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SBC81700 Series VIA V4 C7/Eden PICMG 1.0 Full-Size Single Board Computer User’s Manual...
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ESD Precautions Computer boards have integrated circuits sensitive to static electricity. To prevent chipsets from electrostatic discharge damage, please take care of the following jobs with precautions: Do not remove boards or integrated circuits from their anti-static packaging until you are ready to install them. Before holding the board or integrated circuit, touch an unpainted portion of the system unit chassis for a few seconds.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The SBC81700 PICMG 1.0 full-size Single Board Computer supports VIA V4 C7/Eden processors, at differential host clock of 400 MHz. The board integrates chipsets VIA CN700 + VT8237R-Plus and ITE8888G that deliver low power consumption and cost effective and stable legacy bus interfaces, multiple I/O functions for interactive applications and various embedded computing solutions.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Specifications VIA V4 C7/Eden processors System Chipset VIA CN700 + VT8237R-Plus Front-Side Bus Differential Host Clock of 400 MHz BIOS Phoenix-Award PnP Flash BIOS System Memory Two 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets Maximum up to 2GB DDR2 memory L2 Cache Integrated in CPU Onboard Multi-I/O...
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual from memory clock Internal AGP 8x performance Two 128-bit internal data paths between North Bridge and graphics core for frame buffer and texture/ command access PCI v2.2 Host Bus compliant AGP v3.5 compliant Memory Size -- Supports 16 / 32 / 64 MB Frame Buffers size Resolution -- Supports CRT resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 Analog Output Interface...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Jumper Settings Proper jumper settings configure the SBC81700 to meet your application purpose. Jumper Default Setting Jumper Setting Audio Line Out/Speaker Out: Line out Short 1-3, 2-4 (Optional) Power Supply Selection: ATX power supply Short 2-3 COM2 Mode Select: RS-232 Short 1-2 COM2 Mode Select: RS-232...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 2.3.2 Power Suppy Selection Jumper (JP2) Description Function Jumper Setting Power POWER Supply (Default) Selection POWER 2.3.3 COM2 Mode Select Jumpers (JP3, JP4, JP5) These jumpers select the COM2 port’s communication mode to operate RS-232 or RS-422/485. Description Function Jumper Setting COM2 Mode...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 2.3.4 CMOS Clear Jumper (JP6) You may need to use this jumper is to clear the CMOS memory if incorrect BIOS settings. Description Function Jumper Setting Normal CMOS Clear (Default) Clear CMOS Jumpers and Connectors...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Connectors Connectors connect the CPU card with other parts of the system. Loose or improper connection might cause problems. Make sure all connectors are properly and firmly connected. Here is a summary table shows you all connectors on the board. Connectors Label Audio Connector (optional)
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 2.4.1 Audio Connector (AUDIO1) AUDIO1 is a 10-pin connector to support the audio interface. Note It is optional function by request. Signal Signal MIC-IN 2 GND Line In L 4 GND Line In R 6 GND Audio Out L 8 GND...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual power supply to be power on/off. System Reset Switch This 2-pin connector (Pin 11, 12) can be connected to the case- mounted reset switch that reboots your computer, not turns OFF the power switch. It is a better way to reboot your system for a longer life of the system’s power supply.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 2.4.4 Serial Port Interface (CN5, CN7) The serial interface for the board consists of COM1 port (CN5) and COM2 (CN7) to support RS-232/RS-422/RS-485. CN5 & CN7: The RS-232 pin assignment is listed on the following table. Signal Signal Data Carrier Detect...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 2.4.9 VGA Connector (CN15) The VGA connector CN15 is a standard 15-pin connector commonly used for the CRT VGA display. Signal Signal Signal Green Blue AGND AGND AGND AGND AGND DDC DATA Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync DDC CLK 2.4.10 Keyboard &...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 2.4.11 Fan Connectors (FAN1, FAN2) A CPU fan is always needed for cooling CPU heat. FAN1 is a fan connector for the system, and FAN2 for CPU. Signal Ground +12V Sensor 2.4.12 FDD Connector (FDD1) The board provides a 34-pin header type connector, FDD1, supporting up to two floppy drives.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 2.4.13 IDE Connectors (IDE1, IDE2) Signal Signal Signal Reset # Data 7 Data 8 Data 6 Data 9 Data 5 Data 10 Data 4 Data 11 Data 3 Data 12 Data 2 Data 13 Data 1 Data 14 Data 0...
