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  • Page 1 NOVA-8450 CPU Card NOVA-8450 CPU Card...
  • Page 2 REVISION HISTORY Title NOVA-8450 Intel® Pentium® 4/ Intel® Celeron® D Socket 478 CPU Card Revision Number Description Date of Issue Initial release July 2006 - Revised front panel connector pin 1 description. October 2006 - Revised inverter connector pin 1 description.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Introduction......................15 NOVA-8450 CPU C ..............16 VERVIEW 1.1.1 NOVA-8450 CPU Card Applications............... 16 1.1.2 NOVA-8450 CPU Card Benefits ..............16 1.1.3 NOVA-8450 CPU Card Features ..............16 NOVA-8450 CPU C ..............17 VERVIEW 1.2.1 NOVA-8450 CPU Card Connectors..............18 1.2.2 Technical Specifications: .................
  • Page 4 2.21.2 Optional Accessory Items................37 Connectors and Jumpers..................39 .............. 40 ERIPHERAL NTERFACE ONNECTORS 3.1.1 NOVA-8450 CPU Card Layout................ 40 3.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors ..............41 3.1.3 Rear Panel Connectors ..................42 3.1.4 Onboard Jumpers..................... 43 ..............43 NTERNAL ERIPHERAL ONNECTORS 3.2.1 Bit GPIO Connector ..................
  • Page 5 NOVA-8450 CPU Card 3.2.21 RS-232 Serial Communications Connector ........... 71 3.2.22 RS-232/422/485 Serial Communications Connector ........73 3.2.23 Internal USB Connectors................74 3.2.24 VGA Connector ....................75 ............77 XTERNAL ANEL ONNECTORS 3.3.1 Ethernet Connector..................77 ................... 78 NBOARD UMPERS 3.4.1 Clear CMOS Setup Jumper................
  • Page 6 ..................97 HASSIS NSTALLATION ................97 ANEL ONNECTORS AMI BIOS Setup ..................... 99 ....................100 NTRODUCTION 5.1.1 Starting Setup....................100 5.1.2 Using Setup ....................100 5.1.3 Getting Help....................101 5.1.4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes..........101 5.1.5 BIOS Main Menu ................... 102 CMOS S ................
  • Page 7 NOVA-8450 CPU Card External AC’97 Audio CODEC ................181 ....................182 NTRODUCTION D.1.1 Accessing the AC’97 CODEC..............182 D.1.2 Driver Installation .................. 182 ..............183 OUND FFECT ONFIGURATION D.2.1 Accessing the Sound Effects Manager ............ 183 D.2.2 Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options ........184 ®...
  • Page 8 List of Figures Figure 1-1: NOVA-8450 CPU Card Overview (Front Side) ........17 Figure 1-2: NOVA-8450 CPU Card Overview (Solder Side) ........17 Figure 2-1: Data Flow Block Diagram................25 Figure 2-2: PXE: Pre-Boot Execution Environment..........31 Figure 3-1: Connector and Jumper Locations (Front Side) ........40 Figure 3-2: Connector and Jumper Locations (Solder Side)........41...
  • Page 9 NOVA-8450 CPU Card Figure 3-26 VGA1 Connector Location ..............76 Figure 3-27: NOVA-8450 CPU Board Rear Panel .............77 Figure 3-28: LAN1, LAN2 Connector .................78 Figure 3-29: Jumper Locations..................78 Figure 3-30: Jumper Locations..................79 Figure 4-1: Locking the CPU into the CPU Socket ..........90 Figure 4-2: IEI CF-521-RS Cooling Kit ...............90...
  • Page 10 Figure 6-23: Audio Driver Installation Continues ..........162 Figure 6-24: Audio Driver Installation Complete........... 162 Figure 6-25: RAID Driver Preparing Setup Screen..........163 Figure 6-26: RAID Driver Install Wizard Welcome Screen ........163 Figure 6-27: RAID Driver Installing Screen............164 Figure 6-28: RAID Driver Digital Signal..............
  • Page 11 NOVA-8450 CPU Card List of Tables Table 1-1: Technical Specifications ................19 Table 2-1: Supported CPUs..................22 Table 2-2: Supported Celeron® D CPUs ..............23 Table 2-3: Power Consumption .................35 Table 3-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors..............42 Table 3-2: Peripheral Interface Connectors..............42 Table 3-3: Onboard Jumpers ..................43 Table 3-4: CN2 Connector Pinouts ................44...
  • Page 12 Table 3-26: USB1, USB2 Connector Pinouts............75 Table 3-27: VGA1 Connector Pinouts ...............76 Table 3-28: LAN1, LAN2 Connector Pinouts ............77 Table 3-29: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector LEDs............78 Table 3-30: Reset CMOS Jumper Settings ...............80 Table 3-31: JP4 Jumper Settings................80 Table 3-32: JP5 Jumper Settings................81 Table 3-33: JP6 Jumper Settings................81 Table 3-34: JP2 Jumper Settings................82 Table 3-35: JP7 Jumper Settings................83...
  • Page 13 NOVA-8450 CPU Card List of BIOS Menus BIOS Menu 1: BIOS Main Menu ................102 BIOS Menu 2: Standard CMOS Setup Menu ............105 BIOS Menu 3: Advanced CMOS Setup Menu ............111 BIOS Menu 4: Advanced Chipset Setup Menu............120 BIOS Menu 5: Power Management Setup Menu ...........
  • Page 14 Glossary AC ’97 Audio Codec 97 Hard Disk Drive ACPI Advanced Configuration and Integrated Data Electronics Power Interface Input/Output Advanced Power Management ICH4 I/O Controller Hub 4 ARMD ATAPI Removable Media Device L1 Cache Level 1 Cache ASKIR Shift Keyed Infrared L2 Cache Level 2 Cache Advanced Technology Liquid Crystal Display...

  • Page 15: Introduction

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Chapter Introduction...

  • Page 16: Nova-8450 Cpu Card Overview

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Overview The 5.25” NOVA-8450 socket 478 Intel® Pentium® 4 / Intel® Celeron® D single board computer (SBC) is fully equipped with advanced multi-mode I/Os. The NOVA-8450 is designed for system manufacturers, integrators, and VARs that want performance, reliability, and quality at a reasonable price.

  • Page 17: Nova-8450 Cpu Card Verview

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card NOVA-8450 CPU Card Overview Figure 1-1: NOVA-8450 CPU Card Overview (Front Side) Figure 1-2: NOVA-8450 CPU Card Overview (Solder Side)

  • Page 18: Nova-8450 Cpu Card Connectors

    1 x GPIO Connector 1 x Keyboard/Mouse Connector The NOVA-8450 CPU card has the following connector on the board rear panel: 2 x RJ-45 Ethernet connectors The location of the connector on the CPU card can be seen in Figure 3-27. The connector is fully described in Chapter 2.

  • Page 19: Table 1-1: Technical Specifications

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card SPECIFICATION CPUs Supported Intel® Pentium® 4/Intel® Celeron® D Northbridge: Intel ® 845GV Chipsets Southbridge: Intel ® ICH4 Graphics Support Intel® Extreme Graphic Integrated Graphic Engine Memory One DDR memory module (Max. 1GB) PCI Bus Interface 33MHz, Revision 2.2...
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  • Page 21: Detailed Specifications

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Chapter Detailed Specifications...

  • Page 22: Cpu Support

    CPU Support Table 2-1 lists the CPUs supported by the NOVA-8450 CPU card. Mfg. Model Max. Speed L2 Cache Max. FSB Socket ® Pentium® 4 2.8GHz 512KB 533MHz Intel ® Celeron® D 2.8GHz 256KB 533MHz Intel Table 2-1: Supported CPUs 2.1.1 Intel®...

