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  • Page 2 ROBO-8710VLA Single Boar d Computer User ′s Manual P/N : Version 1.0 B8980710 Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2002. All rights reserved. All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.
  • Page 3 EN 61000-4-2 (1995) EN 61000-4-3 (1996) EN 61000-4-4 (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 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents How to Use This Manual Chapter 1. Introduction 1-1 Introduction................... 1-1 1-2 Check List ....................1-2 1-3 Product Specification ................1-3 1-4 System Architecture ................1-6 Chapter 2. Hardware Configuration Setting 2-1 Jumper Setting ..................2-1 2-2 Connector Allocation ................2-3 Chapter 3.
  • Page 5 4-13 Supervisor/User Password Setting........... 4-27 4-14 Exiting Selection .................. 4-28 4-15 POST Messages..................4-29 4-16 BIOS POST Check Point List .............. 4-34 4-17 BIOS Flash Utility ................4-39 Chapter 5. ATX Power Setting 5-1 ATX Power Setting ................5-1...

  • Page 6: How To Use This Manual

    How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO-8710VLA 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. Chapter 1 : Introduction. presents what you have in the box and give you an overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this model of single board computer.

  • Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction

    The PICMG standard makes the ROBO-8710VLA works with the legacy ISA, ISA/PCI or multi-slots PCI-bus backplane. The on-board 32-pin DIP socket supports M-systems DiskOnChip 2000 product up to 512MB. The Watch- Dog Timer function can be used to restart you system whenever system goes abnormal.

  • Page 8: Check List

    Introduction 1-2 Check List The ROBO-8710VLA package should cover the following basic items with the Quick Installation Guide. ü One ROBO-8710VLA single board computer ü One Parallel port cable kit ü One serial port cable to support two interfaces ü...

  • Page 9: Product Specification

    Award system BIOS with 512KB Flash ROM with easy upgrade function ACPI, DMI, Green function and Plug and Play Compatible Main Memory Two DIMM sockets support non-buffered 200/266 DDR-SDRAM up to 2GB. ROBO-8710VLA supports ECC function without buffer or register. • L2 Cache Memory 512KB in Pentium-IV processor •...
  • Page 10 Introduction • IR Interface Support one 6-pin header for serial Standard Infrared wireless communication • Parallel Port Support one parallel port with SPP, EPP and ECP modes • USB Interface Support three USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports for high-speed I/O peripheral devices •...
  • Page 11 Introduction • High Driving Capability Support 64mA high driving capability for multi-slots ISA-bus • CPU Cooling Fan Support three 3-pin headers with wafer • System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU and system temperature • Bracket Support one Mini-DIN, one-port USB, one Ethernet port with indicator and one CRT port Physical and Environmental Requirements Outline Dimension (L X W): 338.5mm (13.33”) X 122mm (4.8”)

  • Page 12: System Architecture

    This new generation CPU provides better performance to many applications. The PCI-to-ISA bridge supports a standard 16-bit ISA bus interface which is applied for all slower I/O operations. In ROBO-8710VLA, it supports DiskOnChip (DOC) for M-systems Flash disk. There is one on-board PCI Fast Ethernet via RJ-45 Ports to support full functionality of ROBO-8710VLA AIO SBC (All-In-One Single Board Computer).
  • Page 13 W83627HF Ke yb o a rd IS A BUS Ha rd wa re Mo n ito r Golde n Finge r Mo u s e ROBO-8710VLA S ys te m Blo c k Dia g ra m ROBO-8710 User’s Manual...

  • Page 14: Jumper Setting

    Users can refer to Figure. 2-1 for the Jumper locations. Figure.2-1 ROBO-8710VLA Jumper Location CMOS Clear (JP1) Function 1-2 Short Clear CMOS Disable ê 2-3 Short Clear CMOS Enable COM2(J8) Interface Selection (JP2) Function 5-6,9-11,10-12,15-17,16-18 Short RS-232 ê 3-4,7-9,8-10,13-15,14-16,21-22 Short RS-422 1-2,7-9,8-10,19-20 Short RS-485 ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...
  • Page 15 To avoid any harmful effect to LCD Panel, the power up sequence and scheme on the backlight and Panel VDD must be controlled by following the LVDS jumper setting instructions. If higher resolution is needed, please contact Portwell for this. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...

