Intel yonah & merom core 2 duo/core duo/core solo all-in-one mini itx board (84 pages)
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EP830 Series ® Intel Yonah & Merom Core Duo and Core Solo All-In-One EPIC SBC With DVI-I/LCD and EPIC Express User’s Manual...
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Wear a wrist-grounding strap, available from most electronic component stores, when handling boards and components. Trademarks Acknowledgments AXIOMTEK is a trademark of AXIOMTEK Co., Ltd. ® Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Phoenix & AWARD are trademarks of Phoenix Technology Ltd.
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Chapter 3 Hardware Description..........35 Microprocessors ..................35 BIOS...................... 35 System Memory..................35 I/O Port Address Map................36 Interrupt Controller ................37 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Utility ............39 Entering Setup..................39 Control Keys ..................40 Getting Help ..................40 The Main Menu ..................
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual C h a p t e r 1 Introduction The All-In-One EPIC board EP830 Series supports Socket M (478) ® for Intel Yonah & Merom Core Duo and Core Solo processors ® with FSB533/667MHz. The board integrates Intel...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual C h a p t e r 2 Jumpers and Connectors Board Layout and Fixing Holes Component Side Jumpers and Connectors...
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Solder Side Jumpers and Connectors...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Jumper Settings Proper jumer settings configure the EP830 to meet your application purpose. We are herewith listing a summary table of all jumpers and default settings for onboard devices, respectively. Here is a list of jumper settings: Jumper Default Setting Jumper Setting...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 2.3.1 CompactFlash Mode Selection Jumper: JP1 Description Function Jumper Setting CompactFlash Slave (Default) Mode Selection Master 2.3.2 Power AT or ATX Selection Jumper: JP2 This jumper let you select either AT or ATX power supply. Description Function Jumper Setting...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 2.3.4 USB Voltage Selection Jumpers: JP4, JP7 This jumper is to select the voltage for USB interface. Description Function Jumper Setting USB Voltage 5V_SBY JP4/JP7 Selection 5V (Default) JP4/JP7 2.3.5 CMOS Clear Jumper: JP5 You may need to use this jumper is to clear the CMOS memory if incorrect settings in the Setup Utility.
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 2.3.9 Audio Line Out/Speaker Out Jumper: JP15 Description Function Jumper Setting Audio Line Out/ Line Out JP15 Speaker Out (Default) Speak Out JP15 Jumpers and 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 EP830 Series. Connectors Label...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 2.4.4 LVDS Backlight Connector: CN4 The 7-pin inverter connector on the EP830 is with Hirose connector. The matching connector is strongly recommended to use Hirose DF13- 7S-1.25C. Description ENABLE 2.4.5 JST Connector for LVDS Flat Panel: CN5 Description Description VCCM...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 2.4.8 Flat Panel Bezel Connector: CN8 Power LED This 3-pin connector named as Pin 1 and Pin 5 connect the system power LED indicator to such a switch on the case. Pin 1 is assigned as +, and Pin 5 as -.
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 2.4.9 Audio Connector: CN9 CN9 is a 10-pin connector to support the audio interface. Description Description MIC-IN 2 GND Line In L 4 GND Line In R 6 GND Audio Out L 8 GND Audio Out R 10 GND 2.4.10 Digital I/O Port (DIO) Connector: CN11...
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Description MDI3- MDI3+ MDI2- MDI2+ CN12 MDI1- MDI1+ MDI0- MDI0+ N.C. +3.3V Active LED 100 LAN LED 1000 LAN LED Description MDI0+ LAN2 (Default) MDI0- MDI1+ MDI2+ MDI2- MDI1- MDI3+ MDI3- Active LED 100/1000 LAN LED Jumpers and Connectors...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Description MDI0+ MDI0- LAN1 MDI1+ MDI2+ MDI2- MDI1- MDI3+ MDI3- Active LED 100/1000 LAN LED 2.4.12 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector: CN13 The board provides a keyboard and Mouse interface. CN13 is a DIM connector for PS/2 keyboard Connection VIA “Y”...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 2.4.13 +12V-IN Power Connector: ATX1 Connect the power cable to ATX1 for +12V ATX power supply, which mainly supplies power to the CPU. If the ATX1 power connector is not connected, the system will not start. Description ATX1 +12V...
Data Terminal Ring Indicator (RI) Ready (DTR) Ground (GND) 2.4.15 Digital Visual Interface (DVI) Connector: DVI1 The EP830 Series has one connector that supports DVI/CRT. DVI1 is a DVI connector for the DVI/CRT display. DVI1: DVI-CRT VGA Connector Description Description...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 2.4.16 CPU & System Fan Connectors: FAN1, FAN2 Fan1 is a fan connector for CPU, and FAN2 for system. Pentium microprocessors require a fan for heat dispensing. The CPU/System fan connectors respectively provide power to the CPU/System fans. Description FAN1 FAN2...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 2.4.19 USB Port Connector: USB1 The EP830 Series features Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors, compliant with USB 2.0 (480Mbps) that can be adapted to any USB peripherals, such as monitor, keyboard and mouse. USB1 is a double-deck USB port connector that consists of two 4-pin standard USB ports.
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 2.4.21 SATA Connectors: SATA1, SATA2 The SATA connectors SATA1 and SATA2 are for high-speed SATA interface port and it can be connected to serial ATA hard disk devices. Description Description SATA_TX+ SATA_TX- SATA_RX- SATA_RX+ SATA1/SATA2 Jumpers and Connectors...
