ICP Electronics NOVA-7896 User manual

NOVA-7896/7896FW
CeleronTM , Pentium® III Processor
Multimedia & Dual Ethernet ,IEEE1394
Embedded Board
©Copyright 2001 by ICP Electronics Inc. All Rights Reserved. Manual first
edition February.8, 2001.
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Corporation. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. AWARD
is a registered trademark of Award Software Internation, Inc. Other
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Contents
1. Introduction ..........................................................4
1.1 Specifications..............................................................................5
1.2 What You Have...........................................................................7
2. Installation............................................................8
2.1 NOVA-7896/7896FW Layout .......................................................9
2.2 NOVA-7896/7896FW Dimension ...............................................10
2.3 Unpacking Precautions..............................................................11
2.4 Setting the CPU of NOVA-7896/7896FW...................................12
2.5 Clear CMOS Setup....................................................................12
2.6 COM 2 RS-232 / 422 / 485 Setup...............................................13
2.7 COM PORT RI and Voltage Selection........................................13
2.8 LCD Panel power Setup.............................................................15
2.9 LCD Panel Type Selection .........................................................16
2.10 CompactFlash™ Disk Setting....................................................16
3. Connection.........................................................17
3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector......................................................17
3.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector................................................18
3.3 Parallel Port...............................................................................19
3.4 Serial Ports................................................................................19
3.5 Keyboard/Mouse Connector.......................................................21
3.6 External Switches and Indicators ...............................................22
3.7 USB Port Connector ..................................................................22

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3.8 IrDA Infrared Interface Port........................................................23
3.9 VGA Connector .........................................................................23
3.10 LAN RJ45 Connector.................................................................24
3.11 Fan Connector...........................................................................24
3.12 Temperature Sensor Connector.................................................25
3.13 Audio CD IN Connector..............................................................25
3.14 Audio Speaker OUT Connector..................................................25
3.15 Audio Panel Connector..............................................................26
3.16 Compact Flash Connector ........................................................26
3.17 Power Connector.......................................................................27
3.18 LCD Back-light Connector.........................................................28
3.19 Digital Input / Output Connector.................................................28
3.20 LCD Panel Connector...............................................................29
3.21 IEEE1394 Connector.................................................................30
4. AWARD BIOS Setup .........................................31
4.1 Introduction ...............................................................................31
4.2 Starting Setup............................................................................31
4.3 Using Setup...............................................................................32
4.4 Getting Help ..............................................................................33
4.5 Main Menu.................................................................................34
4.6 Standard CMOS Setup ..............................................................37
4.7 Advanced BIOS Features Setup.................................................41
4.8 Advanced Chipset Features Setup .............................................46
4.9 Integrated Peripherals Setup......................................................53

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4.10 Power Management Setup.........................................................57
4.11PnP/PCI Configuration Setup.....................................................61
4.12 PC Health Status Setup.............................................................63
4.13 Frequency / Voltage Control Setup.............................................65
4.14 Defaults Menu Setup..................................................................66
4.15 Change Supervisor/User Password............................................67
4.16 Exit Selection.............................................................................68
Appendix A. WatchDog Timer..........................................69
Appendix B. POST Messages..........................................71
Appendix C.
DMA, IRQ, 1st MB Memory and I/O Address Map...........77
Appendix D. How to Upgrade a New BIOS .....................79
Appendix E. Digital Input / Output Address....................82
Appendix F. Flat Panel Connection Module ...................84
Appendix G. Dual View Setup..........................................86

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1
Introduction
Welcome to the NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron® ,
Pentium III® (FC-PGA) with two 10/100Mbps Ethernet , VGA ,
IEEE1394 , Audio Board. It is equipped with high performance
Intel® Celeron up to 700MHz( or above ) , Pentium III ( FC-PGA )
500-933MHz ( or above ) Processor and advanced high
performance multi-mode I/O, designed for the system
manufacturers, integrators, or VARs that want to provide all the
performance, reliability, and quality at a reasonable price.
This board has a built-in IDE Interface CompactFlash™ Disk
( Type II ) for embedded application. The CompactFlash™ Disk
is 100% compatible to hard disk. User can use any DOS
command without any extra software utility. The Flash Disk
currently is available from 128MB to 1GB.
Two advanced high performance LPC super I/O chip –ITE
( IT8705F ) and NS ( NS87366 ) is used in the NOVA-
7896/7896FW board. The on-chip UARTs are compatible with
the NS16C550. The parallel port and FDD interface are
compatible with IBM PC/AT architecture.
NOVA-7896/7896FW uses the advanced SIS SIS630 Chipset
which is 100% PCI compatible chipset with PCI 2.1 standard. In
addition, this board provides one 168-pin sockets for its on-board
DRAM. The DIMM module is 3.3V SDRAM and max. 512MB for
each module.
The VGA chip ( On chip sis300) used on NOVA-7896/7896FW
supports dual view function which can display simultaneously on
two monitors when you enter WINDOWS 9X/ME. In general, this
function is achieved by two VGA chips.

