User’s Manual ECB-870 Intel Pentium 4 Full-size CPU Card with Dual 10/100 Base-Tx Ethernet 1st Ed. – 20 May 2002 Part No.
ECB-870 FCC STATEMENT THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE. (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED INCLUDING OPERATION. INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED THIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS FOR A CLASS "A" DIGITAL DEVICE, PURSUANT TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES.
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ECB-870 A Message to the Customer Evalue Customer Services Each and every Evalue’s product is built to the most exacting specifications to ensure reliable performance in the harsh and demanding conditions typical of industrial environments. Whether your new Evalue device is destined for the laboratory or the factory floor, you can be assured that your product will provide the reliability and ease of operation for which the name Evalue has come to be known. Your satisfaction is our primary concern.
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ECB-870 Packing List Before you begin installing your single board, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: 1 ECB-870 Pentium 4 Full-size single board 1 Quick Installation Guide 1 CD-ROM contains the followings: — User’s Manual (this manual in PDF file) — Ethernet driver and utilities — VGA drivers and utilities — Latest BIOS (as of the CD-ROM was made) Cable set includes the followings: — 1 ATA-33 IDE cable (40-pin, pitch 2.
User’s Manual 1. MANUAL OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................1 2. INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................2 2.1 System Overview ...................................................................................................2 2.2 System Specifications ...........................................................................................3 2.
ECB-870 3.9 Setting Jumpers ...................................................................................................21 3.9.1 3.9.2 3.9.3 3.9.4 3.9.5 3.9.6 3.9.7 COM2 RS-232/422/485 Select (J1, J2, JCSEL) ......................................................... 22 LAN2 Enable / Disable Select (J82559) ..................................................................... 23 M-Systems DiskOnChip Memory Address Select (JDOC) .........................................
User’s Manual 4.4 In Case of Problems.............................................................................................46 4.5 Main Menu.............................................................................................................46 4.5.1 4.5.2 4.5.3 4.5.4 4.5.5 4.5.6 4.5.7 4.5.8 4.5.9 4.5.10 4.5.11 4.5.12 4.5.13 4.5.14 4.6 5. Setup Items ............................................................................................................... 47 Standard CMOS Setup .....
ECB-870 APPENDIX A: BIOS REVISIONS......................................................................................87 APPENDIX B: SYSTEM RESOURCES.............................................................................88 Memory Map........................................................................................................................... 88 I/O – Map 89 Interrupt Usage....................................................................................................................
User’s Manual BIOS ROM Checksum Error - System Halted......................................................................... 97 Memory Test Fail. ................................................................................................................... 97 APPENDIX D: AWARD BIOS POST CODES ...................................................................98 Evalue Technology Inc.
ECB-870 Document Amendment History Revision 1st Date May. 2002 Evalue Technology Inc.
ECB-870 1. Manual Objectives This manual describes in detail the Evalue Technology ECB-870 Single Board. We have tried to include as much information as possible but we have not duplicated information that is provided in the standard IBM Technical References, unless it proved to be necessary to aid in the understanding of this board. The manual is sectioned and includes a User’s Guide that will help the non-technical user to get the unit up and running.
User’s Manual 2. 2.1 Introduction System Overview The ECB-870 is an all-in-one Full-size Pentium 4 Single Board Computer (SBC) designed with Intel embedded chipset 845E which supports the latest Intel m-PGA 478 Pentium 4 CPU up to 2.2 GHz+ at 400 MHz of FSB, the chipset SiS315 AGP 4X VGA with 128/256 bits 2D/3D engine and onboard 32MB independent video memory for high performance video output, dual Intel PCI-bus Fast Ethernet controllers, and M-Systems DiskOnChip socket.
ECB-870 2.2 System Specifications General Functions • CPU: Intel Pentium 4 CPU up to 2.2 GHz+ at 400 MHz of FSB • CPU Socket: Intel Socket 478 • BIOS: Award 2 Mb PnP flash BIOS with APM / ACPI supported • Chipset: Intel 82845 (MCH) with 82801BA (ICH2), ITE 8888 PCI-to-ISA Bridge • I/O Chipset: Intel 82801BA (ICH2) • Memory: 168-pin DIMM x 3, Max. 3GB w/ ECC supported • Watchdog Timer: Software selectable (32 sec. ~ 254 min., 1 min.
User’s Manual IDE RAID Interface (Optional) • Chipset: Promise PDC20265R hardware PCI to UltraATA/100 IDE RAID controller • RAID Level: RAID Level 0 striping and level 1 mirroring • Interface: IDE3/4 dual UltraATA/100 IDE master interfaces SSD Interface One 32-pin DIP socket supports M-Systems DiskOnChip 2000 series, memory capacity from 8MB to 576MB Mechanical and Environmental • Power Consumption: +5 V @ 6.5A, +12 V @140mA, -12V @ 30mA w/ Intel Pentium 4 1.
