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  • Page 1 WAFER-LX...
  • Page 2 REVISION HISTORY Title WAFER-LX AMD Geode LX 800 Revision Number Description Date of Issue Initial release September 2006 Modified Section 2.4 December 2006 COPYRIGHT NOTICE 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

    WAFER-LX Table of Contents INTRODUCTION....................15 1.1 WAFER-LX O ..................16 VERVIEW 1.1.1 WAFER-LX Models ..................16 1.1.2 WAFER-LX Applications.................. 17 1.1.3 WAFER-LX Benefits ..................17 1.1.4 WAFER-LX Features..................17 1.2 WAFER-LX O ..................18 VERVIEW 1.2.1 WAFER-LX Connectors ................... 19 1.2.2 Technical Specifications...................
  • Page 4 2.10.3 Floppy Disk Drive (FDD)................34 2.10.4 Compact Flash Support ................. 34 2.11 S ......................34 ERIAL ORTS 2.12 R ....................34 LOCK 2.13 S .................... 34 YSTEM ONITORING 2.14 USB I ....................35 NTERFACES 2.15 BIOS ........................35 2.16 O ........
  • Page 5 WAFER-LX 3.2.16 PC/104 Slot ....................62 3.2.17 Reset Button Connector ................. 64 3.2.18 RS-232/422/485 Cable Connectors..............65 3.2.19 SATA Drive Connectors ................. 66 3.2.20 TFT LCD LVDS Connector................68 3.2.21 TFT LCD TTL Connector................69 3.2.22 Internal USB Connectors................70 3.3 E ...............
  • Page 6 4.7.4 Keyboard and Mouse Connection..............88 AWARD BIOS SETUP ................... 89 5.1 I ......................90 NTRODUCTION 5.1.1 Starting Setup....................90 5.1.2 Using Setup ...................... 90 5.1.3 Getting Help..................... 91 5.1.4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes..........91 5.1.5 Main BIOS Menu ..................... 91 5.2 S CMOS F ..................
  • Page 7 WAFER-LX C.4 DMA C ................177 HANNEL SSIGNMENTS EXTERNAL AC’97 AUDIO CODEC ..............179 D.1 I ..................... 180 NTRODUCTION D.1.1 Accessing the AC’97 CODEC ............... 180 D.1.2 Driver Installation..................180 D.2 S ................181 OUND FFECT ONFIGURATION D.2.1 Accessing the Sound Effects Manager ............181 D.2.2 Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options ..........
  • Page 8 List of Figures Figure 1-1: WAFER-LX Overview................18 Figure 1-2: WAFER-LX Solder Side Overview ............19 Figure 2-1: WAFER-LX Dimensions (mm)..............26 Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm)...........27 Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram................30 Figure 3-1: Connector and Jumper Locations ............40 Figure 3-2: Connector and Jumper Locations (Solder Side)........41 Figure 3-3: AT Power Connector Location ...............44 Figure 3-4: ATX Power Connector Location.............45 Figure 3-5: ATX Power Button Connector ..............46...
  • Page 9 WAFER-LX Figure 3-25: WAFER-LX On-board External Interface Connectors ......72 Figure 3-26: J7 Connector..................73 Figure 3-27: COM1 Pinout Locations ................74 Figure 3-28: VGA1 Connector ..................75 Figure 4-1: SO-DIMM Module Installation ..............82 Figure 4-2: Jumper Locations..................85 Figure 6-1: AMD LX/GX CD Main Menu ..............133 Figure 6-2: AMD LX/GX CD Driver Menu..............
  • Page 10 Figure 6-28: Installing Screen ................. 155 Figure 6-29: RAID Driver Digital Signal..............156 Figure 6-30: InstallShield Wizard Complete Screen ..........157 Figure 6-31: Access Windows Control Panel............158 Figure 6-32: Double Click the System Icon ............159 Figure 6-33: Double Click the Device Manager Tab..........159 Figure 6-34: Device Manager List ................
  • Page 11 WAFER-LX List of Tables Table 1-1: WAFER-LX Model Specifications ............16 Table 1-2: Technical Specifications ................22 Table 2-1: Geode LX Graphics Features ..............32 Table 2-2: Power Consumption .................37 Table 3-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors..............42 Table 3-2: Rear Panel Connectors................43 Table 3-3: On-board Jumpers ..................43 Table 3-4: AT Power Connector Pinouts ..............45 Table 3-5: ATX Power Connector Pinouts ..............46 Table 3-6: ATX Power Button Connector Pinouts ...........47...
  • Page 12 Table 3-26: J6 Connector Pinouts ................72 Table 3-27: J7 Connector Pinouts ................73 Table 3-28: J7 Connector LEDs .................73 Table 3-29: COM1 Pinouts..................74 Table 3-30: VGA1 Connector Pinouts ...............75 Table 4-1: IEI Provided Cables...................83 Table 4-2: Jumpers ....................84 Table 4-3: Clear CMOS Jumper Settings ..............86 Table 4-4: AT Power Select Jumper Settings............87 Table 4-5: COM2 Setup Jumper Settings..............87 Table 5-1: BIOS Navigation Keys................91...
  • Page 13 WAFER-LX List of BIOS Menus BIOS Menu 1: Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility ............92 BIOS Menu 2: Standard CMOS Features ..............94 BIOS Menu 3: Advanced BIOS Features..............99 BIOS Menu 4: Advanced Chipset Features ............106 BIOS Menu 5: Flat Panel Configuration ..............108 BIOS Menu 6: Integrated Peripherals..............
  • Page 14 Glossary AC ’97 Audio Codec 97 Hard Disk Drive ACPI Advanced Configuration and Integrated Data Electronics Power Interface Input/Output Advanced Power Management ICH4 I/O Controller Hub 4 ARMD ATAPI Removable Media Device L1 Cache Level 1 Cache ASKIR Shift Keyed Infrared L2 Cache Level 2 Cache Advanced Technology Liquid Crystal Display...

  • Page 15: Introduction

    WAFER-LX Chapter Introduction Page 15...

  • Page 16: Wafer-Lx Overview

    The 3.5” WAFER-LX AMD LX-800 low power single board computer (SBC) is fully equipped with advanced multi-mode I/Os. The WAFER-LX is designed for system manufacturers, integrators, and VARs that want performance, reliability, and quality at a reasonable price. 1.1.1 WAFER-LX Models The WAFER-LX series has five models: WAFER-LX-800-R10 WAFER-LX-WINXPE WAFER-LX-CENET050 WAFER-LX-CLIENT-XPE WAFER-LX-CLIENT-CENET050 The specifications for the four models are show in Table 1-1.

  • Page 17: Wafer-Lx Applications

    WAFER-LX 1.1.2 WAFER-LX Applications The WAFER-LX is designed for applications in the following areas: Kiosks and Point of Sales Restaurants Human Machine Interface (HMI) applications Marine, GPS and transportation applications Financial, retail and kiosk applications 1.1.3 WAFER-LX Benefits Some of the WAFER-LX benefits include: Reduced hardware costs Reduced software costs Reduced maintenance costs...

  • Page 18: Wafer-Lx Overview

    WAFER-LX 1.2 WAFER-LX Overview Figure 1-1: WAFER-LX Overview Page 18 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 19: Wafer-Lx Connectors

    WAFER-LX Figure 1-2: WAFER-LX Solder Side Overview 1.2.1 WAFER-LX Connectors The WAFER-LX has the following connectors on-board: 1 x AT power connector 1 x ATX power function connector 1 x Audio connector 1 x Battery connector 1 x Compact Flash (CF) connector (solder side) 1 x External LED connector 1 x Fan connector 1 x Floppy disk drive (FDD) connector...
  • Page 20 WAFER-LX 1 x General purpose input/output (GPIO) connector 1 x IDE Interface connectors (44-pin) 1 x Inverter power connector 1 x Keyboard/mouse connector 1 x Parallel port connector 1 x PC/104 slot 1 x PC/104 power connector 1 x Reset button connector 1 x RS-232/422/485 serial port connector 2 x SATA connectors 1 x Suspend power input connector...

