RUBY-9719VG2AR Industrial Mainboard User's Manual Version 1.0 Copyright © Portwell, Inc., 2009. All rights reserved. All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Preface Table of Contents How to Use This Manual Chapter 1 System Overview.......................................................................................................1-1 1.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Check List ..................................................................................................................................... 1-2 1.
Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your RUBY-9719VG2AR system to meet various operating requirements. It is divided into five chapters, with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Industrial Main Board. Chapter 1 : System Overview. Presents what you have in the box and give you an overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this series model of single board computer. Chapter 2 : Hardware Configuration.
System Overview Chapter 1 System Overview 1.1 Introduction Taking advantages of Intel energy-efficient dual-core processing, RUBY-9719VG2AR ATX Mother Board adopts Intel® CoreTM 2 Quad, CoreTM 2 Duo Desktop processors up to 1333 MHz FSB and 4GB DDR2-667/800 system memory. Intel® G41 Express chipset with Intel® ICH7R RAID function to fit the high performance computer system applications for meeting today’s demanding pace and keep complete compatibility with hardware and software designed.
System Overview 1.2 Check List The RUBY-9719VG2AR package should cover the following basic items: One RUBY-9719VG2AR Industrial Main Board Two SATA 300 cables One I/O Shield One Installation Resources CD-Title If any of these items is damaged or missing, please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance. 1.
System Overview Parallel Port Support one parallel port USB Interface Support eight USB ports (four ports at rear I/O; four ports internal) PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface Support dual 6-pin mini-DIN connector at rear I/O panel for PS/2 keyboard/mouse Audio Interface 3 Audio jacks for Line-in/Line-out/MIC Real Time Clock/Calendar (RTC) Support Y2K Real Time Clock/Calendar with battery backup for 7-year data retention Watchdog Timer Support WDT function through software programming for enable/disable and
System Overview Power Requirements: Run Burning Test V5.3, RUN time: 10 / 30 Minutes. No Back plane Item Power ON Full Loading 10Min Full Loading 30Min CPU +12V 2.7 3.61 3.57 System +12V 0.42 0.59 0.63 System +3.3V 0.78 1.39 1.47 System +5V 3.33 5.03 5.25 System+ Device +12V 1.77 0.88 0.87 System+ Device +5V 3.45 5.66 5.85 Configuration: System Configuration CPU Type SBC BIOS Memory Intel® Core™ 2 Quad CPU Q9400 @2.66GHz L2:6144K Portwell, Inc.RUBY-9719 BIOS Rev.:R1.00.
System Overview 1.3.
System Overview 1.4 System Architecture Processor FSB 1333MHz / 1066MHz / 800MHz VGA DDR2 G41 DDR2 PCIeX16 Slot 4G DDR2*2 Long DIMMs PCI PCI PCI PCIex 1 PCI Intel 82583V RJ-45 GbE Intel 82583V RJ-45 GbE PCI PCIex 1 PCI ICH7R IDE CF 4 * USB2.0 PATA 4* SATA 2.0 4 * USB2.
Hardware Configuration Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter indicates jumpers’, headers’ and connectors’ locations. Users may find useful information related to hardware settings in this chapter. The default settings are indicated with a star sign (Ì). 2.1 Jumper Setting For users to customize RUBY-9719VG2AR’s features. In the following sections, Short means covering a jumper cap over jumper pins; Open or NC (Not Connected) means removing a jumper cap from jumper pins.
Hardware Configuration The jumper settings are schematically depicted in this manual as follows: JP1 : RS232, 422, 485 Selection(J2 COM PORT Connector) JP1 5-6,9-11,10-12,15-17,16-18 Short 3-4,7-9,8-10,13-15,14-16,21-22 Short 1-2,7-9,8-10,19-20 Short Function RS-232 Ì RS-422 RS-485 JP2 : CMOS Clear JP2 1-2 Short 2-3 Short Function Normal Operation Ì Clear CMOS Contents JP3 : Watch Dog Selection JP3 1-2 Short 1-2 Open 2.
