92 BIOS Menu 2: Advanced ......................94 BIOS Menu 3: CPU Configuration ....................95 BIOS Menu 4: IDE Configuration....................96 BIOS Menu 5: IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration ............98 BIOS Menu 6: Super IO Configuration..................103 BIOS Menu 7: Hardware Health Configuration ...............

  • Page 17: Introduction

    Motherboard Chapter Introduction Page 1...

  • Page 18: Introduction

    Intel® Atom™ N270 processor has a 1.60 GHz clock speed, a 533 MHz FSB and a 512 KB L2 cache. The eKINO-945GSE also supports one 200-pin 533 MHz 2.0 GB (max.) DDR2 SDRAM SO-DIMM. The board comes with VGA, DVI, HDTV and 18-bit dual-channel LVDS video outputs.

  • Page 19: Peripheral Connectors And Jumpers

    Motherboard Figure 1-2: eKINO-945GSE Overview 1.2.2 Peripheral Connectors and Jumpers The eKINO-945GSE has the following connectors on-board: 1 x BIOS socket connector 1 x CompactFlash® slot 1 x Digital I/O connector 1 x Fan connector 1 x Front panel connector...
  • Page 20 1 x SO-DIMM socket 1 x TV output connector 1 x USB pin header (2 ports) The eKINO-945GSE has the following external peripheral interface connectors on the board rear panel. 1 x Audio stereo output 1 x Audio microphone input...

  • Page 21: Technical Specifications

    Motherboard 1.2.3 Technical Specifications eKINO-945GSE technical specifications are listed in T able 1-1. See Chapter 2 for details. Specification eKINO-945GSE Form Factor Mini-ITX System CPU 45 nm 1.60 GHz Intel® Atom™ N270 Front Side Bus (FSB) 533 MHz Northbridge: Intel® 945GSE System Chipset Southbridge: Intel®...

  • Page 22: Table 1-1: Technical Specifications

    Motherboard Specification eKINO-945GSE Software programmable 1-255 sec. through the iTE IT8718F Watchdog Timer super I/O One infrared connector supports Infrared Serial Infrared (SIR) Amplitude Shift Keyed IR (ASKIR) Recommended input voltage: 12-24 VDC Maximum input voltage: 9-28 VDC Power Supply...

  • Page 23: Detailed Specifications

    Motherboard Chapter Detailed Specifications Page 7...

  • Page 24: Dimensions

    Motherboard 2.1 Dimensions 2.1.1 Board Dimensions The dimensions of the board are listed below: Length: 170 mm Width: 170 mm Figure 2-1: eKINO-945GSE Dimensions (mm) Page 8...

  • Page 25: External Interface Panel Dimensions

    Motherboard 2.1.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions External peripheral interface connector panel dimensions are shown in F igure 2-2. Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm) Page 9...

  • Page 26: Data Flow

    Motherboard 2.2 Data Flow Figure 2-3 shows the data flow between the two on-board chipsets and other components installed on the motherboard and described in the following sections of this chapter. Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram Page 10...

  • Page 27: Embedded Intel® Atom™ Processor

    Motherboard 2.3 Embedded Intel® Atom™ Processor The eKINO-945GSE comes with an embedded 45 nm 1.60 GHz Intel® Atom™ N270 processor. The processor supports a 533 MHz FSB and has a 512 KB L2 cache. The low power processor has a maximum power of 2.5 W. The processor is shown in Figure 2-4 below.

  • Page 28: Front Side Bus (Fsb)

    Execute Disable Bit support for enhanced security 2.3.2 Front Side Bus (FSB) The Intel® Atom™ processor on the eKINO-945GSE is interfaced to the Intel® 945GSE Northbridge through a 533 MHz front side bus (FSB). The FSB is shown in Figure 2-4.

  • Page 29: Graphics

    Motherboard The SO-DIMM socket is shown in Figure 2-4 below. 2.4.2 Graphics The Intel® 945GSE Northbridge chipset has an Intel® Gen. 3.5 integrated graphics engine that supports the following display devices (shown in Figure 2-4): Analog CRT LVDS TV-Out SDVO ports 2.4.2.1 Analog CRT (VGA)

  • Page 30: Sdvo And Dvi

    Motherboard Supports RCA or S-VIDEO connectivity Supports HDTV with the following resolutions: 480p 720p 1080i 1080p 2.4.2.4 SDVO and DVI The SDVO is connected to the DVI output through the Silicon Image Sil1362. The Intel® 945GSE internal graphics engine has the following SDVO output features:...

  • Page 31: Figure 2-5: Intel® Ich7M Southbridge Chipset

    33 MHz PCI operations Supports ACPI Power Management Logic Contains: Enhanced DMA controller Interrupt controller Timer functions Integrated SATA host controller with DMA operations interfaced to two SATA connectors on the eKINO-945GSE Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33 Page 15...

  • Page 32: Audio Codec '97 Controller

    Motherboard Supports the four USB 2.0 devices on the eKINO-945GSE with four UHCI controllers and one EHCI controller Complies with System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0 Supports Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) Revision 2.3 Supports Intel® High Definition Audio...

  • Page 33: Compactflash® Slot

    Integrated PCI arbiter supports up to seven PCI bus masters 2.5.4.1 PCI Expansion Card Slot The PCI interface is connected directly to the PCI expansion card slot on the eKINO-945GSE. The location of the PCI expansion card slot is shown in Figure 2-5. Page 17...

  • Page 34: Pcie Bus

    Motherboard 2.5.5 PCIe Bus The Intel® ICH7M Southbridge chipset has four PCIe lanes. Two of the four PCIe lanes are interfaced to PCIe GbE controllers. Another land is connected to the PCIe Mini card slot. 2.5.5.1 PCIe GbE Ethernet Two PCIe lanes are connected to two Realtek RTL8111C PCIe GbE controllers shown in Figure 2-5.

  • Page 35: Pcie Mini Card

    The integrated SATA controller on the Intel® ICH7M Southbridge supports two SATA drives with independent DMA operations. Two SATA controllers are connected to two SATA connectors on the eKINO-945GSE. The SATA connectors are shown in Figure 2-5. SATA controller specifications are listed below.

  • Page 36: Lpc Bus Components

    Motherboard The six USB ports implemented on the eKINO-945GSE are connected to three internal connectors and one external connector shown in Figure 2-5. 2.6 LPC Bus Components The iTE IT8718F LPC bus is connected to components listed below (and shown in...

  • Page 37: Lpc Interface

    Motherboard Some of the Super I/O features are described in more detail below: 2.6.2.1 LPC Interface ® The LPC interface on the Super I/O complies with the Intel Low Pin Count Specification Rev. 1.0. The LPC interface supports both LDRQ# and SERIRQ protocols as well as PCI PME# interfaces.

  • Page 38: Parallel Port

    One Frequency input 24/48 MHz Powered by 3 Vcc 2.7 Environmental and Power Specifications 2.7.1 System Monitoring Two thermal inputs on the eKINO-945GSE Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitors the following temperatures: CPU temperature System temperature The eKINO-945GSE Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor also monitors the following...

  • Page 39: Operating Temperature And Temperature Control

    Northbridge and Southbridge chipsets to ensure the operating temperature of these chips remain low. 2.7.3 Power Consumption T able 2-2 shows the power consumption parameters for the eKINO-945GSE running with a 1.60 GHz Intel® Atom™ with 2.0 GB DDR2 memory. Page 23...

