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Sobre todo, un manual de instrucciones Contec SPI-8450-LLVA debe contener:
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- marcas de seguridad y certificados que confirmen su concordancia con determinadas normativas

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Normalmente es por la falta de tiempo y seguridad acerca de las funcionalidades determinadas de los dispositivos comprados. Desafortunadamente la conexión y el encendido de Contec SPI-8450-LLVA no es suficiente. El manual de instrucciones siempre contiene una serie de indicaciones acerca de determinadas funcionalidades, normas de seguridad, consejos de mantenimiento (incluso qué productos usar), fallos eventuales de Contec SPI-8450-LLVA y maneras de solucionar los problemas que puedan ocurrir durante su uso. Al final, en un manual se pueden encontrar los detalles de servicio técnico Contec en caso de que las soluciones propuestas no hayan funcionado. Actualmente gozan de éxito manuales de instrucciones en forma de animaciones interesantes o vídeo manuales que llegan al usuario mucho mejor que en forma de un folleto. Este tipo de manual ayuda a que el usuario vea el vídeo entero sin saltarse las especificaciones y las descripciones técnicas complicadas de Contec SPI-8450-LLVA, como se suele hacer teniendo una versión en papel.

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    SBC Series Single Board Computer Full Size PICMG with LAN x 2, VGA, Audio SPI-8450-LLVA User’s Manual CONTEC CO.,LTD.[...]

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    SPI-8450-LLVA i Copyright Copyright 2003 CONTEC CO., Ltd. All Rights Rese rved. No part of this doc ument may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without pr ior written consent of CONTEC CO., Ltd. CONTEC Co., Lt d. makes no com mitment to updat e or keep curre nt the information contained in this document. The information in this docum[...]

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    ii SPI-8450-LLVA Limited One Y ear Warranty CONTEC Indust rial CPU card is warranted by CONTEC CO., Ltd. to be free from defects i n material and wo rkmanship f or up to one yea r from the date of purchase by the original p urc haser . Repair will be free of charge only when this d evice is returned freight prepaid with a copy of the original invoi[...]

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    Table of Contents SPI-8450-LLVA iii Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INT RODUCTION ................................................................................. 1 1.1 Specifi cation........................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Mechanical & E nvironmen tal........................[...]

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    Table of Contents iv SPI-8450-LLVA 2.21 ATX power control Connector : CN21 ................................................................. 24 2.22 +12V power suppl y Connector :PW2 ................................................................... 24 CHAPTER 3 JUMPER SETTI NG ......................................................................[...]

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    Table of Contents SPI-8450-LLVA v 8.9. PC Health Status ................................................................................................ 103 8.10. Frequency/Volt age Cont rol ................................................................................ 104 8.11. Defaults Menu ......................................................[...]

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    Table of Contents vi SPI-8450-LLVA[...]

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    CHAPTER 1 – Introduction SPI-8450-LLVA 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Specification y Processor Sock et: Socket 478 y Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor 1.7GHz - 2.4GHz , Intel(R) Celeron(R) Proc essor 1.7GHz to 2.0GHz. (Package Type: 478pin PPGA FC-PGA2, CPU Core: Northwood Core only) y Bus Clock Rate(FSB): 400/533 MHz y Chipset: Intel 845[...]

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    CHAPTER 1 – Introduction 2 SPI-8450-LLVA y VGA Controller: Include Chipset(GMCH) VRAM shares 64MB(max. ) from t h e ma in memory. One HD-sub type 15 pins connector for analog display. y Audio: AC97 CODEC. 10pin header for speak er-out, line-in, microphone. y LAN: Two RJ-45 connectors on board  Intel ICH4 integrated with Intel 82562EM chipset s[...]

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    CHAPTER 1 – Introduction SPI-8450-LLVA 3 1.2 Mechanical & Environmental y DC Power Requirements  +5VDC ± 5 %  +12VDC ± 5 %  +5VSB ± 5 % (Only at the tim e of ATX power supply use) y Power Consumption (Intel(R) Pent ium(R) 4 Processor 2.4 GHz ):  +5VDC @ 5.40A max.  +12VDC @ 6.20A max.  +5VSB @ 0.65A max. y Operating Tempe[...]

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    CHAPTER 1 – Introduction 4 SPI-8450-LLVA 1.3 Check List Please check that your pa ckag e is com plete and contains the i tems below. If you dis cov er damaged or missing items, please contact your dealer. y The SPI-8450-LLVA Industrial Single board computer y This User’s Manual y One IDE 40pin ribbon cable y One IDE 80pin ribbon cable y One Flo[...]