  • Page 21: Technical Specifications

    WAFER-LX 1.2.2 Technical Specifications WAFER-LX technical specifications are listed in Table 1-2. Detailed descriptions of each specification can be found in Chapter 2 Detailed Specifications. Specification WAFER-LX 3.5” form factor Form Factor  Geode™ LX 800 500Mhz  Southbridge Chipset Geode™...

  • Page 22: Operating System Packages

    WAFER-LX KB/MS One on-board keyboard/mouse connector Watchdog Timer Software programmable 1-255 sec. by supper I/O Digital I/O One GPIO connector Fan connector One CPU fan connector Expansion One PC/104 slot Power Supply +5V ± 5% AT/ATX power support Temperature 0ºC - 60ºC Humidity (operating) 5%~95% non-condensing Dimensions...

  • Page 23: Windows Ce 5.0 (Around 22Mbyte, Cf Must > 32Mbyte)

    WAFER-LX 1.3.2 Windows CE 5.0 (around 22Mbyte, CF must > 32Mbyte) 1. Enterprise Web Pad (provides the starting point for a range of Web Pad-based devices.) 2. IE 6.0, Media Player, Excel Viewer, Image Viewer, PDF viewer, PowerPoint viewer, Word viewer, and WordPad. 3.
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  • Page 25: Detailed Specifications

    WAFER-LX Chapter Detailed Specifications Page 25...

  • Page 26: Overview

    WAFER-LX 2.1 Overview This chapter describes the specifications and on-board features of the WAFER-LX in detail. 2.2 Dimensions 2.2.1 Board Dimensions The dimensions of the board are listed below: Length: 146.06mm Width: 102mm Figure 2-1: WAFER-LX Dimensions (mm) Page 26 IEI ®...

  • Page 27: External Interface Panel Dimensions

    2.2.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions External interface panel dimensions are shown in Figure 2-2. Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm) 2.3 CPU Support  The WAFER-LX series motherboards all come with a preinstalled AMD Geode™ LX 800 500MHz CPU.  2.3.1 AMD Geode™...

  • Page 28: Amd  Geode™ Lx 800 500Mhz Power Management

    I/O companion SUSP#/SUSPA# power controls Lower power I/O Wakeup on SMI/INTR 2.4 System Chipset  The WAFER-LX series motherboards all have a preinstalled AMD Geode™ CS5536 system chipset. The system chipset features are listed below. GeodeLink™ Interface Unit 64-bit, 66MHz operation...

  • Page 29: Data Flow

    WAFER-LX Audio Codec 97 (AC97) Controller AC97 specification v2.3 compliant interface to multiple audio codecs: Serial In, Serial Out, Sync Out, Bit Clock In Legacy “PC Beep” support Diverse Device 82xx Legacy Devices IR Communication Port System Management Bus (SMB) Controller LPC (Low Pin Count) Port General Purpose I/Os (GPIOs) 8 Multi-Function General Purpose Timers (MFGPTs)

  • Page 30: Graphics Support

    WAFER-LX Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram 2.6 Graphics Support The Geode LX processor’s Graphics Processor is a BitBLT/vector engine that supports pattern generation, source expansion, pattern/source transparency, 256 ternary raster operations, alpha blenders to support alpha- BLTs, incorporated BLT FIFOs, a GeodeLink interface and the ability to throttle BLTs according to video timing.

  • Page 31: Table 2-1: Geode Lx Graphics Features

    WAFER-LX Table 2-1: Geode LX Graphics Features lists a complete list of Geode LX graphics features. For more details, please refer to the AMD website or the Geode LX series data book available from AMD. Feature AMD Geode™ LX Processor Color Depth 8, 16, 32 bpp (A) RGB 4 and 8-bit indexed ROPs...

  • Page 32: Memory Support

    WAFER-LX Color Depth Conversion 5:6:5, 1:5:5:5, 4:4:4:4, 8:8:8:8 Table 2-1: Geode LX Graphics Features 2.7 Memory Support The WAFER-LX has one 200-pin DDR SO-DIMM SDRAM socket that supports one 333 MHz or 400MHz DDR SO-DIMM memory module with a maximum capacity of 1GB. 2.8 PCI Bus Interface Support The PCI bridge on the WAFER-LX has the following features: 33MHz Revision 2.2 is implemented...

  • Page 33: Drive Interfaces

    WAFER-LX 10Mbps and 100Mbps operation Supports 10Mbps and 100Mbps N-way auto-negotiation Supports 25MHz Crystal or 25MHz OSC as the internal clock source Complies with PC99/PC2001 standards Supports ACPI power management Provides PCI bus master data transfer Provides PCI memory space or I/O space mapped data transfer Supports PCI clock speed of 16.75MHz-40MHz Advanced power saving mode Supports Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up (AMD Magic Packet™, Link...

  • Page 34: Floppy Disk Drive (Fdd)

    WAFER-LX Supports PIO IDE transfers up to 16MB/s Supports the following Ultra ATA devices: Ultra ATA/100, with data transfer rates up to 100MB/s Ultra ATA/66, with data transfer rates up to 66MB/s Ultra ATA/33, with data transfer rates up to 33MB/s 2.10.3 Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) The WAFER-LX supports a single FDD.

  • Page 35: Usb Interfaces

    WAFER-LX RPM of cooling fans CPU and board temperatures (by the corresponding embedded sensors) 2.14 USB Interfaces The WAFER-LX has four USB interfaces, two internal (on one pin header connector) and two external. The USB interfaces support USB 2.0. 2.15 BIOS The WAFER-LX uses a licensed copy of AWARD BIOS.
  • Page 36 WAFER-LX Meets performance requirements for audio on PC2001 systems Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements 20-bit DAC and 18-bit ADC resolution 18-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with independent and variable sampling rate Complies with AC'97 2.3 specifications LINE/HP-OUT, MIC-IN and LINE-IN sensing 14.318MHz ->...

  • Page 37: Power Consumption

    WAFER-LX EAX™ 1.0 & 2.0 compatible Direct Sound 3D™ compatible A3D™ compatible I3DL2 compatible HRTF 3D Positional Audio Sensaura™ 3D Enhancement (optional) 10 Bands of Software Equalizer Voice Cancellation and Key Shifting in Kareoke mode AVRack® Media Player 2.18 Power Consumption Table 2-2 shows the power consumption parameters for the WAFER-LX when an AMD Geode LX 800 processor is running with one 1GB DDR400 memory module and running 3D Mark.

  • Page 38: Optional Accessory Items

    WAFER-LX 1x Utility CD 1x Quick Installation Guide 2.19.2 Optional Accessory Items The items shown in the list below are optional accessory items are purchased separately. LPT cable Page 38 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 39: Connectors And Jumpers

    WAFER-LX Chapter Connectors and Jumpers Page 39...

  • Page 40: Peripheral Interface Connectors

    WAFER-LX 3.1 Peripheral Interface Connectors Section 3.1.2 shows peripheral interface connector locations. Section 3.1.2 lists all the peripheral interface connectors seen in Section 3.1.2. 3.1.1 WAFER-LX Layout Figure 3-1 shows the on-board peripheral connectors, rear panel peripheral connectors and on-board jumpers. Figure 3-1: Connector and Jumper Locations Page 40 IEI ®...

  • Page 41: Peripheral Interface Connectors

    WAFER-LX Figure 3-2: Connector and Jumper Locations (Solder Side) 3.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors Table 3-1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the WAFER-LX. Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found in Section 0 on page 43. Connector Type Label...

  • Page 42: External Interface Panel Connectors

    WAFER-LX GPIO connector 10-pin header CN14 IDE Interface connector 44-pin header CN30 Inverter power connector 5-pin header Keyboard/Mouse connector 6-pin header CN17 LED connector 6-pin header Parallel port connector 26-pin header CN15 PC/104 power input connector 3-pin header CN11 PC/104 slot 104-pin slot CN10 Reset button connector...

  • Page 43: On-Board Jumpers

    WAFER-LX USB port USB port CN19 VGA port connector 15-pin female CN26 Table 3-2: Rear Panel Connectors 3.1.4 On-board Jumpers NOTE: A jumper is a metal bridge that is used to close an electrical circuit. It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect them.

