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Other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. American ROCKY-P218BXA is registered trademarks of ICP Electronics Inc. IBM PC is Trademarks damages. commitment on the part of the manu @Copyright 1999 II & SoundPentium P218BXAROCKY Contents ........................................................................................3 1.1Specifications..............................................................................4 1.2What You Have...........................................................................5 2. Installation.........................................................................................6 2.1..........................................................7 2.2...................................................................................8 2.3......................................... 9 2.4............................................................. 9 2.5................................................................9 2.6Watch-Dog Timer...................................................................... 2.7DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk............................................................. 2.8.................................................................... 2.9........................................................... 2.10…........................................................................... ...................................................................................... 3.1...................................................... 3.2................................................ 3.3Parallel Port............................................................................... 3.4Serial Ports................................................................................ 3.5....................................................... 1 15ConnectorKeyboard/Mouse 14 14 13PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector 12Floppy Disk Drive Connector 123. Connection 11PS/2 MOUSE 11Creative Sound Function 11Clear CMOS Setup 10 10 System Memory DRAM BIOS Flash Type Setting Setting the CPU of ROCKY-P218BXA Unpacking ROCKY-P218BXA's Layout 1. Introduction 3.6................................................ 3.7................................................................... 3.8IrDA Infrared Interface Port ....................................................... 3.9.......................................................................... 3.10 Sound................................................... 4. AMI BIOS Setup.............................................................................. 4.1Getting Start.............................................................................. 4.2............................................................... 4.3............................................................. 4.4............................................................ 4.5........................................................ 4.6.................................................... 4.7........................................................................ 4.8 …………………………………………….................................. 4.9............................................ 4.10.............................................................. 4.11Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings................................... 4.12 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings.................................. 4.13............................................................... 4.14Exit Without Saving................................................................... 2 5. E................................................................................ Appendix A. Watch-Dog Timer............................................................ 