Advantech AIMB-221 Bedienungsanleitung

User Manual AIMB-221 Socket S1g1 AMD 64X2 T urion / Mobile Sempron Processor HyperT ransport S peed 800 MHz Industrial Mini-ITX Motherboard with DDR2/Dual GbE/PCI[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual ii Copyright This document is copyrighted, 20 08, by Advantech Co., Lt d. All right s are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvement s to the product s described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any[...]

iii AIMB-221 User Manual Declaration of Conformity This device complies with the requirement s in p art 15 of the FCC rules: Operation is subject to the following two conditio ns: ! This device may not cause harmfu l interference ! This device must accept any interferenc e received, including interference that may cause undesired operation This equ[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual iv Memory Comp atibility AIMB-221 Memory T ested for Comp atibility Brand Size Speed T ype ECC V endor PN Advantech PN Memory Result A-DA T A 256 MB DDR2 533 SODIMM DDR2 N M20SS2 F3G3410 A1BOZ NA SAMSUNG 52B K4T56083QF- GCD5 (32x8) P ASS 512 MB DDR2 533 SODIMM DDR2 NM 2 0 E L 2 G3H3410 A1BOZ NA ELPIDA JAP AN E5108AB-5C-E (64x8[...]

v AIMB-221 User Manual Product warranty Advantech warrant s to you, the original purchaser , that each of it s products will be free from defects in mate rials and workmanship for two years from the date of pur- chase. This warranty does not apply t o any products which h ave been repaire d or altered by persons other than rep a ir personnel author[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual vi Initial Inspection Before you begin installing you r motherboard, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your distribu tor or sales repre- sentative immediately . We have carefully inspected the AIMB-221 mechanically and electrically before ship[...]

vii AIMB-221 User Manual Content s Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration ......................1 1.1 Introduction .............. ............. ................ ............. ................ ............. .......... 2 1.2 Features ......... ............. ............. ................ ............. ................ ............. ....... 2 1.3 Specificat[...]

AIMB-221 User Manual viii Table 2.1: ATX power supply L ED status (No support for AT pow- er) .............. ............. ................ ............. ................ ..... 23 2.5 ATX/AT Mode Selector (JPSON1) .............. ............. ................ ............... 24 Table 2.2: ATX/AT Mode selector (PSON1) .. ................... ........[...]

ix AIMB-2 21 User Manual 3.4.17 APIC Mode......... ............. ............. ................ ............. ................ .. 57 3.5 Advanced Chipset Features ........ ................ ............. ................ ............. .. 58 Figure 3.4 Advanced Chipset Feat ures screen .................... ..... 58 3.5.1 Memory Hole At 15M-16M ......[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual x 3.10.1 Spread Spectrum ............... ............. ................ ................ ............ 67 3.11 Password Setting ........... ................ ................ ............. ................ ............ 68 3.12 Save & Exit Setup .................... ............. ................ ................ ............[...]

Chapter 1 1 Hardware Configuration[...]

AMB-221 User Manual 2 1.1 Introduction The AIMB-221 is the most advanced AMD M690T/M690E series industrial mother- board for industrial applications that require high-p erformance computing. The moth- erboard support s the mobile and desktop Socket S1g1 Athlon 64/Athlon 64FX/Athlon X2/AMD Sempron/AMD T urion 64 processors with 200, 400, 600, 800, a[...]

3 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration 1.3 S pecifications 1.3.1 System ! CPU: AMD S1g1 T urion 64X2 Dual Core and Mobile Sempron processor up to 2.1/2.0 GHz, HT 800 MHz. Advantech also certifies several o ptional high-perfor- mance CPU coolers for high-speed CPUs in 2U chassis or in high-temperature environments. ! L2 Cache: CPU h[...]