  • Page 44: Internal Peripheral Connectors

    WAFER-LX 3.2 Internal Peripheral Connectors Internal peripheral connectors are found on the motherboard and are only accessible when the motherboard is outside of the chassis. This section has complete descriptions of all the internal, peripheral connectors on the WAFER-LX. 3.2.1 AT Power Connector CN Label: CN Type: 4-pin AT power connector (1x4)

  • Page 45: Atx Power Connector

    WAFER-LX PIN NO. DESCRIPTION +12V Table 3-4: AT Power Connector Pinouts 3.2.2 ATX Power Connector CN Label: CN Type: 3-pin header (1x3) CN Location: See Figure 3-4 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-5 The ATX Power connector (CN2) connects an ATX or AT power supply connector. Figure 3-4: ATX Power Connector Location Page 45...

  • Page 46: Atx Power Button Connector

    WAFER-LX PIN NO. DESCRIPTION +5V_SB NC (v1.10) PS_ON Table 3-5: ATX Power Connector Pinouts 3.2.3 ATX Power Button Connector CN Label: CN13 CN Type: 1-pin header (1x2) CN Location: See Figure 3-5 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-6 The ATX power button connector to a power switch installed on the system chassis. Figure 3-5: ATX Power Button Connector Page 46 IEI ®...

  • Page 47: Audio Connector

    WAFER-LX PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PWRBTN# Table 3-6: ATX Power Button Connector Pinouts 3.2.4 Audio Connector CN Label: CN Type: 10-pin header (2x5) CN Location: See Figure 3-6 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-7 The audio connector is connected to an on-board codec. An external audio connector kit can be connected to the connector to provide sound input and output.

  • Page 48: Battery Connector

    WAFER-LX PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION Line Out Right Line In Right Line Out Left Line In Left MIC In Table 3-7: Audio Connector Pinouts 3.2.5 Battery Connector CN Label: CN Type: 2-pin header (1x2) CN Location: See Figure 3-7 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-8 The battery connector is connected to a backup battery.

  • Page 49: Compact Flash Connector

    WAFER-LX PIN NO. DESCRIPTION Battery+ Ground Table 3-8: Battery Connector Pinouts 3.2.6 Compact Flash Connector CN Label: CN32 (solder side) CN Type: 50-pin header (2x25) CN Location: See Figure 3-8 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-9 A compact flash memory module is inserted to the Compact Flash 2 connector (J2). Jumper 2 (JP2) configures the compact flash drive as either a slave or master device.

  • Page 50: Fan Connector

    WAFER-LX PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION GROUND VCC-IN CHECK1 DATA 3 DATA 11 DATA 4 DATA 12 DATA 5 DATA 13 DATA 6 DATA 14 DATA 7 DATA 15 HDC_CS0# HDC_CS1 GROUND IOR# IOW# VCC_COM IRQ15 VCC_COM VCC_COM CSEL HDD_RESET IORDY SDREQ...

  • Page 51: Figure 3-9: Fan Connector Location

    WAFER-LX CN Pinouts: See Table 3-10 The cooling fan connector provides a 12V, 500mA current to a system cooling fan. The connector has a "rotation" pin to get rotation signals from fans and notify the system so the system BIOS can recognize the fan speed. Please note that only specified fans can issue the rotation signals.

  • Page 52: Floppy Disk Connector

    WAFER-LX 3.2.8 Floppy Disk Connector CN Label: CN31 (solder side) CN Type: 26-pin header (1 x 26) CN Location: See Figure 3-10 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-11 The floppy disk connector (FDD1) is connected to a floppy disk drive. Figure 3-10: FDD Connector Location PIN NO.

  • Page 53: Gpio Connector

    WAFER-LX DSA# WGATE# DSKCHG# TRACK0# MOTO0# RDATA# DIR# HEAD# Table 3-11: FDD Connector Pinouts 3.2.9 GPIO Connector CN Label: CN14 10-pin header (2x5) CN Type: CN Location: See Figure 3-11 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-12 The General Purpose Input Output (GPIO) connector can be connected to external I/O control devices including sensors, lights, alarms and switches.

  • Page 54: Ide Connector

    WAFER-LX Figure 3-11: GPIO Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION GPO0 GPO1 GPO2 GPO3 GPI0 GPI1 GPI2 GPI3 Table 3-12: GPIO Connector Pinouts 3.2.10 IDE Connector CN Label: CN30 44pin header (2x22) CN Type: CN Location: See Figure 3-12 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-13 One 44-pin IDE device connector on the WAFER-LX motherboard supports connectivity to...

  • Page 55: Figure 3-12: Ide Device Connector Locations

    WAFER-LX Figure 3-12: IDE Device Connector Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION RESET# GROUND DATA 7 DATA 8 DATA 6 DATA 9 DATA 5 DATA 10 DATA 4 DATA 11 DATA 3 DATA 12 DATA 2 DATA 13 DATA 1 DATA 14 DATA 0 DATA 15...

  • Page 56: Inverter Power Connector

    WAFER-LX HDC CS0# HDC CS1# HDD ACTIVE# GROUND GROUND Table 3-13: Secondary IDE Connector Pinouts 3.2.11 Inverter Power Connector CN Label: CN Type: 5-pin header (1x5) CN Location: See Figure 3-13 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-14 The inverter connector is connected to the LCD backlight. Figure 3-13: Inverter Connector Locations PIN NO.

  • Page 57: Keyboard/Mouse Connector

    WAFER-LX BL_EN Table 3-14: Inverter Power Connector Pinouts 3.2.12 Keyboard/Mouse Connector CN Label: CN17 6-pin header (1x6) CN Type: CN Location: See Figure 3-14 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-15 The keyboard and mouse connector can be connected to a standard PS/2 cable or PS/2 Y-cable to add keyboard and mouse functionality to the system.

  • Page 58: Led Connector

    WAFER-LX MS CLK KB DATA KB CLK Table 3-15: Keyboard/Mouse Connector Pinouts 3.2.13 LED Connector CN Label: CN Type: 6-pin header (1x6) CN Location: See Figure 3-15 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-16 The LED connector (CN5) connects to an HDD indicator LED and a power LED on the system chassis to inform the user about HDD activity and the power on/off status of the system.

  • Page 59: Figure 3-15: Led Connector Locations

    WAFER-LX Figure 3-15: LED Connector Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION Power LED+ Power LED- HDD LED+ HDD LED- Table 3-16: LED Connector Pinouts Page 59...

  • Page 60: Print Port Connector

    WAFER-LX 3.2.14 Print Port Connector CN Label: CN15 CN Type: 26-pin header (2 x 13) CN Location: See Figure 3-16 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-17 The WAFER-LX has one print port connector that can be connected directly to a printer. Figure 3-16:Print Port Connector Location PIN NO.

  • Page 61: Pc/104 Power Input Connector

    WAFER-LX ACK# BUSY SLCT Table 3-17: Parallel Port Connector Pinouts 3.2.15 PC/104 Power Input Connector CN Label: CN11 CN Type: 3-pin header (1x3) CN Location: See Figure 3-17 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-18 The PC/104 power input connector provides power to the PC/104 expansion module installed on the PC/104 slot.

  • Page 62: Pc/104 Slot

    WAFER-LX Figure 3-17: PC/104 Power Input Connector Pinouts PIN NO. DESCRIPTION -12V Table 3-18: PC/104 Power Input Connector Pinouts 3.2.16 PC/104 Slot CN Label: CN10 104-pin PC/104 slot CN Type: CN Location: See Figure 3-18 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-19 Page 62 IEI ®...

  • Page 63: Figure 3-18: Pc/104 Slot Location

    WAFER-LX The PC/104 slot enables a PC/104 compatible expansion module to be connected to the board. Figure 3-18: PC/104 Slot Location Pin No. Column A Column B Column C Column D IOCHK- GROUND GROUND GROUND RSTDRV SBHE- MCS16- SA23 IOCS16- IRQ9 SA22 IRQ10...