ECB-870 2.3 Architecture Overview The following block diagram shows the architecture and main components of ECB-870. Two major chipsets on board are the 82845 Graph Memory Control Hub and 82801BA ICH2. These two devices provide interface to Socket478 processor, supports SDRAM with ECC, PCI bus interface, ACPI compliant power management, USB port, and Ultra DMA/33/66/100 IDE Bus Master.
User’s Manual 2.3.1 82845 MCH and 82801BA The Intel® 845 chipset is designed, validated, and optimized for the Intel Pentium 4 processor with NetBurst micro-architecture using proven and established building blocks. Intel 845 chipset-based platforms extend the Intel Pentium 4 processor capabilities with a great balance of price and performance for applied computing segments.
ECB-870 USB host interface; 2 host controllers and supports 4 USB ports Integrated LAN controller System Management Bus (SMBus) compatible with most I2C devices; ICH2 has both bus master and slave capability AC ’97 2.1 compliant link for audio and telephony codecs; up to 6 channels (ICH2) Low Pin Count (LPC) interface FWH Interface (FWH Flash BIOS support) Alert on LAN* (AOL and AOL2) 2.3.
User’s Manual 2.3.3 AGP Interface A single AGP component or connector (not both) is supported by the MCH AGP interface. The AGP buffers operate only in 1.5 V mode. They are not 3.3 V safe. The AGP interface supports 1x/2x/4x AGP signaling and 2x/4x fast writes. AGP semantic cycles to system memory are not snooped on the system bus. PCI semantic cycles to system memory are snooped on the system bus. The MCH supports PIPE# or SBA[7:0] AGP address mechanisms, but not both simultaneously.
ECB-870 2.3.6 IDE Interface (Bus Master Capability and Synchronous DMA Mode) The fast IDE interface supports up to four IDE devices providing an interface for IDE hard disks and CD ROMs. Each IDE device can have independent timings. The IDE interface supports PIO IDE transfers up to 14 Mbytes/sec and Bus Master IDE transfers up 100 Mbytes/sec. It does not consume any ISA DMA resources. The IDE interface integrates 16x32-bit buffers for optimal transfers.
User’s Manual 2.3.8.2 Intel 82559 The Ethernet interface is based on an Intel 82559 Ethernet controller that supports both 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX. The 82559 consists of both the Media Access Controller (MAC) and the physical layer (PHY) interface combined into a single component solution. The 32-bit PCI controller provides enhanced scatter-gather bus mastering capabilities and enables the 82559 to perform high speed data transfers over the PCI bus.
ECB-870 3. Hardware Configuration This chapter explains you the instructions of how to set up your system. The additional information shows you how to install M-Systems’ DiskOnChip and program the Watchdog Timer. 3.1 Installation Procedure 1. Turn off the power supply. 2. Insert the DIMM module (be careful with the orientation). 3. Insert all external cables for hard disk, floppy, keyboard, mouse, USB etc. except for flat panel.
User’s Manual 3.3 Socket 478 Processor 3.3.1 Installing Pentium 4 CPU Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end. Align the processor pins with pin holes on the socket. Make sure that the notched corner or dot mark (pin 1) of the CPU corresponds to the socket’s bevel end. Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place. If this operation is not easy or smooth, don’t do it forcibly. You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly.
ECB-870 3.5 M-Systems’ DiskOnChip Flash Disk ECB-870 reserves a 32-pin DIP socket to support M-Systems’ DiskOnChip flash disk up to 288 MB. The DiskOnChip is based on pure ISA bus and without PnP (Plug and Play) function. Before the installation, make sure that the DiskOnChip I/O address jumper is set properly to prevent the I/O resource conflict. 3.5.1 Installing DOC Align the DOC with the pinholes on the socket.
User’s Manual 3.6.1 SiS 315 4X AGP VGA Controller With a 529-pin PBGA package, SiS315 integrates a 4X/2X AGP controller with full sideband or pipeline support, a 256-bit 3D/2D graphics engine and a motion compensation MPEG I/MPEG II accelerator. It offers a complete 128-bit SDR/DDR memory data bus. Embedded with a 128-bit 2D engine, it can achieve ultra high 2D performance with the maximum memory bandwidth up to 5.3 GB/s.
ECB-870 3.6.2 Promise FastTrak100 UltraATA/100 IDE RAID Interface (ECB-870R Only) The board integrates with Promise FastTrak100 UltraATA/100 IDE RAID interface that provides RAID 0 and 1 functions. The function can enable or disable by jumper JRAID and the RAID level can be set on BIOS. The channel 1 in BIOS stands for IDE3, and the channel 2 in BOIS stands for IDE4. The integrated RAID function will offer the better reliability and flexibility to the system applications.
