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ICP Electronics ROCKY-P218BXA Pentium II & Creative Sound User Manual

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ROCKY – P218BXA
®
Pentium
II & Sound
SBC
@Copyright 1999
All Rights Reserved.
Manual second edition June.1, 1999
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.
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is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. AMI is registered trademarks of
American Megatrends, Inc. Other product names mentioned herein are used
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  • Page 1 Trademarks ROCKY-P218BXA is registered trademarks of ICP Electronics Inc. IBM PC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. AMI is registered trademarks of American Megatrends, Inc.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Introduction..................3 Specifications ................4 What You Have ................5 2. Installation ..................6 ROCKY-P218BXA's Layout............7 Unpacking ...................8 Setting the CPU of ROCKY-P218BXA ......... 9 BIOS Flash Type Setting............. 9 System Memory DRAM..............9 Watch-Dog Timer ..............10 DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk.............10 Clear CMOS Setup ..............11 Creative Sound Function ............11 2.10 PS/2 MOUSE…...
  • Page 4 External Switches and Indicators..........16 USB Port Connector..............16 IrDA Infrared Interface Port ............17 Fan Connector ................17 3.10 Sound Function Connectors ...........17 4. AMI BIOS Setup ................19 Getting Start ................19 Standard CMOS Setup...............20 Advanced CMOS Setup .............21 Advanced Chipset Setup ............23 Power Management Setup ............25 PCI / PLUG AND PLAY Setup............26 Peripheral Setup ................27...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction ® Welcome to the ROCKY-P218BXA Pentium II & Creative Sound Single Board Computer. The ROCKY-P218BXA board is an ISA/PCI form factor board, which comes equipped with high ® performance Pentium II Processor and advanced high performance multi-mode I/O, designed system manufacturers, integrators, or VARs that want to provide all the performance, reliability, and quality at a reasonable price.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    ROCKY-P218BXA uses the advanced INTEL Chipset, 440BX, which is 100% ISA/PCI compatible chipset with PCI 2.1 standard. 1.1 Specifications : • ® Processor : one Slot1 supports Pentium II/III up to 500Mhz • ISA bus and PCI 32-bit local bus, PCI 2.1 standard •...

  • Page 7: What You Have

    • Watch-dog timer : can be set by 1,2,10,20,110 or 220 seconds period. Reset or NMI is generated when CPU does not periodically trigger the timer. Your program uses hex 043 and 443 to control the watch-dog and generate a system reset. •...

  • Page 8: Installation

    Installation This chapter describes how to install the ROCKY-P218BXA. At first, the layout of ROCKY-P218BXA is shown. Please read the Unpacking information on page 8 before you install it. The jumpers and switches setting for the ROCKY-P218BXA's configuration, such as CPU type selection, system clock setting, and watch-dog timer, are also included.
  • Page 9 2.1 ROCKY – P218BXA's Layout...

  • Page 10: Unpacking

    2.2 Unpacking Your ROCKY-P218BXA Single Board Computer contains sensitive electronic components that can be easily damaged by static electricity. In this section, we describe the precautions you should take while unpacking, as well as during installation. It is very important that the instructions be followed correctly, to avoid static damage, and to successfully install the board.

  • Page 11: Setting The Cpu Of Rocky-P218Bxa

    2.3 Setting the CPU of ROCKY-P218BXA • JP3, JP4 : CPU Clock Setting FREQUENCY 66MHz 100MHz • JP1 : CPU to Bus Multiple Multiplier 3.0 x 3.5 x 4.0 x 4.5 x 5.0 x 6.0 x 6.5 x CPU Frequency = CPU Clock x Multiplier, for example: ®...

  • Page 12: Watch-Dog Timer

    The total capacity is from 8MB to 384MB. Customer can use only one DIMM module and can be populated in any order. Watch-Dog Timer The Watch-Dog Timer is enabled by reading port 443H. It should be triggered before the time-out period ends, otherwise it will assume the program operation is abnormal and will issue a reset signal to start again, or activate NMI to CPU.

  • Page 13: Clear Cmos Setup

    • JP15 : DiskOnChip Memory Address Setting Address PIN NO. CE00-CFFF D600-D7FF DE00-DFFF Clear CMOS Setup If you forget the CMOS password, you can clear or reset it by closing the pin 2-3 of JP5 for about 3 seconds. Now, the password has been cleared from your CMOS.

