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IEI Technology PICOe-945GSE User Manual

Half-size pcie cpu card with intel atom processor, 512 mb on-board memory, vga/lvds/hdtv-out dual gbe, seven usb 2.0, cf slot and two sata
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PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card
PICOe-945GSE CPU Card
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PICOe-945GSE
Half-size PCIe CPU Card with Intel® Atom™ Processor,
512 MB On-board Memory, VGA/LVDS/HDTV-out
Dual GbE, Seven USB 2.0, CF Slot and Two SATA
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  • Page 1 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card PICOe-945GSE CPU Card MODEL: PICOe-945GSE Half-size PCIe CPU Card with Intel® Atom™ Processor, 512 MB On-board Memory, VGA/LVDS/HDTV-out Dual GbE, Seven USB 2.0, CF Slot and Two SATA User Manual Page 1 Rev. 1.01 - 11 March, 2009...
  • Page 2 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Revision Date Version Changes 11 March, 2009 1.01 Changed model name 28 November, 2008 1.00 Initial release Page 2...
  • Page 3 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Copyright COPYRIGHT NOTICE The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability, design and function and does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer. In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
  • Page 4 Cautionary messages should also be heeded to help reduce the chance of losing data or damaging the PICOe-945GSE. Cautions are easy to recognize. The word “caution” is written as “CAUTION,” both capitalized and bold and is followed. The italicized text is the cautionary message.
  • Page 5 “NOTE,” both capitalized and bold and is followed by text. The text is the cautionary message. A note message is shown below: NOTE: This is an example of a note message. Notes should always be read. Notes contain critical information about the PICOe-945GSE. Please take note messages seriously. Page 5...
  • Page 6 To contact an IEI sales representative, please send an email to s ales@iei.com.tw. The items listed below should all be included in the PICOe-945GSE package. 1 x PICOe-945GSE Single Board Computer 1 x Mini Jumper Pack 2 x SATA cable...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    ..................VERVIEW 4 0 0 H 1 .2.1 PICOe-945GSE Overview Photo............... 4 0 1 H 1 .2.2 PICOe-945GSE Peripheral Connectors and Jumpers ........4 0 2 H 1 .2.3 Technical Specifications..................4 0 3 H DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS ................4 0 4 H 2 .1 D...
  • Page 8 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card ® 2 .5.2.2 Intel ICH7-M High Definition (HD) Audio Controller ......3 1 H 4 2 7 H ® 2 .5.3 Intel ICH7-M Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface ..........3 2 H 4 2 8 H ®...
  • Page 9 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 4 .1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors............... 6 4 H 4 6 0 H 4 .2 I ..............NTERNAL ERIPHERAL ONNECTORS 6 5 H 4 6 1 H 4 .2.1 ATX Power Supply Enable Connector ............. 6 6 H 4 6 2 H 4 .2.2 Audio Connector (9-pin) ..................
  • Page 10 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 5 .5.2 CF Card Setup ....................9 8 H 4 9 4 H 5 .5.3 Clear CMOS Jumper..................9 9 H 4 9 5 H 5 .5.4 LVDS Panel Resolution Jumper............... 1 0 0 H 4 9 6 H 5 .5.5 LVDS Voltage Selection..................
  • Page 11 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 6 .3.3 Super IO Configuration ................. 1 03 1 3 2 H 5 2 8 H 6 .3.4 Hardware Health Configuration..............1 06 1 3 3 H 5 2 9 H 6 .3.5 Power Configuration..................1 10...
  • Page 12 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card C .3.2 Enable the DIO Output Function ..............1 68 1 6 5 H 5 6 1 H WATCHDOG TIMER ..................1 69 1 6 6 H 5 6 2 H ADDRESS MAPPING..................1 72 1 6 7 H 5 6 3 H E .1 I/O A...
  • Page 13 List of Figures F igure 1-1: PICOe-945GSE ................... 1 7 4 H 5 7 0 H F igure 1-2: PICOe-945GSE Overview [Front View] ............ 1 7 5 H 5 7 1 H F igure 1-3: PICOe-945GSE Overview [Solder Side]........... 1 7 6 H 5 7 2 H F igure 2-1: PICOe-945GSE Dimensions (mm)............
  • Page 14 6 0 3 H F igure 4-18: USB Connector Pinout Locations............2 0 8 H 6 0 4 H F igure 4-19: PICOe-945GSE External Peripheral Interface Connector ....2 0 9 H 6 0 5 H F igure 4-20: PS/2 Pinout and Configuration.............
  • Page 15 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card F igure 7-1: Start Up Screen..................1 36 2 3 4 H 6 3 0 H F igure 7-2: Select Operating System ..............1 36 2 3 5 H 6 3 1 H F igure 7-3: Drivers....................
  • Page 16 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card List of Tables T able 1-1: Technical Specifications ................2 6 3 H 6 5 9 H T able 2-1: Power Consumption ................. 2 6 4 H 6 6 0 H T able 4-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors..............
  • Page 17 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card T able 5-4: Clear CMOS Jumper Settings ..............2 9 1 H 6 8 7 H T able 5-5: LVDS Panel Resolution Jumper Settings ..........2 9 2 H 6 8 8 H T able 5-6: LVDS Voltage Selection Jumper Settings ..........
  • Page 18 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card List of BIOS Menus M enu 1: Main........................ 2 9 7 H 6 9 3 H M enu 2: Advanced....................... 2 9 8 H 6 9 4 H M enu 3: CPU Configuration ..................2 9 9 H 6 9 5 H M enu 4: IDE Configuration ..................

  • Page 19: Introduction

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Chapter Introduction Page 1...

  • Page 20: Overview

    The Intel® Atom™ processor N270 embedded on the PICOe-945GSE has a 1.60 GHz clock speed, a 533 MHz FSB and a 512 KB L2 cache. The PICOe-945GSE has 512 MB 533 MHz DDR2 memory onboard and also supports one 200-pin 533 MHz 2.0 GB (max.) DDR2 SDRAM SO-DIMM.

  • Page 21: Picoe-945Gse Overview

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 1.2 PICOe-945GSE Overview 1.2.1 PICOe-945GSE Overview Photo The PICOe-945GSE has a wide variety of peripheral interface connectors. F igure 1-2 is a 7 4 6 H 7 1 4 H labeled photo of the peripheral interface connectors on the PICOe-945GSE.

  • Page 22: Picoe-945Gse Peripheral Connectors And Jumpers

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 1-3: PICOe-945GSE Overview [Solder Side] 1.2.2 PICOe-945GSE Peripheral Connectors and Jumpers The PICOe-945GSE has the following connectors on-board: 1 x ATX power supply enable connector 1 x Audio connector 1 x Backlight inverter connector 1 x CompactFlash® socket...

  • Page 23: Technical Specifications

    2 x RS-232 serial port connectors 1 x TV Out connector 3 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports six USB 2.0 devices) The PICOe-945GSE has the following external peripheral interface connectors on the board rear panel. 2 x Ethernet connectors 1 x PS/2 connector...
  • Page 24 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card One 512 MB 533 MHz DDR2 memory on-board Memory One 200-pin SO-DIMM socket supports one 533/400 MHz 2.0 GB (max.) DDR2 SDRAM SO-DIMM CompactFlash® One CompactFlash® Type I/II socket Super I/O ITE IT8718F Intel® Generation 3.5 integrated GFX core (133 MHz)
  • Page 25 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card One infrared connector through the ITE super I/O. Supports: Infrared Serial Infrared (SIR) Amplitude Shift Keyed IR (ASKIR) Power Supply ATX and AT power supported 5V @ 2.89A, 12V@0.22A, 5VSB@0.03A Power Consumption 1.6 GHz Intel® Atom™ N270 CPU with one 512 MB 533 MHz...

