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  • Page 2: Regulatory Compliance Statements

    NEXCOM shall not be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of any product, nor for any infringements upon the rights of third parties which may result from such use.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 General Information.......... 1.1 Features................5 1.2 Specifications................5 1.3 Board Layout.................8 1.4 Checklist & Mechanical Drawing..........9 Chapter 2 Jumper Setting............10 2.1 Functions of Jumpers.............12 2.2 Setting Jumpers..............13 2.3 Location of Jumpers...............14 2.4 Jumping Setting..............15 2.5 Connector Pin Definition............16 Chapter 3 Expanded Capabilities........
  • Page 4 Chapter 5 Driver Installation ..........56 5.1 Installing VGA Driver.............57 5.2 Installing INF...............59 5.3 Installing LAN...............61 5.4 Installing USB..............63 Appendix A : Watchdog Timer Setting..........67 A.1 Wat chdog Timer Working Procedure........67 A.2 Watchdog Timer Control Register..........68 A.3 Watchdog Time r Progra mming Procedure ......68 A.3.1 Power On or Reset the System..........68 ..69 A.3 .2 Clear the WDT...............

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 General Information

    Chapter 1 General Information Chapter 1 General Information...

  • Page 6: Features

    1.1 Features PEAK 735 Series is a memeber of NEXCOM’ s P4-based SBC (single board computer) family. The features of this series are as follows: Socket 478 Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processor up to 3.2GHz with 800MHz FSB ®...

  • Page 7: On Board Lan

    Chipsets ® - Intel 865G (GMCH) chipsets - Intel ICH5 for south bridge (I/O controller hub) - Firmware hub (FWH) 4Mbits flash ROM x 1 - PCI V2.3 compliant On Board LAN - Intel 82547EI gigabit Ethernet controller (dedicated by CSA port directly from the Intel 865G GMCH) and Intel 82551QM 10/100 Ethernet controller x 1 for PEAK 735VL2G - Intel 82551QM Ethernet controller x 1 and Intel 82562EX 10/100 Ethernet controller x 1 (dedicated by LCI port directly from the ICH5) for PEAK 735VL2...

  • Page 8: System Monitor

    System Monitor -Derived from Super IO ITE 8712F-A to support system monitor -8 voltage (For +1.5V, +3.3V, +5V, -5V, +12V, -12V, Vcore and +5VSTBY) -Fan speed connector x 2 (one is for CPU, while the other is for system) -Temperature sensor x 2 (one is for internal CPU, while the other is for external system) Real Time Clock -On-chip RTC with battery back-up -External Li battery x 1...

  • Page 9: Board Layout

    1.3 Board Layout Intel865G Chipset w/integrated VGA Controller ATX 5V Standby Max2GB DDR 400/Dual Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 processor Power Connector Channel Memory in 2 up to 3.2GHz+ with 800MHz FSB DIMM Slots Serial ATA Connector x 2 Intel 82551QM 10/100 Ethernet Controller Dual LAN...

  • Page 10: Checklist & Mechanical Drawing

    One Y Cable for Keyboard and Mouse One 180 mm AUX Power Cable (for J2) One Cable Set (FDD x1, SIO+PIO x1, SIO x1/Keyboard x1/IDE66 x1) One USB Cable with Bracket One Driver / Manual CD Figure 1-1 : Mechanical Drawing of PEAK 735 Series...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Jumper Setting

    Chapter 2 Jumper & Switch Settings...

  • Page 12: Before You Begin

    This chapter of the User’ s Manual describes how to set jumpers. Note: The procedures that follow are generic for all of the PEAK735 models Before You Begin Ensure y ou have a stable, clean working environment. Dust and dirt can get into components and cause a malfunction.

  • Page 13: Functions Of Jumpers

    2.1 Functions of Jumpers You can use jumpers to set configuration options. The table below defines function of each jumper: Function Connector AC'97 Primary IDE SATA 0 Secondary IDE SATA 1 USB 2.0 Connector USB Exernal Power Connector Floppy DVI Connector(optional) CPU Fan System Fan COM1...

  • Page 14: Setting Jumpers

    2.2 Setting Jumpers A jumper is the simplest kind of electric switch. It consists of two metal pins and a cap. When setting the jumpers, ensure that the jumper caps are placed on the correct pins. When the jumper cap is placed on both pins, the jumper is SHORT. If you remove the jumper cap, or place the jumper cap on just one pin, the jumpr is OPEN.

