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    SBC Series Single Board Computer Half-size PICMG 1.3 with LAN, Audio, SATA SEH-9450-LAS User’s Manual CONTEC CO.,LTD.[...]

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    SEH-9450-LAS i Check Your Package Thank you for purchasing the CONTEC product. The product consists of the items listed below. Check, with the following list, that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your retailer. Product Configuration List - Industrial PICMG CPU Board (SEH-9450 - LAS) …1 - Product Guide ?[...]

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    ii SEH-9450-LAS Copyright Copyright 2007 CONTE C CO., LT D. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this document may be copied or reprodu ced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO., LTD. CONTEC CO., LTD. makes no commitment to update or keep cur rent the information contained in this document. The information in this documen t[...]

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    SEH-9450-LAS iii Table of Contents Check Your Packag e ................................................................................................................................ i Copyright ................................................................................................................................................. ii Trade[...]

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    iv SEH-9450-LAS System FAN C onnector: FA N2 ..................................................................................................... ........1 5 Front Panel C onnector : FP1 ..................................................................................................... ....... 16 Power Switch (Pow er BT) ........................[...]

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    SEH-9450-LAS v 8. BIOS SETUP 37 Introduc tion................................................................................................................... ......................... 37 Starting Setup ................................................................................................................. ................ 37 Using Setup[...]

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    vi SEH-9450-LAS[...]

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    1. Introduction SEH-9450-LAS 1 1. Intr oduction About the SBC This product is a half-size sized single-board computer that supports PICM G1.3. It uses Intel (R) 945GME Chipset. The supported CPU is Intel (R) Core Duo / Core 2 Duo processor. For the memory, up to 4 GB (total capacity : 3. 1GB) of DDR2 SDRAM can be mounted. The all-in-one design feat[...]

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    1. Introduction 2 SEH-9450-LAS Customer Support CONTEC provides the following support services for you to use CONT EC products more efficiently and comfortably. Web Site Japanese http://www.contec.co.jp/ English http://www.contec.com/ Chinese http://www.contec.com.cn/ Latest product information CONTEC provides up-to-date inform ation on pr oducts. [...]

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    1. Introduction SEH-9450-LAS 3 Safety Precautions Understand the following definitions a nd precautions to use the product safely. Safety Information This document provides safety information using th e following symbols to prevent accidents resulting in injury or death and the destruction of equipment and resources. Under stand the meanings of the[...]

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    1. Introduction 4 SEH-9450-LAS Environments Use this product in the following environment. If us ed in an unauthorized environm ent, the board may overeat, malfunction, or cause a failure. Operating temperature 0 - 60 ° C Operating humidity 10 - 90%RH (No condensation) Corrosive gases None Floating dust particles Not to be excessive Inspection Ins[...]

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    2. System Refere nc e SEH-9450-LAS 5 2. System Refer ence Specification Table 2.1. Functional Specifications < 1 / 2 > Type Specific ations Supported CPU Intel(R) Core Duo / Core 2 Duo (FSB 533 / 667 MHz) Cache Built in CPU Processor socket Socket M Memory (Option) Up to MAX 4G, DDR2 400 / 533 / 667, 200 pin SO-DIMM Socket X 2 *1 Chipset Inte[...]

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    2. System Refere nc e 6 SEH-9450-LAS Table 2.1. Functional Specifications < 2 / 2 > Type Specific ations Watchdog Timer Software programmable 25 5 levels (1 - 255sec). When time up: Reset General-purpose I/F None Hardware Monitor Monitoring of the temperature of CPU and board, power supply voltage, and fa n speed The coin type L ithium batter[...]

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    2. System Refere nc e SEH-9450-LAS 7 Power Management Features - Support both ACPI (Advanced Configur ation a nd Power Interface) and legacy (APM) power manageme nt. - ACPI v2.0 compliant - APM v1.2 compliant - PCI bus clock run, Power Management Enable (PME ) control, all with hardware automatic wake-up - Multiple suspends power plane controls and[...]