AMB-221 User Manual 4 1.3.3 Input/Output ! PCI Bus: 1 PCI slots, 32-b it, 33 MHz PCI 2.2 compliant ! Enhanced p arallel port: Configured to L PT1 or disabled . S tandard DB-25 female connector provided. Supports EPP/SPP/ECP ! Serial port s: Six serial port s, one DB-9 (RS-232) connector and one DB-9 (RS- 232/422/485) connector on rear IO, and four [...]

5 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration 1.5 Board Layout: Jumper and Connector Locations Figure 1.1 Jumper and Connector location s Figure 1.2 I/O connectors KBMS JESTCOM2 COM12 GPIO1 VGA,HDMI USB56 USB78 LAN2 USB34 LAN1 USB12 Audio JWDT1 DVI JFP3 JPSON1 AT X 1 COM3456 SODIMM CPUF AN LPT1 BA T1 SYSF AN1 JCMOS1 JESTCOM1 LPC BIOS (Opt[...]

AMB-221 User Manual 6 1.6 AIMB-221 Block Diagram Figure 1.3 AIMB-221 Block Diagram AMD M690E AMD Socket S1g1 Dual Core Mobile Turion/ Sempron Processor BIOS Super IO Winbond W83627UHG SB 600 TFP 410 32-bit/33MHz DVI (Option) t r o p s n a r T r e p y H z H M 0 0 8 PCIe x4 4 GB/sec CRT VGA L VDS HDMI PCIe x8 DVO 24-bit L VDS DDR2 533/667/800 DDR2 53[...]

7 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration 1.7 Jumpers and Connectors Label Function Page JCMOS1 Clear CMOS jumper 9 JWDT1 W atchdog timer output 9 JPSON1 Power A TX/A T mode selector 10, 24 JSETCOM1 RS-232 power mode selector for COM1 10, 30 JSETCOM2 RS-232/422/4 85 jumper for COM2 10, 31 IDE1 Primary IDE connector 16 DVI2 DVI connect[...]

AMB-221 User Manual 8 1.8 Safety Precautions 1.9 Jumper Settings This section provides instructions on how to con figure your motherboa rd by setting the jumpers. It also includes the motherboa rd default settings and your options for each jumper . 1.9.1 How to set jumpers Y ou can configure your motherboard to match the needs of your application b[...]

9 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration 1.9.2 CMOS clear (JCMOS1) The AIMB-221 motherboard cont ains a jumper that can era se CMOS data an d reset the system BIOS information. Normally this jumper should be set wit h pins 1-2 closed. If you want to reset the CMOS data, set JCMOS1 to 2-3 closed for just a few seconds, and then move t[...]

AMB-221 User Manu al 10 Figure 1.4 COM2 RS-232/422/485 jumper setting T a ble 1.3: A TX/A T mode selector (JPSON1) Function Jumper Setting AT M o d e AT X M o d e * *Default setting T a ble 1.4: COM1 RS-2 32 with 5V or 12V selector (JSE TCOM1) Use jumper to se lect the 5V or 12V m ode for COM1. The default setting is RS-232 ri ng in. T a ble 1.5: C[...]

11 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration 1.10 System Memory The AIMB-221 has two sockets for 200-p in dual inline memory modules (SODIMMs) in two memory channels. All these socket s use 1.8 V unbuf fered double data rate syn chronous DRAMs (DDR SDRAM). They are available in cap acities of 256, 512 1024 and 2048 MB. The sock- ets can[...]

AMB-221 User Manu al 12 1.14 PCI Bus Routing T able T a ble 1.6: PCI Bus Routing T able PCI Slot ID SEL PCI Interrupt PCI1 AD31 INT B, C, D, A Mini PCI1 AD28 INT C, D, A, B T a ble 1.7: PCI1 (Routing: AD31 / PCI_#INTF , #INTG , #INTH, #INTE) pin.A1 NC pin.B1 -VCC12 pin.A2 VCC12 pin.B2 NC pin.A3 NC pin.B3 NC pin.A4 NC pin.B4 NC pin.A5 VCC pin.B5 VCC[...]