  • Page 15: Location Of Jumpers

    2.3 Location of Jumpers The illustration below shows the location of the mainboard jumpers: = Pin 1 Figure 2-2 : Location of Jumpers...

  • Page 16: Jumping Setting

    2.4 Jumper Setting Switch Setting Table (* = default setup) Device Select SW1.1 SW1.2 SW1.3 SW1.4 ON Board LAN 82551 Enable ON Board LAN 82551 Disable ON Board TMDS Enable * ON ON Board TMDS Disable DDR VDDQ Select *2.5V 2.6V 2.7V 2.8V...

  • Page 17: Connector Pin Definition

    2.5 Connector Pin Definition AC’ 97 connector Definition Definition 1 AC_SDOUT_R 2 +5V 3 AC_RST# 4 GND 5 AC_SYNC 6 +12V 7 AC_SDIN0 8 AC_SDIN1_R 9 AC_BTCLK 10 AC_SDIN2_R J2/J4: IDE connector Definition Pin Definition Definition Pin Definition 1 IDRST# 2 GND 1 IDRST# 2 GND...
  • Page 18 J3/J5:SATA connector Definition Definition SATA0TXPC SATA0TXNC SATA0RXNC SATA0RXPC Definition Definition SATA1TXPC SATA1TXNC SATA1RXNC SATA1RXPC J6:USB connector Definition Definition +5VSBY DATA0- DATA0+ DATA1- DATA1+ J7:USB External Power connector Definition Definition +5VSBY J8:FDD connector Definition Definition DENSEL# INDEX# MOTEA# 11 GND DRVB# 13 GND DRVA# 15 GND...
  • Page 19 J9:TMDS DVI connector Definition Definition TMDS_TX2N TMDS_TX2P TMDS_TX1N TMDS_TX1P HotPlugDet 10 TMDS_TX0N 11 TMDS_TX0P 12 GND 13 TMDS_TXCP 14 TMDS_TXCN 15 GND 16 GND 17 DVICLK 18 DVIDATA 19 NC 20 NC J10/J11:CPU FAN & SYSTEM FAN connector Definition Definition +12V SENSE J12/J13: COM1/COM2...
  • Page 20 J16:External Keyboard Definition Definition KBCLK KBDATA JP2:SPEAKER External connector Definition Definition SPEAKERR# JP4:IDE Active LED connector Definition Definition IDE_LED JP7:GPIO connector Definition Definition GP27_D_IN1 ( PIN20 ) GP23_D_OUT 1 ( PIN24 ) GP26_D_IN2 ( PIN21 ) GP22_D_OUT 2 ( PIN25 ) GP25_D_IN3 ( PIN22 ) GP21_D_OUT 3 ( PIN26 ) GP24_D_IN4 ( PIN23 )
  • Page 21 JP13:82747EI/82562EX LAN External SPEED 100 LED connector Definition Definition +3VSBY LINK100 JP16:82747EI LAN External SPEED 1000 LED connector Definition Definition +3VSBY LINK1000 JP17: Hardware Reset connector Definition Definition RESET JP18: 82747EI/82562EX LAN External ACTIVE&LINK LED connector Definition Definition LINK_UP ACTIVITY JP20: SMBUS connector Definition Definition...
  • Page 22 CON3:82547/82562 RJ45 connector Definition Definition LAN2_MDX_0P_TXP LAN2_MDX_0N_TXN LAN2_MDX_1P_RXP LAN2_MDX_2P LAN2_MDX_2N LAN2_MDX_1N_RXN LAN2_MDX_3P LAN2_MDX_3N LAN2_LINK1000 10 +3VSBY 11 LAN2_LINK_UP 12 LAN2_ACTIVITY CON4: AUX +12V Power Connector Definition Definition +12V +12V CON5: Key board + mouse connector Definition Definition KBDATA MOUSEDATA KBCLK MOUSECLK...

  • Page 23: Chapter 3 Expanded Capabilities

    Chapter 3 Expanded Capabilities...