  • Page 40: Table 2-2: Power Consumption

    Motherboard Voltage Current +12 V 1.00 A Table 2-2: Power Consumption Page 24...

  • Page 41: Unpacking

    Motherboard Chapter Unpacking Page 25...

  • Page 42: Anti-Static Precautions

    When the eKINO-945GSE is unpacked, please do the following: Follow the anti-static precautions outlined in Section 3H3.1. Make sure the packing box is facing upwards so the eKINO-945GSE does not fall out of the box. Make sure all the components shown in Section 4H3.3 are present.

  • Page 43: Unpacking Checklist

    If any of the components listed in the checklist below are missing, do not proceed with the installation. Contact the IEI reseller or vendor the eKINO-945GSE was purchased from or contact an IEI sales representative directly by sending an email to ales@iei.com.tw.

  • Page 44: Optional Items

    Quantity Item and Part Number Image Utility CD Quick Installation Guide Table 3-1: Packing List 3.3.2 Optional Items The eKINO-945GSE is shipped with the following components: Item and Part Number Image HDD cable (P/N: 32200-000009-RS) HDTV cable set (P/N: HDTVCABLESET-01)

  • Page 45: Table 3-2: Optional Items

    Motherboard Item and Part Number Image PCIe Mini wireless LAN card 802.11b/g (P/N: WMPCIE-V01-RS) 12 V power adapter (P/N: FSP0601AD101C746-RS) 19 V power adapter (P/N: 6300012P0AAB-RS) 4S2P AUPS battery kit (14.8 V, 3800 mAH) (P/N: BATKIT-4S2P3800-R10) *Requires over 18 V power input 4S2P battery (14.8 V, 3800 mAH)

  • Page 46: Connectors

    Motherboard Chapter Connectors Page 30...

  • Page 47: Peripheral Interface Connectors

    Motherboard 4.1 Peripheral Interface Connectors This chapter outlines all internal and external connectors on the eKINO-945GSE. 4.1.1 Layout F igure 4-1 shows the on-board peripheral connectors, rear panel peripheral connectors and on-board jumpers. Figure 4-1: Connector and Jumper Locations...

  • Page 48: Internal Peripheral Interface Connectors

    Motherboard 4.1.2 Internal Peripheral Interface Connectors T able 4-1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the eKINO-945GSE. Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found below. Connector Type Label Battery connector 2-pin box header CompactFlash® slot CompactFlash®...

  • Page 49: External Interface Panel Connectors

    8-pin header USB1 Table 4-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors 4.1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors T able 4-2 lists the rear panel connectors on the eKINO-945GSE. Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found in Section 1H4.3 on page 5 5. Connector...

  • Page 50: Compactflash® Socket

    Motherboard The battery connector is connected to a backup battery. The battery connector is also used to reset the CMOS memory if the incorrect BIOS settings have been made and the system cannot boot up. Figure 4-2: Battery Connector Location Pin No.

  • Page 51: Digital I/O Connector

    Motherboard Figure 4-3: CF Card Socket Location 4.2.3 Digital I/O Connector CN Label: DIO1 CN Type: 10-pin header (2x5) CN Location: See Figure 4-4 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-4 The digital input/output connector is managed through a Super I/O chip. The DIO connector pins are user programmable.

  • Page 52: Fan Connector

    Motherboard Figure 4-4: Digital I/O Connector Locations Pin No. Description Pin No. Description Output 3 Output 2 Output 1 Output 0 Input 3 Input 2 Input 1 Input 0 Table 4-4: DIO Connector Pinouts 4.2.4 Fan Connector CN Label:...

  • Page 53: Front Panel Connector

    Motherboard Figure 4-5: CPU Fan Connector Location Pin No. Description Fan Speed Detect +12 V Table 4-5: CPU Fan Connector Pinouts 4.2.5 Front Panel Connector CN Label: F_PANEL1 CN Type: 14-pin header (2x7) CN Location: See Figure 4-6 CN Pinouts:...

  • Page 54: Ide Connector

    Reset - Table 4-6: Front Panel Connector Pinouts 4.2.6 IDE Connector CN Label: IDE1 44-pin header (2x22) CN Type: CN Location: F igure 4-7 One 44-pin IDE device connector on the eKINO-945GSE supports connectivity to two hard disk drives. Page 38...

  • Page 55: Infrared Interface Connector

    Motherboard Figure 4-7: IDE Device Connector Locations 4.2.7 Infrared Interface Connector CN Label: CN Type: 5-pin header (1x5) CN Location: F igure 4-8 CN Pinouts: T able 4-7 The infrared interface connector supports both Serial Infrared (SIR) and Amplitude Shift Key Infrared (ASKIR) interfaces.

  • Page 56: Keyboard/Mouse Connector

    Motherboard Figure 4-8: Infrared Connector Pinout Locations Pin No. Description IR-RX IR-TX Table 4-7: Infrared Connector Pinouts 4.2.8 Keyboard/Mouse Connector CN Label: MS/KB1 6-pin box header (1x6) CN Type: CN Location: See Figure 4-9 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-8 The keyboard and mouse connector is for connecting a PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, or both, to the board.

  • Page 57: Lcd Backlight Inverter Connector

    CN Label: INVERTER1 5-pin box header (1x5) CN Type: CN Location: See Figure 4-10 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-9 The backlight inverter connector provides the backlight on the LCD display connected to the eKINO-945GSE with +12 V of power. Page 41...

  • Page 58: Led Connector

    Motherboard Figure 4-10: LCD Backlight Connector Pinout Locations Pin No. Description Brightness 12 V Backlight enable Table 4-9: LCD Backlight Connector Pinouts 4.2.10 LED Connector CN Label: CN Type: 6-pin box header CN Location: See Figure 4-11 CN Pinouts:...

  • Page 59: Lvds Lcd Connector

    Motherboard Figure 4-11: LED Connector Location Pin No Description Battery discharge+ Battery discharge- Battery charging+ Battery charging- Table 4-10: LED Connector Pinouts 4.2.11 LVDS LCD Connector CN Label: LVDS1 CN Type: 30-pin crimp (2x10) CN Location: See Figure 4-12...

  • Page 60: Figure 4-12: Lvds Lcd Connector Pinout Locations

    Motherboard The 30-pin LVDS LCD connector can be connected to single channel or dual channel, 18-bit or 36-bit LVDS panel. Figure 4-12: LVDS LCD Connector Pinout Locations Pin No. Description Pin No. Description GROUND GROUND LVDS_A0+ LVDS_A0- LVDS_A1+ LVDS_A1-...

  • Page 61: Mcu Lan Connector

    Motherboard Pin No. Description Pin No. Description LCDVCC LCDVCC Table 4-11: LVDS LCD Port Connector Pinouts 4.2.12 MCU LAN Connector CN Label: 10-pin pin header CN Type: CN Location: See Figure 4-13 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-12 The MCU LAN connector allows remote monitoring of the UPS MCU.

  • Page 62: Pcie Mini Card Slot

    Motherboard Pin No. Description Pair 2 Table 4-12: MCU LAN Connector Pinouts 4.2.13 PCIe Mini Card Slot CN Label: MINI_PCIE1 52-pin Mini PCIe Card Slot CN Type: CN Location: F igure 4-14 The PCIe mini card slot enables a PCIe mini card expansion module to be connected to the board.

