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ICP Electronics NOVA-7896 Manual

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Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394
© Copyright 2001 by ICP Electronics Inc. All Rights Reserved. Manual first
edition February.8, 2001.
The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice
in order to improve reliability, design and function and does not represent
a commitment on the part of the manufacturer.
In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special,
incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to
use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of
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mechanical, electronic, or other means in any form without prior written
permission of the manufacturer.
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Corporation. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. AWARD
is a registered trademark of Award Software Internation, Inc. Other
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  • Page 1 III Processor Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394 Embedded Board © Copyright 2001 by ICP Electronics Inc. All Rights Reserved. Manual first edition February.8, 2001. The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability, design and function and does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    NOVA-7896/7896FW Layout ............9 NOVA-7896/7896FW Dimension ..........10 Unpacking Precautions .............. 11 Setting the CPU of NOVA-7896/7896FW ........12 Clear CMOS Setup ..............12 COM 2 RS-232 / 422 / 485 Setup..........13 COM PORT RI and Voltage Selection ........13 LCD Panel power Setup.............
  • Page 4 Getting Help ................33 Main Menu................. 34 Standard CMOS Setup .............. 37 Advanced BIOS Features Setup..........41 Advanced Chipset Features Setup ..........46 Integrated Peripherals Setup............53 ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 5 Appendix D. How to Upgrade a New BIOS .....79 Appendix E. Digital Input / Output Address....82 Appendix F. Flat Panel Connection Module ....84 Appendix G. Dual View Setup ..........86 ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    DRAM. The DIMM module is 3.3V SDRAM and max. 512MB for each module. The VGA chip ( On chip sis300) used on NOVA-7896/7896FW supports dual view function which can display simultaneously on two monitors when you enter WINDOWS 9X/ME. In general, this function is achieved by two VGA chips.

  • Page 7: Specifications

    SIS900 ( embedded in SIS630 chipset ), Auto-sensing interface to 10Mbps, 100Mbps Network , RJ45 connector for 10BASE-TX and 100BASE-TX, Full Duplex capability, Full Software driver support ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 8 Power Consumption : +5V : 7.5A (Pentium III 933MHz, 256MB SDRAM ) +12V : 0.3A • Operating Humidity : 5 ~ 95 % , non-condensing ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 9: What You Have

    Operating Temperature : 0 ° ~ 55 ° C ( CPU needs Cooler) • 1.2 What You Have In addition to this User's Manual , the NOVA-7896/7896FW package includes the following items: ® • NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron , Pentium III &...

  • Page 10: Installation

    Installation This chapter describes how to install the NOVA-7896/7896FW. The layout of NOVA-7896/7896FW is shown on the next page and the Unpacking Precautions that you should be careful with are described on the following page. Also included is the jumpers and switches setting for this board’ s configuration, such as: CPU type selection, system clock setting and Watchdog timer.

  • Page 11: Nova-7896/7896Fw Layout

    2.1 NOVA-7896/7896FW 's Layout JP17 JP18 PCI1 JP19 JP20 DIMM1 SIS630 CN12 CN19 JP21 CN20 CN24 CN25 CN23 CN30 CN27 CN28 CN26 CN31 CN29 CN22 ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 12: Nova-7896/7896Fw Dimension

    2.2 NOVA-7896/7896FW 's Dimension ( Unit : mm ) ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 13: Unpacking Precautions

    ü Ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching your NOVA-7896/7896FW. You can do it by using a grounded wrist strap at all times or by frequently touching any conducting materials that is connected to the ground.

  • Page 14: Setting The Cpu Of Nova-7896/7896Fw

    2.4 Setting the CPU of NOVA-7896/7896FW • JP1,2,3,4 : CPU & DRAM FREQUENCY SETTING ( H/W ) CPU/DRAM 66/66 100/100 133/133 O : Open C : Close 2.5 Clear CMOS Setup If you forget the CMOS password, you can clear or reset it by closing the JP6 .

  • Page 15: Com 2 Rs-232 / 422 / 485 Setup

    JP15 DESCRIPTION COM1 RI Pin Use Voltage +12V COM1 RI Pin Use Voltage +5V * If JP16 Uses ( 2-3 ) Don’ t care JP15 ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 16 COM3RI Pin Use Voltage JP12 DESCRIPTION COM3 RI Pin Use Voltage +12V COM3RI Pin Use Voltage +5V * If JP11 Uses ( 2-3 ) Don’ t care JP12 ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 17: Lcd Panel Power Setup

    2.8 LCD Panel power Setup To set the operating voltage for the LCD Panel. • JP5 : LCD Power Setting DESCRIPTION +3.3V * Set to +5V is NOT standard ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 18: Lcd Panel Type Selection

    2.9 LCD Panel Type Selection NOVA-7896/7896FW can support up to 24 bit LCD. • JP17,18,19,20 : LCD Panel Type Selection ( H/W ) Now support LCD Type: 1. IMES M121-SOHR ( 800x600 TFT) 2. LG LM151X2 ( 1024x768 TFT ) 3.