  • Page 24: System Memory

    CPU board. The CPU board contains two memory banks: Bank 0 and 1, corre- sponds to connector DIMM1, DIMM2. The table below shows possible DIMM configurations for the memory banks. Please be noted that the PEAK 735 Series supports Double Data (DDR333) SDRAM. Configurations using different brands of memory modules are not recommended.

  • Page 25: Installing Dimm

    3.2 Installing DIMM To install DIMM: 1. Make sure the two handles of the DIMM sockets are in the “ open” position, i.e. the handles stay outward. Figure 3-1 : How to Install DIMM (1) 2. Slowly slide the DIMM modules along the plastic guides in the both ends of the socket.
  • Page 26 3. Then press the DIMM module down right into the socket, until a click is heard. That means the two handles automatically locked the memory modules into the right position of the DIMM socket. Figure 3-3 : How to Install DIMM (3) 4.

  • Page 27: Changing Cpu

    3.3 Changing CPU To change the CPU: 1. Pull the handling bar of the socket upward to the other end to loosen the socket’ s openings. Carefully lift the existing CPU up to remove it from the socket. 2. Place the new CPU on the middle of the socket, orienting its beveled corner to line up with the socket’...

  • Page 28: Installing The Fan Heatsink

    3.4 Installing the Fan Heatsink Use the following instructions for installing the fan heatsink: 1. The heatsink has thermal interface material attached to the bottom, shown in Figure 3-7. Be careful not to damage the thermal interface material. 2. Align the fan heatsink and clip assembly (A in Figure 3-6) with the retention mechanism (the fan heatsink is symmetrical) and place it on the processor (as shown in Figure 3-7).
  • Page 29 6. Lastly, connect the processor fan cable to the motherboard fan power header (Figure 3-10). Consult the motherboard manual to determine the correct fan header to use. Figure 3-6: Installing the Fan H eatsink (1) Fan Heatsink and Clip Assembly Terminology Figure 3-8: Installing the Fan H eatsink (3) Push Down Clip Frame Corners to Secure to Retention...
  • Page 30 Figure 3-9a: Installing the Fan Figure 3-9b: Installing the Fan Heatsink (4) Heatsink (5) Close Clip Levers, Close Clip Lever (1), One at a Time While Holding the Topside of Fan Heatsink (A) Figure 3-9c: Installing the Fan Figure 3-10: Installing the Fan H eatsink (6) Heatsink (7) Close Clip Lever (2),...

  • Page 31: Serial Ata

    On-Chip Serial ATA Setting On-Chip Serial ATA The setting is used to specify te SATA controller. Settings: Disable, Auto, Combined Mode, Enhanced Mode, SATA only If <Combined Mode> is selected, PATA and SATA will be combined. If <Enhanced Mode> is selected, PATA and SATA will both be enabled. If <Auto>...

  • Page 32: Chapter 4 Award Bios Setup

    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup...

  • Page 33: About The Bios

    BIOS modification in the future. User can download any major updated items or reversion from NEXCOM web site http://www.nexcom.com.tw. If any unclear message occurs, please contact NEXCOM customer service representative for help or log onto http://www.nexcom.com.tw/contact/contact.htm. About the BIOS...

  • Page 34: Entering Setup

    4.1 Entering Setup When the system is powered on, the BIOS will enter the Power-On Self Test (POST) routines. These routines perform various diagnostic checks; if an error is encountered, the error will be reported in one of two different ways: ? If the error occurs before the display device is initialized, a series of beeps will be transmitted.
  • Page 35 Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on the system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize the system’ s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals...

  • Page 36: Getting Help

    Save & Exit Setup Saves CMOS value changes to CMOS and exits setup. Exit Without Saving Ignores all CMOS value changes and exits setup. 4.3 Getting Help Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bot- tom of the screen.

  • Page 37: Control Keys

    4.4 Control Keys The table below lists the keys that help you navigate the setup program. Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow M o v e t o n e x t i t e m Left arrow Move to the item to the left Right arrow Move to the item to the right...