  • Page 63: Sata Drive Connectors

    Motherboard CN Type: 4-pin power connectors CN Location: See Figure 4-15 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-13 The power connectors connect to a 9~24 V power supply. Figure 4-15: Power Connector Location Pin No. Description Ground Ground Power (9~24 V)

  • Page 64: Sata Power Connectors

    Motherboard The four SATA drive connectors are each connected to a first generation SATA drive. First generation SATA drives transfer data at speeds as high as 150 Mb/s. The SATA drives can be configured in a RAID configuration. Figure 4-16: SATA Drive Connector Locations 4.2.16 SATA Power Connectors...

  • Page 65: Serial Port Connectors (Rs-232)

    Motherboard Figure 4-17: SATA Power Connector Location Pin No. Description 12 V Ground Ground Table 4-14: SATA Power Connector Pinouts 4.2.17 Serial Port Connectors (RS-232) CN Label: COM3 and COM4 10-pin header (2x5) CN Type: CN Location: F igure 4-18...

  • Page 66: Serial Port Connectors (Rs-422/485)

    Motherboard The 10-pin serial port connectors provide RS-232 serial communications channels. The COM serial port connectors can be connected to external RS-232 serial port devices. COM3 uses JP2 for RS-422 and RS-485 connectivity. Figure 4-18: RS-232 Connector Pinout Locations Pin No.

  • Page 67: So-Dimm Socket

    Motherboard CN Pinouts: T able 4-16 The serial port connector provides the RS-422 and RS-485 pins for serial port COM3. JP1 sets COM3 to RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485, use the COM3 connector for RS-232 and the connectors on JP2 for RS-422 or RS-485 connectivity.

  • Page 68: Spdif Connector

    Motherboard Figure 4-20: SO-DIMM Location 4.2.20 SPDIF Connector CN Label: SPDIF1 CN Type: 5-pin header CN Location: See Figure 4-21 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-17 Use the SPDIF connector to connect digital audio devices to the system. Figure 4-21: SPDIF Connector Location...

  • Page 69: Tv Out Connector

    Motherboard Description VCC5 SPDIF OUT GND AUDIO SPDIF IN Table 4-17: SPDIF Connector Pinouts 4.2.21 TV Out Connector CN Label: CN Type: 6-pin header (2x3) CN Location: See Figure 4-22 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-18 The 2x3 pin TV out connector connects to a TV output by using an S-Video or RCA connector.

  • Page 70: Usb Connectors

    Motherboard Pin No. Description Pin No. Description AGREEN_Y ARED_C ABLUE_CVBS Table 4-18: TV Port Connector Pinouts 4.2.22 USB Connectors CN Label: USB1 CN Type: 8-pin header (2x4) F igure 4-23 CN Location: CN Pinouts: T able 4-19 The 2x4 USB pin connector provides connectivity to two USB 1.1 or two USB 2.0 ports.

  • Page 71: External Peripheral Interface Connector Panel

    DATA2- Table 4-19: USB Port Connector Pinouts 4.3 External Peripheral Interface Connector Panel F igure 4-24 shows the eKINO-945GSE external peripheral interface connector (EPIC) panel. The eKINO-945GSE EPIC panel consists of the following: 2 x Audio jacks 1 x DVI connector...

  • Page 72: Dvi Connector

    Motherboard CN Location: See Figure 4-24 The two audio jacks connect to external audio devices as specified below. Line Out port (Lime): Connects to a headphone or a speaker. With multi-channel configurations, this port can also connect to front speakers.

  • Page 73: Lan Connectors

    Motherboard Signal Name Signal Name Signal Name Analog vertical sync TMDS Clock - Analog Red Analog Green Analog Blue Analog Horizontal Sync Analog GND Table 4-20: DVI Connector Pinouts 4.3.3 LAN Connectors CN Label: LAN/USB1 & LAN/USB2 CN Type:...

  • Page 74: Serial Port Connectors

    Motherboard The RJ-45 Ethernet connector has two status LEDs, one green and one yellow. The green LED indicates activity on the port and the yellow LED indicates the port is linked. See T able 4-22. Status Description Status Description...

  • Page 75: Usb Connectors

    USB port CN Type: CN Location: F igure 4-24 CN Pinouts: T able 4-24 The eKINO-945GSE has one external USB 2.0 port. The ports connect to both USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices. Pin No. Description DATA- DATA+ Table 4-24: USB Port Pinouts 4.3.6 VGA Connector...

  • Page 76: Table 4-25: Vga Connector Pinouts

    Motherboard Description Description GREEN BLUE CRT_PLUG- DDC DAT HSYNC VSYNC DDCCLK Table 4-25: VGA Connector Pinouts Page 60...

  • Page 77: Installation

    Motherboard Chapter Installation Page 61...

  • Page 78: Anti-Static Precautions

    Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components, including the eKINO-945GSE. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD. It is therefore critical that whenever the eKINO-945GSE, or any other electrical component is handled, the following anti-static precautions are strictly adhered to.

  • Page 79: Installation Considerations

    All installation notices pertaining to the installation of the eKINO-945GSE should be strictly adhered to. Failing to adhere to these precautions may lead to severe damage of the eKINO-945GSE and injury to the person installing the motherboard. 5.2.1 Installation Notices...

  • Page 80: Installation Checklist

    RS-232 serial communications device USB devices 5.3 Unpacking When the eKINO-945GSE is unpacked, please check all the unpacking list items listed in Chapter 3 are indeed present. If any of the unpacking list items are not available please Page 64...

  • Page 81: So-Dimm Installation

    Figure 5-1. Figure 5-1: SO-DIMM Installation Step 1: Locate the SO-DIMM socket. Place the eKINO-945GSE on an anti-static pad with the solder side facing up. Step 2: Align the SO-DIMM with the socket. The SO-DIMM must be oriented in such a way that the notch in the middle of the SO-DIMM must be aligned with the plastic bridge in the socket.

  • Page 82: Cf Card Installation

    The eKINO-945GSE can support both CF Type I cards and CF Type II cards. For the complete specifications of the supported CF cards please refer to Chapter 2. To install the a CF card (Type 1 or Type 2) onto the eKINO-945GSE, please follow the steps below: Step 1: Locate the CF card socket.

  • Page 83: Figure 5-2: Cf Card Installation

    Motherboard Figure 5-2: CF Card Installation Page 67...

  • Page 84: Ups Installation

    Motherboard 5.6 UPS Installation To install the UPS, connect the UPS battery to the motherboard and connect the motherboard to the 9-28 V power supply as shown in the diagram below. Figure 5-3: UPS Installation 5.7 Jumper Settings NOTE: A jumper is a metal bridge used to close an electrical circuit.

  • Page 85: Table 5-1: Jumpers

    Motherboard Before the eKINO-945GSE is installed in the system, the jumpers must be set in accordance with the desired configuration. The jumpers on the eKINO-945GSE are listed T able 5-1. Description Type Label ATX control 2-pin header ATXCTL1 Clear CMOS...

  • Page 86: At/Atx Selection

    Motherboard Figure 5-4: Jumpers 5.7.1 AT/ATX Selection Jumper Label: ATXCTL1 Jumper Type: 2-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 5-2 Jumper Location: See Figure 5-4 The AT/ATX Power Selection jumper specifies the systems power mode as AT or ATX. Power Selection jumper settings are shown in Table 5-2.

