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ROBO-8771VG2
Single Board Computer
User's Manual
P/N: B8981520
Version 1.3
Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2007. All rights reserved.
All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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  • Page 1 ROBO-8771VG2 Single Board Computer User's Manual P/N: B8981520 Version 1.3 Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2007. All rights reserved. All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Preface Table of Contents How to Use This Manual Chapter 1 System Overview.......................1-1 1.1 Introduction..........................1-1 1.2 Check List ............................. 1-2 1.3 Product Specification ........................1-2 1.3.1 Mechanical Drawing......................1-4 1.4 System Architecture ........................1-5 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration ...................2-1 2.1 Jumper Setting ..........................

  • Page 3: How To Use This Manual

    Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO-8771VG2 system to meet various operating requirements. It is divided into five chapters, with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Board Computer. Chapter 1 : System Overview. Presents what you have in the box and give you an overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this series model of single board computer.

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 System Overview

    Level 2 cache with Advanced Transfer Cache Architecture enable excellent performance. One of the major reasons that ROBO-8771VG2 adopts the ULV Celeron M 600MHz processor is thermal design power (TDP) - 7W which is best selection for fanless application. Fanless single board computer means more reliability (moving parts such as processor cooling fan shrinks the MTBF since that’s most unreliable parts on...

  • Page 5: Check List

    System Overview Check List The ROBO-8771VG2 package should cover the following basic items: One ROBO-8771VG2 single board computer One IDE cable One FDD cable One Parallel and one Serial ports with bracket One 4-pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection One Installation Resources CD-Title 格式化: 項目符號及編號...
  • Page 6 System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature, system temperature and major power sources, etc Bracket Support dual Ethernet port with 2 indicators, dual USB ports, and one CRT port Outline Dimension (L X W): 338.5mm (13.33”) X 122mm (4.8”) ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 7: Mechanical Drawing

    ‧Test Programs: 3D Mark 2001 PRO for loading VGA and Burning Test V3.0 for loading CPU ‧Connected Fans: Only CPU fan connected ‧Run Time: 10 minutes Operating Temperature: -0°C ~ 60°C (23°F ~ 140°F) Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ 80°C Relative Humidity: 0% ~ 95%, non-condensing 1.3.1 Mechanical Drawing ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 8: System Architecture

    852GM GMCH (Graphics Memory Controller Hub) and ICH4 (I/O Controller Hub) chipset. 852GM supports one 200-pin DDR200/266 SODIMM socket on ROBO-8771VG2, and integrated 32-bit 3D core at 133MHz with Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT). ICH4 supports PCI bus which was used to hook dual Realtek 8110SC Gigabit Controllers and four PCI external expansion via gold finger;...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration

    Hardware Configuration This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers, headers and connector. All of the configuration jumpers on ROBO-8771VG2 series are in the proper position. The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star ( ).

  • Page 10: Connector Allocation

    PICMG 1.0 Gold Finger ISA Gold Finger LAN Active/Link LED 1 LAN Active/Link LED 2 Standalone Power Connector ATX Power Control Connector Reset Button Connector ATX Power Button Primary Ethernet RJ-45 Connector 1 Primary Ethernet RJ-45 Connector 2 ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 11 Motor ENA# Ground Drive Select B# Ground Drive Select A# Ground Motor ENB# Ground Direction# Ground Step# Ground Write Data# Ground Write Gate# Ground Track 0# Ground Write Protect# Ground Read Data# Ground Head Select# Ground Disk Change# ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 12 Data 12 Data 2 Data 13 Data 1 Data 14 Data 0 Data 15 Ground DMA REQ Ground IOW# Ground IOR# Ground IOCHRDY Pull-down DMA ACK# Ground INT REQ CBLID# HDC CS0# HDC CS1# HDD Active# Ground ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 13 5V standby power source in standby mode J11: PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector PIN No. Signal Description Mouse Data Ground 5V Dual Mouse Clock Keyboard Data Ground 5V Dual Keyboard Clock J12: SMBus Connector PIN No. Signal Description SMBus Clock Ground SMBus Data ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 14 ACZ_SDOUT ACZ_SDIN ACZ_SYNC ACZ_RST# 3V VCC PC_SPK J17: External Speaker Connector PIN No. Signal Description Speaker Signal Output (Open-drain w/ internal series 33 Ohm) Ground Note: The pull-high voltage of external speaker is limited at 5V maximum. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 15 J21 (COM1) could be configurable as RS-232/422/485 with jumper JP1 J21 : COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector PIN No. Signal Description RS-232 DCD (Data Carrier Detect) RXD (Receive Data) TXD (Transmit Data) DTR (Data Terminal Ready) GND (Ground) DSR (Data Set Ready) RTS (Request to Send) ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 16 General Purpose I/O Port 6 (GPIO6) General Purpose I/O Port 7 (GPIO7) Note: All General Purpose I/O ports can only apply to standard TTL ± 5% signal level (0V/5V), and each source sink capacity up to 12mA. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 17 LAN1 Link ( LED-) J33: Standalone Power Connector PIN No. Signal Description +12V Ground Ground J34: ATX Power Control Connector PIN No. Signal Description ATX Power Good Signal (PW-OK) ATX 5V Stand-by (5VSB) ATX Power On Control (PS-ON) Ground ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 18 Pull-high 1K Ohm to +5VSB Power Button Signal Input (Active high) J38/J40: Primary Ethernet RJ-45 Connector PIN No. Signal Description MDI0+ (MDI0P) MDI0- (MDI0N) MDI1+ (MDI1P) MDI2+ (MDI2P) MDI2- (MDI2N) MDI1- (MDI1N) MDI3+ (MDI3P) MDI3- (MDI3N) ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 2-10...

