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ROBO-8910VG2A
Single Board Computer
User's Manual
P/N: B8981220 Version 1.0
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  • Page 1 ROBO-8910VG2A Single Board Computer User's Manual P/N: B8981220 Version 1.0 Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2006. 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......................1-5 1.4 System Architecture ........................1-6 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-8910VG2A system to meet various operating requirements. It is divided into five chapters, with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Host Board. 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 host board.

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 System Overview

    (same as PICMG 1.0), supports 20 PCI Express lanes and four 32-bit/66MHz PCI as external expansion. Portwell presented its first SHB according to PICMG 1.3 that uses Intel longevity supported PCI Express chipset - 915GV & ICH6. The board, ROBO-8910VG2A equipped single Pentium 4 or Celeron D processor, DDR2 memory, integrated graphics engine, one IDE channel, four SATA port, eight USB 2.0 ports and dual...

  • Page 5: Check List

    System Overview Check List The ROBO-8910VG2A package should cover the following basic items: One ROBO-8910VG2A single host board One dual Serial ports cable kit One Parallel port cable kit One FDC cable One IDE cable Two 7-pin SATA signal cables...
  • Page 6 Marvell PCI interface based Gigabit Ethernet to support RJ-45 connector High Driving GPIO Support 8 programmable high driving GPIO Cooling Fans Support one 4-pin header for CPU and one 3-pin header for system System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature, system temperature and major power sources, etc ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 7 •Primary Master IDE HDD: Seagate ST320011A •OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional + SP4 •Test Programs: Burning Test V4.0 •Run Time: 10 minutes Operating Temperature: -5°C ~ 60°C (23°F ~ 140°F) Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ 80°C Relative Humidity: 0% ~ 95%, non-condensing ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...

  • Page 8: Mechanical Drawing

    System Overview 1.3.1 Mechanical Drawing ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...

  • Page 9: System Architecture

    SEC C To PICMG1.3 SEC C 88E8001 88E8001 SATA CONN X4 SATA MIC/LIN-IN/LIN-OUT AC97 CODEC AC LINK PCI BUS PICMG1.3 SEC D BIOS LPC BUS SIO W83627THF COM X2 KB/MS GPIO H/W Monitor ROBO-8910 System Block Diagram ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration

    Open or N/C (Not Connected) means removing a jumper cap from jumper pins. Users can refer to Figure 2-1 for the Jumper locations. S_ATA1 S_ATA3 S_ATA2 S_ATA4 DIMM DIMM W83627THF 88E8001 GMCH ICH6 88E8001 BIOS JP10 Figure 2-1 ROBO-8910 Jumper Location ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 11 JP5: COM2 Interface Selection Function 5-6,9-11,10-12,15-17,16-18 Short RS-232 3-4,7-9,8-10,13-15,14-16,21-22 Short RS-422 1-2,7-9,8-10,19-20 Short RS-485 JP6: System reset Function Short Reset Open Normal JP9 and JP10: Power(3.3v) Selection Function JP9: Short Backplane supply(3.3v) JP10:1-2,3-4,5-6 Short JP9: Open Board supply(3.3v) JP10:1-2,3-4,5-6 Open ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...