  • Page 64: Reset Button Connector

    WAFER-LX SA17 IOR- SD10 DREQ6 SA16 DACK3- SD11 DACK7- SA15 DREQ3 SD12 DREQ7 SA14 DACK1- SD13 SA13 DREQ1 SD14 MASTER- SA12 REFRESH- SD15 GROUND SA11 ISACLK GROUND SA10 IRQ7 IRQ6 IRQ5 IRQ4 IRQ3 DACK2- BALE ISA_OSC GROUND GROUND GROUND Table 3-19: PC/104 Slot Connector Pinouts 3.2.17 Reset Button Connector CN Label: CN12...

  • Page 65: Rs-232/422/485 Cable Connectors

    WAFER-LX Figure 3-19: Reset Button Connector Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION Reset+ Ground Table 3-20: Reset Button Connector Pinouts 3.2.18 RS-232/422/485 Cable Connectors CN Label: CN16 CN Type: 14-pin header (2x7) CN Location: See Figure 3-20 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-21 Page 65...

  • Page 66: Sata Drive Connectors

    WAFER-LX The COM2/COM3 serial port combination connectors connect to RS-232 serial port devices. The COM2 port is located on pin 1 to pin 10 and the COM3 is located on pin 11 to pin 14 of CN16. Figure 3-20: RS-232 Serial Port Connector Locations PIN NO.

  • Page 67: Figure 3-21: Sata Drive Connector Locations

    WAFER-LX CN Location: See Figure 3-24 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-25 The two SATA drive connectors are connected to two first generation SATA drives. First generation SATA drives transfer data at speeds as high as 150MB/s. Figure 3-21: SATA Drive Connector Locations PIN NO.

  • Page 68: Tft Lcd Lvds Connector

    WAFER-LX 3.2.20 TFT LCD LVDS Connector CN Label: CN29 CN Type: 20-pin header (2x10) CN Location: See Figure 3-22 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-23 The TFT LCD LVDS can be connected to a TFT LCD screen directly. Figure 3-22: TFT LCD LVDS Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO.

  • Page 69: Tft Lcd Ttl Connector

    WAFER-LX CLK+ CLK- LCD_Vcc LCD_Vcc LCD_Vcc LCD_Vcc Table 3-23: TFT LCD LVDS Port Connector Pinouts 3.2.21 TFT LCD TTL Connector CN Label: CN28 CN Type: 40-pin header (2x20) CN Location: See Figure 3-23 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-24 The TFT LCD LVDS can be connected to a TFT LCD screen directly. Figure 3-23: TFT LCD TTL Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO.

  • Page 70: Internal Usb Connectors

    WAFER-LX LCD_Vcc LCD_Vcc VSYNC LCD_EN HSYNC DISP_EN Table 3-24: TFT LCD TTL Port Connector Pinouts 3.2.22 Internal USB Connectors CN Label: CN24 8-pin header (2x4) CN Type: CN Location: See Figure 3-24 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-25 The 2x4 USB pin connector provides connectivity to two USB 2.0 devices. The USB ports are used for I/O bus expansion.

  • Page 71: External Interface Connectors

    WAFER-LX Figure 3-24: USB Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION VCC_USB DATA3- DATA4+ DATA3+ DATA4- VCC_USB Table 3-25: USB Port Connector Pinouts 3.3 External Interface Connectors 3.3.1 External Interface Connector Overview Figure 3-25 shows the WAFER-LX motherboard external interface connectors. The WAFER-LX on-board external interface connectors are listed below and shown in Figure 3-25: 1 x USB combo port...

  • Page 72: Usb Combo Port

    WAFER-LX 1 x VGA port Figure 3-25: WAFER-LX On-board External Interface Connectors 3.3.2 USB Combo Port CN Label: CN19 CN Type: USB Combo port CN Location: See Figure 3-25 CN Pinouts: See Table 3-26 The USB combo port provides connectivity to additional USB devices through an adapter cable.

  • Page 73: Serial Communications Com 1 And Com2 Connector

    WAFER-LX A 10/100 Megabit connection can be made between the Ethernet connector and a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub. DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Table 3-27: J7 Connector Pinouts Figure 3-26: J7 Connector The RJ-45 Ethernet connector has two status LEDs, one green and one yellow. The green LED indicates activity on the port and the yellow LED indicates the port is linked.

  • Page 74: Vga Connector

    WAFER-LX CN Pinouts: See Table 3-29 and Figure 3-27 The RS-232 serial connector provides serial connection in the RS-232 mode. DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DCD1 RXD1 TXD1 DTR1 DSR1 RTS1 CTS1 COM_RI1 Table 3-29: COM1 Pinouts Figure 3-27: COM1 Pinout Locations 3.3.5 VGA Connector CN Label: CN26 CN Type:...

  • Page 75: Figure 3-28: Vga1 Connector

    WAFER-LX PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION GROUND GREEN GROUND DDCDAT BLUE GROUND HSYNC VSYNC GROUND GROUND DDCCLK Table 3-30: VGA1 Connector Pinouts Figure 3-28: VGA1 Connector Page 75...
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  • Page 77: Installation And Configuration

    WAFER-LX Chapter Installation and Configuration Page 77...

  • Page 78: Anti-Static Precautions

    WAFER-LX 4.1 Anti-static Precautions Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components, including the WAFER-LX. (Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD.) It is therefore critical that whenever the WAFER-LX (or any other electrical component) is handled, the following anti-static precautions are strictly adhered to.

  • Page 79: Unpacking

    WAFER-LX When installing or configuring the motherboard, place it on an antistatic pad. This helps to prevent potential ESD damage. Turn off all power to the WAFER-LX: When working with the motherboard, make sure that it is disconnected from all power supplies and that no electricity is being fed into the system. Before and during the installation of the WAFER-LX DO NOT: remove any of the stickers on the PCB board.

  • Page 80: Checklist

    4.4 WAFER-LX Motherboard Installation WARNING! 1. Never run the motherboard without an appropriate heatsink and cooler that can be ordered from IEI Technology or purchased separately. 2. Be sure to use the CPU 12V power connector (CN10007) for the CPU power.
  • Page 81 WAFER-LX WARNING! Please note that the installation instructions described in this manual should be carefully followed in order to avoid damage to the motherboard components and injury to the user. WARNING! When installing electronic components onto the motherboard always take the anti-static precautions listed above in order to prevent ESD damage to the motherboard and other electronic components like the CPU and DIMM modules...

  • Page 82: Dimm Module Installation

    WAFER-LX 4.4.1 DIMM Module Installation 4.4.1.1 Purchasing the Memory Module When purchasing SO-DIMM modules, the following considerations should be taken into account: The SO-DIMM socket can support a memory chip with a maximum size of The SO-DIMM socket supports SDRAM DIMM speeds of 333MHz and 400MHz 4.4.1.2 DIMM Module Installation The WAFER-LX motherboard has two DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets.

  • Page 83: Peripheral Device Connection

    WAFER-LX 4.4.2 Peripheral Device Connection Cables provided by IEI that connect peripheral devices to the motherboard are listed in Table 4-1. Cables not included in the kit must be separately purchased. Quantity Type Audio cable IDE flat cable 44P/44P SATA cables SATA power cable RS-232 cable USB cable...

  • Page 84: Jumper Settings

    WAFER-LX NOTE: When two EIDE disk drives are connected together, back-end jumpers on the drives must be used to configure one drive as a master and the other as a slave. 4.5 Jumper Settings NOTE: A jumper is a metal bridge that is used to close an electrical circuit.

  • Page 85: Clear Cmos Jumper

    WAFER-LX Figure 4-2: Jumper Locations 4.5.1 Clear CMOS Jumper NOTE: The battery connector (CN7) is used as the clear CMOS jumper on the WAFER-LX. Jumper Label: Jumper Type: 2-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 4-3 Jumper Location: See Figure 4-2 Page 85...

  • Page 86: At Power Select Jumper Settings

    WAFER-LX If the WAFER-LX fails to boot due to improper BIOS settings, use this connector to clear the CMOS data and reset the system BIOS information. To do this, disconnect CN7 and keep it disconnected for at least five seconds. After five seconds has elapsed, reinsert the connector.