  • Page 23: Onboard Chipsets

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Table 2-2 lists the Intel ® Celeron ® D processors supported by the NOVA-8450 CPU card. Processor Number Power Architecture L2 Cache Speed Execute Disable Bit Normal 90 nm 256 KB 2.80 GHz 533 MHz Normal 90 nm 256 KB 2.66 GHz...

  • Page 24: Ich4 Southbridge Chipset

    2.2.3 ICH4 Southbridge Chipset The ICH4 southbridge chipset comes with the following features: PCI Bus Interface Integrated LAN Controller Integrated IDE Controller USB 2.0 AC-Link for Audio and Telephony CODECs Interrupt Controller 1.5 V operation with 3.3 V I/O Timers Based on 82C54 Power Management Logic External Glue Integration Enhanced Hub Interface Buffers Improve Routing flexibility (Not available...

  • Page 25: Data Flow

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Data Flow Figure 2-1 shows the data flow between the two onboard chipsets and other components installed on the CPU card and described in the following sections of this chapter. Figure 2-1: Data Flow Block Diagram...

  • Page 26: Graphics Support

    Graphics Support The graphics features listed below are all integrated on the 845GV northbridge chipset. 3D Setup and Render Engine Discrete Triangles, Strips and Fans Support Indexed Vertex and Flexible Vertex Formats Pixel Accurate Fast Scissoring and Clipping Operation Backface Culling Support Supports D3D and OGL Pixelization Rules Anti-Aliased Lines Support Sprite Points Support...
  • Page 27 NOVA-8450 CPU Card 8-bit Stencil Buffering Double and Triple Render Buffer Support 16- and 32-bit Color Destination Alpha Maximum 3D Resolution Supported: 1600x1200x32 at 85 Hz Fast Clear Support 2D Graphics Optimized 256-bit BLT Engine GDI+* Feature Support Alpha Stretch Blitter...

  • Page 28: Memory Support

    Memory Support The NOVA-8450 CPU has one 184-pin dual inline memory module (DIMM) socket and supports an un-buffered DDR DIMM with the following specifications: Maximum RAM: 1GB DIMM Transfer Rates: 333MHz PCI Bus Interface Support The PCI bus on the NOVA-8450 CPU card has the following features: 33MHz Revision 2.2 is implemented...
  • Page 29 NOVA-8450 CPU Card Supports 12 logical devices Enhanced Hardware Monitor Built-in 8-bit Analog to Digital Converter 3 thermal inputs from remote thermal resistor or thermal diode or diode-connected transistor 8 voltage monitor inputs (VBAT is measured internally.) 1 chassis open detection input with low power Flip-Flop backed by...
  • Page 30 Standard mode -- Bi-directional SPP compliant Enhanced mode -- EPP V. 1.7 and V. 1.9 compliant High speed mode -- ECP, IEEE 1284 compliant Back-drive current reduction Printer power-on damage reduction Supports POST (Power-On Self Test) Data Port Floppy Disk Controller Supports two 360K/ 720K/ 1.2M/ 1.44M/ 2.88M floppy disk drives Enhanced digital data separator 3-Mode drives supported...

  • Page 31: Bios

    Built-in 32.768 KHz Oscillator Single 24/48 MHz Clock Input +5V Power Supply BIOS The NOVA-8450 CPU card uses a licensed copy of AMI BIOS. Flash BIOS features used are listed below: SMIBIOS (DMI) compliant Console redirection function support PXE (Pre-Boot Execution Environment) support...

  • Page 32: Gbe Ethernet

    3.3V signaling, 5V PCI I/O tolerant Transmit/Receive FIFO (8K/64K) support Supports power down/link down power saving Supports PCI Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) 2.11 Drive Interfaces The NOVA-8450 can support the following drive interfaces. 2 x SATA drives 2 x IDE devices ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 33: Sata Drives

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card 2.11.1 SATA Drives The NOVA-8450 CPU card supports two first generation SATA drives with transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb/s. 2.11.2 IDE HDD Interfaces The NOVA-8450 southbridge chipset IDE controller supports up to two HDDs with the...

  • Page 34: Audio Codec

    The normal RS-232 COM 2 will then be disabled. 2.16 Audio Codec The NOVA-8450 has an integrated REALTEK ALC655 CODEC. The ALC655 CODEC is a 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. Some of the features of the codec are listed below.

  • Page 35: Power Consumption

    Configuration Panel for improved user convenience 2.17 Power Consumption Table 2-3 shows the power consumption parameters for the NOVA-8450 CPU card when a Intel® Pentium® 4/Intel® Celeron® D processor with a clock speed of 2.4GHz, an L2 cache of 256MB and a FSB 533MHz is running with a 1GB DDR266 module.

  • Page 36: Real Time Clock

    2.19 Real Time Clock 256-byte battery backed CMOS RAM 2.20 Operating Temperature and Temperature Control The maximum and minimum operating temperatures for the NOVA-8450 CPU card are listed below. Minimum Operating Temperature: 0ºC (32°F) Maximum Operating Temperature: 60°C (140°F) A cooling fan and heat sink must be installed on the CPU. Thermal paste must be smeared on the lower side of the heat sink before it is mounted on the CPU.

  • Page 37: Optional Accessory Items

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card 1 x mini jumper pack 1 x Utility CD 1 x QIG (quick installation guide) 2.21.2 Optional Accessory Items The items shown in the list below are optional accessory items purchased separately. Socket 478 type CPU Cooler...
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  • Page 39: Connectors And Jumpers

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Chapter Connectors and Jumpers...

  • Page 40: Peripheral Interface Connectors

    The locations of the peripheral interface connectors are shown in Section 3.1.1. A complete list of all the peripheral interface connectors can be seen in Section 3.1.2. 3.1.1 NOVA-8450 CPU Card Layout Figure 3-1 shows the onboard peripheral connectors, backplane peripheral connectors and onboard jumpers on the front side of the card.

  • Page 41: Peripheral Interface Connectors

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Figure 3-2: Connector and Jumper Locations (Solder Side) 3.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors Table 3-1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the NOVA-8450 CPU card. Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found in Section 3.2. Connector...

  • Page 42: Rear Panel Connectors

    VGA Connector 10-pin header VGA1 Table 3-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors 3.1.3 Rear Panel Connectors Table 3-2 lists the rear panel connectors on the NOVA-8450 CPU card. Detailed descriptions of the connectors can be found in Section 4.6. Connector Type Label...

  • Page 43: Onboard Jumpers

    Internal peripheral connectors on the CPU card are only accessible when the CPU card is outside of the chassis. This section has complete descriptions of all the internal, peripheral connectors on the NOVA-8450 CPU card. 3.2.1 Bit GPIO Connector CN Label:...

  • Page 44: Figure 3-3: Cn2 Connector Location

    PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION VCC5 GPO3 GPO2 GPO1 GPO0 GPI3 GPI2 GPI1 GPI0 Table 3-4: CN2 Connector Pinouts Figure 3-3: CN2 Connector Location ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 45: Atx-12V Power Source Connector

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card 3.2.2 ATX-12V Power Source Connector CN Label: CN Type: 4-pin header (2x2 pins) CN Location: See Table 3-5 CN Pinouts: See Figure 3-4 This connector supports the ATX-12V power supply. PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION +12V...

  • Page 46: Atx Power On Switch Connector

    3.2.3 ATX Power On Switch Connector CN Label: CN Type: 2-pin header CN Location: See Figure 3-5 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-6 The ATX Power On Switch is used to turn on the power of an ATX power supply. DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION PANSWIN Table 3-6: CN4 Connector Pinouts...

  • Page 47: Audio Connector

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card 3.2.4 Audio Connector CN Label: AUDIO1 CN Type: 12-pin header (2x6 pins) CN Location: See Figure 3-6 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-7 AC’97 Audio signals are interfaced through a 12-pin flat-cable connector. These signals include Microphone line-in,...

