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INDUSTRIAL COMPUTER S INC.
VIPer 821
INDUSTRIAL SBC - PENTIUM BASED
TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL
VERSION 1.5
May 1999
ref.: M821_1.5
NOTE:
This manual is for reference purpose only.
Reproduction in whole or in part is authorized provided
TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC. is cited as
the original source.

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  • Page 1 INDUSTRIAL SBC - PENTIUM BASED TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL VERSION 1.5 May 1999 ref.: M821_1.5 NOTE: This manual is for reference purpose only. Reproduction in whole or in part is authorized provided TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC. is cited as the original source.
  • Page 2 This document may contain information or refer to products protected by the copyrights or patents of others and does not convey any license under the patent rights of TEKNOR, nor the rights of others. Printed in Canada. Copyright 1999 by TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC., Boisbriand, Qc J7G 2A7.

  • Page 3: Read Me First

    READ ME FIRST Your computer board is equipped with a standard non-rechargeable lithium battery. To preserve the useful life of the battery, the jumper which enables the battery is not installed when you receive the board. If you need a jumper cap, we suggest you use the one on the Watchdog Timer jumper since it is rarely needed;...

  • Page 4: Powering Up The System

    Support department for assistance. Preventing Viruses TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS takes every precaution against computer viruses. For your protection, we have safety sealed all utility diskettes. If the seal is broken, do not use the diskette. Destroy the diskette immediately and contact our Technical Support department for further instructions at (450) 437-5682 (Canada).

  • Page 5: Cpu Voltage

    If the update is not successful, the following message appears under the “Status:” line: ERROR: general failure programming CPLDs! Please contact Teknor Industrial Computers technical support. You must contact TEKNOR’s technical support for further instructions. CPU Voltage Faulty jumper settings on the TEK-067 daughterboard will damage the CPU.
  • Page 6 VIPer821 Technical Reference Manual Flat Panel Power The VIPer821 supplies the Flat Panel with sequenced 5V or 3.3V power. The power supply selection is performed through jumper W12. Make sure you select the correct power voltage for your Flat Panel. Incorrect power voltage can damage your Flat Panel! Flat Panel Control Signals and the V-Port Connector When the voltage level for the flat panel control signal is set at 3.3V via the W12...
  • Page 7 Read Me First 50-pin High Density Flat Panel Connector The J8 Flat Panel connector found on the VIPer821 is a 50-pin high density connector, which has a different pinout than most dual row headers. The pin numbers are shown below. In the same way, the mating connector on the Flat Panel Cable (TEKNOR # 150- 105), has the same linear pinout, as shown above.
  • Page 9 YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE NOTE Important Note : All systems with which Teknor products interface and/or the data that they receive must be themselves year 2000 (Y2K) compliant. Equally as well, any customer using a Teknor Y2K compliant product may experience problems with operating system and/or application software that do not correctly read the date (you should consult Teknor Y2K website information page and obtain the specific product Y2K compliance letter to confirm product compliance).
  • Page 10 No oral or written information or advice made available by Teknor or its authorised representatives shall create a warranty or in any way decrease the scope of this disclaimer. In no event shall Teknor Industrial Computers Inc., its sales representatives or distributors be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits, punitive or special damages, even if Teknor Industrial Computers Inc., its sales representatives or distributors have been advised of the possibility of such...
  • Page 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1 – PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRODUCT OVERVIEW..................1-1 JUMPER SETTINGS.....................2-1 FEATURE DESCRIPTION ..................3-1 CPU/System Core - Processor................3-3 CPU/System Core - Memory..................3-4 CPU/System Core - Battery ...................3-5 Ethernet Interface....................3-6 I/O Devices - I/O Connections................3-7 I/O Devices - Keyboard ..................3-8 I/O Devices - PS/2 Mouse..................3-9 Parallel Port ......................3-10 PC/104, PC/ 104-Plus ..................3-11...