Hardware Configuration J20 J21 J22 J23 J24 J25 J26 J27 J28 J29 J30 J31,J32,J35,J36 J33 J34 J37 J38 J39 J40 J41 J42 J43 COM5 CONNECTOR POWER COM5 selection TPM PIN HEADER CPU FAN CONNECTOR DDR2 SLOTA COM4 CONNECTOR POWER COM4 selection COM6 CONNECTOR POWER COM6 selection GPIO CONNECTOR DDR2 SLOTB SATA CONNECTOR IDE CONNECTOR COM1 CONNECTOR POWER BUTTON POWER COM1 selection Compact Flash CONNECTOR ATX 24P CONNECTOR USBX2 PIN HEADER USBX2 PIN HEADER SYSTEM FAN CONNECTOR Pin Assignments of Connectors J8 : PO
Hardware Configuration J19 : POWER COM3 selection PIN No. 1-2 short 3-4 short 5-6 short Signal Description +5v RI+12V J20 : COM5 CONNECTOR PIN No. 1 3 5 7 9 Signal Description DCD#5 RXD#5 TXD#5 DTR#5 GND PIN No. 2 4 6 8 10 Signal Description DSR#5 RTS#5 CTS#5 RI#5 NC J21 : POWER COM5 selection PIN No. 1-2 short 3-4 short 5-6 short Signal Description +5V RI#5 +12V J22 : TPM Pin Header PIN No.
Hardware Configuration J23 : CPU Fan connector PIN No. 1 2 3 4 Signal Description GND +12V SENSE PWM J25 : COM4 CONNECTOR PIN No. 1 3 5 7 9 Signal Description DCD#4 RXD#4 TXD#4 DTR#4 GND PIN No. 2 4 6 8 10 Signal Description DSR#4 RTS#4 CTS#4 RI#4 NC J26 : POWER COM4 selection PIN No. 1-2 short 3-4 short 5-6 short Signal Description +5V RI#4 +12V J27 : COM6 CONNECTOR PIN No. 1 3 5 7 9 Signal Description DCD#6 RXD#6 TXD#6 DTR#6 GND PIN No.
Hardware Configuration J29 : GPIO CONNECTOR PIN No. 1 3 4 5 9 Signal Description GPIO20 GPIO22 GPIO24 GPIO27 GND PIN No. 2 4 6 8 10 Signal Description GPIO60 GPIO61 GPIO62 GPIO63 +5V PIN No. 2 4 6 8 10 Signal Description DSR#1 RTS#1 CTS#1 RI#1 NC PIN No. 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Signal Description J34 : COM1 CONNECTOR PIN No. 1 3 5 7 9 Signal Description DCD#1 RXD#1 TXD#1 DTR#1 GND J37 : Power Button PIN No.
Hardware Configuration J41 : USBX2 Pin Header PIN No. 1 3 5 7 9 Signal Description 5V_DUAL DD+ GND KEY PIN No. 2 4 6 8 10 Signal Description 5V_DUAL DD+ GND NC PIN No. 2 4 6 8 10 Signal Description 5V_DUAL DD+ GND NC J42 : USBX2 Pin Header PIN No. 1 3 5 7 9 Signal Description 5V_DUAL DD+ GND KEY J43 : SYSTEM Fan connector PIN No.
System Installation Chapter 3 System Installation This chapter provides you with instructions to set up your system. The additional information is enclosed to help you set up onboard PCI device and handle Watch Dog Timer (WDT) and operation of GPIO in software programming. 3.1 Intel LGA 775 Processor Installing LGA 775 CPU 1) Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end. Following step A position to step B position (Figure 3-1).
System Installation Triangle mark is meaning first pin position; kindly assemble and take aim at notch of top and bottom between CPU and socket.
System Installation Precaution! (See fig.3-3) Don’t touch directly by your hand or impacts internal align balls of CPU socket to avoid motherboard destruction, it is a precise actuator. 3) Push down the lever to lock processor chip into the socket once CPU fits. 4) Follow the installation guide of cooling fan or heat sink to mount it on CPU surface and lock it on the LGA 775 package. 5) You should know LGA 775 processor need extra 12V power source. Don’t forget to connect 4pin 12V connector to PWR1.