13 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration pin.A39 VCC3 pin.B39 PCI_#LOCK pin.A40 NC pin.B40 PCI_#PERR pin.A41 NC pin.B41 VCC3 pin.A42 GND pin.B42 PCI_#SERR pin.A43 PCI_P AR pin.B43 VCC3 pin.A44 PCI_AD15 pin.B44 PCI_#C/BE1 pin.A45 VCC3 pin.B45 PCI_AD14 pin.A46 PCI_AD13 pin.B46 GND pin.A47 PCI_AD1 1 pin.B47 PCI_AD12 pin.A48 GND pin.B48[...]

AMB-221 User Manu al 14 pin.41 PCI_AD25 pin.42 PCI_AD28 pin.43 NC pin.44 PCI _AD26 pin.45 PCI_#C/BE3 pin.46 PCI_AD24 pin.47 PCI_AD23 pin.48 PCI_#IDSEL(AD28) pin.49 GND pin .50 GND pin.51 PCI_AD21 pin.52 PCI_AD22 pin.53 PCI_AD19 pin.54 PCI_AD20 pin.55 GND pin .56 PCI_P AR pin.57 PCI_AD17 pin.58 PCI_AD18 pin.59 PCI_#C/BE2 pin.60 PCI_AD16 pin.61 PCI_#[...]

Chapter 2 2 Connecting Peripherals[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 16 2.1 Introduction Y ou can access most of the connectors from the top of the boa rd as it is being installed in the chassis. If you have a number of cards inst alled, you may need to par- tially remove a card to make all the connections. 2.2 Primary (IDE1) IDE Connector[...]

17 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals Y ou can attach up to one IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) drive to the AI MB-221's built-in controller . Wire number 1 on the cable is red o r blue and the other wires are gray . Connect one end to connector IDE1 on the motherboard. Make sure that the red/blue wire corre- sponds to pi[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 18 2.3 DVI2 (Optional) Signal PIN PIN Signal VCC 2 1 DVI2_Tx0- DVI2_TxC- 4 3 DVI2_Tx0+ DVI2_TxC+ 6 5 GND GND 8 7 DVI2_Tx1- DVI2_DDCCLK 10 9 DVI2_Tx1+ DVI2_DDCA T 12 1 1 GND PLUG_Detect 14 13 DVI2_Tx2- NC 16 15 DVI2_Tx2+ NC 18 17 VCC NC 20 19 NC[...]

19 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals The TFP410 is a DVI-compliant digit al transmitte r that is used in digit al host monitor systems to T .M.D.S. encode and serialize RGB pixel data streams. TFP410 supports resolutions from VGA to UXGA and can be controlled in two ways: 1. Configuration and state p ins or 2. The programmable I[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 20 2.4 Front Panel Connectors (JFP1, JFP2, JFP3)[...]

21 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.4.1 A TX Sof t Power Switch (JFP1) If your computer case is equipped with an A TX power supply , you should connect t he power on/of f button on your compute r case to JFP1 PIN1 , 2. This connection en ables you to turn your computer on and of f. 2.4.2 Reset Connector (JFP1) Many computer c[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 22 2.4.4 HDD LED Connector (JFP2) Y ou can connect an LED to co nnector JFP2 to indicate when the HDD is active. 2.4.5 SM Bus Connector (JFP2 PIN6,8) This connector is reserved for Advantec h's SNMP-1000 HTT P/SNMP Remote Sys- tem Manager . The SNMP-1000 allows users to monitor the internal voltages, tem- perature and fan[...]

23 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.4.6 Power LED and keyboard lock connector (JFP3 / PWR_LED&KEY LOCK) (JFP3 / PWR_LED&KEY LOCK) is a 5-pin connector for the power on LED and Key Lock function. The Power LED cable should be connected to pin 1-3. The key lock button cable should be connected to pin 4-5. There are 3 mo[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 24 2.5 A TX/A T Mode Selector (JPSON1) T a ble 2.2: A TX/A T Mode selector (PSON1) Function Jumper Setting AT M o d e AT X M o d e JPSON1 pin.1 A TX mode pin.2 PS_SELECT pin.3 A T mode 1 1-2 closed 1 2-3 closed[...]