User’s Manual 3.6.3 Intel 82559(or 82559ER) & 82801BA(ICH2) + 82562ET (PHY) Network Controller The 82559 (or 82559ER) and ICH2+PHY is fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX LAN solution. The 32-bit PCI controller provides enhanced scatter-gather bus mastering capabilities and enables the 82559 to perform high-speed data transfers over the PCI bus.
ECB-870 3.7 Watchdog Timer Programming When the Watch-Dog Timer (WDT) function is enabled, a system reset will be generated unless an application triggers the timer periodically within time-out period. This allows the system to restart in an orderly way in case of any abnormal condition is found. An optional two-port WDT is provided on ECB-870. This WDT comes with 8 possible ranges of time intervals from 500ms to 64sec., which can be adjusted by setting jumper positions.
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ECB-870 3.8.2 Jumper & Connector List Connectors on the board are linked to external devices such as hard disk drives, keyboard, mouse, or floppy drives. In addition, the board has a number of jumpers that allow you to configure your system to suit your application. The following tables list the function of each of the board's jumpers and connectors. Jumpers Label Function Note J1 Serial port RS-232/422/485 select 2 x 2 header, pitch 2.
User’s Manual Connectors Label Function ATX ATX power connector ATXR1 CHASFAN Pentium IV +12V connector System fan connector 3 x 1 wafer, pitch 2.54mm CPUFAN CPU fan connector 3 x 1 wafer, pitch 2.54mm FLOPPY Floppy connector 17 x 2 header, pitch 2.54mm IDE1 Primary IDE connector 20 x 2 header, pitch 2.54mm IDE2 Secondary IDE connector 20 x 2 header, pitch 2.54mm IDE3, 4 RAID IDE connector JATKB Internal keyboard connector 20 x 2 header, pitch 2.
ECB-870 3.9 Setting Jumpers You can configure your board to match the needs of your application by setting jumpers. A jumper is the simplest kind of electric switch. It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect them. To “close” a jumper you connect the pins with the clip. To “open” a jumper you remove the clip. Sometimes a jumper will have three pins, labeled 1, 2, and 3. In this case, you would connect either two pins.
User’s Manual 3.9.1 COM2 RS-232/422/485 Select (J1, J2, JCSEL) The ECB-870 COM2 serial port can be selected as RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 by setting J1, J2, & JCSEL.
ECB-870 3.9.2 LAN2 Enable / Disable Select (J82559) The primary LAN interface is controlled by Intel ICH2 with Intel 82562ET and setting as LAN1. It provides the same performance as Intel 82559 LAN with the same driver. The OPTIONAL secondary LAN interface is controlled by Intel 82559ER chipset and setting as LAN2. You can use J82559 to enable / disable the LAN2. The choice is Enable and Disable. LAN2 Enable / Disable Select (J82559) Enable* 1 J82559 2 3 Disable 1 2 3 * default 3.9.
User’s Manual 3.9.5 RAID Enable / Disable Select (JRAID, ECB-870R Only) The board integrates with Promise FastTrak100 UltraATA/100 IDE RAID interface that provides RAID 0 and 1 functions. The function can enable or disable by jumper JRAID and the RAID level can be set on BIOS. The channel 1 in BIOS stands for IDE3, and the channel 2 in BOIS stands for IDE4. You can use JRAID to enable / disable the RAID function. The choice is Enable and Disable.
ECB-870 3.10 3.10.1 Connector Definitions ATX Power Connector (ATX) Signal 3.10.2 Signal +12V 10 20 +12V 5V SB 9 19 5V SB NC 8 18 NC GND 7 17 GND +5V 6 16 +5V GND 5 15 GND +5V 4 14 +5V GND 3 13 GND NC 2 12 NC NC 1 11 NC Pentium IV +12V Connector (JATXR1) Signal 3.10.
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ECB-870 3.10.5 Signal Description – Floppy Connector (FLOPPY) RDATA# The read data input signal from the FDD. WD# Write data. This logic low open drain writes pre-compensation serial data to the selected FDD. An open drain output. WE# Write enable. An open drain output. MOA# Motor A On. When set to 0, this pin enables disk drive 0. This is an open drain output. MOB# Motor B On. When set to 0, this pin enables disk drive 1. This is an open drain output. DSA# Drive Select A.
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User’s Manual 3.10.8 Signal Description – Primary & Secondary and RAID IDE Connector (IDE 1, 2, 3, 4) PDA [2:0] Primary Disk Address [2:0]. These signals indicate which byte in either the ATA command block or control block is being addressed. If the IDE signals are configured for Primary and Secondary, these signals are connected to the corresponding signals on the Primary IDE connector. If the IDE signals are configured for Primary 0 and Primary 1, these signals are used for the Primary 0 connector.