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    CHAPTER 1 – Introduction SPI-8450-LLVA 5 1.5 Connector & Jumper Location 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 CPU Socket CN21 FAN1 PW2 CN2 CN4 CN5 FAN2 JBAT1 CN20 JP104 JP106 JP105 JP107 CN14 CN19 CN18 CN13 CN17 CN11 CN12 CN8 CN7 CN9 CN6 CN10 CN3 JRS2 JRS3 JRS1 CN1 IR1 CN15 CN16[...]

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    CHAPTER 1 – Introduction 6 SPI-8450-LLVA 1.6 Block Diagram PCI ADDR/DATA Processor PWM W83628F W83629D ADDR CTRL AC'97 LINK ICH4 USB 2.0 PORT 1-6 Serial 1/2 GMCH AGTL+ BUS IDE Primary GIGA LAN Connector USB SIO DATA LAN Connector DATA VGA Floppy Mouse FirmWare Hub CLOCK ICS950220 PCI CNTRL AC'97 CODEC UDMA66/100 BROOKDALE-G PICMG PCI/IS[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations SPI-8450-LLVA 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Installations This chapter provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the SPI-8450-LLVA in order to set up a workable system. 2.1 Installation procedure (1) Confirm the power supply is of f. (2) Install the processor with correct orientation. (3) Insert the[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations 8 SPI-8450-LLVA 2.2 CPU Installation: The SPI-8450-LLVA Industrial CPU Card supports a single Intel 478pin FC-PGA2 type Pentium 4 or Celeron proce ssor . The processor’s VID pins automatically program the voltage regulator on the CPU card to the required processor voltag e. The host bus speed is automatically s[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations SPI-8450-LLVA 9 2.3 Main Memory Installation: DIMM1/2 The SPI-8450-LLVA Industrial CPU Card s upports two single-side or double-sided DDR200(PC1600)/266(PC2100) unregistered, Tw o 184-pin DIMM sockets for a maximum total memory of 2GB. Using the non-ECC DDR SDRAM DIMMS. The CPU card supports the following memory [...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations 10 SPI-8450-LLVA 2.4 Front Panel Connector: CN1 This header can be connected to a fr ont panel power switch. The front panel connector includes headers for these I/O connections: Power switch This header can be conn ected the power on switch when A TX power supply use. Power LE D This header can be conn ected to [...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations SPI-8450-LLVA 11 2.5 USB Connector: CN2/ CN4/ CN5 This board have three USB(v2.0 compliant) pin-header conn ectors. This header is for the optional USB cable to provide each two USB ports. (Up to six USB ports) PIN No. Function PIN No. Function 1 VCC1 2 VCC2 3 USBP1- 4 USBP2- 5 USBP1+ 6 USBP2+ 7 GND 8 GND CN2,4, [...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations 12 SPI-8450-LLVA 2.6 Parallel Port Connector: CN3 The parallel port bra cket can used to add an addit ional parallel port for addition al parallel devices. There are four op tions for parallel port op eration: y Compatible (S tandard mode) y Bi-Directional (PS/2 compatible) y Bi-Directional EPP . A driver from th[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations SPI-8450-LLVA 13 2.7 Serial Port connector: CN6 /CN9 COM1(CN6) and COM2(CN9) are use in the 10-pins box -headers, are onboard serial ports of the CPU card SPI-8450-LL V A. The fo llowing table shows the pin assignments of these connectors. CN6,CN9 PIN No. RS-232C RS-422* RS-485* 1 DCD TX- TX- 2 RXD TX+ TX+ 3 TSD [...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations 14 SPI-8450-LLVA 2.7.1 RS-422 / RS-485 specifications y Transmission system: Asynchronous, hal f-/full-duplex serial transmission conforming to RS-422/RS-485 y Baud rate: 19200 to 50bpx (programmable) Signal extensible distance: 1.2km Max. RTS# JRS2 : 7 -8 TXD D JRS2: 5-6 JRS2: 4-6 R RXD 47 k Ω 6.2 k Ω 6.2 k [...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations SPI-8450-LLVA 15 2.8 IDE Connector: CN7/ CN8 CN7: Primary IDE Connector CN8: Secondary IDE Connector The CPU card SPI-8450-LL V A provides a bus-mastering PCI IDE interfaces. These interfaces support PIO Mode 3, PIO Mode 4, A T API devices (e.g., CD-ROM), and Ultra DMA/33/66/100 synchronous-DMA mode transfer s. T[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations 16 SPI-8450-LLVA 2.9 Floppy Disk Connector: CN10 The floppy interface can be configured for the following floppy drive capacities and sizes: y 360 KB, 5.25-inch y 1.2 MB, 5.25-inch y 720 KB, 3.5-inch y 1.44 MB, 3.5-inch y 2.88 MB, 3.5-inch This connector supports the prov ided flopp y drive ribbon cable. After co[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations SPI-8450-LLVA 17 2.10 IDE RAID Connector: CN11/ CN12 The CPU card SPI-8450-LL V A using the chipset of Promise PDC20265R for IDE RAID port that with the bus-mastering d esign takes full advantage of m ulti-tasking, multi- threading operating s ystems and greatly improves performance. Provides scatter/gather DMA m[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations 18 SPI-8450-LLVA 2.11 10/100BASE-TX LAN Connector: CN13 This connector is for the LAN adapter that has LED indicat e the 10/100Mbps transfer rate / Link / Act status of Ethern et capability of the CPU c ard. The follow table shows the pin assignments of this connector . Left LED: Link/Ack LED Link: Green, Ack: Bl[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations SPI-8450-LLVA 19 2.12 Audio Signal connector: CN15 PIN No. Function PIN No. Function 1 LINE-OUT-R 2 LINE-OUT-L 3 GND 4 GND 5 N.C. 6 MIC-IN 7 GND 8 GND CN15 1 2 9 1 0 9 LINE-IN-R 10 LINE-IN-L 2.13 CD Audio connector: CN16 This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CD-ROM or DVD drive to onboard sound. P[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations 20 SPI-8450-LLVA 2.15 GIGA LAN connector : CN18 This connector is for the LAN adapte r that has LED indicate the 10/100/1000Mbps transfer ra te / Li nk / Act status of Ethernet capabilit y of the CPU card. The follow table shows the pin assignments of this connector . Left LED: Speed LED 10M: OFF , 100M: Green, 1[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations SPI-8450-LLVA 21 2.16 Keyboard / Mouse Connector: CN19 The CPU card provides a standard PS/2 ® keyboard/mouse connec tor for at taching a PS/2 ® keyboard/mouse. Y ou will connect with an add-on cable for a PS/2 ® keybo ard/mouse. Y ou can plug a PS/2 ® mouse or keyboard cable directly in to PS2 connector by j[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations 22 SPI-8450-LLVA 2.17 External Keyboard/Mouse Connector: CN14 This is a 6-pin connector for external k eyboard PIN No. Function Connector type for Cable 1 KB/MS VCC 2 Mouse Clock 3 Mouse Data 4 KB Clock 5 KB Data CN14 6 5 4 3 2 1 6 GND Housing : XHP-6 (JST) Contact : SXH-001T -P0.6 (JST) 2.18 CPU FAN Connector: F[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations SPI-8450-LLVA 23 2.20 IrDA connector: IR1 PIN No. Function 1 VCC5 2 NC 3 IRTX 4 GND IR1 1 2 3 4 5 5 IRRX Infrared Support IrDA connector is five pins that s upport Hewlett Packard HSDL-1000 compatible infrared (IR) transmitters and receivers. In the Setup program, Serial Port B (COM2) can b e directed to a connec[...]

