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Peak 650 User's Guide
Rev. A
October 2000
PEAK 650VL2B
Single Board Computer
User ' ' ' ' s Guide
NEXCOM

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  • Page 1 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 PEAK 650VL2B Single Board Computer User ′ ′ ′ ′ s Guide NEXCOM...
  • Page 2 Trademarks PEAK 650 is registered trademarks of NEXCOM Co., Ltd., IBM PC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.

  • Page 3: How To Use This Guide

    BIOS Setup” describes how to use the advanced PCI/Green BIOS to control almost every feature of the Peak 650. The Appendix A describes how to set up the Watch Dog Timer (WDT) and gives an example to program the WDT. NEXCOM...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..................1-1 ..........................1-2 PECIFICATIONS .....................1-2 HAT YOU LL HAVE FROM THE PACKAGE CHAPTER 2 SWITCHES AND CONNECTORS.............. 2-1 .........................2-1 OARD AYOUT ............................2-2 WITCHES ............................2-3 ONNECTORS CHAPTER 3 CAPABILITY EXPANDING................. 3-1 ..........................3-1 YSTEM EMORY...
  • Page 5 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Watch Dog Timer character and function....................43 Watch Dog Timer Control Register ......................44 Watch Dog Timer Programming Procedure ..................... 45 DVI Interface Pin Assignment              ... Appendix B CON1: Digital Video Signals Interface (12 bit)  ..

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    O/S will re-allocate system memory back for generic use. With the on board NEXCOM proprietary PCI Interface, the optional EBK SCSI 2 module design with Adaptec AIC-7890 Ultra 2 SCSI controller, and the module EBK SCSI 160D design with Adaptec AIC 7899 Dual Ultra...

  • Page 7: Specifications

    On Board Optional ATI Rage Mobility M4 3D VGA accelerator, support 4X AGP. ITE 8712 Enhanced Super I/O on board. On Board Nexcom proprietary PCI interface, Reserved 32bit PCI interface for EBK SCSI / EBK SCSI2 / EBK SCSI 160D module (Optional) On Chip enhanced IDE x 2, support Ultra DMA/66/100.
  • Page 8 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 system, utilize all of the system memory to support richer graphics applications. BIOS Award System BIOS Plug & Play support Advanced Power Management support Advanced Configuration & Power Interface support Jumperless for CPU FSB 2M bits flash ROM, upgradeable to 4M bits Chip Set Intel 815E chipsets...
  • Page 9 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 On Board Nexcom proprietary PCI interface Reserved 32bit PCI interface for EBK SCSI / EBK SCSI2 / EBK SCSI 160D module On Board I/O ITE 8712 Enhanced Super I/O on board SIO×2, with 2x16C550 UARTs, 10 pin header ×2, Optional RS422/485 ×1 for COM2 PIO×1, bi-directional, EPP/ECP support, 26 pin connector ×1...
  • Page 10 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 1,2,4  4 seconds time-out intervals Dimensions 340mm(L) × 122mm(W) Power Requirements TBD for ( Max. Typical ) Environments Operating temperatures0°C to 60°C Storage temperatures-20°C to 80°C Relative humidity10% to 90% (Non-condensing) Certification CE Verification FCC Class A...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Switches And Connectors

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Chapter 2 Switches and Connectors 2-1 Main Board Layout This chapter gives the definitions and shows where to locate the positions of switches and connectors. Capability Expand...

  • Page 12: Switches

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 2-2 Switches Switches on the CPU board are used to select options for different functions used. The switch-on or off is to accommodate the variations of the following table. Switch Setting Table (*: default setup) S1 (*: Default setting) CPU FSB / Memory ON ON OFF OFF * Auto detect...

  • Page 13: Connectors

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 2-3 Connectors Jumper/Connector Define J1: External speaker connector Pin 1 Pin 2, 3 Pin4 Speaker signal VCC5 J2: Power supply type select: Pin1-2 short AT power Pin2-3 short ATX power J4: 5VSB power cable connector Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin3...
  • Page 14 SMB DAT SMB CLK J17: NEXCOM Reserved Note : For Model Peak 650VL and Peak 650M8, the Nexcom plug in Module EBK SCSI2 or EBK SCSI160D cannot use Ad24 for IDSEL. EBK SCSI 160D Jumper Setting ON Board Active Terminal Resistor...

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Capability Expanding

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Chapter 3 Capability Expanding This chapter explains how you can expand capability of your CPU board in such aspects as system memory and CPU. 3-1 System Memory Peak650 support 2 slots for 168-pin 3.3V Non-registered DIMM modules, providing support for up to 512MB of main memory using DIMM modules from 8MB to 256MB.

