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ROBO-8713 Series
Single Board Computer
User's Manual
P/N: B8980050
Version 1.1
Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2005. All rights reserved.
All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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  • Page 1 ROBO-8713 Series Single Board Computer User's Manual P/N: B8980050 Version 1.1 Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2005. All rights reserved. All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Preface Table of Contents How to Use This Manual Chapter 1 System Overview ........................1-1 1.1 Introduction ..............................1-1 1.2 Check List............................... 1-2 1.3 Product Specification............................ 1-3 1.3.1 Mechanical Drawing.......................... 1-5 1.4 System Architecture............................1-6 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration......................2-1 2.1 Jumper Setting ...............................

  • Page 3: How To Use This Manual

    Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO-8713 series system to meet various operating requirements. It is divided into five chapters, with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Board Computer.
  • Page 4 (1996) EN 61000-4-4 (1995) EN 61000-3-2 (1995) EN 61000-3-3 (1995) The following manufacturer is responsible for this declaration : Portwell, Inc. (Company Name) 3F, No.88, Sec.1, Nei-Hu Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. (Company Address) Taipei, R.O.C. Place Date Legal Signature of...
  • Page 5 Preface WARNING Remove Processor Caution: Do not pull out processor without opening socket handle! High viscosity thermal grease between processor and cooler will lead the processor be pulled out from socket when taking cooler off. This action may damage processor socket, which will cause poor contact between CPU &...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 System Overview

    System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview Introduction The ROBO-8713 series all-in-one full size single board computer is designed to fit high performance and scalable Intel Pentium 4/Celeron processors and ® ® compatible for high-end industrial computer system with PCI plus ISA local bus architecture (PICMG 1.0 Rev 2.0).

  • Page 7: Check List

    System Overview Notice for users of ROBO-8713 series: Its graphic engine classifies ROBO-8713 series. Following table helps identify the ROBO-8713 series. GMCH Integrated Model Name Mobility M10 Mobility M9 Graphics Integrated 64MB ROBO-8713UGA Video Memory Integrated 32MB ROBO-8713SGA Video Memory...

  • Page 8: Product Specification

    Support four USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports for high-speed I/O peripheral devices PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 6-pin Mini-DIN connector for PS/2 keyboard/mouse connection through Y-Cable separation and one 5-pin shrouded connector for PS/2 keyboard connection through backplane connection ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 9 Support three 3-pin headers for CPU, System and Power fans System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature, system temperature and major power sources, etc Bracket Support one Ethernet port with 2 indicators, dual USB ports, one Mini-DIN port for PS/2 keyboard/mouse, and one CRT port ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 10: Mechanical Drawing

    •Test Programs: 3D Mark 2001 PRO for loading VGA and Burning Test V3.0 for loading CPU •Connected Fans: Only CPU fan connected •Run Time: 10 minutes Operating Temperature: -5°C ~ 60°C (23°F ~ 140°F) Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ 80°C Relative Humidity: 0% ~ 95%, non-condensing 1.3.1 Mechanical Drawing ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 11: System Architecture

    Infrared interface. The PCI-to-ISA Bridge supports a standard 16-bit ISA bus interface that is applied for all slower I/O operations. In ROBO-8713 series, they support IDE mode CompactFlash Flash disk. There is one on-board Gigabit Ethernet via RJ-45 Port to support full functionality of ROBO-8713 series AIO SBC (All-In-One Single Board Computer).
  • Page 12 PCI to ISA IT8888 USB Port 2 USB 2.0/1.1 ISA CTRL USB Port 3 Winbond W83627F/HF USB Port 4 LPC SIO AC` 97 LINK Audio Codec KEYBOARD FLOPPY PARALLEL SERIAL 1/2 F/W HUB MOUSE ROBO-8713 System Block Diagram ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration

    This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers, headers and connector. All of the configuration jumpers on ROBO-8713 series are in the proper position. The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star ( ).
  • Page 14 15-16 Short ID3 (1024*768, 24 Bits) * Only for ROBO-8713SGA/UGA Note: Enable TMDS signal by setting LVDS disabled, Pin 11~ Pin 16 Open. JP4: CMOS Clear Function 1-2 Short Normal Operation 2-3 Short Clear CMOS Contents ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 15: Connector Allocation