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    CHAPTER 2 –Hardware Installations 24 SPI-8450-LLVA 2.21 ATX power control Connector: CN21 When used with an A TX-compliant power supply that supports re mote power on/off, the CPU board can turn of f the system power through software control. T o enable soft-off control in s oftware, advanced power management must be enabled in the Setup program [...]

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    CHAPTER 3 – Jumper Setting SPI-8450-LLVA 25 Chapter 3 Jumper Setting 3.1 Clear CMOS Content: JBAT1 The time, date, and CMOS values can be s pecified in the Setup program . The CMOS values can be returned to th eir defaults by us ing the Setup program. The RAM data contains the password information is powered by the onboar d battery. User can eras[...]

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    CHAPTER 3 – Jumper setting 26 SPI-8450-LLVA 3.2 RS-232C/422/485 Selector: JRS1 & JRS2 RS-232C J R S 2 J R S 1 10 8 6 4 2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 RS-422 J R S 2 J R S 1 10 8 6 4 2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 RS-485 J R S 2 J R S 1 10 8 6 4 2 2 4 6 8 1[...]

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    CHAPTER 3 – Jumper Setting SPI-8450-LLVA 27 Setting the RS-422/RS-485 r ecei ver disable contr ol jumper When the RS-422/RS-485 port is used, the RTS signal is used for driver en able control Connecting JRS2 Pins 4 and 6 set to OFF disables th e r eceiver at the same time, preventing the port from receiving output data to an external device. 3.2.[...]

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    CHAPTER 3 – Jumper setting 28 SPI-8450-LLVA I/O addresse s and instructions The table below lists I/O addresses for use as COM2. I/O address DLAB Read/Write Register W Transmitter holding Register THR 0 R Receiver buffer Register RBR 02F8H 1 W Divisor latch Re gi ster (LSB) DLL 1 W Divisor latch Re gi ster (MSB) DLM 02F9H 0 W Interrupt enable Reg[...]

