Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your ROBO-8713UGA 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.
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System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview Introduction The ROBO-8713UGA series all-in-one full size single board computer is designed to fit high performance and scalable Intel Pentium 4/Celeron processors and ® ® compatible for high-end industrial computer system with PCI plus ISA local bus architecture (PICMG 1.0 Rev 2.0).
System Overview Notice for users of ROBO-8713UGA series: Its graphic engine classifies ROBO-8713UGA series. Following table helps identify the ROBO-8713 series. GMCH Integrated Model Name Mobility M10 Mobility M9 Graphics Integrated 64MB ROBO-8713UGA Video Memory Integrated 32MB ROBO-8713SGA Video Memory...
Support four USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports for high-speed I/O peripheral devices PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support one 6-pin Mini-DIN connector for PS/2 keyboard/mouse connection through Y-Cable separation and one 5-pin shrouded connector for PS/2 keyboard connection through backplane connection ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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Support three 3-pin headers for CPU, System and Power fans System Monitoring Feature Monitor CPU temperature, system temperature and major power sources, etc Bracket Support one Ethernet port with 2 indicators, dual USB ports, one Mini-DIN port for PS/2 keyboard/mouse, and one CRT port ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
•Test Programs: 3D Mark 2001 PRO for loading VGA and Burning Test V3.0 for loading CPU •Connected Fans: Only CPU fan connected •Run Time: 10 minutes Operating Temperature: -5°C ~ 60°C (23°F ~ 140°F) Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ 80°C Relative Humidity: 0% ~ 95%, non-condensing 1.3.1 Mechanical Drawing ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
Infrared interface. The PCI-to-ISA Bridge supports a standard 16-bit ISA bus interface that is applied for all slower I/O operations. In ROBO-8713UGA series, they support IDE mode CompactFlash Flash disk. There is one on-board Gigabit Ethernet via RJ-45 Port to support full functionality of ROBO-8713UGA series AIO SBC (All-In-One Single Board Computer).
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PCI to ISA IT8888 USB Port 2 USB 2.0/1.1 ISA CTRL USB Port 3 Winbond W83627F/HF USB Port 4 LPC SIO AC` 97 LINK Audio Codec KEYBOARD FLOPPY PARALLEL SERIAL 1/2 F/W HUB MOUSE ROBO-8713 System Block Diagram ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
Hardware Configuration This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers, headers and connector. All of the configuration jumpers on ROBO-8713UGA series are in the proper position. The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star ( ).
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15-16 Short ID3 (1024*768, 48 Bits) * Only for ROBO-8713SGA/UGA Note: Enable TMDS signal by setting LVDS disabled, Pin 11~ Pin 16 Open. JP4: CMOS Clear Function 1-2 Short Normal Operation 2-3 Short Clear CMOS Contents ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
Hardware Configuration Connector Allocation I/O peripheral devices are connected to the interface connectors on this Embedded ATX computer. 9 10 Figure 2-1 ROBO-8713 Connector Location (Component Side) ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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Secondary SATA Connector Primary SATA Connector External Wake On Ring Connector External Wake On LAN Connector External Thermal Sensor Connector General Purpose I/O Connector COM2 Serial Port 2 Connector COM1 Serial Port 1 Connector External Keyboard Connector ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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Reset Signal Input (Active low) Ground J3: External Speaker Connector PIN No. Signal Description Speaker Signal Output (Open-drain w/ internal series 33 Ohm) Ground Note: The pull-high voltage of external speaker is limited at 5V maximum. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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To run system in standalone operation. Both J1 and J6 have to be connected. J7: ATX Power Control Connector PIN No. Signal Description ATX Power Good Signal (PW-OK) ATX 5V Stand-by (5VSB) ATX Power On Control (PS-ON) Ground ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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Data 15 Ground DMA REQ Ground IOW# Ground IOR# Ground IOCHRDY Pull-down DMA ACK# Ground INT REQ CBLID# HDC CS0# HDC CS1# HDD Active# Ground J10: SMBus Connector PIN No. Signal Description SMBus Clock Ground SMBus Data ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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PIN No. Signal Description IRRX Ground IRTX J14: TV-out Connector PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description Ground COMP/B SYNC J16: LVDS Panel Control Connector PIN No. Signal Description +12V Ground Panel VDD Backlight-on Signal Output ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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TMDS DATA1- (TX1N) TMDS DATA1+ (TX1P) Ground Ground TMDS DATA2- (TX2N) TMDS DATA2+ (TX2P) Ground Ground TMDS CLOCK- (TXCN) TMDS CLOCK+ (TXCP) DVI DDC Clock (5V I/F) DVI DDC Data (5V I/F) Hot Plug Detect (HPD) ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 2-10...