ECB-870 PDIOR# Primary Disk IO Read. In normal IDE this is the command to the IDE device that it may drive data onto the PDD [15:0] lines. Data is latched by PIIX4 on the negation edge of PDIOR#. The IDE device is selected either by the ATA register file chip selects (PDCS1#, PDCS3#) and the PDA [2:0] lines, or the IDE DMA slave arbitration signals (PDDACK#). In an Ultra DMA/33 read cycle, this signal is used as DMARDY# which is negated by the PIIX4 to pause Ultra DMA/33 transfers.
User’s Manual PDIORDY Primary IO Channel Ready. In normal IDE mode, this input signal is directly driven by the corresponding IDE device IORDY signal. In an Ultra DMA/33 read cycle, this signal is used as STROBE, with the PIIX4 latching data on rising and falling edges of STROBE. In an Ultra DMA/33 write cycle, this signal is used as the DMARDY# signal which is negated by the drive to pause Ultra DMA/33 transfers.
ECB-870 SDDACK# Secondary DMA Acknowledge. This signal directly drives the IDE device DMACK# signal. It is asserted by PIIX4 to indicate to IDE DMA slave devices that a given data transfer cycle (assertion of SDIOR# or SDIOW#) is a DMA data transfer cycle. This signal is used in conjunction with the PCI bus master IDE function. It is not associated with any AT compatible DMA channel.
User’s Manual 3.10.9 3.10.10 Internal Keyboard Connector (JATKB) Signal PIN KCLK 1 KDAT 2 NC 3 GND 4 VCC 5 Signal Description – Internal Keyboard Connector (JATKB) KCLK Bi-directional clock signal used to strobe data/commands from/to the PC-AT keyboard. KDAT Bi-directional serial data line used to transfer data from or commands to the PC-AT keyboard. 3.10.
ECB-870 3.10.12 3.10.13 Fast & Standard IrDA Connector (JIR) Signal PIN PIN Signal +5V 1 6 NC NC 2 7 CIRRX IRRX 3 8 5V Standby GND 4 9 NC IRTX 5 10 NC Signal Configuration – Fast & Standard IrDA Connector (JIR) IRRX Infrared Receiver input IRTX Infrared Transmitter output 3.10.14 Serial Port 1 / 2 Connector in RS-232 (JCOM1, JCOM2) Signal 3.10.
User’s Manual 3.10.16 Serial Port 1 / 2 Connector in RS-422 (JCOM1, JCOM2) Signal 3.10.17 TxD +/- PIN Signal NC 10 9 RI CTS 8 7 RTS DSR 6 5 GND TxD+ 4 3 TxD- RxD- 2 1 RxD+ Signal Description – Serial Port 1 / 2 in RS-422 Mode (JCOM1, JCOM2) Serial output. This differential signal pair sends serial data to the communication link.
ECB-870 3.10.18 Serial Port 1 / 2 Connector in RS-485 (JCOM1, JCOM2) Signal 3.10.19 PIN Signal NC 10 9 CTS/RTS + NC 8 7 CTS/RTS - NC 6 5 GND RxD/TxD + 4 3 RxD/TxD - NC 2 1 NC Signal Description – Serial Port 1 / 2 in RS-485 Mode (JCOM1, JCOM2) RxD/TxD +/- Bi-directional data signal pair. Received data is available in Serial Port 2 Receiver Buffer Register.
User’s Manual 3.10.20 3.10.21 3.10.22 3.10.23 ATX Power Controller (JPS) Signal PIN 5V Stand-by 1 GND 2 Power On 3 Wake-On-LAN Connector (JWOL) Signal PIN 5V Stand-by 1 GND 2 Power On 3 10/100 BASE-Tx Ethernet Connector (LAN1, LAN2) Signal PIN TXD+ 1 TXD- 2 RXD+ 3 NC 4 NC 5 RXD- 6 NC 7 NC 8 Signal Description – 10/100Base-Tx Ethernet Connector (LAN1, LAN2) TXD+ / TXD- Ethernet 10/100Base-Tx differential transmitter outputs.
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User’s Manual 3.10.25 Signal Description – Parallel Port Connector (PRINTER) The following signal description covers the signal definitions, when the parallel port is operated in standard centronic mode. The parallel port controller also supports the fast EPP and ECP modes. Please refer to reference 2 for further information. PD7..0 Parallel data bus from PC board to printer. The data lines are able to operate in PS/2 SLIN# Output line for detection of printer selection.
ECB-870 3.10.26 PS/2 Keyboard Connector (PS2) Signal PIN NC 6 5 KCLK VCC 4 3 GND NC 3.10.27 2 1 KDAT PS/2 Mouse Connector (PS2) Signal PIN Signal MCLK 6 5 NC VCC 4 3 GND MDAT 3.10.28 Signal 2 1 NC Signal Description – PS/2 Mouse Connector (PS2) MCLK Bi-directional clock signal used to strobe data/commands from/to the PS/2 mouse. MDAT Bi-directional serial data line used to transfer data from or commands to the PS/2 mouse.