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    2. System Refere nc e 8 SEH-9450-LAS Connector & Jumper Location Top side COM1 CO M2 JCOM1 SAT A1 SAT A2 IDE1 FP1 PWR1 FA N 2 SDVO1 LV D S 1 LV D S 2 JBAT 1 USB1 AUDIO 1 LAN1 USB2 USB3 VGA1 KB/MS1 FA N 1 TP M1 JP1 Bottom side CF1 DIMM1 DIMM2 PCI1 Figure 2.1. Connector & Jumper Location[...]

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    2. System Refere nc e SEH-9450-LAS 9 Table 2.3. SBC Connectors Item Content AUDIO1 Audio Connector CF1 Compact Flash Slot COM1 Serial 1 Port Connector COM2 Serial 2 Port Connector DIMM1, DIMM2 DIMM Memory Socket FAN1 CPU FAN Connector FAN2 System FAN Connector FP1 Front Panel Connector IDE1 Primary IDE Connector JBAT1 CMOS / ROM Clear JP1 CF Settin[...]

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    2. System Refere nc e 10 SEH-9450-LAS Block Diagram PICMG 1.3 Golden Finger Chann el A DAT A USB Interface PCI Interface AC L IN K GMCH 945G ME USB 2.0 DMA33/66/100 DDR2 667 Dual- Chann el LPC IO W83627EHG R.G. B. D-SUB 15Pin Syst em Power L VDS 18bit 2C hann el Mini PCI CTRL FirmWare Hub SA T A Interface SA T A Connceto r TPM Function LPC BUS LAN [...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s SEH-9450-LAS 11 3. Hardwar e Installations This chapter provides information on how to use the ju mpers and connectors on the product in order to set up a workable system. Installation procedure (1) Confirm the power supply is off. (2) Install the processor with correct orientation. (3) Mount the Heat sink on the top of t[...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s 12 SEH-9450-LAS CPU Installation: This product supports a single Intel socket-M type Co r e Duo processor or Core 2 Duo processor. The processor’s VID pins autom atically program the vo ltage regulator on the CPU card to the required processor voltage. The host bus speed is automatical ly selected. The proce ssor connec[...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s SEH-9450-LAS 13 Audio Connector: AUDIO1 This connector connects the Audio jack cable. Table 3.2. Audio Connector PIN No. Function PIN No. Function 10 LINE-IN-L 9 LINE-IN-R 8 GND 7 GND 6 MICIN 5 NC 4 GND 3 GND AUDIO1 2 1 10 9 2 LINE-OUT-L 1 LINE-OUT-R Compact Flash Slot: CF1 This product provides a Compact Flash interfaces[...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s 14 SEH-9450-LAS Serial Port Con nector: COM1 / COM2 Serial 1 (COM1), Serial 2 (COM2), are onboard serial ports of the product. The following table shows the pin assignments of these connectors. Table 3.4. Serial Port Connector PIN No. RS-232C RS-422 RS-485 1 DCD TX- TX- 2 RXD TX+ TX+ 3 TXD RX+ RX+ 4 DTR RX- RX- 5 GND GND [...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s SEH-9450-LAS 15 CPU FAN Connector: FAN1 FAN1 is a 4-pins box-header for the CPU cooling fa n power connector. The fa n m ust be a 12V fan. Pin 3 is for Fan tachometer input. Pin is for PW M Fan output control. Pin 2 is for 12V volt age. Table 3.5. CPU FAN Connector PIN No. Fun ction 1 GND 2 POWER 3 FAN Sense FAN1 1 2 3 4 [...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s 16 SEH-9450-LAS Front Panel Connector: FP1 FP1 consist of header can be connected to a front panel power switch. The front panel connector includes headers for these I/O connections: Power Switch (Pow er BT) This header can be conn ected to a power push switch for ATX power supply. Reset Switch (RESET) This header can be [...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s SEH-9450-LAS 17 IDE port Connector: IDE1 This product provides a bus-mastering PCI IDE inte rface. This interface support PIO Mode 3, PIO Mode 4, ATAPI devices (e.g., CD- ROM), and U ltra DMA/33/66/100 synchronous-DMA mode transfers. The BIOS supports logical block a ddressing (LBA) and extended cy linder head sector (ECH[...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s 18 SEH-9450-LAS Keyboard / Mouse Connector: KB/MS1 The CPU card provides a standard PS/2 keyboard/m ouse connector for attaching a PS/2 keyboar d/mouse. You will connect with an add-on cable for a PS/2 ke yboard/mouse. You can select that plug a PS/2 mouse directly, PS/2 keyboar d directly or both ( use Y- cable) by jumpe[...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s SEH-9450-LAS 19 LVDS LCD Connector: LVDS1 / LVDS2 LVDS1 and LVDS2 consist of 30-pin and 20-pin conne ctors that using the Hirose’s DF13A-30DP-1.25V /DF13A-20DP-1.25V. The SEH-9450-LAS supports 2 channels (2 x 18- bit) of LVDS LCD panel display. Table 3.11. LVDS Connector PIN No. Function PIN No. Function 2 TXL1+ 1 TXL0+[...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s 20 SEH-9450-LAS Mini PCI type III ex pansion socket: PCI1 The Mini PCI specification defines an alternate implementation for small form factor PCI c ard. Table 3.12. Mini PCI socket Pin No. Signal name Pin No. Signal name Pin No. Signal name Pin No. Signal name 1 TIP 2 RING 63 3.3V 64 FRAME# Key Key 65 CLKRUN# 66 TRDY# 3 [...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s SEH-9450-LAS 21 Power supply Connector: PWR1 Table3.13. Power supply connector PWR1 4 3 2 1 PIN No. Function PIN No. Function 3 +12V 1 GND 4 +12V 2 GND Suitable Housing: 39- 01-2200 (Correpond) Suitable: Contact: 5556 ( correspond) Maker: Molex Serial ATA Connect or: SATA1 / SATA2 Serial ATA is the revolutionary ATA inter[...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s 22 SEH-9450-LAS Serial Digital Video Output: SDVO1 The SDVO specification defines an alternate implemen tation for PCI express card. The pin assignments are as follows: Table 3.15. SDVO1 Connecto r PIN No. Function PIN No. Function 2 SDVOB_GREEN- 1 SDVOB_RED- 4 SDVOB_GREEN+ 3 SDVOB_RED+ 6 GND 5 GND 8 SDVOB_C LK - 7 SDVOB_[...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s SEH-9450-LAS 23 USB Connector: USB1, USB2, USB3 This product have four USB (v2.0 com pliant) ports. One box-header connector USB1. This box-header connector is for the op tinal USB cable to provide two A Ty pe connector s; and two USB A Type connectors. Table 3.16. USB Pin-header Connector Pin No. Function Pin No. Functio[...]