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    CHAPTER 3 – Jumper Setting SPI-8450-LLVA 29 3.3 RS-422/485 Terminator: JRS3 JRS3 Te r m i n a t o r Function JRS3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - No terminating resister (Default) JRS3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CTS for RS-422 terminating resis ter provided JRS3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 RTS for RS-422 terminating resis ter provided JRS3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 RXD for RS-422/485 terminat[...]

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    CHAPTER 3 – Jumper setting 30 SPI-8450-LLVA[...]

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    CHAPTER 4 – CPU board resources SPI-8450-LLVA 31 Chapter 4 CPU Card Resources 4.1. System Address Map The GMCH memory map includes a number of programmable ranges . All of these ranges must be unique and non-overlapping. Ther e are no fardware interlocks to prevent problems in the case of overlapping ranges. Accesses to overlapped ranges may prod[...]

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    CHAPTER 4 –Software Utilities 32 SPI-8450-LLVA 4.2. PCI Routing Information IDSel INT Onboard Function AD23 INT F LAN Intel 82540 AD25 INT G RAID: PDC20265R[...]

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    CHAPTER 5 – Software Utilities SPI-8450-LLVA 33 Chapter 5 Software Utilities This chapter introduces the software utilities supplied for SPI-8450-LLVA which including LAN driver, Promise RAID driver, Intel 845GV driver. 5.1. Driver for Intel ® 845GV chipset Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility (INF) y Windows XP Professional, Home Edition[...]

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    CHAPTER 5 - BIOS SETUP 34 SPI-8450-LLVA 5.2. LAN Driver Introduction The motherboard SPI-8450-LLVA used th e Intel IC H4’s integrated LAN controller includes a 32-bit PCI controller that provides enh anced scatter-gather bus mastering cap abilities and enables the LAN Controller to perform hi gh speed data transfers over the PCI bus. Specificatio[...]

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    CHAPTER 5 - BIOS SETUP SPI-8450-LLVA 35 5.3. AUDIO Driver Introduction The Audio Codec ’97 (AC97) specification defines a digital interf ace can be used to attach an audio codec (AC). The ICH2’s AC’97 not only replaces ISA audio and modem functionality, also improves overall platfo rm integra tion by incorpor ating the AC’97 digital link. A[...]