  • Page 26: Detailed Specifications

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Chapter Detailed Specifications Page 8...

  • Page 27: Dimensions

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 2.1 Dimensions 2.1.1 Board Dimensions The dimensions of the board are listed below: Length: 165 mm Width: 115 mm Figure 2-1: PICOe-945GSE Dimensions (mm) Page 9...

  • Page 28: External Interface Panel Dimensions

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 2.1.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions External peripheral interface connector panel dimensions are shown in F igure 2-2. 7 4 8 H 7 1 7 H Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm) 2.2 Data Flow F igure 2-3 shows the data flow between the two on-board chipsets and other components 7 4 9 H 7 1 8 H installed on the CPU card and described in the following sections of this chapter.

  • Page 29: Embedded Picoe-945Gse Processor

    Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram 2.3 Embedded PICOe-945GSE Processor 2.3.1 Overview The PICOe-945GSE comes with an embedded 45 nm 1.60 GHz Intel® Atom™ processor N270. The processor supports a 533 MHz FSB and has a 1.6 GHz 512 KB L2 cache. The Page 11...

  • Page 30: Features

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card low power processor has a maximum power of 2.5 W. The processor is shown in F igure 7 1 9 H 2-4 below. Figure 2-4: Embedded Processor 2.3.2 Features Some of the features of the Intel® Atom™ processor N270 are listed below...

  • Page 31: Front Side Bus (Fsb)

    Execute Disable Bit support for enhanced security 2.3.3 Front Side Bus (FSB) The Intel® Atom™ processor on the PICOe-945GSE is interfaced to the Intel® 945GSE through a 533 MHz front side bus (FSB). The FSB is shown in F igure 2-5 below.

  • Page 32: Intel 945Gse Northbridge Chipset

    533 MHz FSB. 2.4.2 Intel® 945GSE DDR2 Controller 2.4.2.1 On-board DDR2 SDRAM 512 MB 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM is embedded on the PICOe-945GSE. The on-board SDRAM chips are shown in F igure 2-6. 7 2 1 H Figure 2-6: On-board DDR2 SDRAM Chips 2.4.2.2 DDR2 SO-DIMM Socket...

  • Page 33: Intel® 945Gse Graphics

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Support for DDR2 at 400 MHz and 533 MHz No support for Dual-Channel Interleaved mode of operation Enhanced Addressing support (Swap only) The SO-DIMM socket is shown in F igure 2-7 below. 7 2 2 H Figure 2-7: DDR2 SO-DIMM Socket 2.4.3 Intel®...

  • Page 34: Analog Crt Graphics Mode

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Microsoft DirectX* 9.1 operating system Intermediate Z in Classic Rendering Internal Graphics Display Device States: D0, D1, D3 Graphics Display Adapter States: D0, D3. 2.4.3.1 Analog CRT Graphics Mode The analog CRT bus is interfaced to an external DB-15 interface connector. The connector is shown below.

  • Page 35: Tv Out Interface

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Panel support up to UXGA (1600 x 1200) 25-MHz to 112-MHz single-/dual-channel; @18 bpp TFT panel type supported Pixel Dithering for 18-bit TFT panel to emulate 24-bpp true color displays Panel Fitting. Panning, and Center Mode Supported CPIS 1.5 compliant...

  • Page 36: Intel ® Ich7-M Southbridge Chipset

    Integrated SATA host controller with DMA operations interfaced to two SATA connectors on the PICOe-945GSE Supports the four USB 2.0 devices on the PICOe-945GSE with four UHCI controllers and one EHCI controller Complies with System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0 Supports Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) Revision 2.3...

  • Page 37: Intel Ich7-M Audio Codec '97 Controller

    The controllers share the same pins and only one can be activated at a time. The controllers are interfaced to the PICOe-945GSE audio connector which is in turn connected to an option audio kit with either an AC’97 codec or an HD Audio codec.

  • Page 38: Figure 2-9: Pci Golden Finger

    PCI cards on the backplane. Figure 2-9: PCI Golden Finger 2.5.4.1 PCI GbE Controllers Two of the PCI lanes are implemented on the PICOe-945GSE through Realtek RTL8110SC PCI GbE controllers and then connected to two RJ-45 Ethernet connectors F igure 2-10).

  • Page 39: Figure 2-10: Rj-45 Connectors And Gbe Controllers

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 2-10: RJ-45 Connectors and GbE Controllers The Realtek RTL8110SC PCI GbE controllers combine a triple-speed IEEE 802.3 compliant Media Access Controller (MAC) with a triple-speed Ethernet transceiver, 32-bit PCIe bus controller, and embedded memory. With state-of-the-art DSP technology and mixed-mode signal technology, they offer high-speed transmission over CAT 5 UTP cable or CAT 3 UTP (10Mbps only) cable.

  • Page 40: Figure 2-11: Pcie X4 Golden Finger

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Supports IEEE 802.1P Layer 2 Priority Encoding Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging Serial EEPROM Transmit/Receive on-chip buffer support Supports power down/link down power saving Supports PCI MSI (Message Signaled Interrupt) and MSI-X Supports Receive-Side Scaling (RSS) ®...

  • Page 41: Figure 2-12: Sata Connectors

    The integrated SATA controller on the ICH7-M supports up to two SATA drives with independent DMA operations. Two SATA controllers are connected to two SATA connectors on the PICOe-945GSE. The SATA connectors are shown in F igure 2-12. 7 2 5 H Figure 2-12: SATA Connectors SATA controller specifications are listed below.

  • Page 42: Figure 2-13: Onboard Usb Implementation

    ICH7-M USB Controller Up to seven high-speed, full-speed or low-speed USB devices are supported by the ICH7-M on the PICOe-945GSE. High-speed USB 2.0, with data transfers of up to 480MB/s, is enabled with the ICH7-M integrated Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) compliant host controller.

  • Page 43: Ite It8718F Super I/O Chipset

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 2.6.2 iTE IT8718F Super I/O Chipset The iTE IT8718F Super I/O chipset is connected to the ICH7-M through the LPC bus. Figure 2-14: Super I/O The iTE IT8718F is an LPC interface-based Super I/O device that comes with Environment Controller integration.

  • Page 44: Super I/O Lpc Interface

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 2.6.2.1 Super I/O LPC Interface ® The LPC interface on the Super I/O complies with the Intel Low Pin Count Specification Rev. 1.0. The LPC interface supports both LDRQ# and SERIRQ protocols as well as PCI PME# interfaces.
  • Page 45 Parallel Port (SPP), the Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and the Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) modes. 2.7 Environmental and Power Specifications 2.7.1 System Monitoring Two thermal inputs on the PICOe-945GSE Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitor the following temperatures: System temperature CPU temperature...