CPU from damages. BIOS The EP830 Series uses Award Plug and Play BIOS with a single 4Mbit Flash EPROM. System Memory The EP830 Series industrial CPU card supports one 200-pin DDR2 SODIMM sockets for a maximum memory of 2GB DDR2 SDRAMs.
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual I/O Port Address Map ® The Intel Yonah & Merom Core Duo and Core Solo 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...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Interrupt Controller The EP830 Series is a 100% PC compatible control board. The mapping list under XP OS is shown as the following screen. Parity check error IRQ0 System timer output IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ2...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual C h a p t e r 4 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.
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board 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...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board 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>...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board 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. ...
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual IDE Channel 0 Master/IDE Channel 0 Slave/IDE Channel 1 Master/IDE Channel 1 Slave These items identify the types of each IDE channel installed in the computer. There are 45 predefined types (Type 1 to Type 45) and 2 user’s definable types (Type User) for Enhanced IDE BIOS.
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Halt On This item determines whether the system will halt or not, if an error is detected while powering up. The system booting will halt on any errors detected. No errors (default) Whenever BIOS detects a non-fatal error, the All errors system will stop and you will be prompted.
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board 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. Award BIOS Utility...
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual CPU Feature Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the CPU Feature sub menu. Hard Disk Boot Priority Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu to decide the disk boot priority.
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced BIOS Features page. CPU L1 & L2 Cache These two options speed up memory access. However, it depends on the CPU/chipset design. The default setting is “Enabled”. CPUs without built-in internal cache will not provide the “CPU Internal Cache”...
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Gate A20 Option The default value is “Fast”. Normal The A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller or chipset hardware. Fast Default: Fast. The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method. ...
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Security Option This item allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. The default value is “Setup”. If a wrong password is entered at the prompt, the system System will not boot, the access to Setup will be denied, either.
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Advanced Chipset Features This section contains completely optimized chipset’s features on the board that you are strongly recommended to leave all items on this page at their default values unless you are very familiar with the technical specifications of your system hardware.
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual DRAM RAS# Precharge The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh. If insufficient time is allowed, refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data.
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced Chipset Featurs page, and press it again, return to the Main Menu page. *** VGA Setting *** On-Chip Frame Buffer Size Use this item to set the VGA frame buffer size. ...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Integrated Peripherals This section allows you to configure your SuperIO Device, IDE Function and Onboard Device. Award BIOS Utility...
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual OnChip IDE Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu OnChip IDE Device. IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support.
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual automatically remove the IDE Primary Master/ Slave PIO and/or IDE Secondary Master/Slave PIO items on the menu. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports.
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Onboard Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu Onboard Device. USB Controller Enable this item if you are using the USB in the system. You should disable this item if a higher-level controller is added. ...
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Super IO Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu Super IO Device. Onboard Serial Port 1/2/3/4 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the serial port. Options: 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ10, 2E8/IRQ11, 338/IRQ5, 238/IRQ7, Auto and Disabled.
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively. It will shut down the hard disk and turn OFF video display after a period of inactivity. ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI).
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual [S1 (POS)] The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all system contexts. [S3 (STR)] The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information of system configuration and open applications/files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to...
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Moden Use IRQ If you want an incoming call on a modem to automatically resume the system from a powersaving mode, use this item to specify the interrupt request line (IRQ) used by the modem. You might have to connect the fax/modem to the board Wake On Modem connector for working this feature.
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN This option only works with systems using an ATX power supply. It also allows users to define which type of soft power OFF sequence the system will follow. The default value is “Instant-Off”. This option follows the conventional manner of system performance when turning the power to OFF.
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 4.10 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes the configuration of PCI (Personal Computer Interconnect) bus system, which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds close to the CPU speed while communicating with other important components. This section covers very technical items that only experienced users could change default settings.
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt to one of the following types in accordance with the type of devices using the interrupt: 1. Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port PCI/ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 4.11 PC Health Status This section supports hardware monitering that lets you monitor those parameters for critical voltages, temperatures and fan speed of the board. SYSTEM Temperature Show you the current system temperature. ...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 4.12 Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load your system configuration with default values. These default settings are optimized to enable high performance features. To load CMOS SRAM with SETUP default values, please enter “Y”. If not, please enter “N”.
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 4.13 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.
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 4.14 Save & Exit Setup This section allows you to determine whether or not to accept your modifications. Type “Y” to quit the setup utility and save all changes into the CMOS memory. Type “N” to bring you back to the Setup utility. Award BIOS Utility...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual 4.15 Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving changes you have made in this session. Type “Y”, and it will quit the Setup utility without saving your modifications. Type “N” to return to the Setup utility. Award BIOS Utility...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual A p p e n d i x 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.
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual Timeout Value Range 1 to 255 Minute / Second Program Sample Watchdog Timer can be set to system reset after 5-second timeout. 2E, 87 2E, 87 2E, 07 2F, 08 Logical Device 8 2E, 30 Activate...
EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual A p p e n d i x B Digital I/O Digital I/O Software Programing GPI program sample: O 2E 87 O 2E 87 O 2E 07 O 2F 08 Select Device 8 O 2E 30 O 2F F2 Activate GPIO5...
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EP830 All-In-One EPIC Board User’s Manual GPO program sample: O 2E 87 O 2E 87 O 2E 07 O 2F 08 Select Device 7 O 2E 30 O 2F F2 Activate GPIO5 O 2E E0 GPIO5 pins are programmed as output O 2F 00 O 2E E1 O 2F FF...
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