  • Page 48: Atx Connector

    Figure 3-6: AUDIO1 Connector Location 3.2.5 ATX Connector CN Label: ATXCTL1 CN Type: 3-pin header CN Location: See Figure 3-7 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-8 The ATX Power connector (PW1) connects an ATX or AT power supply connector. ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 49: Battery Connector

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 5VSB ATX-ON Table 3-8: ATXCTL1 Connector Pinouts Figure 3-7: ATXCTL1 Connector Location 3.2.6 Battery Connector CN Label: CN Type: 2-pin header CN Location: See Figure 3-8 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-9 The battery connector connects to an externally mounted 3V, Lithium, cell coin battery (VARTA CR2032).

  • Page 50: Figure 3-8: Bt1 Connector Location

    If the battery starts to weaken and lose voltage, contact a vendor or IEI for a replacement module. Dispose of the used battery properly. Contact the local waste disposal agency for disposal instructions. Do not dispose of a used battery with normal household waste. WARNING! 1.

  • Page 51: Compact Flash Connector

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card 3.2.7 Compact Flash Connector CN Label: CN Type: 50-pin header (2x25 pins) CN Location: See Figure 3-9 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-10 The Compact Flash connector is used to adapt Type II Compact Flash and CF+ cards for use in Type II (5 mm thick) PCMCIA card slots.

  • Page 52: Cpu Cooling Fan Connector

    PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION DATA 10 VCC-IN CHECK2 GROUND Table 3-10: CF1 Connector Pinouts Figure 3-9: CF1 Connector Location 3.2.8 CPU Cooling Fan Connector CN Label: FAN1 CN Type: 3-pin header CN Location: See Figure 3-10 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-11 The FAN1 cooling fan connector provides a 12V, 350mA ~ 740mA or 1A ~ 2.2A current to the cooling fan.

  • Page 53: External Power Connector

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card notify the system so the system BIOS can recognize the fan speed. Please note that only certain fans can issue the rotation signals. DESCRIPTION Fan Speed Detect +12V Table 3-11 FAN1 Connector Pinouts Figure 3-10 FAN1 Connector Location 3.2.9 External Power Connector...

  • Page 54: Figure 3-11: Pcn1 Connector Location

    DESCRIPTION +12V Table 3-12: PCN1 Connector Pinouts Figure 3-11: PCN1 Connector Location ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 55: Front Panel Connector

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card 3.2.10 Front Panel Connector CN Label: CN Type: 14-pin header (2x7 pins) CN Location: See Figure 3-12 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-13 The front panel connector connects to: the system chassis front panel LEDs the chassis speaker the power switch the reset button.

  • Page 56: Ide Interface Connector (Primary)

    Figure 3-12: CN3 Connector Location 3.2.11 IDE Interface Connector (Primary) CN Label: IDE1 CN Type: 40-pin header (2x20 pins) CN Location: See Figure 3-13 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-14 The IDE Interface connector provides connectivity for two IDE devices. PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.

  • Page 57: Figure 3-13: Ide1 Connector Location

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION DATA 4 DATA 11 DATA 3 DATA 12 DATA 2 DATA 13 DATA 1 DATA 14 DATA 0 DATA 15 (KEY) IDE DRQ IOW# IOR# IDE CHRDY IDE DACK INTERRUPT P66DET...

  • Page 58: Ide Interface Connector (Secondary)

    3.2.12 IDE Interface Connector (Secondary) CN Label: IDE2 CN Type: 44-pin header (2x22 pins) CN Location: See Figure 3-14 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-15 The IDE Interface connector provides connectivity for two IDE devices. PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION RESET# DATA 7 DATA 8...

  • Page 59: Figure 3-14: Ide2 Connector Location

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Figure 3-14: IDE2 Connector Location...

  • Page 60: Inverter Connector

    3.2.13 Inverter Connector CN Label: CN Type: 5-pin header CN Location: See Figure 3-15 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-16 The Inverter connector connects to the LCD backlight. DESCRIPTION Brightness EN_BL Table 3-16: CN1 Connector Pinouts Figure 3-15: CN1 Connector Location ®...

  • Page 61: Irda Connector

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card 3.2.14 IrDA Connector CN Label: CN Type: 5-pin header CN Location: See Figure 3-16 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-17 The integrated IrDA connector supports both the SIR and ASKIR infrared protocols. DESCRIPTION VCC5 IR-RX IR-TX Table 3-17: IR1 Connector Pinouts...

  • Page 62: Keyboard/Mouse Connector

    3.2.15 Keyboard/Mouse Connector CN Label: KB/PS1 CN Type: 6-pin header CN Location: See Figure 3-17 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-18 For alternative applications, an on board keyboard/mouse pin header connector is also available. PIN NO. DESCRIPTION VCC5 MOUSE DATA MOUSE CLK KEYBOARD DATA KEYBOARD CLK Table 3-18: KB/PS1 Connector Pinouts...

  • Page 63: Lvds Lcd Panel Connector

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card 3.2.16 LVDS LCD Panel Connector CN Label: LVDS1 CN Type: 30-pin header (2x15) CN Location: See Figure 3-18 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-19 The LVDS LCD connector connects to a one or two channel (18-bit or 24-bit) LVDS panel.

  • Page 64: Parallel Port Connector

    CN Pinouts: See Table 3-20 The parallel port connector connects to a printer. The NOVA-8450 comes with a multi-mode (ECP/EPP/SPP) parallel port. The LPT1 parallel port interface features a 26-pin flat-cable connector that requires an adapter cable if a traditional DB-25 connector is preferred.

  • Page 65: Figure 3-19: Lpt1 Connector Location

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION DATA 2 PRINTER SELECT LN# DATA 3 GROUND DATA 4 GROUND DATA 5 GROUND DATA 6 GROUND DATA 7 GROUND ACKNOWLEDGE GROUND BUSY GROUND PAPER EMPTY GROUND PRINTER SELECT GROUND Table 3-20: LPT1 Connector Pinouts...

  • Page 66: Connector

    3.2.18 PCI-104 Connector CN Label: PCI1 CN Type: PCI-104 Module CN Location: See Figure 3-20 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-21 Use the PCI-104 connector to add auxiliary boards using stack-through connectors. Reserved AD00 VI/O AD02 AD01 AD05 AD04 AD03 C/BE0# AD07 AD06 AD09...

  • Page 67: Figure 3-20: Pci1 Connector Location

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card REQ2# GNT0# GNT1# VI/O GNT2# CLK0 CLK1 CLK2 CLK3 INTD# RST# +12V INTA# INTB# INTC# -12V REQ3# GNT3# Table 3-21: PCI1 Connector Pinouts Figure 3-20: PCI1 Connector Location...

  • Page 68: Pci2 Connector

    3.2.19 PCI2 Connector CN Label: PCI2 CN Type: PCI Slot CN Location: See Figure 3-21 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-22 Use the PCI slot connector to add auxiliary boards. Add-in Card Add-in Card Side B Side A Side B Side A Reserved Ground AD[17]...

  • Page 69: Figure 3-21: Pci2 Connector Location

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Add-in Card Add-in Card Side B Side A Side B Side A AD[27] AD[26] +3.3V AD[06] AD[25] Ground AD[05] AD[04] +3.3V AD[24] AD[03] Ground C/BE[3]# IDSEL Ground AD[02] AD[23] +3.3V AD[01] AD[00] Ground AD[22] AD[21] AD[20] ACK64#...

  • Page 70: Sata Drive Ports

    3.2.20 SATA Drive Ports CN Label: SATA1, SATA2 CN Type: 7-pin port CN Location: See Figure 3-22 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-23 The SATA drive ports provide connectivity to SATA drives with a maximum data transfer rate of 150Mb/s. DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Table 3-23: SATA1, SATA2 Connector Pinouts CAUTION!