  • Page 46: Operating Temperature And Temperature Control

    2.7.3 Power Consumption T able 2-1 shows the power consumption parameters for the PICOe-945GSE running with 7 6 2 H 7 2 7 H a 1.6 GHz Intel® Atom™ processor N270 with 512 MB 533 MHz DDR2 memory.
  • Page 47 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Chapter Unpacking Page 29...
  • Page 48 Follow the anti-static precautions outlined in Section 3 .1. 7 6 3 H 7 2 8 H Make sure the packing box is facing upwards so the PICOe-945GSE does not fall out of the box. Make sure all the components shown in Section 3 .3 are present.
  • Page 49 If any of the components listed in the checklist below are missing, do not proceed with the installation. Contact the IEI reseller or vendor the PICOe-945GSE was purchased from or contact an IEI sales representative directly by sending an email to s ales@iei.com.tw.

  • Page 50: Optional Items

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Mini jumper pack (2.0mm) (P/N: 33100-000033-RS) Utility CD Quick Installation Guide 3.3.2 Optional Items The PICOe-945GSE is shipped with the following components: Item and Part Number Image SATA power cable (P/N: 32100-088600-RS) LPT cable (w/o bracket)
  • Page 51 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Chapter Connectors Page 33...

  • Page 52: Figure 4-1: Connector And Jumper Locations [Front Side]

    F igure 4-1 shows the on-board peripheral connectors, rear panel peripheral connectors 7 6 8 H 7 3 3 H and on-board jumpers. Figure 4-1: Connector and Jumper Locations [Front Side] F igure 4-2 shows the solder side of the PICOe-945GSE. 7 3 4 H Page 34...

  • Page 53: Figure 4-2: Connector And Jumper Locations [Solder Side]

    Figure 4-2: Connector and Jumper Locations [Solder Side] 4.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors T able 4-1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the PICOe-945GSE. 7 6 9 H 7 3 5 H Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found below.

  • Page 54: Table 4-2: Rear Panel Connectors

    USB 2.0 connector Table 4-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors 4.1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors T able 4-2 lists the rear panel connectors on the PICOe-945GSE. Detailed descriptions of 7 7 0 H 7 3 6 H these connectors can be found in Section 4 .3 on page...

  • Page 55: Figure 4-3: Atx Power Supply Enable Connector Location

    The ATX power supply enable connector enables the PICOe-945GSE to be connected to an ATX power supply. In default mode, the PICOe-945GSE can only us an AT power supply. To enable an ATX power supply the AT Power Select jumper must also be configured.

  • Page 56: Figure 4-4: Audio Connector Location (9-Pin)

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 4.2.2 Audio Connector (9-pin) CN Label: J_AUDIO1 CN Type: 9-pin header (2x5) CN Location: F igure 4-4 7 4 1 H CN Pinouts: T able 4-4 7 4 2 H The 9-pin audio connector is connected to external audio devices including speakers and microphones for the input and output of audio signals to and from the system.

  • Page 57: Figure 4-5: Panel Backlight Connector Pinout Locations

    CN Pinouts: T able 4-5 7 4 4 H The backlight inverter connector provides the backlight on the LCD display connected to the PICOe-945GSE with +12V of power. Figure 4-5: Panel Backlight Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION LCD Backlight Control...

  • Page 58: F Igure 1-1: Picoe-945Gse

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 4.2.4 CompactFlash® Socket CN Label: CF1 (solder side) CN Type: 50-pin header (2x25) CN Location: F igure 4-6 7 4 5 H CN Pinouts: T able 4-6 7 4 6 H A CF Type I or Type II memory card is inserted to the CF socket on the solder side of the PICOe-945GSE.

  • Page 59: Table 4-6: Cf Card Socket Pinouts

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION DATA 6 DATA 14 DATA 7 DATA 15 HDC_CS0# HDC_CS1 GROUND IOR# IOW# VCC_COM IRQ15 VCC_COM VCC_COM CSEL HDD_RESET IORDY SDREQ SDACK# HDD_ACTIVE# DATA 0 66DET DATA 1 DATA 8...

  • Page 60: Figure 4-7: Dio Connector Connector Locations

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card The digital input/output connector is managed through a Super I/O chip. The DIO connector pins are user programmable. Figure 4-7: DIO Connector Connector Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION Output 3 Output 2 Output 1...

  • Page 61: Figure 4-8: +12V Fan Connector Location

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card system BIOS can recognize the fan speed. Please note that only specified fans can issue the rotation signals. Figure 4-8: +12V Fan Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION +12V Fan Speed Detect Table 4-8: +12V Fan Connector Pinouts 4.2.7 Front Panel Connector (8-pin)

  • Page 62: Figure 4-9: Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations (8-Pin)

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 4-9: Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations (8-pin) FUNCTION DESCRIPTION FUNCTION DESCRIPTION Power PWR_BTN+ Power LED PWR_LED+ Button PWR_BTN- PWR_LED- HDD LED HDD_LED+ Reset RESET+ HDD_LED- RESET- Table 4-9: Front Panel Connector Pinouts (8-pin) 4.2.8 Infrared Interface Connector...

  • Page 63: Figure 4-10: Infrared Connector Pinout Locations

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 4-10: Infrared Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION IR-RX IR-TX Table 4-10: Infrared Connector Pinouts 4.2.9 Keyboard/Mouse Connector CN Label: KB_MS1 6-pin header (1x6) CN Type: CN Location: F igure 4-11 7 5 5 H...

  • Page 64: Figure 4-11: Keyboard/Mouse Connector Location

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 4-11: Keyboard/Mouse Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION VCC5_KBMS MS DATA MS CLK KB DATA KB CLK GROUND Table 4-11: Keyboard/Mouse Connector Pinouts 4.2.10 LVDS LCD Connector CN Label: LVDS1 30-pin crimp (3x10) CN Type: CN Location:...

  • Page 65: Figure 4-12: Lvds Lcd Connector Pinout Location

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 4-12: LVDS LCD Connector Pinout Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION A_Y0 A_Y0# A_Y1 A_Y1# A_Y2 A_Y2# A_CK A_CK# B_Y0 B_Y0# B_Y1 B_Y1# B_Y2 B_Y2# B_CK B_CK# VCC/VCC3 VCC/VCC3 VCC/VCC3 VCC/VCC3 Table 4-12: LVDS LCD Port Connector Pinouts...

  • Page 66: Figure 4-13: Parallel Port Connector Location

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 4.2.11 Parallel Port Connector CN Label: LPT1 CN Type: 26-pin header CN Location: F igure 4-13 7 5 9 H CN Pinouts: T able 4-13 7 6 0 H The 26-pin parallel port connector connects to a parallel port connector interface or some other parallel port device such as a printer.

  • Page 67: Figure 4-14: Sata Drive Connector Locations

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PRINTER SELECT LN# GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND GROUND Table 4-13: Parallel Port Connector Pinouts 4.2.12 SATA Drive Connectors CN Label: S_ATA1 and S_ATA2 CN Type: 7-pin SATA drive connectors...

  • Page 68: Figure 4-15: Com Connector Pinout Locations

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Table 4-14: SATA Drive Connector Pinouts 4.2.13 Serial Port Connectors (COM 1 and COM 2) CN Label: COM1 and COM2 10-pin header (2x5) CN Type: CN Location: F igure 4-15 7 9 5 H 7 6 3 H...

  • Page 69: Table 4-15: Com Connector Pinouts

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION Data Carrier Direct (DCD) Receive Data (SIN) Transmit Data (SOUT) Data Terminal Ready (DTR) Ground (GND) DATA Set Ready (DSR) Request To Send (RTS) Clear To Send (CTS) Ring Indicator (XRI) Table 4-15: COM Connector Pinouts 4.2.14 SDVO Connector...