  • Page 14: Connection

    Connection This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches and indicators to the ROCKY- P218BXA board. 3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector ROCKY-P218BXA board is equipped with a 34-pin daisy-chain driver connector cable. • CN3 : FDC CONNECTOR PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.

  • Page 15: Pci E-Ide Disk Drive Connector

    3.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector You can attach four IDE (Integrated Device Electronics) hard disk drives to the ROCKY-P218BXA IDE controller. CN1 (IDE 1) : Primary IDE Connector CN2 (IDE 2) : Secondary IDE Connector • CN1/CN2 : IDE Interface Connector PIN NO.

  • Page 16: Parallel Port

    Parallel Port This port is usually connected to a printer, The ROCKY- P218BXA includes an on-board parallel port, accessed through a 26-pin flat-cable connector CN6. • CN6 : Parallel Port Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION STROBE# DATA 0 DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3...

  • Page 17: Keyboard/Mouse Connector

    REQUEST TO SEND (RTS) CLEAR TO SEND (CTS) RING INDICATOR (RI) • CN7 : Serial Port 10-pin Header (COM2) PIN NO. DESCRIPTION DATA CARRIER DETECT (DCD) RECEIVE DATA (RXD) TRANSMIT DATA (TXD) DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR) GROUND (GND) DATA SET READY (DSR) REQUEST TO SEND (RTS)
  • Page 18 • CN10 : 5-pin Header Keyboard Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION KEYBOARD CLOCK KEYBOARD DATA GROUND • CN12 : 6-pin Mini-DIN Keyboard Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION KEYBOARD DATA MOUSE DATA GROUND KEYBOARD CLOCK MOUSE CLOCK...

  • Page 19: External Switches And Indicators

    External Switches and Indicators There are several external switches and indicators for monitoring and controlling your CPU board. All the functions are in the CN4 connector. • CN4 : MULTI PANEL Con2nector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION SPEAKER KEYLOCK RESET SW IDE LED ATX Power Control...

  • Page 20: Irda Infrared Interface Port

    IrDA Infrared Interface Port The ROCKY-P218BXA has a built-in IrDA port which supports Serial Infrared (SIR) or Amplitude Shift Keyed IR(ASKIR) interface. When the IrDA port is used, user has to set SIR or ASKIR model in the BIOS’ s Peripheral Setup’ s COM 2. Then the normal RS-232 COM 2 will be disabled.
  • Page 21 • J1 : MIDI/GAME Port Pin No. Description Pin No. Description JOYF0 JOYF2 JRC0 JRC2 GROUND MIDI OUT GROUND JRC3 JRC1 JOYF3 JOYF1 MIDI IN • J2 : WAVE TABLE UPGRADE PIN NO DESCRIPTION EMUR EMUL • J3 : CD AUDIO IN (SONY) PIN NO.

  • Page 22: Ami Bios Setup

    AMI BIOS Setup The ROCKY-P218BXA uses the AMI PCI/ISA BIOS for system configuration. The AMI BIOS setup program is designed to provide maximum flexibility in configuring the system by offering various options, which selected end-user requirements. This chapter is written to assist you in the proper usage of these features.

  • Page 23: Standard Cmos Setup

    Standard CMOS Setup The standard CMOS Setup is used for basic hardware system configuration. The main function is for Date/Time setting and Floppy/Hard Disk setting. Please refer to the following screen for this setup To set the Date , for example, press either the arrow or <Enter> button on your keyboard to select one of the fields (Months, Date or Year) then press either <PgUp>...

  • Page 24: Advanced Cmos Setup

    Advanced CMOS Setup This Advanced CMOS Setup is designed for tuning the best performance of the ROCKY-P218BXA board. As for normal operation customers don‘ t have to change any default setting. The default setting is pre-set for most reliable operation. The following screen will be displayed if you select Advanced CMOS Setup: You can change the value of each options by using <PgUp>...
  • Page 25 Boot Device > to define the sequence of boot drives after the routines check up completes. If the 1 Boot Device fails, the BIOS will attempt to boot from the 2 or the 3 device. Try Other Boot Devices > the BIOS will try to boot from any other available device in the system if the 1 and 3 device...