2 35 33Key Function 32 32Save Settings and Exit 32 31 31Auto-Detect Hard Disks 30Change User/Supervisor Password 29Hardware Monitor Setup 27Peripheral Setup 26PCI / PLUG AND PLAY Setup 25Power Management Setup 23Advanced Chipset Setup 21CMOS SetupAdvanced 20Standard CMOS Setup 19 19 17 Function Connectors 17Fan Connector 17 16USB Port Connector 16External Switches and Indicators 1 Introduction ® Welcome to the ROCKY-P218BXA PentiumII & Creative Sound Single Board Computer. The ROCKY-P218BXA board is an ISA/PCI form factor board, which comes equipped with high ® performance Pentium II Processor and advanced high performance multi-mode I/O, designed for the system manufacturers, integrators, or VARs that want to provide all the performance, reliability, and quality at a reasonable price. This board has a built-in ™(DOC) Flash Disk socket for embedded application. The DOC Flash Disk is 100% software compatible to hard disk. User can use any DOS command without any extra software utility. The DOC currently is available from 2MB to 72MB. There also have PROMDISK- ™ can be used in the same DOC socket as an alternative An advanced high performance super AT I/O chip – Winbond W83977TF is used in the ROCKY-P218BXA board. Both on-chip IDE interface are compatible with IBM PC/AT and XT In addition, the ROCKY-218BXA provides Creative Sound capability. The sound chip is ViBRA 16X which provides full- featured, 16-bit audio with 100% Sound Blaster 16 compatibility, wave-table synthesis with Creative Wave Synth™ Creative 3D Stereo Enhancement Technology™ and full-duplex capabilities. 3 architectures. UARTs are compatible with the NS16C550. The parallel port and solution. Chip DiskOnChip ROCKY-P218BXA uses the advanced INTEL Chipset, 440BX, which is 100% ISA/PCI compatible chipset with PCI 2.1 1.1 Specifications : ® ·: one Slot1 supports Pentium II/III up to 500Mhz ·: ISA bus and PCI 32-bit local bus, PCI 2.1 standard ·DMA channels : 7 ·Interrupt levels : 15 · : Intel 440BX ·Real-time clock/calendar : in 440LX chipset, backup by industrial Li-battery,3V/850mAH. ·memory : Three and EDO RAM module. The max memory is up to 384MB. · ·Ultra DMA/33 IDE Interface : up to four PCI Enhance IDE hard drives. The Ultra DMA/33 IDE can handle data transfer up to 33MB/s. The best of all is that is new technology is compatible with existing ATA-2 IDE specifications. So there is no need to do any change for customer’s current accessory. ·Floppy disk drive interface : two 2.88 MB, 1.44MB, 1.2MB, 720KB, or 360KB floppy disk drives. · : NS16C550 compatible UARTs ·Bi-directional Parallel Port ·Built-in LM78 to monitor power supply voltage and fan speed status. ·IrDA port : Support Serial Infrared(SIR) and Amplitude Shift ·USB port : Support two USB ports for future expansion. 4 Keyed IR(ASKIR) interface. Two high speed Series ports : 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM in CPU.Second Cache memory 168-pin DIMM sockets support SDRAMSystem Chipset Bus Processor standard. ·Watch-dog timer : can be set by 1,2,10,20,110 or 220 seconds period. Reset or NMI is generated when CPU does not periodically trigger the timer. Your program uses hex 043 and 443 to control the ·Flash Disk - ™ or PROMDISK-Chip™ : The Flash Disk provides 100% software compatibility with hard disk. The built-in TrueFFS Transparent Flash Block Management and Space Reclamation will let customer to use the Flash Disk with DOS command, no need any extra software utility. · ·Mouse : PS/2 Mouse Port on-board. · : +5V @ 7.5A ® ( Pentium +12V @ 240mA, -12V @40mA ·Operating Temperature : 0 ° ~ 55 ° 1.2 In addition to this includes the following items: · · · · If any of these items is missing or damaged, contact the dealer from whom you purchased the product. Save the shipping materials and carton in case you want to ship or store the product in the future. 5 Cable in Mini-Din to 5-pin Din Keyboard and Mouse Adapter6-p FDD/HDD Cable Printer/RS-232 Cable ROCKY-P218BXA Single Board Computer , the ROCKY-P218BXA packageUser's Manual What You Have C ( CPU needs Cooler) II 300MHz,32MB EDO RAM) Power Consumption Keyboard connector DiskOnChip watch-dog and generate a system reset. 2 Installation This chapter describes how to install the ROCKY-P218BXA. At first, the layout of ROCKY-P218BXA is shown. Please read the Unpacking information on page 8 before you install it. The jumpers and switches setting for the ROCKY-P218BXA's configuration, such as CPU type selection, system clock setting, 2.1– < Please, refer to next page > 6 P218BXA's LayoutROCKY and watch-dog timer, are also included. 