    Hardware Configuration Connector Allocation I/O peripheral devices are connected to the interface connectors on this Embedded ATX computer. 9 10 Figure 2-1 ROBO-8713 Connector Location (Component Side) ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 16 Secondary SATA Connector Primary SATA Connector External Wake On Ring Connector External Wake On LAN Connector External Thermal Sensor Connector General Purpose I/O Connector COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector COM1 Serial Port 1 Connector External Keyboard Connector ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 17 Reset Signal Input (Active low) Ground J3: External Speaker Connector PIN No. Signal Description Speaker Signal Output (Open-drain w/ internal series 33 Ohm) Ground Note: The pull-high voltage of external speaker is limited at 5V maximum. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 18 Standalone Power connector is connected on SBC. J7: ATX Power Control Connector PIN No. Signal Description ATX Power Good Signal (PW-OK) ATX 5V Stand-by (5VSB) ATX Power On Control (PS-ON) Ground ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 19 Data 15 Ground DMA REQ Ground IOW# Ground IOR# Ground IOCHRDY Pull-down DMA ACK# Ground INT REQ CBLID# HDC CS0# HDC CS1# HDD Active# Ground J10: SMBus Connector PIN No. Signal Description SMBus Clock Ground SMBus Data ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 20 Ground Drive Select B# Ground Drive Select A# Ground Motor ENB# Ground Direction# Ground Step# Ground Write Data# Ground Write Gate# Ground Track 0# Ground Write Protect# Ground Read Data# Ground Head Select# Ground Disk Change# ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 21 PIN No. Signal Description IRRX Ground IRTX J14: TV-out Connector PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description Ground COMP/B SYNC J16: LVDS Panel Control Connector PIN No. Signal Description +12V Ground Panel VDD Backlight-on Signal Output ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 22 TMDS DATA1- (TX1N) TMDS DATA1+ (TX1P) Ground Ground TMDS DATA2- (TX2N) TMDS DATA2+ (TX2P) Ground Ground TMDS CLOCK- (TXCN) TMDS CLOCK+ (TXCP) DVI DDC Clock (5V I/F) DVI DDC Data (5V I/F) Hot Plug Detect (HPD) ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 2-10...
  • Page 23 Thermistor Pin 1 Thermistor Pin 2 Note: An external thermistor can be connected these two pins for temperature monitoring remotely, such as chassis ambient temperature, etc. Normally, the resistance selected for thermistor should be 10KΩ at 25°C. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 2-11...
  • Page 24 TXD (Transmit Data) DTR (Data Terminal Ready) GND (Ground) DSR (Data Set Ready) RTS (Request to Send) CTS (Clear to Send) RI (Ring Indicator) Note: J26 (COM2) could be configurable as RS-232/422/485 with jumper JP2. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 2-12...
  • Page 25 5V Dual J29: Case-open Detection Connector PIN No. Signal Description Case-open Signal (Active low) Ground J30:External LAN Access LED Connector PIN No. Signal Description +5V (270 ohm pull-up for HDD LED+) HDD Active # (HDD LED-) ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 2-13...
  • Page 26 Ground J34: 68-pin PCI Connector PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description Ground AD10 AD11 AD12 AD13 AD14 AD15 Ground AD16 AD17 AD18 AD19 AD20 AD21 AD22 AD23 Ground AD24 AD25 AD26 AD27 AD28 ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 2-14...
  • Page 27 Keyboard Clock Mouse Clock J36/J40/J41 : CPU/Power/System Fan Connector PIN No. Signal Description Ground +12V Fan Speed Detecting signal Note: The fan must be a 12V fan. And there is not any over current protection. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 2-15...
  • Page 28 MIC with Reference Voltage Analog Ground Line-in Left Channel Analog Ground Line-in Right Channel Analog Ground Line-out Left Channel Analog Ground Line-out Right Channel Note: The Reference Voltage on MIC signal offers 2.25V~2.75V with 5mA drive. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 2-16...
  • Page 29 Data 5 Data 13 Data 6 Data 14 Data 7 Data 15 HDC CS0# HDC CS1# Ground Ground Ground IOR# Ground IOW# Ground Pull-Up Ground INT REQ Ground Pull-down Ground Ground RESET# Ground IOCHRDY DMA REQ ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 2-17...
  • Page 30 Hardware Configuration HDD Active# Data 0 Pull-down Data 1 Data 8 Data 2 Data 9 Data 10 Ground ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 2-18...

  • Page 31: Chapter 3 System Installation

    (pin 1) of the CPU corresponds to the socket’s bevel end. Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place. If this operation is not easy or smooth, don’t do it forcibly. You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 32: Main Memory

    4) Follow the steps of installing a CPU to change to another one or place handling bar to close the opened socket. Configuring System Bus ROBO-8713 series will automatically detect the CPU used. CPU speed of Intel P4 can be detected automatically. Main Memory ROBO-8713 series provides two DDR-SDRAM DIMM sockets to support DDR- SDRAM as main memory.