User’s Manual 3.10.29 USB Connector (USBA) PIN Signal 3.10.30 D1+ / D1- CH2 CH1 Signal GND 9 10 GND GND 7 8 GND D1+ 5 6 D2+ D1- 3 4 D2- VCC1 1 2 VCC2 Signal Description – USB Connector (USBA) Differential bi-directional data signal for USB channel 0. Clock is transmitted along with the data using NRZI encoding. The signalling bit rate is up to 12 Mbs. D2+ / D2- Differential bi-directional data signal for USB channel 1. Clock is transmitted along with the data using NRZI encoding.
ECB-870 3.10.31 CRT Connector (VGA) Signal RED PIN Signal 6 ANA-GND 1 11 7 GREEN 2 ANA-GND 12 8 BLUE 3 NC DDCDAT ANA-GND 13 HSYNC 9 NC 4 VCC 14 10 DIG-GND 3.10.32 5 VSYNC DIG-GND 15 DDCCLK Signal Description – CRT Connector (VGA) HSYNC CRT horizontal synchronisation output. VSYNC CRT vertical synchronisation output. DDCCLK Display Data Channel Clock. Used as clock signal to/from monitors with DDC interface. DDCDAT Display Data Channel Data.
User’s Manual 4. 4.1 Award BIOS Setup Starting Setup The AwardBIOS™ is immediately activated when you first power on the computer. The BIOS reads the system information contained in the CMOS and begins the process of checking out the system and configuring it. When it finishes, the BIOS will seek an operating system on one of the disks and then launch and turn control over to the operating system.
ECB-870 4.2 Using Setup In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press to select, use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries, press for help and press to quit. The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program using the keyboard.
User’s Manual 4.3 Getting Help Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press or the F1 key again. 4.4 In Case of Problems If, after making and saving system changes with Setup, you discover that your computer no longer is able to boot, the AwardBIOS™ supports an override to the CMOS settings which resets your system to its defaults.
ECB-870 4.5.1 Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories. Recall that some systems may not include all entries. 4.5.1.1 Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration. 4.5.1.2 Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system. 4.5.1.3 Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system's performance. 4.5.1.
User’s Manual 4.5.1.11 Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. 4.5.1.12 Exit Without Save Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. 4.5.2 Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the or keys to select the value you want in each item.
ECB-870 4.5.2.1 Standard CMOS Selection This table shows the selections that you can make on the Standard CMOS Selection. Item Options Description Set the system date.
User’s Manual 4.5.2.2 IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive. Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu. Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use Table 3 to configure the hard disk. Item Options Description Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on IDE HDD Auto-detection Press Enter this channel. If detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu.
ECB-870 4.5.3 Advanced CMOS Setup Defaults This Setup includes all of the advanced features in the system. The detail descriptions are specified as below. Figure 3: The Advanced CMOS Features 4.5.3.1 Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep.
User’s Manual 4.5.3.3 Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power up the computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST. 4.5.3.4 Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The Choice: Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD, SCSI, CDROM, and Disabled. 4.5.3.
ECB-870 4.5.3.11 Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke. The choice: 250, 500, 750, and 1000. 4.5.3.12 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup. System Setup The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.
User’s Manual 4.5.4 Advanced Chipset Setup Defaults This Setup is very important to keep system’s stability. If you are not technical person, do not attempt to change any parameters. The best way is to choose optimal default setting. Figure 4: The Advanced Chipset Features This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache.
ECB-870 4.5.4.1 DRAM Timing Selectable If your DIMM memory has SPD (Serial Presence Detect) 8-pin IC on module, you can set this option to “By SPD”. System will set your SDRAM clock and timing from the SPD IC. If the option set as ”Manual”, DRAM clock and timing must be set from items below: The choice: SPD, Manual. 4.5.4.2 SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing.
User’s Manual 4.5.4.9 Video BIOS Cacheable Allows the video BIOS to be cached for faster video performance. The choice: Enable, Disable. 4.5.4.10 Video RAM Cacheable Allows the video RAM to be cached for faster video performance. The choice: Enable, Disable. 4.5.4.11 Memory Hole At 15M-16M Enabling this feature reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting. This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system.
ECB-870 4.5.5 Integrated Peripherals Setup Defaults This section describes I/O resources assignment for all of on-board peripheral devices. Figure 5: The Integrated Peripherals Features 4.5.5.1 On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE Select “Enabled” to activate each on-board IDE channel separately, Select “Disabled”, if you install an add-on IDE Control card. The choice: Enable, Disable. 4.5.5.
User’s Manual 4.5.5.5 USB Keyboard Support This item lets you enable or disable the USB keyboard driver within the onboard BIOS. The choice: Enable, Disable. 4.5.5.6 Init Display First Select “AGP” or “PCI Slot” for system to detect first when boot-up. The choice: PCI Slot, AGP. 4.5.5.7 IDE HDD Block Mode This feature enhances disk performance by allowing multi-sector data transfers and eliminates the interrupt handling time for each sector. The choice: Enable, Disable. 4.5.5.