  • Page 38: Standard Cmos Features

    4.5 Standard CMOS Features Selecting Standard CMOS Features on the main program screen displays the following menu: Figure 4-3 : BIOS -- Standard CMOS Features The Standard CMOS Setup utility is used to configure the following features: Date (mm:dd:yy) The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other data information. This field is for information only.
  • Page 39 Figure 4-4 : BIOS -- IDE Channel Slave IDD HDD Auto-Detection If you want the Setup Utility to automatically detect and configure a hard disk drive on the IDE channel, press <Enter> while this item is highlighted. If your system has an IDE hard drive, you can use this utility to detect its param- eters and enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup automatically.
  • Page 40 Refer to your drive’ s documentation or look on the drive if you need to obtain this information. If no device is installed, change the value to None. Access Mode This item defines some special ways that can be used to access IDE hard disks such as LBA (Logical Block Addressing).
  • Page 41 Halt On This setting determines which type of errors will cause the system to halt during booting. The options are: All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error, the system will be stopped and you will be prompted. No Errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected.

  • Page 42: Advanced Bios Features

    4.6 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting Advanced BIOS Features on the main program screen displays this menu, which allows you to define advanced information about your system. You can make modifications to most of these items without causing fatal errors to your system.
  • Page 43 Note: This function is available only for DOS and other operating systems that do not trap INT13. For complete protection against viruses, install virus software in your operating system and update the virus definitions regularly. Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message. If you plan to run such a program, we recommend that you disable the virus warning.
  • Page 44 Boot Up Floppy Seek Enable this to allow the system to search for floppy drives during the POST. Dis-able this item to boot faster. Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boot.
  • Page 45 The APIC Mode BIOS feature is used to enable or disable the motherboard’ s APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). If your single-processor motherboard supports APIC and you are using a Win32 operating system (Windows NT, 2000 and XP), it’ s recommended that you enable this feature to allow faster and better IRQ handling.

  • Page 46: Advanced Chipset Features

    4.7 Advanced Chipset Features Figure 4-5 : BIOS- Advanced Chipset Features System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The available choices are Enabled, Disabled.

  • Page 47: Integrated Peripherals

    On-chip VGA By default, the On-Chip VGA or chipset-integrated VGA is Enabled. On-chip Frame Buffer Size The On-Chip Frame Buffer Size can be set as 1MB or 8MB. This memory is shared with the system memory. Boot Display Use this field to select the type of device you want to use as the display(s) of the system.
  • Page 48 BIOS, and you will be able to see the IDE device status listed in Standard CMOS Features. Serial ATA Port O/I Mode Select a compatible mode for Port 1 and Port 2 from Award Setting to the chipset settings: Primary Master: Compatible Mode with Serial ATA Port 1 set to Primary Master Primary Slave: Compatible Mode with Serial ATA Port 1 set to Primary Slave Secondary Master: Compatible Mode with Serial ATA Port 1 set to Secondary Master Secondary Slave: Compatible Mode with Serial ATA Port 1 set to Secondary Slave...
  • Page 49 AC97 Audio Selecting Auto will enable the AC97 audio if it is detected onboard. AC97 Modem Selecting Auto will enable the AC97 modem if it is detected onboard. Onboard LAN Boot ROM Decides whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip. The available choices are LAN1, LAN2, and Disabled.

  • Page 50: Power Management Setup

    Parallel Port Mode The choices available include SPP, EPP, ECP and ECP+EPP. ECP Mode Use DMA When the on-board parallel port is set to ECP mode, the parallel port can use DMAS or DMA 1. After you have made your selections in the Integrated Peripherals setup, press the <ESC>...
  • Page 51 Power Supply Type The choices: AT, ATX. ACPI Function The ACPI standard (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) allows the operat- ing system to directly check the functions of energy saving and the PnP (Plug and Play) functionality. The ACPI functions are normally activated by the BIOS. The choices are: Enabled and Disabled.
  • Page 52 Soft-Off by PWRBTN (Power Button) Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system “ hangs” . The available choices are Delay 4 Seconds, Instant-Off Wake up by PCI Card When the system enters a Soft-off mode (Standby power exist but system is not working), it will wake up system when specific signals occurred.

  • Page 53: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    4.10 PnP/PCI Configurations Figure 4-8 : BIOS -- PnP/PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on Card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot.

  • Page 54: Pc Health Status

    4.11 PC Health Status Figure 4-9 : BIOS- PC Health Status After you have read the PC Health Status, press the <ESC> key to go back to the main program screen.