  • Page 16: Connector Allocation

    Power LED and Keyboard Lock Connector Connect to Chassis Hard Disk Drive LED Connector Connect to Chassis IrDA Connector External Wake On LAN Connector TMDS Panel Connector Ethernet RJ-45 Connector Power FAN Connector Single-port USB Connector ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...
  • Page 17 Thermistor Pin 2 Note: An external thermistor can be connected to these 2 pins for temperature monitoring remotely, such as chassis ambient temperature, etc. Normally, the resistance selected for thermistor should be 10KOhm at 25 degrees centigrade. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...
  • Page 18 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-8710VLA User’ s Manual...
  • Page 19 5V for pin1 and pin10 is always available. When the power scheme is in standby mode. The standby 5V supplies voltage source to these 2 pins. 5V VCC will take over after the system wakes up. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...
  • Page 20 Signal Description +5V (330 Ohm pull-up for power LED+) Ground (For Power LED-) Keyboard Lock Signal Input (Active low) Ground J20: Hard Disk Drive LED Connector PIN No. Signal Description +5V (270 ohm pull-up for HDD LED+) ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...
  • Page 21 +12V PWM Output Fan Speed Detecting signal Note: Pin 2 supplies only +12 V. There is not any over current protection. Using any non-12V fan will be dangerous. J26: Single-port USB Connector PIN No. Signal Description 5V Dual ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...
  • Page 22 PCI Clock1 PCI Clock2 PCIRST# LOCK# IRQ#A IRQ#B IRQ#C IRQ#D J28: PS/ 2 Keyboard/ Mouse Connector PIN No. Signal Description Mouse Data Keyboard Data Ground 5V Dual Mouse Clock Keyboard Clock J29: Audio MIC/ Line-in/ Line-out Connector ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...
  • Page 23 Monitor ID0 (MONID0) (5V I/F) Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Monitor ID1 (MONID1) (5V I/F) VGA DDC Data (5V I/F) Horizontal Sync. (HSYNC) (5V I/F) Vertical Sync. (VSYNC) (5V I/F) VGA DDC Clock (5V I/F) J33: External Keyboard Connector ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 2-10...
  • Page 24 LVDS mode. This panel connector (J40) should be accompanied with LVDS Panel Control Connector (J14) and its jumper setting (JP9) Lower channel equals odd channel; upper channel equals even channel for different panel description. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 2-11...

  • Page 25: Chapter 3. System Installation

    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-8710VLA will automatically detect the CPU used. CPU speed of Intel P4 can be detected automatically. ROBO-8710VLA User’s Manual...

  • Page 26: Main Memory

    System Installation 3-2 Main Memory ROBO-8710VLA provides two DDR-SDRAM DIMM slots to support 2.5V DDR- SDRAM as on-board main memory. The maximum memory size can be up to 2GB. Auto detecting memory clock according to BIOS CMOS settings. For system compatibility and stability, don’ t use memory module without brand.

  • Page 27: M-Systems Flash Disk

    System Installation 3-3 M-systems Flash Disk ROBO-8710VLA reserves one 32-pin DIP sockets for installing M-systems Flash disk from 2MB to 512MB. This operation structure is running with pure ISA-bus without PnP (Plug and Play) function. Before installing, make sure that I/O address jumper setting is set on right position to prevent unworkable system due to I/O resource conflict.

  • Page 28: Installing The Single Board Computer

    NOTE : Please refer to section 3-4-1 to 3-4-3 to install INF/ VGA/ LAN drivers. 3-4-1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset on ROBO-8710VLA is a new chipset that a few old operating systems might not be able to recognize. To overcome this compatibility issue, for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows-95/ 98/ 98SE/ 2000, please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed.

  • Page 29: Ati Mobility Radeon Graphic Integrated Chipset

    By adjusting the JP6 jumper to disable on-board VGA, an add- on PCI or ISA VGA card can take over the system display. Drivers Support Please find ATI Mobility Radeon driver in the ROBO-8710VLA CD-title. Drivers support Windows-98/98SE/ME, Windows-NT 3.51/4.0, Windows-2000, OS2, and Linux.

  • Page 30: On-Board Fast Ethernet Controller

    It is capable for many general purposes. 3-4-5 On-board 68-pin PCI connector ROBO-8710VLA provides one on-board 68-pin PCI connector that allows you to apply additional PCI devices, such as SCSI or Ethernet. If you have a compatible PCI device, simply plug it onto the connector and secure it with two retention bars.