  • Page 71: Serial Communications Connector

    2. Older OSes, such as Windows 98SE or ME, do not support the SATA interface. 3.2.21 RS-232 Serial Communications Connector CN Label: COM1, COM3, COM4 CN Type: 10-pin headers (2x5 pins) CN Location: See Figure 3-23 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-24 The NOVA-8450 offers three ten-pin headers for serial connections.

  • Page 72: Figure 3-23 Com1, Com3, Com4 Connector Location

    DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DATA CARRIER DETECT (DCD) DATA SET READY (DSR) RECEIVE DATA (RXD) REQUEST TO SEND (RTS) TRANSMIT DATA (TXD) CLEAR TO SEND (CTS) DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR) RING INDICATOR (RI) GND (GND) GND (GND) Table 3-24: COM1, COM3, COM4 Connector Pinouts Figure 3-23 COM1, COM3, COM4 Connector Location ®...

  • Page 73: Rs-232/422/485 Serial Communications Connector

    3.2.22 RS-232/422/485 Serial Communications Connector CN Label: COM2 CN Type: 14-pin header (2x7 pins) CN Location: See Figure 3-24 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-25 The NOVA-8450 offers one 14-pin header for serial connections. DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION NDCD2 NDSR2 NRX2 NRTS2 NTX2 NCTS2...

  • Page 74: Internal Usb Connectors

    Figure 3-24 COM2 Connector Location 3.2.23 Internal USB Connectors CN Label: USB1, USB2 CN Type: 8-pin header (2x4 pins) CN Location: See Figure 3-25 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-26 Two 2x4 pin connectors provide connectivity to four USB 2.0 ports. The USB ports are used for I/O bus expansion.

  • Page 75: Vga Connector

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION USBV0L DATA0_N DATA1_P DATA0_P DATA1_N USBV0L Table 3-26: USB1, USB2 Connector Pinouts Figure 3-25: USB1, USB2 Connector Locations 3.2.24 VGA Connector CN Label: VGA1 CN Type: 10-pin headers (2x5 pins) CN Location: See Figure 3-26...

  • Page 76: Figure 3-26 Vga1 Connector Location

    DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DDCCLK GREEN DDCDAT BLUE GROUND HSYNC GROUND VSYNC GROUND Table 3-27: VGA1 Connector Pinouts Figure 3-26 VGA1 Connector Location ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 77: External (Rear Panel) Connectors

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card External (Rear Panel) Connectors Figure 3-27 shows the NOVA-8450 CPU card rear panel. The peripheral connectors on the back panel can connect to external devices when the CPU card is installed in a chassis. The peripheral connectors on the rear panel are:...

  • Page 78: Onboard Jumpers

    OPEN a jumper means removing the plastic clip from a Figure 3-29: Jumper Locations jumper. The NOVA-8450 CPU Board has seven onboard jumpers (Figure 3-30). ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 79: Clear Cmos Setup Jumper

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Figure 3-30: Jumper Locations 3.4.1 Clear CMOS Setup Jumper Jumper Label: Jumper Type: 3-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 3-30 Jumper Location: See Figure 3-29...

  • Page 80: Com2 Rs-232/422/485 Setup Jumper

    If the CPU card fails to boot due to improper BIOS settings, use this jumper to clear the CMOS data and reset 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. If the CMOS Settings Wrong message displays during the boot up process, press F1 to enter the CMOS Setup menu, then do one of the following: Enter the correct CMOS setting...

  • Page 81: Com2 Rs-422/485 Setup Jumper

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card 3.4.3 COM2 RS-422/485 Setup Jumper Jumper Label: Jumper Type: 3-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 3-32 Jumper Location: See Figure 3-29 The JP5 jumper, when used in association with jumper JP4, sets the COM2 connector type to RS-422 or RS-485.

  • Page 82: Compact Flash Card Setup Jumper

    3.4.5 Compact Flash Card Setup Jumper Jumper Label: Jumper Type: 2-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 3-34 Jumper Location: See Figure 3-29 The JP2 jumper sets the compact flash card to "Master" or "Slave" on the IDE bus. Description Closed Master Open Slave...

  • Page 83: Pc104 Plus Vio Voltage Setup Jumper

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Description +3.3V +12V Table 3-35: JP7 Jumper Settings 3.4.7 PC104 Plus VIO Voltage Setup Jumper Jumper Label: Jumper Type: 3-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 3-36 Jumper Location: See Figure 3-29 The JP3 jumper sets the voltage to the PC/104-Plus connector.
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  • Page 85: Installation And Configuration

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Chapter Installation and Configuration...

  • Page 86: Installation Considerations

    Before and during the installation of the NOVA-8450 CPU card, DO NOT: Remove any of the stickers from the PCB. These stickers are required for warranty validation.

  • Page 87: Unpacking

    4.2.1 Unpacking Precautions Unpack the NOVA-8450 CPU card before installing it. Some components on the NOVA-8450 are very sensitive to static electricity and can be damaged by a sudden rush of power. Follow these precautions to protect the CPU card from damage:...

  • Page 88: Nova-8450 Cpu Card Installation

    1 x QIG (quick installation guide) If any of these items are missing, please contact the CPU card reseller or vendor and do not proceed any further with the installation. NOVA-8450 CPU Card Installation WARNING! The installation instructions described in this manual should be carefully followed in order to avoid damage to the CPU card components and personal injury.

  • Page 89: Cpu Installation

    CPU card. Failure to do so may damage the CPU or card. To install an Intel® 478 Socket CPU onto the NOVA-8450 card, follow the steps below: Make sure the CPU socket contacts are free of foreign material. Remove any Step 1: debris with compressed air.

  • Page 90: Optional Cooling Kit (Cf-521-Rs) Installation

    Figure 4-1: Locking the CPU into the CPU Socket 4.3.2 Optional Cooling Kit (CF-521-RS) Installation Figure 4-2: IEI CF-521-RS Cooling Kit IEI provides an optional cooling kit designed for Socket 478 CPUs (Figure 4-2). The cooling kit is comprised of a CPU heat sink and a cooling fan. NOTE: The CF-521-RS heat sink comes with a sprayed layer of thermal paste.

  • Page 91: Figure 4-3: Securing The Cooling Kit

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card To install the CF-521-RS cooling kit, follow the steps below. Place the cooling kit onto the CPU. Make sure the CPU cable can be properly Step 1: routed when the cooling kit is installed. Properly align the cooling kit. Make sure the four threaded screw fasteners can Step 2: pass through the pre-drilled holes on the PCB.

  • Page 92: Dimm Module Installation

    The DIMM module can support a memory chip with a maximum size of 1GB. 4.3.3.2 DIMM Module Installation The NOVA-8450 CPU card has one DDR SDRAM DIMM socket. Follow the steps below to install the DIMM module. Make sure the two handles of the DIMM socket are in the "open" position, Step 1: leaning outward (Figure 4-5).

  • Page 93: Figure 4-5: Installing The Dimm Module

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Figure 4-5: Installing the DIMM Module Slowly slide the DIMM module along the plastic guides on both ends of the Step 2: socket. Press the DIMM module down into the socket until it clicks into position and the two handles have automatically locked the memory module into place (Figure 4-6).

  • Page 94: Peripheral Device Connection

    To remove the memory module, push both handles outward, and the memory Step 3: module is ejected by the mechanism in the socket.Step 0: 4.3.4 Peripheral Device Connection Cables provided by IEI that connect peripheral devices to the CPU card are listed in Table 4-1.

  • Page 95: Parallel Port Connector (Lpt1)

    4.3.4.3 Parallel Port Connector (LPT1) The onboard parallel port connector (LPT1) connects to a printer. The NOVA-8450 comes with a multi-mode (ECP/EPP/SPP) parallel port. The parallel port interface features a 26-pin flat-cable connector that requires an adapter cable if a traditional DB-25 connector is used.

