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Trademarks PEAK 637 is registered trademarks of NEXCOM Co., Ltd., IBM PC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel and Pentium III are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Award is a registered trademark of Award Software, Inc.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Chapter 1: Specification The PEAK 637 is a full size Single Board Computer. It applies single Socket 370 FC-PGA based processor, supporting both 66 MHz (Celeron) and 100 MHz (Pentium III) FSB CPU up to 850 M+Hz and future Intel 100MHZ FSB CPU to 1GHZ or 1.1GHZ.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide On Board I/O Winbond 83977 Super I/O ON BOARD Enhanced IDE mode 4, UltraDMA33, Two 40-pin connectors on the board. Supports FDD, One 34-pin connector on the board. Serial Port Two serial ports COM1 9-pin D-sub connector at the I/O bracket...
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PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Chapter 2 Switches and Connectors This chapter gives the definitions and shows where to locate the positions of switches and connectors. Connector Function CPU Fan Header SMBUS Connector J3, J4 DIMM Socket Primary IDE Connector Secondary IDE Connector...
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide AT/ATX FUNCTION SELECT *AT Function ATX Function *1-2 *1-2 J10: Reset Connector PIN No. Description RESET J12 ATX Power Connector PIN No. Description 5VSB Power On# J13: IDE Active LED PIN No. Description ACTIVE# J1: CPU Fan Header Connector PIN No.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide J2: SMBUS Connector PIN No. Description SMBCLK SMBDATA J15: Parallel Port Connector PIN No. Description PIN No. Description Strobe# Data 0 Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Data 4 Data 5 Data 6 Data 7 Acknowledge...
PEAK 636F User‘s Guide Note: Watch Dog Timer Watch Dog Timer Working Procedure The Watch Dog Timer (WDT) is the special hardware device. The WDT function is to monitor the computer system whether work normally, otherwise, it will have some measures to fix up the system. It contains a receivable SQW signal from RTC, and could set time and can clear the counter function.
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PEAK 636F User‘s Guide Watch Dog Timer Control Register The Watch Dog Timer Control Register is to control the WDT working mode. You can write the value to WDT Configuration Port. The following is the Control Register bit definition. 111 : N/A 110 : Select 1 second 101 : Select 2 second 100 : Select 4 second...
PEAK 636F User‘s Guide ; (Generate SQW = 0.5 Sec.) Mov dx, 70h ax, 0Ah dx, al ; Out port 70h = 0Ah dx, 71h ax, 2Fh dx, al ; Out port 71h = 2Fh ; (enable the SQW output) Mov dx, 70h ax, 0Bh dx, al...
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PEAK 636F User‘s Guide After finishing the above setting, you must be output for the Control Register’s value to the WDT Configuration Port. Then WDT will start according to the above setting. MOV dx, F2h ; Setting WDT Configuration Port OUT dx, al ;...
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS Setup Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed RAM (CMOS RAM) so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Getting Help Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Load BIOS defaults BIOS defaults indicates the most appropriate value of the system parameter which the system would be in minimum performance. The OEM manufacturer may change the defaults through MODBIN before the binary image burn into the ROM.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Standard CMOS Setup Menu The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn>...
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide LCD&CRT: On board VGA select display type. Type Function Boot from CRT only Boot on LCD only BOTH Boot both LCD and CRT AUTO Boot on CRT or LCD Error halt The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide BIOS Features Setup Menu Virus Warning This category flashes on the screen. During and after the system boots up, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system and the following error message will appear, in the mean time, you can run an anti-virus program to locate the problem.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If it is set to Enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6 characters per second 8 characters per second 10 characters per second 12 characters per second 15 characters per second 20 characters per second 24 characters per second 30 characters per second Typematic Delay (Msec) When holding a key, the time between the first and second character displayed.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Note: 1. For C8000-DFFFF option-ROM on PCI BIOS , BIOS will automatically enable the shadow RAM. User does not have to select the item. 2. IDE second channel control: Enable : enable secondary IDE port and BIOS will assign IRQ15 for this port.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Chipset Features Setup Menu Since the features in this section are related to the chipset in the CPU board and all are optimized, you are not recommended to change the default settings in the setup table, unless you know very detailed of the chipset features.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide You can select RAS to CAS Delay time in HCLKs of 2/2 or 3/3. The system board designer should set the values in this field, depending on the DRAM installed. Do not change the values in this fiels unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Delay Transaction The chipset has an embeded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles.. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1 AGP Aperture Size (MB) Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Power Management Setup The Power management setup will appear on your screen like this: ACPI Function This item allows you to Enable/Disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following...
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide DPMS Initial display power management signaling. Video Off After When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode. Monitor will remain on during power saving modes. Suspend Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide PnP/PCI Configuration This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Peripheral Component Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
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PEAK 637 User‘s Guide PCI/ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture. Slot 1 use IRQ No Assign IRQ to slot 1, 2, 3, 4 by User or Auto. Used MEM base addr Select a base address for the memory area used by any peripheral that requires high memory.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Integrated Peripherals IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive (HDD). Enabled IDE controller uses block mode. Disabled IDE controller uses standard mode.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide For user to select to init AGP or PCI VGA first KBC input clock Set the frequency for the keyboard controller input clock Onboard FDD Controller This should be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive (FDD) installed on the system board and you wish to use it.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Supervisor/User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differences between are: supervisor password : can enter and change the options of the setup menus. user password : just can enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus.
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PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Currently there is only one beep code in BIOS. This code indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information. This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps.
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PEAK 637 User‘s Guide Hard drive cannot be initialized. Be sure the adapter is installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached. Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup. ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER Cannot initialize controller.
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PEAK 637 User‘s Guide This message is used in conjunction with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated. PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot. Press any key and the system will reboot.
PEAK 637 User‘s Guide 1. Initialize the first 32 interrupt vectors with corresponding Interrupt handlers Initialize INT no from 33-120 with Dummy(Suprious) Interrupt Handler 2. Issue CPUID instruction to identify CPU type 3. Early Power Management initialization (OEM specific) This POST code is for boot block...