Index Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Copyright Notice 1.2 About User’s Manual 1.3 Warning 1.4 Replacing the lithium battery 1.5 Technical Support 1.6 Warranty 1.7 Packing List 1.8 Ordering Information 1.10 Board Dimensions Chapter 2 - Installation 2.1 Block Diagrams 2.2 Jumpers and Connectors KBM1: Keyboard &...
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COM1/ COM2: Serial Port Connector ...20 CFD1: CompactFlash II Socket ...21 2.3 The Installation Paths of CD Driver Chapter 3 - BIOS ...23 3.1 BIOS Introduction 3.2 BIOS Setup 3.3 Standard CMOS Features 3.4 Advanced BIOS Features 3.5 Advanced Chipset Features 3.6 Integrated Peripherals 3.8 PC Health Status 3.9 Load Optimized Defaults...
1.1 Copyright Notice All Rights Reserved. The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve the reliability, design and function. It does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer. Under no circumstances will the manufacturer be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the use or inability to use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
Introduction 1.4 Replacing the lithium battery Incorrect replacement of the lithium battery may lead to a risk of explosion. The lithium battery must be replaced with an identical battery or a battery type recommended by the manufacturer. Do not throw lithium batteries into the trashcan. It must be disposed of in accordance with local regulations concerning special waste.
Introduction 1.6 Warranty This product is warranted to be in good working order for a period of two years from the date of purchase. Should this product fail to be in good working order at any time during this period, we will, at our option, replace or repair it at no additional charge except as set forth in the following terms.
Introduction 1.7 Packing List 1 x Rhodeus-LC 1 x CD-ROM 1 x Quick Installation Guide If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your vendor immediately. 1.8 Ordering Information Rhodeus-LC PC/104 CPU module with AMD Geode™ LX800 (500MHz), 1 x SO-DIMM, CRT/LCD &...
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Form Factor PC/104 CPU module Processor AMD Geode™ LX800 Cache 64K L1 cache and 128K L2 cache Chipset AMD LX800 + CS5536 System Memory 1 x 200 pins DDR SO-DIMM up to 1GB SDRAM AMD Geode LX series CPU integrated VGA VGA/ LCD Controller controller with 2D Engine (Shared memory Max.
2.1 Block Diagrams Analog R.G.B. AMD Geode LX800 CPU TTL 18/24 bit 500MHz USB I/F 4 x USB AMD Geode IDE ATA I/F 1 x IDE CS5536 1 x CF 1 x 200pin Memory Bus SO-DIMM Socket PCI to ISA PCI Bus ISA Bus Bridge...
JRS1: COM 2 RS-232/422/485 Select (6) Connector type: 2.00mm pitch 2x3 pin header. Select RS-232 (Default) RS-422 RS-485 LLED1: LAN LED indicators (7) Connector type: 2.54mm pitch 1x4 pin header. Description LAN1_ACTIVE- LAN1_ACTIVE+ LAN1_LINK- LAN1_LINK+ JFRT1: Switches and Indicators (8) It provides connectors for system indicators that provides light indication of the computer activities and switches to change the computer status.
BIOS 3.1 BIOS Introduction The Award BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) installed in your computer sys- tem’s. The BIOS provides for a standard device such as disk drives, serial ports and parallel ports. It also adds password protection as well as special 3.2 BIOS Setup The Award BIOS provides a Setup utility program for specifying the system utility.
BIOS 3.3 Standard CMOS Features “Standard CMOS Features” allows you to record some basic hardware error handling. If the CPU card is already installed in a working system, you will not need to select this option. You will need to run the Standard CMOS option, however, if you change Date Day : Sun to Sat The date format is:...
IDE Primary HDDs / IDE Secondary HDDs The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices. the second is the “Slave”. You will be asked to enter the following items. Cylinder: Number of cylinders Head:...
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BIOS Halt On detected during power up. All errors (default) Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error, the system will stop and you will be prompted. No errors The system boot will not be halted for any error that may be detected. All, But Keyboard The system boot will not be halted for a keyboard error;...
BIOS 3.4 Advanced BIOS Features Quick Power On Self Test the system is turned on. If it is set to Enabled, BIOS will skip some items. Setting: Enabled (Default), Disabled. First/ Second Boot Device operating system. The options available include Setting: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, USB-HDD, LAN and Disabled.
BIOS Boot Up NumLock Status It allows you to activate the NumLock function after you power up the system. Setting: On (Default), Off. Security Option It allows you to limit access to the System and Setup. When you select System, the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up.
BIOS 3.5 Advanced Chipset Features CAS Latency Time It allows CAS latency time in HCLKs as 2 or 2.5. The system board designer installed DRAM or CPU. Setting: 2.5 (Default), 2. Interleave Select It allows you to Use the Interleave Select option to specify how the cache memory is interleaved.