  • Page 96: Vga Connector

    LCD Panel (LVDS) Voltage Select (JP7) PC104 Plus VIO Voltage Setup (JP3) Make sure the jumper settings are properly configured before the NOVA-8450 CPU card is installed into a chassis. For more information about jumper settings and configurations, refer to Section 3.4. ®...

  • Page 97: Chassis Installation

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Chassis Installation The CPU card can be mounted into a chassis only after the CPU, the cooling kit, and the DIMM module has been installed, the internal peripheral connectors have been connected to the peripheral devices and the jumpers have been configured.
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  • Page 99: Ami Bios Setup

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Chapter AMI BIOS Setup...

  • Page 100: Introduction

    Introduction A licensed copy of AMI BIOS is preprogrammed into the ROM BIOS. The BIOS setup program allows modifications to the basic system configuration. This chapter describes how to access the BIOS setup program and the configuration options. 5.1.1 Starting Setup The AMI BIOS is activated when the computer starts.

  • Page 101: Getting Help

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left Right arrow Move to the item on the right Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu –...

  • Page 102: Bios Main Menu

    5.1.5 BIOS Main Menu Once the BIOS opens, the main menu (BIOS Menu 1) appears. BIOS Menu 1: BIOS Main Menu NOTE: The following sections will completely describe the menus listed below and the configuration options available to users. The following menu options are available in BIOS Menu 1. Standard CMOS Setup: Standard CMOS setup for changing time, date, hard disk type, etc.

  • Page 103: Change User Password

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Power Management Setup: Power management setup for configuring power management features. PCI / Plug and Play Setup: Configure PCI / Plug and Play features. Peripheral Setup: Configure peripheral features. Hardware Monitor Setup: Configure hardware monitor features. Auto-Detect Hard Disks: Auto-detect all hard disk parameters.

  • Page 104: Save Settings And Exit

    This option loads fail-safe configuration settings. To load the fail-safe configuration settings, select this option and press E . A dialogue box appears with “Load failsafe NTER settings (Y/N)? ”. Type Y or N and press E NTER Save Settings and Exit This option saves the configuration settings.

  • Page 105: Standard Cmos Setup

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Standard CMOS Setup The Standard CMOS Setup menu (BIOS Menu 2) changes basic BIOS configuration options. BIOS Menu 2: Standard CMOS Setup Menu The Standard CMOS Setup menu (BIOS Menu 2) has the following options that are not...

  • Page 106: Date [Mm:dd:yyyy]

    The Standard CMOS Setup menu (BIOS Menu 2) has the following user configurable options: Date [mm:dd:yyyy] The Date option sets the system date. Time [hh/mm/ss] The Time option sets the system time. Floppy Drive A: [1.44 MB 3½] The Floppy Drive A configuration option determines the type of floppy drive installed in the system.

  • Page 107: Type [Auto]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Pri Master: Primary IDE Master Pri Slave: Primary IDE Slave Sec Master: Secondary IDE Master Sec Slave: Secondary IDE Slave The Pri Master, Pri Slave, Sec Master and Sec Slave options set the configurations for the IDE devices installed in the system. If an IDE device is detected, the following IDE...

  • Page 108: Size

    This option allows user defined IDE device User parameters. 1 - 46 These options load predefined device parameters. Size The Size specification indicates the storage capacity of the HDD installed in the system. Cyln The Cyln specification indicates the number of cylinders (tracks) on the HDD installed in the system.

  • Page 109: Blk Mode [On]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Blk Mode [On] The Blk Mode option 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 110: 32Bit Mode [Off]

    32Bit Mode [Off] The 32Bit Mode option enables or disables 32-bit data transfers. (Default) Prevents the BIOS from using 32-bit data transfers. Allows BIOS to use 32-bit data transfers on support hard disk drives. Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled] Disabled (Default) Disables the boot sector virus protection Enabled...

  • Page 111: Advanced Cmos Setup

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Advanced CMOS Setup The Advanced CMOS Setup menu (BIOS Menu 3) accesses the CPU configuration options. BIOS Menu 3: Advanced CMOS Setup Menu...

  • Page 112: Quick Boot [Disabled]

    The following configuration options are available: Quick Boot [Disabled] The Quick Boot BIOS option makes the computer speed up the boot process. Disabled (Default) System does not skip any POST procedures Allows system to skip some POST procedures to Enabled decrease the system boot time 1st Boot Device [Disabled] The 1st Boot Device option selects the device the computer will boot from first.

  • Page 113: Try Other Boot Devices [Yes]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card first or second boot devices are disabled. The following list contains, but is not limited to, the boot devices a computer can boot from. Disabled (Default) The computer does not boot from this device IDE-0 The computer boots from the IDE-0 device...

  • Page 114: Floppy Drive Swap [Disabled]

    Does not enable the keyboard number lock automatically. To use the 10-keys on the keypad, press the N located on the upper left-hand corner of the 10-key pad. The LED on the keyboard lights up when the number lock is engaged. (Default) Allows the number lock on the keyboard to be enabled automatically when the computer system boots up.

  • Page 115: Floppy Drive Seek [Disabled]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Floppy Drive Seek [Disabled] During the POST, BIOS determines if the floppy disk drive installed has 40 or 80 tracks. 360K FDDs have 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M FDDs all have 80 tracks Enabled BIOS searches for an FDD to determine if it has 40 or 80 tracks.

  • Page 116: Spread Spectrum Function [Disabled]

    Normal BIOS can be flashed/updated normally. Protected (Default) BIOS is protected from being flashed/updated. Spread Spectrum Function [Disabled] The Spread Spectrum Function option can help to improve CPU EMI issues. Disabled (Default) The spread spectrum function is disabled The spread spectrum function is enabled Enabled Boot to OS/2 [No] The Boot to OS/2 option specifies the operating system used as OS/2.

  • Page 117: C000, 32K Shadow [Cached]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Disabled (Default) System BIOS is not cached in the L2 cache Enabled System BIOS is cached in the L2 cache C000, 32k Shadow [Cached] When this option is set to Enabled, the Video ROM area from C0000-C7FFF is copied (shadowed) to the RAM for faster execution.

  • Page 118: Cc00, 16K Shadow [Disabled]

    CC00, 16k Shadow [Disabled] This option enables shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option title. The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards. The contents of the ROM area are not copied to the (Default) Disabled The contents of the ROM area are copied (shadowed)

  • Page 119: D800, 16K Shadow [Disabled]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card The contents of the ROM area are copied from the Cached ROM to the RAM and can be written to or read from the cache memory D800, 16k Shadow [Disabled] This option enables shadowing of the contents of the ROM area named in the option title.

  • Page 120: Advanced Chipset Setup

    Advanced Chipset Setup The Advanced Chipset Setup menu (BIOS Menu 4) accesses the chipset configuration options. BIOS Menu 4: Advanced Chipset Setup Menu WARNING! Setting the wrong values for the Chipset BIOS options in the Advanced Chipset Setup menu may cause the system to malfunction. SDRAM Frequency [200mhZ] The SDRAM Frequency option specifies the SDRAM frequency or allow the system to automatically detect the SDRAM frequency.

  • Page 121: Configure Sdram Timing By Spd [Disabled]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card 266MHz Sets the SDRAM frequency to 266MHz 333MHz Sets the SDRAM frequency to 333MHz Auto Automatically selects the SDRAM frequency Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD [Disabled] The Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD option determines if the system uses the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) EEPROM to configure the SDRAM timing.

  • Page 122: Sdram Ras# To Cas# Delay [3 Clocks]

    can terminate the access of one row and start accessing another. The following configuration options are available: 3 clocks (Default) 2 clocks SDRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [3 Clocks] The Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD option must be disabled in order to change this configuration option.