  • Page 12: Table Of Contents

    PART 2 – SOFTWARE SETUPS BIOS SETUP PROGRAM ..................4-1 4.1 Basic Commands ...................4-2 4.2 Standard CMOS Setup ...................4-3 4.3 BIOS Features Setup..................4-4 4.4 Chipset Features Setup ..................4-6 4.5 Power Management Setup................4-8 4.6 PnP/PCI Configuration..................4-10 4.7 Integrated Peripherals...................4-11 UPDATING THE BIOS WITH UBIOS ..............5-1 5.1 Interactive Mode .....................5-2 5.2 Batch Mode ....................5-6 5.3 Automatic CPLD Upgrade After a BIOS Update..........5-7...
  • Page 13 PART 3 – APPENDICES A. BOARD SPECIFICATIONS............... A-1 B. MEMORY & I/O MAPS................B-1 B.1 MEMORY MAPPING ..................B-1 B.2 I/O MAPPING....................B-1 B.3 IRQ LINES ....................B-2 B.4 DMA CHANNELS ..................B-2 C. BOARD DIAGRAMS ................. C-1 C.1 ASSEMBLY - TOP DIAGRAM................ C-1 C.2 ASSEMBLY - BOTTON DIAGRAM ..............
  • Page 14 E. BIOS SETUP ERROR CODES ..............E-1 E.1 POST BEEP....................E-1 E.2 POST MESSAGES..................E-1 E.3 ERROR MESSAGES..................E-2 E.4 POST CODES....................E-5 EMERGENCY PROCEDURE ..............F-1 F.1 EMERGENCY PROCEDURE ................ F-1 F.2 GENERATE AN EMERGENCY FLOPPY DISKETTE: ........F-2...

  • Page 15: Product Overview

    PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRODUCT OVERVIEW JUMPER SETTINGS FEATURE DESCRIPTION...

  • Page 17: Ethernet Interface

    Pentium (Socket 7) processor and the Intel Triton II chipset. The VIPer 821 is based on the half size PC/AT card format and can be installed into a standard passive ISA backplane. The SBC and backplane assembly is used as a substitute for the standard PC motherboard, and in general includes all of the standard interfaces and peripherals that are normally included in a top of the line PC.
  • Page 19 VIPer 821 – Block Diagram...
  • Page 20 VIPer 821 – Connector and Jumper Location...
  • Page 21 2. JUMPER SETTINGS The processor related jumpers must conform to the following:...
  • Page 22 VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual The other jumpers are described below:...
  • Page 23 When installing a new processor, jumper settings must be provided on both the DC/DC Converter module (for the CPU voltage), and the VIPer 821 board (for the Clock Speed). To avoid damage to the processor, the CPU voltage must be as specified by the CPU manufacturer: Single-voltage Pentium processors must be set for 3.3 V only.
  • Page 25 Use a “chip-puller” or thin screwdriver to remove the processor. The +5V fan power supply is provided on both j1 (DC/DC Converter module) and J16 (board) headers. MORE ... Processors supported by the VIPer 821 are specified as follows: Processor Type and Voltage Processor...
  • Page 26                 Two vertical SIMM sockets (72 pins) are provided to support from 8MB to 256MB of system memory (FPM or EDO). SETUPS Related Jumpers No jumper setting is required. BIOS Level Options to setup the DRAM are provided by the BIOS Setup program, Chipset Features option.
  • Page 27                 The board is installed with a 3.6V, 370mAh lithium battery (22.5x5.6mm, wafer form factor with plug-in terminations). SETUPS Related Jumpers To enable onboard CMOS backup, connect the battery to the board’s circuitry by setting the W10 jumper to 1-2 position (onboard Battery).
  • Page 28                 The 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet interface controller (82558) resides on the PCI bus and is therefore Plug and Play by default. It is assigned with one PCI master REQ/GNT pair. SETUPS Related Jumpers No jumper setting is required. BIOS Level The onboard Ethernet controller can be enabled/disabled through the BIOS Setup Program, Integrated Peripherals option.
  • Page 29               ! ! ! !                  Connections for speaker, reset and user switches, and hard drive activity LED are available through the Kdb/Spk/IO J3 connector.
  • Page 30   "#$   "#$   "#$   "#$ Connections for keyboard, speaker, download and reset switches, and hard drive activity LED are available through the J3 Keyboard/Speaker connector, using a keyboard cable (#150-018-01, provided with the board).
  • Page 31    % &    % &    % &    % & The PS/2 mouse connects to the VIPer 821 through the J14 header using a 4-pin header/Mini DIN PS/2 Mouse cable. SETUPS Related Jumpers No jumper setting is required.