  • Page 19: Chapter 3 System Installation

    Step 1 : Check all jumpers setting on proper position Step 2 : Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position Step 3 : Place ROBO-8771VG2 into the dedicated position in the system Step 4 : Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it WARNING Please ensure that SBC is properly inserted and fixed by mechanism.

  • Page 20: Chipset Component Driver

    3.3.2 Chipset Component Driver The chipset used on ROBO-8771VG2 series is relatively new which operating systems might not be able to recognize. To overcome this compatibility issue, for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 2000/XP, please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed.

  • Page 21: Clear Cmos Operation

    This action will restart the counting process. A well-written WDT program should keep the counting process running under normal condition. WDT should never generate a system reset or NMI signal unless the system runs into troubles. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 22 // Select Count Mode outp(0x002E, 0xF5); outp(0x002F, (inp(0x002F) & 0xF7) | ( Count-mode Register & 0x08)); // Specify Time-out Value outp(0x002E, 0xF6); outp(0x002F, Time-out Value Register // Disable WDT reset by keyboard/mouse interrupts outp(0x002E, 0xF7); outp(0x002F, 0x00); ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 23: Smbus

    SMB devices and external ACCESS bus devices. On-Board USB 2.0 Controller Drivers Support Please find Intel ICH4 USB driver in /USB20 directory of ROBO-8771VG2 CD-title. ® The drivers support Windows-2000/XP. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 24: Gpio

    System Installation GPIO The ROBO-8771VG2 provides 8 GPIO ports that can be individually configured to perform a simple basic I/O function. Users can configure each individual port to become an input or output port by programming register bit of I/O Selection. To invert port value, the setting of Inversion Register has to be made.
  • Page 25 Bit0 vs. GPIO port 1 Bit1 vs. GPIO port 2 Bit2 vs. GPIO port 3 Bit3 vs. GPIO port 4 Bit4 vs. GPIO port 5 Bit5 vs. GPIO port 6 Bit6 vs. GPIO port 7 Bit7 vs. GPIO port 8 ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 26 If a port is assigned to be an input port, then its respective bit can be read only. Notes: 1) All the Buffered Digital Outputs are open-drain amplified form corresponding GPIO ports. 2) Some other functions may occupy the high nibble of the registers. Altering any content in high nibble will be undesired. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 27: Chapter 4 Bios Setup Information

    Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO-8771VG2 is equipped with the AWARD BIOS stored in Flash ROM. This BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily. This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power-off periods.

  • Page 28: Main Menu

    BIOS Setup Information Main Menu Once you enter ROBO-8771VG2 series AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, a Main Menu is presented. The Main Menu allows user to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to switch among items and press <Enter> key to accept or bring up the sub-menu.