25 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.6 Serial Port Header (COM 3/4/5/6) Com # Define Pin Pin Define Com # COM3 COM3_#DCD 1 2 COM3_#DSR COM3 COM3_SIN 3 4 COM3_#RTS COM3_SOUT 5 6 COM3_#CTS COM3_#DTR 7 8 COM3_#RI GND 9 10 NC COM4 COM4_#DCD 1 1 12 COM4_#DSR COM4 COM4_SIN 13 14 COM4_#R TS COM4_SOUT 15 16 COM4_#CTS COM4_#DTR 17 18 C[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 26 2.7 CPU Fan Connector (CPU Fan1) CPUF AN1 pin.1 GND pin.2 VCC12 pin.3 SPEED[...]

27 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.8 System Fan (SYSF AN1, SYSF AN2) SYSF AN1 pin.1 GND pin.2 VCC12 pin.3 SPEED SYSF AN2 pin.1 GND pin.2 VCC12 pin.3 NC Note! Super IO W83627UHG support 2 sets of Fan Monitoring only. When all the CPU fan, Sysfan 1, and Sysfan 2 are plugged, there will only show CPU fan and Sysfan 1 in the BIO[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 28 2.9 Parallel Port (LPT1)[...]

29 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals The mainboard provides a 26-pin header for connection to an optiona l parallel port bracket. The parallel port is a st andard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and Extended Capabiliti es Parallel Port (ECP) mode. LPT1 pin.1 L TP1_#STBB pin.2 L TP1_#AFD pin.3 L TP1_PD0B p[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 30 2.10 JSETCOM1 JSETCOM1 pin.1 COM1_#RI pin.2 COM1_#RI pin.3 VCC pin.4 pin.5 VCC12 pin.6[...]

31 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.1 1 JSETCOM2 JSETCOM2 pin.1 COM2_SIN pin.2 UART2 _RXD485 pin.3 pin.4 UART2_RXD422 pin.5 pin.6 UART2_RXD232 pin.7 COM2_#DCD pin.8 COM2_SOUT pin.9 COM2_PIN1 pin.10 COM2_PIN3 pin.1 1 COM2_TXD485N p in.12 COM2_RXD485P pin.13 UART2_SIN pin.14 COM2_#DTR pin.15 COM2_PIN2 pin.16 COM2_PIN4 pin.17 CO[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 32 RS-422 pin.1 RS-485+ pin.2 RS-485- RS-485 pin.1 RS-422 Tx- pin.2 RS-422 Tx+ pin.3 RS-422 Rx+ pin.4 RS-422 Rx-[...]

33 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.12 GPIO1 General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) is used in embedded electronics field. GPIO devices provide a set of IO ports that c an be configured for either input or outp ut, compounded by the resemblance to GP1 a nd GP0. The GPIO peripheral provides dedicated general-purpose pins tha t ca[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 34 2.13 VGA HDMI HDMI1 VGA1 pin.1 HDMI_P2 pin.1 RED pin.2 GND pin.2 GREEN pin.3 HDMI_N2 pin.3 BLUE pin.4 HDMI_P1 pin.4 NC pin.5 GND pin .5 GND pin.6 HDMI_N1 pin. 6 GND pin.7 HDMI_P0 pin .7 GN D pin.8 GND pin .8 GN D pin.9 HDMI_N0 pin.9 VCC pin.10 HDMI_PCLK pin.10 GND pin.1 1 GND pin.1 1 NC pin.12 HDMI_NCLK pin.12 DDC_DA T pin.[...]