  • Page 16: Change Cpu

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 3-2 Change CPU To change the CPU, pull the handling bar of the socket upward to the other end to loosen the socket's openings. Carefully lift the existing CPU up to remove it from the socket. Removing CPU Place the new CPU on the middle of the socket, orienting its beveled corner to line up with the socket's beveled corner.

  • Page 17: Chapter 4 Award Bios Setup

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Chapter 4 AWARD BIOS Setup Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed RAM (CMOS RAM) so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

  • Page 18: Control Keys

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Control Keys Move to previous item Up arrow Move to next item Down arrow Move to the item in the left hand Left arrow Move to the item in the right hand Right arrow Main Menu -- Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu -- Exit...

  • Page 19: Getting Help

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Getting Help Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu Press <F1> to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item.

  • Page 20: The Main Menu

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 The Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from ten setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter>...
  • Page 21 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 PnP/PCI Configuration This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI Configuration. See Page 4-25 for details. PC health Status Display CPU/System Temperature, Fan speed and Voltages Value. See Page 4-27 for details. Frequency/Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control.
  • Page 22 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 11 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn>...
  • Page 23 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Drive B 360K, 5.25 in 1.2M, 5.25 in 720K, 3.5 in 1.44M, 3.5 in 2.88M, 3.5 in 3 Mode floppy disk drives (FDD) are 3 1/2” drives used in Japanese computer systems. Floppy Mode Disabled, Drive A, Drive B,...
  • Page 24 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive. Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use below table to configure the hard disk.

  • Page 25: Advanced Bios Features Setup Menu

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security. Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection.
  • Page 26 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 CPU Internal Cache/External Cache These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset design. PU Internal Cache  will not default value is Enable. If your CPU without Internal Cache then this item be show.
  • Page 27 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control GateA20. Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Fast Lets chipset control Gate A20 Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected.
  • Page 28 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a technology developed to manage the reliability of the hard disk by predicting future device failures. The hard disk needs to be S.M.A.R.T. capable.

  • Page 29: Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu Since the features in this section are related to the chipset in the CPU board and all are optimized, you are not recommended to change the default settings in the setup table, unless you know very detailed of the chipset features.
  • Page 30 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc Select the number of SCLKs for an access cycle. The Choice: 5/7, 7/9. SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay This field let you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed.
  • Page 31 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Delayed Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled AGP Graphics Aperture Size This field determines the effective size of the Graphic Aperture used for a particular GMCH configuration.
  • Page 32 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 RAS# Timing This item controls RAS# active to Protegra, and refresh to RAS# active delay ( in local memory clocks). The Choice: Fast, Slow. RAS# Precharge Timing This item controls RAS# precharge (in local memory clocks). The choice: Fast, Slow.

  • Page 33: Integrated Peripherals

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Integrated Peripherals Onboard LAN2 H/W Active This setting enables or disables the onboard LAN2. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Onboard SCSI H/W Active This setting enables or disables the onboard SCSI. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Onboard LAN Boot ROM Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip.
  • Page 34 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Onboard SCSI Boot ROM Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard SCSI. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the primary/secondary IDE interface.
  • Page 35 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first The Choice: PCI Slot, Onboard. IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support.
  • Page 36 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode. The Choice: 3, 1. 4-20 BIOS Setup...

  • Page 37: Power Management Setup

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. ACPI Function This item allows you to Enable/Disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI).
  • Page 38 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: 1. HDD Power Down 2. Doze Mode 3. Suspend Mode There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings.
  • Page 39 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active.
  • Page 40 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 PM Events (Reload Global Timer Events) PM events are I/O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode. In effect, the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as Enabled, even when the system is in a power down mode.

  • Page 41: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 PnP/PCI Configuration This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. P eripheral C omponent I nterface, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components.
  • Page 42 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Resources Controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug anual  choose specific and Play operating system such as Windows95.

  • Page 43: Pc Health Status

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. The Choice: Disabled, 60  /140  , 65  /149  . 4-27 BIOS Setup...

  • Page 44: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk When enabled, this item will auto detect if the DIMM and PCI socket have devices and will send clock signal to DIMM and PCI devices. When disabled, it will send the clock signal to all DIMM and PCI socket. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

  • Page 45: Supervisor/User Password Setting

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Supervisor/User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differences between are: supervisor password : can enter and change the options of the setup menus. user password : just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus.

  • Page 46: Power-On Boot

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Power-On Boot After you have made all the changes to CMOS values and the system cannot boot with the CMOS values selected in Setup, restart the system by turning it OFF then ON or Pressing the "RESET" button on the system case. You may also restart by simultaneously press <Ctrl>...

