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Getting started...
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Install a bootable CF card. Hot swap of CF cards is not supported!
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Connect serial port to a PC through null modem cable (RXD / TXD crossed over). Set terminal
emulator to 38400 8N1, flow control = none or xon-xoff.
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Connect Ethernet as needed.
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Connect a 18V DC power supply to the DC jack. Power supply should be able to supply at least
12W for some margin. To avoid arcing, please plug in the DC jack first, then plug the adapter
into mains.
The board should now power on. All three LEDs will light during BIOS POST, then the system will
try to boot, and turn off two of the LEDs.
You should see tinyBIOS startup messages, memory size, CF disk geometry on the serial console.
Setup options
To enter setup, type S during the memory test. You should see something like the following:
PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.98j
640 KB Base Memory
261120 KB Extended Memory
01F0 Master 848A CF 128MB
Phys C/H/S 1002/8/32 Log C/H/S 1002/8/32
BIOS setup:
(9) 9600 baud (2) 19200 baud *3* 38400 baud (5) 57600 baud (1) 115200 baud
*C* CHS mode (L) LBA mode (W) HDD wait (V) HDD slave (U) UDMA enable
(M) MFGPT workaround
(P) late PCI init
*R* Serial console enable
(E) PXE boot enable
(X) Xmodem upload
(Q) Quit
9
sets baud rate to 9600 baud
2
sets baud rate to 19200 baud
3
sets baud rate to 38400 baud
4
sets baud rate to 57600 baud
1
sets baud rate to 115200 baud
C
sets CF / HDD to CHS mode
L
sets CF / HDD to LBA mode
W
toggles HDD delay – HDD takes more time to spin up
V
toggles HDD slave – HDD slave detection takes time, normally disabled
U
toggles UDMA enable – use at your own risk
M
toggles MFGPT workaround – may be required to support high speed timer.
See AMD CS5536 data book section 5.16.3 for the gory details. The system may hang
during boot if you get it wrong...
P
toggles late PCI init – use for FPGA based miniPCI cards that take
a long time to come up. Symptom: no interrupt assigned.
ALIX system board
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1/15/2008
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