35 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.14 LAN1_USB12 LAN1_USB12 pin.1 NC pin.2 LAN2_MDIP0 pin.3 LAN2_MDIN0 pin.4 LAN2_MDIP2 pin.5 LAN2_MDIN2 pin.6 LAN2_MDIP2 pin.7 LAN2_MDIN2 pin.8 LAN2_MDIP3 pin.9 LAN2_MDIN3 pin.10 GND pin.1 1 LAN2_ACTLED- pin.12 LAN2_ ACTLED+ pin.13 LAN2_LINKLED- pin.14 LAN2_LINKLED+ pin.15 VCC pin.16 USB_N2 p[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 36 2.15 LAN2_USB34 LAN2_USB34 pin.1 NC pin.2 LAN1_MDIP0 pin.3 LAN1_M DIN0 pin.4 L AN1_MDIP1 pin.5 LAN1_M DIN1 pin.6 L AN1_MDIP2 pin.7 LAN1_M DIN2 pin.8 L AN1_MDIP3 pin.9 LAN1_ MDIN3 pin.10 GND pin.1 1 LAN1_ACTLED- pin.12 LAN1_ACTLED+ pin.13 LAN1_LINKLED- pin.14 LAN1_LINKLED+ pin.15 VCC pin.16 USB_N1 pin.17 USB_P1 pin.18 GND pi[...]

37 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.16 USB56 USB56 pin.1 VCC pin.2 VCC pin.3 USB_N4 pin.4 USB_N5 pin.5 USB_P4 pin.6 USB_P5 pin.7 GND pin.8 GND KEY - pin.10 GND[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 38 2.17 USB78 USB78 pin.1 VCC pin.2 VCC pin.3 USB_N6 pin.4 USB_N7 pin.5 USB_P6 pin.6 USB_P7 pin.7 G ND pin.8 GND KEY - pin.10 GND[...]

39 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.18 Audio AUDIO1 pin.A1 GND pin.A2 MIC_IN2 pin.A3 NC pin.A4 NC pin.A5 MIC_IN1 pin.B2 LINEOUT _L pin.B3 NC pin.B4 NC pin.B5 LINEOU T_R pin.C2 LINEIN_L pin.C3 NC pin.C4 NC pin.C5 LINEIN_R[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 40 2.19 FP AUD1 FP AUD1 pin.1 FP_MIC_IN1 pin.2 GND pin.3 MIC_VREF pin.4 VCC pin.5 REAR_LO_ R pin.6 LINEOUT_R pin.7 NC KEY pin.9 REAR_LO_ L pin.10 LINEO UT_L[...]

41 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.20 SPKOUT1 SPKOUT1 pin.1 AMP_L pin.2 AMP_L# pin.3 AMP_R# pin.4 AMP_R[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 42 2.21 Serial A T A Interface (SA T A1, SA T A2, SA T A3, SA T A4)[...]

43 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals SA T A2 SA T A4 SA T A1 SA T A3 SA T A1 SA T A2 SA T A3 SA T A4 pin.1 GND pin.1 GND pin.1 GND pin.1 GND pin.2 SA T A_TXP0 pin.2 SA T A_TXP1 pin.2 SA T A_TXP2 pin.2 SA T A _TXP3 pin.3 SA T A_TXN0 pin.3 SA T A_TXN1 pin.3 SA T A_TXN2 pin.3 SA T A_TXN3 pin.4 GND pin.4 GND pin.4 GND pin.4 GND pin.[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 44 2.22 INV1 INV is connected to an inverter that can pro vide power to an LCD panel. The AIMB-221 can drive an L VDS display , and you can install an L VDS display with the following accessories. INV1 pin.1 VCC12 pin.2 GND pin.3 BL_EN pin.4 NC pin.5 VCC[...]

45 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.23 VGA2 (TV -Out) (Optional) TVOUT1 pin.1 CVBS pin.2 Y pin.3 C pin.4 GND[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 46 The TV -out feature is an optional feature that is supporte d by AMD M690T . Custom- ers who utilize the TV -out feature must have the Macrovision Licensee membership. Right click the grey TV icon and select the display mode: Signal Signal Description Y Luma / Green Output. This pin outputs a se lectable video signal. The o[...]