2.1– 7 P218BXA's LayoutROCKY 2.2Unpacking Your ROCKY-P218BXA Single Board Computer contains sensitive electronic components that can be easily damaged by static electricity. In this section, we describe the precautions you should take while unpacking, as well as during installation. It is very important that the instructions be followed correctly, to avoid The system board should be done on a grounded anti-static mat. The operator should be wearing an anti-static wristband, Inspect the cardboard carton for obvious damage. Shipping and handling may cause damage to your board. Be sure there are no Again inspect the board for damage. Press down on all the only with the board place on a firm flat surface. Note: DO NOT APPLY POWER TO THE BOARD IF IT HAS 8 Board Computer. You are now ready to install your ROCKY-P218BXA Single BEEN DAMAGED. socketed IC's to make sure that they are properly seated. Do this up. place it only on a grounded anti-static surface component side After opening the cardboard carton, exact the system board and shipping and handing damages on the board before processing. grounded at the same point as the anti-static mat. static damage, and to successfully install the board. 2.3 · CPU Clock Setting : · CPU to Bus Multiple : Multiplier ONOFFONON ONOFFOFFON OFFONONON OFFONOFFON 5.0 xOFFOFFONON ONONONOFF ONONOFFOFF CPU Frequency = CPU Clock x Multiplier, for example: ® Pentium 2.4BIOS Flash Type Setting · JP10 : Flash Type Setting DESCRIPTION 5V Flash 2.5 System There are three 168-pin DIMM sockets to accept SDRAM or EDO RAM, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB memory 9 modules. Memory DRAM 1-2 12V Flash 2-3 JP10 designed to handle the setting. ROM, one is 12V programming and the other is 5V. JP10 is There are two kind of Flash Chips that can be used as BIOS II 266MHz = 66MHz CPU Clock x 4.0 6.5 x 6.0 x 4.5 x 4.0 x 3.5 x 3.0 x 7-85-63-41-2 JP1 : 1-22-41-3100MHz 2-32-41-366MHz FS2FS0FS1 FREQUENCY JP4JP3BUS JP3, JP4 : Setting the CPU of ROCKY-P218BXA The total capacity is from 8MB to 384MB. Customer can use 2.6 Watch-Dog Timer The Watch-Dog Timer is enabled by reading port 443H. It should be triggered before the time-out period ends, otherwise it will assume the program operation is abnormal and will issue a reset signal to start again, or activate NMI to CPU. The Watch-Dog · JP9 : Watch-Dog Active Type Setting JP9DESCRIPTION RESET WHEN WDT TIME-OUT ACTIVATE NMI TO CPU WHEN WDT TIME- OUT DISABLE WDT · JP11 : WDT Time-Out Period OFFOFFONOFF OFFOFFONON OFFONOFFOFF OFFONOFFON ONOFFOFFOFF ONOFFOFFON 2.7 DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk The DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk Chip (DOC) is produced by M- Systems. Because the DOC is 100% compatible to hard disk ’t need any extra software utility. It is “plug and play”, easy and reliable. Right now the DOC is available from 2MB to 72MB.There also have PROMDISK-Chip™ 10 can be used with the same socket. just and DOS. Customer doesn 220 sec. 110 sec. 20 sec. 10 sec. 2 sec. 1 sec. 7-85-63-41-2PERIOD OPEN 1-2 2-3 Timer is disable by reading port 043H. only one DIMM module and can be populated in any order. · AddressPIN NO. D600-D7FF 2.8 Clear If you forget the CMOS password, you can clear or reset it by closing the pin 2-3 of for about 3 seconds. Now, the password has been cleared from your CMOS. Set it back to normal operation mode by closing pin 1-2. · JP5 : Clear CMOS Setup PIN NO. DESCRIPTION Normal Operation Clear 2.9 Creative · JP6 : Enable/Disable on board Sound function DESCRIPTION ON Enable Sound Function OFF Disable 2.10 PS/2 JP8 : PS/2 MOUSE ON OFF 11 DISABLE ENABLE MOUSE Sound Function JP6 disable the sound function. 16 compatible function. You can use the JP6 to enable or The on board Creative Sound provides a 100% Sound Blaster Sound Function CMOS Setup2-3 1-2 JP5 CMOS Setup 5-6DE00-DFFF 3-4 1-2CE00-CFFF JP15 : DiskOnChip Memory Address Setting 3 Connection This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches and 3.1Floppy Disk Drive Connector ROCKY-P218BXA board is equipped with a 34-pin daisy-chain driver connector cable. · CN3 : FDC CONNECTOR 1GROUND2REDUCE WRITE 3GROUND4N/C 5GROUND6N/C 7GROUND8 9GROUNDMOTOR ENABLE A# GROUNDDRIVE SELECT B# GROUNDDRIVE SELECT A# GROUNDMOTOR ENABLE B# GROUNDDIRECTION# GROUNDSTEP# GROUNDWRITE DATA# GROUNDWRITE GATE# GROUNDTRACK 0# GROUNDWRITE PROTECT# GROUNDREAD DATA# GROUND GROUNDDISK CHANGE# 12 3433 SIDE 1 SELECT#3231 3029 2827 2625 2423 2221 2019 1817 1615 1413 1211 10 INDEX# DESCRIPTIONPIN NO.DESCRIPTIONPIN NO. indicators to the ROCKY- P218BXA board. 