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    3. Hardware Installation s 24 SEH-9450-LAS VGA Connector: VGA1 This is a VGA connector (D-Sub 15 pin). The pin assingnment is shown below. Table 3.18. VGA Connector VGA1 1 5 11 15 10 6 PIN No. Function PIN No. Function 1 RED 9 N.C 2 GREEN 10 GND 3 BLUE 11 D-DA TE 4 N.C 12 N.C 5 GND 13 H-SYNC 6 GND 14 V-SYNC 7 GND 15 D-DCLK 8 GND[...]

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    4. Jumper Setting SEH-9450-LAS 25 4. Jumper Setting Clear CMOS Content & BIOS setting cancel: JBAT1 The time, date, and CMOS values ca n be specified in the Setup program. The CMOS values can be returned to their defaults by using the Setup progr a m. The RAM data contains the password information is powered by the onboard button cell battery. [...]

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    4. Jumper Setting 26 SEH-9450-LAS CF Master / Slave selector: JP1 On board CF slot is connected to Secondary IDE. This jumper is select Master/Slave of CF memory card. Usually, please use it with a master setup. Table 4.3. CF Master / Slave selector JP1 Function 1 2 3 Set to Master 1 2 3 Set to Slave (Default) RS-232/422/485 Selector: JCOM 1 Table [...]