  • Page 19: Connection

    Connection This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches and indicators to the NOVA-7896/7896FW board. 3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector NOVA-7896/7896FW board is equipped with a 34-pin daisy- chain driver connector cable. • CN26 : FDD CONNECTOR PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.

  • Page 20: Pci E-Ide Disk Drive Connector

    3.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector You can attach two IDE (Integrated Device Electronics) hard disk drives to the NOVA-7896/7896FW IDE controller. The maximal data transfer rate is 66M B/s . In this case ,cable total length shall not exceed 0.46 m ( 18in ).

  • Page 21: Parallel Port

    BUSY PAPER EMPTY PRINTER SELECT 3.4 Serial Ports The NOVA-7896/7896FW offers four high speed NS16C550 compatible UARTs with Read/Receive 16 byte FIFO serial ports (COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4). • CN29 : Serial Port 2x5 pin header Connector (COM1) Pin No. Description Pin No.
  • Page 22 ( For 2x7 pin header Connector ) RS422 Mode Pin No. Description Pin No. Description ( For 2x7 pin header Connector ) RS485 Mode Pin No. Description Pin No. Description ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 23: Keyboard/Mouse Connector

    DSR4 RXD4 RTS4 TXD4 CTX4 DTR4 3.5 Keyboard/Mouse Connector The NOVA-7896/7896FW provides one internal one mouse and one keyboard connectors. • CN27 : 5-pin Header Mouse Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION MS DATA MS CLOCK • CN30 : 5-pin Header Keyboard Connector PIN NO.

  • Page 24: External Switches And Indicators

    ATX POWER PSON# ATX POWER BUTTON ATX 5VSB ATX POWER BUTTON GND ATX 5VSB 3.7 USB Port Connector The NOVA-7896/7896FW has two built-in USB ports for the future new I/O bus expansion. • CN9,10: Pin Header USB Connectors PIN NO. Description USBD0-...

  • Page 25: Irda Infrared Interface Port

    3.8 IrDA Infrared Interface Port NOVA-7896/7896FW built-in IrDA port supports Serial Infrared (SIR) or Amplitude Shift Keyed IR (ASKIR) interface. If you want to use the IrDA port, you have to configure the FIR or ASKIR model in the BIOS’ s Peripheral Setup’ s COM2. Then the normal RS-232 COM2 will be disabled.

  • Page 26: Lan Rj45 Connector

    • CN13 : Link LED Connector For Realtek 8139C LAN Pin No. Description Pin No. Description LAN Link 3.11 Fan Connector The NOVA-7896/7896FW provides one CPU cooling fan connector and one system fan connectors. These connectors can supply 12V/500mA to the cooling fan. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron &...

  • Page 27: Temperature Sensor Connector

    • CN24 : Left/Right Audio SPK Output Connector By optional amplifier Speaker Output. (Two 6W stereo power amplifiers ) ( SPK Right Out) ( SPK Left Out) ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 28: Audio Panel Connector

    Line In R Line In L MIC In 3.16 CompactFlash Storage Card Socket The NOVA-7896/7896FW configures CompactFlash Storage Card in IDE Mode. It will use IDE Secondary / Slave channel when CompactFlash card is plugged in. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron &...

  • Page 29: Power Connector

    OBLIGATORY TO PULL HIGH ACTIVE# PDIAG# CARD DETECT2 GROUND 3.17 Power Connector The NOVA-7896/7896FW can work without back-plane , while attaching external power to this connector . • CN22: Power Supply Connector 1. +5V 2. GND 3. GND 4. +12V ®...

  • Page 30: Lcd Backlight Connector

    Pin No. Description Pin No. Description ENABKL +12V 3.19 Digital Input / Output NOVA-7896/7896FW provides you with an isolated digital input/output. The usage will be explained in detail in appendix G. • CN11 : Digital Input / Output Description Description...