3.2 You can attach four IDE (Integrated Device Electronics) hard disk drives to the ROCKY-P218BXA IDE controller. Primary IDE Connector Secondary IDE Connector · Connector 1RESET#2GROUND 3DATA 74DATA 8 5DATA 66DATA 9 7DATA 58DATA 10 9DATA 4DATA 11 DATA 3DATA 12 DATA 2DATA 13 DATA 1DATA 14 DATA 0DATA 15 GROUNDN/C IDE DRQGROUND IOW#GROUND GROUND GROUND IDE DACKGROUND - DEFAULT INTERRUPTN/C N/C HDD ACTIVE#GROUND 13 4039 HDC CS1#38HDC CS0#37 SA236SA035 34SA133 3231 3029 28IDE CHRDY27 26IOR#25 2423 2221 2019 1817 1615 1413 1211 10 DESCRIPTIONPIN NO.DESCRIPTIONPIN NO. CN1/CN2 : IDE Interface CN2 (IDE 2) : CN1 (IDE 1) : PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector 3.3 Parallel Port This port is usually connected to a printer, The ROCKY- · PIN NO.DESCRIPTIONPIN NO.DESCRIPTION 1STROBE#2DATA 0 3DATA 14DATA 2 5DATA 36DATA 4 7DATA 58DATA 6 9DATA 7ACKNOWLEDGE PRINTER SELECTAUTO FORM FEED # ERROR# PRINTER SELECT LN#GROUND GROUNDGROUND GROUNDGROUND GROUNDGROUND GROUNDNC 3.4Serial Ports The ROCKY-P218BXA offers two high speed NS16C550 compatible UARTs with Read/Receive 16 byte FIFO serial ports. · PIN NO.DESCRIPTION 1DATA CARRIER DETECT (DCD) 2RECEIVE DATA 3TRANSMIT DATA (TXD) 4DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR) 5GROUND (GND) 6DATA SET READY (DSR) 14 (RXD) CN11 : Serial Port DB-9 Connector (COM1) 2625 2423 2221 2019 1817 INITIALIZE1615 1413 PAPER EMPTY12BUSY11 10 CN6 : Parallel Port Connector 26-pin flat-cable connector CN6. P218BXA includes an on-board parallel port, accessed through a 7REQUEST TO SEND (RTS) 8CLEAR TO SEND (CTS) 9RING INDICATOR (RI) · PIN NO.DESCRIPTION 1DATA CARRIER DETECT (DCD) 2RECEIVE DATA 3TRANSMIT DATA (TXD) 4DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR) 5GROUND (GND) 6DATA SET READY (DSR) 7REQUEST TO SEND (RTS) 8CLEAR TO SEND (CTS) 9RING INDICATOR (RI) GROUND (GND) 3.5 Keyboard/Mouse Connector The ROCKY-P218BXA provides two keyboard/mouse · CN9 : 5-pin PS/2 Mouse Connector PIN NO.DESCRIPTION 1MOUSE DATA 2N/C 3GROUND 4 5MOUSE CLOCK 15 +5V connectors. 10 (RXD) CN7 : Serial Port 10-pin Header (COM2) · PIN NO.DESCRIPTION 1 2KEYBOARD DATA 3N/C 4GROUND 5 · CN12 : 6-pin Mini-DIN Keyboard Connector PIN NO.DESCRIPTION 1KEYBOARD DATA 2MOUSE DATA 3GROUND 4 5 6MOUSE CLOCK 16 KEYBOARD CLOCK +5V +5V KEYBOARD CLOCK CN10 : 5-pin Header Keyboard Connector 3.6 External Switches and Indicators There are several external switches and indicators for monitoring and controlling your CPU board. All the functions are · CN4 : MULTI PANEL Con2nector PIN NO.DESCRIPTIONPIN NO.DESCRIPTION 12 34 56 78 9RESET SW 3.7 USB Port Connector ·ports USB Connector Pin Pin PIN NO.DESCRIPTIONPIN NO.DESCRIPTION 1. VCC 5. GND 2. SBD0- 6. SBD1+ 3. SBD0+ 7. SBD1- 4. GND 8. VCC 17 5-8 for USB 1 1-4 for USB 0 CN5: 2 new I/O bus expansion. The ROCKY- P218BXA has two built-in USB ports for the future ATX 5VSB20ATX 5VSB19 ATX 5VSB18ATX Power Button17 ATX Power Control16IDE LED15 N/C14VCC13 GND12GND11 GND10 KEYLOCKVCC GNDN/C N/CN/C VCCSPEAKER in the CN4 connector. 3.8 The ROCKY-P218BXA has a built-in IrDA port which supports Serial Infrared (SIR) or Amplitude Shift Keyed IR(ASKIR) interface. When the IrDA port is used, user has to set SIR or ASKIR model in the BIOS’s Peripheral Setup’s COM 2. Then · PIN NO.DESCRIPTION 1VCC 2 3 4GND 5 6 3.9 Fan Connector The ROCKY-P218BXA provides three cooling fan connectors. These connectors can supply 12V/500mA to the cooling fan. In the connector there is a “” pin. The rotation pin gets the fan’s rotation signal to system. So the system BIOS can recognize the fan speed. Please note that only specified fan offers the rotation signal. ·16 : Fan Connector PIN NO.DESCRIPTION 1GND 2 3FAN SENSOR 3.10 Sound Function Connectors The ROCKY-P218BXA’s Creative Sound Function provides several connectors for audio in, audio out and game. The details 18 are: +12V CN14/15/ rotation CIRRX IR-TX IR-RX FIR-RX CN8 : IrDA connector the normal RS-232 COM 2 will be disabled. IrDA Infrared Interface Port · J1 : MIDI/GAME Port Description Description 1 5V9 5V 2 JOYF0 JOYF2 3 JRC0 JRC2 4 GROUND MIDI OUT 5 GROUND JRC3 6 JRC1 JOYF3 JOYF1 MIDI 5V NC · PIN NODESCRIPTION 1 2GND 3 4GND 5NC 6GND 7GND 8GND · PIN NO.DESCRIPTION 1GROUND 2JCD-L 3GROUND 4JCD-R · J4 : CD AUDIO IN (MITSUMI) PIN NO.DESCRIPTION 1JCD-L 2GND 3GND 4JCD-R · J5 : MIC INPUT · J6 : LINE IN · J9 : LINE OUT 19 J3 : CD AUDIO IN (SONY) EMUL EMUR J2 : WAVE TABLE UPGRADE 168. IN157. 