Introduction 1.1 Copyright Notice All Rights Reserved. The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve the reliability, design and function. It does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer. Under no circumstances will the manufacturer be liable for any direct, indi- rect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the use or in- ability to use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility...
Introduction 1.4 Replacing the lithium battery Incorrect replacement of the lithium battery may lead to a risk of explosion. The lithium battery must be replaced with an identical battery or a battery type recommended by the manufacturer. Do not throw lithium batteries into the trashcan. It must be disposed of in accordance with local regulations concerning special waste.
Introduction 1.6 Warranty This product is warranted to be in good working order for a period of two years from the date of purchase. Should this product fail to be in good working order at any time during this period, we will, at our option, replace or repair it at no additional charge except as set forth in the following terms.
Introduction 1.7 Packing List x EmCORE-i97 .” Embedded Board x Driver CD x Quick Installation Guide x CPU Cooler x ATX Power cable ATX main power connector (2x0 pins) to EmCORE- i97 power connector (2x pins) If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your vendor immediately.
Introduction 1.11 Installing the CPU The processor socket comes with a screw to secure the CPU. As showing in the picture as bellow, loose the screw first before inserting the CPU. Place the CPU into the socket by making sure the notch on the corner of the CPU corresponding with the notch on the inside of the socket.
Introduction 1.12 Installing the Memory Side notch Latch knob Latch claw Latch section Latch arm Polarizing key To install the Memory module, locate the Memory SO-DIMM slot on the board and perform as below: . Adjust the socket polarizing key and the board key to the same direction. 2.
Introduction 1.13 Heatsink Installation Put the heatsink on EmCORE-i97, and screw it on in the direction of the board. Insert four screws (No. ) downward into the holes and turn them tightly. Verify the direction is correct (No. 2) and plug the FAN connector into CPUF connector.
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Installation 2.1 Block Diagrams mPGA 478 socket for Intel® CPU 667/533MHz Analog R.G.B. 1 x 200-pin DDRII Memory Bus SO-DIMM socket Intel® 945GME LVDS LVDS DMI I/F USB I/F 6 x USB PCI Bus 1 x MiniPCI Socket Intel® Serial ATA I/F 1 x SATA ICH7M IDE ATA I/F...
Installation Jumpers JRS2: COM2 RS-232/422/485 Mode Select (9) The onboard COM2 port can be configured to operate in RS-422 or RS-485 modes. RS-22 modes differ in the way RX/TX is being handled. Jumper JRS switches between RS-22 or RS-22/8 mode. When JRS is set to RS-22 or RS-8 mode, there will be only +2V output let while JRS is set.
Installation JBAT1: Clear CMOS Setup (19) If the board refuses to boot due to inappropriate CMOS settings here is how to proceed to clear (reset) the CMOS to its default values. Connector type: 2.00 mm pitch x pin header Mode Keep CMOS (Default) Clear CMOS You may need to clear the CMOS if your system cannot boot up because...
Installation Connectors INV1: LCD Inverter Connector (1) Connector type: 2.00mm pitch x-pin box wafer connector. Description +2V Backlight on/off Brightness control SATA1: Serial ATA Connector (2) The EmCORE-i97 CPU board on board supports four SATA II connectors, second generation SATA drives transfer data at speeds as high as 00MB/s, twice the transfer speed of first generation SATA drives.
Installation JFRT1: Switches (4) It provides connectors for system switches to change the computer status. Connector type: 2. mm pitch 2x2 pin header Description Description PWRBTN+ PWRBTN- RST+ RST- PWRBTN: ATX soft power switch, pin -2. This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted Power button. RES: Reset Button, pin -.
Installation IDE1: Primary IDE Connector (5) An IDE drive ribbon cable has two connectors to support two IDE devices. If a ribbon cable connects to two IDE drives at the same time, one of them has to be configured as Master and the other has to be configured as Slave by setting the drive select jumpers on the drive.
Installation USB2/ USB3: USB Connectors (6), (7) The EmCORE-i97 Embedded Board on board supports two headers USB2, USB that can connect up to four high-speed (Data transfers at 80MB/s), full-speed (Data transfers at 2MB/s) or low-speed (Data transfers at .MB/s) USB devices. Connector type: 2.00mm 2x pin header Description Description...
Installation COM2: RS-232 Connector (11) Connector type: 2.00 mm pitch 2x box header. Description Description DCD# DTR# DSR# RTS# CTS# AUDIO1: Front Panel AUDIO Connector (12) Connect a tape player or another audio source to the light blue Line-in connector to record audio on your computer or to play audio through your computer’s sound chip and speakers.
Installation ATX1: ATX Power Supply Connector (23) The ATX power supply has a single lead connector with a clip on one side of the plastic housing. There is only one way to plug the lead into the ATX power connector. Press the lead connector down until the clip snaps into place and secures the lead onto the connector.
BIOS 3.1 BIOS Introduction The Award BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) installed in your computer sys- tem’s. The BIOS provides for a standard device such as disk drives, serial ports and parallel ports. It also adds password protection as well as special support for detailed fine-tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system.
BIOS 3.3 Standard CMOS Features “Standard CMOS Features” allows you to record some basic hardware configurations in your computer system and set the system clock and error handling. If the CPU card is already installed in a working system, you will not need to select this option.
