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Pentium
M All-in-One
EPIC Board
with DualView display
User's Manual

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  • Page 1 EP812 Series ® Pentium M All-in-One EPIC Board with DualView display User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Disclaimers The information in this manual has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate. Axiomtek Co., Ltd. assumes no responsibility for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. Axiomtek assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document.
  • Page 3: Esd Precautions

    Wear a wrist-grounding strap, available from most electronic component stores, when handling boards and components. Trademarks Acknowledgments AXIOMTEK is a trademark of AXIOMTEK Co., Ltd. MS-DOS and Windows ’95 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. AWARD is a trademark of Award Software. Inc.
  • Page 4 This page does not contain any information.
  • Page 5 Table of Contents Disclaimers................ii ESD Precautions..............iii C h a p t e r 1................1 Introduction ................1 Specifications ............2 Utilities Supported..........5 C h a p t e r 2................6 Jumpers and Connectors ............6 Board Layout and Fixing Holes ......6 Placement..............8 Jumper Settings..........10 2.3.1 CMOS Clear Jumper: JP1 ..........10 2.3.2 Compact Flash Power: JP2 ...........11 2.3.3 Power Supply Selection: JP3 ........11...
  • Page 6 2.4.9 Parallel Port: CN14............20 2.4.10 Ethernet RJ-45 Connector: CN15, CN16....21 2.4.11 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors: CN19 ..22 2.4.12 Compact Flash Connector: CN21 ......22 2.4.13 DVI Output Connector: CN23........24 2.4.14 CPU Fan Connectors: FAN1 ........24 C h a p t e r 3................25 Hardware Description............25 Microprocessors..........25 BIOS ..............25...
  • Page 7 4.17 Exit Without Saving ..........61 A p p e n d i x A ..............63 Watch Dog Timer..............63 Watchdog Timer Setting ............63 Using the Watchdog Function...........64 Table of Contens...
  • Page 9: Introduction

    The EP812 is an Intel Pentium M/Celeron™ M CPU equipped ® ® Capa board with graphics, Dual Fast Ethernet and audio interface. Designed with the space-limited applications in mind, the EP812 is practically the finest embedded Pentium ® M board that exists.EP812 adapt Intel ®...
  • Page 10: Specifications

    Designed for the professional embedded developers, the Pentium ® M embedded board EP812 Series is virtually the ultimate one-step solution for embedded system applications. Specifications CPU: BGA & Socket 478 compliant ~ Pentium M &...
  • Page 11 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual One Compact Flash Type II Socket Onboard Multi I/O: One floppy port (Optional) 1 x RS-232 1 x RS-232/422/485 USB Interface: 4 USB ports with fuse protection and complies with USB Spec. Rev. 2.0...
  • Page 12 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Power Management: ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Introduction...
  • Page 13: Utilities Supported

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Form Factor: EPIC form Factor Dimensions: 115 x 165 mm NOTE: Specifications are subject to change without notice. Utilities Supported Chipset Driver Ethernet Driver VGA Drivers Audio Drivers Introduction...
  • Page 14: Jumpers And Connectors

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual C h a p t e r 2 Jumpers and Connectors Board Layout and Fixing Holes Hardware Description...
  • Page 15 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Hardware Description...
  • Page 16: Placement

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Placement Hardware Description...
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  • Page 18: Jumper Settings

    EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Jumper Settings The EP812 Series is configured to match the needs of your application with the proper jumper settings. The table below is a summary of all the jumpers and their corresponding functions onboard the EP812 Series.
  • Page 19: Compact Flash Power: Jp2

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual 2.3.2 Compact Flash Power: JP2 Options Settings 3.3V Short 1-2 Short 2-3(default) 2.3.3 Power Supply Selection: JP3 Options Settings Open(default) AT POWER ATX POWER Short 1-2 2.3.4 COM1 Mode Select for Type: JP7, JP4, JP5...
  • Page 20: Com1~Com2 Mode: Jp6, Jp8