  • Page 32: Parallel Port

     '''    '''    '''    '''   The board features the bi-directional enhanced parallel port that supports the IEEE 1284 protocols including compatibility, nibble, byte EPP and ECP modes. IRQs and addresses can be configured at the BIOS level. SETUPS Related Jumpers No jumper setting is required.
  • Page 33 ()*  ()*   ()*  ()*     Standard PC/104 modules are supported through the P1/P2 PC/104 connectors. Signals provided are 8/16-bit ISA set. SETUPS Related Jumpers No jumper setting is required on the board. BIOS Level No BIOS setup is required.
  • Page 34  '    !+   '    !+   '    !+   '    !+      (  (  (  ( Serial Port 1 is available through the J4 connector and supports RS-232 operation mode. SETUPS Related Jumpers No hardware setup is required.
  • Page 35  '    !+   '    !+      %  %  %  %  '    !+   '    !+  Serial Port 2 is available through the J9 connector and supports both RS-422/RS-485 and RS-232 operation modes.
  • Page 36  ,    ,    ,    ,          +- +- +- +- A CompactFlash disk consists of a CompactFlash device and a CompactFlash module that supports it. The CompactFlash module connects to the board through the J12 CompactFlash connector. SETUPS Related Jumpers No jumper setting is required.
  • Page 37  ,   +.. !/ !0  ,   +.. !/ !0  ,   +.. !/ !0  ,   +.. !/ !0 The floppy disk interface supports up to two drives (360KB to 2.8MB drives) through the J2 Floppy connector. Connecting a floppy disk drive requires a standard IBM 34-pin floppy disk cable.
  • Page 38  ,   $ !/ !0  ,   $ !/ !0  ,   $ !/ !0  ,   $ !/ !0 The board supports up to two hard disk drives through the J1 IDE connector (Primary interface), in Master/Slave configuration. Connecting a hard disk drive requires a standard IBM 40-pin hard disk cable.
  • Page 39       &       &..0! 1!       &       & 0! 1! 0! 1! 0! 1! Three 8-bit supervisor registers (x90h-x92h) are provided to set and control special I/O features of the board.
  • Page 40                            2 2 2 2  !+   !+   !+     !  !+  ! ! ! The Power Fail Detection feature can be used to monitor a power fail condition that could be initiated by either the onboard battery or an external power source (W10 jumper).
  • Page 41                            2 2 2 2             1 1 1 1       All power management controls and setups are provided at the BIOS level.
  • Page 42       3       3       3       3    - - - - $ $ $ $ 1 1 1 1 The Watchdog is provided to monitor the processor’s inactivity. It issues a failure signal if the processor fails to refresh the watchdog within a timeout period (1.6 seconds).

  • Page 43: Usb Port

                The VIPer 821 provides a dual USB port through the J17 USB connector. To conform to the standard USB requirements, a USB adapter cable is required. SETUPS Related Jumpers No jumper setting is required.
  • Page 44 The CRT Only operation mode must be set at the BIOS level, Standard CMOS Setup option. Other configurations are: Flat Panel Only, or simultaneous CRT/Flat Panel ( both ). MAKING CONNECTIONS The CRT monitor connects directly to the VIPer 821 through the J13 VGA CRT connector located on the edge bracket. MORE ...
  • Page 45     The flat panel connects to the VIPer 821 through the J8 Flat Panel connector. A cable must be designed to tie the panel to the board in accordance to the pinout of both the J8 Flat Panel connector and the panel connector.
  • Page 47 SOFTWARE SETUPS BIOS SETUP PROGRAM UPGRADING THE BIOS WITH UBIOS...