  • Page 47: Bios Reference - Post Message

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 4-2 BIOS Reference - POST Message During the Power On Self Test (POST), if the BIOS detects an error requiring you to do something to fix, it will either sound a beep code or display a message. If a message is displayed, it will be accompanied by: PRESS PRESS...
  • Page 48 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 DISPLAY TYPE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Since last powering off the system, the display adapter has been changed. You must configure the system for the new display type. EISA Configuration Checksum Error PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The EISA non-volatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly read the EISA slot.
  • Page 49 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Hard Disk(s) fail (08) Sector Verify failed. Invalid EISA Configuration PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non-volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt. Re-run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory. NOTE: When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.
  • Page 50 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 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. PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot.

  • Page 51: Bios Reference - Post Codes

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 4-3 BIOS Reference - POST Codes POST (hex) Description Test CMOS R/W functionality. Early chipset initialization: -Disable shadow RAM -Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below). -Program basic chipset registers. Detect memory -Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC.
  • Page 52 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 POST (hex) Description for ESCD & DMI support. Reserved Use walking 1 algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry. Also set real-time clock power status, and then check for override. Reserved Program chipset default values into chipset.
  • Page 53 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 POST (hex) Description Reserved Reserved Reserved Initialize INT 09h buffer Reserved 1. Program CPU internal MTRR (P6 & PII) for 0-640KB memory address. 2. Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU. 3. Program early chipset according to CMOS setup. Example: On-Board IDE controller. 4.
  • Page 54 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 POST (hex) Description Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. Reserved. Reserved. Test 8259 functionality. Reserved. Reserved. Reserved. Initialize EISA slot. Reserved. 1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64KB page. 2.
  • Page 55 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 POST (hex) Description Reserved. (Optional Feature). Show message for entering AWDFLASH.EXE from FDD (optional). Reserved. 1. Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO switch. 2. Initialize Init_Onboard_AUDIO switch. Reserved Reserved Okay to enter Setup utility; i.e. not until this POST stage users can enter the CMOS setup utility.
  • Page 56 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 POST (hex) Description Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if : -AWDFLASH is found in Floppy Drive. - LT+F2  is pressed. Reserved. Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM  . Reserved. Detect Serial ports &...
  • Page 57 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 POST (hex) Description 8. Clear noise of IRQs. Reserved. Reserved. Reserved. Reserved. Reserved. Reserved. Reserved. Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti-Virus code. 1. Enable L2 cache. 2. Program boot up speed. 3.
  • Page 58 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 This page is intentionally left blank. 4-42 BIOS Setup...

  • Page 59: Appendix

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Appendix Appendix A Watch Dog Timer Watch Dog Timer Working Procedure The Watch Dog Timer (WDT) is the special hardware device. The WDT function is to monitor the computer system whether work normally, otherwise, it will have some measures to fix up the system. It contains a receivable SQW signal from RTC, and could set time and can clear the counter function.

  • Page 60: Watch Dog Timer Control Register

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Watch Dog Timer Control Register The Watch Dog Timer Control Register is to control the WDT working mode. You can write the value to WDT Configuration Port. The following is the Control Register bit definition. 111 : N/A 110 : Select 1 second 101 : Select 2 second...

  • Page 61: Watch Dog Timer Programming Procedure

    Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Watch Dog Timer Programming Procedure • • • • Power on or reset the system The initial value of WDT Control Register (D4~D0) is zero, when power is on or reset the system. following means the initial value of WDT ( 00000000b ) : Value Mean...
  • Page 62 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 • • • • Clear the WDT Repeatedly read WDT Configuration Port and the interval cannot be longer than the preset time, otherwise, the WDT will generate NMI or Reset signal for the system. The following is an example of clear the WDT program in Intel 8086 assembly language.
  • Page 63 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 After finishing the above setting, you must be output for the Control Register value to the WDT Configuration Port. Then WDT will start according to the above setting. dx, F2h dx, F2h ;...
  • Page 64 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Appendix B : DVI Interface Pin Assignment ( for ATI Mobility M4 model only) Apendix...
  • Page 65 Peak 650 User's Guide Rev. A October 2000 Appendix C: CON1 Digital Video Signals Interface (12 bit) LTV DATA 0 Vcc 1.8 LTV DATA 1 Vcc 1.8 LTV DATA 2 Vcc 1.8 LTV DATA 3 Vcc 1.8 LTV DATA 4 LTV DATA 5 LTV DATA 6 LTV DATA 7...

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