  • Page 87: Clear Cmos Jumper

    Jumper Location: F igure 5-4 If the eKINO-945GSE fails to boot due to improper BIOS settings, the clear CMOS jumper clears the CMOS data and resets the system BIOS information. To do this, use the jumper cap to close pins 2 and 3 for a few seconds then reinstall the jumper clip back to pins 1 and 2.

  • Page 88: Com3 Rs-232/422/485 Selection Jumper

    Motherboard The CF Card Setup jumper sets the CF Type I card or CF Type II cards as either the slave device or the master device. CF Card Setup jumper settings are shown in Table 5-4. Pin Setting Description...

  • Page 89: Lvds Voltage Selection

    Table 5-6: LCD Panel Type Selection Jumper Settings 5.7.6 LVDS Voltage Selection WARNING: Permanent damage to the screen and eKINO-945GSE may occur if the wrong voltage is selected with this jumper. Please refer to the user guide that cam with the monitor to select the correct voltage.

  • Page 90: Ups Enable/Disable

    Motherboard 5.7.7 UPS Enable/Disable Jumper Label: 2-pin header Jumper Type: Jumper Settings: See Table 5-8 Jumper Location: See Figure 5-4 When this jumper is closed, the system will use the battery when needed, when open the system will not use the battery.

  • Page 91: Chassis Installation

    The eKINO-945GSE must be installed in a chassis with ventilation holes on the sides allowing airflow to travel through the heat sink 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.

  • Page 92: Ata Flat Cable Connection

    ATX power cable HDTV out cable 5.9.1 ATA Flat Cable Connection The ATA 66/100 flat cable connects to the eKINO-945GSE to one or two IDE devices. To connect an IDE HDD to the eKINO-945GSE please follow the instructions below. Step 4: Locate the IDE connector.

  • Page 93: Sata Drive Connection

    1 on the connector. Step 0: 5.9.2 SATA Drive Connection The eKINO-945GSE is shipped with two SATA drive cables and one SATA drive power cable. To connect the SATA drives to the connectors, please follow the steps below. Step 1: Locate the connectors.

  • Page 94: Figure 5-6: Sata Drive Cable Connection

    Motherboard Figure 5-6: SATA Drive Cable Connection Step 3: Connect the cable to the SATA disk. Connect the connector on the other end of the cable to the connector at the back of the SATA drive. See F igure 5-7.

  • Page 95: Dual Rs-232 Cable With Slot Bracket

    Motherboard Figure 5-7: SATA Power Drive Connection 5.9.3 Dual RS-232 Cable with Slot Bracket The dual RS-232 cable slot connector consists of two connectors attached to two independent cables. Each cable is then attached to a D-sub 9 male connector that is mounted onto a slot.

  • Page 96: Usb Cable (Dual Port) With Slot Bracket

    0: 5.9.4 USB Cable (Dual Port) with Slot Bracket The eKINO-945GSE is shipped with a dual port USB 2.0 cable. To connect the USB cable connector, please follow the steps below. Step 1: Locate the connectors.

  • Page 97: Figure 5-9: Dual Usb Cable Connection

    Motherboard Step 2: Align the connectors. The cable has two connectors. Correctly align pin 1on each cable connector with pin 1 on the eKINO-945GSE USB connector. Step 3: Insert the cable connectors. Once the cable connectors are properly aligned with the USB connectors on the eKINO-945GSE, connect the cable connectors to the on-board connectors.

  • Page 98: Parallel Port Cable Without Bracket

    Step 3: Insert the cable connectors. Once the cable connector is properly aligned with the 26-pin box-header connector on the eKINO-945GSE, connect the cable connector to the on-board connector. See Figure 5-10. Figure 5-10: LPT Cable Connection Step 4: Attach the LPT connector to the chassis. To secure the LPT interface connector to the chassis please refer to the installation instructions that came with the chassis.

  • Page 99: External Peripheral Interface Connection

    RJ-45 Ethernet cable connectors PS/2 devices Serial port devices USB devices VGA monitors To install these devices, connect the corresponding cable connector from the actual device to the corresponding eKINO-945GSE external peripheral interface connector making sure the pins are properly aligned. Page 83...

  • Page 100: Lan Connection (Single Connector)

    The eKINO-945GSE has a PS/2 connector on the external peripheral interface panel. The dual PS/2 connector is connected to the PS/2 Y-cable that came with the eKINO-945GSE. One of the PS/2 cables is connected to a keyboard and the other to a mouse to the system.

  • Page 101: Serial Device Connection

    Step 0: 5.10.3 Serial Device Connection The eKINO-945GSE has a single female DB-9 connector on the external peripheral interface panel for a serial device. Follow the steps below to connect a serial device to the eKINO-945GSE. Page 85...

  • Page 102: Usb Connection (Dual Connector)

    Motherboard Step 1: Locate the DB-9 connector. The location of the DB-9 connector is shown in Chapter 3. Step 2: Insert the serial connector. Insert the DB-9 connector of a serial device into the DB-9 connector on the external peripheral interface. See F igure 5-14.

  • Page 103: Vga Monitor Connection

    Figure 5-15: USB Connector 5.10.5 VGA Monitor Connection The eKINO-945GSE has a single female DB-15 connector on the external peripheral interface panel. The DB-15 connector is connected to a CRT or VGA monitor. To connect a monitor to the eKINO-945GSE, please follow the instructions below.

  • Page 104: Figure 5-16: Vga Connector

    Motherboard Step 5: Insert the VGA connector. Once the connectors are properly aligned with the insert the male connector from the VGA screen into the female connector on the eKINO-945GSE. See F igure 5-16. Figure 5-16: VGA Connector Step 6: Secure the connector.

  • Page 105: Bios Setup

    Motherboard Chapter BIOS Setup Page 89...

  • Page 106: Introduction

    Motherboard 6.1 Introduction A licensed copy of AMI BIOS is preprogrammed into the ROM BIOS. The BIOS setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This chapter describes how to access the BIOS setup program and the configuration options that may be changed.

  • Page 107: Getting Help

    Motherboard Function F1 key General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 /F3 key Change color from total 16 colors. F2 to select color forward. F10 key Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu Table 6-1: BIOS Navigation Keys 6.1.3 Getting Help...

  • Page 108: Main

    Motherboard 6.2 Main The Main BIOS menu ( B IOS Menu 1) appears when the BIOS Setup program is entered. The Main menu gives an overview of the basic system information. BIOS Menu 1: Main System Overview The System Overview lists a brief summary of different system components. The fields in System Overview cannot be changed.

  • Page 109: Advanced

    Motherboard System Memory: Displays the auto-detected system memory. Size: Lists memory size The System Overview field also has two user configurable fields: System Time [xx:xx:xx] Use the System Time option to set the system time. Manually enter the hours, minutes and seconds.

  • Page 110: Bios Menu 2: Advanced

    Motherboard BIOS Menu 2: Advanced Page 94...

  • Page 111: Cpu Configuration

    Motherboard 6.3.1 CPU Configuration Use the CPU Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 3) to view detailed CPU specifications and configure the CPU. BIOS Menu 3: CPU Configuration The CPU Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 3) lists the following CPU details:...

  • Page 112: Ide Configuration

    Motherboard 6.3.2 IDE Configuration Use the IDE Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 4) to change and/or set the configuration of the IDE devices installed in the system. BIOS Menu 4: IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configurations [Compatible] Use the ATA/IDE Configurations option to configure the ATA/IDE controller.
  • Page 113 Motherboard Enhanced Configures the on-board ATA/IDE controller to be in EFAULT Enhanced mode. In this mode, IDE channels and SATA channels are separated. This mode supports up to 6 storage devices. Some legacy OS do not support this mode.