  • Page 12: Connector Allocation

    Connector Allocation I/O peripheral devices are connected to the interface connectors (Figure 2-2) S_ATA1 S_ATA3 S_ATA2 S_ATA4 DIMM DIMM W83627THF 88E8001 GMCH ICH6 88E8001 BIOS DIMM DIMM W83627THF 88E8001 GMCH ICH6 88E8001 BIOS Figure 2-2 ROBO-8910 Connectors Location ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 13 Compact flash card socket DIMM1 Channel A DDR2 connector DIMM2 Channel B DDR2 connector S_ATA1 SATA port3 S_ATA2 SATA port2 S_ATA3 SATA port1 S_ATA4 SATA port0 J1: CPU fan connector Pin No. Signal Description +12V SENSE Control ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 14 J6 pin 3 and pin4 are AT Power Emulation function. “AT Power Emulation” means the ROBO-8910VG2A is able to be auto power up once power cord is plugged in ATX power supply. However, user need set BIOS setup menu “PWRON after PWR FAIL” to “ON” if you need auto power up function.
  • Page 15 Data8 Data6 Data9 Data5 Data10 Data4 Data11 Data3 Data12 Data2 Data13 Data1 Data14 Data0 Data15 Ground DMA REQ Ground IOW# Ground IOR# Ground IOCHRDY Pull-down DMA ACK# Ground INT IRQ PDIAG- HDC CS0# HDC CS1# Active Ground ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 16 Write Data# Ground Write Gate# Ground Track 0# Ground Write Protect# Read Data# Ground Head Select# Disk Change# J15: 8-bit GPIO PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description GPIO10 GPIO11 GPIO12 GPIO13 Ground GPIO14 GPIO15 GPIO16 GPIO17 ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 17 PIN No. Signal Description Speaker Signal Ground J21: PS/2 K/B and Mouse connector PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description Keyboard data Mouse data KB/MS ground KB/MS VCC (+5V) Keyboard clock Mouse clock NC (key) NC (key) ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 18 J26、J27: USB port connector PIN No. Signal Description USB power (+5V) USBD- USBD+ USB Ground J28: CRT connector Pin No. Signal Name Pin No. Signal Name GREEN BLUE Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground DDCDATA HSYNC VSYNC DDCCLK ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 19 Data 0 Pull Up to +5V Data 1 Data 8 Data 2 Data 9 Data 10 Ground S_ATA1、S_ATA2、S_ATA3&S_ATA4 : SATA port PIN No. Signal Description Ground SATA TX+ SATA TX- Ground SATA RX- SATA RX+ Ground ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 2-10...
  • Page 20 PCI-Ex1 channel 2 RX+ PCI-Ex1 channel 2 RX- PCI-Ex1 channel 3 TX+ PCI-Ex1 channel 3 TX- PCI-Ex1 channel 3 RX+ PCI-Ex1 channel 3 RX- CLOCK0+ CLOCK0- CLOCK1+ Reserved CLOCK1- CLOCK2+ CLOCK2- CLOCK3+ Reserved CLOCK3- CLOCK4+ CLOCK4- Reserved Reserved Reserved ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 2-11...
  • Page 21 PCI-Ex16 channel 6 RX+ PCI-Ex16 channel 6 RX- PCI-Ex16 channel 7 TX+ PCI-Ex16 channel 7 TX- PCI-Ex16 channel 7 RX+ PCI-Ex16 channel 7 RX- Reserved +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V Reserved Reserved 5VSB 5Vsb ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 2-12...
  • Page 22 PCI-Ex16 channel 14 TX+ PCI-Ex16 channel 14 TX- PCI-Ex16 channel 14 RX+ PCI-Ex16 channel 14 RX- PCI-Ex16 channel 15 TX+ PCI-Ex16 channel 15 TX- PCI-Ex16 channel 10 RX+ PCI-Ex16 channel 10 RX- Reserved Reserved Reserved +12V +12V ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 2-13...
  • Page 23 SATA T1+ SATA T1- SATA R1+ SATA R1- SATA T3+ SATA T3- SATA R3+ SATA R3- Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 2-14...
  • Page 24 +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V +12V ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 2-15...
  • Page 25 AD24 AD23 +3.3V AD22 AD21 AD20 AD19 Pull down to ground AD18 AD17 AD16 C/BE#2 PCI_PRST# FRAME# IRDY# TRDY# DEVICE SELECT# PCI LOCK# STOP# PCI ERR# C/BE#1 AD14 Pull high to +3.3V AD12 AD15 AD10 AD13 ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 2-16...
  • Page 26 Hardware Configuration AD11 C/BE#0 ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 2-17...

  • Page 27: Chapter 3 System Installation

    (pin 1) of the CPU corresponds to the socket’s bevel end. Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place. If this operation is not easy or smooth, don’t do it forcibly. You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...

  • Page 28: Main Memory

    4) Follow the steps of installing a CPU to change to another one or place handling bar to close the opened socket. Configuring System Bus ROBO-8910VG2A Support socket 478 types, 533/800MHz FSB, Pentium 4 and Celeron D processor CPU, will automatically detect the CPU used. CPU speed of Intel Pentium 4 can be detected automatically.

  • Page 29: Installing The Single Board Computer

    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-8910VG2A into the dedicated position in your system Step 4: Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it Note: Please refer to section 3-3-1 to 3-3-4 to install INF/VGA/LAN/Audio drivers.

  • Page 30: Hipset Component Driver

    3.3.1 hipset Component Driver The chipset on ROBO-8910VG2A is a new chipset that a few old operating systems might not be able to recognize. To overcome this compatibility issue, for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed.

  • Page 31: On-Board Gigabit Ethernet Controller

    3.3.3 On-board Gigabit Ethernet Controller Drivers Support Please find Marvell 88E8001 driver in /Ethernet directory of ROBO-8910VG2A CD-title. The drivers support Windows 2000 / XP. LED Indicator (for LAN status) ROBO-8910VG2A provides three LED indicators to report Ethernet interfaces status.