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Signal Signal Strobe# Auto Form Feed# Data 0 Error# Data 1 Initialize# Data 2 Printer Select In# Data 3 Data 4 Data 5 Data 6 Data 7 Acknowledge# Busy Paper Empty# Printer Select Jumpers and Connectors...
Make sure your installed microprocessor with all correct settings that prevent the CPU from damages. BIOS The SBC81700 Series uses Phoenix-Award Plug and Play BIOS with a single 4Mbit Flash. System Memory The SBC81700 Series industrial CPU card supports two 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets for a maximum memory of 2GB DDR2 SDRAMs.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual I/O Port Address Map The VIA V4 C7/Eden CPUs can communicate via I/O ports. There are total 1KB port addresses available for assignment to other devices via I/O expansion cards. Address Devices 000-01F DMA controller #1 020-03F Interrupt controller #1 040-05F...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual CHAPTER 4 PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS UTILITY The Phoenix-Award BIOS provides users with a built-in Setup program to modify basic system configuration. All configured parameters are stored in a battery-backed-up RAM (CMOS RAM) to save the Setup information whenever the power is turned off.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Control Keys Move cursor to the previous item Up arrow Move cursor to the next item Down arrow Move cursor to the item on the left hand Left arrow Move to the item in the right hand Right arrow Main Menu -- Quit and delete changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual The Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu appears on the screen. In the Main Menu, there are several Setup functions and a couple of Exit options for your selection. Use arrow keys to select the Setup Page you intend to configure then press <Enter>...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Standard CMOS Setup Menu The Standard CMOS Setup Menu displays basic information about your system. Use arrow keys to highlight each item, and use <PgUp> or <PgDn> key to select the value you want in each item. Date The date format is <day>, <date>...
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual IDE Primary Master/Primary Slave The categories identify the types of one channel that have been installed in the computer. There are 45 predefined types and 2 users definable types are for Enhanced IDE BIOS. Type 1 to Type 45 is predefined.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Halt On This field determines whether the system will halt if an error is detected during power up. No errors The system boot will halt on any error detected. (default) All errors Whenever the BIOS detect a non-fatal error, the system will stop and you will be prompted.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure and improve your system, to set up some system features according to your preference. Phoenix-Award BIOS Utility...
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Hard Disk Boot Priority Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu to decide the disk boot priority. Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced BIOS Features page. Virus Warning This option flashes on the screen.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Disabled No warning message will appear when attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table are made. NOTE This function is only available with DOS and other operating systems that do not trap INT13. CPU Internal Cache This option speeds up memory access.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Onboard Lan Boot ROM This item allows you to decide to boot from whether LAN1 or LAN2. The options available are “LAN1“, “LAN2“, and “Disabled“. Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive type, 40 or 80 tracks.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Typematic Delay (Msec) This option sets the display time interval from the first to the second character when holding a key. The default value is “250”. 250 msec 500 msec 750 msec 1000 1000 msec Security Option This item allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Advanced Chipset Features Since the features in this section are related to the chipset on the CPU board and are completely optimized, you are not recommended to change the default settings in this setup table unless you are well oriented with the chipset features.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual DRAM Clock/Drive Control Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu DRAM Clock/Drive Control. Current FSB/DRAM Frequency Those two items are read-only to show the current FSB and DRAM. DRAM Clock Use this item to adjust memory speed.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Read to Precharge (Trtp) Use this item to adjust time interval between a read and a precharge command. Write to CMD (Twtr) The default time setting is 1T/2T. Write Recovery Time (Twr) Use this item to specify the time (in cycles of clock) necessarily inserted between the operation of valid writing memory and a cooling report.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual AGP & P2P Bridge Control Use this item to set AGP and P2P Bridge controls for allocating system RAM amount to AGP for video purposes. Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu AGP & P2P Bridge Control.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual CPU & PCI Bus Control Use this item to enable the immediate Write to PCI Bus, or disable it for a later execution. Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu CPU & PCI Bus Control. PCI Master 0 WS Write When this item is enabled, the writes to the PCI bus will be executed with zero wait state.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Init Display First This item allows you to decide whether PCI Slot or AGP to be the first primary display card. Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu page. Integrated Peripherals This section allows you to configure your SuperIO Device, IDE Function and Onboard Device.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual VIA OnChip IDE Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu VIA OnChip IDE Device. OnChip SATA Enable this item to set the SATA channel to IDE Mode. IDE DMA transfer access Automatic data transfer between system memory and IDE device with minimum CPU intervention.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. IDE Master/Slave UDMA Select the mode of operation for the IDE drive. Ultra DMA- 33/66/100/133 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual VIA OnChip PCI Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu VIA OnChip PCI Device. VIA-3058 AC97 Audio Set this item Auto to enable VIA-3058 AC97 Audio chipset. OnChip USB Controller Enable this item if you are using the USB in the system.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Super IO Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu Super IO Device. Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install and-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode. Press <Esc> twice to return to the Main Menu. Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual ACPI Suspend Type This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Windows 2000, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 (POS) or S3 (STR) fashion through the setting of this field.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual All Modes Monitor blanked when system enters any power saving. Video Off Method This setting determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. Soft-Off by PWRBTN This option only works with systems using an ATX power supply. It also allows the user to define which type of soft power OFF sequence the system will follow.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual IRQ/Event Activity Detect Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu IRQ/Event Activity Detect. Press <Esc> twice to return to the Main Menu page. Phoenix-Award BIOS Utility...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 4.10 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, 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.
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual boot and Plug and Play-compatible devices. If you select Auto, all the interrupt request (IRQ), DMA assignment, and Used DMA fields disappear, as the BIOS automatically assigns them. The default value is “Manual”. IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt as one of the following types, depending on the type of device using the interrupt:...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 4.11 PC Health Status This section supports hardware monitoring that lets you monitor those parameters for critical voltages, temperatures and fan speed of the board. Current CPU Temperature These read-only fields reflect the functions of the hardware thermal sensor that monitors the chip blocks and system temperatures to ensure the system is stable.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 4.12 Frequency/Voltage Control This section is to control the CPU frequency and Supply Voltage, DIMM OverVoltage and AGP voltage. CPU Clock Ratio Use this item to select a multiplier to set the CPU frequency. Auto Detect PCI Clk The enabled item can automatically disable the clock source for a PCI slot which does not have a module in it, reducing EMI...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 4.13 Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to your system configuration. These default settings are optimal and enable all high performance features. To load SETUP defaults value to CMOS SRAM, enter “Y”. If not, enter “N”.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 4.14 Set Supervisor/User Password You can set a supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences between them are: Supervisor password: You can enter and change the options on the setup menu. User password: You can just enter, but have no right to change the options on the setup menu.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 4.15 Save & Exit Setup This allows you to determine whether or not to accept the modifications. Typing “Y” quits the setup utility and saves all changes into the CMOS memory. Typing “N” brigs you back to Setup utility. Phoenix-Award BIOS Utility...
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual 4.16 Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes you have made in this session. Typing “Y” will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications. Typing “N” will return you to Setup utility.
SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual APPENDIX A WATCHDOG TIMER Watchdog Timer Setting After the system stops working for a while, it can be auto-reset by the Watchdog Timer. The integrated Watchdog Timer can be set up in the system reset mode by program. Timeout Value Range 1 to 255 Second...
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SBC81700 VIA V4 SBC User’s Manual Watchdog Timer Start ↓ Un-Lock WDT: O 2E 87; Un-lock super I/O O 2E 87; Un-lock super I/O ↓ Select Logic device: O 2E 07 O 2F 08 ↓ Set WDT Function: O 2E 29 O 2F 20 ↓...
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