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WADE-8656
Mini-ITX Board
User's Manual
P/N: B8981600 Version 1.0
Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2007. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1 WADE-8656 Mini-ITX Board User's Manual P/N: B8981600 Version 1.0 Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2007. All rights reserved. All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    3.4 Clear CMOS Operation....................... 3-6 3.5 WDT Function..........................3-6 3.6 GPIO .............................. 3-8 3.6.1 Pin assignment........................3-8 3.6.2 WADE-8656 GPIO Programming Guide ............... 3-8 3.6.3 Example ..........................3-10 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information....................4-1 4.1 Entering Setup..........................4-1 4.2 Main Menu ........................... 4-2 4.3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu ....................

  • Page 3: How To Use This Manual

    Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your WADE-8656 system board to meet various operating requirements. It is divided into five chapters, with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Host Board.

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 System Overview

    Introduction Portwell Inc., a world-leading innovator in the Industrial PC (IPC) market and a member of the Intel ® Communications Alliance, has launched its new WADE-8656 in response to market demand for a simplified embedded system board (ESB) that combines robust computing power, a smaller footprint and lower power consumption with increased product longevity.

  • Page 5: Check List

    System Overview Intel Q965 GMCH and Watchdog timer Mini-ITX ESB of WADE-8656 supports Intel ® Core ™ 2 Quad/ Intel ® Core ™ 2 Duo and Pentium 4/Celeron D processors, adopts Intel Q965 chipset, includes GPIO ® ® ® and Watchdog timer.
  • Page 6 Support one 4-pin power connector for CPU cooler and one 3-pin power connector for system fan System Monitoring Feature Monitor system temperature and major power sources, etc Outline Dimension (L X W): 170mm (6.69”) X 170mm (6.69”) WADE-8656 User’s Manual...
  • Page 7 System Overview Power Requirements: Configuration: CPU Type Intel Core 2 Dou 2.13GHz (FSB:1066 / 2MB) SBC BIOS Portwell, Inc. WADE-8656 BIOS Rev.:R1.00.W0.T0(06042007) Memory Transcend DDR2 667 1GB (ELPIDA E5108AG-6E-E) VGA Card Onboard Intel Q965 VGA Driver Intel Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family Ver: 6.14.10.4785...

  • Page 8: Mechanical Drawing

    System Overview 1.3.1 Mechanical Drawing WADE-8656 User’s Manual...

  • Page 9: System Architecture

    System Overview System Architecture All of details operating relations are shown in WADE-8656 series System Block Diagram. WADE-8656 System Block Diagram WADE-8656 User’s Manual...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration

    In the following sections, Short means covering a jumper cap over jumper pins; Open or N/C (Not Connected) means removing a jumper cap from jumper pins. Users can refer to Figure 2-1 & Figure 2-2 for the Jumper locations. Figure 2-1 WADE-8656 Jumper and Connector Locations WADE-8656 User’s Manual...

  • Page 11: Connector Allocation

    J10, J33 GLAN+USBx2 Connector CPU PWR CONN GPIO Connector J18, J19, J20, SATA Connector J21, J30, J31 PCI-E X16 Slot SYSTEM FAN Connector CPU FAN Connector J26, J27 DDRII Socket PWR CONN VBAT Connector COM1 COM1 Connector WADE-8656 User’s Manual...
  • Page 12 Line In 2 (Lime) Line Out 3 (Pink) Mic In J3: Power/LED Header PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description Speaker Signal POWER_LED+ (5V) POWER_LED- KEYLOCK PWRBTN Ground PWRBTN RESET HDD_LED+ 5V (1K ohm) RESET HDD_LED- WADE-8656 User’s Manual...
  • Page 13 COM1 & J9 : COM PORT Connector PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description Data Carrier Detect Data Set Ready Receive Data Request To Send Transmit Data Clear To Send Data Terminal Ready Ring Indicator Ground WADE-8656 User’s Manual...

  • Page 14: 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 (see Fig.3-4). If this operation is not easy or smooth, don’t do it forcibly. You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly. WADE-8656 User’s Manual...
  • Page 15 CPU and socket. Figure 3-2 Figure 3-3 Figure 3-4 Precaution! (See fig.3-3) Don’t touch directly by your hand or impacts internal align balls of CPU socket to avoid motherboard destruction, it is a precise actuator. WADE-8656 User’s Manual...

  • Page 16: 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 WADE-8656 will automatically detect the CPU used. CPU speed of Intel P4 /Celeron D can be detected automatically. Main Memory...