  • Page 123: Memory Hole [Disabled]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Memory Hole [Disabled] The Memory Hole option reserves the memory space between 15MB and 16MB for ISA expansion cards that require a specified area of memory to work properly. If an older ISA expansion card is used, please refer to the documentation that came with the card to see if it is necessary to reserve the space.

  • Page 124: Internal Graphics Mode Select [1Mb]

    Enabled Enables the internal I/O APIC and multiprocessor tables Internal Graphics Mode Select [1MB] The Internal Graphic Mode Select option determines the amount of system memory that can be used by the Internal graphics device. Disabled 512KB 512KB of memory used by internal graphics device (Default) 1MB of memory used by internal graphics device 8MB of memory used by internal graphics device...

  • Page 125: Usb 1.1 Port 64/60 Emulation [Disabled]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card No Mice Legacy USB support disabled for mice All Device (Default) Legacy USB support enabled for all devices USB 1.1 Port 64/60 Emulation [Disabled] The USB Controller option must not be disabled in order to change this configuration option.

  • Page 126: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup menu (BIOS Menu 5) sets the power management and saving features in the BIOS. BIOS Menu 5: Power Management Setup Menu ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 127: Power Type [At]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Power Type [AT] The Power Type option specifies the power supply type. specifies the power supply type as AT (Default) specifies the power supply type as ATX ACPI Aware O/S [Yes] The Power Type option must be set to ATX in order to change this configuration option.

  • Page 128: Password For Poweron [N/A]

    On/Off (Default) When the power button is pressed the system is either turned on or off When the power button is pressed the system goes into Suspend suspend mode Password for PowerOn [N/A] The Password for PowerOn is not available and user configurable. Power Management/APM [Disabled] The Power Management/APM option accesses the advanced power management features.

  • Page 129: Standby Time Out (Minute) [Disabled]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Disabled (Default) The hard disk cannot be turned off in the Suspend or Standby mode The hard disk can be turned off in the Standby mode Standby The hard disk can be turned off in the Suspend mode...

  • Page 130: Throttle Slow Clock Ratio [50%]

    8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 50 Min 60 Min Throttle Slow Clock Ratio [50%] The Power Management/APM option must be enabled in order to change this configuration option. The Throttle Slow Clock Ratio option allows the BIOS to throttle the CPU clock to reduce power consumption.

  • Page 131: Primary Master Ide [Monitor]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card (Default) The system monitors the FDC/LPT/COM ports and Monitor rouses the system from a sleep or suspend state when an IRQ is detected. Primary Master IDE [Monitor] The Power Management/APM option must be enabled in order to change this configuration option.

  • Page 132: System Thermal [Disabled]

    System Thermal [Disabled] The System Thermal option enables the manual setting of the Thermal Active Temperature and the Thermal Slow Clock Ratio options. Disabled (Default) Thermal Active Temperature and Thermal Slow Clock Ratio options cannot be set manually. Enabled Thermal Active Temperature and Thermal Slow Clock Ratio options can be set manually.

  • Page 133: Resume On Ring [Disabled]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card 50% (Default) 37.5% 12.5% Resume On Ring [Disabled] The Resume On Ring option specifies if the system will be roused from a suspended or standby state when there is activity on the RI (ring in) modem line. That is, the system will be roused by an incoming call on a modem.

  • Page 134: Resume On Rtc Alarm [Disabled]

    Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled] The Resume On RTC Alarm option determines when the computer will be roused from a suspended state. Disabled (Default) The real time clock (RTC) cannot generate a wake event Enabled If selected, the following will appear with values that can be selected: RTC Alarm Date (Days) RTC Alarm Hour (Hours)

  • Page 135: Pci / Plug And Play Setup

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card PCI / Plug and Play Setup The PCI / Plug and Play Setup menu (BIOS Menu 6) sets the PCI and plug and play options. BIOS Menu 6: PCI / Plug and Play Setup Menu Plug and Play Aware O/S [No] The Plug and Play Aware O/S option determines whether the Plug and Play devices connected to the system are configured by the operating system or the BIOS.

  • Page 136: Clear Nvram [No]

    Clear NVRAM [No] The Clear NVRAM option specifies whether the contents of the NVRAM (Non-Volatile RAM) is cleared when the power is turned off. (Default) System does not clear NVRAM during system boot System clears NVRAM during system boot PCI Latency Timer [32] The values stipulated in the PCI Latency Timer are in units of PCI clock cycles for the PCI device latency timer register.

  • Page 137: Irq# [Pci/Pnp]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card The specified DMA is reserved for use by Legacy ISA ISA/EISA devices Available DMA Channels are: DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 IRQ# [PCI/PnP] (Default)

  • Page 138: Peripheral Setup

    Peripheral Setup The Peripheral Setup menu (BIOS Menu 7) sets the PCI and plug and play options. BIOS Menu 7: Peripheral Setup Menu OnBoard IDE [Both] The OnBoard IDE option specifies the IDE channels used by the onboard PCI IDE controller.

  • Page 139: Onboard Ac'97 Audio [Disabled]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Both (Default) Allows the system to detect both the Primary and Secondary IDE channels including the Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master and Secondary Slave. OnBoard AC’97 Audio [Disabled] The OnBoard AC’97 Audio option enables or disables the AC’97 CODEC.

  • Page 140: Serial Port 3 Irq [11]

    Serial Port 3 IRQ [11] The Serial Port 3 option allows BIOS to select the Serial Port 3 interrupt address. The serial port 3 interrupt address is IRQ3 The serial port 3 interrupt address is IRQ4 The serial port 3 interrupt address is IRQ10 (Default) The serial port 3 interrupt address is IRQ11 OnBoard Serial Port 4 [2E8/COM4]...

  • Page 141: Onboard Fdc [Auto]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card OnBoard FDC [Auto] The OnBoard FDC option enables or disables the floppy controller. Disabled Allows BIOS to disable the floppy controller Enabled Allows BIOS to enable the floppy controller Auto (Default) The onboard floppy controller is detected and enabled OnBoard Serial Port1 [3F8/COM1] The OnBoard Serial Port1 option allows BIOS to select the Serial Port 1 base address.

  • Page 142: Serial Port2 Mode [Normal]

    3E8/COM3 Serial Port 1 I/O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 Serial Port 1 I/O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt 2E8/COM4 address is IRQ3 Serial Port2 Mode [Normal] The Serial Port2 Mode is configurable when the OnBoard Serial Port2 option is not disabled.

  • Page 143: Parallel Port Irq [Irq7]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card The parallel port operates in the enhanced parallel port mode (EPP). The EPP mode supports bi-directional communication between the system and the parallel port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the Normal mode.

  • Page 144: Hardware Monitor Setup

    IRQ5 Parallel port interrupt address is IRQ5 IRQ7 (Default) Parallel port interrupt address is IRQ7 Parallel Port DMA Channel [3] The Parallel Port DMA Channel option is configurable when the OnBoard Parallel Port option is not disabled and when ECP or EPP+ECP is selected in the Parallel Port Mode option.

  • Page 145: Cpu Fan Mode: [Full On]

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card CPU FAN Mode: [Full On] The CPU FAN Mode has the following options: Full On (Default) If selected, there are no additional configurable options. Automatic If selected, the following options will appear with values that can be selected: Control Fan Off Temperature: Always Start, 15ºC, 20ºC...

  • Page 146: Auto-Detect Hard Disks

    The Hardware Monitor Setup menu (BIOS Menu 8) also has the following non-configurable options: CPU Temperature CPU Fan Speed CPU1 VCORE + 1.500V + 3.300V + 5.000V + 2.500V + 12.00V Auto-Detect Hard Disks The Auto-Detect Hard Disks menu option will automatically detect any disks connected to the system and display the results in the Standard CMOS Setup menu (BIOS Menu 2).