47 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.24 LV D S[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 48 LV D S 1 pin.1 L VDS_VCC pin.2 L VDS_VCC pin.3 G ND pin.4 GND pin.5 L VDS_VCC pin.6 L VDS_VCC pin.7 L VDS_L0N pin.8 UVDS_U0N pin.9 L VDS_L0P pin.10 UVDS_U0P pin.1 1 GND pin.12 GND pin.13 L VDS_L1N pin.14 UVDS_U1N pin.15 L VDS_L1P pin.16 UVDS_U1P pin.17 GND pin.18 GND pin.19 L VDS_L2N pin.20 UVDS_U2N pin.21 L VDS_L2P pin.22 [...]

49 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals 2.25 L VDS POWER JUMPER (JL VDS1) JL VDS1 is the jumper for either 3.3 V or 5 V output when connect to LCD p anel. JL VDS1 pin.1 VCC3 pin.2 L VDS_VCC pin.3 VCC 1 23[...]

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Chapter 3 3 Award BIOS Setup[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 52 3.1 Introduction 3.1.1 BIOS Setup program This motherboard supports a pro grammable firmware chip that you can update. Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard , reconfiguring your system, or prompted to "Run Setup". This se ction explains how to configure you r sys- tem using this utility [...]

53 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 3.1.2 CMOS RAM Auto-backup and Restore The CMOS RAM is powered by an onboard button cell battery . When you finish BIOS setup, the data in CMOS RAM will be au tomatically backed up to flash memory . If operation in harsh industrial environmen ts caus es a soft error , the BIOS will check the data i[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 54 3.3 S t andard CMOS Setup Figure 3.2 S t andard CMOS Features Screen 3.3.1 Date The date format is: <day of the week>, <month> <day of the month> <year>. 3.3.2 Ti m e The time format is <hour> : <minute> : <second >, based on the 24-hour clock. 3.3.3 IDE channel 0/1 Master/Slave ! I[...]

55 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 3.3.5 Vid e o This category detects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must match your video display card and monitor . ! EGA / VGA: Enhanced Graphics Adapter / Video Gr aphics Array . For EGA, VGA, SVGA or PGA adapters ! CGA 40: Color Graphics Adapter , power up in 40 col[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 56 3.4.1 CPU Features ! Thermal Management This feature controls the activation of the Thermal Monitor's automatic mode. It allows you to determine when t he Pentium 4's Thermal Monitor sho uld be acti- vated in automatic mode af ter the system boots. For example, with the de fault value of 16 Minutes, the BIOS activ[...]

57 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 3.4.10 Boot Up Floppy Seek Selection of the command "Disabled" will sp eed the boot up. Selection of "Enabled" searches for floppy disk drives during boot up. 3.4.1 1 Boot Up NumLock St atus Sets the boot up status Num Lock. The o ptions are "On" and "Of f". [...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 58 3.5 Advanced Chip set Features Choose the "Advanced Chipset Features" op tion from the "Initial Se tup Screen" menu to show the following screen. Figure 3.4 Advanced Chip set Features screen 3.5.1 Memory Hole At 15M-16M Enabling this feature reserves the 15 MB to 16 MB memory address sp ace for ISA expan[...]

59 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 3.5.4 On-Chip Frame Buffer Size The On-Chip Frame Buf fer Size can be set to 1 MB or 8 MB. This memory is shared with the system memory . 3.5.5 DVMT Mode This option shows the active system memory mode. 3.5.6 DVMT / FIXED Memory Size This option specifies the size of DVMT / FIXED system memory to a[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 60 3.6.1 IDE HDD Block Mode If your IDE hard drive supports block m ode, select Enabled to automatically detect the optimal number of block read/writes per sector that the drive can support . 3.6.2 IDE DMA T ransfer Access Use this field to enable or disable IDE DMA transfer access. 3.6.3 IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO/UDMA Mode[...]