System Installation 3.2 Main Memory The board also features four DIMM up to 16 GB SDRAM with dual channel DDR2 1066/800. RUBY-9719VG2AR provide 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets which supports DDR2 800/1066 MHz as main memory, Non-ECC (Error Checking and Correcting), nonregister functions. The maximum memory size can be up to 16GB capacity. For system compatibility and stability, do not use memory module without brand.
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System Installation 3.3.3 On-board Fast Ethernet Controllers Drivers Support Please select Intel Ethernet driver from the RUBY-9719VG2AR Driver CD-title to install those two integrated Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controller drivers. Those two drivers support Windows XP. LED Indicator (for LAN status) ROBO-8779VG2AR provides two LED indicators to report Intel 82574L & 82574L Gigabit Ethernet interface status. Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide.
System Installation Intel RAID configurations This RUBY-9719VG2AR supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID (1+0) and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the Intel ICH7R Southbridge chip. RAID configurations RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks.
System Installation 3.4 Clear CMOS Operation The following table indicates how to enable/disable Clear CMOS Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position. JP2 : CMOS Clear JP2 1-2 Short 2-3 Short 3.5 Function Normal Operation Ì Clear CMOS Contents WDT Programming Guide The working algorithm of the WDT function can be simply described as a counting process. The Time-Out Interval can be set through software programming.
System Installation Below are some example codes, which demonstrate the use of WDT.
System Installation 3.6 GPIO Programming Guide The RUBY-9719VG2AR provides 8 input/output ports that can be individually configured to perform a simple basic I/O function. Users can configure each individual port to become an input or output port by programming register bit of I/O Selection. To invert port value, the setting of Inversion Register has to be made. Port values can be set to read or write through Data Register. The GPIO port is located on J31 shown as follows.
BIOS Setup Information Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information RUBY-9719VG2AR is equipped with the AMI BIOS stored in Flash ROM. These BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily. This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power-off periods. When system is turned on, RUBY-9719VG2AR communicates with peripheral devices and checks its hardware resources against the configuration information stored in the CMOS memory.
BIOS Setup Information 4.2 Main Use this menu for basic system configurations, such as time, date etc. AMI BIOS, Processor, System Memory These items show the firmware and hardware specifications of your system. Read only. System Time The time format is . Use [＋] or [－] to configure system Time. System Date The date format is , , , . Use [＋] or [－] to configure system Date.
BIOS Setup Information 4.3 Advanced Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features. CPU Configuration These items show the advanced specifications of your CPU. Read only.
BIOS Setup Information Execute-Disable Bit Capability Disabled force the XD feature flag to always return 0. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. PECI When enabled, enables PECI interface. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. Core Multi-Processing Disabled disable one execution core of each CPU die. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. Intel (R) SpeedStep (tm) tech Disabled / Enabled GV3 tech function. The choice: Disabled, Enabled.
BIOS Setup Information SATA#1 Configuration The choice: Disabled, Compatible, Enabled. Configure SATA#1 as This setting specifies the function of the on-chip SATA#1 controller. The choice: IDE, RAID, AHCI. SATA#2 Configuration The choice: Disabled, Enabled. Primary / Secondary / Third / Fourth IDE Master / Slave While entering setup, BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices. This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices.
BIOS Setup Information [PIO Mode] Indicates the type of PIO (Programmed Input/Output) [DMA Mode] Indicates the type of Ultra DMA [S.M.A.R.T.] This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure. This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline.
BIOS Setup Information Super IO Configuration OnBoard Floppy Controller This item allows enable/disable onboard Floppy disk controller. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. Serial Port 1/Port 2/Port 3/Port 4/Port 5/Port 6 Address Allows BIOS Select Serial Port1 or Port2 Base Addresses. The choice: Disabled, 3F8/IRQ4, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3/IRQ5 A3B Serial Port 2 /Port 3/Port 4/Port 5 /Port 6 Mode This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode.