14 13 12 11 10 Pin No.Pin No. 4 The ROCKY-P218BXA uses the AMI PCI/ISA BIOS for system configuration. The AMI BIOS setup program is designed to provide maximum flexibility in configuring the system by offering various options, which may be selected for end-user requirements. This chapter is written to assist you in the proper 4.1 Getting Start When the system is turned on, the BIOS will enter the Power- On-Self-Test routines. These routines will be executed for system test, initialization and system configuration verification. After the POST routines are completed, the following message " Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP" 20 To access AMI PCI/ISA BIOS Setup program, press key. appears: usage of these features. AMI BIOS Setup 4.2 Standard The standard CMOS Setup is used for basic hardware system configuration. The main function is for Date/Time setting and Floppy/Hard Disk setting. Please refer to the following screen for To set the Date, for example, press either the arrow or or Year) then press either or to set it to the current Months, Date and Year. Do the same steps for Time For IDE hard disk drive setup, please check the following computer will automatically detect the HDD specifications. Manually enter the specifications by yourself from ”“ option. 21 Userthe 3. Use the Auto-Detect Hard Disk option in the main menu; the2. Use the Auto setting for detection during boot-up.1. possible setup procedure: setting. button on your keyboard to select one of the fields (Months, Date this setup CMOS Setup 4.3 Advanced This Advanced CMOS Setup is designed for tuning the best performance of the ROCKY-P218BXA board. As for normal operation customers don‘t have to change any default setting. The default setting is pre-set for most reliable operation. The following screen will be displayed if you select Advanced You can change the value of each options by using < key. The available values are shown on the right Quick Boot >: this will enable the BIOS to boot quickly when you turn on your computer. The BIOS will only check the first 1MB of the system memory. Quick Boot Disabled: >the BIOS will test all system memory when it boots up. It will spend about 40 seconds untill it receives a Ready signal from the HDD. It will also wait for you to press the key or not. 22 Enabled screen. PgUp> and CMOS Setup: CMOS Setup stndrd 1, 2, 3> to st drives after the routines check up completes. If the 1 Boot rd Device fails, the BIOS will attempt to boot from the 2 or the 3 device. Try Other Boot Devices > the BIOS will try to boot from any strd other available device in the system if the 1, 2 and 3 device fails to boot. Floppy Access Control > to define the read/write access which is set when booting from a floppy drive. Hard Disk Access Control > to define the read/write access S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks S> to allow BIOS to use the ystem nagement and R Technologies protocol for reporting server system information on a network BootUp > to turn on/off the Num-Lock option on a enhanced keyboard when you boot. If you turn it off, the arrow keys on the numeric keypad can be used just as the other set of Floppy Drive Swap > this function enables you to swap the floppy disk drives via software or without moving the hardware. Floppy Drive Seek > when this option is turned Enabled, BIOS will perform a Seek command on floppy drive A: before PS/2 Mouse Support > to testify whether or not a PS/2 mouse System Keyboard > to configure the keyboard. If you set it Primary Display > to define the type of display monitor of the system. The Absent option is for network file servers. Password Check > to define if a password is necessary or not Boot to OS/2 > if you run the OS/2 operating system, this option must be set to yes. It means you permit BIOS to run properly if OS/2 or any other OS that does not support Plug and Play is found in your computer. 