  • Page 26: Advanced Chipset Setup

    System BIOS Cacheable > to define whether or not the memory segment FOOOH can be read from or written to cache memory. Setting it Enabled will give faster execution in your system. XXXX, 16k Shadow > ROM Shadow is a technique in which BIOS code is copied from slower ROM to faster RAM.
  • Page 27 SDRAM CAS# Latency > to specify the CAS latency timing form SDRAM DRAM. DRAM Integrity Mode > to choose DRAM Integrity Mode; ECC/EC will enable the E rror C hecking and C orrection DRAM integrity mode. DRAM Refresh Rate > to specify the timing for DRAM Refresh Memory Hole: to specify the location of a memory hole in the CMOS RAM.

  • Page 28: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup Power Management/APM > to enable or disable the Advanced Power Management feature. Green PC Monitor Power State > to specify the power state of the monitor after the specified period of display-idle has ended. Video Power Down Mode > to specify the power state of the VESA VGA video subsystem after the specified period of display-idle has ended.

  • Page 29: Pci / Plug And Play Setup

    Standby Time Out (Minute) > to specify the length of the system-idle period while the system is in full power on state. After this period of time has ended, the system will go into Standby state. Suspend Time Out (Minute) > to specify the length of the system-idle period while the system is in Standby state.

  • Page 30: Peripheral Setup

    Plug and Play Aware O/S > Yes or No When PNP OS is installed, interrupts will be reassigned by the OS when the setting is Yes. When a non-PNP OS is installed or to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings, select setting to Clear NVRAM >...
  • Page 31 SIR or ASKIR model in the BIOS’ s Peripheral Setup’ s COM2; the RS-232 COM2 will be disabled. Onboard FDC > to enable the FDC on your board. If you set it Auto, the BIOS will decide if the FDC should be enabled, automatically).

  • Page 32: Hardware Monitor Setup

    Onboard IDE > to define which on-board IDE controller channel(s) to be used. Available options are Primary, Secondary, Both and Disabled. Hardware Monitor Setup There is a LM78 chip on your board, which can monitor on board system voltage and fan speed. The voltage monitoring will cover +5V,+12V,-12V,and –5V.

  • Page 33: Change User/Supervisor Password

    the CPU will be in overheat condition. Make sure that the connection at CN14/CN15/CN16 is correct. Change User/Supervisor Password This option sets a password that is used to protect your system and Setup Utility. Supervisor Password has higher priority than User Password.

  • Page 34: Auto-Detect Hard Disks

    BIOS SETUP. If you enter the BIOS SETUP with Supervisor Password, you can access every setup option on the main menu but with User Password you can only choose three setup options (USER PASSWORD, SAVE SETTING AND EXIT and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING).

  • Page 35: Auto Configuration With Fail Safe Settings

    4.12 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings This option lets you load the Fail Safe default settings when something happens to your computer so that it cannot boot normally. These settings are not the most optimal settings but are the most stable settings.

  • Page 36: Save Settings And Exit

    4.13 Save Settings and Exit Select this option when you finish setting all the parameters and want to save them into the CMOS. Just simply press <Enter> key and all the configuration changes will be saved. 4.14 Exit Without Saving Select this option if you want to exit the Setup without saving the changes that you made.
  • Page 37 Basically the E KEY™ is based on a 1Kbit EEPROM which is configured to 64 words (from 0 to 63). You could access (read or write) each word at any time. When you start to use the E KEY™ you should have the utility in the package.

  • Page 38: Appendix A. Watch-Dog Timer

    Appendix A. Watch-Dog Timer The Watch-Dog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that caused the CPU to crash. This condition may have occurred by external EMI or a software bug. When the CPU stops working correctly, hardware on the board will either perform a hardware reset (cold boot) or a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) to bring the system back to a known state.
  • Page 39 Read Disable the Watch-Dog Timer. (hex) To enable the Watch-Dog Timer, a read from I/O port 443H must be performed. This will enable and activate the countdown timer which will eventually time out and either reset the CPU or cause an NMI depending on the setting of JP9. To ensure that this reset condition does not occur, the Watch-Dog Timer must be periodically refreshed by reading the same I/O port 433H.

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