  • Page 32: On-Board Ac-97 Audio Device

    System Installation 3.3.4 On-board AC-97 Audio Device Please find Realtek AC’97 Audio driver of R ROBO-8910VG2A CD-title. The drivers support Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP, and AC97 Utility. J17: Audio Connector PIN No. Signal Description PIN No.

  • Page 33: Clear Cmos Operation

    The ROBO-8910VG2A allows users control WDT through dynamic software programming. The WDT starts counting when it is activated. It sends out a signal to system reset or to non-maskable interrupt (NMI), when time-out interval ends. To prevent the time-out interval from running out, a re-trigger signal will need to be sent before the counting reaches its end.
  • Page 34 Value of Count-mode Register : 1) 0x00 -- Count down in seconds (Bit3=0) 2) 0x08 -- Count down in minutes (Bit3=1) Value of Time-out Value Register : 1) 0x00 -- Time-out Disable 2) 0x01~0xFF -- Value for counting down ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...

  • Page 35: Gpio

    System Installation GPIO The ROBO-8910VG2A provides 4 input/output 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.
  • Page 36 Only high nibble is available for this function. If a port is assigned to be an output port, then its respective bit can be read/written. If a port is assigned to be an input port, then its respective bit can be read only. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 3-10...
  • Page 37 System Installation Notes: 1) All the Buffered Digital Outputs are open-drain amplified form corresponding GPIO ports. 3) Some other functions may occupy the lower nibble of the registers. Altering any content in lower nibble will be undesired. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 3-11...

  • Page 38: Chapter 4 Bios Setup Information

    ROM. These 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. When system is turned on, ROBO-8910VG2A communicates with peripheral devices and checks its hardware resources against the configuration information stored in the CMOS memory.

  • Page 39: Main Menu

    BIOS Setup Information Main Menu Once you enter ROBO-8910VG2A AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, you should start with the Main Menu. The Main Menu allows you to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to switch among items and press <Enter>...

  • Page 40: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    640K Extended Memory 1039360K Total Memory 1040384K ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Note: Setting On-Chip Serial ATA is Enhanced Mode. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...

  • Page 41: Ide Adaptors Setup Menu

    To auto-detect the HDD’s Cylinder 19852 size, head … this Head channel Precomp Landing Zone 19851 Sector ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 42 Min = 0 **** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 Max = 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min = 0 **** Max = 65535 Sector Min = 0 Number of sectors per track Max = 255 ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 43 Min = 0 **** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means Max = 65535 no hard disk Landing zone Min = 0 **** Max = 65535 Sector Min = 0 Number of sectors per track Max = 255 ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...

  • Page 44: Advanced Bios Features

    [16 Min] Item Help Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 Limit CPUID MaxVal [Disabled] Menu Level ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 45 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-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 46 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-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 47 Enabled is to extend the number of IRQ's, which sounds like a real risky proposition. I'm not surprised to see the conclusion reached at APIC: Benefit or Trouble. The number of IRQ's should be fine without being extended, anyway. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-10...

  • Page 48: Advanced Chipset Features

    [Auto] On-Chip Frame Buffer Size [8MB] DVMT Mode [DVMT] DVMT /FIXED Memory Size [128MB] ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-11...
  • Page 49 Users are recommended to use Auto for memory frequency selection. The choice: 333MHz, 400MHz, 533MHz, and Auto. SLP_S4# Assertion Width The choice: 4 to 5 Sec., 3to 4 Sec, 2 to 3 Sec., 1 to 2 Sec. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-12...
  • Page 50 The choice: V1.0 / V1.0a. PEG/Onchip VGA Control The choice: Onchip VGA, PEG Port, and Auto. On-Chip Frame Buffer Size The choice: 1MB, 8MB. DVMT Mode The choice: FIXED, DVMT and BOTH. DVMT /FIXED Memory Size The choice: 64MB, 128MB. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-13...

  • Page 51: Integrated Peripherals

    F7: Optimized Defaults IDE HDD Block Mode If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-14...
  • Page 52 PATA and SATA are combined. Max. Of 2 IDE drives in each Combined Mode channel. Enable both SATA and PATA. Max. Of 6 IDE drives are Enhanced Mode Supported. SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-15...
  • Page 53 This item allows you to enabled USB Mouse function under POST, BIOS Setup menu, DOS, or Window-NT with no USB driver loaded. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. AC97 Audio Select Users can disable on board AC97 Audio function. The choice: Auto, Disabled. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-16...
  • Page 54 This item allows you to enable/disable onboard Floppy disk controller. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-17...
  • Page 55 The available choices are IR-Rx2Tx2/ RxD2, TxD2. The choice: IR-Rx2Tx2 / RxD2, TxD2. Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to configure I/O address of the onboard parallel port. The choice: Disabled, 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, and 3BC/IRQ7. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-18...
  • Page 56 Watch Dog Timer Select This BIOS testing option is able to reset the system according to the selected table. The choice: Disabled, 10 Sec, 20 Sec, 30 Sec, 40 Sec, 1 Min, 2 Min, and 4 Min. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-19...