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    4. Jumper Setting SEH-9450-LAS 27 Setting the RS-422/RS-485 receiver disable control ju mper When the RS-422/RS-485 port is used, the RTS signal is used for dr iver enable control Connecting JCOM1 Pins 14 and 16 disables the receiver at the same time, preventing the port fro m receiving output data to an external device. RS-422/485 setting RTS# R D[...]

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    4. Jumper Setting 28 SEH-9450-LAS[...]

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    5. CPU Board Resources SEH-9450-LAS 29 5. CPU Board Resour ces System address map The GMCH memory map includes a number of progr ammable ranges. All of these ranges must be unique and non-overlapping. There are no hardware interlocks to prevent problem s in the case of overlapping ranges. Accesses to overlapped ranges m ay pr oduce indeterminate re[...]

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    5. CPU Board Resources 30 SEH-9450-LAS[...]

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    6. Watch-Dog-T imer (WDT) Setting SEH-9450-LAS 31 6. W atch-Dog-T imer (WDT) Setting Introduction The watchdog timer serves as a safeguard against possi ble system lock-up in your industrial computer system. In most industrial environments, there ar e heavy equipment, generators, high-voltage power lines, or power drops that have adverse effects on[...]

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    6. Watch-Dog-T imer (WDT) Setting 32 SEH-9450-LAS (2) Example programming The following example is written in Intel8086 assembly language. ;=============== ;<WDT Initial> ;=============== ;----------------------------------- ;Enter the extended function mode ;----------------------------------- MOV DX,2EH MOV AL,87H OUT DX,AL OUT DX,AL ;-----[...]

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    6. Watch-Dog-T imer (WDT) Setting SEH-9450-LAS 33 ;Exit the extended function mode ;------------------------------------------ MOV DX,2EH MOV AL,AAH OUT DX,AL ;================================ ;<WDT START : counter set and a start > ;================================ ;--------------------------------------------- ;Enter the extended function m[...]

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    6. Watch-Dog-T imer (WDT) Setting 34 SEH-9450-LAS MOV DX,2EH MOV AL,87H OUT DX,AL OUT DX,AL ;----------------------------------- ;Select logical device WDT(number 8) ;----------------------------------- MOV DX,2EH MOV AL,07H OUT DX,AL MOV DX,2FH MOV AL,08H OUT DX,AL ;----------------------------------- ;Stop count down of WDT ;---------------------[...]

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    7. Hardware Mon itor SEH-9450-LAS 35 7. Hardwar e Monitor Hardware Monitor Hardware Monitor function is included in Hard ware Monitor contr oller (Winbond W83627HF) on this product. You can read Temperature, Voltage and Fan Sensor output of SBC. Temperature Two Thermistor are mounted on SBC as following. You can read Temperature of this position. V[...]