  • Page 87: Com3 Setup Jumper Settings

    WAFER-LX AT Power Select Description Short Use AT power Default Open Use ATX power Table 4-4: AT Power Select Jumper Settings 4.5.3 COM3 Setup Jumper Settings Jumper Label: Jumper Type: 3-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 4-5 Jumper Location: See Figure 4-2 The WAFER-LX COM3 serial port setup jumper settings are shown in Figure 4-2.

  • Page 88: Ethernet Connection

    WAFER-LX 4.7.2 Ethernet Connection The rear panel RJ-45 connectors can be connected to an external LAN and communicate with data transfer rates up to 1Gb/s. 4.7.3 USB Connection The rear panel USB connectors provide easier and quicker access to external USB devices.

  • Page 89: Award Bios Setup

    WAFER-LX Chapter Award BIOS Setup Page 89...

  • Page 90: Introduction

    WAFER-LX 5.1 Introduction A licensed copy of Phoenix Award BIOS is preprogrammed into the ROM BIOS. The BIOS setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This chapter describes how to access the BIOS setup program and the configuration options that may be changed.

  • Page 91: Getting Help

    WAFER-LX Previous values for the page menu items Fail-safe defaults for the current page menu items Optimized defaults for the current page menu items Menu in BIOS Save changes and Exit BIOS Table 5-1: BIOS Navigation Keys 5.1.3 Getting Help When F1 is pressed a small help window describing the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item appears.

  • Page 92: Bios Menu 1: Award Bios Cmos Setup Utility

    WAFER-LX BIOS Menu 1: Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility NOTE: The following sections will completely describe the menus listed below and the configuration options available to users. The following menu options are seen in BIOS Menu 1. Standard CMOS Features: Changes the basic system configuration. Advanced BIOS Features: Changes the advanced system settings.
  • Page 93 WAFER-LX Use the Load Fail-Safe Defaults option to load failsafe default values for each BIOS parameter in the setup menus. Press F6 for this operation on any page. Load Optimized Defaults Use the Load Optimized Defaults option to load optimal default values for each BIOS parameter in the setup menus.

  • Page 94: Standard Cmos Features

    WAFER-LX 5.2 Standard CMOS Features Use the Standard CMOS Features BIOS menu (BIOS Menu 2) to set basic BIOS configuration options. BIOS Menu 2: Standard CMOS Features Date [Day mm:dd:yyyy] Use the Date option to set the system date. Time [hh/mm/ss] Use the Time option to set the system time.
  • Page 95 WAFER-LX IDE Secondary Slave IDE device configurations are changed or set in the IDE Configuration menu. If an IDE device is detected, and one of the above listed two BIOS configuration options is selected, the IDE configuration options shown in Section 5.2.1 appear. Drive A [None] Use the Drive A/B configuration to specify the floppy drive type installed in the system.

  • Page 96: Ide Primary Master/Slave

    WAFER-LX Base Memory: The Base Memory is NOT user configurable. The POST determines the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed, or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed.
  • Page 97 WAFER-LX option. Once set, this channel becomes inaccessible and any drives attached to it are undetected. (Default) Setting this option allows the device to be automatically Auto detected by the BIOS. Manual Selecting this option allows manual configuration of the device on the IDE channel in BIOS.

  • Page 98: Advanced Bios Features

    WAFER-LX The Cylinder specification indicates how many cylinders (tracks) are on the HDD installed in the system. Head The Head specification indicates how many logical heads are on the HDD installed in the system. Precomp The Precomp specification indicates on what track the write precompensation begins. Landing Zone The Landing Zone specification indicates where the disk head will park itself after the system powers off.

  • Page 99: Bios Menu 3: Advanced Bios Features

    WAFER-LX BIOS Menu 3: Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning [Disabled] NOTE: Many disk diagnostic programs can cause the above warning message to appear when the program attempts to access the boot sector table. If you are running such a program, it is recommended that the virus protection function be disabled beforehand.
  • Page 100 WAFER-LX Disabled (Default) No warning message appears when there is an attempt to access the boot sector or HDD partition table. CPU Internal Cache [Enabled] Use the CPU Internal Cache option to enable or disable the internal CPU cache. Disabled The internal CPU cache is disabled.
  • Page 101 WAFER-LX Boot Device Use the Boot Device options to select the order of the devices the system boots from. There are three boot device configuration options: First Boot Device [Default: HDD-0] Second Boot Device [Default: CDROM] Third Boot Device [Default: SCSI] Using the default values, the system first looks for a HDD to boot from.
  • Page 102 WAFER-LX devices if the first one is not found. Enabled (Default) The system looks for second and third boot devices if the first one is not found. Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled] Use the Boot Up Floppy Seek option to enable the BIOS to determine if the floppy disk drive installed has 40 or 80 tracks during the POST.
  • Page 103 WAFER-LX Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled] Use the Typematic Rate Setting configuration option to specify if only one character is allowed to appear on the screen if a key is continuously held down. When this option is enabled, the BIOS reports as before, but it then waits a moment, and, if the key is still held down, it begins to report that the key has been pressed repeatedly.
  • Page 104 WAFER-LX 500 milliseconds 750 milliseconds 1000 1000 milliseconds Security Option [Setup] Use the Security Option to limit access to both the system and Setup, or just Setup. (Default) The system does not boot and access to Setup is denied Setup if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

  • Page 105: Advanced Chipset Features

    WAFER-LX Disabled Video BIOS is not copied to RAM. Enabled (Default) Video BIOS is copied to RAM. Delay for HDD (secs) [3] Use the Delay for HDD option to specify the period of time the system should wait before the HDD is identified. If selected, the user is asked to enter a number between 0 and 15. The number specified is the number of seconds the system waits before the HDD is identified.

  • Page 106: Bios Menu 4: Advanced Chipset Features

    WAFER-LX BIOS Menu 4: Advanced Chipset Features CPU Frequency [500MHz] Use the CPU Frequency option to set the CPU frequency. The CPU Frequency options are: Auto 200MHz 333MHz 400MHz 433MHz 500MHz (Default) Memory Frequency [333MHz] Use the Memory Frequency option to set the frequency of the installed DRAM modules. The Memory Frequency options are: 200MHz 266MHz...
  • Page 107 WAFER-LX CAS Latency [Auto] Use the CAS Latency Time option to set the Column Address Strobe (CAS) delay time. The CAS Latency Time options are: Auto (Default) 1.5 nanoseconds 2.0 nanoseconds 2.5 nanoseconds 3.0 nanoseconds 3.5 nanoseconds Interleave Select [LOI] Use the Interleave Select option to specify how the cache memory is interleaved.

  • Page 108: Flat Panel Configuration

    WAFER-LX Panel & CRT (Default) Flat Panel Configuration [Press Enter] Use the Flat Panel Configuration option to open the Flat Panel Configuration menu. The Flat Panel Configuration options are shown in Section 5.4.1. OnBoard Audio [Enabled] Use the OnBoard Audio option to enable or disable the onboard codec. Disabled The onboard codec is disabled.
  • Page 109 WAFER-LX The Resolution option can only be configured if the Flat Panel Type option is not set to Auto. Use the Resolution option to set the resolution of the flat panel screen connected to the system. The Resolution options are: 320 x 240 640 x 480 800 x 600 (Default)

  • Page 110: Integrated Peripherals

    WAFER-LX HSYNC Polarity [High] The HSYNC Polarity option can only be configured if the Flat Panel Type option is not set to Auto. Use the HSYNC Polarity option to set the polarity of the HSYNC signal to the panel. The HSYNC Polarity options are: High Low (Default) VSYNC Polarity Active [Low]...