  • Page 114: Ide Master, Ide Slave

    Motherboard 6.3.2.1 IDE Master, IDE Slave Use the IDE Master and IDE Slave configuration menu to view both primary and secondary IDE device details and configure the IDE devices connected to the system. BIOS Menu 5: IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration Auto-Detected Drive Parameters The “grayed-out”...
  • Page 115 Motherboard Block Mode: Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transferred. Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block mode is not used. Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt.
  • Page 116 Motherboard LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Use the LBA/Large Mode option to disable or enable BIOS to auto detects LBA (Logical Block Addressing). LBA is a method of addressing data on a disk drive. In LBA mode, the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB.
  • Page 117 Motherboard PIO mode 3 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 11.1 MB/s PIO mode 4 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 16.6 MB/s (This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999. For other disk drives, such as IDE CD-ROM drives, check the specifications of the drive.)
  • Page 118 Motherboard UDMA3 Ultra DMA mode 3 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 44 MB/s (To use this mode, it is required that an 80-conductor ATA cable is used.) Ultra DMA mode 4 selected with a maximum data transfer UDMA4 rate of 66.6 MB/s (To use this mode, it is required that an...

  • Page 119: Super Io Configuration

    Motherboard 6.3.3 Super IO Configuration Use the Super IO Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 6) to set or change the configurations for the FDD controllers, parallel ports and serial ports. BIOS Menu 6: Super IO Configuration Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Use the Serial Port1 Address option to select the I/O and IRQ base addresses.
  • Page 120 Motherboard Normal Default IrDA ASK IR Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3] Use the Serial Port2 Address option to select the I/O and IRQ addresses. Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 2 I/O port address is 3F8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3...
  • Page 121 Motherboard Select RS232 or RS422/RS485 [RS232] Use the Select RS232 or RS422/RS485 option to select the transmitting and receiving mode. RS232 Default RS422/485 Serial Port4 Address [2E8] Use the Serial Port 4 Address option to set the I/O address.

  • Page 122: Hardware Health Configuration

    Motherboard The assigned I/O address is 2E0 EFAULT Serial Port 6 IRQ [11] Use the Serial Port 4 IRQ option selects the IRQ. EFAULT 6.3.4 Hardware Health Configuration The Hardware Health Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 7) shows the operating temperature, fan speeds and system voltages.
  • Page 123 Motherboard Full On Mode Fan is on all the time EFAULT Fan is off when the temperature is low Automatic mode enough. Parameters must be set by the user. PWM Manual mode Pulse width modulation set manually When the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is in the Automatic Mode, the following parameters can be set.
  • Page 124 Motherboard CPU Temp. Limit of Start [020] WARNING: Setting this value too high may cause the fan to start only when the CPU is at a high temperature and therefore cause the system to be damaged. The CPU Temp. Limit of Start option can only be set if the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is set to Automatic Mode.
  • Page 125 Motherboard 0 PWM 1 PWM 2 PWM 4 PWM 8 PWM 16 PWM 32 PWM 64 PWM The following system parameters and values are shown. The system parameters that are monitored are: System Temperatures: The following system temperatures are monitored...

  • Page 126: Power Configuration

    Motherboard 6.3.5 Power Configuration The Power Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 8) configures the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) and Power Management (APM) options. BIOS Menu 8: Power Configuration 6.3.5.1 ACPI Configuration The ACPI Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 9) configures the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) and Power Management (APM) options.

  • Page 127: Bios Menu 9: Acpi Configuration

    Motherboard BIOS Menu 9: ACPI Configuration Suspend Mode [S1(POS)] Use the Suspend Mode option to specify the sleep state the system enters when it is not being used. S1 (POS) The system enters S1(POS) sleep state. The system EFAULT appears off.

  • Page 128: Apm Configuration

    Motherboard 6.3.5.2 APM Configuration The APM Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 10) allows the advanced power management options to be configured. BIOS Menu 10:Advanced Power Management Configuration Power Button Mode [On/Off] Use the Power Button Mode BIOS to specify how the power button functions.
  • Page 129 Motherboard Resume on Keyboard/Mouse [Disabled] Use the Resume on Keyboard/Mouse BIOS option to enable activity on either the keyboard or mouse to rouse the system from a suspend or standby state. That is, the system is roused when the mouse is moved or a button on the keyboard is pressed.

  • Page 130: Remote Configuration

    Motherboard Disabled The real time clock (RTC) cannot generate a wake EFAULT event If selected, the following appears with values that Enabled can be selected: - RTC Alarm Date (Days) - RTC Alarm Time After setting the alarm, the computer turns itself on from a suspend state when the alarm goes off.
  • Page 131 Motherboard Remote Access [Disabled] Use the Remote Access option to enable or disable access to the remote functionalities of the system. Disabled Remote access is disabled. EFAULT Remote access configuration options shown below Enabled appear: - Serial Port Number...
  • Page 132 Motherboard 115200 8,n,1 D EFAULT 57600 8,n,1 38400 8,n,1 19200 8,n,1 09600 8,n,1 NOTE: Identical baud rate setting musts be set on the host (a management computer running a terminal software) and the slave Flow Control [None] Use the Flow Control option to report the flow control method for the console redirection application.
  • Page 133 Motherboard ANSI The target terminal type is ANSI EFAULT The target terminal type is VT100 VT100 VT-UTF8 The target terminal type is VT-UTF8 VT-UTF8 Combo Key Support [Disabled] Use the VT-UFT8 Combo Key Support option to enable additional keys that are not provided by VT100 for the PC 101 keyboard.

  • Page 134: Usb Configuration

    Motherboard 6.3.7 USB Configuration Use the USB Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 12) to read USB configuration information and configure the USB settings. BIOS Menu 12: USB Configuration USB Functions [Enabled] Use the USB Function option to enable or disable the USB controllers.

  • Page 135: Pci/Pnp

    Motherboard Enabled USB function enabled EFAULT USB2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] The USB2.0 Controller Mode BIOS option sets the speed of the USB2.0 controller. The controller is capable of operating at full speed FullSpeed 12 Mb/s HiSpeed The controller is capable of operating at high speed...

  • Page 136: Bios Menu 13: Pci/Pnp Configuration

    Motherboard BIOS Menu 13: PCI/PnP Configuration IRQ# [Available] Use the IRQ# address to specify what IRQs can be assigned to a particular peripheral device. Available The specified IRQ is available to be used by EFAULT PCI/PnP devices Reserved The specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA...
  • Page 137 Motherboard IRQ10 IRQ 11 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 DMA Channel# [Available] Use the DMA Channel# option to assign a specific DMA channel to a particular PCI/PnP device. Available The specified DMA is available to be used by EFAULT PCI/PnP devices...

  • Page 138: Boot

    Motherboard 6.5 Boot Use the Boot menu ( B IOS Menu 14) to configure system boot options. BIOS Menu 14: Boot Page 122...

  • Page 139: Boot Settings Configuration

    Motherboard 6.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration Use the Boot Settings Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 14) to configure advanced system boot options. BIOS Menu 15: Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] Use the Quick Boot BIOS option to make the computer speed up the boot process.
  • Page 140 Motherboard Enabled OEM Logo displayed instead of POST messages AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] The AddOn ROM Display Mode option allows add-on ROM (read-only memory) messages to be displayed. Allows the computer system to force a third party...