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1.1 Specifications :
•CPU : support Intel Celeron®
up to 677 MHz ( or above ), Pentium III
( FC-PGA ) 500-933 MHz (or Above ) Processor. Supports 66MHz,
100MHz and 133 MHz FSB.
•Expansion Bus : PCI & PC104 bus( PCI and ISA bus), expansion
to support PCI and ISA ( Slave mode only ) bus signal
•DMA channels : 7
•Interrupt levels : 15
•Chipset : SIS630 66/100/133MHz CPU / DRAM Clock
•DRAM : One 168-pin DIMM socket ,supports SDRAM RAM module,
up to 512MB.
•AGP VGA Controller : On chip SIS300 3D ( Share memory up
to 64MB RAM)
AGP bus speed : 66MHz
VESA Compatible Resolution Graphic Mode up to
1600 x 1200 256/32K colors 100 Hz
1280 x 1024 256/32K/64K/16M colors 120 Hz
1024 x 768 256/32K/64K/16M colors 120 Hz
800 x 600 16/256/32K/64K/16M colors 120 Hz
640 x 480 16/256/32K/64K/16M colors 120 Hz
•Support 3.3V Flat Panel.
•Support 24bit TFT wide range flat panel.
•Optional ( LVDS-01 ) One Channels LVDS module.
•10/100Mbps Ethernet Controller : Two Ethernet -Realtek 8139C
and SIS900 ( embedded in SIS630 chipset ), Auto-sensing interface
to 10Mbps, 100Mbps Network , RJ45 connector for 10BASE-TX and
100BASE-TX, Full Duplex capability, Full Software driver support

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•Ultra DMA/66 (Enhanced PCI IDE Interface) : Supports two PCI
Enhance IDE hard drives. The Ultra DMA/66 IDE can handle data
transfer up to 66MB/s. The best of all is that this new technology is
compatible with existing ATA-2 IDE specifications. So, there is no
need to do any change for customer’s current accessory.
•Multi-I/O Chip : IT8705F,NS87366, all I/O setup by BIOS
Three 16C550 RS-232C Ports One RS-232 or RS-422/485 Port
One EPP/ECP Parallel Port, Floppy Port. The RS485 features auto-
direction control. No extra direction control is needed.
•Floppy disk drive interface : Two 2.88 MB, 1.44MB, 1.2MB,
720KB, or 360KB floppy disk drives.
•Four high speed Serial ports : NS16C550 compatible UARTs
•Bi-directional Parallel Port : One parallel port support, IEEE 1284
compatible .
•IrDA port : Support Infrared and Amplitude Shift Keyed IR(ASKIR)
interface.
•USB port : Support Two USB ports for future expansion. USB V1.2
compatible .
•Watchdog timer : Supports resolution of 1 sec and period of 1-255
secs . Reset is generated when CPU does not periodically trigger
the timer. You can uses IO port –443H to control the watch-dog .
•CompactFlash Disk –Type II CompactFlash™Disk . The Flash Disk
provides 100% compatibility with IDE hard disk.
•Digital I/O : Isolated 4 Digital Input and 4 Digital Output channels
•SIS7018 PCI Audio Chipset: Sound Blaster compatible and Roland
MPU401 compatible ( AC97 )
•Support ATX Power function
•Dual View Function
•Mouse & Keyboard Connector : PS/2 Mouse Port Expansion
Keyboard.
•Power Consumption : +5V : 7.5A (Pentium III 933MHz, 256MB
SDRAM ) +12V : 0.3A
•Operating Humidity : 5 ~ 95 % , non-condensing

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•Operating Temperature : 0°~ 55°C ( CPU needs Cooler)
1.2 What You Have
In addition to this User's Manual, the NOVA-7896/7896FW package
includes the following items:
•NOVA-7896/7896FW Socket 370 Celeron®
, Pentium III &
Dual Ethernet , IEEE1394 ,VGA , Audio Board
•FDD/HDD ( 1x2.54mm and 1x2.54mm Support DMA66)Cable
( 32200-000017 / 32200-000052 )
•Keyboard / Mouse Adapter Mini Dim Cable x1
( 32000-000159 / 32000-000153 )
•Printer / Serial Port ( 1x RS232 ) Cable x1
( 32000-000004 / 322000-000015 )
•Serial Port ( 14Pin 1xRS232/RS422,RS485 / 20Pin 2xRS232 )
Cable x1
( 32200-000063 / 32200-000003 )
•Audio Cable x1
( 32000-000035 )
•VGA Cable x1
( 32000-000028 )
•IEEE1394 Cable x1 ( NOVA-7896FW Only )
( 32000-021900 )
If any of these items is missing or damaged, contact the dealer
from whom you purchased the product. Save the shipping
materials and carton in case you want to ship or store the product
in the future.

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2
Installation
This chapter describes how to install the NOVA-7896/7896FW.
The layout of NOVA-7896/7896FW is shown on the next page
and the Unpacking Precautions that you should be careful with
are described on the following page. Also included is the
jumpers and switches setting for this board’s configuration, such
as: CPU type selection, system clock setting and Watchdog
timer.
2.1 NOVA-7896/7896FW 's Layout
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