BIOS XOR MB0 Setting: Disabled (Default), Enabled. XOR Bit Select Setting: 18 (Default), 19, 20, 21. Video Memory Size In order to determine how much memory is allocated to the video graphics device. Setting: None, 8M (Default), 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M, 254M. Output display In order to specify the display devices the system is connected to.
BIOS 3.6 Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Devicev >>> On-Chip IDE Channel 1 The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. Setting: Disabled, Enabled (Default). - 32 -...
BIOS IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO It allows your system HDD controller to run faster. Rather than having the BIOS issue with a series of commands that transferring to or from the disk drive, PIO (Programmed Input/Output) allows the BIOS to communicate with the controller and CPU directly. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode.
SuperIO Device >>> Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” if you wish to use it. Select “Disabled” if you don’t wish to use it. Setting: Disabled, Enabled (Default). Serial/ Onboard Parallel Port It allows you to select the onboard serial and parallel ports with their addresses.
BIOS IT8888 ISA Decode IO >>> It allows you to use the IT8888 ISA Decode IO menu to set the IO memory range for the onboard ISA. Decode I/O Space 0/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5 It allows you to allocate system resources to the ISA bridge and to enable the function correctly.
BIOS Decode I/O Address 0/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5 [15:4] It allows you to allocate an address to the ISA bus. The address may range from 0001 to 0FFF. Decode I/O Size 0/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5 It allows you to specify the size of the ISA bus. Setting: 1 Byte, 2 Bytes, 4 Bytes, 8 Bytes, 16 Bytes, 32 Bytes, 64 Bytes, 128 Bytes.
BIOS Decode Memory Speed 0/ 1/ 2/ 3 It allows you to specify the memory speed of the ISA bus. Setting: Subtractive Speed, Slow Speed, Medium Speed, Fast Speed. Decode Memory Addr. 0/ 1/ 2/ 3 [23: It allows you to allocate a memory address to the ISA bus. The address may range from 0001 to 0FFF.
BIOS PNP OS Installed It allows you to enable the PNP OS Install option if it is supported by the OS installed. Setting: No (Default), Yes. Setting: Disabled (Default), Enabled. Resources Controlled By use of a PnP operating system. Setting: Auto(ESCD) (Default), Manual. - 39 -...
BIOS IRQ Resources Memory Resources PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Some non-standard VGA display cards may not show colors properly. It allows you to set whether or not MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards can display with PCI/VGA. When “Enabled”, a PCI/VGA can display with an MPEG ISA/VESA VGA card.
BIOS 3.10 Set Password Using Password to set a password that will be used exclusively on the system. To specify a password, highlight the type you want and press <Enter>. The Enter Password: message prompts on the screen. Type the password, your password by asking you to type it again.
BIOS 3.11 Save & Exit Setup Typing “Y”, you will quit the setup utility and save all the changes into the CMOS memory. Typing “N”, you will return to Setup utility. - 44 -...
3.13 BIOS Beep Sound code list Beep Sound Message 1 short (Beep) System booting is normally 2 short (Beep) CMOS setting error 1 long - 1 short (Beep) DRAM error 1 long - 2 short (Beep) Display card or monitor connected error 1 long - 3 short (Beep) Keyboard error 1 long - 9 short (Beep)
BIOS 3.15 Award BIOS POST Codes CFh Test CMOS read/write functionality Early chipset initialization: Disable shadow RAM, L2 cache (socket 7 and below), program basic chipset registers Detect memory: Auto detection of DRAM size, type and ECC, auto detection of L2 cache (socket 7 and below) C3h Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM C5h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 &...
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Reserved HPM initialization (notebook platform) Reserved Check validity of RTC value; Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack. If CMOS checksum fails, use default value instead; Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP use. If ESCD is valid, take into consideration of the ESCD's legacy information;...
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BIOS Initialize EISA slot Reserved Calculate total memory by testing the last double last word of each 64K page; Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU Reserved Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved Program MTRR of M1 CPU; initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program cacheable range;...
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Reserved Reserved Reserved and ALT+F2 is pressed Reserved Detect and install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM... Reserved Detect serial ports and parallel ports Reserved Reserved Detect and install coprocessor Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved Reserved Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported: if errors occur, report errors &...
4.1 I/O Port Address Map Each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of I/O port addresses which also becomes the identity of the device. The following table lists the I/O port addresses used. Address Device Description 00000022 - 0000003F PCI bus 00000044 - 00000047 PCI bus...
Appendix 000003F8 - 000003FF Communications Port 00000778 - 0000077B Printer Port 00000A79 - 00000A79 ISAPNP Read Data Port 00000D00 - 0000FFFF PCI Bus 0000FC00 - 0000FCFF Realtek RTL8139/810x family Fast Ethernet NIC 0000FF00 - 0000FF0F Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller 4.2 Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ) Peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required.
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