  • Page 70: Figure 4-16: Sdvo Connector Pinout Locations

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 4-16: SDVO Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION GROUND GROUND SDVOB_BLUE- SDVOB_BLUE+ GROUND GROUND SDVOB_RED- SDVOB_RED+ GROUND GROUND SDVOB_CLK- SDVO1_STALL- SDVOB_ CLK+ SDVO1_STALL+ GROUND GROUND SDVOB_GREEN- SDVO_TVCLKIN- Page 52...

  • Page 71: Table 4-16: Sdvo Connector Pinouts

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card SDVOB_GREEN+ SDVO_TVCLKIN+ GROUND GROUND SDVO_CLK SDVO_DATA GROUND PCIRST SDVOB_INT+ +5VS SDVOB_INT+ +5VS GROUND +5VS GROUND GROUND GROUND Table 4-16: SDVO Connector Pinouts 4.2.15 TV Out Connector CN Label: CN Type: 6-pin header (2x3) CN Location: F igure 4-17...

  • Page 72: Figure 4-17: Tv Connector Pinout Locations

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 4-17: TV Connector Pinout Locations S-Video Connector PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION AGREEN_Y ARED_C RCA Connector (only video signal) ABLUE_CVBS Table 4-17: TV Port Connector Pinouts 4.2.16 USB Connectors (Internal) CN Label: USB1, USB2 and USB3...

  • Page 73: Figure 4-18: Usb Connector Pinout Locations

    Table 4-18: USB Port Connector Pinouts 4.3 External Peripheral Interface Connector Panel F igure 4-19 shows the PICOe-945GSE external peripheral interface connector (EPIC) 8 0 3 H 7 7 1 H panel. The PICOe-945GSE EPIC panel consists of the following:...

  • Page 74: Figure 4-19: Picoe-945Gse External Peripheral Interface Connector

    CN Pinouts: F igure 4-20, T able 4-19 7 7 3 H 7 7 4 H The PICOe-945GSE keyboard and mouse connector is a standard PS/2 connector. Figure 4-20: PS/2 Pinout and Configuration DESCRIPTION KB DATA MS DATA KB CLOCK...

  • Page 75: Figure 4-21: Rj-45 Ethernet Connector

    T able 4-20 8 0 9 H 7 7 6 H The PICOe-945GSE is equipped with two built-in RJ-45 Ethernet controllers. The controllers can connect to the LAN through two RJ-45 LAN connectors. There are two LEDs on the connector indicating the status of LAN. The pin assignments are listed in the...

  • Page 76: Table 4-21: Rj-45 Ethernet Connector Leds

    8 1 4 H 7 7 8 H CN Pinouts: T able 4-22 8 1 5 H 7 7 9 H The PICOe-945GSE has two external USB 2.0 ports. The ports connect to both USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices. PIN NO. DESCRIPTION...

  • Page 77: F Igure 2-8: Vga Connector

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 4-22: VGA Connector DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION GREEN BLUE CRT_PLUG- DDC DAT HSYNC VSYNC DDCCLK Table 4-23: VGA Connector Pinouts Page 59...
  • Page 78 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Chapter Installation Page 60...
  • Page 79 PICOe-945GSE and severe injury to the user. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components, including the PICOe-945GSE. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD. It is therefore critical that whenever the PICOe-945GSE, or any other electrical component is handled, the following anti-static precautions are strictly adhered to.

  • Page 80: Installation Notices

    PICOe-945GSE should be strictly adhered to. Failing to adhere to these precautions may lead to severe damage of the PICOe-945GSE and injury to the person installing the CPU card. 5.2.1 Installation Notices...

  • Page 81: Installation Checklist

    Allow screws to come in contact with the PCB circuit, connector pins, or its components. 5.2.2 Installation Checklist The following checklist is provided to ensure the PICOe-945GSE is properly installed. All the items in the packing list are present A compatible memory module is properly inserted into the slot...

  • Page 82: Figure 5-1: So-Dimm Installation

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 5.3 Unpacking When the PICOe-945GSE is unpacked, please check all the unpacking list items listed in Chapter 3 are indeed present. If any of the unpacking list items are not available please contact the PICOe-945GSE vendor reseller/vendor where the PICOe-945GSE was purchased or contact an IEI sales representative.

  • Page 83: Cf Card Installation

    The PICOe-945GSE can support both CF Type I cards and CF Type II cards. For the complete specifications of the supported CF cards please refer to Chapter 2. To install the a CF card (Type I or Type II) onto the PICOe-945GSE, please follow the steps below: Step 1: Locate the CF card socket.

  • Page 84: Figure 5-2: Cf Card Installation

    OPEN a jumper means removing the Figure 5-3: Jumper Locations plastic clip from a jumper. Before the PICOe-945GSE is installed in the system, the jumpers must be set in accordance with the desired configuration. The jumpers on the PICOe-945GSE are listed T able 5-1.

  • Page 85: Table 5-1: Jumpers

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Description Label Type AT Power Mode Setting ATXCTL1 2-pin header CF Card Setting JCF1 2-pin header Clear CMOS J_CMOS1 3-pin header LVDS Panel Resolution J_LCD_TYPE1 8-pin header LVDS Voltage Select J_VLVDS1 3-pin header PCIe Status Select...

  • Page 86: Figure 5-4: At Power Select Jumper Location

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card AT Power Select Description Short 1 – 2 Use AT power Default Open Use ATX power Table 5-2: AT Power Select Jumper Settings The location of the AT Power Select jumper is shown in F igure 5-4 below.

  • Page 87: Figure 5-5: Cf Card Setup Jumper Location

    F igure 5-6 8 3 1 H 7 9 7 H If the PICOe-945GSE fails to boot due to improper BIOS settings, the clear CMOS jumper clears the CMOS data and resets the system BIOS information. To do this, use the jumper cap to close pins 2 and 3 for a few seconds then reinstall the jumper clip back to pins 1 and 2.

  • Page 88: Figure 5-6: Clear Cmos Jumper

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card The clear CMOS jumper settings are shown in T able 5-4. 8 3 2 H 7 9 8 H Clear CMOS Description Short 1 - 2 Keep CMOS Setup Default Short 2 - 3 Clear CMOS Setup...

  • Page 89: Figure 5-7: Lvds Panel Resolution Jumper Pinout Locations

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card J_LCD_TYPE1 Description Open 640 x 480 (18-bit) Short 1-2 800 x 480 (18-bit) Short 3-4 800 x 600 (18-bit) Default Short 1-2, 3-4 1024 X 768 (18-bit) Short 5-6 1280X1024 (36-bit) Short 1-2, 5-6 1400 X 1050 (36-bit)

  • Page 90: Table 5-6: Lvds Voltage Selection Jumper Settings

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 5.5.5 LVDS Voltage Selection WARNING: Permanent damage to the screen and PICOe-945GSE may occur if the wrong voltage is selected with this jumper. Please refer to the user guide that cam with the monitor to select the correct voltage.

  • Page 91: Figure 5-8: Lvds Voltage Selection Jumper Pinout Locations

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 5-8: LVDS Voltage Selection Jumper Pinout Locations 5.5.6 PCIe Status Select Jumper Label: J_PCIE1 2-pin header Jumper Type: Jumper Settings: T able 5-7 8 0 8 H Jumper Location: F igure 5-9 8 0 9 H The PCIe Status Select jumper allows the PCIe status to be configured.