  • Page 49: Bios Setup Program

    4. BIOS SETUP PROGRAM To run the AWARD Setup program incorporated in the ROM BIOS proceed as follows: 1. Turn on or reboot the system. 2. Hit the DELETE key before or when the message - " " PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP appears near the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 50: Basic Commands

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual Whenever you are not sure about a certain setting, refer to the list of default values. Default values are provided in the event that a value has been changed and one wishes to restore original values.

  • Page 51: Standard Cmos Setup

    BIOS Setup Program STANDARD CMOS SETUP This part of the setup allows you to set the time, date, hard disk type, types of floppy drives and video type. Date/Time The current values for each category are displayed. Hard Disks Two IDE controllers are implemented (Primary and Secondary), each supports two disks (Master Disk and Slave Disk).

  • Page 52: Bios Features Setup

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual BIOS FEATURES SETUP Option BIOS Setup Possible Description Default Default Settings Virus Warning Dis. Dis. En., Dis. When Enabled, you receive a warning message if a program (specifically, a virus) attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive.
  • Page 53 BIOS Setup Program Option BIOS Setup Possible Description Default Default Settings Security Option Setup Setup Setup, System If you have set a password, select whether the password is required every time the system boots (“System” option), or only when you enter Setup (“Setup” option). OS Select For DRAM Non- Non-...

  • Page 54: Chipset Features Setup

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Option BIOS Setup Possible Description Default Default Settings Auto Configuration En., Dis. Auto Configuration selects predetermined optimal values of chipset parameters. When Disabled, chipset parameters revert to setup information stored in CMOS. Many fields in this screen are not available when Auto Configuration is Enabled.
  • Page 55 BIOS Setup Program Option BIOS Setup Possible Description Default Default Settings Peer Concurrency En., Dis. Peer concurrency means that more than one PCI device can be active at a time. Chipset Special En., Dis. When Disabled, the chipset behaves as if it were the earlier Intel Features 82430FX chipset.

  • Page 56: Power Management Setup

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP Option BIOS Setup Possible Description Default Default Settings Power Management Dis. Dis. Saving, This option allows you to select the type (or degree) of power Saving, saving for Doze, Standby, and Suspend modes.
  • Page 57 BIOS Setup Program Option BIOS Setup Possible Description Default Default Settings Wake Up Events In On, Off When the system is in Doze or Standby mode, you may disable Doze & Standby activity monitoring some common interrupt requests (IRQ3/4/8/12) so they do not wake the system. The default wake- IRQ3 up event is keyboard activity.

  • Page 58: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION Option BIOS Setup Possible Description Default Default Settings PNP OS Installed Yes, No If the operating system (OS) is Plug and Play (for example Windows 95), select “Yes” if you want the OS to allocate resources according to Plug and Play standards, or “No”...

  • Page 59: Integrated Peripherals

    BIOS Setup Program INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Option BIOS Setup Possible Description Default Default Settings IDE HDD Block Mode Dis. En., Dis. Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support.

  • Page 61: Updating The Bios With Ubios

    5. UPDATING THE BIOS WITH UBIOS UBIOS is an utility that allows you to take BIOS files from a disk and update the Flash BIOS device with them. Caution When using UBIOS, ensure there is no Device Manager or Memory Manager (EMM86) application installed.

  • Page 62: Interactive Mode

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual INTERACTIVE MODE To run the program in interactive mode, type "UBIOS" from the DOS prompt. At the presentation screen, hit any key on the keyboard to display the main screen: U B I O S 3 . x x...
  • Page 63 5.1.1 Updating Flash BIOS If you select one of the Update options from the main menu, a screen similar to the following is displayed: You are currently using VIPer 821 MAIN BIOS VERSION Current directory is Searching for file: *.bin F i le N u mb er –...
  • Page 64 VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual To update the file, type “Y”, the program will write the file to the Flash. The progress of the operation is indicated in percentage completed. When the update is over the screen will appear as follow:...
  • Page 65 Upgrading the BIOS with UBIOS 5.1.2 Copying Flash BIOS If you select one of the Copy options from the main menu, a screen similar to the following is displayed: FLASH BIOS COPY Enter Filename for Flash BIOS (*.bin) 821all.bin You begin a Flash Copy operation, by typing a filename (including the extension) for the file you are creating.