  • Page 55: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    4.11 Load Fail-Safe Defaults This option opens a dialog box that lets you install fail-safe defaults for all appropri- ate items in the whole setup utility. Use this option if you have changed your system and it does not operate correctly or does not power up.

  • Page 56: Save & Exit Setup

    4.14 Save & Exit Setup Selecting this option and pressing <Enter> will save the new setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process. 4.15 Exit Without Saving Selecting this option and pressing <Enter> will exit the Setup Utility without recording any new values or changing old ones.

  • Page 57: Chapter 5 Driver Installation

    Chapter 5 Driver Installation...

  • Page 58: Installing Vga Driver

    PEAK 735 Series comes with a driver installation CD-ROM that enables you to install VGA driver software, INF(Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility), LAN and USB. 5.1 Installing VGA Driver Step 5.1.1 Double click the folder of VGA. The menu will display.
  • Page 59 Step 5.1.4 After a sequence of system processing, you will see a static screen instructing the installation process. Click Next to continue setup. Step 5.1.5 If you accept License Agreement, click Yes to continue. Step 5.1.6 An installation wizard will inform successful completion of driver software installation and ask you to restart your computer.

  • Page 60: Installing Inf

    5.2 Installing INF After installing VGA driver, go back to 5.1. Go through step 5.11 to step 5.14 again, and open the folder of INF to start installing INF. Step 5.2.1 Open the folder of INF 5.00.1012 Step 5.2.2 Double click the blue sign INFINST_ENU Step 5.2.3 Click Next to install INF.
  • Page 61 Step 5.2.4 Click Yes to continue. Step 5.2.5 Click Yes. Step 5.2.6 Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now. Then click Finish. INF is installed.

  • Page 62: Installing Lan

    5.3 Installing LAN After installing INF, go back to 5.1. Go through step 5.1.1 to step 5.1.4 again, and open the folder of LAN driver. Step 5.3.1 After the folder of LAN driver displays, click it. Step 5.3.2 Double click the Autorun Icon Step 5.3.3 Click Wired LAN Adapter or Wireless LAN Adapter for...
  • Page 63 Step 5.3.4 Install or update the minimum drivers for Intel PRO adapters. Step 5.3.5 Install or update drivers for Intel PRO adapters.

  • Page 64: Installing Usb

    5.4 Installing USB After installing the LAN driver, go back to computer desktop and open My Computer. Step 5.4.1 Double click the My Computer icon to open it. Step 5.4.2 Choose Properties in the drop menu. Step 5.4.3 Click OK in the System Properties Menu.
  • Page 65 Step 5.4.4 Click USB Controller in the Device Manager folder. Step 5.4.5 To update the driver files for this device, click Update Driver. Step 5.4.5 To continue, click Next.
  • Page 66 Step 5.4.5 To upgrade a device driver, click Next. Step 5.4.6 To upgrade a device driver, click Next. Step 5.4.7 To install the driver Windows found, click Next.
  • Page 67 Step 5.4.8 To close this wizard, click Finish.

  • Page 68: Appendix A : Watchdog Timer Setting

    Appendix A : Watchdog Timer Setting A.1 Watchdog Timer Working Procedure Watchdog Timer (WDT) is a special hardware device that monitors the computer system during normal operation. WDT has a clock circuit that times down from a set number to zero. If a monitored item occurs before the timer reaches zero, WDT resets and counts down again.

  • Page 69: Watchdog Timer Control Register

    A.2 Watchdog Timer Control Register The Watchdog Timer Control Register controls the WDT working mode. Write the value to the WDT Configuration Port. The following table describes the Control Register bit definition: Table B-2 : WDT Control Register Bit Definition A.3 Watchdog Timer Programming Procedure ·...

  • Page 70: Clear The Wdt

    A.3.2 Clear the WDT WDT counter interval cannot be longer than the preset time, otherwise, WDT sends a reset signal to the system. The following is an example of clearing the WDT program in Intel 8086 assembly language. ; ( Clear the WDT) dx, F2h ;Setting the WDT configuration port al, dx...
  • Page 71 i.e. D3=1, Enables WDT al, 00001000b ; Enable the WDT After finishing the above settings, you must output the Control Register’ s value to WDT Configuration Port. Then WDT will start according to the above settings. dx, F2h ; Setting WDT Configuration Port dx, al ;...

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