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ROBO-8713BVG2
Single Board Computer
User's Manual
P/N: B8981300
Version 1.0
Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2006. All rights reserved.
All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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  • Page 1 ROBO-8713BVG2 Single Board Computer User's Manual P/N: B8981300 Version 1.0 Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2006. All rights reserved. All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    3.6 SMBus ............................3-7 3.7 On-Board USB 2.0 Controller..................... 3-7 3.8 GPIO .............................. 3-7 3.8.1 Pin assignment........................3-8 3.8.2 ROBO-8713BVG2 GPIO Programming Guide .............. 3-8 3.8.3 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 ROBO-8713BVG2 series 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.
  • Page 4 Preface WARNING Warning how to take while heavy cooler was installed; pin in processor socket is fragile and it shall be careful handle. Remove Processor Caution: Do not pull out processor without opening socket handle! High viscosity thermal grease between processor and cooler will lead the processor be pulled out from socket when taking cooler off.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 System Overview

    System Overview Introduction ROBO-8713BVG2 based on Intel® 865 chipset to support Intel® LGA 775 processor that includes Pentium 4, Pentium D, Celeron D as well as the most fantasy Intel® 2nd generation dual-core processor, Core 2 Duo. Intel® Infrastructure Platform Division (IPD) included its 865 chipset February, 2006 to echo the demanding of more competitive platform.

  • Page 6: Check List

    System Overview Check List The ROBO-8713BVG2 package should cover the following basic items: One ROBO-8713BVG2 single board computer One IDE cable One 7-pin SATA signal cable One 4-pin ATX power control cable for backplane connection One Installation Resources CD-Title ROBO-8713BVG2 quick installation guide If any of these items is damaged or missing, please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance.

  • Page 7: Product Specification

    Support one parallel port with SPP, EPP and ECP modes USB Interface Support eight USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports for high-speed I/O peripheral devices (Dual ports on bracket dedicated for keyboard & mouse) PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 6-pin header for PS/2 keyboard/mouse connection ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 8 ‧CPU: Intel Pentium 4 - 3.4GHz/800MHz FSB/1MB L2 Cache ‧Memory: DDR SDRAM 512MBx1 ‧Primary Master IDE HDD: Seagate ST320423A ‧OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP1 ‧Test Programs: Burning Test V4.0 ‧Connected Fans: Only CPU fan connected ‧Run Time: 10 minutes ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 9: Mechanical Drawing

    Please reference Chapter 5 – Trouble Shooting and check latest update of compatibility list of processor, memory and even BIOS update with your supplier before system assembly! 1.3.1 Mechanical Drawing ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 10: System Architecture

    System Overview System Architecture ROBO-8713BVG2 adopts Intel 865 GMCH (Graphics Memory Controller Hub) and ICH4 (I/O Controller Hub) chipset for processor, display, memory and peripheral I/O interfaces such as PCI bus, dual IDE channels, SATA ports, USB ports, and LPC (Low Pin Count) interface.
  • Page 11 USB Port 3,4 USB Port 5,6 ISA CTRL USB Port 7,8 LPC to ISA ADDR/DATA AC＇97 LINK Winbond AC97 CON. W83627THF LPC SIO SATA Interface SATA X2 KEYBOARD FLOPPY PARALLEL SERIAL 1/2 F/W HUB MOUSE ROBO-8713BVG2 System Block Diagram ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 12: Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration

    Hardware Configuration This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers, headers and connector. All of the configuration jumpers on ROBO-8713BVG2 series are in the proper position. The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star ( ).

  • Page 13: Connector Allocation

    Secondary SATA Connector Primary USB Connector Standalone Power Connector Secondary USB Connector J29,J28, J32 External USB Connector Primary Ethernet RJ-45 Connector System FAN (3-pin Smart FAN) Secondary Ethernet RJ-45 Connector AC97 Connector On-board VGA CRT Connector SMBus Connector ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 14 HDD Active # (HDD LED-) J4: LAN1 Active/Link LED PIN No. Signal Description LAN1 Active ( LED+) LAN1 Link ( LED-) J5: LAN2 Active/Link LED PIN No. Signal Description LAN2 Active ( LED+) LAN2 Link ( LED-) ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 15 The fan must be a 12V fan. And there is not any over current protection. J9: 3-pin Fan Connector PIN No. Signal Description Ground +12V Fan Speed Detecting signal Note: The fan must be a 12V fan. And there is not any over current protection. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 16 Auto Form Feed# Data 0 Error# Data 1 Initialization# Data 2 Printer Select IN# Data 3 Ground Data 4 Ground Data 5 Ground Data 6 Ground Data 7 Ground Acknowledge# Ground Busy Ground Paper Empty Ground Printer Select ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 17 Ground Write Gate# Ground Track 0# Ground Write Protect# Ground Read Data# Ground Head Select# Ground Disk Change# J16: ATX Power Button PIN No. Signal Description Pull-high 1K Ohm to +5VSB Power Button Signal Input (Active high) ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 18 General Purpose I/O Port 6 (GPIO6) General Purpose I/O Port 7 (GPIO7) Note: All General Purpose I/O ports can only apply to standard TTL ± 5% signal level (0V/5V), and each source sink capacity up to 12mA. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 19 CTS (Clear to Send) RI (Ring Indicator) Note: J21 (COM1) could be configurable as RS-232/422/485 with jumper JP1 J22: External Keyboard/Mouse Connector PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description Mouse Data Keyboard Data Mouse Clock Keyboard Clock ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 20 Frame Ground USB2- Ground USB2+ USB3+ Ground USB3- Frame Ground 5V Dual Note: 5V Dual is always available. It's supplied by either 5V VCC power source in normal operation mode or 5V standby power source in standby mode ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 21 The fan must be a 12V fan. And there is not any over current protection. J34: AC97 Connector PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description CLK_AC97 12V VCC ACZ_BIT_CLK ACZ_SDOUT ACZ_SDIN ACZ_SYNC ACZ_RST# 3V VCC PC_SPK ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 2-10...
  • Page 22 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) J36: SMBus Connector PIN No. Signal Description SMBus Clock Ground SMBus Data ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 2-11...