  • Page 17: Installing The Single Board Computer

    Step 1 : Check all jumpers setting on proper position Step 2 : Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position Step 3 : Place WADE-8656 into the dedicated position in the system Step 4 : Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it WARNING Please ensure that SBC is properly inserted and fixed by mechanism.

  • Page 18: Chipset Component Driver

    3.3.1 Chipset Component Driver The chipset used on WADE-8656 is relatively new which operating systems might not be able to recognize. To overcome this compatibility issue, for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows-2000/XP, please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed.

  • Page 19: Audio Controller

    System Installation 3.3.4 Audio Controller Please find Realtek ALC260 Audio driver form WADE-8656 CD-title. The drivers support Windows 2000 and XP. Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable/disable Clear CMOS Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position.
  • Page 20 + 1, 0x08); //* Step4. Config WDT using second to be unit: outportb(0x2E, 0xf5); outportb(0x2E + 1, 0x00); //* Step5. Set WDT time-out time: outportb(0x2E, 0xf6); outportb(0x2E + 1, time_out); //* Step6. Exit configuration registers mode: outportb(0x2E, 0xaa); WADE-8656 User’s Manual...

  • Page 21: Gpio

    3.6.2 WADE-8656 GPIO Programming Guide There are 8 GPIO pins on WADE-8656. These GPIO pins are from SUPER I/O (W83627GH-AW) GPIO pins, and can be programmed as Input or Output direction. J15 pin header is for 8 GPIO pins and its pin assignment as following : J15_Pin1=GPIO0:from SUPER I/O_GPIO10 with Ext.
  • Page 22 Read LD7_CRF1h_Bit0; Read the status from GPIO10 pin (J25_Pin1) How to access W83627HG CR? In WADE-8656, the EFER = 002Eh, and EFDR = 002Fh. EFER and EFDR are 2 IO ports needed to access W83627HG-AW CR. EFER is the Index Port, EFDR is the Data Port.

  • Page 23: Example

    Set_CFG2(unsigned char Addr2,unsigned char Value2) unsigned char d2; outportb(0x2E, Addr2); delay(2); outportb(0x2E +1, Value2); delay(2); unsigned char Get_CFG2(unsigned char Addr2) unsigned char d2; outportb(0x2E, Addr2); delay(2); d2 = inportb(0x2E +1); delay(2); return(d2); int main(void) unsigned char d2; WADE-8656 User’s Manual 3-10...
  • Page 24 Set_CFG2(0xF1, 0xEF); /* GP14 of Superio2 -> ~GP10 of Superio2 */ Set_CFG2(0x07, 0x07); /* Select logic device 07 of Superio2*/ d2 = Get_CFG2(0xF1); /* get GPIO Port 2 data */ if (d2 == 0xEE ) printf("\n GPIO14->10 test ok"); else printf("\n GPIO14->10 test fail "); WADE-8656 User’s Manual 3-11...

  • Page 25: Chapter 4 Bios Setup Information

    Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information WADE-8656 is equipped with the AWARD BIOS stored in Flash ROM. These 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 26: Main Menu

    BIOS Setup Information Main Menu Once you enter WADE-8656 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 27: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    253952K ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Note: Oblique items are base on memory capacity which user adopts on single board. WADE-8656 User’s Manual...
  • Page 28 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 WADE-8656 User’s Manual...

  • Page 29: Ide Adaptors Setup Menu

    The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Primary Master’ item is set to ‘Manual’ Cylinder Min=0, Max=65535 Set the number of cylinders for hard disk 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 WADE-8656 User’s Manual...

  • Page 30: Advanced Bios Features

    Mark DMI Events as Read [Enter] Event Log Capacity Space Available Event Log Validity Valid ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults WADE-8656 User’s Manual...
  • Page 31 When disabled, forces the XD feature flag to always return 0. Virtualization Technology When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by vanderpool technology. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Core Multi-Processor The choice: Enabled, Disabled. WADE-8656 User’s Manual...
  • Page 32 Normal POST First/Second/Third Boot Device Select your Boot Device Priority. The choice: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP 100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, LAN and Disabled. Boot Other Device Select your Boot Device Priority. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. WADE-8656 User’s Manual...
  • Page 33 The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. WADE-8656 User’s Manual...
  • Page 34 The EPA logo will not appear during system boot-up. ASF support The choice: Enabled, Disabled. DMI Event Log [Enabled] To Store POST error messages to the DMI Event log. [Disabled] Don’t store POST error messages to the DMI log. The choice: enabled, Disabled. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-10...
  • Page 35 Description: Clear all DMI event logs immediately. Press [Enter] will pop up a confirm screen. Hit [Y] and [Enter], then clear all DMI event logs right now. ※Event Log Capacity Default setting is Space Available. ※Event Log Validity Default setting is Valid. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-11...

