Freetech P8F217 Series User manual

P8F217 series User’s Manual 1
P8F217 series
User’s Manual
Version 1.3
Date: 7/15/04

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Packing List
P8F217 :
Hardware
P8F217 Motherboard........................................................ X 1
Cable Kit
40-pin ATA100 IDE Flat Cable.......................................... X 1
34-pin Floppy Cable.......................................................... X 1
Dual-USB Port Cable........................................................ X 1
DB9 COM Port Cable........................................................ X 1
Audio Cable.……………………………………………………… X 1
I/O Shield………………………………………………………… X 1
Printed Matter and Software
User’s Manual................................................................... X 1
Driver CD.......................................................................... X 1
P8F217L :
Hardware
P8F217L Motherboard...................................................... X 1
Cable Kit
40-pin ATA100 IDE Flat Cable.......................................... X 1
34-pin Floppy Cable.......................................................... X 1
Dual-USB Port Cable........................................................ X 1
DB9 COM Port Cable........................................................ X 1
Audio Cable.……………………………………………………… X 1
I/O Shield………………………………………………………… X 1
Printed Matter and Software
User’s Manual................................................................... X 1
Driver CD.......................................................................... X 1

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Table of Content
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................... 6
1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ...............................................................6
1.2 SPECIFICATION ........................................................................7
1.3 COMPONENT PLACEMENT.......................................................10
1.4 BLOCK DIAGRAM.................................................................... 11
CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE SETUP................................................... 12
2. 1 CONNECTOR LOCATION..........................................................12
2.1.1 Jumper Reference.................................................................. 14
2.1.2 Connector Reference............................................................. 15
2.2 CPUAND DRAM SETTING .....................................................16
2.3 CMOS SETTING ....................................................................16
2.4 WATCHDOG TIMER SETTING ................................................... 17
2.5 EMBEDDED SOLID STATE DISK................................................18
2.6 POWER AND FAN CONNECTOR................................................19
2.7 VGAINTERFACE ....................................................................20
2.7.1 Analog VGA Interface............................................................ 20
2.7.2 Digital VGAInterface (P8F217L only)................................. 21
2.8 ETHERNET INTERFACE............................................................ 23
2.9 AUDIO INTERFACE.................................................................. 24
2.10 SWITCH AND INDICATOR.......................................................... 26
CHAPTER 3. BIOS SETUP ............................................................... 28
CHAPTER 4 AUDIO CHANNEL CONFIGURATION.........................30
CHAPTER 5. DISPLAY SETTINGS................................................... 32

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APPENDIX. A I/O PORT PIN ASSIGNMENT.................................... 36
A.1 IDE Port....................................................................................36
A.2 Floppy Port ..............................................................................38
A.3 Serial Port................................................................................38
A.4 USB Port..................................................................................39
A.5 IrDA Port...................................................................................39
A.6 VGA Port..................................................................................40
A.7 LAN Port...................................................................................40
APPENDIX B. FLASH THE BIOS..................................................... 42
B.1 BIOSAUTO FLASH TOOL ....................................................... 42
B.2 FLASH METHOD..................................................................... 42
APPENDIX C. SYSTEM RESOURCES............................................. 44
C.1 I/O Port Address Map.............................................................44
C.2 Memory Address Map............................................................45
C.3 System IRQ and DMA Resource..........................................46
ONLINE SERVICES………………………………...……………………...48