  • Page 92: Figure 5-9: Pcie Status Select Jumper Pinout Locations

    The PICOe-945GSE must be installed in a chassis with ventilation holes on the sides allowing airflow to travel through the heat sink surface. In a system with an individual power supply unit, the cooling fan of a power supply can also help generate airflow through the board surface.

  • Page 93: Table 5-8: Iei Provided Cables

    5.6.3 CPU Card Installation To install the PICOe-945GSE CPU card onto the backplane, carefully align the CPU card interface connectors with the corresponding socket on the backplane. To do this, please refer to the reference material that came with the backplane. Next, secure the CPU card to the chassis.
  • Page 94 The optional 5.1 channel audio kit connects to the 10-pin audio connector on the PICOe-945GSE. The audio kit consists of three audio jacks. One audio jack, Mic In, connects to a microphone. The remaining two audio jacks, Line-In and Line-Out, connect to two speakers.
  • Page 95 Step 4: Mount the audio kit onto the chassis. Once the audio kit is connected to the PICOe-945GSE, secure the audio kit bracket to the system chassis. Step 5: Connect the audio devices. Connect one speaker to the line-in audio jack, one speaker to the line-out audio jack and a microphone to the mic-in audio jack.

  • Page 96: Figure 5-11: 7.1 Channel Audio Kit

    The optional 7.1 channel audio kit connects to the 10-pin audio connector on the PICOe-945GSE. The audio kit consists of five audio jacks. One audio jack, Mic In, connects to a microphone. The remaining four audio jacks, Line-In, Front-Out, Rear-Out, and Center Subwoofer, connect to speakers.

  • Page 97: Sata Drive Connection

    Refer to Chapter 7 for driver installation instructions.Step 0: 5.7.4 SATA Drive Connection The PICOe-945GSE is shipped with two SATA drive cables and one SATA drive power cable. To connect the SATA drives to the connectors, please follow the steps below. Step 1: Locate the connectors.

  • Page 98: Figure 5-12: Sata Drive Cable Connection

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 5-12: SATA Drive Cable Connection Step 3: Connect the cable to the SATA disk. Connect the connector on the other end of the cable to the connector at the back of the SATA drive. See F igure 5-13.

  • Page 99: Figure 5-13: Sata Power Drive Connection

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 5-13: SATA Power Drive Connection 5.7.5 USB Cable (Dual Port) with Slot Bracket The PICOe-945GSE is shipped with a dual port USB 2.0 cable. To connect the USB cable connector, please follow the steps below. Step 1: Locate the connectors.

  • Page 100: Figure 5-14: Dual Usb Cable Connection

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 5-14: Dual USB Cable Connection Step 4: Attach the bracket to the chassis. The USB 2.0 connectors are attached to a bracket. To secure the bracket to the chassis please refer to the installation instructions that came with the chassis.Step 0:...

  • Page 101: Figure 5-15: Lpt Cable Connection

    Step 3: Insert the cable connectors. Once the cable connector is properly aligned with the 26-pin box-header connector on the PICOe-945GSE, connect the cable connector to the on-board connector. See F igure 5-15. 8 2 0 H Figure 5-15: LPT Cable Connection Step 4: Attach the LPT connector to the chassis.

  • Page 102: Figure 5-16: Connect The Lpt Device

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 5-16: Connect the LPT Device 5.7.7 Dual RS-232 Cable with Slot Bracket The dual RS-232 cable slot connector consists of two connectors attached to two independent cables. Each cable is then attached to a D-sub 9 male connector that is mounted onto a slot.

  • Page 103: Figure 5-17: Dual Rs-232 Cable Installation

    RJ-45 Ethernet cable connectors PS/2 devices USB devices VGA monitors To install these devices, connect the corresponding cable connector from the actual device to the corresponding PICOe-945GSE external peripheral interface connector making sure the pins are properly aligned. Page 85...

  • Page 104: Figure 5-18: Lan Connection

    The PICOe-945GSE has a PS/2 connector on the external peripheral interface panel. The dual PS/2 connector is connected to the PS/2 Y-cable that came with the PICOe-945GSE. One of the PS/2 cables is connected to a keyboard and the other to a mouse to the system.

  • Page 105: Figure 5-19: Ps/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Step 1: Locate the dual PS/2 connector. The location of the PS/2 connector is shown in Chapter 3. Step 2: Insert the keyboard/mouse connector. Insert the PS/2 connector on the end of the PS/2 y-cable into the external PS/2 connector. See F igure 5-19.

  • Page 106: Figure 5-20: Usb Connector

    Figure 5-20: USB Connector 5.8.4 VGA Monitor Connection The PICOe-945GSE has a single female DB-15 connector on the external peripheral interface panel. The DB-15 connector is connected to a CRT or VGA monitor. To connect a monitor to the PICOe-945GSE, please follow the instructions below.

  • Page 107: Figure 5-21: Vga Connector

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card insert the male connector from the VGA screen into the female connector on the PICOe-945GSE. See F igure 5-21. 8 6 3 H 8 2 6 H Figure 5-21: VGA Connector Step 4: Secure the connector. Secure the DB-15 VGA connector from the VGA monitor to the external interface by tightening the two retention screws on either side of the connector.

  • Page 108: Bios Screens

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Chapter BIOS Screens Page 90...

  • Page 109: Starting Setup

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 6.1 Introduction A licensed copy of AMI BIOS is preprogrammed into the ROM BIOS. The BIOS setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This chapter describes how to access the BIOS setup program and the configuration options that may be changed.

  • Page 110: Table 6-1: Bios Navigation Keys

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card F1 key General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 /F3 key Change color from total 16 colors. F2 to select color forward. F10 key Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu Table 6-1: BIOS Navigation Keys 6.1.3 Getting Help...
  • Page 111 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 6.2 Main The Main BIOS menu ( B IOS Menu 1) appears when the BIOS Setup program is entered. 8 6 4 H 8 2 7 H The Main menu gives an overview of the basic system information.
  • Page 112 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Size: Lists memory size The System Overview field also has two user configurable fields: System Time [xx:xx:xx] Use the System Time option to set the system time. Manually enter the hours, minutes and seconds. System Date [xx/xx/xx] Use the System Date option to set the system date.
  • Page 113 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card BIOS Menu 2: Advanced 6.3.1 CPU Configuration Use the CPU Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 3) to view detailed CPU specifications 8 7 3 H 8 3 6 H and configure the CPU. BIOS Menu 3: CPU Configuration...

  • Page 114: Ide Configuration

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card The CPU Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 3) lists the following CPU details: 8 3 7 H Manufacturer: Lists the name of the CPU manufacturer Brand String: Lists the brand name of the CPU being used...
  • Page 115 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Compatible Configures the on-board ATA/IDE controller to be in EFAULT compatible mode. In this mode, a SATA channel will replace one of the IDE channels. This mode supports up to 4 storage devices. Configures the on-board ATA/IDE controller to be in Enhanced Enhanced mode.