  • Page 33: Compactflash Card

    * When using 800MHz FSB CPU, DDR DIMMs may run at 320MHz (not 333MHz) due to chipset limitation. CompactFlash Card ROBO-8713 series reserves one Type II Compact Flash socket for installing Compact Flash card up to 1GB. Installing CF 1) To protect hardware, always hold it by the edges. Holding the center of the card probably won’t damage it, but holding the card by the edges provides an extra...

  • Page 34: Installing The Single Board Computer

    Please refer to section 3.4.1 to 3.4.4 to install INF/VGA/LAN drivers. 3.4.1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset used on ROBO-8713 series is relatively new which operating systems might not be able to recognize. To overcome this compatibility issue, for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows-98/98SE/ME/2000/XP, please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed.

  • Page 35: Intel Integrated Graphics Gmch Chip (For Robo-8713Vga Only)

    The drivers support Windows-98/98SE/ME, Windows-2000, Windows-XP, and Linux. LED Indicator (for LAN status) ROBO-8713 series provides two LED indicators to report Intel 82547 Gigabit Ethernet interface status. Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide. Operation of Ethernet Port...

  • Page 36: On-Board Ac-97 Audio Device

    3.4.6 On-board 68-pin PCI connector ROBO-8713 series provides one on-board 68-pin PCI connector that allows user apply additional PCI devices, such as SCSI or Ethernet. If compatible PCI device is present, simply plug it onto the connector and secure it with two retention bars.

  • Page 37: Wdt Function

    0x87); outp(0x002E, 0x87); // Assign Pin 89 to be a WDTO outp(0x002E, 0x2B); outp(0x002F, inp(0x002F) & 0xEF); // Select Logic Device 8 outp(0x002E, 0x07); outp(0x002F, 0x08); // Active Logic Device 8 outp(0x002E, 0x30); outp(0x002F, 0x01); ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 38: Smbus

    SMB devices and external ACCESS bus devices. On-Board USB 2.0 Controller Drivers Support Please find Intel ICH5 USB driver in /USB20 directory of ROBO-8713 CD-title. The drivers support Windows-98/98SE/2000 and Windows-XP. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 39: Display Output (For Robo-8713Uga, Robo-8713Sga Only)

    3.10 GPIO The ROBO-8713 series provides 8 programmable input or output ports that can be individually configured to perform a simple basic I/O function. Users can configure each individual port to become an input or output port by programming register bit of I/O Selection.

  • Page 40: Robo-8713 Gpio Programming Guide

    3.10.2 ROBO-8713 GPIO Programming Guide There are 8 GPIO pins on ROBO-8713 series. These GPIO pins are from SUPER I/O (W83627HF) GPIO pins, and can be programmed as Input or Output direction. J25 pin header is for 8 GPIO pins and its pin assignment as following : J25_Pin1=GPIO1:from SUPER I/O_GPIO10 with Ext.

  • Page 41: Example

    ; Enter Configuration Mode al,87h dx,al dx,al dx,2eh al,2Ah ; Read CR2A dx,al dx,2fh al,dx al,0FCh ; CR2A_Bit[7..2].P[1,1,1,1,1,1] ah,al dx,2eh al,2Ah dx,al dx,2fh al,ah dx,al dx,2eh al,07h ; Point to LDN7 dx,al dx,2fh al,07h ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 3-11...
  • Page 42 ; Read LD7_CRF0 dx,al dx,2fh al,dx al,0efh ah,al dx,2eh al,0f0h ; LD7_CRF0_Bit4.P0 dx,al dx,2fh al,ah dx,al dx,2eh al,0f2h ; Read LD7_CRF2 dx,al dx,2fh al,dx al,0efh ah,al dx,2eh al,0f2h ; LD7_CRF2_Bit4.P0 dx,al dx,2fh al,ah dx,al ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 3-12...
  • Page 43 System Installation dx,2eh al,0f1h ; Read LD7_CRF1 dx,al dx,2fh al,dx al,0efh ah,al dx,2eh al,0f1h ; LD7_CRF1_Bit4.P0 dx,al dx,2fh al,ah dx,al dx,2eh ; Exit Configuration Mode al,0AAh dx,al ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 3-13...

  • Page 44: Chapter 4 Bios Setup Information

    Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO-8713 series is equipped with the AWARD BIOS stored in Flash ROM. This BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily. This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power-off periods.