BIOS Setup Information Parallel Port Mode There are five different modes for the onboard parallel port: Normal Bi-Directional ECP EPP ECP & EPP Switch to Normal mode Switch to Bi-Directional mode Switch to ECP mode Switch to EPP mode Switch to ECP & EPP mode Parallel Port IRQ Allows BIOS Select Parallel Port IRQ. The choice: IRQ5, IRQ7. Watch Dog Timer This BIOS testing option is able to reset the system according to the selected table. The choice: Disabled, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210 sec.
BIOS Setup Information H/W Health Function Enable or Disable Hardware Health Monitoring Device. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. ACPI Configuration Select for Advanced ACPI Configuration.
BIOS Setup Information General ACPI Configuration Suspend mode This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating system supports ACPI, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 (POS) or S3 (STR) fashion through the setting of this field. Options are: [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.
BIOS Setup Information Advanced ACPI Configuration Advanced ACPI Configuration settings, Use this section to configure additional ACPI options. ACPI Version Features Enable RSDP pointers to 64-bit Fixed System Description Tables. The choice: ACPI v1.0 / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0. ACPI APIC support Include ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. AMI OEMB table Include OEMB table pointer to R(X) SDT pointer list. The choice: Disabled, Enabled.
BIOS Setup Information Chipset ACPI Configuration Chipset ACPI related Configuration settings, Use this section to configure additional ACPI options. Energy Lake Feature Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Enable / Disable APIC ACPI SCI IRQ. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. USB Device Wake From S3/S4 Enable / Disable USB device Wake from S3/S4 mode. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. High Performance Event Time The choice: Disabled, Enabled.
BIOS Setup Information APM Configuration Select for APM Configuration. Power Management/APM Enabled or Disable APM Mode. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. Power Button Mode Go into On/Off or Suspend when Power button is pressed. The choice: On/Off, Suspend. Video Power Down Mode Select AC Power loss mode The choice: Power off/Power on /Last State Video Power Down Mode Select Power Down video in Suspend or Standby Mode. The choice: Disabled, Suspend.
BIOS Setup Information Hard Disk Power Down Mode Select Power Down Hard Disk in Suspend or Standby Mode. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. Suspend Time Out Go into Suspend in the specified Time. The choice: Disabled, 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, 50Min, and 60 Min. Resume On Ring Disable/Enable RI to generate a wake event. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. Resume On LAN Disable/Enable LAN to generate a wake event. The choice: Disabled, Enabled.
BIOS Setup Information MPS Configuration Configure the Multi-Processor Table. MPS Revision This field allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be used for the operating system. You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system. To find out which version to use, consult the vendor of your operating system. The choice: 1.1, 1.4.
BIOS Setup Information PCI Express Configuration Configure PCI Express Support. Active State Power-Management PCI Express L0s and L1 link power states. The choice: Disabled, Enabled.
BIOS Setup Information Smbios Configuration SMBIOS Configuration Menu. Smbios Smi Support SMBIOS SMI Wrapper support for PnP Func 50h-54h. The choice: Disabled, Enabled.
BIOS Setup Information Trusted Computing TCG/TPM SUPPORT Enable/Disable TPM and TGC(TPM 1.1/1.
BIOS Setup Information USB Configuration Legacy USB Support Set to [Enabled] if you need to use any USB 1.1/2.0 device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB 1.1/2.0 driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix. The choice: Disabled, Enabled, Auto. USB 2.0 Controller Mode This setting specifies the operation mode of the onboard USB 2.0 controller. The choice: FullSpeed, HiSpeed. BIOS EHCI Hand-Off This is a workaround for OSes without EHCI hand-off support.
BIOS Setup Information 4.4 PCIPnP Advanced PCI/PnP setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction.
BIOS Setup Information Clear NVRAM Clear NVRAM during System Boot. The choice: No, Yes. Plug & Play O/S No: lets the BIOS configure all the devices in the system. Yes: lets the operating system configure Plug and Play (PnP) devices not required for boot if your system has a Plug and Play operating system. The choice: No, Yes. PCI Latency Timer Select value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register. The choice: 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224, 248.