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Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Product Overview
P8F217 series (Include P8F217 and P8F217L) is an all-in-one industrial
compact Pentium 4 level motherboard based on Mini-ITX form factor at 170 x
170 mm of dimension. Based on Intel 845GV and ICH4 chipset, P8F217
series offers the compact, embedded, value and high performance solution
with Intel Pentium 4 CPU, 533 / 400 MHz of FSB, 1 GBytes Non ECC
DDR200/266/333 SDRAM, Intel 845GV GMCH built-in Intel Extreme
Graphics, Intel PRO/100+ LAN, Hi-Speed USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, 5.1 channel
and S/P DIF 3D audio, TV-out and embedded flash disk interfaces.
Compact Mini-ITX Form Factor @ 170 x 170 mm
P8F217 series is based on the ultra compact mini-ITX form factor at
only 170 x 170 mm of dimension, meets the demand of compact and
powerful computing platform. With this feature, P8F217 series should be the
ideal solution for the high-end, Pentium 4 level book-size, slim type and other
embedded PC systems.
Powerful Pentium 4 Computing Platform
With Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 / Celeron CPU at 400/533 MHz FSB
and 1GBytes DDR200/266/333 SDRAM of system memory, P8F217 series
offers the high-end industrial computing platform with low cost Intel integrated
solutions.
Value / High Performance Multi-media Solution
The Intel 845GV GMCH chipset built-in Intel Extreme Graphics, 6
channel and S/P DIF AC97 3D audio make P8F217 series be the high
performance but low cost multi-media AV platform. With this feature, P8F217
series should be the ideal solution for VoD (Video on Demand), DVR (Digital
Video Recorder), digital video broadcasting (DVB), streaming, surveillance,
compression (MPEG), interaction server, POS, Kiosk, ATM, Panel PC,
transaction workstation and terminal applications.
Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 Interface
Intel ICH4 built-in Hi-Speed USB 2.0 controller and onboard IEEE 1394
chipset let P8F217 series offer up to 480 Mbps of Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and
100/200/400 Mbps of IEEE 1394 interfaces.

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1.2 Specification
General Specification
Form Factor Mini-ITX at 170 x 170 mm (L x W)
CPU Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 / Celeron @ 533/400 MHz FSB
Support Northwood / Willamette Pentium 4 / Celeron CPU
Memory 1GBytes Non ECC DDR200/266/333 SDRAM on one 184-
pin DIMM socket
Chipset Intel 82845GV GMCH and 82801DB ICH4
BIOS Phoenix-Award 2Mb PnP flash BIOS
Green Function Power saving mode includes doze, standby and suspend
modes. ACPI version 1.0 and APM version 1.2 compliant
Watchdog Timer System reset programmable watchdog timer with 1 ~ 255
sec./min. of timeout value
Real Time Clock Intel ICH4 built-in RTC with lithium battery
Enhanced IDE PCI enhanced IDE interface supports dual channels and up
to 4 ATAPI devices at UltraATA/100
One 40-pin and one 44-pin IDE port
DiskOnModule (DOM) embedded flash disk up to 1GBytes
Expansion Slot One PCI slot supports up to 2 bus master PCI bus interface
via the additional riser card
Multi-I/O Port
Chipset Intel 82801DB ICH4 (USB) and Winbond W83627HF-AW
LPC Super I/O controller
Serial Port One internal RS-232 serial port with 16C550 compatible
UART and 16 bytes FIFO
USB Port Four Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports with 480 Mbps of data
transfer rate
Two external and two internal USB ports
Parallel Port One external bi-direction parallel port with SPP/ECP/EPP
mode
Floppy Port One FDD port supports up to two FDD
IrDA Port One IrDA compliant Infrared interface supports CIR/SIR
K/B & Mouse External PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports on rear I/O panel

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VGA Display Interface
Chipset Intel 845GV GMCH built-in Intel Extreme Graphics
With 266 MHz VGA core and 256-bit 3D engine
Memory Intel dynamic video memory up to 64 Mbytes shared with
system
Display Type CRT, LCD monitor and analog display
Up to 4 textures / pixel on a single pass and 2048x2048
texture size
Connector External DB15 female connector on rear I/O panel
Internal 40-pin LVDS connector (P8F217L only)
TV-out Interface
Chipset Intel 845GV GMCH built-in Intel Extreme Graphics with
Chrontel CH7011(for P8F217)
& CH7017A-T(for P8F217L) TV-out encoder
TV Mode Support both of NTSC and PAL mode
Connector External S-video and RCA Jack on rear I/O panel
Ethernet Interface
Chipset Intel PRO/100+ LAN interface with Intel ICH4 and 82562ET
Phy
Type 10Base-T / 100Base-TX, auto-switching Fast Ethernet
Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant
Connector External RJ45 connector with LED on rear I/O panel
Audio Interface
Chipset Intel ICH4 with Realtek ALC650 AC97 3D audio codec
Interface
5.1 channel 3D audio with front (R/L), rear (R/L), center and
bass
S/P DIF digital audio encoding signal input and output
Line-in, line-out, CD-in and MIC-in
Connector External three phone jack for 5.1 channel audio on rear
panel
External S/P DIF connector on rear panel
Internal 10-pin header for line-in/-out, MIC-out, 4-
pin header
for CD-in

