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IEI Technology IOWA-GX User Manual (212 pages)

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Table of Contents
7
1 Introduction

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- Figure 1-1: IOWA-GX
  
  20
- Introduction
  20
  - IOWA-GX Models
    20
- IOWA-GX Benefits
  21
- IOWA-GX Features
  21
  - Table 1-1: IOWA-GX Model Specifications
    
    21
    
    Figure 1-2: IOWA-GX Overview
    22
    
    Iowa-Gx Overview
    22
    
    Figure 1-3: IOWA-GX Solder Side Overview
    23
    
    Table 1-2: Technical Specifications
    25
  - Technical Specifications
    24
- IOWA-GX Connectors
  23
2 Detailed Specifications

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- Dimensions
  27
  - Board Dimensions
    27
    
    Figure 2-1: IOWA-GX Dimensions (MM)
    27
    
    Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (MM)
    28
    
    Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram
    29
    
    AMD Geode™ GX 466 CPU Support
    30
    
    CPU Core
    30
  - Data Flow
    29
- Overview
  27
- External Interface Panel Dimensions
  28
  - Figure 2-4: AMD Geode™ GX
    
    30
  - Figure 2-5: SO-DIMM Socket
    
    31
  - Memory Controller
    31
  - Video Processor
    31
    
    Figure 2-6: Graphics
    32
    
    Figure 2-7: PCI Bus
    33
    
    PCI Bus
    33
    
    Ethernet Connection
    34
    
    Figure 2-8: Ethernet Controller
    34
    
    Figure 2-9: PCI-To-ISA-Bridge
    35
    
    PCI-To-ISA Bridge
    35
    
    Ali M5283 SATA Drive Controller
    36
    
    Figure 2-10: PCI-To-ISA-Bridge
    36
    
    Geodelink™ Interface Unit
    36
    
    AMD Geode™ CS5536 System Chipset
    37
    
    Figure 2-11: Geodelink
    37
    
    AMD Geode™ CS5536 ATA-6 Controller
    38
    
    Figure 2-12: IDE Controller
    38
    
    AMD Geode™ CS5536 Flash Interface
    39
    
    AMD Geode™ CS5536 USB Controller
    39
    
    Table 2-1: Supported HDD Specifications
    39
    
    AMD Geode™ CS5536 LPC Bus Components
    40
    
    BIOS Chipset
    40
  - TTL Controller
    33
- VGA Controller
  32
  - Figure 2-13: CF Type I/CF Type II Socket
    
    39
  - Figure 2-14: USB
    
    40
  - Figure 2-15: BIOS
    
    40
  - Figure 2-16: Super I/O
    
    41
  - Figure 2-17: Keyboard and Mouse Ports
    
    42
  - Winbond W83627EHG Parallel Port Controller
    42
  - Figure 2-18: Parallel Port
    
    43
  - Figure 2-19: Serial Ports
    
    43
  - Winbond W83627EHG UART
    43
  - Environmental and Power Specifications
    44
    
    System Monitoring
    44
    
    Operating Temperature and Temperature Control
    45
    
    Power Consumption
    45
- Winbond W83627EHG Keyboard Controller
  41
- Winbond W83627EHG Super I/O Chipset
  41
Table 2-2: Power Consumption

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3 Unpacking

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- Anti-Static Precautions
  47
- Unpacking
  47
  - Unpacking Precautions
    47
- Unpacking Checklist
  48
  - Package Contents
    48
Table 3-1: Package List Contents

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4 Connector Pinouts

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Table 4-27: VGA Connector Pinouts

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Figure 4-26: COM1 Pinout Locations

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Figure 4-27: VGA Connector

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5 Installation

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- Anti-Static Precautions
  84
- Installation Considerations
  85
  - Installation Notices
    85
  - Installation Checklist
    86
- SO-DIMM and Compactflash Card Installation
  87
  - SO-DIMM Installation
    87
  - CF Card Installation
    88
- Unpacking
  87
  - Unpacking Precautions
    87
    
    Figure 5-1: SO-DIMM Installation
    88
    
    Figure 5-2: CF Card Installation
    89
    
    Table 5-1: Jumpers
    90
    
    Table 5-2: Panel/Crt Selection Jumper Settings
    91
    
    AT/ATX Power Selection
    92
    
    COM3 Signal Selection
    92
  - Panel/Crt Selection
    91
- Jumper Settings
  90
  - Figure 5-3: Jumper Location
    