ECB-870 4.5.5.9 Onboard FDC Controller Select “Enabled” to activate the on-board FDC and “Disabled” to activate an add-on FDC. The choice: Disable, Enable. 4.5.5.10 Onboard Serial Port 1 & 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first/second serial port. The default value for the first serial port is “3F8/IRQ4” and the second serial port is “2F8/IRQ3”. The choice: Disable, 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 3F8/IRQ3, and Auto. 4.5.5.
User’s Manual 4.5.5.18 EPP Mode Select Set parallel port as EPP1.7 or EPP1.9. The choice: EPP1.7, EPP1.9. 4.5.5.19 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel if parallel port is set as ECP or ECP+EPP. The choice: 1, 3. 4.5.5.20 PWRON After PWR-Fail Select the option for the system action after an AC power failure. Off On When power returns after an AC power failure, the system's power is off. You must press the Power button to power-on the system.
ECB-870 4.5.6 Power Management Setup Defaults This APM (Advanced Power Management) determines how much power energy setting below items to handle system power resource can save. The following descriptions will specify the definition of each item in details. Figure 6: The Power Management Setup 4.5.6.1 ACPI Function This item allows you to enable or disable the function of Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) that offers improved power management. The choice: Disable, Enable. 4.5.6.
User’s Manual 4.5.6.3 VGABIOS if S3 Resume When select S3 or S1&S3 can conveniently Enables VGA BIOS, Suspend to RAM function and Power On Suspend function. The choice: Auto, Yes, No. 4.5.6.4 Power Management Mini Saving System starts power saving function when the inactivity period exceeds 1 hour. Max Saving System starts power saving function when the inactivity period exceeds 1 min. User Defined Allows user to define the inactivity period before power saving function activates, 4.5.6.
ECB-870 4.5.6.10 HDD Power Down This instructs hard drives to shut off while in the Power Management modes. 4.5.6.11 Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN When set to “Delay 4 Sec.”, the power button has a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode and shut down the system when the button is held more than 4 seconds. “Instant-Off”, the system will be shut down right away when the power button is pressed. The choice: Instant-Off, Delay 4 Sec. 4.5.6.
User’s Manual 4.5.6.16 USB KB Wake-up From S3 If your USB KB supports PME (Power Management Event) signal and this item is set as Enabled, USB KB peripherals drive PME signal to wake the system from low-power states S3. The choice: Disable, Enable. 4.5.6.17 Resume by Alarm Set this option to enable or disable the RTC Alarm to Wake Up the system, which is set at soft off. The choice: Disable, Enable. 4.5.6.18 Date (of Month) Alarm, Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm Alarm time on Date / Hour / Minute / Second.
ECB-870 4.5.7 PnP/ PCI Setup Defaults This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) is a system that allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing CPU’s when they communicate with own special components. All of options described in this section are important and technical and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users could make any changes to the default settings. 4.5.7.
User’s Manual 4.5.7.4 IRQ Resources These options specify the bus that the named interrupt request lines (IRQs) are used on. These options allow you to specify IRQs for use by legacy ISA adapter cards. These options determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to BIOS configurable devices. The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM.
ECB-870 4.5.8 PC Health Status Setup Defaults This setup describes current CPU surface temperature status detected from hardware monitor sensor. The status showed on screen will include: 4.5.8.1 CPU Warning Temperature Select to enable or disable the hardware monitor sensor and set the warning temperature. BIOS Setup Items Optimal Default Failsafe Default Other Options Disabled, 50/122 53/127 Warning Temperature 75°C /167°F 56/133 75°C /167°F 60°C /140°F, 63°C /145°F, 66°C /151℉, 70°C /158°F, 4.
User’s Manual 4.5.9.1 Vcore, Vcc3, +5V, +12V, -12V,-5V, VBAT & 5VSB The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the voltage regulators. These values refresh upon any key entry. The function is optional. 4.5.9.2 Shutdown Temperature When you select “ enable “, the CPU working temperature at over setting. Should be shutdown PC. “ Disabled “ is close this functions.
ECB-870 4.5.9.3 Frequency Control Setup Defaults 4.5.9.4 CPU Clock Ratio The Ratio of some latest Intel Corporation fixes CPUs and VIA so the Ratio cannot be changed with the setting. If it did not fix by CPU manufacturer, it may be changed with the setting. Over specification operations are not recommended. 4.5.9.5 Auto Detect PCI CLK If you have the EMI issue, set the option as Enabled, it keeps its interference under control. The choice: Disable, Enable. 4.5.9.