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IEEE1394 Interface
Chipset Agere FW323 PCI IEEE1394 controller
Interface IEEE1394 with 100/200/400 Mbps of data transfer
bandwidth
Connector External IEEE1394 connector on rear I/O panel
Power and Environment
Power
Requirement 20-pin ATX power connector Additional +12V on 4-pin connector for Pentium 4 PSU
Dimension 170 (L) x 170 (H) mm, Mini-ITX form factor
Temperature Operating within 0 ~ 60oC (32 ~ 140oF)
Storage within -20 ~ 85oC (-4 ~ 185oF)
EMI CE/FCC class A certified
Ordering Code
P8F217 Mini-ITX Socket 478 Pentium 4 Motherboard
with Intel Extreme VGA, LAN, TV-out, 5.1-CH/SPDIF Audio,
Hi-Speed USB 2.0, IEEE1394 Interface
P8F217L Same with P8F217 but support 24-bit dual channel LVDS
For further product information please visit the website at http://www.freetech.com

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1.3 Component Placement
Intel 845GV GMCH
With 400/533 MHz Host Bus
200 / 266 /333 MHz Memory
Bus
Intel 82801DB ICH4
With Hi-Speed USB 2.0
UltraATA100 IDE
Intel PRO/100+ LAN Mac
ALC650 AC97 Audio Codec
With 5.1 Channel Audio
S/P DIF, Line-in/out, Mic-in
and CD-in Interface
Chipset on Back Side
-Intel 82562ET LAN Phy
-Agere FW323 IEEE1394
Controller

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1.4 Block Diagram
One 184-pin
DIMM Sockets
up to 1GBytes
DDR
SDRAM
UltraATA100 IDE
100 MBps
FSB 400 / 533 MHz
100 / 133 MHz x 4
DDR266
DDR333
ATAPI Device
Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 / Celeron CPU
Intel 0.13-/0.18-micron Northwood / Willamette
Support Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
AT Keyboard
PS/2 Mouse Floppy
Serial Device
Parallel Device
USB Devices
LAN1
Intel 845G
GMCH
Intel ICH4
Hi-Speed USB 2.0
480 Mbps
PS/2 Keyboard
LPC
Audio Devices
Codec
PHY
SIO
PCI Bus Interface
CRT
LCD LVDS
Encoder
TV
LVDS
PCI Slot
IEEE1394

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Chapter 2. Hardware Setup
This chapter contains the information for installation of hardware. The install
procedure includes jumper settings, CPU and memory installation, fan, I/O
and panel connections.
2. 1 Connector Location
J2
CPUFAN
PW1
JAUDIO
CDIN1
PW2
J1
PCI1
IDE2
IDE1
FLOPPY
JIR1
JFRNT
CHASFAN
JWOL
COM1
USB1
JKBV
CPU
DIMM1
JRTC
PS1 SVDIO1 RJACK1 VGA1 USRJ1 P1 RJACK2
Printer LAN PH1

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J3
J4
CONLCD
CPU
DIMM1
JRTC
PS1 SVDIO1 RJACK1 VGA1 USRJ1 P1 RJACK2
Printer LAN PH1
CPUFAN
J2
PW1
JAUDIO
CDIN1
PW2
J1
PCI1
IDE2
IDE1
FLOPPY
JIR1
JFRNT
CHASFAN
JWOL
COM1
USB1

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2.1.1 Jumper Reference
P8F217
Jumper Function
JRTC COMS Operate / Clear Setting
JKBV Keyboard +5V / +5VSB Voltage Setting
J1 IEEE1394 Enable/Disable Setting
J2 S/P DIF Input / Output Setting
P8F217L
Jumper Function
JRTC COMS Operate / Clear Setting
J1 IEEE1394 Enable/Disable Setting
J2 S/P DIF Input / Output Setting
J3 Panel Voltage Setting
Jumper Setting Quick Reference
Jumper 1-2 2-3
JRTC Clean CMOS Normal Operation
JKBV KB with +5V KB with +5VSB
J1 IEEE1394 Enable IEEE1394 Disable
J2 S/P DIF Output S/P DIF Input
J3 +5V +3.3V
Default setting