    91
    
    Table 5-3: AT/ATX Power Selection Jumper Settings
    92
    
    Table 5-4: COM3 Signal Selection
    92
    
    Table 5-5: TTL Voltage Selection Jumper Settings
    93
    
    Table 5-6: TTL Clock Selection Jumper Settings
    94
    
    Backplane Installation
    95
    
    CPU Card Installation
    95
    
    ATA Flat Cable Connection
    96
    
    Internal Peripheral Device Connections
    96
    
    Peripheral Device Cables
    96
    
    Table 5-7: IEI Provided Cables
    96
    
    Audio Kit Installation
    97
  - Chassis Installation
    94
    
    Airflow
    94
    
    Figure 5-4: IDE Cable Connection
    97
    
    Figure 5-6: SATA Drive Cable Connection
    99
    
    Figure 5-7: SATA Power Drive Connection
    100
    
    USB Cable (Dual Port) with Slot Bracket
    100
    
    Figure 5-8: Dual USB Cable Connection
    101
    
    TTL LCD Installation
    101
    
    Figure 5-9: TTL Connector
    102
    
    External Peripheral Interface Connection
    103
    
    Figure 5-10: Backlight Inverter Connection
    103
    
    Figure 5-11: VGA Connector
    104
    
    VGA Monitor Connection
    104
    
    Figure 5-12: PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector
    105
    
    PS/2 Y-Cable Connection
    105
    
    LAN Connection (Single Connector)
    106
    
    Serial Device Connection
    106
  - Figure 5-5: IDE Cable Connection
    
    98
  - SATA Drive Connection
    98
- TTL Clock Selection
  93
- TTL Voltage Selection
  93
Figure 5-13: LAN Connection

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Figure 5-14: Serial Device Connector

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6 Bios Screens

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- Introduction
  109
  - Starting Setup
    109
  - Using Setup
    109
  - Getting Help
    110
  - Unable to Reboot after Configuration Changes
    110
Table 6-1: BIOS Navigation Keys

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BIOS Menu 1: Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility

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- Standard Cmos Features
  113
- Main BIOS Menu
  111
BIOS Menu 2: Standard CMOS Features

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- IDE Primary Master/Slave
  115
BIOS Menu 3: IDE Channel Master

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- Advanced Bios Features
  119
BIOS Menu 4: Advanced BIOS Features

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- Advanced Chipset Features
  122
BIOS Menu 5: Advanced Chipset Features

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- Flat Panel Configuration
  124
BIOS Menu 6: Advanced Chipset Features

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- Integrated Peripherals
  125
BIOS Menu 7: Integrated Peripherals

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- IT8888 ISA Decode IO
  132
BIOS Menu 8: IT8888 ISA Decode IO

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- IT8888 ISA Decode Memory
  133
BIOS Menu 9: IT8888 ISA Decode Memory

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- It8888 Ddma
  135
- Power Management Setup
  136
BIOS Menu 10: IT8888 DDMA

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BIOS Menu 11: Power Management Setup

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- Pnp/Pci Configurations
  138
BIOS Menu 12: Pnp/Pci Configurations

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BIOS Menu 13: IRQ Resources

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BIOS Menu 14: Memory Resources

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- Pc Health Status
  142
BIOS Menu 15: PC Health Status

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7 Ali RAID Setup

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- Introduction
  145
  - Precautions
    145
- Features and Benefits
  146
- Accessing the al Iraid Utility
  146
- Raid Options
  149
  - Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance
    149
  - Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability
    151
  - Create JBOD for Integrated Capacity
    153
  - Stripe Size
    154
  - Delete RAID Setting & Partition
    154
  - Delete All RAID Settings & Partitions
    155
  - Rebuild RAID Array
    155
  - Select Boot Drive
    156
8 Software Drivers

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- Available Software Drivers
  158
  - Figure 8-1: VGA Driver Start up Screen
    
    159
  - Figure 8-5: Close the VGA Driver Installation Wizard
    
    162
  - Figure 8-6: Audio Driver Start up Screen
    
    163
  - Figure 8-7: Select the Installation Method
    
    164
  - Figure 8-8: Audio Driver Installation
    
    165
  - Lan Driver
    166
- Vga Driver Installation
  159
- Figure 8-2: Select the Installation Method
  
  160
- Figure 8-4: VGA Driver Installation
  
  161
- Figure 8-3: VGA Driver Installation
  
  161
- Audio Driver Installation
  162
- Figure 8-9: Close the Audio Driver Installation Wizard
  
  166
- Figure 8-10: CD Main Menu
  
  167
- Figure 8-12: Locate the Setup Program Icon
  
  168
- Figure 8-11: AMD LX/GX CD Driver Menu
  
  168
- Figure 8-14: Install Wizard Welcome Screen
  
  169
- Figure 8-13: Preparing Setup Screen
  
  169
- Figure 8-15: Installing Screen
  
  170
- Sata/Raid Driver
  170
- Figure 8-16: Locate the Setup Program Icon
  
  171
- Figure 8-17: Preparing Setup Screen
  
  171
- Figure 8-18: Install Wizard Welcome Screen
  
  172
- Figure 8-19: Installing Screen
  
  173
- Figure 8-20: RAID Driver Digital Signal
  
  174
- Figure 8-21: Installshield Wizard Complete Screen
  
  175
- Isa Driver
  176
Figure 8-22: IT8888 ISA Bridge Driver Start up Screen

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Figure 8-23: Select the Installation Method