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    CHAPTER 5 - BIOS SETUP 36 SPI-8450-LLVA[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 37 Chapter 6 RAID Controller Important dat a pr otection inform at i on Y ou should back up all data be fore installing any drive controller or storage periph eral. W e are not responsible for any loss of data resulting from the use, disuse or misuse of the RAID device. NOTE: When you need t o use RAID fun[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 38 SPI-8450-LLVA Jumper Settings # of Drives IDE Channel 1 IDE Channel 2 1 M ---- 2M M 3M & S M 4 M & S M & S M = Master, S = Slave 3. Install the hard drives into the hard drive b a ys of your system, incl uding the power cables. 4. Attach one Ultra ATA c able to each hard drive. Then attach one cable to ea[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 39 3. Press “1” to display the Auto Setup Menu below. This is the f astest and easiest method to creating your first array. FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx © 1996-2001 Promise Technology, Inc. [Auto Setup Options Menu] Optimize Array for: Performance Typical Application to use: DESKTO P [ Auto Setup Confi[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 40 SPI-8450-LLVA 6.1.2 Creating a Security Array w i th new drives NOTE: Raid controller permit only two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup. To create an array for data protection using new hard drives, follow these steps: 1. Using the Spacebar, choose “Security” under the Optimize Array for[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 41 6.1.3 Creating a Security Array With An Existing Data Drive NOTE: Raid controller permits only two drives to b e used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup. You would use this method if you wish to use a drive that already contains data and/or is the bootable system drive in your system. You will ne[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 42 SPI-8450-LLVA 6.2 Using FastBuild™ C onfiguration Utility The FastBuild TM Configur ation Utility offers several menu choices to cre ate and manage the drive array on the Raid controller. For purposes of this manual, it is assumed you have already created an arra y in the prev ious chapter and now wis h to make a c[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 43 This is the first option s creen when entering the FastBuild TM Setup. FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1996-2001 Promise Technology, Inc. [ Main Menu ] Auto Setup…………………………………………… ….. [ 1 ] View Drive Assignments …………………………………[ 2 ] View Array[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 44 SPI-8450-LLVA 6.2.3 Creating Arrays A utomaticall y The Auto Setup <1 > selection from the Main Menu can intuitively help create your disk array . It will assign all available drives appropriate for th e disk arr ay you are creating . After making all selections, use Ctrl-Y to sav e selections. FastBuild will a[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 45 Defining Typical A pplic a tion Usage : Allows the user to choose the type of PC usag e that will b e performed in order to optimize how FastTrak100-Lite handles data bl ocks to enhance performance. Y our choice will determine the block size used. You may choose from: A/V Edit ing (for aud io/video appl[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 46 SPI-8450-LLVA 6.2.5 Vie w A rray The Define Array <3> option in the Ma in Menu displays the define array . FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1996-2001 Promise Technology, Inc. [Define Array Menu] Array No RAID Mode Total Dr v Capacity(MB) Status Array 1 Stripe 2 16126 Functional Array 2 —— —— —— —?[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 47 1. To delete an array, highlight the Array y ou wish to d elete and press the [Del] key. 2. The View Array Definition m enu will appear (see below) showing which drives are assigned to this array. FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1996-2001 Promise Technology, Inc. [ Define Array Menu ] Array No RAID Mode[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 48 SPI-8450-LLVA FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1996-2001 Promise Technology, Inc. [ Rebuild Array Menu ] Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacit y(MB) Status Array 1 Mirror 2 16126 Critical Array 2 —— —— —— —— Array 3 —— —— —— —— Array 4 —— —— —— —— [ Keys Available ] [ ↑[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 49 6.2.8 Viewing Controller Setting s The Controller Configuration <6> menu selection allows you to enable or disable the Raid controller BIOS from halting (the default) if it detects an error on boot up. You may also view the system resources (Interrupt and I/O port address) of FastTrak’s data cha[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 50 SPI-8450-LLVA 6.3 Installing the drivers 6.3.1 Windows 2000/ XP Installing Driver During New Windows 2000/XP Installation Note: Before the Windows 2000/XP installing, please copy the whole files and folder in the folder as follows “RAIDW in2000”(“RAIDWinxp”) of the Driver CD-ROM to a floppy disk. 1. Flopp[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 51 Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000/XP System WARNING : If you will be moving the b oot drive containin g the existing Wi ndows 2000/XP operat ing system to a mirrore d RAID 1 array o n the controller, the controller driver MUST be lo aded to the hard drive while it is still attached to your ex i[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 52 SPI-8450-LLVA 6.3.2 Windows 98SE Installing Drivers During Windows 98SE Installation 1. Enabled the RAID controller and configuring th e hard driv e(s),partit ion and format your drive(s),if nece ssa ry . 2. Install Windows 98 normally. 3. After installation, go the “ Start” menu and choose “Settings .” 4. Fr[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 53 Installing Drivers With Ex isting Windo w s 98SE system The following three sections deta il the installation of drives on a system that has Windows 98SE installation. 1. After installing and configuring your RAID hard drive(s), power up the system and boot Windows. 2. The “Add New Hardware Wizard” [...