  • Page 141: Boot Device Priority

    Motherboard Enabled Can be booted from a remote system through the EFAULT 6.5.2 Boot Device Priority Use the Boot Device Priority menu ( B IOS Menu 16) to specify the boot sequence from the available devices. The following options are available:...

  • Page 142: Cd/Dvd Drives

    Motherboard 3rd Drive NOTE: Only installed drives are shown in the list. BIOS Menu 17: Hard Disk Drives 6.5.4 CD/DVD Drives Use the CD/DVD Drives menu to specify the boot sequence of the available CD/DVD drives. When the menu is opened, the CD drives and DVD drives connected to the system...

  • Page 143: Removable Drives

    Motherboard NOTE: Only installed CD and DVD drives are shown in the list BIOS Menu 18: CD/DVD Drives 6.5.5 Removable Drives Use the Removable Drives menu (BIOS Menu 19) to specify the boot sequence of the available FDDs. When the menu is opened, the FDDs connected to the system are listed...

  • Page 144: Security

    Motherboard NOTE: Only installed removable drives are shown in the list. This menu does not show if there are no removable drives. BIOS Menu 19: Removable Drives 6.6 Security Use the Security menu ( B IOS Menu 20) to set system and user passwords.

  • Page 145: Chipset

    Motherboard BIOS Menu 20: Security Change Supervisor Password Use the Change Supervisor Password to set or change a supervisor password. The default for this option is Not Installed. If a supervisor password must be installed, select this field and enter the password. After the password has been added, Install appears next to Change Supervisor Password.

  • Page 146: Bios Menu 21: Chipset

    Motherboard WARNING! Setting the wrong values for the Chipset BIOS selections in the Chipset BIOS menu may cause the system to malfunction. BIOS Menu 21: Chipset Page 130...

  • Page 147: Northbridge Chipset Configuration

    Motherboard 6.7.1 Northbridge Chipset Configuration Use the Northbridge Chipset Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 21) to configure the Northbridge chipset settings. BIOS Menu 22: Northbridge Chipset Configuration Memory Hole [Disabled] The Memory Hole reserves the memory space between 15 MB and 16 MB for ISA expansion cards that require a specified area of memory to work properly.
  • Page 148 Motherboard Internal Graphics Mode Select [Enable, 8 MB] The Internal Graphic Mode Select option determines the amount of system memory that can be used by the Internal graphics device. Disable 1 MB of memory used by internal graphics device...

  • Page 149: Video Function Configuration

    Motherboard 6.7.1.1 Video Function Configuration Use the Video Function Configuration menu to configure the video device connected to the system. BIOS Menu 23: Video Function Configuration DVMT Mode Select [DVMT Mode] Use the DVMT Mode Select option to select the Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) operating mode.
  • Page 150 Motherboard Combo Mode A fixed portion of graphics memory is reserved as graphics memory. If more memory is needed, graphics memory dynamically allocated according to the system and graphics needs. DVMT/FIXED Memory [128 MB] Use the DVMT/FIXED Memory option to specify the maximum amount of memory that can be allocated as graphics memory.
  • Page 151 Motherboard 1280 x 1024 36-bit 1400 x 1050 36-bit 1440 x 900 36-bit 1600 x 1200 36-bit by H/W LCD Current Jumper Setting [640x480 18bit] Use the LCD Current Jumper Setting shows the current setting of the screen resolution hardware jumper.

  • Page 152: Southbridge Configuration

    Motherboard 6.7.2 Southbridge Configuration The Southbridge Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 24) allows the Southbridge chipset to be configured. BIOS Menu 24: Southbridge Chipset Configuration Audio Controller [All Disabled] The Audio Controller option enables or disables the audio controller.

  • Page 153: Exit

    Motherboard 6.8 Exit Use the Exit menu ( B IOS Menu 25) to load default BIOS values, optimal failsafe values and to save configuration changes. BIOS Menu 25: Exit Save Changes and Exit Use the Save Changes and Exit option to save the changes made to the BIOS options and to exit the BIOS configuration setup program.
  • Page 154 Motherboard Load Optimal Defaults Use the Load Optimal Defaults option to load the optimal default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus. F9 key can be used for this operation. Load Failsafe Defaults Use the Load Failsafe Defaults option to load failsafe default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus.

  • Page 155: Software Installation

    Motherboard Chapter Software Installation Page 139...

  • Page 156: Available Software Drivers

    Motherboard 7.1 Available Software Drivers NOTE: The content of the CD may vary throughout the life cycle of the product and is subject to change without prior notice. Visit the IEI website or contact technical support for the latest updates.

  • Page 157: Figure 7-1: Start Up Screen

    Step 3: Click eKINO-945GSE. Step 4: The screen in Figure 7-2 appears. Figure 7-2: Select Operating System Step 5: Select the operating system installed on the eKINO-945GSE system. This manual describes the installation for a Windows XP operating system. Page 141...

  • Page 158: Chipset Driver Installation

    Motherboard Step 6: The list of drivers in Figure 7-3 appears.Step 6: Figure 7-3: Drivers 7.3 Chipset Driver Installation To install the chipset driver, please do the following. Step 7: Access the driver list shown in Figure 7-3. (See Section 7.2) Step 8: Click “1-Chipset Driver”...

  • Page 159: Figure 7-4: Chipset Driver Welcome Screen

    Motherboard Figure 7-4: Chipset Driver Welcome Screen Step 10: Click Next to continue. Step 11: The license agreement in Figure 7-5 appears. Figure 7-5: Chipset Driver License Agreement Step 12: Read the License Agreement. Page 143...

  • Page 160: Figure 7-6: Chipset Driver Read Me File

    Motherboard Step 13: Click the Y button to accept the license agreement and continue. Step 14: The Read Me file in Figure 7-6 appears. Figure 7-6: Chipset Driver Read Me File Step 15: Click N to continue. Step 16: Setup Operations are performed as shown in Figure 7-7.

  • Page 161: Figure 7-7: Chipset Driver Setup Operations

    Motherboard Figure 7-7: Chipset Driver Setup Operations Step 17: Once the Setup Operations are complete, click the N icon to continue. Step 18: The Finish screen appears. Figure 7-8: Chipset Driver Installation Finish Screen Page 145...

  • Page 162: Vga Driver Installation

    Motherboard Step 19: Select “Yes, I want to restart the computer now” and click the Finish icon. See Figure 7-8.Step 19: 7.4 VGA Driver Installation To install the VGA driver, please do the following. Step 20: Access the driver list shown in Figure 7-3. (See Section 7.2) Step 21: Click “2-VGA”...

  • Page 163: Figure 7-10: Vga Driver Setup Files Extracted

    Motherboard Figure 7-10: VGA Driver Setup Files Extracted Step 25: The Welcome Screen in Figure 7-11 appears. Figure 7-11: VGA Driver Welcome Screen Step 26: Click N to continue. Step 27: The license agreement in Figure 7-12 appears. Page 147...

  • Page 164: Figure 7-12: Vga Driver License Agreement

    Motherboard Figure 7-12: VGA Driver License Agreement Step 28: Read the License Agreement. Step 29: Click Y to accept the license agreement and continue. Step 30: The Readme file in Figure 7-13 appears. Figure 7-13: VGA Driver Read Me File...