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    7. Hardware Mon itor 36 SEH-9450-LAS[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 37 8. BIOS Setup Introduction This chapter discusses Award’s Setup progra m bu ilt into the FLASH ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configurati on. This special informa tion is then stored in battery-backed RAM so that it re tains the Setup information when the power is turned off. The [...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 38 SEH-9450-LAS Using Setup In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit. The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup progr am using the keyboard. Table 8.[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 39 Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utilit y, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu. Note that a brief description[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 40 SEH-9450-LAS PnP / PCI Configuration This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable performance for your system to operate. Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal p[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 41 Standard CMOS Setup Figure 8.2. Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divide d 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 <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each ite m.[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 42 SEH-9450-LAS Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Table 8.2. Main Menu Selections Item Options Description Date Month DD YYYY Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date Time HH : MM : SS Set the system ti me IDE Channel 0 Master Options[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 43 IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control th e hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive. Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use Table 3 to config ure the hard disk. Table 8.3. IDE Adapters configurations Item Options Description IDE HDD Auto-detect[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 44 SEH-9450-LAS Advanced BIOS Features Setup This section allows you to configure your system fo r basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system’s default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and secur ity. Figure 8.3. Advanced BIOS Features Setup[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 45 CPU Feature Figure 8.4. CPU Feature Setup Press <Enter> to configure the settings relevant to CPU Feature. Table 8.4. CPU Features Selections Description Choice Delay Prior to Thermal Select the interval to setup the delay timer for CPU Thermal-Throuttlin g C1E Function CPU C1E Function Select.[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 46 SEH-9450-LAS Description Choice Execute Disable Bit When disabled, forces the XD feature flag to always return 0. Hard Disk Boot Priority Figure 8.5. Hard Disk Boot Priority Setup With the field, there is the option to choose, asid e from the hard disks connected, “Bootable add-in Cards” which refers to other external device.[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 47 Virus Warning When enabled, you receive a warning message if a prog ram (specifically, a virus) atte mpts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive. You should then run an anti-virus program. Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector , not the entire hard drive. CAUTIO[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 48 SEH-9450-LAS Description Choice First Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load th e operating sy stem from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. Second Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load th e operating sy stem from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. Third Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load th e o[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 49 Description Choice Boot Other Device The BIOS attempts to load th e operating sy stem from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots. When toggled On, the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of [...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 50 SEH-9450-LAS Description Choice Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can select a typematic rate (the rate at which character repeats w hen you hold down a key) of 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24 or 30 characters per second. Typematic Delay (Mse c) When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can s[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 51 Description Choice APIC Mode APIC stands for Advanced Progra mmable Interrupt Controller. Note : This item is show only MPS Version Control For OS Use the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) for OS option to specify the MPS version to be used. MPS version 1.4 added extended configuration tables to improve support for mu[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 52 SEH-9450-LAS Advanced Chipset Features Setup Figure 8.6. Advanced Chipset Features Setup This section allows you to configure the system base d on the specific features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to syst em memory resources, such as DRAM an d the external cache. It also coordinates co mmuni[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 53 Description Choice CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this fild from the default v alue spec ified by the system designer. You can select CAS la tency time in HCLK of 3/4/5/6 or Auto. The system board designer should se[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 54 SEH-9450-LAS Description Choice System Memory Frequency This item sets the main memory frequency. When you use an external graphics card, you can a djust this to enable the best performance for your system. SLP_S4# Assertion Width Allows you to set the SLP_S4# assertion width. The default setting is 1 to 2 Sec. System BIOS Cacheabl[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 55 PCI Express Root Port Function Figure 8.7. PCI Express Root Port Function Table 8.7. PCI Express Root Port Function Se lections Description Choice PCI Express Port 1/2/ 3/4/5/6 This item allows you to enable or di sable or Auto configure the PCI Express Port 1/2/ 3/4/5/6. PCI-E Complia ncy Mode This item allows you to [...