  • Page 66: Batch Mode

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual BATCH MODE While files can be manually selected using the Interactive Mode, Flash BIOS Update or Copy can be achieved through Batch Mode. The command line format is as follows: UBIOS -B [operation] [filetype] [filename] [options] where: specifies that this is a Batch Mode command.

  • Page 67: Automatic Cpld Upgrade After A Bios Update

    If the update is not successful, the following message appears under the “Status:” line: ERROR: general failure programming CPLDs! Please contact Teknor Industrial Computers technical support. You must contact TEKNOR’s technical support for further instructions. Caution: Whenever the BIOS performs a CPLD hardware upgrade, disable the watchdog (by removing the W9 jumper) and do not interrupt the system in any way (power down, reset, mouse or keyboard functions).

  • Page 69: Vt100 Mode

    SETUP AND CONFIGURATION Follow these steps for setting up VT100 Mode: Power off your VIPer 821 and install jumper W13 (3-4) to enable the VT100 Mode. Note: both Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 support the VT100 Mode. Connect the serial cable. Note: if a full setup cable is not required a partial cable by only the TXD and RXD lines can be used.
  • Page 71 APPENDICES BOARD SPECIFICATIONS MEMORY AND I/O MAPS BOARD DIAGRAMS CONNECTOR PINOUTS BIOS SETUP ERROR CODES EMERGENCY PROCEDURE...

  • Page 73: A. Board Specifications

    A. BOARD SPECIFICATIONS VIPer 821 DESCRIPTION Half-Size ISA Industrial Single Board Computer Overview Supported Pentium, Pentium MMX, K6 and K6-2 Microprocessors 82430HX chipset Data Path 64-bit on CPU and memory bus ; 32-bit on PCI bus ; 16-bit on ISA bus...
  • Page 74 VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual VIPer 821 DESCRIPTION GD7555 video controller from Cirrus Logic on local PCI bus Video Simultaneous CRT / Flat Panel display support V-Port interface compatible with the VIPerVision digital video module CRT: up to 1024x768x256 colors or 1280x1024x16 colors...
  • Page 75 Board Specifications VIPer 821 DESCRIPTION One stage watchdog timer ; Supervisory Power failure / low battery detector; Built-in Ethernet activity / link.LEDs ® ® ® ® MS-DOS 6.22, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, Operating System ® Compatibility Windows 98, Unix, QNX 4.24, etc...

  • Page 77: B. Memory & I/O Maps

    B. MEMORY & I/O MAPS MEMORY MAPPING Address Function 00000-9FFFF 0-640 KB DRAM A0000-BFFFF 64KB Video Memory C0000-CBFFF 32KB Video BIOS D000-D3FF Optional: Flash window D400-D700 Optional: TEKNOR BIOS Extension E0000-FFFFF 64KB Main BIOS 100000-Top of DRAM 1 MB - Top of DRAM I/O MAPPING Address Optional Add.

  • Page 78: B.3 Irq Lines

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual IRQ LINES The board is fully PC compatible with interrupt steering for PCI plug and play compatibility. Controller # 1 Controller # 2 IRQ 0 Timer Output 0 IRQ 8 Real-Time Clock IRQ 1...

  • Page 79: C. Board Diagrams

    C. BOARD DIAGRAMS ASSEMBLY - TOP DIAGRAM...

  • Page 80: C.2 Assembly - Botton Diagram

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual ASSEMBLY - BOTTON DIAGRAM...