  • Page 45: Main Menu

    BIOS Setup Information Main Menu Once you enter ROBO-8713 series AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, a Main Menu is presented. The Main Menu allows user to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to switch among items and press <Enter> key to accept or bring up the sub-menu.

  • Page 46: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Note: When On-chip Serial ATA is set to “Enhanced Mode or Auto”, “IDE Channel 2 & 3 Master” will show up on the screen. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 47 All, but Disk/Key Base Memory 640K Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Displays the amount of extended Memory memory detected during boot up Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 48: Ide Adaptors Setup Menu

    Head Min=0, Max=255 Set the number of read/write heads Precomp Min=0, Max=65535 **** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min=0, Max=65535 **** Sector Min=0, Max=255 Number of sectors per track ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 49 Head Min=0, Max=255 Set the number of read/write heads Precomp Min=0, Max=65535 **** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min=0, Max=65535 **** Sector Min=0, Max=255 Number of sectors per track ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 50: Advanced Bios Features

    Select IDE Channel 0,1 Master or Salve Boot Ch x M. Select IDE Channel 2 or 3 Master Boot CPU L1 Cache/L2 Cache These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset design. Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 51 Select power on state for NumLock. The choice: Off, On. Gate A20 Option Fast-lets chipsets control Gate A20 and Normal – a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. Default is Fast. The choice: Normal, Fast. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 52 Select OS/2 only if you are running SO/2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system. The choice: Non-OS2, OS2. Report No FDD for WIN 95 The choice: No, Yes. Small Logo (EPA) Show The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 53: Advanced Chipset Features

    On-Chip Frame Buffer Size [8MB] Boot Display [Auto] Onboard LAN Control [Enabled] ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults * Only for ROBO-8713VGA ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-10...
  • Page 54 Onboard AC97 Audio Control (Only for ROBO-8713UGA) The choice: Enabled, Disabled. DRAM Timing Selectable This option provides DIMM plug-and-play support by serial presence detect (SPD) mechanism via the system management bus (SMBUS) interface. The choice: Manual, By SPD. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-11...
  • Page 55 The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Video BIOS Cacheable Select “Enabled” to enable caching VGA BIOS into L2 cache to get higher display performance. “Disabled” to ignore this BIOS caching function. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-12...
  • Page 56 Users can set the display memory size that shared from main memory. The choice: 1MB, 8MB, 16MB. Boot Display (Only for ROBO-8713VGA) The choice: Auto, CRT, EFP. On board LAN Control (Only for ROBO-8713VGA) Users can disable on board LAN function. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-13...

  • Page 57: Integrated Peripherals

    F7: Optimized Defaults IDE HDD Block Mode If IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-14...
  • Page 58 PATA and SATA are combined. Max. of 2 IDE drives in each Channel Enhanced Mode Enable both SATA and PATA. Max. of 6 IDE drives are Supported SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-15...
  • Page 59 This item allows enabling USB Mouse function under POST, BIOS Setup menu, DOS, or Window-NT with no USB driver loaded. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. CSA LAN (Giga-LAN) This item allows control to Enable/Disable LAN function. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-16...
  • Page 60 “Password Disabled – Press any key to continue…” will be prompted. Hot Key Power On In the event of “Power On Function” being configured as “Hot Key”, this item will be enabled for tuning. The choice: Ctrl-F1 to Ctrl-F12. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-17...
  • Page 61 The choice: Enabled, Disabled. UR2 Duplex Mode The available choices are full duplex mode and half duplex mode. The choice: Full, Half. Use IR Pins The available choices are IR-Rx2Tx2/ RxD2, TxD2. The choice: IR-Rx2Tx2 / RxD2, TxD2. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-18...
  • Page 62 Switch to ECP + EPP mode EPP Mode Select Select different version of EPP mode. The choice: EPP1.7, EPP1.9. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a proper DMA channel for ECP mode. The choice: 3, 1. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-19...

  • Page 63: Power Management Setup

    F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-20...
  • Page 64 Video Off In Suspend This allows user to enable/disable video off in Suspend Mode. The choice: Yes, No. Suspend Type Two options are available : Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend. The choice: Stop Grant, PwrOn Suspend. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-21...
  • Page 65 When select “Enabled”, a system that is at soft-off mode will be alert to Wake-On- Modem or Wake-On LAN. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Wake-Up By Onboard LAN This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by on-board LAN. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-22...
  • Page 66 The choice: Enabled, Disabled. PCI PIRQ[A-D]# This option can be used to detect PCI device activities. If they are activities, the system will go into sleep mode. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-23...