  • Page 111: Bios Menu 6: Integrated Peripherals

    WAFER-LX BIOS Menu 6: Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Channel 1 [Enabled] Use the On-Chip IDE Channel 1 option to specify if the system uses the integrated primary IDE channel or not. The primary IDE channel is not used. Disabled Enabled (Default) The primary IDE channel is used.
  • Page 112 WAFER-LX Mode 2 PIO mode 2 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 8.3MBps. Mode 3 PIO mode 3 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 11.1MBps. Mode 4 PIO mode 4 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 16.6MBps. Mode 5 PIO mode 5 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 22.2MBps.
  • Page 113 WAFER-LX Disabled Block mode is not supported. Enabled (Default) Block mode is supported. Onboard FDC Controller [Disabled] Use the Onboard FDC Controller option to enable or disable the onboard floppy controller. If the system is not connected to a floppy disk or uses an adapter for the FDD, this option can be disabled.
  • Page 114 WAFER-LX Auto Onboard Serial Port 3 [Disabled] Use the Onboard Serial Port 3 option to select the I/O address and IRQ for the onboard serial port 2. The serial port can be disabled or the I/O address and the IRQ can be automatically selected by the BIOS.
  • Page 115 WAFER-LX port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the SPP mode. The parallel port operates in the extended capabilities port (ECP) mode. mode supports bi-directional communication between the system and the parallel port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the SPP mode.

  • Page 116: It8888 Isa Decode Io

    WAFER-LX 5.5.1 IT8888 ISA Decode IO NOTE: Five PCI-104 devices can be stacked onto the WAFER-LX motherboard. If these devices are stacked onto the board, the ISA bus space should be enabled. If no PCI-104 devices are being used, disable all the buses. Disabling these buses frees up system resources that can be allocated to other system applications.

  • Page 117: Bios Menu 7: It8888 Isa Decode Io

    WAFER-LX BIOS Menu 7: IT8888 ISA Decode IO The IT8888 ISA Decode IO menu has the following common options: Decode I/O Space N Decode I/O Speed N Decode I/O Addr. N [15:0] Decode I/O Size N Where N is an integer in the set [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] and represents a set for the PCI-104 devices that are attached to the system.
  • Page 118 WAFER-LX Decode IO Speed N [Fast Speed] Use the Decode IO Speed N option to specify the speed of the Nth ISA bus. The following options are available: Fast Speed Middle Speed Slow Speed Subtractive Speed Decode IO Address N 0:15 [xx] Use the Decode IO Address N 0:15 option to allocate an address to the ISA bus.

  • Page 119: It8888 Isa Decode Memory

    WAFER-LX 5.5.2 IT8888 ISA Decode Memory NOTE: Five PCI-104 devices can be stacked onto the WAFER-LX motherboard. If these devices are stacked onto the board, the ISA memory should be enabled. If no PCI-104 devices are being used, disable all the memory allocations for these buses.
  • Page 120 WAFER-LX Where N is an integer in the set [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] and represents a memory set for the PCI-104 devices that are attached to the system. Decode Memory Space N [Enabled] Use the Decode IO Memory N option to allocate memory resources to the ISA bridge and to enable the PCI-104 to function correctly.

  • Page 121: Power Management Setup

    WAFER-LX 256 KB 512 KB 1 MB 2 MB 5.6 Power Management Setup Use the Power Management Setup menu (BIOS Menu 9) to set the BIOS power management and saving features. BIOS Menu 9: Power Management Setup ACPI Function [Disabled] Use the ACPI Function to enable the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) function.
  • Page 122 WAFER-LX ACPI Suspend Type [S1(POS)] Use the ACPI Suspend Type BIOS option to specify the sleep state the system enters when not being used. S1 (POS) (Default) System appears off. The CPU is stopped; RAM is refreshed; the system is running in a low power mode. S3 (STR) System appears off.
  • Page 123 WAFER-LX 1 Sec 5 Sec 10 Sec 15 Sec 30 Sec 45 Sec 1 Min 5 Min 10 Min 15 Min 30 Min 45 Min 60 Min 90 Min 120 Min x Suspend Mode [Disabled] The Suspend Mode option can only be selected if the Power Management option is set to Legacy.

  • Page 124: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    WAFER-LX 90 Min 120 Min Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN [Instant-Off] Use the Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN option to enabled the system to enter a very low-power-usage state when the power button is pressed. Instant-Off (Default) When the power button is pressed, the system is immediately shutdown.
  • Page 125 WAFER-LX The PNP OS Installed option determines whether the Plug and Play devices connected to the system are configured by the operating system or the BIOS. (Default) If the operating system does not meet the Plug and Play specifications, BIOS configures all the devices in the system. Set this option if the system is running Plug and Play aware operating systems.

  • Page 126: Bios Menu 11: Irq Resources

    WAFER-LX x IRQ Resources [Press Enter] The IRQ Resources option (BIOS Menu 11) can only be selected if the Resources Controlled By option is set to Manual. BIOS Menu 11: IRQ Resources The IRQ Resources menu has the following options: IRQ-3 assigned to IRQ-4 assigned to IRQ-5 assigned to...

  • Page 127: Bios Menu 12: Memory Resources

    WAFER-LX Reserved The IRQ is reserved by BIOS. x Memory Resources [Press Enter] The Memory Resources menu (BIOS Menu 12) can only be accessed if the Resources Controlled By option is set to Manual. Use Memory Resources to select a base address and the length for the memory area used by a peripheral that requires high memory.

  • Page 128: Pc Health Status

    WAFER-LX D400 D800 DC00 x Reserved Memory Length [8K] The Reserved Memory Length option can only be accessed if the Reserved Memory Base option is not set to N/A. The Reserved Memory Length specifies the amount of memory reserved for the peripheral device. The Reserved Memory Length options: 8K (Default) PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] Use the PCI/VGA Palette Snoop option to enable the system to determine whether or not...

  • Page 129: Bios Menu 13: Pc Health Status

    WAFER-LX BIOS Menu 13: PC Health Status The following system parameters are monitored by the PC Health Status menu. Shutdown Temperature Use the Shutdown Temperature option to set the temperature when the system should automatically shutdown. CPU Warning Temperature [Disabled] Use the CPU Warning Temperature option to set the CPU temperature that would automatically generate a warning.
  • Page 130 WAFER-LX System Fan The following system fans are monitored: Current System Fan Voltages The following voltages are monitored: Vcore +3.3 V VccMem +5 V +12 V VBAT(V) Page 130 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 131: Software Drivers

    WAFER-LX Chapter Software Drivers Page 131...

  • Page 132: Available Software Drivers

    WAFER-LX 6.1 Available Software Drivers NOTE: The content of the CD may vary throughout the life cycle of the product and is subject to change without prior notice. You may visit the IEI website or contact technical support for the latest updates. There are five software drivers for the WAFER-LX motherboard installed in the subsystem: VGA Driver...

  • Page 133: Figure 6-1: Amd Lx/Gx Cd Main Menu

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-1: AMD LX/GX CD Main Menu Step 2: A window appears listing the drivers available for installation (Figure 6-2). Page 133...

  • Page 134: Vga Driver

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-2: AMD LX/GX CD Driver Menu Step 3: Select any item from the list to view more information on the driver installation, or select Manual to navigate to the WAFER-LX user manual. Step 0: The following sections fully describe the driver installation procedures for the WAFER-LX CPU card.

  • Page 135: Figure 6-3: Access Windows Control Panel

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-3: Access Windows Control Panel Step 2: Double click the System icon (Figure 6-4). Page 135...

  • Page 136: Figure 6-4: Double Click The System Icon

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-4: Double Click the System Icon Step 3: Double click the Device Manager tab (Figure 6-5). Figure 6-5: Double Click the Device Manager Tab Step 4: A list of system hardware devices appears (Figure 6-6). Page 136 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 137: Figure 6-6: Device Manager List

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-6: Device Manager List Step 5: Expand the Display Adapters category (Figure 6-7). Right click the adapter and select Properties. NOTE: Display Adapters category available, navigate X:\VGA\LX800\XP\VGA 2.01.05 (where X:\ is the system CD drive) and read the ReleaseNotes.txt file for further information on installing the VGA driver. Page 137...

  • Page 138: Figure 6-7: Expand The Display Adapters Category

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-7: Expand the Display Adapters Category Step 6: From the Driver tab of the Properties window, click Update Driver (Figure 6-8) or, click Reinstall Driver if Update Driver is not seen. Page 138 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 139: Figure 6-8: Update Driver

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-8: Update Driver Step 7: The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard appears (Figure 6-9). Click N continue. Page 139...