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 56 SEH-9450-LAS VGA setting The field under the On-Chip VGA Setting and their defaults settigs are: Table 8.8. VGA Setting Selections Description Choice PEG/On Chip VGA Control Select VGA Control by PCI Express Graphic, On-chi p or Auto. On-Chip Frame Buffer Size When Enabled, a fixed VGA frame buffer f rom A000h to BFFFh and a CPU-to[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 57 Description Choice Boot Display This item allows you to sele ct the boot disp lay device. Note : When ins talling SDVO, then it will d isplay CRT+ EFP item. Panel Number These fields allow you to select the LCD Panel type. Integrated Peripherals This section sets configurations for your har d disk and other integrated [...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 58 SEH-9450-LAS OnChip IDE Device Figure 8.9. OnChip IDE Device Table 8.9. On Chip IDE Dev ice Selections Description Choice HDD Select You can choose your hard disk type to Auto Select or UDMA 33.[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 59 Description Choice IDE HDD Block mode Block mode is also called b lock transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sectors read /write. If your I DE hard drive supports block mode (most new dri ves do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive ca n support. IDE[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 60 SEH-9450-LAS Description Choice IDE Primary Master / Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices tha t the onboard IDE interfac e supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successivel y increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines th[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 61 On Chip Serial ATA Setting Table 8.10. On C hip Serial ATA setting Selec tions Description Choice SATA Mode Allow you setting the SATA hard disk mode to IDE, RAID or AHCI mode. On-Chip Serial ATA Disabled: Disabled S ATA Controller. Combined Mode: PATA and SATA are combined. Maximum of 4 IDE devices can use 2 for SATA [...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 62 SEH-9450-LAS Description Choice SATA Port Sets the Serial ATA channel to primary only. Note:The item is show only[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 63 Onboard Device Figure 8.10. Onboard Device Table 8.11. On board device Selections Description Choice USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal S erial Bus (USB) controller and you ha ve USB peripherals.[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 64 SEH-9450-LAS Description Choice USB 2.0 Controller You can disable this function if you are not using onboard USB 2.0 feature. USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal S erial Bus (USB) controller and you ha ve a USB keyboard. AC97 Audio Select Enabled to use the audio capabilities of your system. Mos[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 65 Super IO Device Figure 8.11. SuperIO Device Table 8.12. Super I/ O device Selections Description Choice Onboard Serial Port 1 Select a logical COM port name a nd matching address for the first and second serial ports. Select an address an d corresponding interrupt for the fi rst and second serial ports. Onboard Serial [...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 66 SEH-9450-LAS Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. Figure 8.12. Power Management Setup Table 8.13. Pow er Management setup Selections Description Choice Power Supply Type This it[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 67 Description Choice ACPI Function When set to ‘Enabled’, turns on the ACPI Function. The default setting is ‘Enabled’. Note: ACPI (Advanced Conf iguration and Power Interfac e) is a power management specification that mak es hardware status information available to the operating system ACPI en able s a computer [...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 68 SEH-9450-LAS Description Choice Video Off Method This determines the manner in wh ich the monitor is blanked. Blank Screen This option only wr ites blanks to the vid eo buffer. V/H SYNC+Blank This selection will caus e the system to tu rn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer. DP[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 69 Description Choice Suspend Mode The CPU clock will be stopped and the video signal will be suspended if no Power Mana gement events occur for a specified le ngth of time. Full power f unction will retur n when a Power Management event is detected. HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inacti vity[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 70 SEH-9450-LAS Description Choice Power after PWR-Fail Select a Power On status by the BIOS setup when power fail PCI Express WAKE By default, this fiel d is disabled. If set Enable to enabl e On board lan “WOL” function PCI Express PME By default, this fiel d is disabled. For Add on PCI-E Car d PME Wake-Up by P CI card When Enab[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 71 Description Choice Resume by Alarm When Enabled, your can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) ala rm awakens the system from Suspend mode. Reload Global Timer Events: When Enabled, an event occurring on each listed device restarts the global timer for Standby mode.[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 72 SEH-9450-LAS PnP/PCI Config uration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus syst em. PCI, or Per sonal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed th e CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical item [...