  • Page 23: Chapter 3 System Installation

    CPU gently until it fits into place. If this operation is not easy or smooth, don’t do it forcibly. You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly. Triangle mark is meaning first pin position; kindly assemble and take aim at notch of top and bottom between CPU and socket. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 24: 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 ROBO-8713BVG2 will automatically detect the CPU used. CPU speed of Intel P4 can be detected automatically. Main Memory...

  • Page 25: Installing The Single Board Computer

    * When using 800MHz FSB CPU, DDR DIMMs run at 320MHz (not 333MHz) due to chipset limitation. Installing the Single Board Computer To install your ROBO-8713BVG2 into standard chassis or proprietary environment, please perform the following: Step 1 : Check all jumpers setting on proper position...

  • Page 26: Chipset Component Driver

    3.3.2 Chipset Component Driver The chipset used on ROBO-8713BVG2 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 27: Clear Cmos Operation

    Additionally, there are maximum 2 seconds of counting tolerance that should be considered into user’ application program. For more information about WDT, please refer to Winbond W83627HF data sheet. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 28 Value of Count-mode Register 1) 0x00 -- Count down in seconds (Bit3=0) 2) 0x08 -- Count down in minutes (Bit3=1) Value of Time-out Value Register 1) 0x00 -- Time-out Disable 2) 0x01~0xFF -- Value for counting down ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 29: Smbus

    Windows-98/98SE/2000 and Windows-XP. GPIO The ROBO-8713BVG2 provides 8 programmable input or output ports that can be individually configured to perform a simple basic I/O function. Users can configure each individual port to become an input or output port by programming register bit of I/O Selection.

  • Page 30: Pin Assignment

    3.8.2 ROBO-8713BVG2 GPIO Programming Guide There are 8 GPIO pins on ROBO-8713BVG2. These GPIO pins are from SUPER I/O (W83627HF) GPIO pins, and can be programmed as Input or Output direction. J25 pin header is for 8 GPIO pins and its pin assignment as following : J25_Pin1=GPIO1:from SUPER I/O_GPIO10 with Ext.
  • Page 31 To R/W W83627HF CR, it is needed to Enter/Enable Configuration Mode first. When completing the programming, it is suggested to Exit/Disable Configuration Mode. Enter Configuration Mode: Write 87h to IO port EFER twice. Exit Configuration Mode: Write AAh to IO port EFER. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 32: Example

    ; Read CR2A dx,al dx,2fh al,dx al,0FCh ; CR2A_Bit[7..2].P[1,1,1,1,1,1] ah,al dx,2eh al,2Ah dx,al dx,2fh al,ah dx,al dx,2eh al,07h ; Point to LDN7 dx,al dx,2fh al,07h dx,al dx,2eh ; Read CR30 al,30h dx,al dx,2fh al,dx al,01h ah,al ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 3-10...
  • Page 33 ; LD7_CRF0_Bit4.P0 dx,al dx,2fh al,ah dx,al dx,2eh al,0f2h ; Read LD7_CRF2 dx,al dx,2fh al,dx al,0efh ah,al dx,2eh al,0f2h ; LD7_CRF2_Bit4.P0 dx,al dx,2fh al,ah dx,al dx,2eh al,0f1h ; Read LD7_CRF1 dx,al dx,2fh al,dx al,0efh ah,al ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 3-11...
  • Page 34 System Installation dx,2eh al,0f1h ; LD7_CRF1_Bit4.P0 dx,al dx,2fh al,ah dx,al dx,2eh ; Exit Configuration Mode al,0AAh dx,al ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 3-12...