  • Page 67: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    Default is Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-24...
  • Page 68 Devices (S) using this INT: Display Cntrlr - Bus 0 Dev2 Func 0 USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI Cntrlr - Bus 0 Dev29 Func 0. USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI Cntrlr - Bus 0 Dev29 Func3. The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-25...
  • Page 69 The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15. INT Pin 8 Assignment Devices (S) using this INT: USB 2.0 EHCI Cntrlr - Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 7. The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-26...

  • Page 70: Pc Health Status

    This item allows user to set a temperature above which the system will operate in lower speed immediately. Default setting is Disabled. This function will only with “ACPI” power management and “S3 (STR)” suspend type. The choice: Disabled, 60℃/140℉, 65℃/149℉, 70℃/158℉, 75℃/167℉. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-27...

  • Page 71: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Load Optimized Defaults When <Enter> is pressed, a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-28...

  • Page 72: Supervisor/User Password Setting

    Menu and its Security option (see Section 3). If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-29...

  • Page 73: Exiting Selection

    Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N This allows user to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change. The previous selections remain in effect. This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 4-30...

  • Page 74: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    Hardware Quick Installation Backplane ROBO-8713 series is a full-sized Signal Board Computer, and therefore is only able to run on PICMG PCI/ISA backplane. To know whether your backplane is PICMG PCI/ISA backplane, please contact with vendor or manufacturer. P4 Power connector ROBO-8713 series requires power drawing from at least one or two power connectors (J1 and J7), depending on power mode (AT or ATX).
  • Page 75 This section would be more likely to introduce you how to set up ATX mode on your ROBO-8713 series. Please refer to the following instruction. Step 1: Remove the jumper on pin 3 and 4 of ATX P/S control connector on...
  • Page 76 Troubleshooting Step 4: Connect TOGGLE SWITCH with J18 connector on ROBO-8713 series (Figure 5-4), which is used to power on ATX Power Supply. Generally, the TOGGLE SWITCH is located on the chassis of front panel. Figure 5-4 AT Power Setting This section will introduce you how to quickly and appropriately set up AT power on your system.
  • Page 77 Step 1: Please connect 4 pins power to J6 in order to make system stand-alone (See Figure 5-6) Figure 5-6 Step 2: Please connect 12 Power to CPU supplementary Power Connector (J1), which shows on Figure 5-1. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 78 Master and Slave, which can reduce mistake of hardware installation. All you need to do is to plug in two cables and enable SATA in System BIOS. (The Serial ATA hard disk of installation, please see figure 5-5 as below) Figure 5-5 ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 79: Bios Setting

    To make sure that you have a successful start with ROBO-8713 series, it is recommended, when going with the boot-up sequence, to hit “DEL” key and enter the BIOS setup menu to tune up a stable BIOS configuration so that you can wake up your system far well.
  • Page 80 Secondary IDE Controller It is then very easy to find out which IRQ resource is ready for additional peripherals. If IRQ resource is not enough, please disable some devices listed above to release further IRQ numbers. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

  • Page 81: Faq

    PCI device, backplane, and so on. If the system still cannot boot up, please fill out RMA from which is provides on Portwell website, and then send back to Portwell RMA.
  • Page 82 DDR RAM Module, and then system will automatically enable Dual Channel Mode. Question: ROBO-8713 series is using Intel 865PE and 865G chipset, which RAID-0 is built-in, why doesn’t ROBO-8713 series support RAID-0? Answer: Yes, 865PE and 865G chipset does support RAID-0, but it must operate in coordination with ICH-5R Chipset.
  • Page 83 Question: I forget my password of system BIOS, what am I supposed to do? Answer: You can simply short 2-3 pins on JP4 to clean your password. Note: Please visit our technical web site at http://www.portwell.com.tw For additional technical information, which is not covered in this manual. ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual 5-10...
  • Page 84 D54A – D7FE High RAM D7FF – D7FF 0.1K Unused D800 – E7FF Page Frame E800 – E800 0.1K Unused E801 – EAFF High RAM EB00 – EFFF Unused F000 – FFFF System ROM First 64K Extended ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 85 Video ROM D000 – D8FF D900 – DA49 5.2K Unused DA4A – DFFE High RAM DFFF – E800 Unused E801 – EAFF High RAM EB00 – EFFF Unused F000 – FFFF System ROM First 64K Extended ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 86 Usable IRQ IRQ 10 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ IRQ 11 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRQ 15 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ ROBO-8713 Series User’s Manual...

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