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 54 SPI-8450-LLVA 6.3.3 Windows NT 4.0 Installing Driver During New Windows NT Installation Note: Before the Windows NT4.0 installing, please copy the whole fil es and folder in the folder as follows “RAIDWinNT4”of the Driver CD-ROM to a floppy disk. 1. Start the system installation by booting from the Windows NT d[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 55 Installing Driver with Existing Windows NT System WARNING: If you plan to move your boo t drive to a mirrored RAID 1 array , hard drives shoul d NOT be connected to the RAID c onnectors before performing the following proced ure. The RAID controller drivers must be loaded on the system hard dri ve (runn[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 56 SPI-8450-LLVA 6.4 Using the FastCheck™ Monitoring Utility You can monitor th e operating st at us of all arrays a nd drives configured on the RAID controller using the supplied FastCheck™ monitoring utility for Windows-based operating system (Windows 98 / NT4.0 / 2000 / XP). FastCheck™ generates visual an d aud[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 57 6.4.2 Running FastCheck™ As described in the Installation section, the d efault option for FastCheck™ is to load during startup of Win98/NT4.0/2000/XP. It app ears minimized on the taskbar under Win98/NT4.0/2000/XP. 1. From the Start Button on the Windows Taskbar, choose Run. To start FastCheck™, [...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 58 SPI-8450-LLVA 6.4.4 Using FastCheck™Array W indow Once FastCheck™ is Select, the FastCheck™ Mo nitoring Ytility window will appear . The main pane has three information window tabs : Array, Controller, and Options. The user can switch screens by clickin g on the tab. The Array Window is the active screen by def[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 59 Offline : This would appear most commonly with in a RAID 0. The “Offline” results from a drive having fail ed which has taken the ent ire array “offline. ” In this case, you have likely lost da ta. Fix/replace the drive th at has failed, then restor e data from a backup source. Viewing Arraye d [...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 60 SPI-8450-LLVA Using Array Pull-down Menu At the bottom of the Array window , it indicate s to right-click on an Array to perform synchronization or rebuild operations. Right-c licking displays the following pull-down menu: From this menu, users may choos e to have the W indow Always Appear on T op of applications, Mi[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 61 Once Synchronization is confirmed, the following information screen appears. Click OK button or close the window to proceed . NOTE : During Array Synchr onization, users may continue to access the working array and perform normal PC functions. However , system performance will be slightly degraded and t[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 62 SPI-8450-LLVA 6.4.5 Rebuilding An A rray This command ef fectively copies or overwrites da ta from an existing data dr ive in the array on to a blank driv e. The operation will be typically used when a failed dr ive has been replaced with a new driv e as part of a mirrored a rray . T o perform a Rebuild, choose the A[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 63 Rebuild W izard Step 2 confirms the T ar get or “Rebuild” disk by Array # and drive ID. Click Finish button to initiate ph ysical R ebuild, Back bu tton to review S tep 2, or Canc el button to Stop. A final confirmation window appears as below: Click “Y es” to initiate Rebuild. T o cancel this o[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 64 SPI-8450-LLVA 6.4.6 Using Controller Windo w Clicking on the Controller tab , will reveal the Controller W indow . This displays physical information about the location of FastT rak100-Lite, data chann els on the card, and the attached drives. V iewing Controller Card Information By left-clicking on the FastT rak con[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 65 V iewing IDE Channel Information Left-clicking on a given Channel icon or # in th e left pane, will show the Base IO addresses of the channel in the right pane (used for troubleshooting). V iewing Drive Information Left-clicking on a given Drive icon or ID in th e left pane, will show similar informatio[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 66 SPI-8450-LLVA Offline : Drives that are NOT ident ified as “bad” m ay be taken of fline if p art of a S triping or Spanning array conta ining a “bad” drive. These drives do NOT need to be replaced, however . S.M.A.R.T . S tatus : Indicates whether attached hard drive implements Self-Monitoring Analysis & [...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 67 Selecting Notification Options This section of the Options windows allows user s to select how they are notified of a system event. A System Event in cludes driver -initiated Rebuilds (automatic rebui ld using a “hot” spare standby drive), user-initiated manual Rebuilds or manual S ynchronization, a[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 68 SPI-8450-LLVA W ARNING : This may r esult in mismatched drives und er RAID 1. Interactive : B y checking this option, a selection window will appear each t ime an error is detected asking the user whether they want to Abort, Fix, or Ignor e the error (see T roubleshooting section). Dismiss Error Dialogs designates th[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 69 S tart time designat es hr/min/ am/pm On the designates day of week or by ordinal (1st, 2nd, 3r d....) selection. Setting Rebuild Options Disable Hot Spare/Auto Rebuild checkbox turns of f the use of a “hot” spare drive and automatic rebuilding of a mirrored arr ay . The default is unchecked (or ena[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 70 SPI-8450-LLVA Enable S.M.A.R.T . Check checkbox tells FastCheck to regularly monitor each drive to assure that drive failure prediction is functioni ng. The default is unchecked, meaning FastCheck™ will not monitor this fun ction. Setting Screen Preferences This section controls how the FastCheck™ utilit y screen[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller SPI-8450-LLVA 71 Changing Pass wo rd 1. Input the original password you first created to gain access to FastCheck™. 2. Click on Options tab, and then click on th e Change button in the Password section. The Set Password screen will appear . 3. T ype the password you want to use. Press the T ab key or click to retype t[...]