  • Page 35: Chapter 4 Bios Setup Information

    Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO-8713BVG2 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 36: Main Menu

    BIOS Setup Information Main Menu Once you enter ROBO-8713BVG2 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 37: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    HDD selectable item and which will appear on configuration list. Kindly skip to 4.7 Integrated peripheral section of OnChip IDE Device to setting; You could enter “Integrated Peripheral” section, and then look for “On-Chip IDE device”, and press enter, finally find out “On Chip Serial ATA” item to change default. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 38 All, but Disk/Key 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 ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 39: 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 ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 40: Advanced Bios Features

    OS Select For DRAM > 64MB [Non-OS2] Report No FDD For WIN 95 [No] Small Logo(EPA) Show [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-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 41 Select IDE Channel 0,1 Master or Salve Boot Ch x M. Select IDE Channel 2 or 3 Master Boot CPU L1 Cache/L2 Cache These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset design. Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 42 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. The choice: Off, On. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 43 Select OS/2 only if you are running OS/2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system. The choice: Non-OS2, OS2. Report No FDD for WIN 95 The choice: No, Yes. Small Logo (EPA) Show The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 44: 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-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-10...
  • Page 45 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-11...
  • Page 46 Users can set the display memory size that shared from main memory. The choice: 1MB, 8MB, 16MB. Boot Display The choice: Auto, CRT, CRT+TV. FWH Write Protection The item allow advanced user to sustain BIOS default setting. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-12...

  • Page 47: Integrated Peripherals

    F7: Optimized Defaults Note: If user changes On Chip Serial ATA default to become “Enhance”, user will perceive that shadow item could be selectable; The SATA HDD device information will be appeared on Standard CMOS Features configuration. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-13...
  • Page 48 Combined Mode PATA and SATA are combined. Max. of 2 IDE drives in each Channel Enhanced Mode Enable both SATA and PATA. Max. of 6 IDE drives are Supported SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-14...
  • Page 49 This item allows enabling USB Mouse function under POST, BIOS Setup menu, DOS, or Window-NT with no USB driver loaded. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. AC97 Audio This item allows control to Auto/Disable Audio function. The choice: Auto, Disabled. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-15...
  • Page 50 Press “Enter” key to enter a customized password, and confirm again when being asked. In the case that the confirmed password does not match the configured one, the message of “Password Disabled – Press any key to continue…” will be prompted. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-16...
  • Page 51 Low rate for receiving / Low rate for transmitting IR Transmission Delay 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. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-17...
  • Page 52 Select different version of EPP mode. The choice: EPP1.7, EPP1.9. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a proper DMA channel for ECP mode. The choice: 3, 1. Watch Dog Timer Select The choice: Disabled, 10, 20, 30, 40 Sec, 1 Min/2/4 Min. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-18...

  • Page 53: Power Management Setup

    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. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-19...
  • Page 54 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. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-20...
  • Page 55 When select “Enabled”, a system that is at soft-off mode will be alert to Wake-On- Modem or Wake-On LAN. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Wake-Up By Onboard LAN This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by on-board LAN. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-21...
  • Page 56 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. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-22...

  • Page 57: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    Default is Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-23...
  • Page 58 PCI/ISA PnP for devices compliant with the plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Assign IRQ For VGA To enable VGA IRQ assignation by selecting enabled. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-24...

  • Page 59: Pc Health Status

    “S3 (STR)” suspend type. The choices : Disabled, 50℃/122℉, 53℃/127℉, 56℃/133℉, 60℃/140℉, 63℃/145℉, 66℃/151℉, 70℃/158℉. Smart SYSFan Temperature The choice: Disabled, 30℃/86℉, 35℃/95℉, 40℃/104℉. SYSFan Tolerance Value The choice: Min= 1, Max= 5; Kay in a DEC number: ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-25...

  • Page 60: Frequency/Voltage Control

    F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Spread Spectrum This item allows user to enable/disable the spread spectrum modulate. The choice: Disabled, -0.35%, -0.50%, -0.75%. CPU Host/ AGP/ PCI Clock The choice: Default, 200/66/33MHz, 240/66/33MHz, 266/66/33MHz. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-26...

  • Page 61: 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. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-27...

  • Page 62: 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. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual 4-28...

  • Page 63: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    Hardware Quick Installation Backplane ROBO-8713BVG2 is a full-sized Signal Board Computer, and therefore is only able to run on PICMG PCI/ISA backplane. To know whether your backplane is PICMG PCI/ISA backplane, please contact with vendor or manufacturer. P4 Power connector ROBO-8713BVG2 requires power drawing from at least one or two power connectors (J17 and J7), depending on power mode (AT or ATX).

  • Page 64: Bios Setting

    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 65 IRQ #15 Secondary IDE Controller 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. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 66: Faq

    PCI device, backplane, and so on. If the system still cannot boot up, please fill out RMA from which is provides on Portwell website, and then send back to Portwell RMA.
  • Page 67 Question: Why cannot I install USB 2.0 driver? Answer: If you are using Windows 2000, you need to update your Service-Pack version to Service-Pack 4. If you are using Windows XP, you need to update Service-Pack to Service Pack 1 at least. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 68 Question: I forget my password of system BIOS, what am I supposed to do? Answer: You can simply short 2-3 pins on JP2 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. ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 69 D54A – D7FE High RAM D7FF – D7FF 0.1K Unused D800 – E7FF Page Frame E800 – E800 0.1K Unused E801 – EAFF High RAM EB00 – EFFF Unused F000 – FFFF System ROM First 64K Extended ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...
  • Page 70 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 VIDE-CDD Usable IRQ ROBO-8713BVG2 User’s Manual...

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