  • Page 116: Ide Master, Ide Slave

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card The IDE Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 4) allows changes to the configurations for the 8 7 6 H 8 3 9 H IDE devices installed in the system. If an IDE device is detected, and one of the above...
  • Page 117 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Device: Lists the device type (e.g. hard disk, CD-ROM etc.) Type: Indicates the type of devices a user can manually select Vendor: Lists the device manufacturer Size: List the storage capacity of the device. LBA Mode: Indicates whether the LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressing data on a disk drive is supported or not.
  • Page 118 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card IDE disk drives on the specified channel. ARMD This option specifies an ATAPI Removable Media Device. These include, but are not limited to: LS-120 LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Use the LBA/Large Mode option to disable or enable BIOS to auto detects LBA (Logical Block Addressing).
  • Page 119 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card PIO Mode [Auto] Use the PIO Mode option to select the IDE PIO (Programmable I/O) mode program timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller. As the PIO mode increases, the cycle time decreases.
  • Page 120 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card MWDMA0 Multi Word DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 4.2MBps Multi Word DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data MWDMA1 transfer rate of 13.3MBps MWDMA2 Multi Word DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 16.6MBps...
  • Page 121 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Auto BIOS auto detects HDD SMART support. EFAULT Disabled Prevents BIOS from using the HDD SMART feature. Enabled Allows BIOS to use the HDD SMART feature 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Use the 32Bit Data Transfer BIOS option to enables or disable 32-bit data transfers.
  • Page 122 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Parallel Port Address [378] Use the Parallel Port Address option to select the parallel port base address. Disabled No base address is assigned to the Parallel Port Parallel Port I/O port address is 378 EFAULT Parallel Port I/O port address is 278...
  • Page 123 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] Use the Parallel Port IRQ selection to set the parallel port interrupt address. IRQ5 IRQ5 is assigned as the parallel port interrupt address IRQ7 IRQ7 is assigned as the parallel port interrupt address...
  • Page 124 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3 Serial Port 2 I/O port address is 3F8 and the interrupt EFAULT address is IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4 Serial Port 2 I/O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt...
  • Page 125 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card BIOS Menu 7: Hardware Health Configuration CPU FAN Mode Setting [Full On Mode] Use the CPU FAN Mode Setting option to configure the second fan. Full On Mode Fan is on all the time EFAULT Fan is off when the temperature is low Automatic mode enough.
  • Page 126 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card When the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is in the PWM Manual Mode, the following parameters can be set. CPU Fan PWM control CPU Temp. Limit of OFF [000] WARNING: Setting this value too high may cause the fan to stop when the CPU is at a high temperature and therefore cause the system to be damaged.
  • Page 127 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card starts, it rotates using the starting pulse width modulation (PWM) specified in the Fan 3 Start PWM option below. To select a value, select the CPU Temp. Limit of Start option and enter a decimal number between 000 and 127. The temperature range is specified below.
  • Page 128 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card The following system parameters and values are shown. The system parameters that are monitored are: System Temperatures: The following system temperatures are monitored CPU Temperature System Temperature Fan Speeds: The CPU cooling fan speed is monitored.
  • Page 129 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card BIOS Menu 8: Power Configuration 6.3.5.1 ACPI configuration The ACPI Configuration menu ( B IOS Menu 9) configures the Advanced Configuration 8 8 0 H 8 4 4 H and Power Interface (ACPI). Page 111...
  • Page 130 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card BIOS Menu 9: ACPI Configuration Suspend Mode [S1(POS)] Use the Suspend Mode BIOS option to specify the sleep state the system enters when it is not being used. S1 (POS) System appears off. The CPU is stopped; RAM is EFAULT refreshed;...
  • Page 131 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card BIOS Menu 10: Advanced Power Management Configuration Restore on AC Power Loss [Power On] Use the Restore on AC Power Loss BIOS option to specify what state the system returns to if there is a sudden loss of power to the system.
  • Page 132 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card suspend mode Resume on Keyboard/Mouse [Disabled] Use the Resume on Keyboard/Mouse BIOS option to enable activity on either the keyboard or mouse to rouse the system from a suspend or standby state. That is, the system is roused when the mouse is moved or a button on the keyboard is pressed.
  • Page 133 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card signal activity Enabled Wake event generated by PCI-Express WAKE# signal EFAULT activity Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled] Use the Resume On RTC Alarm option to specify the time the system should be roused from a suspended state.
  • Page 134 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card BIOS Menu 11: Remote Access Configuration [Advanced] Remote Access [Disabled] Use the Remote Access option to enable or disable access to the remote functionalities of the system. Disabled Remote access is disabled. EFAULT Enabled Remote access configuration options shown below...
  • Page 135 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Serial Port Number [COM1] Use the Serial Port Number option allows to select the serial port used for remote access. COM1 System is remotely accessed through COM1 EFAULT System is remotely accessed through COM2 COM2 NOTE: Make sure the selected COM port is enabled through the Super I/O configuration menu.
  • Page 136 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Disabled The console is not redirected after POST Boot Loader Redirection is active during POST and during Boot Loader Always Redirection is always active (Some OSes may not EFAULT work if set to Always) Terminal Type [ANSI] Use the Terminal Type BIOS option to specify the remote terminal type.
  • Page 137 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card USB Functions [Enabled] Use the USB Function option to enable or disable the USB controllers. Disabled USB controllers are enabled Enabled USB controllers are disabled EFAULT USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] The USB 2.0 Controller BIOS option enables or disables the USB 2.0 controller...
  • Page 138 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card FullSpeed The controller is capable of operating at full speed 12 Mb/s The controller is capable of operating at high speed HiSpeed EFAULT 480 Mb/s 6.4 PCI/PnP Use the PCI/PnP menu ( B IOS Menu 13) to configure advanced PCI and PnP settings.
  • Page 139 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Use the IRQ# address to specify what IRQs can be assigned to a particular peripheral device. Available The specified IRQ is available to be used by EFAULT PCI/PnP devices The specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA...
  • Page 140 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card DM Channel 3 DM Channel 5 DM Channel 6 DM Channel 7 6.5 Boot Use the Boot menu ( B IOS Menu 14) to configure system boot options. 8 8 5 H 8 4 9 H BIOS Menu 14: Boot 6.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration...
  • Page 141 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card BIOS Menu 15: Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] Use the Quick Boot BIOS option to make the computer speed up the boot process. Disabled No POST procedures are skipped Some POST procedures are skipped to decrease...
  • Page 142 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] The AddOn ROM Display Mode option allows add-on ROM (read-only memory) messages to be displayed. Force BIOS Allows the computer system to force a third party EFAULT BIOS to display during system boot.
  • Page 143 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Enabled Can be booted from a remote system through the Cannot be booted from a remote system through the Disabled EFAULT 6.5.2 Boot Device Priority Use the Boot Device Priority menu ( B IOS Menu 16) to specify the boot sequence from 8 8 7 H 8 5 1 H the available devices.
  • Page 144 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 6.6 Security Use the Security menu ( B IOS Menu 17) to set system and user passwords. 8 8 8 H 8 5 2 H BIOS Menu 17: Security Change Supervisor Password Use the Change Supervisor Password to set or change a supervisor password. The default for this option is Not Installed.
  • Page 145 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 6.7 Chipset Use the Chipset menu ( B IOS Menu 18) to access the NorthBridge and SouthBridge 8 8 9 H 8 5 3 H configuration menus WARNING! Setting the wrong values for the Chipset BIOS selections in the Chipset BIOS menu may cause the system to malfunction.
  • Page 146 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card BIOS Menu 19:North Bridge Chipset Configuration Memory Hole [Disabled] The Memory Hole reserves the memory space between 15MB and 16MB for ISA expansion cards that require a specified area of memory to work properly. If an older ISA expansion card is used, please refer to the documentation that came with the card to see if it is necessary to reserve the space.
  • Page 147 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Enable, 8MB 8MB of memory used by internal graphics device EFAULT Boots Graphics Adapter Priority [PCI/IGD] Use the Boots Graphics Adapter option to select the graphics controller used as the primary boot device. Select either an integrated graphics controller (IGD) or a combination of PCI graphics controller, a PCI express (PEG) controller or an IGD.
  • Page 148 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card DVMT/FIXED Memory Use the DVMT/FIXED Memory option to specify the maximum amount of memory that can be allocated as graphics memory. This option can only be configured for if DVMT Mode or Fixed Mode is selected in the DVMT Mode Select option. If Combo Mode is selected, the maximum amount of graphics memory is 128MB.
  • Page 149 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card BIOS Menu 20:SouthBridge Chipset Configuration Audio Controller [All Disabled] The Audio Controller option enables or disables the audio controller. Azalia Audio controller configured as Azalia The on-board AC’97 audio controller is enabled. AC’97 Audio Only All Disabled The on-board audio controller is disabled.
  • Page 150 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Enabled EMI reduced 6.8 Exit Use the Exit menu ( B IOS Menu 21) to load default BIOS values, optimal failsafe values 8 9 3 H 8 5 6 H and to save configuration changes. BIOS Menu 21:Exit...
  • Page 151 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Discard Changes Use the Discard Changes option to discard the changes and remain in the BIOS configuration setup program. Load Optimal Defaults Use the Load Optimal Defaults option to load the optimal default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus.