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    CHAPTER 6 - RA ID Controller 72 SPI-8450-LLVA[...]

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    CHAPTER 7 - Chapter 7 Watch-Dog-Ti mer (WDT) Setting SPI-8450-LLVA 73 Chapter 7 Watch-Dog-Timer (WDT) Setting The watchdog timer serves as a safeguard agai ns t possible system lock -u p in your indust rial computer system. In most industrial environments, there are heavy equipment, generators, high-vol tage power lines, or powe r drops that have a[...]

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    CHAPTER 7 - Chapter 7 Watch-Dog-Timer (WDT) Setting 74 SPI-8450-LLVA Here is a example for programming Wa tch dog t imeout in "debug" mode . o 2e 87 : Output data 87h to I/O address 2eh. i 2f : Input data from I/O address 2fh. Start WDT o 2e 87 o 2e 87 o 2e 2b o 2f 0d o 2e 07 o 2f 08 o 2e 30 o 2f 01 o 2e f5 o 2f 00 ;00(unit for second) o [...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 75 Chapter 8 BIOS Setup 8.1. Introduction This chapter discusses Award’s Setup program built into th e FLASH ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modif y the b asic s ystem configuration . This spe cial inform ation is then stored in batt ery-backed RAM so that i t retains the Setup information when the[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 76 SPI-8450-LLVA keyboard. Key Function Up Arrow Move to the pr evious item Down Arrow Move to the next item Left Arrow Move to the item on the left (menu bar) Right Arrow Move to the item on the right (men u bar) Esc Main Menu: Quit without saving cha nges Submenus: Exit Curren t page to the nex t higher level me nu Move Ent[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 77 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™ suppor ts an override to the CMOS settings which resets your system to its defa ults. The best advice is to only alter settings which you thoroughly understand[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 78 SPI-8450-LLVA 8.2. Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utilit y, the Main Menu will app ear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to se lect from several set up functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among th e items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu. Note that [...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 79 Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default v alues that are factor y settings for optimal performance system operations. While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance, the factory has the right to change these d efaults to meet their needs. Supervisor / User Password Use[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 80 SPI-8450-LLVA Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Description Date Month DD YYYY Set the system dat e. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date Time HH : MM : SS Set the system time IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu(des[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 81 IDE Adapters The IDE adapters contro l the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive. Use the legend keys to navigate through this me nu and exit to the main menu. Use Tab le 3 to configure the hard disk. Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto- detection Press Enter Press Enter[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 82 SPI-8450-LLVA 8.4. Advanced BIOS Features Setup This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. Y ou have the opportunity to select the system’s defaul t speed, boo t-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security . Virus Warning When enabled, y ou receive a warning message if a program (s [...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 83 Description Choice CPU L1/L2 Cache ECC Checking When you select Enabled, memory checking is enable when the external cache contains ECC SRAMs. Hyper-Threading technology This item allows you to enable/disable Hyper-Threading technology. Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to reduce the am ount of time req[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 84 SPI-8450-LLVA Description Choice Boot Up Floppy Seek When Enabled, the BIOS tests (seeks) floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks. Only 360-KB floppy drives have 40 tracks; drives with 720 KB, 1.2 MB, and 1.44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks. Because very few modern PCs have 40-track floppy drives, we r[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 85 Description Choice Typematic Delay (Msec) When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can select a typema tic delay (the delay before key strokes begin to repeat) of 250, 500, 750 or 1000 milliseconds. Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you ent[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 86 SPI-8450-LLVA 8.5. Advanced Chipset Features Setup This section allows you to configure the s ystem based on the specific featur es of the installed chipset. This chipse t manages bus speeds and access to system memory resource s, such as DRAM and the external cache. It also coordinates communications b etween the conventi[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 87 Description Choice Active to Precharge delay Select the precharge delay timer. DRAM RAS# to CAS# delay This field lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance.[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 88 SPI-8450-LLVA Description Choice System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a syst em error may result. Video BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 89 Description Choice AGP Aperture Size (MB) Select the size of the Accelerated Gr aphics Port (AGP) aperture. Th e aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 90 SPI-8450-LLVA 8.6. Integrated Peripherals[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 91 Description Choi ce On-Chip Primary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Progr ammed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for eac[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 92 SPI-8450-LLVA Description Choi ce IDE Secondary Master/Slave UDMA UDMA (Ultra DMA) is a D MA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst r ate of 33 MB/s. When you select Auto in the four IDE UDMA fields (for each of up to four IDE devices that[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 93 Description Choi ce AC’97 Audio Select Enabled to use the audio capabilities of your system. Most of the following fields do not appear when this field is Disabled. Init Display First Initialize the on board video display before initializing any other display device on the system. T hus the on board display[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 94 SPI-8450-LLVA Description Choi ce IDE HDD Block mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (m ost new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can suppor[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 95 Description Choi ce RxD, TxD Active Consult your IR peripheral docum entation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals IR Transmission Delay Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission. Half-duplex m ode [...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 96 SPI-8450-LLVA Description Choi ce Parallel Port Mode Selected an operating mode for the onboard parallel port. Select Compatible or extended unless you are certain both your hardware and software support EPP or ECP mode. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port PWRON After PWR -Fail At the ATX power supply use, s[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 97 8.7. Pow er Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most ef fectively save ener gy while operating in a manner consis ten t with your own style of computer use. Description Choice Power-Supply Type Select the power supply type.[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 98 SPI-8450-LLVA ACPI function Select to Enabled the ACPI function and select Disabled to disable the APCI. ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS): Power-on suspend (t he CPU and core system rema in powered on in a very low-power mode) S3(STR): Don’t set. S1 & S3: Don’t set. Power management Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Select Enabled[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 99 This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked . V/H SYNC+Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the ver tical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buf fer . Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buf fer . DPMS Initial display power [...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 100 SPI-8450-LLVA HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices rema in active. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN When enabled, turning the system off w ith the on/off button places the system is a very low- power-usage state, with only enough circ[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 101 8.8. PnP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus s ystem. PCI, or P ersonal C omputer I nterconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at s peeds ne aring the s peed the CP U itse lf uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 102 SPI-8450-LLVA Description Choices Reset Configuration D at a Normally , you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 103 8.9. PC Health Status The BIOS shows the PC health status in this window. Item Description Current CPU T emp. This field displays the current CPU temperature, if your computer contains a monitoring system. Curre nt System T emp. This field displays the current system temperature, if your computer contains a [...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 104 SPI-8450-LLVA 8.10. Frequency/Voltage Control Description Choice Spread Spectrum When the system clock generator pulses, the extreme values of the pulse generate excess EMI. Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation changes the extreme values from spikes to flat curves, thus reducing EMI. This benefit may in som e cases b[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 105 8.11. Defaults Menu Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item y ou get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the BIOS default values for the most st able, minimal- performance syst em operations. Load Optimized De[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 106 SPI-8450-LLVA 8.12. Supervisor/User Passw ord Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then . The differences between are: SUPERVISOR PASSWORD: can enter and change the options of the setup menus. USER PASSWORD : just can only enter but do not have the right to chang e the op tions of the setup m[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 107 8.13. Exit Selecting Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in th e m enus in CMOS – a special section of m emory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your co[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 108 SPI-8450-LLVA 8.16. Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be disp layed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST. This list includes message s fo r both the ISA and the EISA BIOS. CMOS battery has failed CMOS battery is no longer functi onal. It should be replaced. CMOS checksum error Checksum of CM[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 109 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 memo ry has become corrupt or the slot has been configured incorrectly. Also b e sure the card is installed firm ly in the slot. EISA co[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 110 SPI-8450-LLVA PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non-volatile memory containing EISA configuration information w as programmed incorrectly or has become corrup t. Re-run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory. NOTE: When this error appears, th e system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to [...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 111 Offending segment This message is used in conjunction wi th the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segm ent that has caused the problem has been isolated. Press a key to REBOOT This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot. Press any key an[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 112 SPI-8450-LLVA System halted, (CTRL-ALT-DEL) to REBOOT ... Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted. Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL. Wrong board in slot PLEASE RUN EISA CONF IGURATION UTILITY The board ID does not match the ID st ored in the EISA non-volat[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 113 Memory test fail BIOS reports the memory test fail if the onboard memory is tested error . 8.17. POST Codes POST (hex) Description CFh T est CMOS R/W functionality . C0h Early chipset initialization: -Disable shadow RAM -Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) -Program basic chipset registers C1h Detect memory [...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 114 SPI-8450-LLVA POST (hex) Description 0Eh T est F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R/W-able or not. If test fails, keep beeping the speaker . 0Fh Reserved 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R/W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD & DMI support. 11 h Reserved 12h Use walking 1’s algo[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 115 POST (hex) Description 23h 1. Check validity of RTC value: e. g. a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute. 2. Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack. I f CMOS checksum f ails, use def ault value instead. 3. Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP use. If ESCD is valid, take into consideration of the[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 116 SPI-8450-LLVA POST (hex) Description 36h Reserved 37h Reserved 38h Reserved 39h Reserved 3Ah Reserved 3Bh Reserved 3Ch T est 8254 3Dh Reserved 3Eh T est 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1. 3Fh Reserved 40h T est 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. 41h Reserved 42h Reserved 43h T est 8259 functionality . 44h Reserv[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 117 POST (hex) Description 52h T est all memory (clear all extended memory to 0) 53h Reserved 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors (multi-processor platform) 56h Reserved 57h 1. Display PnP l ogo 2. Early ISA PnP initialization -Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device. 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combine[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 118 SPI-8450-LLVA POST (hex) Description 6Dh 1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices. 2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Set up is set t o “AUTO”. 6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1. Initialize floppy controller 2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. 70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved 7[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup SPI-8450-LLVA 119 POST (hex) Description 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85h 1. USB final Initializatio n 2. NET PC: Build SYSID structure 3. Switch screen back to text mode 4. Set up ACPI table at top of memory . 5. Invoke ISA adapter ROMs 6. Assign IRQs to PCI device s 7. Initiali[...]

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    CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup 120 SPI-8450-LLVA[...]

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    CHAPTER 9 - Accessories SPI-8450-LLVA 121 Chapter 9 Accessories CPU - PCP4-24 Pentium 4 2.4GHz CPU - PCP4C-20 Celeron 2.0GHz CPU MEMORY MODULE (184Pin DIMM, Non Parity) - PC-MDD256- 184 184-Pin DDR-Memory( PC2100 , 256MB) - PC-MDD512- 184 184-Pin DDR-Memory( PC2100 , 512MB) CABLE - USB Connector Cable USB c onnector shielded cable (2port) - IDE-66 [...]

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    SPI-8450-LLVA User’s Manual CONTEC CO.,L TD. September 2005 Edition 3-9-31, Himesato, Nishiy odogawa-ku, Osaka 555-0025, Japan Japanese http://www .contec. co.jp/ English http://www .contec.com/ Chinese http://www .contec.com.cn/ No part of this document may be copied or repr oduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC[...]