    Short 3-5, 4-6 Speaker Out 2.3.7 Power Selection of Flat Panel 1’ST Connector (VDDM1 of LVDS1): JP10 EP812 Series supports 3.3V or +5V flat panel displays. Configure the jumper JP10 to the appropriate voltage of the flat panel VDDM1 Settings 3.3V...
  • Page 21: Power Selection Of Flat Panel 2'St Connector (Vddm2 Of Lvds2): Jp11

    M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual 2.3.8 Power Selection of Flat Panel 2’ST Connector (VDDM2 of LVDS2): JP11 EP812 Series supports 3.3V or +5V flat panel displays. Configure the jumper JP11 to the appropriate voltage of the flat panel VDDM2 Settings 3.3V...
  • Page 22: Connectors

    Ensure that all connectors are in place and firmly attached. The following table lists the function of each connector on the EP812 Series. Their corresponding pin assignments are described in Chapter 3. Connectors...
  • Page 23: Power Input Connector: Cn1

    SB5V N.C. 2.4.2 USB1~4 Connectors: CN2, CN17 The EP812 Series features four Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors as USB 2.0 compliant (480Mbps) that can adapt any USB peripherals, such as monitor, keyboard and mouse etc. The EP812 Series has a box-header connectors (CN2) and one USB connectors (CN17).
  • Page 24: Dio Connector: Cn3

    Out-2 In-3 Out-3 2.4.4 Enhanced IDE Interface Connector: CN5 The EP812 Series includes a PCI bus enhanced IDE controller that can support master/slave mode and post write transaction mechanisms with 64-byte buffer and master data transaction. 44-pin IDE Interface Connector:...
  • Page 25: Lcd Connector: Cn7, Cn9

    HDC CSI # HDD Active # 2.4.5 LCD Connector: CN7, CN9 The EP812 Series has for connectors that support LVDS Hirose DF20-40pin connector with CN9. The CN7 is Hirose DF13-7pin connector for inverter. CN9: Hirose Connector for LVDS Flat Panel...
  • Page 26: Flat Panel Bezel Connector: Cn11

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual N.C. N.C. CN7: Hirose Connector for Inverter Description ENAB 2.4.6 Flat Panel Bezel Connector: CN11 Power LED This 2-pin connector, designated at Pins 1 and 3,5, connects the system power LED indicator to its respective switch on the case.
  • Page 27: Audio Connector: Cn12

    HDD LED. Pins 13 is -, and pin 14 is assigned as +. 2.4.7 Audio Connector: CN12 The EP812 Series supports audio interface. CN12 is a 10pin- header connector commonly used for the audio. Signal Signal...
  • Page 28: Parallel Port: Cn14

    Terminal Ready Ring Indicator (RI) (DTR) Ground (GND) 2.4.9 Parallel Port: CN14 The EP812 Series has a multi-mode parallel port, CN14, to support: Standard mode: IBM PC/XT, PC/AT and PS/2™ compatible with bi- directional parallel port Enhanced mode: Enhance parallel port (EPP) compatible with EPP 1.7 and EPP 1.9 (IEEE 1284 compliant)
  • Page 29: Ethernet Rj-45 Connector: Cn15, Cn16

    Paper Empty# Printer Select 2.4.10 Ethernet RJ-45 Connector: CN15, CN16 The EP812 Series is equipped with a high performance Plug and Play Ethernet interface which is fully compliant with the IEEE 802.3 standard, and consisting of a RJ-45 connector LAN...
  • Page 30: Keyboard And Ps/2 Mouse Connectors: Cn19