  • Page 152: Software Drivers

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Chapter Software Drivers Page 134...
  • Page 153 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 7.1 Available Software Drivers NOTE: The content of the CD may vary throughout the life cycle of the product and is subject to change without prior notice. Visit the IEI website or contact technical support for the latest updates.

  • Page 154: Figure 7-1: Start Up Screen

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-1: Start Up Screen Step 3: Click PICOe-945GSE. Step 4: The screen in appears. Figure 7-2: Select Operating System Step 5: Select the operating system installed on the PICOe-945GSE system. This Page 136...

  • Page 155: Figure 7-3: Drivers

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card manual describes the installation for a Windows XP operating system. Step 6: The list of drivers in F igure 7-3 appears.Step 0: 8 5 8 H Figure 7-3: Drivers 7.3 Chipset Driver Installation To install the chipset driver, please do the following.

  • Page 156: Figure 7-4: Chipset Driver Screen

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-4: Chipset Driver Screen Step 4: When the setup files are completely extracted the Welcome Screen in F igure 8 6 2 H 7-5 appears. Figure 7-5: Chipset Driver Welcome Screen Step 5: Click Next to continue.

  • Page 157: Figure 7-6: Chipset Driver License Agreement

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Step 6: The license agreement in F igure 7-6 appears. 8 6 3 H Step 7: Read the License Agreement. Step 8: Click the Yes icon to continue. Figure 7-6: Chipset Driver License Agreement Step 9: The Read Me file in F igure 7-7 appears.

  • Page 158: Figure 7-7: Chipset Driver Read Me File

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-7: Chipset Driver Read Me File Step 11: Setup Operations are performed as shown in F igure 7-8. 8 6 5 H Page 140...

  • Page 159: Figure 7-8: Chipset Driver Setup Operations

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-8: Chipset Driver Setup Operations Step 12: Once the Setup Operations are complete, click the Next icon to continue. Step 13: The Finish screen appears. Step 14: Select “Yes, I want to restart the computer now” and click the Finish icon.

  • Page 160: Figure 7-9: Chipset Driver Installation Finish Screen

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-9: Chipset Driver Installation Finish Screen 7.4 VGA Driver Installation To install the VGA driver, please do the following. Step 1: Access the driver list shown in F igure 7-3. (See Section 7 .2) 8 6 7 H...

  • Page 161: Figure 7-10: Vga Driver Read Me File

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-10: VGA Driver Read Me File Step 5: The installation files are extracted. See F igure 7-11. 8 7 0 H Figure 7-11: VGA Driver Setup Files Extracted Step 6: The Welcome Screen in F igure 7-12 appears.

  • Page 162: Figure 7-12: Vga Driver Welcome Screen

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-12: VGA Driver Welcome Screen Step 7: Click Next to continue. Step 8: The license agreement in F igure 7-13 appears. 8 7 2 H Step 9: Read the License Agreement. Step 10: Click the Yes icon to continue.

  • Page 163: Figure 7-13: Vga Driver License Agreement

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-13: VGA Driver License Agreement Step 11: The Read Me file in F igure 7-14 appears. 8 7 3 H Step 12: Click Next to continue. Figure 7-14: VGA Driver Read Me File F igure 7-15.

  • Page 164: Figure 7-15: Vga Driver Setup Operations

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-15: VGA Driver Setup Operations Step 14: Once the Setup Operations are complete, click the Next icon to continue. Step 15: The Finish screen appears. Step 16: Select “Yes, I want to restart the computer now” and click the Finish icon.

  • Page 165: Figure 7-17: Lan Driver Welcome Screen

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 7.5 LAN Driver Installation To install the chipset driver, please do the following. Step 1: Access the driver list shown in F igure 7-3. (See Section 7 .2) 8 7 6 H 8 7 7 H Step 2: Click “3-LAN”...

  • Page 166: Figure 7-18: Lan Driver Welcome Screen

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-18: LAN Driver Welcome Screen Step 7: The program begins to install. Step 8: The installation progress can be monitored in the progress bar shown in F igure 8 8 0 H 7-19. Figure 7-19: LAN Driver Installation...

  • Page 167: Figure 7-20: Lan Driver Installation Complete

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Step 9: When the driver installation is complete, the screen in F igure 7-20 appears. 8 8 1 H Step 0: Figure 7-20: LAN Driver Installation Complete 7.6 Audio Driver Installation To install the chipset driver, please do the following.

  • Page 168: Figure 7-21: Audio Driver Options

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-21: Audio Driver Options 7.6.1 HD Audio Installation To install the HD Audio driver, please do the following: Step 1: Select “1-HDAudio” in F igure 7-21. 8 8 5 H Step 2: Installation files are extracted as shown in F igure 7-22.

  • Page 169: Figure 7-22: Extract Hd Audio Driver Installation Files

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-22: Extract HD Audio Driver Installation Files Step 3: The Welcome screen in F igure 7-23 appears. 8 8 7 H Page 151...

  • Page 170: Figure 7-23: Hd Audio Driver Welcome Screen

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-23: HD Audio Driver Welcome Screen Step 4: Click Next to continue. Step 5: The system updates. See F igure 7-24. 8 8 8 H Page 152...

  • Page 171: Figure 7-24: System Update

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-24: System Update Step 6: Follow the installation instructions until the HD Audio driver installation is complete.Step 0: 7.6.2 AC’97 Driver Installation To install the AC’97 audio driver, please do the following: Step 1: Select “2-AC’97” in...

  • Page 172: Figure 7-25: Ac'97 Driver Installation File Extraction

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-25: AC’97 Driver Installation File Extraction Step 3: The AC’97 Driver Installation screen in F igure 7-26 appears. 8 9 1 H Step 4: Click Next to continue. Figure 7-26: AC’97 Driver Installation Welcome Screen...