23 for access to the BIOS setup. Absent, BIOS will not report keyboard errors. is supported. boot-up. arrow keys on the keyboard and vice versa. Num-Lock eportingMa which is set when booting from a HDD. nd nd define the sequence of boot Boot Device System BIOS Cacheable > to define whether or not the memory segment FOOOH can be read from or written to cache memory. Setting it Enabled will give faster execution in your XXXX, 16k Shadow BIOS code is copied from slower ROM to faster RAM. If you enable it then the BIOS will be executed from the RAM. Each 4.4 Advanced Chipset Setup These setup functions are working mostly for Chipset (Intel 440BX). These options are used to change the Chipset‘s registers. Please carefully change any default setting, otherwise Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD > E will select predetermined optimal values of chipset parameters. When Disabled, chipset parameters return to setup information stored in CMOS. SDRAM RAS# to CAS delay > to specify the relative delay SDRAM RAS# Precharge > this option specifies the length of time for Row Address Strobe form SDRAW to precharge. 24 between row and column address strobe form SDRAM. nabled the system will run unstably. option allows 16KB segment to be shadowed to the RAM. > ROM Shadow is a technique in which system. SDRAM CAS# Latency > to specify the CAS latency timing form SDRAM DRAM. DRAM Integrity Mode > to choose DRAM Integrity Mode; will enable the EChecking and Correction DRAM integrity mode. to specify the timing for DRAM Refresh Memory Hole: to specify the location of a memory hole in the CMOS RAM. This setting reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space for ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting. Memory from 15MB and up will be unavailable to the system because expansion cards can only access memory to specify whether or not a caching of the video A000-BFFF RAM is allowed. will give you PCI Frame Buffer USWC > to specify whether or not a caching of the PCI VGA frame buffer is allowed. USWC Write Post > to Enable or Disable the use of Speculatable, Write-Combined memory. Graphics Aperture Size > to define the size of Graphics Search for MDA Resources > to allow the BIOS to search for 8bit I/O Recovery Time > to define the length of time for 8 bit I/O recovery. 16bit I/O Recovery Time > to define the length of time for 16 bit I/O recovery. USB Passive Release > to specify whether or not PIIX4 is allowed to use Passive Release while transferring control data PIIX4 Passive Release > will let the Passive Release PIIX4 Delayed Transaction > to enable or disable the embedded 32-bit posted write buffer which supports delay USB Function > to enable or disable the USB (Universal Serial 25 Bus) functions. transaction. mechanism encoded when CPU to PCI bus accesses. Enabled for USB transactions. MDA resources or not. Aperture. Uncacheable, better system performance. Enabled VGA Frame Buffer USWC > up to 16MB. DRAM Refresh Rate > rror ECC/EC 4.5 Power Power Management/APM > to enable or disable the Advanced Green PC Monitor Power State > to specify the power state of the monitor after the specified period of display-idle has ended. Video Power Down Mode > to specify the power state of the VESA VGA video subsystem after the specified period of Hard Disk Power Down Mode > to specify the power state of the hard disk after the specified period of hard drive-idle has 26 ended. display-idle has ended. Power Management feature. Management Setup Standby Time Out (Minute) > to specify the length of the system-idle period while the system is in full power on state. After this period of time has ended, the system will go into Suspend Time Out (Minute) > to specify the length of the system-idle period while the system is in Standby state. After this period of time has ended, the system will go into Suspend Throttle Slow Clock Ratio > to specify the speed of system clock under power saving state. The figure is a ratio between Modem Use IO Port > to assign a port for modem. Modem Use IRQ > to assign an IRQ for modem Display Activity > to specify if BIOS has to monitor display activity or not. to monitor specified device IRQ or Ignore. Power Button Function > to specify how the power button on 4.6 PCI The setup help user handles the ROCKY-P218BXA board‘s PCI function. All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA#, thus all 27 installed PCI slots must be set. / Plug and Play Setup the chassis is operated. Device X > power conserving and normal state CPU clock. state. state.Standby Plug and Play Aware O/S > Yes or No When PNP OS is installed, interrupts will be reassigned by the OS when the setting is Yes. When a non-PNP OS is installed or to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings, select setting to Clear NVRAM > if , BIOS will auto-clear NVRAM on every PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks) > to define the latency timing (PCI clock) for all PCI devices on the PCI bus. PCI VGA Palette Snoop > this option is useful only for system with more than one VGA devices connected to it through different bus (one PCI and one ISA). To enable those various VGA devices to handle signal from the CPU on each set of palette registers of every video devices, it must be set . Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA > to allocate IRQ to PCI VGA, answer Yes and vice versa. Offboard PCI IDE Card > to specify if an offboard PCI IDE card is installed in your computer or not. You must specify the slot Offboard PCI IDE Primary (/Secondary) IRQ > to specify the PCI interrupt that is assigned to the Primary (/Secondary) IDE offboard PCI IDE controller. PCI Slot (1,2,3,4) IRQ Priority > to specify the IRQ priority to DMA Channel (0,1,3,5,6,7) > to indicate whether or not the PCI/PnP. 4.7 Peripheral Setup This setup is working mostly on Multi-I/O Chip (W83977). The options are used to change the Chipset‘s registers. Please carefully change any default setting to meet your application need perfectly. The only special concern is Onboard Serial Port 2. If you want to use the IrDA port, you have to configure the 28 used by a legacy ISA adapter card. The settings are ISA/EISA or to assign the displayed IRQ to beIRQ (3,4,5,7,9,10,11,14,15) > DMA channel is assigned for a PnP or ISA card. be used by the PCI devices on slot 1 to 4. channel on the board which will be used for the card.number on the Enabled boot. yes No. SIR or ASKIR model in the BIOS’s Peripheral Setup’s COM2; Onboard FDC > to enable the FDC on your board. If you set it Auto, the BIOS will decide if the FDC should be enabled, automatically). Onboard Serial Port A (/B) > to specify the I/O port address of the serial port 1(/2). If you set it Auto, the BIOS will decide the correct I/O port address, automatically. Serial Port B Mode > to specify the mode of serial port 2. IR Duplex Mode > to specify the mode of IR device that is IrDA Protocol > to specify the function mode if an IrDA mode is Onboard Parallel Port > to specify the I/O port address of the parallel port. Parallel Port Mode > to specify the mode of parallel port. The (normal parallel port mode), bidirectional transfer), (supports devices that comply with the Enhanced Parallel Port specification), (supports devices that comply with the Extended Capabilities Port). Parallel Port IRQ > to assign certain IRQ to the parallel port. The optimal and fail-safe settings are 7. Parallel Port DMA Channel > available only if the parallel port mode is ECP. The optimal and fail-safe settings are 3. 29 ECP EPP (supports Bi-Dir Normal options are: selected. connected to the IR port. the RS-232 COM2 will be disabled. Onboard IDE > 4.8 Hardware Monitor Setup There is a LM78 chip on your board, which can monitor on board system voltage and fan speed. The voltage monitoring will cover +5V– Note: normal CPU Fan RPM is over than 5000 RPM. If your CPU Fan RPM is less than that figure, something is wrong and 30 5V.,+12V,-12V,and Both and Disabled. channel(s) to be used. Available options are Primary, Secondary, to define which on-board IDE controller the CPU will be in overheat condition. Make sure that the 4.9 Change This option sets a password that is used to protect your system and Setup Utility. Supervisor Password has higher priority than User Password. Once you setup the password, the system will always ask you to key-in password every time you enter the 31 User/Supervisor Password connection at CN14/CN15/CN16 is correct. BIOS SETUP. If you enter the BIOS SETUP with Supervisor Password, you can access every setup option on the main menu (USER PASSWORD, SAVE SETTING AND EXIT and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING). To disable these passwords, enter the BIOS SETUP menu with Supervisor Password and then just press the key instead of entering a new password when 4.10 Auto-Detect Hard Disks This option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive (HDD sector, cylinder, head, etc) automatically and will put the parameters into the Standard CMOS Setup screen. Up to 4 IDE drives can be detected and the parameters will be listed in the box. Press if you accept these parameters. Press to skip the next IDE drives. incorrect parameters may be detected. In this case, you need to enter 4.11 Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings This option lets you load the default settings. These best-case values settings are , which will provide the best performance. Whenever your CMOS RAM is damaged, optimal settings will be loaded automatically. 