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2.1.2 Connector Reference
Internal Onboard Connector
Connector Function Remark
CPU MicroPGA478 CPU Socket Standard
DIMM1 184-pin DIMM Socket Standard
IDE1 40-pin Primary IDE Port Standard
IDE2 44-pin Secondary IDE Port Standard
FDC1 34-pin FDD Port Standard
JCOM1 10-pin COM1 RS-232 Serial Port Standard
USB1 10-pin 3rd / 4th Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Port Standard
JIR1 10-pin CIR / SIR IrDA Port Standard
PW1 20-pin ATX Power Connector Standard
PW2 4-pin Additional +12V Power Connector Standard
JFRNT 14-pin Switch and Indicator Connector Standard
CPUFAN 3-pin +12V CPU Fan Connector Standard
CHASFAN 3-pin +12V System Fan Connector Standard
JAUDIO 10-pin Audio Port Standard
CDIN 4-pin CD-in Interface Standard
WOL1 3-pin Wake-On-LAN Interface Standard
CONLCD 40-pin LVDS connector P8F217L only
J4 5-pin LCD Inverter Power Connector P8F217L only
External Connector on Bracket
Connector Function Remark
PS1 PS2 Keyboard / Mouse 6-pin Connector Standard
Printer Parallel Port DB25 Female Connector Standard
SVDIO1 S-Video TV-out Connector Standard
RJACK1 AV TV-out RCA Jack Standard
VGA1 VGA DB15 Female Connector Standard
LAN LAN RJ45 Connector with LED Standard
USRJ1 Dual USB Connector Standard
P1 IEEE1394 Connector Standard
PH1 Audio RCA Connector Standard
RJACK2 S/P DIF Digital Audio Connector Standard

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2.2 CPU and DRAM Setting
The board is based on Intel Socket 478 architecture with Intel 845G
chipset, supports Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 / Celeron CPU at 400/533
MHz FSB.
System memory of this board supports up to 1GBytes DDR200/266/333
SDRAM on two 184-pin DIMM sockets. Intel 845G GMCH DOESN’T
support ECC and register DIMM.
2.3 CMOS Setting
The board’s data of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refuses to
boot due to inappropriate CMOS settings, here is how to proceed to clear
(reset) the CMOS to its default values.
Jumper: JRTC
Type: onboard 3-pin header
JRTC Mode
1-2 Clear CMOS
2-3 Normal Operation
Default setting
JRTC
1

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2.4 Watchdog Timer Setting
The watchdog timer makes the system auto-reset while it stops to work for a
period. The integrated watchdog timer can be setup as system reset mode by
program.
Timeout Value Range
- 1 to 255
- Second or Minute
Program Sample
Watchdog timer setup as system reset with 5 second of timeout
2E, 87
2E, 87
2E, 07
2F, 08 Logical Device 8
2E, 30 Activate
2F, 01
2E, F5 Set as Second*
2F, 00
2E, F6 Set as 5
2F, 05
* Minute: bit 3 = 0; Second: bit 3 = 1

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2.5 Embedded Solid State Disk
The P8F217 series supports the IDE-based, bootable and driver free
DiskOnModule (DOM) embedded flash disk. The onboard 40-pin IDE1 and
44-pin IDE2 box header supports normal DOM (DiskOnModule) or M-
systems DiskOnChip IDE Pro flash disk with or without the additional Vcc
power cable.

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2.6 Power and Fan Connector
Connector: PW2
Type: 4-pin standard Pentium 4 additional +12V power connector
Pin
Description Pin Description
1 Ground 2 Ground
3 +12V 4 +12V
Connector: PW1
Type: 20-pin ATX power connector
PIN assignment
1 3.3V 11 3.3V
2 3.3V 12 -12V
3 GND 13 GND
4 5V 14 PS_ON
5 GND 15 GND
6 5V 16 GND
7 GND 17 GND
8 PW_OK 18 -5V
9 5V_SB 19 5V
10 12V 20 5V
Connector: CPUFAN, SYSFAN
Type: 3-pin fan wafer connector
Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description
1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Fan Control
123
CPUFAN
PW2
31
42
S
YSFAN
1
PW1
1
10
20
11

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2.7 VGA Interface
2.7.1 Analog VGA Interface
The board is integrated with Intel 845G GMCH chipset built-in Intel
Extreme Graphics with 266 MHz VGA core, 256-bit 3D engine and Intel
Dynamic Video Memory up to 64MBytes shared with system memory. The
CRT / analog VGA interface includes one external DB15 female connector
on bracket on board.
VGA