  • Page 173: Figure 7-27: Ac'97 Driver Installation Verification

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-27: AC’97 Driver Installation Verification Step 7: The driver installation begins. See F igure 7-28. 8 9 3 H Figure 7-28: AC’97 Driver Installation Step 8: When the driver is installed, the driver installation finish screen in...

  • Page 174: Figure 7-29: Ac'97 Driver Installation Complete

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Figure 7-29: AC’97 Driver Installation Complete Step 10: The system reboots.Step 0: Page 156...
  • Page 175 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Appendix BIOS Menu Options Page 157...
  • Page 176 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 　 System Overview.................... 3 2 3 H 8 9 5 H 　 System Time [xx:xx:xx] ................. 3 2 4 H 8 9 6 H 　 System Date [xx/xx/xx] .................. 3 2 5 H 8 9 7 H 　...
  • Page 177 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 　 Power Button Mode [On/Off]..............1 13 3 5 3 H 9 2 5 H 　 Resume on Keyboard/Mouse [Disabled] ..........1 14 3 5 4 H 9 2 6 H 　 Resume on Ring [Disabled] ...............
  • Page 178 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 　 Internal Graphics Mode Select [Enable, 8MB].......... 1 28 3 8 4 H 9 5 6 H 　 Boots Graphics Adapter Priority [PCI/IGD] ..........1 29 3 8 5 H 9 5 7 H 　 DVMT Mode Select [DVMT Mode] ..............
  • Page 179 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Appendix Terminology Page 161...
  • Page 180 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card AC ’97 Audio Codec 97 (AC’97) refers to a codec standard developed by Intel® in 1997. ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an OS-directed configuration, power management, and thermal management interface. AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a SATA Host controller register-level interface.
  • Page 181 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card computer is usually a male DE-9 connector. The Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) converts digital signals to analog signals. Double Data Rate refers to a data bus transferring data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock signal.
  • Page 182 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card The Media Access Control (MAC) protocol enables several terminals or network nodes to communicate in a LAN, or other multipoint networks. PCIe PCI Express (PCIe) is a communications bus that uses dual data lines for full-duplex (two-way) serial (point-to-point) communications between the SBC components and/or expansion cards and the SBC chipsets.
  • Page 183 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card asynchronous communications on the system and manages the system’s serial communication (COM) ports. UHCI The Universal Host Controller Interface (UHCI) specification is a register-level interface description for USB 1.1 Host Controllers. The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an external bus standard for interfacing devices.
  • Page 184 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Appendix DIO Interface Page 166...
  • Page 185 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card C.1 DIO Interface Introduction The DIO connector on the PICOe-945GSE is interfaced to GPIO ports on the ITE IT8718F Super I/O chipset. The DIO has both 4-bit digital inputs and 4-bit digital outputs. The digital inputs and digital outputs are generally control signals that control the on/off circuit of external devices or TTL devices.
  • Page 186 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card C.3 Assembly Language Samples C.3.1 Enable the DIO Input Function The BIOS interrupt call INT 15H controls the digital I/O. An assembly program to enable digital I/O input functions is listed below. AX, 6F08H Sets the digital port as input Initiates the INT 15H BIOS call C.3.2 Enable the DIO Output Function...

  • Page 187: Watchdog Timer

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Appendix Watchdog Timer Page 169...
  • Page 188 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card NOTE: The following discussion applies to DOS environment. IEI support is contacted or the IEI website visited for specific drivers for more sophisticated operating systems, e.g., Windows and Linux. The Watchdog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash.
  • Page 189 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card NOTE: When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer, otherwise the system resets. Example program: ; INITIAL TIMER PERIOD COUNTER W_LOOP: AX, 6F02H ;setting the time-out value BL, 30 ;time-out value is 48 seconds ;...
  • Page 190 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Appendix Address Mapping Page 172...
  • Page 191 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card E.1 I/O Address Map Page 173...
  • Page 192 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Table E-1: IO Address Map Page 174...
  • Page 193 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card E.2 IRQ Address Map Table E-2: IRQ Address Map E.3 Memory Address Map Page 175...
  • Page 194 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Appendix Hazardous Materials Disclosure Page 176...
  • Page 195 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card F.1 Hazardous Material Disclosure Table for IPB Products Certified as RoHS Compliant Under 2002/95/EC Without Mercury The details provided in this appendix are to ensure that the product is compliant with the Peoples Republic of China (China) RoHS standards. The table below acknowledges the presences of small quantities of certain materials in the product, and is applicable to China RoHS only.
  • Page 196 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Part Name Toxic or Hazardous Substances and Elements Lead Mercury Cadmium Hexavalent Polybrominated Polybrominated (Hg) (Cd) Chromium (Pb) Biphenyls Diphenyl Ethers (CR(VI)) (PBB) (PBDE) Housing Display Printed Circuit Board Metal Fasteners Cable Assembly Fan Assembly Power Supply...
  • Page 197 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 此附件旨在确保本产品符合中国 RoHS 标准。以下表格标示此产品中某有毒物质的含量符 合中国 RoHS 标准规定的限量要求。 本产品上会附有”环境友好使用期限”的标签，此期限是估算这些物质”不会有泄漏或突变”的 年限。本产品可能包含有较短的环境友好使用期限的可替换元件，像是电池或灯管，这些 元件将会单独标示出来。 部件名称 有毒有害物质或元素 铅 汞 镉 六价铬 多溴联苯 多溴二苯醚 (Pb) (Hg) (Cd) (CR(VI)) (PBB) (PBDE) 壳体 显示 印刷电路板 金属螺帽 电缆组装 风扇组装 电力供应组装 电池 O: 表示该有毒有害物质在该部件所有物质材料中的含量均在 SJ/T11363-2006 标准规定的限量要求以下。 X: 表示该有毒有害物质至少在该部件的某一均质材料中的含量超出 SJ/T11363-2006 标准规定的限量要求。...
  • Page 198 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card Index Page 180...
  • Page 199 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card 5V power connector cables dual port USB dual RS-232 cable ACPI 110, 111, 112 parallel port airflow SATA drive anti-static precautions 30, 61 SATA drive power anti-static pad 30, 61 CF card 40, 65 anti-static wristband...
  • Page 200 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card LAN connector DIO connector RJ-45 connector DIO Interface USB port dual port USB cable connectors, pinouts and location ATX power supply enable audio electrostatic discharge 30, 61 backlight inverter Enhanced Hardware Monitor COM 2 serial port...
  • Page 201 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card IDE device 76, 77, 78 LAN connection ATA flat cable 76, 77 LAN connector connector 76, 78 LCD display infrared interface backlight inverter connector Amplitude Shift Key Infrared LPC bus ASKIR LPC interface 19, 26 Serial Infrared...
  • Page 202 PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card northbridge chipset RAID real time clock RJ-45 connection single connector parallel port RJ-45 connector cable connection RJ-45 connector parallel port RJ-45 Ethernet connector parallel port RJ-45 LAN connector parallel port RS-232 50, 84 parallel port cable connection...

  • Page 203: F Igure 2-14: Super I

    PICOe-945GSE Half-Size CPU Card serial ports external USB device connection SIR interface port SODIMM USB 1.1 installation USB 2.0 specifcations USB 1.1 Super I/O chipset USB 2.0 54, 119 system voltages 106, 110 USB 2.0 port USB cable dual port...

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