  • Page 36: Advanced Chipset Features

    This section allows user to configure the system based on the specific features of the Intel Q965 GMCH and 82801HB ICH8 chipsets for WADE-8656. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM (DDR2 SDRAM) and the external cache.
  • Page 37 F7: Optimized Defaults AMT BIOS Support The choice: Enabled, Disabled GbE LAN The choice: Enabled, Disabled ※SOL Support Default setting is Enabled ※IDE-R Support Default setting is Enabled PEG/Onchip VGA Control The choice: Onchip VGA, PEG Port, Auto. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-13...

  • Page 38: Dvmt Mode

    Super IO Device [Press Enter] Watch Dog Timer Select [Disabled] USB Device Setting [Press Enter] ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-14...
  • Page 39 DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and system software both support Ultra DMA/33/66/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The choice: Auto, Disabled. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-15...
  • Page 40 This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs. System automatically restores Power back System stays at Power-Off Watch Dog Timer Select The choice: Disabled, 10/20/30/40 sec, 1/2/4 Min. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-16...
  • Page 41 [Full/Low speed]: All of USB device operated on Full/Low speed mide. The choice: High Speed, Full/Low Speed. USB Keyboard/Mouse Function Legacy support of USB keyboard or mouse. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-17...

  • Page 42: Power Management Setup

    ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value 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. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-18...
  • Page 43 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. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-19...

  • Page 44: Modem Use Irq

    This item allows users to enable/disable the resume by alarm function. When “Enabled” is selected, system using ATX power supply could be powered on if a customized time and day is approached. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-20...
  • Page 45 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. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-21...

  • Page 46: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    BIOS can automatically configure the entire boot and plug and play compatible devices. If set to Auto, IRQ DMA and memory base address fields can not be selected, since BIOS automatically assigns them. The choice: Auto (ESCD), Manual. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-22...

  • Page 47: Pc Health Status

    5.11 V ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Note: The oblique items are variable parameters which are base on power resource. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-23...

  • Page 48: Frequency/Voltage Control

    The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Spread Spectrum This item allows user to enable/disable the spread spectrum modulate. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. CPU Host/ SRC/ PCI Clock The choice: Default, 100/100/33MHz, 133/100/33 MHz, 166/100/33 MHz, 266/100/33 MHz, 333/100/33 MHz. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-24...

  • Page 49: Default Menu

    To disable a password, just press <Enter> when prompted to enter the password. A message will confirm the password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will reboot and Setup can be entered freely. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-25...

  • Page 50: 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. WADE-8656 User’s Manual 4-26...

  • Page 51: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides a few useful tips to quickly get WADE-8656 running with success. As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 2, this chapter will primarily focus on system integration issues, in terms of BIOS setting, and OS diagnostics.

  • Page 52: Bios Setting

    BIOS setting back to the initial factory configuration. It is recommended to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that Portwell has highly endorsed. As a matter of fact, users can load the default BIOS setting any time when system appears to be unstable in boot up sequence.
  • Page 53 Usable IRQ IRQ #15 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. WADE-8656 User’s Manual...

  • Page 54: Faq

    Question: How do I connect my keyboard and mouse, as there is only one connector? Answer: Users may always adopt PS/2 keyboard and mouse over the PS/2 interface, J4 on WADE-8656. Information & Support Question: Intel Q965 series Chipset supports Dual Channel Mode, but how can I enable this function? Answer: you don’t have to change any setting.
  • Page 55 Question: I forget my password of system BIOS, what am I supposed to do? Answer: You can simply short 2-3 pins on JP3 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. WADE-8656 User’s Manual...
  • Page 56 0E2F-0F6B Program Area 0F6C-9F3F 575K Available = Conventional memory ends at 640K = 9F40-9FBF Extended Bios Area 9FC0-9FFF Unused A000-AFFF VGA Graphics B000-B7FF Unused B800-BFFF VGA Text C000-CAFF Video ROM CB00-EEFF 144K Unused EF00-EFFF F000-FFFF System ROM WADE-8656 User’s Manual...
  • Page 57 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 WADE-8656 User’s Manual...

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