61 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Set the RAID mode as JBOD, and then se lect the HDD. Save and exit. Please note that to set 2 JBODs needs to set u p twice, and so on. Enter the Hard Disk Boot Priority , the RAID HDD will be displayed.[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 62 3.6.5 Legacy mode support This allows a SA T A system to support P A T A mode. The choices are "Disabled" and "Enabled". Figure 3.7 Onboard Device 3.6.6 On board LAN1 ROM The options are "Enabled " and "Disabled". Select "Disabled" if you don't want to use the onboard L[...]

63 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 3.7 Power Management Setup Power Management Setup controls the "gr een" power-saving features. The following screen shows the manufacturer's default s. Figure 3.8 Power manageme nt setup screen 3.7.1 Power Supply T ype AIMB-221 can support both "A TX" and "A T" po[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 64 There are three selections for Power Manag ement, and they have fixed mode set- tings. 3.7.6 V ideo Off Method Use this to select the method t o turn of f the video. The choices are "Blank Screen", "V/H SYNC+ Blank" and "DPMS". 3.7.7 V ideo Off In Suspend When the system is in suspend mode, the[...]

65 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 3.7.15 PowerOn by Alarm The choices are "Enabled" and "Disabled". The fields that fo llow , indicate the date and time that the alarm is set for , if enabled. 3.7.16 Primary IDE 0 (1) and Secondary IDE 0 (1) When Enabled, the system will resume fr om suspe nd mode if Primary IDE[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 66 3.8.3 PCI / VGA Palette Snoop This is set to "Disabled" by default. 3.8.4 Maximum Payload Size This allows you to set the maximum TLP pa yload size fo r PCIe devices. The options are [128 bytes]. 3.9 PC Health S t atus Figure 3.10 PC Health S tatus Screen 3.9.1 Current System T emperature This shows you the curren[...]

67 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 3.10 Frequency / V olt age Control Figure 3.1 1 Spread Spectrum F requency/V olt age Control screen 3.10.1 Spread S pectrum This setting allows you to reduce EMI by modulating the signals the CPU ge nerates so that the spikes are reduced to flatte r curves. This is achieved by varying the fre- quen[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 68 3.1 1 Password Setting Follow these steps t o change the p assword. 1. Choose the "Set Password" option from the "In itial Setup Screen" menu and press <Enter>. The screen displays the following messa ge: 2. Press <Enter>. 3. If the CMOS is good and this option has been use d to change the de[...]

69 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 3.12 Save & Exit Setup If you select this and press <Ente r>, the values entered in the setup utilities will be recorded in the CMOS memory of the chip set. The processor will check this every time you turn your system on and compare this to what it finds as it checks the sys- tem. This r[...]

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Chapter 4 4 Chipset Software Installation Utility and VGA Setup[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 72 4.1 Before you begin T o facilitate the installation of the enhanced display drivers and utility sof tware, read the instructions in this chapter carefully . The drivers for the AIMB-221 are located on the softwa re installation CD. Microsof t .NET Framework 2.0 are required for AMD/A TI utility . It is strongly suggested t[...]

73 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 4 Chipset Software Installation Utility and VGA Setup Choose "I accept the terms of the L icense Agreement" and then click "I nstall" Once the program is installe d, click "F inish" to close the installation session.[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 74 Before you begin, it is import ant to note that most display drivers ne ed to have the relevant software application already instal led in the system prior to inst alling the enhanced display drivers. In addition, m any of the installation procedu res assume that you are familiar with both the relevant sof tware application[...]

75 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 4 Chipset Software Installation Utility and VGA Setup 1. Insert the driver CD into your system's CD-ROM drive. Move the mo use cursor to "issetup.exe" and double click it. 2. Click "Next" when you see the following message.[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 76 3. Click "Y es" to accept the software license agreement. 4. A TI Display Driver will be installed, click "Express: Recommended" for th e auto- run instillation.[...]

77 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 4 Chipset Software Installation Utility and VGA Setup 5. Select "Continue Anyway" to skip the A TI X1250 WHQL warning message.[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 78 6. A TI South Bridge driver will be installed a utomatically . 7. Once SB600 driver being installed, HDMI A udio driver installation will b e started.[...]