  • Page 31: Clear Cmos Operation

    The Time-Out Interval can be set through software programming. The availability of the time-out interval settings by software or hardware varies from boards to boards. ROBO-8710VLA allows users control WDT through dynamic software programming. The WDT starts counting when it is activated.
  • Page 32 (inp(0x002F) & 0xF7) | ( Count-mode Register & 0x08)); // Specify Time-out Value outp(0x002E, 0xF6); outp(0x002F, Time-out Value Register // Disable WDT reset by keyboard/mouse interrupts outp(0x002E, 0xF7); outp(0x002F, 0x00); // Exit Extended Function Mode outp(0x002E, 0xAA); Definitions of Variables: ROBO-8710VLA User’s Manual...

  • Page 33: Smbus

    3-8 Display Output There are two LCD panel interfaces provided in this system, TMDS and LVDS are two interfaces available on ROBO-8710VLA.. Composite Video, S-video and Scart R/G/B interfaces are 3 kinds of TV outputs provided by this system. Please refer to connector J30 for more details. Each time the system is on, the system auto-detects one interface for outputting display information.

  • Page 34: Gpio

    3-9 GPIO The ROBO-8710VLA provides 4 input/output ports that can be individually configured to perform a simple basic I/O function or a pre-defined alternated function. Users can configure each individual port to become an input or output port by programming register bit of I/O Selection.
  • Page 35 If a port is assigned to be an input port, then its respective bit can be read only. Notice: 1) All the Buffered Digital Outputs are open-drain amplified form respected GPIO ports. 2) Some other functions may occupy the lower nibble of the registers. Altering ROBO-8710VLA User’s Manual...
  • Page 36 System Installation any content in lower nibble will be undesired. ROBO-8710VLA User’s Manual...

  • Page 37: Chapter 4. Bios Setup Information

    CHAPTER 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO-8710VLA 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 38: Main Menu

    Save all the CMOS changes and exit 4.2 Main Menu Once you enter ROBO-8710VLA AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, you should start with the Main Menu. The Main Menu allows you to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to switch among items and press <Enter>...

  • Page 39: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu of (described in 4.4 Table) detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu of (described in 4.4 Table) detailed options ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...

  • Page 40: Ide Adaptors Setup Menu

    Access Mode Auto Capacity 20491 To auto-detect the HDD’s size, head... on this channel Cylinder 39703 Head Precomp Landing Zone 39702 Sector ↑↓→←Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...
  • Page 41 **** War ning: Setting a value of 65535 means no Max = 65535 hard disk Landing zone Min = 0 **** Max = 65535 Sector Min = 0 Number of sectors per track Max = 255 ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...

  • Page 42: Advanced Bios Features

    Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...
  • Page 43 A and Vice-Versa. The choice: Enabled/Disabled. Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks The choice: Enabled/Disabled. Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...
  • Page 44 Do not type anything and just press <Enter>, it will disable security. Once the security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. OS Select For DRAM > 64MB ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...
  • Page 45 BIOS Setup Information Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system. The choice: Non-OS2, OS2. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual...

  • Page 46: Advanced Chipset Features

    Such a scenario might well occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-10...
  • Page 47 The Choice: 2 or 3 DRAM Data Integr aty Mode There are two options available. The DRAM integrity mode will be implemented by the parity algorithm when this option is set to “Non-ECC”. The choice: Non ECC/ ECC. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-11...
  • Page 48 This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB. The Choice: Enabled/Disabled. Delayed Tr ansaction Select “Enabled” to enable delay transaction.This will enhance performance for data transmission between different PCI bus. The Choice: Enabled/Disabled. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-12...

  • Page 49: Integrated Peripherals

    OnChip Pr imar y/Secondar y PCI IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this interface The choice: Enabled/Disabled. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-13...
  • Page 50 To enable or disable the USB mouse control. The choice: Enabled/Disabled. Init Display Fir st This item allows you to select the first display port to be initialized. The choice: PCI Slot (off-board video adaptor), AGP ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-14...
  • Page 51 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. Onboar d FDC Contr oller This item allows you to enable/disable onboard Floppy disk controller. The choice: Enabled/Disabled ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-15...
  • Page 52 This option will be available when IR is enabled. 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. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-16...
  • Page 53 System automatically restores power back System stays at power –off For mer -Sts System restores back to previous status (On or Off) Midi Por t Addr ess There are 4 choices. There are disable, 330, 300 and 290. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-17...
  • Page 54 The choice: Disabled/ 10 sec/ 20 sec/ 30 sec/ 40 sec/ 1Min/ 2 Min/ 4 Min DOC Memor y Addr ess Range There are 4 section option in the memory available to be selected. The choice: D8000-D9FFF, DA000-DBFFF, DC000-DDFFF and DE000-DFFFF. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-18...

