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CEM820 Series ® ® ® Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express™ Type-II Module User’s Manual...
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module C h a p t e r 1 Introduction The CEM820 is a new and practically finest COM Express Type-II Module in the market with embedded Socket 478 and BGA type for ®...
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Audio: AC'97/HD digital Audio interface Power Management: ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) NOTE: All Images and specifications are subject to change without notice. Utilities Supported Chipset Driver VGA Driver Ethernet Driver Audio Driver Introduction...
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module C h a p t e r 2 Board Layout and Pin Assignments Board Dimensions and Fixing Holes Component Side Jumpers and Connectors...
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Solder Side Jumpers and Connectors...
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Jumper Settings Proper jumer settings configure the CEM820 to meet your application purpose. We are herewith listing a summary table of all jumpers and default settings for onboard devices, respectively. Here is a list of jumper settings:...
Connectors connect the CPU card with other parts of the system. Loose or improper connection might cause problems. Make sure all connectors are properly and firmly connected. Here is a summary table shows you all connectors on the CEM820 Series. Connectors Label...
Make sure your installed microprocessor with all correct settings that prevents the CPU from damages. BIOS The CEM820 Series uses Award Plug and Play BIOS with a single 4Mbit Flash EPROM. System Memory The CEM820 Series industrial CPU card supports two 200-pin DDR2 400/533 MHz SO-DIMM sockets for a maximum memory of 2GB DDR2 SDRAMs.
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module C h a p t e r 4 Award BIOS Utility The BIOS of CEM820 is porting with Winbond Super I/O W83627HG. If the Baseboard designer use a different Super I/O chip, the BIOS needs to be customized.
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Control Keys Up arrow Move cursor to the previous item Down arrow Move cursor to the next item Left arrow Move cursor to the item on the left hand Right arrow Move to the item in the right hand Main Menu -- Quit and delete changes into CMOS...
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module The Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu appears on the screen. In the Main Menu, there are several Setup functions and a couple of Exit options for your selection. Use arrow keys to select the Setup Page you intend to configure then press <Enter>...
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Standard CMOS Setup Menu The Standard CMOS Setup Menu displays basic information about your system. Use arrow keys to highlight each item, and use <PgUp> or <PgDn> key to select the value you want in each item. Date The date format is <day>, <date>...
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. IDE Channel 0 Master/ IDE Channel 0 Slave/ IDE Channel 1 Master/ IDE Channel 1 Slave These items identify the types of each IDE channel installed in the computer.
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Halt On This item determines whether the system will halt or not, if an error is detected while powering up. The system booting will halt on any errors detected. No errors (default) Whenever BIOS detects a non-fatal error, the...
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure and improve your system, to set up some system features according to your preference. Award BIOS Utility...
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Hard Disk Boot Priority Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu to decide the disk boot priority. Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced BIOS Features page. CPU L1 &...
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Enable Quick POST Enabled Normal POST Disabled First/Second/Third Boot Device These items let you select the 1 , and 3 devices that the system will search for during its boot-up sequence. The wide range of selection includes Floppy, LS120, ZIP100, HDD0~3, SCSI, and CDROM.
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Fast Default: Fast. The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method. Typematic Rate Setting This item determines the typematic rate of the keyboard. The default value is “Disabled”. Enabled Enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming...
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module If a wrong password is entered at the prompt, the system System will not boot, the access to Setup will be denied, either. If a wrong password is entered at the prompt, the system Setup will boot, but the access to Setup will be denied.
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module board that you are strongly recommended to leave all items on this page at their default values unless you are very familiar with the technical specifications of your system hardware. DRAM Timing Selectable Use this item to increase the timing of the memory.
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module DRAM RAS# Precharge The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh. If insufficient time is allowed, refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data.
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module system would configure the video memory dependent on your application. Boot Display This item is for Intel define ADD card only. Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu page. Integrated Peripherals This section allows you to configure your SuperIO Device, IDE Function and Onboard Device.
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module OnChip IDE Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu OnChip IDE Device. IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write.
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module “Enabled”. NOTE Choosing Disabled for these options will automatically remove the IDE Primary Master/ Slave PIO and/or IDE Secondary Master/Slave PIO items on the menu. IDE Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports.
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Onboard Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu Onboard Device. USB Controller Enable this item if you are using the USB in the system. You should disable this item if a higher-level controller is added.
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Super IO Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu Super IO Device. Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled, if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you want to use it.
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Normalo (default value) NOTE The UART Mode Select will not appear on the menu once you disable the setting of Onboard Serial Port 2. Onboard Paralellel Port 3/4 This item allows you to determine the I/O address for onboard parallel port.
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively. It will shut down the hard disk and turn OFF video display after a period of inactivity. ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI).
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module of this field. Options are: [S1 (POS)] The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all system contexts. [S3 (STR)] The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information of system configuration and open applications/files is saved to main memory that remains...
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module devices except the CPU shut off. The default value is “Disabled”. Disabled The System will never enter the SUSPEND mode. It defines continuous idle time before the system entering the SUSPEND mode. 1/2/4/6/8/10/ If any item defined in (J) is enabled and active, the 20/30/40...
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module 4.10 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes the configuration of PCI (Personal Computer Interconnect) bus system, which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds close to the CPU speed while communicating with other important components.
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module disappear, as the BIOS automatically assigns them. The default value is “Manual”. IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt to one of the following types in accordance with the type of devices using the interrupt: 1.
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module 4.11 PC Health Status This section supports hardware monitering that lets you monitor those parameters for critical voltages, temperatures and fan speed of the board. System Component Characteristics These read-only items show you information about the system’s current operating status, and the functions of the hardware thermal sensor monitoring the chipset blocks and system temperatures to ensure a stable system.
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module 4.12 Frequency/Voltage Control This section is to control the CPU frequency and Supply Voltage, DIMM OverVoltage and AGP voltage. Auto Detect PCI/DIMM Clk The enabled item can automatically disable the clock source for a PCI slot without a module, to reduce EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference).
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module 4.13 Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load your system configuration with default values. These default settings are optimized to enable high performance features. To load CMOS SRAM with SETUP default values, please enter “Y”. If not, please enter “N”.
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module 4.14 Set Supervisor/User Password You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differences between are: Supervisor password: can enter and change the options of the setup menus.
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module 4.15 Save & Exit Setup This allows you to determine whether or not to accept the modifications. Typing “Y” quits the setup utility and saves all changes into the CMOS memory.
® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module 4.16 Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes you have made in this session. Typing “Y” will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications.
CEM820 COM Express Type II Module User’s Manual A p p e n d i x Watchdog Timer Watchdog Timer Setting (From CEB94000 Super I/O W83627HG) After the system stops working for a while, it can be auto-reset by the Watchdog Timer.
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® ® ® CEM820 Intel Pentium M/Celeron COM Express Type-II Module ; IF to disable WDT: O 2E 30 O 2F 00 ; Can be disable at any time Timeout Value Range 1 to 255 Minute / Second Program Sample Watchdog Timer can be set to system reset after 5-second timeout.
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