  • Page 165: Figure 7-14: Vga Driver Setup Operations

    Motherboard Step 31: Click N to continue. Step 32: Setup Operations are performed as shown in Figure 7-14. NOTE: The “Found New Hardware Wizard” will appear and then disappear during this step. Do not adjust any settings in the “Found New Hardware Wizard”...

  • Page 166: Lan Driver Installation

    Motherboard Figure 7-15: VGA Driver Installation Finish Screen Step 35: Select “Yes, I want to restart the computer now” and click F . See INISH Figure 7-15.Step 35: 7.5 LAN Driver Installation To install the chipset driver, please do the following.

  • Page 167: Figure 7-16: Lan Driver Welcome Screen

    Motherboard Figure 7-16: LAN Driver Welcome Screen Step 39: Click N to continue. Step 40: The Ready to Install screen in Figure 7-17 appears. Figure 7-17: LAN Driver Welcome Screen Step 41: Click N to proceed with the installation.

  • Page 168: Figure 7-18: Lan Driver Installation

    Motherboard Step 43: The installation progress can be monitored in the progress bar shown in Figure 7-18. Figure 7-18: LAN Driver Installation Step 44: When the driver installation is complete, the screen in Figure 7-19 appears. Figure 7-19: LAN Driver Installation Complete...

  • Page 169: Audio Driver Installation

    Motherboard 7.6 Audio Driver Installation To install the chipset driver, please do the following. Step 46: Access the driver list shown in Figure 7-3. (See Section 7.2) Step 47: Click “4-Audio” Step 48: Click “1-AC’97” Step 49: Browse to “E:\4-Audio\Windows\Windows 98Gold, 98se, Me, 2000, XP, 2003(32,64 bits)\A3.84”...

  • Page 170: Figure 7-21: Ac'97 Driver Installation Welcome Screen

    Motherboard Step 50: The AC’97 Driver Installation screen in Figure 7-21 appears. Figure 7-21: AC’97 Driver Installation Welcome Screen Step 51: Click N to continue. Step 52: The Verification window in Figure 7-22 may appear. Figure 7-22: AC’97 Driver Installation Verification...

  • Page 171: Figure 7-23: Ac'97 Driver Installation Complete

    Motherboard Step 54: When the driver is installed, the driver installation finish screen in Figure 7-23 appears. Figure 7-23: AC’97 Driver Installation Complete Step 55: Select “Yes, I wish to restart my computer now” And click F to exit the...

  • Page 172: Battery Monitoring

    Motherboard Chapter Battery Monitoring Page 156...

  • Page 173: Introduction

    Motherboard 8.1 Introduction The IEI AUPS Battery Status Monitor application detects the information of the smart battery and monitors the battery status. It is recommended to execute this AUPS application in Windows XP SP2 environment. 8.2 Monitoring DC Power and Smart Battery 8.2.1 Application Installation...

  • Page 174: Figure 8-2: Select Installation Folder

    Motherboard Figure 8-2: Select Installation Folder Step 4: Click N and the Installshield Wizard is ready to install the program (Figure 8-3). Figure 8-3: Ready to Install the Program Step 5: Click N to continue. The Installing AUPS_Setup screen appears as the program is installed (Figure 8-4).

  • Page 175: Figure 8-4: Installing Aups

    Motherboard Figure 8-4: Installing AUPS Step 6: The Installation Complete window appears (Figure 8-5). Click Close to exit. Figure 8-5: Installation Complete Step 7: To launch the application, double click the shortcut (Figure 8-6) on the desktop. Formatted: Bu...

  • Page 176: Status Information

    Motherboard 8.2.2 Status Information The IEI AUPS Battery Status Monitor application shows the DC power status and battery status (Figure 8-7). The following sections describe the status information in details. Figure 8-7: Status Information 8.2.2.1 DC Detection When the DC power is connected to the AUPS series power module, the AUPS Battery Status Monitor detects it and shows in the screen as Figure 8-8.

  • Page 177: Battery Detection

    Motherboard 8.2.2.2 Battery Detection When the smart battery is connected to the AUPS series power module, the AUPS Battery Status Monitor detects it and shows in the screen as Figure 8-9. Two batteries can be connected to the AUPS series power module at the same time. The second battery information is shown in the Battery A Detection section if connected.

  • Page 178: Total Battery Time

    Motherboard 8.2.2.3 Total Battery Time The total battery time is shown in the top right corner (Figure 8-10) of the status screen to indicate the total battery remaining time. Figure 8-10: Total Battery Time 8.2.3 Battery Information Click on the BAT. A tab to view the information of battery. The listed information includes battery type, capacity, output voltage, temperature, charging rate, discharging rate and battery status (Figure 8-11).

  • Page 179: Lan Setting

    Motherboard 8.2.4 LAN Setting The LAN Setting page is where to configure the Remote LAN settings for power on/off remote control and battery monitoring. To save the modified parameters of this page, click button. To load the default settings, click button.

  • Page 180: Setting

    Motherboard Figure 8-13: LAN Setting – Change Password 8.2.5 Setting Click on the SETTING tab to select the COM port, enable/disable buzzer, LAN and DC output (Figure 8-14). Page 164...

  • Page 181: Figure 8-14: Application Setting

    COM port (COM1~COM16) and shows the valid COM port. Figure 8-15 shows the AUPS application is communicating with eKINO-945GSE through COM 6. To change the serial port to communicate, select a proper port number from the list and click Connect. Before changing, please make sure the selected serial port is not used by other devices.

  • Page 182: Remote Control And Monitoring

    8.3 Remote Control and Monitoring The eKINO-945GSE can be controlled (power on/off) and monitored the battery status through a remote computer located in the same subnet with the eKINO-945GSE. To control and monitor the eKINO-945GSE remotely, follow the steps below.

  • Page 183: Figure 8-16: Iei Remote Ap

    Figure 8-16: IEI REMOTE AP Step 11: To access the web interface for advanced monitoring and functions, double click the IP address of the connected eKINO-945GSE (Figure 8-17). Figure 8-17: IEI REMOTE AP – IP Address Step 12: Figure 8-18 shows in a web browser.

  • Page 184: Figure 8-18: Remote Management Web Interface - Status

    Motherboard Figure 8-18: Remote Management Web Interface - Status Step 13: To send an email to an administrator through the SMTP server, click Send E-mail button on the left. Fill out the information as indicated in Figure 8-19. Click the Send Message button to send the email.

  • Page 185: Figure 8-19: Remote Management Web Interface - Send Email

    Motherboard Figure 8-19: Remote Management Web Interface - Send Email Step 14: To configure the eKINO-945GSE network setting, click the Configuration button on the left. Step 15: A window prompts for the user name and password. The default user name and...

  • Page 186: Figure 8-21: Board Configuration

    Motherboard Step 16: The Board Configuration window appears. Configure the network settings and click the Save Config button. Incorrect settings may cause the board to lose network connectivity. Recovery options are provided on the next page. Step 0: Figure 8-21: Board Configuration...