  • Page 55: Power Management Setup

    F7:Optimized Defaults ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The choices : Enabled/Disabled. ACPI Suspend Type To decide which ACPI suspend mode to use. The choices : S1(POS)/S3(STR)/S1&S3 ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-19...
  • Page 56 The choices : Yes/No Suspend Type Two options are available : Stop Grant and Power On Suspend. Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-20...
  • Page 57 This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by on-board LAN. The choices : Disabled/ Enabled Power On by Ring When select “Enabled”, a system that is at soft-off mode will be alert to Wake-On-Modem signal. The choices : Enabled/Disabled Resume by Alar m ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-21...
  • Page 58 The choices : Enabled/Disabled PCI PIRQ[A-D]# This option can be used to detect PCI device activities. If there are activities, the system will go into sleep mode. The choices : Enabled/Disabled ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-22...

  • Page 59: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot. The choice: Enabled, Disabled . ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-23...
  • Page 60 This BIOS option can assist users to assign IRQ numbers to particular slots. The IRQ number availabled are 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15. Auto is the default value for each slot. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-24...

  • Page 61: Pc Health Status

    IN1(V) IN2(V) + 5 V +12 V -12 V - 5 V VBAT(V) 5VSB(V) CPU Throttle Temperature Disabled ↑↓→← Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-25...

  • Page 62: Frequency/Voltage Control

    CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU core/bus ratio. System auto detects the range. Spr ead Spectr um This item allows you to enable/disable the spread spectrum modulate The choices : Enabled, Disabled ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-26...

  • Page 63: Default Menu

    CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-27...

  • Page 64: Exiting Selection

    Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Quit without saving (Y/N)? Y This allows you 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-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-28...

  • Page 65: Post Messages

    Then reboot the system. DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR - RUN SETUP Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS definition. Run Setup to reconfigure the drive type correctly. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-29...
  • Page 66 Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller. make sure the controller is installed correctly and firmly. If there are no floppy drives installed, be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-30...
  • Page 67 OFFENDING SEGMENT: This message is used in conjunction with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-31...
  • Page 68 Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted. Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL. Wr ong Boar d In Slot PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-32...
  • Page 69 BIOS ROM checksum er r or - System halted. The checksum of ROM address F0000H-FFFFFH is bad. Memor y test fail. BIOS reports the memory test fail if the onboard memory is tested error. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-33...

  • Page 70: Bios Post Check Point List

    Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow RAM. Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000:0 Reserved Initial Superio_Early_Init switch. Reserved 1. Blank out screen 2. Clear CMOS error flag Reserved 1. Clear 8042 interface 2. Initialize 8042 self-test ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-34...
  • Page 71 4. Onboard clock generator initialization. Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI & DIMM slots. 5. Early PCI initialization: -Enumerate PCI bus number -Assign memory & I/O resource -Search for a valid VGA device & VGA BIOS, and put it into C000:0. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-35...
  • Page 72 64K page. 2. Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved 1. Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2. Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program CPU with proper cacheable range. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-36...
  • Page 73 1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices. 2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to “AUTO”. Reserved 1. Initialize floppy controller 2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. Reserved Reserved Reserved ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-37...
  • Page 74 1. Enable L2 cache 2. Program boot up speed 3. Chipset final initialization. 4. Power management final initialization 5. Clear screen & display summary table 6. Program K6 write allocation 7. Program P6 class write combining ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-38...

  • Page 75: Bios Flash Utility

    BIOS version. Please contact your technical window to get this utility if necessary. NOTE : Remark or delete any installed Memory Management Utility (such as HIMEM.SYS, EMM386.EXE, QEMM.EXE, … , etc.) in the CONFIG.SYS files before running Flash programming utility. ROBO-8710VLA User’ s Manual 4-39...

  • Page 76: Chapter 5. Atx Power Setting

    8710VLA running without failure. As jumper configuration has been addressed in the earlier paragraphs, this section will basically focus on the ATX power setting. Backplane ROBO-8710VLA is a full-sized SBC, and therefore is able to run on any PICMG backplane, active or passive. P4 Power connector This P4 SBC requires power drawing from at least two connectors.
  • Page 77 ATX Power Setting The last thing to do before your ROBO-8710VLA system can be ATX powered is to connect 20- pin power cable of the ATX POWER to the backplane. By switching your ATX power on, the system goes into power standby. Clicking your ROBO-8710VLA ATX power button should successfully turn the system on.

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