79 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 4 Chipset Software Installation Utility and VGA Setup 8. Click "Next" to proceed the HD Audio driver inst allation. 9. Choose "I Agree" and click "Next" to accept the software license agreement.[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 80 10. Click "Finish" to complete the HD Audio Driver installatio n. 11 . Restart the system. Note! To use Graphic PCI card, please remove the ATI X1250 VGA driver first, and then install the Graphic card driver, to avo id system resource conflicts.[...]

Chapter 5 5 LAN Configuration[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 82 5.1 Introduction The AIMB-221 has a single/du al Gigabit Ethernet LAN interface (Realtek R TL81 1 1C) that is connected to PCIe x1 link to e liminating network bottlenecks by of fering a bandwidth of up to 500 MB/s. 5.2 Features ! Integrated 10/100/1000Base-T transceiver ! 10/100/1000Base-T triple-speed MAC ! High-speed RIS[...]

83 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 5 LAN Configuration 2. Y ou will see a welcome window . Click "Next" to continue the insta llation. 3. Click "Install" to st art the inst allation procedure.[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 84 4. Click "Finish" to complete th e installation. Note! Due to the Windows kernal limitati on, under Win OS [Control Panel] --> [Network Connections], the LAN 1 will be shown "Local Area Connection2" and the LAN 2 will be shown "Local Area Connection".[...]

Chapter 6 6 AC97 Audio Setup[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 86 6.1 Introduction Realtek ALC655 is a 16-bit, full-d uplex AC'97 Rev . 2.3 compatible six-channel audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia system s, including host/sof t audio and AMR/ CNR-based designs. The ALC655 incorporates propriet ary converter technolog y to meet performance requirements f or PC99/2001 systems. The[...]

87 AIMB-221 User Manual Chapter 6 AC97 Audio Setup 2. Click "Next" to start WDM drive r installation. 3. The audio driver will be inst alled automatically . Once it's done, restart the sys- tem.[...]

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Appendix A A Programming the Watchdog Timer[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 90 The AIMB-221's watchdo g timer can be used to monitor system sof tware operation and take corrective action if the sof tware fails to function wit hin the programmed period. This section describes the ope ration of the watchdog timer and how to pro- gram it. A.1 W atchdog timer overview The watchdog timer is built in t[...]

91 AIMB-221 User Manual Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer Unlock W83627UHG Select register of watchdog timer Enable the function of the watchdog timer Use the function of Lock W83627UHG the watchdog timer[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 92 A.3.1 Example Programs Enable watchdog timer and set 10 seconds as the timeout int erval ;----------------------------------------------------------- Mov dx,2eh ; Unlock W83627HF Mov al,87h Out dx,al Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Mov al,07h ; Select registers of watchdog timer Out dx[...]

93 AIMB-221 User Manual Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer Dec dx ; Set second as counting unit Mov al,0f5h Out dx,al Inc dx In al,dx And al,not 08h Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Set timeout interval as 10 seconds a nd start counting Mov al,0f6h Out dx,al Inc dx Mov al,10 Out dx,al ;---------[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 94 ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Set timeout interval as 5 minutes and start cou nting Mov al,0f6h Out dx,al Inc dx Mov al,5 Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; lock W83627HF Mov al,0aah Out dx,al Enable watchdog timer to be reset by mouse ;---[...]

95 AIMB-221 User Manual Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer Mov al,87h Out dx,al Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Mov al,07h ; Select registers of watchdog timer Out dx,al Inc dx Mov al,08h Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Enable the function of watchdog time[...]

AIMB-221 Us er Manual 96 Mov al,01h Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; Generate a time-out signal Mov al,0f7h Out dx,al ;Write 1 to bit 5 of F7 register Inc dx In al,dx Or al,20h Out dx,al ;----------------------------------------------------------- Dec dx ; lock W83627HF Mov al,0aah Out dx,al[...]

97 AIMB-221 User Manual Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer[...]

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