BIOS Setup Information IRQ 3 / IRQ 4 / IRQ5 / IRQ7 / IRQ 9 / IRQ 10 / IRQ 11 / IRQ 14 / IRQ 15 Available: Specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI/PnP devices. Reserved: Specified IRQ is reserved for used by Legacy ISA devices. The choice: Available, Reserved. DMA Channel 0 / DMA Channel 1 / DMA Channel 3 / DMA Channel 5 / DMA Channel 6 / DMA Channel 7 Available: Specified DMA is available to be used by PCI/PnP devices. Reserved: Specified DMA is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices.
BIOS Setup Information Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot Enabling this setting will cause the BIOS power-on self test routine to skip some of its tests during boot up for faster system boot. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. Quiet Boot This BIOS feature determines if the BIOS should hide the normal POST messages with the motherboard or system manufacturer's full-screen logo. When it is enabled, the BIOS will display the full-screen logo during the boot-up sequence, hiding normal POST messages.
BIOS Setup Information AddOn ROM Display Mode This item is used to determine the display mode when an optional ROM is initialized during POST. When set to [Force BIOS], the display mode used by AMI BIOS is used. Select [Keep Current] if you want to use the display mode of optional ROM. The choice: Force BIOS, Keep Current. Bootup Num-Lock This setting is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on. Setting to [On] will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on.
BIOS Setup Information When disabled, the ROM BIOS of these host adaptors will not be able to "cap ture" Interrupt 19. Therefore, you will not be able to boot operating systems from any bootable disks attached to these host adaptors. Nor will you be able to gain access to their ROM setup utilities. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system.
BIOS Setup Information 4.6 Security Use this menu to set supervisor and user passwords. Supervisor Password / Change Supervisor Password Supervisor Password controls access to the BIOS Setup utility. These settings allow you to set or change the supervisor password. User Password / Change User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot. These settings allow you to set or change the user password. Boot Sector Virus Protection Boot Sector Virus Protection. The choice: Disabled, Enabled.
BIOS Setup Information 4.7 Chipset This menu controls the advanced features of the onboard Northbridge and Southbridge.
BIOS Setup Information Memory Remap Feature Enabled: Allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory. Disabled: Do not allow remapping of memory. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. DRAM Frequency Users are recommended to use Auto for memory frequency selection. The choice: Auto, 533, 667, 800, 1067,1333 MHz. Configure DRAM Timing by SPD This option provides DRAM plug-and-play support by serial presence detect (SPD) mechanism via the system management bus (SMBUS) interface.
BIOS Setup Information Video Function Configuration DVMT Mode Select Intel's Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) allows the system to dynamically allocate memory resources according to the demands of the system at any point in time. The key idea in DVMT is to improve the efficiency of the memory allocated to either system or graphics processor. It is recommended that you set this BIOS feature to DVMT Mode for maximum performance.
BIOS Setup Information Boot Display Device Use the field to select the type of device you want to use as the display(s) of the system. The choice: Auto, CRT on Port 0. Spread Spectrum Clock The choice: Disabled, Enabled. South Bridge Configuration USB Functions This setting specifies the function of the onboard USB controller. The choice: Disabled, 2 USB Ports, 4 USB Ports, 6 USB Ports, 8 USB Ports, 10 USB Ports, 12 USB Ports. USB 2.0 Controller Set to [Enabled] if you need to use any USB 2.
BIOS Setup Information LAN1 Controller This setting Enable the onboard Ethernet controller. LAN2 Controller This setting Enable the onboard Audio controller. LAN1 PXE Controller When [Enabled], the BIOS attempts to boot from a LAN boot image before it attempts to boot from a local storage device. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. 4.8 Exit This menu allows you to load the BIOS default values or factory default settings into the BIOS and exit the BIOS setup utility with or without changes.
BIOS Setup Information Discard Changes Abandon all changes and continue with the Setup Utility. Load Optimal Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the SBC manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the SBC. Load Failsafe Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the BIOS vendor for stable system. 4.9 Security Use this menu to set supervisor and user passwords.