32 this optimal the correct parameters manually or low-level format the disk. Note: If your IDE HDD was formatted in previous older system, prompt pop-up.the 'Enter Password' but with User Password you can only choose three setup options 4.12 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings This option lets you load the Fail Safe default settings when something happens to your computer so that it cannot boot normally. These settings are not the most optimal settings but are 33 the most stable settings. 4.13 Save Settings and Exit Select this option when you finish setting all the parameters and want to save them into the CMOS. Just simply press key 4.14 Exit Without Saving Select this option if you want to exit the Setup without saving the changes that you made. Just simply press key and you will exit the BIOS SETUP without saving the changes. 5 2 E Key™ Function 2 ™ function 2 for system integrator. Based on the E™ you could free to store the ID Code, Pass Word, or Critical Data in the 1Kbit EEPROM. Because the EEPROM is nonvolatile memory, you ’t have to worry the losing of the very important data. 34 don KEY KEYThe ROCKY-P218BXA provides an outstanding E and all the configuration changes will be saved. 2 Basically the E™ 2 ™ you should have the utility in the package. The software utility will include four files as follows, README.DOC E2KEY.OBJ EKEYDEMO.C EKEYDEMO.EXE. 2 The EKEY.OBJ provides two-library function for user to 2 integrate their application with E™ function. These libraries (read_e2key and write_e2key) are written and compiled in C format. Please check the following statement, then you will know how to implement it easily. unsigned /* This function will return the E2KEY™’ void write_e2key(unsigned int address,unsigned data) 2 /* This function will write the given data to E™ The address range is from 0 to 63. The data value is from 0 to 0xffff. */ To easy start to use the function, please refer the included EKEYDEMO.C code first. 2 ™ ’s 35 parallel port, otherwise it will be not working. parallel port. So you should enable the ROCKY-P218BXA function is based on the working ofKEYPlease note the E at address.KEY ,16 bits */address range is from 0 to 63. Return data is one word s data at address. The int address)int read_e2key(unsigned KEY KEYWhen you start to use the E write) each word at any time. configured to 64 words (from 0 to 63). You could access (read or is based on a 1Kbit EEPROM which isKEY Appendix A. Watch-Dog Timer The Watch-Dog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that caused the CPU to crash. This condition may have occurred by external EMI or a software bug. When the CPU stops working correctly, hardware on the board will either perform a hardware reset (cold boot) or a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) to bring the The Watch-Dog Timer is controlled by two I/O ports. Watch-Dog (hex)Timer. 36 Enable the refresh the Read443 system back to a known state. Watch-Dog Timer. (hex) To enable the Watch-Dog Timer, a read from I/O port 443H must be performed. This will enable and activate the countdown timer which will eventually time out and either reset the CPU or cause an NMI depending on the setting of JP9. To ensure that this reset condition does not occur, the Watch-Dog Timer must be periodically refreshed by reading the same I/O port 433H. This must be done within the time out period that is selected by A tolerance of at least 30% must be maintained to avoid unknown routines within the operating system (DOS), such as disk I/O that can be very time consuming. Therefore if the time out period has been set to 10 seconds, the I/O port 443H must Watch- 37 Dog Timer, otherwise the system will reset. Note: when exiting a program it is necessary to disable the be read within 7 seconds. jumper group JP11. Disable the Read043