  • Page 140: Figure 6-9: Upgrade Device Driver Wizard

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-9: Upgrade Device Driver Wizard Step 8: The Install Hardware Device Driver screen appears (Figure 6-10). Select the Search for a suitable driver for my device radio button and click N continue. Page 140 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 141: Figure 6-10: Search For Suitable Driver

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-10: Search for Suitable Driver Step 9: Select Specify a Location in the Locate Driver Files window (Figure 6-11). Click N to continue. Page 141...

  • Page 142: Figure 6-11: Locate Driver Files

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-11: Locate Driver Files Step 10: Click Browse and navigate to the X:\AMD\LX800\XP\VGA 2.01.05 directory, where “X:” is the system CD drive (Figure 6-12). Figure 6-12: Location Browsing Window Step 11: Click OK to continue. Page 142 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 143: Audio Driver Installation

    WAFER-LX Step 12: A driver files location menu window appears. Click N to continue. The driver is installed. Step 0: 6.3 Audio Driver Installation To install the audio driver please follow the steps below. Step 1: Open Windows Control Panel (Figure 6-13). Figure 6-13: Access Windows Control Panel Step 2: Double click the System icon (Figure 6-14).

  • Page 144: Figure 6-14: Double Click The System Icon

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-14: Double Click the System Icon Step 3: Double click the Device Manager tab (Figure 6-15). Figure 6-15: Double Click the Device Manager Tab Step 4: A list of system hardware devices appears (Figure 6-16). Page 144 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 145: Figure 6-16: Device Manager List

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-16: Device Manager List Step 5: Double click the listed device that has question marks next to it. (This means Windows does not recognize the device). Step 6: The Device Driver Wizard appears (Figure 6-17). Click N to continue. Page 145...

  • Page 146: Figure 6-17: Search For Suitable Driver

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-17: Search for Suitable Driver Step 7: Select “Specify a Location” in the Locate Driver Files window (Figure 6-18). Click N to continue. Page 146 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 147: Figure 6-18: Locate Driver Files

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-18: Locate Driver Files Step 8: Select “X:\ Audio\GeodeLX_XP_XPe_WDM_Audio_v2.03.00” directory in the location browsing window, where “X:\” is the system CD drive (Figure 6-19). Page 147...

  • Page 148: Lan Driver

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-19: Location Browsing Window Step 9: Click OK to continue. A driver files location menu window appears. Select the LXWDMAu.inf file and click O to continue. The driver is installed. Step 0: 6.4 LAN Driver To install the LAN driver, please follow the steps below. Step 1: Click LAN from the AMD LX/GX CD Driver Menu to open a window to the X:\LAN\Realtek (where X:\ is the system CD drive) folder on the driver CD.

  • Page 149: Figure 6-20: Locate The Setup Program Icon

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-20: Locate the Setup Program Icon Step 4: Double click the Setup program icon in Figure 6-20. Step 5: The Install Shield Wizard is prepared to guide the user through the rest of the process (Figure 6-21). Figure 6-21: Preparing Setup Screen Step 6: Once initialized, the Install Wizard welcome screen appears (Figure 6-22).

  • Page 150: Figure 6-22: Install Wizard Welcome Screen

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-22: Install Wizard Welcome Screen Step 7: Click N to continue the installation or C to stop the installation. ANCEL Step 8: The Install Wizard starts to install the LAN driver. Step 9: Once the installation is complete, the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen appears (Figure 6-23).

  • Page 151: Figure 6-23: Installing Screen

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-23: Installing Screen Step 10: Click F to complete the installation and exit the Install Shield Wizard. INISH Step 11: Once the installation process is complete, the computer may be restarted immediately or later. Select the preferred option and click F to complete the INISH installation process and exit the Install Shield Wizard (Figure 6-24).

  • Page 152: Sata/Raid Driver

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-24: Restart the Computer 6.5 SATA/RAID Driver To install the ALi SATA/RAID driver, please follow the steps below. Step 1: Click SATA from the AMD LX/GX CD Driver Menu to open a window to the X:\ALi_SATA_M5283 (where X:\ is the system CD drive) folder on the driver Step 2: Locate the Setup program icon (Figure 6-25).

  • Page 153: Figure 6-25: Locate The Setup Program Icon

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-25: Locate the Setup Program Icon Step 3: The Install Shield Wizard (Figure 6-26) is prepared to guide the user through the rest of the process. Figure 6-26: Preparing Setup Screen Step 4: Once initialized, the Install Wizard welcome screen appears (Figure 6-27). Page 153...

  • Page 154: Figure 6-27: Install Wizard Welcome Screen

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-27: Install Wizard Welcome Screen Step 5: Click N to continue the installation or C to stop the installation. ANCEL Step 6: The Install Wizard starts to install the driver (Figure 6-28). Page 154 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 155: Figure 6-28: Installing Screen

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-28: Installing Screen Step 7: A “Digital Signal Not Found” screen appears (Figure 6-29). Click Y continue the installation process. Page 155...

  • Page 156: Figure 6-29: Raid Driver Digital Signal

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-29: RAID Driver Digital Signal Step 8: Once the installation is complete, the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen appears (Figure 6-30). Page 156 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 157: Isa Driver

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-30: InstallShield Wizard Complete Screen Step 9: Once the installation process is complete, the computer may be restarted immediately or later. Select the preferred option and click F to complete the INISH installation process and exit the Install Shield Wizard. Step 0: 6.6 ISA Driver To install the IT8888 ISA Bridge driver please follow the steps below:...

  • Page 158: Figure 6-31: Access Windows Control Panel

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-31: Access Windows Control Panel Step 2: Double click the System icon (Figure 6-32). Page 158 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 159: Figure 6-32: Double Click The System Icon

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-32: Double Click the System Icon Step 3: Double click the Device Manager tab (Figure 6-33). Figure 6-33: Double Click the Device Manager Tab Step 4: A list of system hardware devices appears (Figure 6-34). Page 159...

  • Page 160: Figure 6-34: Device Manager List

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-34: Device Manager List Step 5: Double click the listed device that has question marks next to it. (This means Windows does not recognize the device). Step 6: The Device Driver Wizard appears (Figure 6-35). Click N to continue. Page 160 IEI ®...

  • Page 161: Figure 6-35: Search For Suitable Driver

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-35: Search for Suitable Driver Step 7: Select “Specify a Location” in the Locate Driver Files window (Figure 6-36). Click N to continue. Page 161...

  • Page 162: Figure 6-36: Locate Driver Files

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-36: Locate Driver Files Step 8: Select “X:\IT8888” directory in the location browsing window, where “X:\” is the system CD drive (Figure 6-37). Page 162 IEI ® Technology, Corp.

  • Page 163: Figure 6-37: Location Browsing Window

    WAFER-LX Figure 6-37: Location Browsing Window Step 9: Click OK to continue. A driver files location menu window appears. Select the ite.inf file and click O to continue. The driver is installed. Step 0: Page 163...
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  • Page 165: Abios Configuration Options

    WAFER-LX Appendix BIOS Configuration Options Page 165...