  • Page 147: Software Drivers

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Chapter Software Drivers...

  • Page 148: Available Software Drivers

    Chipset Driver Installation To install the chipset driver, please follow the steps below. Insert the CD into the system that contains the NOVA-8450. Open the X:\1-INF\ Step 1: directory (where X:\ is the system CD drive) and double-click the infinst_autol.exe installation file to begin extracting files (Figure 6-1).

  • Page 149: Figure 6-1: Chipset Software Installation Utility Extracting Files

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Figure 6-1: Chipset Software Installation Utility Extracting Files The Chipset Software Installation Utility prepares the InstallShield Wizard Step 2: (Figure 6-2). Figure 6-2: InstallShield Wizard Preparation Screen The InstallShield Wizard Welcome screen appears (Figure 6-3). Step 3:...

  • Page 150: Figure 6-3: Chipset Software Installation Utility Welcome Screen

    Figure 6-3: Chipset Software Installation Utility Welcome Screen Click N and the license agreement appears (Figure 6-4). Step 4: Figure 6-4: Chipset Software Installation Utility License Agreement ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 151: Figure 6-5: Chipset Software Installation Utility Readme File Information

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Read the license agreement (Figure 6-4). To accept the terms and conditions Step 5: stipulated in the agreement, click Y and the Readme file information appears (Figure 6-5). Figure 6-5: Chipset Software Installation Utility Readme File Information Read the Readme file information (Figure 6-5).

  • Page 152: Intel® Application Accelerator Installation

    Figure 6-7: Chipset Software Installation Utility Complete The confirmation screen (Figure 6-7) offers the option of restarting the computer Step 8: now or later. For the settings to take effect, the computer must be restarted. Click F to restart the computer.Step 0: INISH Intel®...

  • Page 153: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Insert the CD into the system that contains the NOVA-8450. Open the Step 1: X:\1-INF\Performance software\ directory (where X:\ is the system CD drive). Open the Readme file contained in the directory and follow the instructions for...

  • Page 154: Figure 6-9: Installshield Wizard Extracting Files

    Figure 6-9: InstallShield Wizard Extracting Files The InstallShield Wizard Welcome screen appears (Figure 6-10). Step 3: Figure 6-10: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Welcome Screen ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 155: Figure 6-11: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver License Agreement

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Click N and a license agreement appears (Figure 6-11). Step 4: Figure 6-11: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver License Agreement Read the license agreement. To accept the terms and conditions stipulated in Step 5: the license agreement shown, click Y and the installation notice appears (Figure 6-12).

  • Page 156: Realtek Lan Driver (For Gbe Lan) Installation

    Realtek LAN Driver (for GbE LAN) Installation To install the Realtek LAN driver, please follow the steps below. Insert the CD into the system that contains the NOVA-8450. Open the Step 1: X:\3-LAN\Realtek\ directory (where X:\ is the system CD drive) and double-click the setup.exe installation file to initiate the InstallShield Wizard (Figure 6-14).

  • Page 157: Figure 6-14: Realtek Lan Driver Installshield Wizard

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Figure 6-14: Realtek LAN Driver InstallShield Wizard The InstallShield Wizard Welcome screen appears (Figure 6-15). Step 2: Figure 6-15: Realtek LAN Driver Welcome...

  • Page 158: Figure 6-16: Realtek Lan Driver Ready To Install

    Click N and the Ready to Install screen appears (Figure 6-16). Step 3: Figure 6-16: Realtek LAN Driver Ready to Install Click I and the Setup Status screen appears as the driver is installed Step 4: NSTALL (Figure 6-17). Figure 6-17: Realtek LAN Driver Setup Status ®...

  • Page 159: Realtek Audio Driver Installation

    RealTek Audio Driver Installation To install the Realtek Audio driver, please follow the steps below. Insert the CD into the system that contains the NOVA-8450. Open the Step 1: X:\4-Audio\ directory (where X:\ is the system CD drive) and double-click the...

  • Page 160: Figure 6-19: Installshield Wizard Extracting Files

    Figure 6-19: InstallShield Wizard Extracting Files The Realtek AC’97 Audio Setup prepares the InstallShield Wizard (Figure Step 2: 6-20). Figure 6-20: Audio Driver Install Shield Wizard Starting The Setup Status screen appears as the driver is installed (Figure 6-21). Step 3: ®...

  • Page 161: Figure 6-21: Audio Driver Setup Preparation

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Figure 6-21: Audio Driver Setup Preparation At this stage the Digital Signal Not Found screen appears (Figure 6-22). Click Step 4: to continue. Figure 6-22: Audio Driver Digital Signal The audio driver installation continues (Figure 6-23). Step 5:...

  • Page 162: Figure 6-23: Audio Driver Installation Continues

    Figure 6-23: Audio Driver Installation Continues After the driver installation process is complete, a confirmation screen appears Step 6: (Figure 6-24). Figure 6-24: Audio Driver Installation Complete The confirmation screen offers the option of restarting the computer now or later. Step 7: For the settings to take effect, the computer must be restarted.

  • Page 163: Al Isata/Raid Driver

    ALi SATA/RAID Driver To install the ALi SATA/RAID driver, please follow the steps below. Insert the CD into the system that contains the NOVA-8450. Open the Step 1: X:\5-SATA RAID\ directory (where X:\ is the system CD drive) and double-click the setup.exe installation file.

  • Page 164: Figure 6-27: Raid Driver Installing Screen

    Click N to continue the installation or C to stop the installation. Step 4: ANCEL The Install Wizard starts to install the driver (Figure 6 Step 5: Figure 6-27: RAID Driver Installing Screen A Digital Signal Not Found screen appears (Figur e 6-28 ).

  • Page 165: Figure 6-28: Raid Driver Digital Signal

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Figure 6-28: RAID Driver Digital Signal Once the installation is complete, the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen Step 7: appears (Fig ure 6-29 Figure 6-29: InstallShield Wizard Complete Screen...
  • Page 166 Once the installation process is complete, the computer may be restarted Step 8: immediately or later. For the settings to take effect, the computer must be restarted. Click F to restart the computer.Step 0: INISH ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 167: Abios Configuration Options

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Appendix BIOS Configuration Options...

  • Page 168: Bios Configuration Options

    A.1 BIOS Configuration Options Below is a list of BIOS configuration options described in Chapter 5. Change User Password..................103 Change Supervisor Password................103 Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings ............103 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings............103 Save Settings and Exit ..................Exit Without Saving ....................
  • Page 169 NOVA-8450 CPU Card 3rd Boot Device [Disabled] ................112 Try Other Boot Devices [Yes] ................S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks [Disabled] ..............BootUp Num-Lock [On]..................Floppy Drive Swap [Disabled] ................Floppy Drive Seek [Disabled] ................PS/2 Mouse Support [Enabled] ................. Password Check [Setup]..................
  • Page 170 Internal Graphics Mode Select [1MB] ............... 124 USB Controller [Disabled].................. USB 1.1 Device Legacy Support [All Device]........... USB 1.1 Port 64/60 Emulation [Disabled] ............Boot Display Device [CRT+LFP] ............... Flat Panel Type [1024X786LVDS 24BIT] ............Power Type [AT]....................ACPI Aware O/S [Yes] ..................Restore on AC Power Loss [Last State]............
  • Page 171 NOVA-8450 CPU Card Clear NVRAM [No]....................136 PCI Latency Timer [32] ..................136 PCI IDE BusMaster [Disabled] ................DMA Channel# [PnP] ..................IRQ# [PCI/PnP]....................OnBoard IDE [Both] .................... OnBoard AC’97 Audio [Disabled]..............OnBoard MC’97 Modem [Disabled]..............OnBoard Serial Port 3 [3E8/COM3] ..............
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  • Page 173: B Watchdog Timer

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Appendix Watchdog Timer...
  • Page 174 NOTE: The following discussion applies to DOS environment. It is recommended you contact IEI support or visit our website 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 175 NOVA-8450 CPU Card Example program: ; INITIAL TIMER PERIOD COUNTER W_LOOP: MOV DX, 0443H MOV AL, 30H ;Setting the time-out value to 48 seconds. OUT DX, AL JMP $+2 JMP $+2 OUT DX, AL ;Write twice to enable counting. ; ADD YOUR APPLICATION PROGRAM HERE...
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  • Page 177: C Address Mapping

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Appendix Address Mapping...