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Thermistor Pin 2 Note: An external thermistor can be connected to these two pins for temperature monitoring remotely, such as chassis ambient temperature, etc. Normally, the resistance selected for thermistor should be 10KΩ at 25°C. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 2-11...
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TXD (Transmit Data) DTR (Data Terminal Ready) GND (Ground) DSR (Data Set Ready) RTS (Request to Send) CTS (Clear to Send) RI (Ring Indicator) Note: J26 (COM2) could be configurable as RS-232/422/485 with jumper JP2 ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 2-12...
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5V Dual J29: Case-open Detection Connector PIN No. Signal Description Case-open Signal (Active low) Ground J30:External LAN Access LED Connector PIN No. Signal Description +5V (270 ohm pull-up for HDD LED+) HDD Active # (HDD LED-) ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 2-13...
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Keyboard Clock Mouse Clock J36/J40/J41 : CPU/Power/System 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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 2-15...
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MIC with Reference Voltage Analog Ground Line-in Left Channel Analog Ground Line-in Right Channel Analog Ground Line-out Left Channel Analog Ground Line-out Right Channel Note: The Reference Voltage on MIC signal offers 2.25V~2.75V with 5mA drive. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 2-16...
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Data 5 Data 13 Data 6 Data 14 Data 7 Data 15 HDC CS0# HDC CS1# Ground Ground Ground IOR# Ground IOW# Ground Pull-Up Ground INT REQ Ground Pull-down Ground Ground RESET# Ground IOCHRDY DMA REQ ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 2-17...
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Hardware Configuration HDD Active# Data 0 Pull-down Data 1 Data 8 Data 2 Data 9 Data 10 Ground ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 2-18...
(pin 1) of the CPU corresponds to the socket’s bevel end. Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place. If this operation is not easy or smooth, don’t do it forcibly. Please check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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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-8713 series will automatically detect the CPU used. CPU speed of Intel P4 can be detected automatically. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
To enable Dual Channel DDR memory technology, install two identical memory modules in both memory sockets is required. Following tables show bandwidth information of different processor and memory configurations. CPU FSB Bandwidth 800MHz 6.4GB/s 533MHz 4.2GB/s 400MHz 3.2GB/s ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
1) Keep Compact Flash card away from direct sunlight, moisture, and magnetic fields. 2) The True IDE mode does not support hot insertion and removal because of the probable disruption of signals on the system bus. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
With no additional video adaptor, this onboard video will usually be the system display output. Drivers Support Please find ATI Mobility Radeon driver in the ROBO-8713 series CD-title. Drivers support Windows-98/98SE/ME, , Windows-2000, and Windows XP . ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
Ethernet interface status. Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide. Operation of Ethernet Port 82547 Color Name of LED Status Active Green LAN Linked & Active LED Linked (Blinking) Giga Speed Orange 10 Mbps LAN speed LED Mbps Mbps Green Orange Green ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
Move the JP1 back to 1-2 position (Normal Operation) and start the system. System will then produce a “CMOS Check Sum Error” message and hold up. Users may then follow the displayed message to load BIOS default setting. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
SMB devices and external ACCESS bus devices. On-Board USB 2.0 Controller Drivers Support Please find Intel ICH5 USB driver in /USB20 directory of ROBO-8713 CD-title. The drivers support Windows-98/98SE/2000 and Windows-XP. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
General Purpose I/O Port 6 (GPIO6) General Purpose I/O Port 7 (GPIO7) 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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 3-10...
LD7_CRF0h_Bit4.P0; Let GPIO14 as output pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit4.P0; Let CRF1_Bit4 non-inverted LD7_CRF1h_Bit4.P0; Output “0” to GPIO14 pin (J25_Pin6) LD7_CRF0h_Bit0.P1; Let GPIO10 as input pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit0.P0; Let CRF1_Bit0 non-inverted Read LD7_CRF1h_Bit0; Read the status from GPIO10 pin (J25_Pin1) ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 3-11...
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information ROBO-8713UGA series 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.