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 73 Description Choices Reset Configuration Data Normally, you leave this fiel d Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configur ation 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 boot Resour[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 74 SEH-9450-LAS IRQ n Resources Figure 8.14. IRQ n Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each sy stem interrupt as on of the following type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a specific interrupt (Such as IRQ4 for se[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 75 Description Choices INT Pin 1 Assignment Devices(s) using this INT : Display Controller - Bus 0 Dev 2 Func 0 USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI C ontroller - Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 3 INT Pin 2 Assignment Devices(s) using this INT : Multimedia Device - Bus 0 Dev30 Func 2 INT Pin 3 Assignment Devices(s) using this INT : USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI C onto[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 76 SEH-9450-LAS Description Choices INT Pin 4 Assignment Devices(s) using this INT : IDE Controller - Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 2 USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI C ontorller - Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 1 SMBus Controller - Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 3 INT Pin 5 Assignment Devices(s) using this INT : Network Controller - Bus 1 Dev 8 Func 0 Simple Communication Controller - B[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 77 Description Choices INT Pin 7 Assignment Devices(s) using this INT : - Reserved INT Pin 8 Assignment Devices(s) using this INT : USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI C ontroller - Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 0 USB 2.0 EHCI Controller - Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 7 PCI Express rel ative items Table 8.15. PCI Express Relative Items Selections Description Choi[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 78 SEH-9450-LAS PC Health Status Figure 8.15. PC Health Status The BIOS shows the PC health status in this window.[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 79 Table 8.16. PC Health Status Selections Description Choices CPU THRM-Throttling This item sets the percentage of time that the CPU is idled if CPU throttlin g is initiated by excess he at. Smart Fan Disabled: Disable this function. Enabled: When this function is enabled, CPU fan will ran at different speed depending on[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 80 SEH-9450-LAS Frequency/Voltage Control Figure 8.16. Frequency/Voltage Control Table 8.17. Frequency/Voltage Control Selections Description Choices Sprea d Spe ctrum 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 s[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 81 Defaults Menu Selecting “Defaults” from the main menu show s you two options which are described below Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item you get a c onfirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Saf e Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the BIOS default values for[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 82 SEH-9450-LAS Exit Selecting Load Fail-Safe Defaults Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confir mation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot y [...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 83 DISK BOOT failure INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER No boot device was found. This could mean that e ither a boot drive was not detected or the drive does not contain proper system boot files. Insert a system disk into Drive A: and press <Enter>. If you assumed the system would boot from the hard drive, ma ke su[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 84 SEH-9450-LAS Floppy disk controller error or no c ontroller present Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller. Make sure the controller is installed correctly and firmly. If there are no floppy dr ives installed, be su re the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE. Invalid EISA configuration PLEASE RUN EISA CO[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 85 Press F1 to disable NMI, F1 to REBOOT When BIOS detects a Non-maskable Interrupt cond ition during boot, this will allow you to disable the NMI and continue to boot, or you can reboot the system with the NMI enabled. RAM parity error CHECKING FOR SEGMENT ... Indicates a parity error in Random Access Me mory. Should be [...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 86 SEH-9450-LAS Hard disk(s) fail ( 40) HDD controller diagnostics failed. Hard disk(s) fail ( 20) HDD initialization error. Hard disk(s) fail ( 10) Unable to recalibrate fixed disk. Hark disk(s) fail ( 08) Sector Veri fy failed. Keyboard is locked out – Unlock the key Unlock the key. BIOS detect th e keyboard is locked. P17 of ke y[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 87 POST Codes POST (hex) Description CFh Test CMOS R/W functi onality. C0h Early chips et initializ ation: -Disable shad ow RAM -Disable L2 c ache (socket 7 or belo w) -Program basic chipset regi sters C1h Detect memory -Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. -Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) C3h Expand [...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 88 SEH-9450-LAS POST (hex) Description 1Fh Load keyboard matr ix (notebook platform) 20h Reserved 21h HPM initializat ion (notebook platform) 22h Reserved 23h Check validity of RTC value : e.g. a value of 5Ah is an invalid valu e for RTC minute. Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack. If CMOS checksum fail s, use default value instead. Pr[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 89 POST (hex) Description 43h Test 8259 functionalit y. 44h Reserved 45h Reserved 46h Reserved 47h Initiali ze EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h Calculate total memo ry by testing the last double wo rd of each 6 4K page. Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh Program MTR[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup 90 SEH-9450-LAS POST (hex) Description 6Ch Reserved 6Dh Assign resource s to all ISA PnP devices. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corres ponding item in Setup is set to “AUTO”. 6Eh Reserved 6Fh I nitialize floppy control ler Set up floppy related fi elds in 40:hardw are. 70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved 73h (Op[...]

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    8. BIOS Setup SEH-9450-LAS 91 POST (hex) Description 94h Enable L2 cache Program boot up speed Chipset final initialization. Power management f inal initial ization Clear screen & display summary table Program K6 write allocation Program P6 class wri te combining 95h Program daylight saving Update keyboard LED & typematic ra te 96h Build MP[...]

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    SEH-9450-LAS User’s Manual CONTEC CO.,LTD. March 2008 Edition 3-9-31, Hime sato, Nishiyodogawa- 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 reprodu ced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO., LTD[...]