  • Page 166: Bios Configuration Options

    WAFER-LX A.1 BIOS Configuration Options Below is a list of BIOS configuration options described in Chapter 5. Load Fail-Safe Defaults ..................92 Load Optimized Defaults..................93 Set Supervisor Password ..................93 Set User Password ....................93 Save & Exit Setup ....................93 Exit Without Saving ....................93 Date [Day mm:dd:yyyy] ..................94 Time [hh/mm/ss] ....................94 IDE Master and IDE Slave ..................94...
  • Page 167 WAFER-LX Boot Other Device [Enabled] ................101 Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled] ............... 102 Boot Up Numlock Status [On] ................102 Gate A20 Option [Fast]..................102 Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled]..............103 Typematic Rate (Chars/sec) [6] ................. 103 Typematic Delay (Msec) [250]................103 Security Option [Setup]..................
  • Page 168 WAFER-LX IDE HDD Block Mode [Enabled] ................ 112 Onboard FDC Controller [Disabled]..............113 Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]..............113 Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8/IRQ3]..............113 Onboard Serial Port 3 [Disabled] ..............114 Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7] ..............114 Parallel Port Mode [SPP]..................114 EPP Mode Select [EPP1.7] .................
  • Page 169 WAFER-LX CPU Warning Temperature [Disabled].............. 129 System Temperature ..................129 System Fan ....................130 Voltages ....................130 Page 169...
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  • Page 171: Bwatchdog Timer

    WAFER-LX Appendix Watchdog Timer Page 171...
  • Page 172 WAFER-LX NOTE: The following discussion applies to DOS environment. IEI support is contacted or the IEI website visited for specific drivers for more sophisticated operating systems, e.g., Windows and Linux. The Watchdog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash.
  • Page 173 WAFER-LX NOTE: When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer, otherwise the system resets. Example program: ; INITIAL TIMER PERIOD COUNTER W_LOOP: AX, 6F02H ;setting the time-out value BL, 30 ;time-out value is 48 seconds ; ADD THE APPLICATION PROGRAM HERE EXIT_AP, 1 ;is the application over? W_LOOP...
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  • Page 175: Caddress Mapping

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  • Page 176: Io Address Map

    WAFER-LX C.1 IO Address Map I/O address Description Range 000-01F DMA Controller 020-021 Interrupt Controller 040-043 System time 060-06F Keyboard Controller 070-07F System CMOS/Real time Clock 080-09F DMA Controller 0A0-0A1 Interrupt Controller 0C0-0DF DMA Controller 0F0-0FF Numeric data processor 1F0-1F7 Primary IDE Channel 2F8-2FF Serial Port 2 (COM2)

  • Page 177: Irq Mapping Table

    WAFER-LX C.3 IRQ Mapping Table IRQ0 System Timer IRQ8 RTC clock IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ9 ACPI IRQ2 Available IRQ10 IRQ3 COM2 IRQ11 LAN/USB2.0/SATA IRQ4 COM1 IRQ12 PS/2 mouse IRQ5 SMBus Controller IRQ13 IRQ6 IRQ14 Primary IDE IRQ7 Available IRQ15 Secondary IDE Table C-3: IRQ Mapping Table C.4 DMA Channel Assignments Channel...
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  • Page 179: Dexternal Ac'97 Audio Codec

    WAFER-LX Appendix External AC’97 Audio CODEC Page 179...

  • Page 180: Introduction

    WAFER-LX D.1 Introduction The motherboard comes with an on-board Realtek ALC655 CODEC. Realtek ALC655 is a 16-bit, full duplex AC’97 Rev. 2.3 compatible audio CODECwith a sampling rate of 48KHz. D.1.1 Accessing the AC’97 CODEC The CODEC is accessed through a connector on the WAFER-LXG motherboard. Connect the audio kit to the connector.

  • Page 181: Sound Effect Configuration

    WAFER-LX D.2 Sound Effect Configuration D.2.1 Accessing the Sound Effects Manager To access the Sound Effects Manager, please do the following: Step 1: Install the audio CODEC driver. Step 2: Click either: The Sound Effect Manager icon in the Notification Area of the system task bar (see FigureeD-2), or The Sound Effect Manager icon in the Control Panel (F igureeD-3...

  • Page 182: Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options

    WAFER-LX Figuree - : Sound Effects Manager (ALC655) NOTE: The Sound Effect Manager shown in Error! Reference source not found. is for the RealTek ALC655 audio CODEC. Different CODECs may have different sound manager appearances. The following section describes the different configuration options in the Sound Effect Manager.
  • Page 183 WAFER-LX NOTE: The Karaoke Mode is configured in the Sound Effect menu. To access Karaoke configuration settings, click on the Sound Effect menu tab. Sound Effect Karaoke Mode Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S/PDIF-In S/PDIF-Out Connector Sensing HRTF Demo Microphone Effect General NOTE: Not all RealTek Sound Effect Managers have all the above listed options.
  • Page 184 WAFER-LX that fits a certain vocal range. Equalizer Selection:- Preset equalizer settings enable easy audio range settings. Ten frequency bands can be configured. Speaker Configuration:- Multi-channel speaker settings are configured in this menu. Configurable options include: Headphone Channel mode for stereo speaker output Channel mode for 4 speaker output Channel mode for 5.1 speaker output Synchronize the phonejack switch with speakers settings...

  • Page 185: Eali Raid

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  • Page 186: Introduction

    WAFER-LX 6.7 Introduction The ALi M5283 SATA RAID chipset can control parallel ATA (PATA) and serial ATA (SATA) disks. The ALi controller supports PATA UDMA transfer mode up to mode 6 and SATA 1 disk drives. The ALi M5283 also has a cost-effective RAID functionality that can increase the data read/write speed and provide protection to data by distributing mirrored duplicates of data onto two disk drives (RAID 1).

  • Page 187: Features And Benefits

    WAFER-LX cables within the chassis to avoid system down time. A.2 Features and Benefits Supports RAID levels 0, 1, and JBOD Supports connectivity to two disk drives Supported Operating Systems include: Windows 98/Me, Windows 2000 and Windows XP Windows-based software for RAID management A.3 Accessing the ALi RAID Utility To access the Ali RAID Utility, please follow the steps below: Step 4:...

  • Page 188: Figureee-1: Accessing Ali Raid Bios Utility

    WAFER-LX ALi RAID BIOS setup program. Figuree - : Accessing ALi RAID BIOS Utility Step 9: Delete RAID settings and partitions. The RAID BIOS Setup Utility in FigureeE-2 appears. Before configuring the array select the “Delete All RAID Setting & Partition”. FigureeE-2: RAID BIOS Setup Utility Page 188 IEI ®...

  • Page 189: Raid Options

    WAFER-LX Step 10: Configure the RAID settings. Use the RAID BIOS Setup Utility in Error! Reference source not found. to configure the RAID array. Brief descriptions are given below. Step 11: Install the OS. After the RAID array has been configured (see below) install the OS.

  • Page 190: Create Raid 1 Mirroring For Reliability

    WAFER-LX naming an array.Step 0: NOTE: 1. To reduce the chance of losing data, ALi imposes certain limitations on the RAID configuration options. PATA drives connected on the same IDE channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAID 0 array. Avoid mixing PATA and SATA disk drives in a RAID 0 array.
  • Page 191 WAFER-LX Create RAID 1 Striping for Reliability and press E . A flashing ‘S’ appears NTER on the Drive Menu where the member drives to be included in the RAID 0 array can be chosen. Step 2: Select RAID array drive members. Use the space bar to select members of the RAID array.

  • Page 192: Create Jbod For Integrated Capacity

    WAFER-LX A.4.3 Create JBOD for Integrated Capacity JBOD is defined as “Just a Bunch of Drives.” JBOD provides neither performance gains nor data redundancy. WARNING! All data previously stored on the member drives of a RAID configuration is destroyed during the RAID initialization process. If “used” drives are used to create a RAID array, make sure the data has been moved or backed up before creating a RAID array out of the disk drives.

  • Page 193: Stripe Size

    WAFER-LX connected disk drives has been selected. Follow the same method to select another member drive. Step 3: Confirm. The Create RAID 0 (Y/N) confirm box appears. Press Y. Step 4: Name the array. Enter a nickname for the created array. Upper and lower case alphabetic, numeric, space, and underscore characters are all applicable for naming an array Step 0:...

  • Page 194: Delete All Raid Setting & Partition

    WAFER-LX drives of the RAID configuration will also be deleted. Step 1: Delete a RAID setting. Use the arrow keys to highlight Delete RAID Setting & Partition and press E . A flashing ‘E’ appears at the Drive Menu where the NTER member drives to be removed can be chosen.

  • Page 195: Select Boot Drive

    WAFER-LX NOTE: A status bar will indicate the rebuild progress. Rebuild consumes considerable system resources and the time required for rebuilding a RAID array may vary depending on the size of stored data, disk drive capacity, and drive performance. A.4.8 Select Boot Drive Step 1: Select the Boot Drive.
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  • Page 197: Bindex

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