User’s Manual 4.5.9.7 CPU Host/3v66/PCI Clock Choose Default, 100, 103, 105, 107,109,111, 114, 117,120, 127, 130 MHz for the external frequency of your CPU. You can select Default, 66, 69,70,71,73,74,76,78,80,85,87MHz. if your CPU is 100Mhz FSB and select Default, 100, 103, 105, 107,109,111,114,117, 120, 127 or 130 MHz if the CPU is 100Mhz FSB. Warning: Over specification operations are not recommended.
ECB-870 4.5.12 Set Supervisor/User Password You can assign, modify, or cancel password settings. To modify, highlight “Set Supervisor Password” or “Set User Password” and press the key. The screen will prompt you (“Enter Password:”). Enter your password. The maximum size of the password is 8 characters. System will prompt you to reenter the password to verify. Remember the passwords are case sensitive.
User’s Manual 5. Driver Installation 5.1 5.1.1 Driver Installation for Ethernet Adapter Windows 9x The best way to install the driver for the Ethernet controller is to use the plug and play system of Windows 9x. The following procedures illustrate how the installation can be done. 1. If a driver for the Ethernet controller is already installed, it must be removed first. This can be done by following the steps shown below.
ECB-870 • If the ‘Network adapters’ line is present, expand the line and remove the PCI Ethernet Adapter. This is done by selecting the line and clicking the ‘Remove’ button. Before removal of the adapter(s), your screen might look like this: • When all adapters are removed (or none were present), a new driver can be installed now. 2. Reboot the computer. 3. During the boot up the network adapter should be detected as shown below. Click the ‘Next’ button.
User’s Manual 4. Click the ‘Next’ button to continue the driver installation. 5. Specify the location of network adapter and click ‘Next’ (see below).
ECB-870 6. Click the ‘Next’ button to install the network adapter driver. 7. Click the ‘Next’ button.
User’s Manual 8. Click the ‘Finish’ button. 9. To complete the installation, reboot the computer by clicking the ‘Yes’ button in the window shown below. 10.After the system restarts, the network adapter should be installed. Protocols, clients etc. may now be installed for the network in use. Further configuration of the adapter may be made in the ‘Advanced’ section of the driver properties.
ECB-870 5.1.2 Windows NT 4.0 Ethernet Installation A driver for the Intel 82559 Ethernet controller on board is included in the attached supporting CD-ROM. The driver for this adapter is denoted ‘Intel® PRO Adapter’. This driver may be installed in two ways: • During the installation process where the network may be configured as an integrated part. In this case the adapter may be chosen or auto-detected when the network adapter is to be installed. • In the network settings after Windows NT 4.
User’s Manual 2. Double click the ‘Network’ icon and click the ‘Adapters’ tab on the following window. A window as the one shown below should now appear. 3. Click the ‘Add...’ button, and the following window should appear.
ECB-870 4. Click the ‘Have Disk…’ button to install the Network adapter driver from CD-ROM. A window as the one shown below should now appear. 5. Locate the path of Network adapter driver and click the ‘OK’ button.
User’s Manual 6. Select the ‘Intel® PRO Adapter’ from the list (as shown below) and click the ‘OK’ button. The Network adapter driver should now be installed. 7. After the driver installation is complete, Protocols, Services etc. may now be configured for the network to be used. An example is shown below.
ECB-870 8. Click ‘Close’ to accept the settings. 9. IP Address, DNS etc. may now be configured for the network to be used. Click ‘OK’ to accept the settings. 10.To complete the driver installation, reboot the computer by clicking the ‘Yes’ button in the window shown below.
User’s Manual 5.2 5.2.1 Driver Installation for Display Adapter Windows 9x The following steps will install the display driver for the ‘SiS315 ’ display controller. 1. Find the directory of the driver disk with SiS315 VGA driver. Double click the icon ‘315w98me’ on the folder. This should start the driver setup process as shown below: 2. Waiting for the InstallShield Wizard to prepare the setup program.
ECB-870 3. Click the ‘Next’ to continue the driver install. If you want to stop the installation, click the ‘Cancel’. 4. Choose to click the ‘Typical ’/ ‘Compact’/ ‘Custom’ to install the display driver. If you want to change the default destination directory, click the ‘Browse’.
User’s Manual 5. Click the ‘Next’ to continue the display driver installation. 6. Click the ‘Next’ to continue the display driver installation. The driver files will now be read and the display adapter is shown as the following. Click the ‘Next’ button to install the display driver.
ECB-870 7. To complete the display driver installation, reboot the computer by clicking the ‘Yes’ button in the window shown below. 8. Further configuration of the display adapter may be made from the ‘Display Properties’ window (follow step 1 above). The ‘Settings’ tab allows you to change resolution, number of colours etc. as shown below. Click the ‘Advanced..’ bottom to go into the detail display information as shown in below.
User’s Manual 9. The ‘Information’ tab allows you to get the information for SiS315 display controller.