  • Page 81: C.3 Assembly - Mechanical Diagram

    Board Diagrams ASSEMBLY - MECHANICAL DIAGRAM...

  • Page 82: C.4 Dc/Dc Converter - Module Diagrams

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual DC/DC CONVERTER - MODULE DIAGRAMS Top Side Bottom Side Mechanical...

  • Page 83: D. Connector Pinouts

    D. CONNECTOR PINOUTS Connectors and headers are listed below: IDE Hard Disk Drive connector Floppy Disk connector Keyboard/Speaker connector Serial Port 2 connector Parallel Port connector Flat Panel Connector V-Port Flat Panel Connector Serial Port 1 connector Power Supply header (5 pins: +5V, GND) Power Supply header (6 pins: +5V, +12V, -12V, GND, and Power Fail) CompactFlash connector SVGA CRT Video connector...

  • Page 84: D.1 Ide Hard Disk Drive Connector (J1)

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual IDE HARD DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR (J1) Top View Pin Number Pin Number Signal Signal /RESET N.C. /IOW /IOR IORDY BALE /DACK IRQ14 N.C. (/IOCS16) /CS1 /CS3 /ACT FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR (J2) Top View...

  • Page 85: D.3 Keyboard/Speaker Connector (J3)

    Connector Pinouts KEYBOARD/SPEAKER CONNECTOR (J3) Top View Pin Number Pin Number Signal Signal KBCLK KBDATA VCC (+5V) SPKR /KBDINH /DOWNLD /PBRES /ACT SERIAL PORT 2 CONNECTOR – RS-232/RS-422 (J4) Top View Pin Number Pin Number Signal Signal (RS-422) (RS-232) (RS-232) (RS-422) /DCD /DCD...

  • Page 86: D.6 Flat Panel (J6)

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual FLAT PANEL (J6) Top View Pin Number Pin Number Signal Signal FP20 FP28 FP21 FP29 FPVAR FP32 FP22 FP33 FP23 FPVAR FP26 FP34 FP27 FP35 V-PORT (J7) Pin Number Top View Pin Number Signal...

  • Page 87: D.8 Flat Panel Connector (J8)

    Connector Pinouts FLAT PANEL CONNECTOR (J8) Top View Pin Number Pin Number Signal Signal FPDE (Data Enable) FP24 GP0 (Control 0) GP1 (Control 1) FP10 FP11 FPVCC (Enable VCC) FP13 FP12 LLCLK (Line Clock) FPVEE (Enable VEE) FP17 FPVCC (Enable VCC) FP16 FP15 GP2 (Control 2)

  • Page 88: D.10 Power Connector (J10)

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual D.10 POWER CONNECTOR (J10) Front View Pin Number Signal VCC (+5V) VCC (+5V) VCC (+5V) D.11 POWER CONNECTOR (J11) Front View Pin Number Signal VCC (+5V) +12V -12V Power Fail Detect.. D.12 IDE COMPACTFLASH CONNECTOR (J12)

  • Page 89: D.13 Video Connector (J13)

    Connector Pinouts D.13 VIDEO CONNECTOR (J13) Top View Signal Signal Signal Not Connected Analog GND GREEN Analog GND I2CDATA BLUE Analog GND HSYNC Not Connected Not Connected VSYNC I2CCLK D.14 PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR (J14) Front View Pin Number Signal MCLOCK MDATA VCC (+5V) D.15 ETHERNET CONNECTOR (J15)

  • Page 90: D.16 Fan Connector (J16)

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual D.16 FAN CONNECTOR (J16) Front View Pin Number Signal D.17 DUAL USB CONNECTOR (J17) Top View Pin Number Pin Number Signal Signal VCC (+5V) VCC (+5V) SBP0- SBP1- SBP0+ SBP1+ D.18 DC/DC CONVERTER – CPU POWER (J17)

  • Page 91: D.19 Pc/104 Connectors (P1/P2)

    Connector Pinouts D.19 PC/104 CONNECTORS (P1/P2) IOCHK# ESET VCC (+5V) IRQ9 DRQ2 -12V 0WS# +12V MEMCS16# SBHE# IOCHRDY IOCS16# LA23 SMEMW# IRQ10 LA22 SA19 SMEMR# IRQ11 LA21 SA18 IOW# IRQ12 LA20 SA17 IOR# IRQ15 LA19 SA16 DACK3# IRQ14 LA18 SA15 DRQ3 DACK0# LA17...