    Mouse Data Keyboard Data 2.4.12 Compact Flash Connector: CN21 The EP812 Series Series is equipped with a Compact Flash disk type-II socket on the solder side and it supports the IDE interface Compact Flash disk card with DMA mode supported.
  • Page 31 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual CN21: Compact Flash Socket CN21: Compact Flash Socket Pin Assignment Description Description CD1- Data 3 Data 11 Data 4 Data 12 Data 5 Data 13 Data 6 Data 14 Data 7...
  • Page 32: Dvi Output Connector: Cn23

    CRT-RED CRT-GREEN CRT-BLUE CRT-HSYNC VGAGND 2.4.14 CPU Fan Connectors: FAN1 FAN1 is a CPU fan connectors. Pentium microprocessors require a fan for heat dispensing. The fan connector on EP812 Series provides power to the fan. Description +12V Sensor Hardware Description...
  • Page 33: Hardware Description

    CPU. BIOS System BIOS used on the EP812 Series is Phoenix-Award Plug and Play BIOS. The EP812 Series contains a single 4Mbit Flash. System Memory The EP812 Series industrial CPU card supports one 200-pin DDR SODIMM socket for a maximum memory of 1GB DDR SDRAMs.
  • Page 34: I/O Port Address Map

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual I/O Port Address Map The Intel® Pentium® M/Celeron™ M CPU communicates via I/O ports. It has a total of 1KB port addresses available for assignment to other devices via I/O expansion cards.
  • Page 35: Interrupt Controller

    M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Interrupt Controller The EP812 Series is a 100% PC compatible control board. It consists of 16 interrupt request lines. Four out of the sixteen can either be programmable. The mapping list of the 16 interrupt request lines is shown on the following table.
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  • Page 37: Award Bios Utility

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual C h a p t e r 4 Award BIOS Utility The Phoenix-Award BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in a battery-backed RAM (CMOS RAM) that retains the Setup information each time the power is turned off.
  • Page 38: Control Keys

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Control Keys Moves cursor to the previous item Up arrow Moves cursor to the next item Down arrow Moves cursor to the item on the left hand Left arrow Move to the item in the right hand...
  • Page 39: The Main Menu

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual The Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from ten setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select the setup function you intend to configure then press <Enter>...
  • Page 40: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual 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>...
  • Page 41 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Primary Master/Primary Slave/Secondary Master/Secondary Slave The categories identify the types of one channel that have been installed in the computer. There are 45 predefined types and 2 users definable types are for Enhanced IDE BIOS. Type 1 to Type 45 is predefined.
  • Page 42 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Halt On This field determines whether the system will halt if an error is detected during power up. The system boot will halt on any error detected. No errors (default) Whenever the BIOS detect a non-fatal error, the All errors system will stop and you will be prompted.
  • Page 43: Advanced Bios Features

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright © 2000-2004 Award Software...
  • Page 44 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Virus Warning This option flashes on the screen. During and after the system boot up, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system with the following message.
  • Page 45 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual First/Second/Third Boot Device These items allow the selection of the 1 , and 3 devices that the system will search for during its boot-up sequence. The wide range of selection includes Floppy, LS120, ZIP100, HDD0~3, SCSI, and CDROM.
  • Page 46: Gate A20 Option

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Gate A20 Option The default value is “Fast”. The A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller Normal or chipset hardware. Default: Fast. The A20 signal is controlled by Port Fast 92 or chipset specific method.
  • Page 47 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Security Option This item allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. The default value is “Setup”. The system will not boot and access to Setup will be...
  • Page 48: Advanced Chipset Features

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Advanced Chipset Features Since the features in this section are related to the chipset on the CPU board and are completely optimized, you are not recommended to change the default settings in this setup table unless you are well oriented with the chipset features.
  • Page 49 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual DRAM Data Integrity Mode This option sets the data integrity mode of the DRAM installed in the system. The default setting is “Non-ECC”. System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at...
  • Page 50: Integrated Peripherals