BIOS Setup Information Main Menu Upon entering ROBO-8713UGA series 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.
ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Note: When On-chip Serial ATA is set to “Enhanced Mode or Auto”, “IDE Channel 2 & 3 Master” will show up on the screen. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Primary Master’ item is set to ‘Manual’ Cylinder Min = 0 Set the number of cylinders for this hard ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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Choose the access mode for this hard disk Auto Capacity Auto Display disk Disk drive capacity (Approximated). drive size Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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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 Boot Device Priority. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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Select OS/2 only if you are running SO/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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
Such a scenario might well occur if the 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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-10...
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“3 SCLKs” to obtain better memory performance. It is set to auto normally. The choice: 2, 3, 4. Memory Frequency For Users are recommended to use Auto for memory frequency selection. The choice: DDR266, DDR333, DDR400, Auto. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-11...
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The choice: PCI Slot & Onboard/AGP. On-Chip VGA The choice: Enabled, Disabled. On-Chip Frame Buffer Size Users can set the display memory size that shared from main memory. The choice: 1MB, 8MB, 16MB. Boot Display The choice: Auto, CRT, EFP. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-12...
X Serial ATA Port0 Mode [Primary Master] Serial ATA Port1 Mode [Primary Slave] ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-13...
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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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-14...
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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. CSA LAN (Giga-LAN) This item allows control to Enable/Disable LAN function. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-15...
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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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-16...
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Low rate for receiving / High rate for transmitting Lo, Lo Low rate for receiving / Low rate for transmitting IR Transmission Delay This option will be available when IR is enabled. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-17...
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Switch to ECP + EPP mode EPP Mode Select 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. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-18...
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 enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-19...
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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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-20...
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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 On Board LAN This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by on-board LAN. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-21...
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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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-22...
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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-23...
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Devices (S) using this INT: Display Cntrlr - Bus 0 Dev2 Func 0 USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI Cntrlr - Bus 0 Dev29 Func 0. USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI Cntrlr - Bus 0 Dev29 Func3. The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-24...
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The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15. INT Pin 8 Assignment Devices (S) using this INT: USB 2.0 EHCI Cntrlr - Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 7. The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-25...
This item allows user to set a temperature above which the system will operate in lower speed immediately. Default setting is Disabled. This function will only with “ACPI” power management and “S3 (STR)” suspend type. The choice: Disabled, 60℃/140℉, 65℃/149℉, 70℃/158℉, 75℃/167℉. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-26...
Load Optimized Defaults When <Enter> is pressed, a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-27...
Menu and its Security option (see Section 3). If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-28...
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 the computer. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 4-29...
4-pin connector (J7) is only required at ATX mode due to the fact that 4- pin connector provides 5V Stand-by from the backplane to the SBC. If J7 isn’t connected, it could also cause system failed to boot up. Figure 5-1 ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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Step 2: Please adjust AT/ATX Jumper on JP7 to short 3-5, 4-6 pins, then it can support ATX power scheme. (Figure 5-3) Figure 5-3 Step 3: Please connect 12 Power to CPU supplementary Power Connector (J1), which shows on Figure 5-1. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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Step 1: Please adjust AT/ATX Jumper on JP7 to short 1-3, 2-4 pins, then it can support AT power scheme. (Figure 5-5) Figure 5-4 Note: If you currently used ATX mode, please clean CMOS first before adjusting Power setting to AT mode. Otherwise, system would not boot up properly. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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Step 1: Please connect 4 pins power to J6 in order to make system stand-alone (See Figure 5-6) Figure 5-6 Step 2: Please connect 12 Power to CPU supplementary Power Connector (J1), which shows on Figure 5-1. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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Master and Slave, which can reduce mistake of hardware installation. All you need to do is to plug in two cables and enable SATA in System BIOS. (The Serial ATA hard disk of installation, please see figure 5-5 as below) Figure 5-5 ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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.
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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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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.
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Question: Intel 865 series Chipset supports Dual Channel Mode, but how can I enable this function? Answer: Indeed, you don’t have to change any setting. You can simply plug in two DDR RAM Module, and then system will automatically enable Dual Channel Mode. ROBO-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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Question: I forget my password of system BIOS, what am I supposed to do? Answer: You can simply short 2-3 pins on JP4 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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual 5-10...
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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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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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-8713UGA Series User’s Manual...
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