  • Page 187: Abios Options

    Motherboard Appendix BIOS Options Page 171...
  • Page 188 Motherboard Below is a list of BIOS configuration options in the BIOS chapter. System Overview .........................92 System Time [xx:xx:xx] .......................93 System Date [xx/xx/xx] ......................93 ATA/IDE Configurations [Compatible]................96 Legacy IDE Channels [PATA Pri, SATA Sec] ..............97 IDE Master and IDE Slave....................97 Auto-Detected Drive Parameters..................98...
  • Page 189 Motherboard Resume on Ring [Disabled] ..................... 113 Resume on PCI-Express WAKE# [Enabled]..............113 Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled].................. 113 Remote Access [Disabled]....................115 Serial Port Number [COM1]....................115 Base Address, IRQ [2F8h,3]..................... 115 Serial Port Mode [115200 8,n,1]..................115 Flow Control [None]......................
  • Page 190 Motherboard Audio Controller [All Disabled]..................136 Save Changes and Exit ....................137 Discard Changes and Exit....................137 Discard Changes....................... 137 Load Optimal Defaults...................... 138 Load Failsafe Defaults...................... 138 Page 174...

  • Page 191: B Terminology

    Motherboard Appendix Terminology Page 175...
  • Page 192 Motherboard AC ’97 Audio Codec 97 (AC’97) refers to a codec standard developed by Intel® in 1997. ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an OS-directed configuration, power management, and thermal management interface. AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a SATA Host controller register-level interface.
  • Page 193 Motherboard Direct Memory Access (DMA) enables some peripheral devices to bypass the system processor and communicate directly with the system memory. DIMM Dual Inline Memory Modules are a type of RAM that offer a 64-bit data bus and have separate electrical contacts on each side of the module.
  • Page 194 Motherboard Liquid crystal display (LCD) is a flat, low-power display device that consists of two polarizing plates with a liquid crystal panel in between. LVDS Low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) is a dual-wire, high-speed differential electrical signaling system commonly used to connect LCD displays to a computer.

  • Page 195: C Digital I/O Interface

    Motherboard Appendix Digital I/O Interface Page 179...

  • Page 196: Introduction

    Motherboard C.1 Introduction The DIO connector on the eKINO-945GSE is interfaced to GPIO ports on the Super I/O chipset. The DIO has both 4-bit digital inputs and 4-bit digital outputs. The digital inputs and digital outputs are generally control signals that control the on/off circuit of external devices or TTL devices.

  • Page 197: Assembly Language Samples

    Motherboard C.3 Assembly Language Samples C.3.1 Enable the DIO Input Function The BIOS interrupt call INT 15H controls the digital I/O. An assembly program to enable digital I/O input functions is listed below. Sets the digital port as input...

  • Page 198: D Watchdog Timer

    Motherboard Appendix Watchdog Timer Page 182...
  • Page 199 Motherboard NOTE: The following discussion applies to DOS environment. IEI support is contacted or the IEI 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.
  • Page 200 Motherboard NOTE: When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer, otherwise the system resets. EXAMPLE PROGRAM: ; INITIAL TIMER PERIOD COUNTER W_LOOP: AX, 6F02H ;setting the time-out value BL, 30 ;time-out value is 48 seconds ;...

  • Page 201: E Address Mapping

    Motherboard Appendix Address Mapping Page 185...

  • Page 202: Direct Memory Access (Dma)

    Motherboard E.1 Direct Memory Access (DMA) Figure E-1: Direct Memory Access (DMA) E.2 Input/Output (IO) Figure E-2: Input/Output (1 of 2) Page 186...
  • Page 203 Motherboard Figure E-3: Input/Output (2 of 2) Page 187...

  • Page 204: Interrupt Request (Irq)

    Motherboard E.3 Interrupt Request (IRQ) Figure E-4: Interrupt Request (IRQ) Page 188...

  • Page 205: Memory

    Motherboard E.4 Memory Figure E-5: Memory Page 189...

  • Page 206: F Hazardous Materials Disclosure

    Motherboard Appendix Hazardous Materials Disclosure Page 190...

  • Page 207: Hazardous Materials Disclosure Table For Ipb Products Certified As Rohs Compliant Under 2002/95/Ec Without Mercury

    Motherboard F.1 Hazardous Materials Disclosure Table for IPB Products Certified as RoHS Compliant Under 2002/95/EC Without Mercury The details provided in this appendix are to ensure that the product is compliant with the Peoples Republic of China (China) RoHS standards. The table below acknowledges the presences of small quantities of certain materials in the product, and is applicable to China RoHS only.
  • Page 208 Motherboard Part Name Toxic or Hazardous Substances and Elements Lead Mercury Cadmium Hexavalent Polybrominated Polybrominated Biphenyls Diphenyl (Pb) (Hg) (Cd) Chromium (CR(VI)) (PBB) Ethers (PBDE) Housing Display Printed Circuit Board Metal Fasteners Cable Assembly Fan Assembly Power Supply Assemblies...
  • Page 209 Motherboard 此附件旨在确保本产品符合中国 RoHS 标准。以下表格标示此产品中某有毒物质的含量符 合中国 RoHS 标准规定的限量要求。 本产品上会附有”环境友好使用期限”的标签，此期限是估算这些物质”不会有泄漏或突变”的 年限。本产品可能包含有较短的环境友好使用期限的可替换元件，像是电池或灯管，这些元 件将会单独标示出来。 部件名称 有毒有害物质或元素 铅 汞 镉 六价铬 多溴联苯 多溴二苯 醚 (Pb) (Hg) (Cd) (CR(VI)) (PBB) (PBDE) 壳体 显示 印刷电路板 金属螺帽 电缆组装 风扇组装 电力供应组装 电池 O: 表示该有毒有害物质在该部件所有物质材料中的含量均在 SJ/T11363-2006 标准规定的限量要求以下。 X: 表示该有毒有害物质至少在该部件的某一均质材料中的含量超出 SJ/T11363-2006 标准规定的限量要求。...
  • Page 210 Motherboard Index Page 194...
  • Page 211 Motherboard ACPI ............110 cables airflow ............75 ATA flat cable .........76 anti-static precautions......26, 62 dual port USB ........80 anti-static pad ........26, 62 dual RS-232 cable .........79 anti-static wristband......26, 62 LPT ............82 handling ...........26, 62 parallel port..........82 self-grounding........26, 62 SATA drive ..........77 ASKIR interface .........39...
  • Page 212 Motherboard DVI connector ..........56 RJ-45 connector ........57 USB port..........59 connectors, pinouts and location AT power ..........46 electrostatic discharge ......26, 62 backlight inverter ......41, 42 Enhanced Hardware Monitor .....21 battery............33 external indicators........37 COM 2 serial port ........52 external peripheral interface ......83 CompactFlash ........34...
  • Page 213 Motherboard location and pinouts.......44 ASKIR............39 Serial Infrared........39 LVDS panel ..........44 SIR............39 18-bit............44 infrared interface connector.......39 36-bit............44 location and pinouts ......39 dual channel ..........44 installation checklist ........64 single channel........44 LVDS voltage selection jumper..72, 73, 74 settings ........... 72, 73 jumper............69...
  • Page 214 Motherboard system voltages ......106, 109 RJ-45 connection........84 single connector ........84 RJ-45 connector ........57 RJ-45 connector ........58 technical specifications ........5 RS-232..........50, 79 temperature..........106 cable connection ........79 TV out connector........53 COM 2 location and pinouts ....50 location and pinouts.......53 connector location and pinouts....50...
  • Page 215 Motherboard USB port ............59 VGA monitor..........87 USB2.0 ............ 119 connection ..........87 VGA ............87 warranty validation ........64 VGA connector...........59 Page 199...

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