  • Page 29: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    [1.4M, 3.5 in.] Drive B [None] Video [EVG/VGA] Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 252928K Total Memory 253952K ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 30 Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Displays the amount of extended Memory memory detected during boot up Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system Note: is indicating default setting. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 31: Ide Adaptors Setup Menu

    Set the number of cylinders for hard disk Head Min=0, Max=255 Set the number of read/write heads Precomp Min=0, Max=65535 **** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min=0, Max=65535 **** Sector Min=0, Max=255 Number of sectors per track ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 32: Advanced Bios Features

    Enabled warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access Disabled the boot sector or hard disk partition table. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 33 The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock. The choice: Off, On. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 34 Select OS/2 only if you are running SO/2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system. The choice: Non-OS2, OS2. Report No FDD for WIN 95 The choice: No, Yes. Small Logo (EPA) Show The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 35: Advanced Chipset Features

    This section allows user to configure the system based on the specific features of the Intel 852GM chipset for ROBO-8771VG2. This chipset manages bus speeds and ® access to system memory resources, such as DRAM (DDR SDRAM) and the external cache.

  • Page 36: Integrated Peripherals

    [Press Enter] Super IO Device [Press Enter] Menu Level Watch Dog Timer Select [Disabled] ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-10...
  • Page 37 IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-11...
  • Page 38 This item allows enabling USB keyboard function under POST, BIOS setup menu, DOS, or Windows-NT with no USB driver loaded. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. USB Mouse Function [Enabled] or [Disabled] legacy support of USB Mouse. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-12...
  • Page 39 This item allows enable/disable onboard Floppy disk controller. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2 Select an DDR and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-13...
  • Page 40 The choice: Disabled, 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7. Parallel Port Mode There are four different modes for the onboard parallel port : Switch to SPP mode Switch to EPP mode Switch to ECP mode ECP + EPP Switch to ECP + EPP mode ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-14...
  • Page 41 This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs. System automatically restores Power back System stays at Power-Off Former-Str Watch Dog Timer Select The choice: Disabled, 10, 20, 30, 40 sec, & 1, 2, 3, 4 Min. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-15...

  • Page 42: Power Management Setup

    Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-16...
  • Page 43 Video Off In Suspend This allows user to enable/disable video off in Suspend Mode. The choice: Yes, No. Suspend Type Two options are available : Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend. The choice: Stop Grant, PwrOn Suspend. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-17...
  • Page 44 This item allows users to enable/disable the resume by alarm function. When “Enabled” is selected, system using ATX power supply could be powered on if a customized time and day is approached. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-18...
  • Page 45 The choice: Enabled, Disabled. PCI PIRQ[A-D]# This option can be used to detect PCI device activities. If they are activities, the system will go into sleep mode. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-19...

  • Page 46: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    If set to Auto, IRQ DMA and memory base DDR fields can not be selected, since BIOS automatically assigns them. The choice: Auto (ESCD), Manual. Watch Out! When user selects “Manual”, the shadow segments of “IRQ Resource” and “DMA resource” will be able to available. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-20...

  • Page 47: Pc Health Status

    +5 V 5.26 V +12 V -12.81 V VBT (V) 3.20 V 5VSB(V) 5.40 V ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-21...

  • Page 48: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Load Optimized Defaults When <Enter> is pressed, a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-22...

  • Page 49: Supervisor/User Password Setting

    Menu and its Security option (see Section 3). If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-23...

  • Page 50: Exiting Selection

    Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N This allows user to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change. The previous selections remain in effect. This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual 4-24...

  • Page 51: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    To make sure that you have a successful start with ROBO-8771VG2 series, it is recommended, when going with the boot-up sequence, to hit “DEL” key and enter the BIOS setup menu to tune up a stable BIOS configuration so that you can wake up your system far well.
  • Page 52 BIOS setting that Portwell has highly endorsed. As a matter of fact, users can load the default BIOS setting any time when system appears to be unstable in boot up sequence.

  • Page 53: Faq

    PCI device, backplane, and so on. If the system still cannot boot up, please fill out RMA from which is provides on Portwell website, and then send back to Portwell RMA.
  • Page 54 Question: I forget my password of system BIOS, what am I supposed to do? Answer: You can simply short 2-3 pins on JP1 to clean your password. Note: Please visit our technical web site at http://www.portwell.com.tw For additional technical information, this is not covered in this manual. ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 55 System Data 0070-0E2E 002F-0F6B Program Area 006C-9FBF 577K [Available] = Conventional memory ends at 640K = 9FC0-9FFF Extended Bios Area A000-AFFF VGA Graphics B000-B7FF Unused B800-BFFF VGA Text C000-CCBF Video ROM CCC0-EFFF 141K Unused F000-FFFF System ROM ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 56 Usable IRQ IRQ 10 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 11 Unassigned Usable IRQ IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRQ 15 Unassigned Usable IRQ ROBO-8771VG2 User’s Manual...

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