  • Page 178: I/O Address Map

    C.1 I/O Address Map I/O Address Description Range 000-01F DMA Controller 020-021 Interrupt Controller 040-043 System time 060-06F Keyboard Controller 070-07F System CMOS/Real time Clock 080-09F DMA Controller 0A0-0A1 Interrupt Controller 0C0-0DF DMA Controller 0F0-0FF Numeric data processor 1F0-1F7 Primary IDE Channel 2F8-2FF Serial Port 2 (COM2) 378-37F...

  • Page 179: Irq Mapping Table

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card C.3 IRQ Mapping Table IRQ# Description IRQ# Description IRQ0 System Timer IRQ8 RTC clock IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ9 ACPI IRQ2 Available IRQ10 IRQ3 COM2 IRQ11 LAN/USB2.0/SATA IRQ4 COM1 IRQ12 PS/2 mouse IRQ5 SMBus Controller IRQ13 IRQ6 IRQ14 Primary IDE...
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  • Page 181: D External Ac'97 Audio Codec

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Appendix External AC’97 Audio CODEC...

  • Page 182: Introduction

    D.1 Introduction The motherboard comes with an onboard Realtek ALC655 CODEC. Realtek ALC655 is a 16-bit, full duplex AC’97 Rev. 2.3 compatible audio CODE with a sampling rate of 48KHz. D.1.1 Accessing the AC’97 CODEC The CODEC is accessed through an onboard 12-pin connector (AUDIO1). The connector includes: 1.

  • Page 183: Sound Effect Configuration

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card D.2 Sound Effect Configuration D.2.1 Accessing the Sound Effects Manager To access the Sound Effects Manager, please do the following: Install the audio CODEC driver. Step 1: Click either: Step 2: The Sound Effect Manager icon in the Notification Area of the system task bar (Figure D-2), or The Sound Effect Manager icon in the Control Panel (Figure D ).

  • Page 184: Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options

    Figure D-4: Sound Effects Manager (ALC655) NOTE: The Sound Effect Manager shown in Figure D-4 is for the RealTek ALC655 audio CODEC. Different CODECs may have different sound manager appearances. The following section describes the different configuration options in the Sound Effect Manager.
  • Page 185 NOVA-8450 CPU Card NOTE: The Karaoke Mode is configured in the Sound Effect menu. To access Karaoke configuration settings, click on the Sound Effect menu tab. Sound Effect Karaoke Mode Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S/PDIF-In S/PDIF-Out Connector Sensing HRTF Demo...
  • Page 186 users to define a key that fits a certain vocal range. Equalizer Selection:- Preset equalizer settings enable easy audio range settings. Ten frequency bands can be configured. Speaker Configuration:- Multi-channel speaker settings are configured in this menu. Configurable options include: Headphone Channel mode for stereo speaker output Channel mode for 4 speaker output...

  • Page 187: Eali ® Raid For Sata

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Appendix ® RAID for SATA...

  • Page 188: Introduction

    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. The ALi controller supports PATA UDMA transfer mode up to mode 6 and SATA 1.0 disk drives. The ALi M5283 also comes with cost-effective RAID functionality 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).

  • Page 189: Features And Benefits

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card CAUTION! Do not accidentally disconnect the SATA drive cables. Carefully route the cables within the chassis to avoid system down time. Features and Benefits Supports RAID levels 0, 1, and JBOD Supports connectivity to two disk drives...

  • Page 190: Raid Bios Setup Utility

    RAID BIOS Setup Utility The Serial ATA RAID volume can be configured using the RAID Configuration utility stored within the ALi RAID controller ROM. The BIOS configuration screen is divided into three major areas: Main Menu, Drive Menu, and a list for the configured RAID arrays. ®...

  • Page 191: Raid Options

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card RAID Options: E.5.1 Create RAID0 Striping for Performance WARNING! All data previously stored on the member drives of a RAID configuration will be destroyed during the RAID initialization process. If “used” drives are used to create a RAID array, make sure the data has been moved or backed up before creating a RAID array out of the disk drives.

  • Page 192: Create Raid1 Mirroring For Reliability

    NOTE: 1. To reduce the chance of losing data, ALi imposes certain limitations on the RAID configuration options. Parallel-ATA drives connected on the same IDE channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAID0 array. Avoid mixing Parallel-ATA and Serial-ATA disk drives in a RAID0 array. 2.
  • Page 193 NOVA-8450 CPU Card Use the arrow keys to highlight Create RAID1 Striping for Performance and Step 1: press E . A flashing ‘M’ appears at the Drive Menu where the member NTER drives to be included in the RAID1 array can be chosen.
  • Page 194 NOTE: To reduce the chance of losing data, ALi imposes certain limitations on the RAID configuration options. Parallel-ATA drives connected on the same IDE channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAID1 array. Avoid mixing Parallel-ATA and Serial-ATA disk drives in a RAID1 array.

  • Page 195: Create Jbod For Integrated Capacity

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card E.5.3 Create JBOD for Integrated Capacity JBOD is defined as “Just a Bunch of Drives.” JBOD provides neither performance gains nor data redundancy. WARNING! All data previously stored on the member drives of a RAID configuration will be destroyed during the RAID initialization process.

  • Page 196: Stripe Size

    NOTE: To reduce the chance of losing data, ALi imposes certain limitations on the RAID configuration options. Parallel-ATA drives connected on the same IDE channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAID1 array. Avoid mixing Parallel-ATA and Serial-ATA disk drives in a RAID1 array. E.5.4 Stripe Size The change to stripe size effects RAID0 arrays.

  • Page 197: Delete All Raid Setting & Partition

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card E.5.6 Delete All RAID Setting & Partition WARNING! If a RAID configuration is deleted, all data previously stored on the member drives of the RAID configuration will also be deleted. Use the arrow keys to highlight Delete All RAID Setting & Partition and press...

  • Page 198: Select Boot Drive

    E.5.8 Select Boot Drive Use the arrow keys to highlight Select Boot Drive and press E . A flashing Step 1: NTER ‘A’ appears at the Drive Menu where the boot drive can be chosen. Press E or the space bar to finish the configuration. Step 0: Step 2: NTER...

  • Page 199: Index

    NOVA-8450 CPU Card Index...
  • Page 200 chipset driver........148 Chipsets......... 19, 23 ACPI ......14, 19, 127, 179 CMOS RAM ......... 19, 36 Address Mapping ......177 COM ports ........71, 73 Advanced Chipset Setup ....102 Compact Flash Connector....18 Advanced Chipset Setup ....120 Compact Flash Disk......
  • Page 201 I/Os ........16 ICH4............ 24 Northbridge ........19, 23 IDE............94 NOVA-8450 ... 16, 18, 22, 23, 28, 31, 32, IDE channel ........19 33, 35, 36, 40, 77, 78, 87, 92, 96, 148 IDE Device Connector......18 Intel ® 845GV ........23 Intel ®...
  • Page 202 password ........... 103 SATA Connector ......... 18 PCI / Plug and Play Setup....103 SATA drive ports......... 70 PCI bus..........28 SATA drives ........32 PCI bus controller ....... 32 SATA power cable....... 70 PCI Bus Interface......19, 28 Serial Infrared ....... 14, 34 Pentium 4 ........

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