  • Page 31: Lcd Panel Connector

    3.20 LCD Panel Connector • CN2 : LCD Panel Connector Description Description SHFCLK ENABLK FPVDD FPVEE +12V +12V ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 32: Ieee1394 Connector

    3.21 IEEE1394 Connector • CN16 : IEEE1394 Connector Description Description +12 VCC +12 VCC TPB1- TPB0- TPB1+ TPB0+ TPA1- TPA0- TPA1+ TPA0+ CASE CASE CASE CASE ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 33: Award Bios Setup

    PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, DEL TO ENTER SETUP ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 34: Using Setup

    Option Page Setup Menu F7 key Load the default F8 key Reserved F9 key Reserved F10 key Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 35: Getting Help

    Even a seemingly small change to the chipset setup has the potential for causing you to use the override. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 36: Main Menu

    The main menu includes the following main setup categories. Recall that some systems may not include all entries. Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration. See Section 4.6 for the details. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 37 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable performance for your system to operate. See section 4.14 for the details. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 38 Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. See section 4.16 for the details. Exit Without Save Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. See section 4.16 for the details. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 39: Standard Cmos Setup

    64512K Total Memory 65536K ↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Figure 1: The Main Menu ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 40 All, but Keyboard BIOS to stop the POST All, but Diskette process and notify you All, but Disk/Key Base Memory Displays the amount of ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 41 Figure 2 IDE Primary Master sub menu Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use Table 3 to configure the hard disk. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 42 Landing zone Min = 0 **** Max = 65535 Sector Min = 0 Number of sectors per track Max = 255 Table 3 Hard disk selections ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 43: Advanced Bios Features Setup

    OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2 Report NO FDD For Win 95 ↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 44 If you prefer not to use or distribute the unique processor number , use this item to suppress the processor number. The Choice : Enable , Disable. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 45 Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control GateA20. Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Fast Lets chipset control GateA20 ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 46 OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system. The choice: Non-OS2, OS2. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 47 The choice: Yes, No. Video BIOS Shadow This item allows the video BIOS to be copied to system memory for faster performance. The Choice : Enable , Disable. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 48: Advanced Chipset Features Setup

    ISA bus and the PCI bus. It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered. The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 49 'Delay 1T' , background commands are issued 1 clock behind memory address (MA) been issued. When select 'Normal', background command and MA are issued at the same time. The choice: Delay 1T, Normal. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 50 CKE can meet SDRAM setup time and hold time specification when CKE is driven out. The Choice: 1ns, 2ns, 3ns, 4ns, 5ns, 6ns, 7ns, 8ns. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 51 The choice: +5.0ns~-2.5ns (Default 0.0ns) SDWCLK Control DQM/MD This item controls the phase of SDWCLK used for DQM/MD signals that lags ahead SDCLK. The choice: +5.0ns~-2.5ns (Default 0.0ns) ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 52 The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 53 When enabled this item, only one pending cycle is allowed at one time. When disabled, there might be more than two pending cycles at one time depends on the CPU behaviour. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 54 This item controls the power-supply type to AT or ATX. The choice: AT,ATX. Memory Parity Check Enabled this item to test the boot-up memory. . The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 55: Integrated Peripherals Setup

    In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, and Mode 4. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 56 SIS-900 10/100M ETHERNET This item provides a total communication solution including 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet for Office requirement and 1Mb HomePNA for Home Networking. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 57 Normal, Compatible, or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes. The choice: SPP, EPP, ECP, ECP+EPP. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 58 The choice: PCI Slot, AGP. System Share Memory Size This item defines the System Share Memory Size for video. Thechoice:2MB,4MB,16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 2+2MB, 4+4MB,8+8MB,16+16MB,32+32MB ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 59: Power Management Setup

    The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to S1(Power ON Suspend)/S3(Suspend To RAM) the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The choice: S1(POS), S3(STR). ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 60 You can choose whether or not to permit your system to enter complete Suspend mode. Suspend mode offers greater power savings, with a correspondingly longer awakening period.. The choice: Break/Wake, Disabled. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 61 IRQ 8 Break Suspend : You can Enable or Disable monitoring of IRQ8 (the Real Time Clock) so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 62 Date ( of Month ) Alarm lets you select a day from 1 to 31 . Time Alarm lets you select a time for the alarm in hours , minutes , and seconds . The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 63: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    The choice: Enabled, Disabled . ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 64 Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture. The Choice: Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP . PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled . Choices are Enabled, Disabled. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 65: Pc Health Status Setup

    5V, 3.3V...) and others. Generic names (Voltage 0-9) are given to these items because where these pins are connected depends on different platforms you are using. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 66 Usually, one FAN is applied to cool down the CPU and the other one is applied by different purpose. Generic names are given for the same reason as Voltage 0-7. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 67: Frequency / Voltage Control Setup

    CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select CPU clock ratio. The choice: By H/W 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 68: Defaults Menu Setup

    Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘ Y ’ loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 69: Change Supervisor/User Password

    Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 70: Exit Selection

    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. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 71: Appendix A. Watchdog Timer

    (DOS), such as disk I/O that can be very time-consuming. Therefore if the time-out period has been set to 10 seconds, the I/O port 443H must be read within 7 seconds. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 72 MOV DX, TIMER_START ;;restart counter IN AL, DX ;;ADD YOUR APPLICATION HERE CMP EXIT_AP, 0 JNE W_LOOP MOV DX, TIMER_STOP IN AL, DX ;;EXIT AP ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 73: Appendix B. Post Messages

    Also be sure the disk is formatted as a boot device. Then reboot the system. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 74 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. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 75 Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location. You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 76 A valid board ID was found in a slot that was configured as having no board ID. NOTE; When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 77 → HDD controller diagnostics failed. Hard Disk(s) fail (40) → HDD initialization error. Hard Disk(s) fail (20) → Unable to recalibrate fixed disk. Hard Disk(s) fail (10) ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 78 BIOS ROM checksum error - System halted. The checksum of ROM address F0000H-FFFFFH is bad. Memory test fail. BIOS reports the memory test fail if the onboard memory is tested error. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 79: Dma, Irq, 1St Mb Memory And I/O Address Map

    IRQ first. For example, if you don’ t use USB K/B or Mouse, then IRQ9 may be set free. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 80 380-38F SDLC, Bisynchronous 2 3A0-3AF Bisynchronous 1 3B0-3BB SIS 630 3C0-3DF SIS 630 3F0-3F7 Diskette Controller 3F8-3FF Serial Port 1 (COM1) 443, 843 Watch-dog timer ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 81: Appendix D. How To Upgrade A New Bios

    1.. 3. Copy ( BIOS file and awdflash.exe )two files to the boot floppy. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 82 There will be bar progressing across the screen while the flashing is progressing. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 83 2. Complete steps 4, 5, 6B, 9, 10, and 11 (above) substituting the name of the BIOS you wish to recover for the upgrade BIOS at step 5. Install screen : ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 84: Appendix E. Digital Input / Output Address

    I/O circuit. The external power supply’ s DC output should be connected with NOVA-7896/7896FW’ s power supply at either 5V, 12V or GND to isolate NOVA-7896/7896FW main system and the external I/O device. In case that you cannot find any external power supply to activate the digital I/O, the 5V or 12V of the system’...
  • Page 85 Output Current : 700mA Max ( per channel ) ( External Power Input is 12V ) Digital Input / Output Circuit Diagram 1N4148 2.7K / 0.5W PC357 0.1U 0.1U PC357 6030L ISOLATED 4.7K ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 86: Appendix F. Flat Panel Connection Module

    The FP24-02 V1.0 connection module is installed on the NOVA- 7896/7896FW as a standard product. The FP24-02 V1.0 converts NOVA-7896/7896FW’ s on board 50pin LCD interface signa l to the 44-pin LCD connectors. The 44-pin connector will only support 24- bit flat panel.
  • Page 87 • J2 : LCD Backlight Power Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION +12V FPVEE Inverter Enable FP24-02-V V1.0 Dimension ( Unit : mm ) ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

  • Page 88: Appendix G. Dual View Setup

    Appendix G. Dual View Setup The NOVA-7896/7896FW is equipped with a OnChip SIS300 VGA chip which supports dual view function. It allows you to run two applications on two monitors respectively. The following will describe how to enable the dual-view function in WINDOWS.
  • Page 89 2. Select the item “ Settings” and click on the “ Advanced” button ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 90 3. Select the item “Display Modes” and click on the “ Advanced” button ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 91 4. Select the item “Multimonitor” in “Driver Mode” and select the Display combination of primary and secondary display. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 92 5. After everything is set up, you need to restart your computer to make the new setting take effect. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 93 6. Re-enter “Display Properties” and go to the item “ Setting” . You will be able to see two monitors showing on the screen. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 94 7. Click on the second monitor icon and Window will ask you if you want to enable the second monitor. Click “Yes” to enable the second monitor . ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 95 Then you can drag the monitor icons to arrange the display of your monitors in the way of left-right or up-down alignment. The screen below is left-and-right alignment. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 96 9. Up-and-down alignment. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...
  • Page 97 10. If you want to disable the dual-view function, just click on the item “ Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor” . The mark before this item will be canceled and the dual-view function is disabled. ® NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron & Pentium III Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394, Embedded Board...

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