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Figure 8-24: IT8888 ISA Bridge Driver Installation

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Figure 8-25: Close the IT8888 ISA Bridge Driver Installation Wizard

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Abios Options

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Bterminology

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Cdio Interface

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- Dio Interface Introduction
  192
- Dio Connector Pinouts
  192
- Assembly Language Samples
  193
  - Enable the DIO Input Function
    193
  - Enable the DIO Output Function
    193
Dwatchdog Timer

194
Eaddress Mapping

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- Address Map
  198
- St Mb Memory Address Map
  198
- Irq Mapping Table
  199
- Dma Channel Assignments
  199
Fcompatibility

200
- Compatible Operating Systems
  201
- Compatible Processors
  201
- Compatible Memory Modules
  201
Hazardous Materials Disclosure

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- Hazardous Material Disclosure Table for IPB Products Certified as Rohs Compliant under 2002/95/EC Without Mercury
  204

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction

Figure 1-1: IOWA-GX

Table 1-1: IOWA-GX Model Specifications

2 Detailed Specifications

Figure 2-4: AMD Geode™ GX

Figure 2-5: SO-DIMM Socket

Figure 2-13: CF Type I/CF Type II Socket

Figure 2-14: USB

Figure 2-15: BIOS

Figure 2-16: Super I/O

Figure 2-17: Keyboard and Mouse Ports

Figure 2-18: Parallel Port

Figure 2-19: Serial Ports

Table 2-2: Power Consumption

3 Unpacking

Table 3-1: Package List Contents

4 Connector Pinouts

Figure 4-1: Connector and Jumper Locations

Figure 4-3: at Power Connector Location

Table 4-4: Audio CD in Connector Pinouts

Figure 4-5: Audio Connector Pinouts (10-Pin)

Figure 4-11: Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations

Table 4-27: VGA Connector Pinouts

Figure 4-26: COM1 Pinout Locations

Figure 4-27: VGA Connector

5 Installation

Figure 5-3: Jumper Location

Figure 5-5: IDE Cable Connection

Figure 5-13: LAN Connection

Figure 5-14: Serial Device Connector

6 Bios Screens

Table 6-1: BIOS Navigation Keys

BIOS Menu 1: Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility

BIOS Menu 2: Standard CMOS Features

BIOS Menu 3: IDE Channel Master

BIOS Menu 4: Advanced BIOS Features

BIOS Menu 5: Advanced Chipset Features

BIOS Menu 6: Advanced Chipset Features

BIOS Menu 7: Integrated Peripherals

BIOS Menu 8: IT8888 ISA Decode IO

BIOS Menu 9: IT8888 ISA Decode Memory

BIOS Menu 10: IT8888 DDMA

BIOS Menu 11: Power Management Setup

BIOS Menu 12: Pnp/Pci Configurations

BIOS Menu 13: IRQ Resources

BIOS Menu 14: Memory Resources

BIOS Menu 15: PC Health Status

7 Ali RAID Setup

8 Software Drivers

Figure 8-1: VGA Driver Start up Screen

Figure 8-5: Close the VGA Driver Installation Wizard

Figure 8-6: Audio Driver Start up Screen

Figure 8-7: Select the Installation Method

Figure 8-8: Audio Driver Installation

Figure 8-2: Select the Installation Method

Figure 8-4: VGA Driver Installation

Figure 8-3: VGA Driver Installation

Figure 8-9: Close the Audio Driver Installation Wizard

Figure 8-10: CD Main Menu

Figure 8-12: Locate the Setup Program Icon

Figure 8-11: AMD LX/GX CD Driver Menu

Figure 8-14: Install Wizard Welcome Screen

Figure 8-13: Preparing Setup Screen

Figure 8-15: Installing Screen

Figure 8-16: Locate the Setup Program Icon

Figure 8-17: Preparing Setup Screen

Figure 8-18: Install Wizard Welcome Screen

Figure 8-19: Installing Screen

Figure 8-20: RAID Driver Digital Signal

Figure 8-21: Installshield Wizard Complete Screen

Figure 8-22: IT8888 ISA Bridge Driver Start up Screen

Figure 8-23: Select the Installation Method

Figure 8-24: IT8888 ISA Bridge Driver Installation

Figure 8-25: Close the IT8888 ISA Bridge Driver Installation Wizard

Abios Options

Bterminology

Cdio Interface