  • Page 93: E. Bios Setup Error Codes

    E. BIOS SETUP ERROR CODES POST BEEP POST beep codes are defined in the BIOS to provide low level tone indication when an error occurs during the BIOS initialization. Beep codes consist of a combination of long and short beeps. They are described as follows: Beep Codes Post code...

  • Page 94: E.3 Error Messages

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual ERROR MESSAGES One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST. This list includes messages for both the ISA and EISA BIOS. CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED CMOS battery is no longer functional.
  • Page 95 BIOS Setup Error Codes ERROR ENCOUNTERED INITIALIZING HARD DRIVE Hard drive cannot be initialized. Be sure the adapter is installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached. Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup. ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DRIVE DISK CONTROLLER Cannot initialize controller.
  • Page 96 VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual MEMORY VERIFY ERROR AT ... Indicates an error verifying a value already written to memory. Use the location along with your system’s memory size in the memory map to locate the bad chip. OFFENDING SEGMENT...

  • Page 97: E.4 Post Codes

    BIOS Setup Error Codes POST CODES NOTE EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h. ISA POST codes are output to port address 80h. POST Codes POST Name Description (hex) Turn Off Chipset Cache OEM Specific-Cache control Processor Test 1 Processor Status (1FLAGS) Verification.
  • Page 98 VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual Initialize Video Interface Detect CPU clock. Read CMOS location 14h to find out type of video in use. Detect and Initialize Video Adapter. Test Video Memory Test video memory, write sign-on message to screen.
  • Page 99 BIOS Setup Error Codes 46-4D Reserved Manufacturing POST Loop or Reboot if Manufacturing POST Loop pin is set. Display Messages Otherwise display any messages (i.e., any non-fatal errors that were detected during POST) and enter Setup. Security Check Ask password security (optional). Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen.

  • Page 101: F. Emergency Procedure

    F. EMERGENCY PROCEDURE Follow this procedure only in case of emergency such as a critical error occurred during the Boot Block Flash BIOS update (when using UBIOS utility program or saving the AWARD parameters into the flash memory) or if you meet one of the following symptoms at anytime: 1.

  • Page 102: F.2 Generate An Emergency Floppy Diskette:

    VIPer 821 - Technical Reference Manual GENERATE AN EMERGENCY FLOPPY DISKETTE: Use a system that has a 1.44 Mbytes floppy drive A. 1. Insert the TEKNOR EMERGENCY diskette in drive A: 2. Copy the two files WDISK.COM and EMERDISK.TEK from drive A: to your hard drive (those files are available in your TEKNOR diskette package).

  • Page 103: Getting Help

    J7G 2A7 CANADA LIMITED WARRANTY TEKNOR INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS INC. ("the seller") warrants its boards to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of two (2) years commencing on the date of shipment. The liability of the seller shall be limited to replacing or repairing, at the seller's option, any defective units.
  • Page 104 VIPer 821 Technical Reference Manual Returning Defective Merchandise If your TEKNOR product malfunctions, please do the following before returning any merchandise: 1) Call our Technical Support department in Canada at (450) 437-5682. Make certain you have the following at hand: the TEKNOR Invoice #, your Purchase Order #, and the Serial Number of the defective board.
  • Page 105 RETURN TO MANUFACTURER AUTORIZATION REQUEST Contact Name: Company Name: Street Address: City: Province / State: Country: Postal / Zip Code: Phone Number: Fax Number: Extension: P.O. # Serial Number Failure or Problem Description (if not under warranty) Fax this form to TEKNOR's Technical Support department in Canada at (450) 437-8053...

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