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BIOS IDE Channel 0 Master/ Slave The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices. Each channel can support up to two hard disks; the first is the “Master” and the second is the “Slave”.
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BIOS Halt On This field determines whether or not the system will halt if an error is detected during power up. All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error, the system will stop and you will be prompted. No errors (default) The system boot will not be halted for any error that may be detected.
BIOS 3.4 Advance BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority It allows you to set the priority for hard disk boot. When you press enter, the selections shows the current hard disks used in your system as well as the “Bootable Add-in Card” that is relevant to other boot sources media such as SCSI cards and LAN cards.
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BIOS First/ Second Boot Device These fields determine the drive that the system searches first for an operating system. The options available include Setting: Floppy, Hard Disk, CDROM, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, LAN and Disabled. Boot Other Device It allows the system to search for an OS from other devices other than the ones selected in the First/ Second/ Third Boot Device.
BIOS Security Option It allows you to limit access to the System and Setup. When you select System, the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up. When you select Setup, the system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility is called up.
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BIOS Panel Number It allows you to select the LCD Panel type as below --- Setting: 60x80 800x600 02x768 (Default) 280x768 00x00 00x00 600x200 280x768 680x00 920x200 - 0 -...
BIOS 3.6 Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device >>> IDE HDD Block Mode It allows HDD controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from HDD. Setting: Disabled, Enabled (Default). On-Chip Primary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels.
BIOS IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO It allows your system HDD controller to run faster. Rather than having the BIOS issue with a series of commands that transferring to or from the disk drive, PIO (Programmed Input/Output) allows the BIOS to communicate with the controller and CPU directly. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode.
BIOS SuperIO Device >>> Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed and you wish to use it. Select “Disabled” if your system has an add-in FDC or has no floppy drive. Setting: Disabled, Enabled (Default). Onboard Serial/Parallel Port It allows you to select the onboard serial and parallel ports with their addresses.
BIOS 3.7 Power Management Setup ACPI Function It supports ACPI (Advance Configuration and Power Interface). Setting: Enabled (Default), Disabled. Power Management It allows you to select the type of power saving management modes. Setting: User Define (Default) Each of the ranges is from 1 min. to 1hr. Except for HDD Power Down which ranges from min.
BIOS Power On Control>>> Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN It defines the power-off mode when using an ATX power supply. In the Instant Off mode, It allows powering off immediately upon pressing the power button. In the Delay Sec mode, the system powers off when the power button is pressed for more than seconds or enters the suspend mode when pressed for less than seconds.
BIOS 3.8 PNP/PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data It allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not. Setting: Disabled (Default), Enabled. Resources Controlled By This PnP BIOS can configure all of the boot and compatible devices with the use of a PnP operating system.
BIOS PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Some non-standard VGA display cards may not show colors properly. It allows you to set whether or not MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards can display with PCI/VGA. When “Enabled”, a PCI/VGA can display with an MPEG ISA/VESA VGA card.
BIOS 3.10 Load Optimized Defaults It allows you to load the default values to your system configuration. The default setting is optimal and enabled all high performance features. - 9 -...
BIOS 3.11 Set Password Using Password to set a password that will be used exclusively on the system. To specify a password, highlight the type you want and press <Enter>. The Enter Password: message prompts on the screen. Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>.
BIOS 3.12 Save & Exit Setup Typing “Y”, you will quit the setup utility and save all the changes into the CMOS memory. Typing “N”, you will return to Setup utility. - -...
BIOS 3.13 Exit Without Saving Typing “Y” will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications. Typing “N” will return you to Setup utility. - 2 -...
BIOS 3.14 BIOS Beep Sound code list Beep Sound Message short (Beep) System booting is normally 2 short (Beep) CMOS setting error long - short (Beep) DRAM error long - 2 short (Beep) Display card or monitor connected error long - short (Beep) Keyboard error long - 9 short (Beep)
BIOS 3.16 Award BIOS Post Codes CFh Test CMOS read/write functionality Early chipset initialization: Disable shadow RAM, L2 cache (socket 7 and below), program basic chipset registers Ch Detect memory: Auto detection of DRAM size, type and ECC, auto detection of L2 cache (socket 7 and below) Ch Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Ch Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 &...
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BIOS Reserved HPM initialization (notebook platform) Reserved Check validity of RTC value; Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack. If CMOS checksum fails, use default value instead; Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP use. If ESCD is valid, take into consideration of the ESCD's legacy information;...
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BIOS Initialize EISA slot Reserved Calculate total memory by testing the last double last word of each 6K page; Program writes allocation for AMD K CPU Reserved Reserved Ch Reserved Dh Reserved Program MTRR of M CPU; initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program cacheable range;...
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BIOS Reserved Reserved Reserved Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if: AWDFLASH.EXE is found in floppy dive and ALT+F2 is pressed Reserved Detect and install all IDE devices: HDD, LS20, ZIP, CDROM... Reserved Detect serial ports and parallel ports Reserved Reserved Detect and install coprocessor Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved...
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Appendix 4.1 I/O Port Address Map Each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of I/O port addresses which also becomes the identity of the device. The following table lists the I/O port addresses used. Address Device Description 00000000 - 00000CF7 PCI bus 00000000 - FFFFFFFF...
Appendix 4.2 Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ) Peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required. The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board. Level Function IRQ Standard 0/02-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard IRQ Communications Port IRQ ...
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