  • Page 57: Power Management Setup

    +/-/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-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-20...
  • Page 58 DPMS 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-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-21...
  • Page 59 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-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-22...
  • Page 60 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-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-23...

  • Page 61: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    Default is disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-24...
  • Page 62 Devices (S) using this INT: Network Cntrlr – Bus 1 Dev 11 Func 0. USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI Cntrlr – Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 2. The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-25...
  • Page 63 The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15. Maximum Payload Size Set maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices. The unit is byte. The choice: 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, and 4096. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-26...

  • Page 64: Pc Health Status

    This item allows you to set a temperature above which the system will start the beeping warning. Default setting is disabled. This function will only with “ACPI” power management and “S3 (STR)” suspends type. The choices : Disabled, 50℃/122℉, 53℃/127℉, 56℃/133℉, 60℃/140℉, 63℃/145 ℉, 66℃/151℉, 70℃/158℉. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-27...

  • Page 65: Frequency/Voltage Control

    When you press <Enter> on this item you get 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-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-28...

  • Page 66: Supervisor/User Password Setting

    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-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-29...

  • Page 67: Exiting Selection

    Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N This allows you 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-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-30...

  • Page 68: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides you a few useful tips to quickly get your ROBO-8910VG2A running with no failure. As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3, this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues, in terms of backplane setup, BIOS setting, and OS diagnostics.
  • Page 69 Figure 5-2 CPU Supplementary Power Connector ROBO-8910VG2A requires power drawing from the 12V connector. The CPU supplementary power connector should be connected at all time for this P4 system to run properly. If the system’s main power comes from a backplane, the CPU supplementary power connector should still be connected.
  • Page 70 PBPE-13A8 PBPE-06V Figure 5-4 Step2: ROBO-8910VG2A requires power drawing through golden finger via backplane and power connector (J2). The CPU supplementary Power Connector (J2) has to be connected to the system all the time. Otherwise, the system won’t boot up properly.( Figure 5-5) Figure 5-5 ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 71 Step 3: Connect TOGGLE SWITCH (CN2) connector on PBPE-06V backplane (Figure 5-6) and PBPE-13A8 backplane (Figure 5-7), which is used to power on SBC. Generally, the TOGGLE SWITCH is located on the chassis of front panel. Figure 5-6 Figure 5-7 ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 72 PCI device, Backplane, and so on. If the system still cannot boot up, please fill out RMA form which is provides on Portwell website, and then send back to Portwell Inc. as a RMA goods. Besides, you also visit RMA site (http://www.portwell.com.tw/rma/login.asp) to check RMA report if necessary.

  • Page 73: Frequency Asking Questions

    Serial ATA function. Otherwise, Serial hardware won’t be recognized. To enable SATA function, please see as following: Q: Can I build Raid system on SATA bus with ROBO-8910VG2A? A: No, it cannot. It is because ROBO-8910’s south bridge is ICH6, which doesn’t support RAID function.
  • Page 74 Troubleshooting Q: How can I build up an AT system using ATX power supply A: Yes, ROBO-8910VG2A can support system in AT mode. Q: How to use Standard PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse? A: Users may always adopt PS/2 keyboard and mouse over the J21 jumper interface (through bracket which supports PS/2 function) on ROBO-8910VG2A.
  • Page 75 Secondary IDE Master channel, please remove it or set it as a slave device. Q: Can I use backplane which follow the PICMG 1.0 specification? A: No.ROBO-8910VG2A based on PICMG 1.3 , PCI Express and PCI definition. It can’t compatibility on the PICMG 1.0 and PICMG 1.2 backplane. PICMG 1.0 backplane PICMG 1.2 backplane...

  • Page 76: Bios Setting

    BIOS setting back to the initial factory configuration. It is recommended to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the 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 77 It is then very easy to find out which IRQ resource is ready for additional peripherals. If IRQ resource is not enough, please disable some devices listed above to release further IRQ numbers. The IRQ list will show on the Post sequences as system hardware checking. ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 5-10...
  • Page 78 A000 – AFFF VGA Graphics B000 – B7FF Unused B800 – BFFF VGA Text C000 – CA5F Video ROM CA60– DFFF Unused E000 – EFFF System bios temporary Area F000 – FFFF System ROM First 64K Extended ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual...
  • Page 79 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-8910VG2A User’s Manual...

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