ECB-870 Appendix A: BIOS Revisions BIOS Rev.
User’s Manual Appendix B: System Resources Memory Map The following table indicates memory map of ECB-870. The address ranges specify the runtime code length.
ECB-870 I/O – Map Certain I/O addresses are subject to change during boot as PnP managers may relocate devices or functions. The addresses shown in the table are typical locations.
User’s Manual I/O Port Description 0000h-000Fh Direct memory access controller 0081h-0083h Direct memory access controller 0087h-0087h Direct memory access controller 0089h-008Bh Direct memory access controller 008Fh-0091h Direct memory access controller 00C0h-00DFh Direct memory access controller 0060h-0060h PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key) 0064h-0064h PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key) 0378h-037Fh Printer Port (LPT1) 0778h-077Bh Printer Port (LPT1) 03F8h-03FFh Com
ECB-870 Interrupt Usage. The onboard Intel 82801BA provides an ISA compatible interrupt controller with functionality as two 8259A interrupt controllers. The two controllers are cascaded to provide 13 external interrupts. The actual interrupt settings depend on the PnP handler, the table below indicates the typical settings.
User’s Manual DMA-channel Usage The DMA circuitry incorporates the functionality of two 8237 DMA controllers with seven programmable channels. The controllers are referenced DMA Controller 1 for channels 03 and DMA Controller 2 for channels 4-7. Channel 4 is by default used to cascade the two controllers.
ECB-870 Appendix C: AWARD BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self-Test (POST), if the BIOS detects an error requiring you to do something to fix, it will either sound a beep code or display a message. If a message is displayed, it will be accompanied by: PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP POST Beep Currently there are two kinds of beep codes in BIOS.
User’s Manual Display Type Has Changed Since Last Boot Since last powering off the system, the display adapter has been changed. You must configure the system for the new display type. EISA Configuration Checksum Error Please Run EISA Configuration Utility The EISA non-volatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly read the EISA slot. This can indicate either the EISA non-volatile memory has become corrupt or the slot has been configured incorrectly.
ECB-870 Keyboard Error Or No Keyboard Present Cannot initialize the keyboard. Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot. If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard, set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL, BUT KEYBOARD. This will cause the BIOS to ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot. Memory Address Error At... Indicates a memory address error at a specific location.
User’s Manual RAM Parity Error – Checking For Segment... Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory. Should Be Empty But EISA Board Found Please Run EISA Configuration Utility A valid board ID was found in a slot that was configured as having no board ID. NOTE; When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.
ECB-870 Hard Disk(s) Fail (10) → Unable To Recalibrate Fixed Disk. Hard Disk(s) Fail (08) → Sector Verify Failed. Keyboard Is Locked Out - Unlock The Key. BIOS detect the keyboard is locked. P17 of keyboard controller is pulled low. Keyboard Error Or No Keyboard Present. Cannot initialize the keyboard. Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot. Manufacturing POST Loop.
User’s Manual Appendix D: AWARD BIOS POST Codes POST Code (hex) CFh Description Test CMOS R/W functionality. Early chipset initialization: -Disable shadow RAM C0h -Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) -Program basic chipset registers Detect memory C1h -Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. -Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) C3h C5h Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow RAM.
ECB-870 POST Code (hex) Description Use walking 1’s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS 12h circuitry. Also set real-time clock power status, and then check for override. 13h 14h Reserved Program chipset default values into chipset. Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers. 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early_Init_Onboard_Generator switch. 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686).
User’s Manual POST Code (hex) 28h Description Reserved 1. Program CPU internal MTRR (P6 & PII) for 0-640K memory address. 2. Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU. 29h 3. Program early chipset according to CMOS setup. Example: onboard IDE controller. 4. Measure CPU speed. 5. Invoke video BIOS. 2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved 1. Initialize multi-language 2Dh 2. Put information on screen display, including Award title, CPU type, CPU speed ….
ECB-870 POST Code (hex) 49h Description 1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. 2. Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 1. Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2. Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program CPU with proper 4Eh cacheable range. 3. Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU. 4. On MP platform, adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical.
User’s Manual POST Code (hex) 66h 67h Description Reserved Prepare memory size information for function call: INT 15h ax=E820h 68h Reserved 69h Turn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh 6Ch Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup & Auto-configuration table. Reserved 1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices. 6Dh 2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to “AUTO”. 6Eh 6Fh Reserved 1. Initialize floppy controller 2.
ECB-870 POST Code (hex) Description 1. Call chipset power management hook. 82h 2. Recover the text fond used by EPA logo (not for full screen logo) 3. If password is set, ask for password. 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 1. USB final Initialization 2. NET PC: Build SYSID structure 3. Switch screen back to text mode 85h 4. Set up ACPI table at top of memory. 5. Invoke ISA adapter ROMs 6. Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7. Initialize APM 8. Clear noise of IRQs.