BIOS Setup Information User Password / Change User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot. These settings allow you to set or change the user password. Boot Sector Virus Protection Boot Sector Virus Protection. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. 4.10 Chipset This menu controls the advanced features of Southbridge.
BIOS Setup Information North Bridge Configuration Memory Remap Feature Enabled: Allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory. Disabled: Do not allow remapping of memory. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. DRAM Frequency Users are recommended to use Auto for memory frequency selection. The choice: Auto, 533, 667, 800, 1067,1333 MHz.
BIOS Setup Information Initiate Graphic Adapter Select which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device. The choice: IGD, PCI/IGD, PCI/PEG, PEG/IGD, PEG/PCI. Internal Graphics Mode Select Select the amount of system memory used by the internal graphics device. The choice: Enabled, 1MB, Enabled, 8MB. PEG Port This setting allows you to select whether to use the on-chip graphics processor or the PCI Express card.
BIOS Setup Information DVMT Mode Select Intel's Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) allows the system to dynamically allocate memory resources according to the demands of the system at any point in time. The key idea in DVMT is to improve the efficiency of the memory allocated to either system or graphics processor. It is recommended that you set this BIOS feature to DVMT Mode for maximum performance.
BIOS Setup Information South Bridge Configuration USB Functions This setting specifies the function of the onboard USB controller. The choice: Disabled, 2 USB Ports, 4 USB Ports, 6 USB Ports, 8 USB Ports, 10 USB Ports, 12 USB Ports.
BIOS Setup Information USB 2.0 Controller Set to [Enabled] if you need to use any USB 2.0 device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB 2.0 driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix. Audio Controller This setting Enable the onboard Audio controller. LAN1 Controller This setting Enable the onboard Ethernet controller. LAN2 Controller This setting Enable the onboard Audio controller.
BIOS Setup Information Exit Saving Changes Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS. Pressing on this item asks for confirmation: Save changes to CMOS and exit the Setup Utility. Discard Changes and Exit Abandon all changes and exit the Setup Utility. Discard Changes Abandon all changes and continue with the Setup Utility. Load Optimal Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the SBC manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the SBC.
Troubleshooting Chapter 5 Troubleshooting This chapter provides a few useful tips to quickly get RUBY-9719VG2AR running with success. As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 2, this chapter will primarily focus on system integration issues, in terms of BIOS setting, and OS diagnostics. 5.1 Hardware Quick Installation P4 Power connector The CPU supplementary Power Connector (J9) has to be connected to a system all the time no matter using ATX mode.
Troubleshooting 5.2 BIOS Setting It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the devices cables required before turning on ATX power. CPU, CPU Fan, 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM, keyboard, mouse, floppy drive, IDE hard disk, printer, VGA connector, device cables, ATX accessories or 12V 4-pin power cable are good examples that deserve attention.
Troubleshooting Disable COM1 serial port to release IRQ #4 Disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ #3 Disable Parallel port to release IRQ #7 Disable PS/2 mouse to release IRQ #12, Etc… A quick review of the basic IRQ mapping is given below for your reference.
Troubleshooting 5.3 FAQ Unboot problem Symptom : SBC keeps beeping, and no screen has shown. Solution : In fact, each beep sound represents different definition of error message.
Appendix A System Memory Address Map Each On-board device in the system is assigned a set of memory addresses, which also can be identical of the device. The following table lists the system memory address used. Memory Area 0000-003F 0040-004F 0050-006F 0700-0483 0484-053F 0540-9EFE 9EFE-9EFE 9F00-9FBF 9FC0-9FFF A000-AFFF B000-B7FF B800-BFFF C000-CAFF CB00-CC49 CC4A-CFFF D000-DFFF E000-EEFF EF00-EFFF F000-FFFF HMA Size Device Description 1K Interrupt Area 0.3K BIOS Data Area 0.5K System Data 16K DOS 2.
Appendix B Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ) Peripheral devices can use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required. The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board.