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Integrated Peripherals This option sets your hard disk configuration, mode and port. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright © 1984-2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Press Enter ►On Chip IDE Device Press Enter ►On Board Device...
  • Page 51 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright © 1984-2001 Award Software On board Device Enable USB Controller Enabled USB 2.0 Controller Menu Level Disabled USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Disabled AC97 Audio Auto Hance Rapid Watchdog...
  • Page 52 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Ultra DMA 66/100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver).
  • Page 53 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual POWER ON Function This option allows users to select the type of power ON sequence for the system to follow. The default value is “Button-Only”. BUTTON- Follows the conventional way of turning OFF system power (via power button).
  • Page 54 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select Normal unless your hardware and software require one of the other modes offered in this field. The options available are EPP1.9, ECP, SPP, ECPEPP1.7, and EPP1.7.
  • Page 55: Power Management Setup

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively. It will shut down the hard disk and turn OFF video display after a period of inactivity.
  • Page 56: Acpi Function

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual ACPI Function This item allows enable/disable Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The options available are Enabled, Disabled. Power Management This option allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving for Doze, Standby, and Suspend modes.
  • Page 57: Video Off Method

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Video Off Method Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. Turns OFF vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the SYNC+Blank video buffer Select this option if your monitor supports the...
  • Page 58 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Standby Mode After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), the fixed disk drive and the video shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed. The default value is “Disabled”.
  • Page 59 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN This option only works with systems using an ATX power supply. It also allows the user to define which type of soft power OFF sequence the system will follow. The default value is “Instant- Off”.
  • Page 60: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual 4.10 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer 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.
  • Page 61 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play-compatible devices. If you select Auto, all the interrupt request (IRQ), DMA assignment, and Used DMA fields disappear, as the BIOS automatically assigns them.
  • Page 62 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Some non-standard VGA display cards may not show colors properly. This field allows you to set whether MPEG ISA/VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI/VGA or not. When enabled, a PCI/VGA can work with a MPEG ISA/VESA VGA card.
  • Page 63: Pc Health Status

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual 4.11 PC Health Status This option configures the PCI bus system. All PCI bus systems on the system use INT#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value.
  • Page 64: Frequency/Voltage Control

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual 4.12 Frequency/Voltage Control This option configures the PCI bus system. All PCI bus systems on the system use INT#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright © 1984-2001 Award Software...
  • Page 65: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual 4.13 Load Fail-Safe Defaults This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-optimal and disable all high-performance features. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright © Award Software...
  • Page 66: Load Optimized Defaults

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual 4.14 Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to your system configuration. These default settings are optimal and enable all high performance features. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright © Award Software...
  • Page 67: Set Supervisor/User Password

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual 4.15 Set Supervisor/User Password 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.
  • Page 68: Save & Exit Setup

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual 4.16 Save & Exit Setup This allows you to determine whether or not to accept the modifications. Typing “Y” quits the setup utility and saves all changes into the CMOS memory. Typing “N” brigs you back to Setup utility.
  • Page 69: Exit Without Saving

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual 4.17 Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes you have made in this session. Typing “Y” will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications. Typing “N”...
  • Page 70 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual This page does not contain any information. Award BIOS Utility...
  • Page 71: Watch Dog Timer

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual A p p e n d i x A Watch Dog Timer Watchdog Timer Setting The watchdog timer makes the system auto-reset while it stops to work for a period. The integrated watchdog timer can be setup as system reset mode by program.
  • Page 72: Using The Watchdog Function

    ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual Using the Watchdog Function Start ↓ Un-Lock WDT : O 2E 87 ; Un-lock super I/O O 2E 87 ; Un-lock super I/O ↓ Select Logic device : O 2E 07 O 2F 08 ↓...
  • Page 73 ® EP812 Pentium M All-in-One Capa Board User’s Manual N=00 M= 00h: Time-out Disable 01h: Time-out occurs after 1 second 02h: Time-out occurs after 2 second 03h: Time-out occurs after 3 second ………………………........FFh: Time-out occurs after 255 second N=08...

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