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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2.1 NOVA-7896/7896FW 's Layout
JP8
JP9 JP10 JP11 JP12 JP13 JP14 JP15 JP16
JP6
JP1
JP2
JP3
JP4
PCI1
DIMM1
CPU
CN4
SIS630
CN8CN7
JP5
CN6
CN2
CN3
CN1
CN12
CN19
CN11
CN9
CN10
CN20
COMPACT FLASH DISK
CN22
CN26
CN29
CN31
CN28
CN27CN30CN23
CN24
CN25
CN21
CN18
CN15 CN17
CN16
CN5
PC104
CN14
CN13
JP17
JP18
JP19
JP20
JP21
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2.2 NOVA-7896/7896FW 's Dimension ( Unit : mm )

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2.3 Unpacking Precautions
Some components on NOVA-7896/7896FW are very sensitive to
static electric charges and can be damaged by a sudden rush of
power. To protect it from unintended damage, be sure to follow
these precautions:
üGround yourself to remove any static charge before touching your
NOVA-7896/7896FW. You can do it by using a grounded wrist strap
at all times or by frequently touching any conducting materials that
is connected to the ground.
üHandle your NOVA-7896/7896FW by its edges. Don’t touch I C
chips, leads or circuitry if not necessary.
üDo not plug any connector or jumper while the power is on.
üDo not put your NOVA-7896/7896FW unprotected on a flat surface
because it has components on both sides.

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2.4 Setting the CPU of NOVA-7896/7896FW
•JP1,2,3,4 : CPU & DRAM FREQUENCY SETTING ( H/W )
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CPU/DRAM JP1 JP2 JP3 JP4
66/66 COOO
100/100 OOCO
133/133 OCCC
O : Open
C : Close
2.5 Clear CMOS Setup
If you forget the CMOS password, you can clear or reset it by
closing the JP6. After JP6(1-2) is closed, turn on the power for
about 3 seconds then turn it off and open the JP6(1-2). Now,
the password has been cleared from your CMOS.
•JP6 : Clear CMOS Setup
1
2
3
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
2-3Normal Operation
1-2Clear CMOS Setup
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2.6 COM2 RS-232/422,485 Selection
•JP8 : COM2 Mode Selection
3
2
1
JP8 DESCRIPTION
1-2RS232
2-3RS422/RS485
** 2-3 RS422 / RS485 ( Option )
2.7 COM Port RI and Voltage Selection
•JP16,JP15: Set pin 9 of COM1 as signal RI or voltage
source
1
2
3
JP16 DESCRIPTION
2-3COM1 RI Pin Use RI
1-2COM1 RI Pin Use Voltage
JP15 DESCRIPTION
2-3COM1 RI Pin Use Voltage +12V
1-2COM1 RI Pin Use Voltage +5V
* If JP16 Uses ( 2-3 ) Don’t care JP15
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•JP14,JP13: Set pin 9 of COM2 as signal RI or voltage
source
1
2
3
JP14 DESCRIPTION
2-3COM2 RI Pin Use RI
1-2COM2 RI Pin Use Voltage
JP13 DESCRIPTION
2-3COM2 RI Pin Use Voltage +12V
1-2COM2 RI Pin Use Voltage +5V
* If JP14 Uses ( 2-3 ) Don’t care JP13
•JP11,JP12: Set pin 9 of COM3 as signal RI or voltage
source
1
2
3
JP11 DESCRIPTION
2-3COM3 RI Pin Use RI
1-2COM3RI Pin Use Voltage
JP12 DESCRIPTION
2-3COM3 RI Pin Use Voltage +12V
1-2COM3RI Pin Use Voltage +5V
* If JP11 Uses ( 2-3 ) Don’t care JP12
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•JP9,JP10: Set pin 9 of COM4 as signal RI or voltage
source
3
2
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JP9 DESCRIPTION
2-3COM4 RI Pin Use RI
1-2COM4RI Pin Use Voltage
JP10 DESCRIPTION
2-3COM4 RI Pin Use Voltage +12V
1-2COM4RI Pin Use Voltage +5V
* If JP9 Uses ( 2-3 ) Don’t care JP10
2.8 LCD Panel power Setup
To set the operating voltage for the LCD Panel.
•JP5 : LCD Power Setting
1
2
3
JP5 DESCRIPTION
2-3+3.3V
1-2+5V
* Set to +5V is NOT standard
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2.9 LCD Panel Type Selection
NOVA-7896/7896FW can support up to 24 bit LCD.
•JP17,18,19,20 : LCD Panel Type Selection ( H/W )
Now support LCD Type:
1. IMES M121-SOHR ( 800x600 TFT)
2. LG LM151X2 ( 1024x768 TFT )
3. SAMSUNG LT121S1-153 ( 800x600 TFT )
4. SAMSUNG LT121S1-106 ( 800x600 TFT )
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JP17 JP18 JP19 JP20 DESCRIPTION
2-32-31-22-31024X768 TFT
2-32-32-32-3800X600 TFT
2.10 CompactFlash™ Disk Setting
The CompactFlash™ Disk is 100% compatible to IDE hard disk.
It is just “plug and play”, easy and reliable. The
CompactFlash™ Disk is available from 128MB to 1GB.
Besides it can accept type II IBM MicroDriver .
•JP21: CompactFlash™
Disk IDE Master & Slave Setting
1 * CompactFlash™
Disk Use Secondary
2 IDE Channel
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
Open Slave
Short Master
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3
Connection
This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches and
indicators to the NOVA-7896/7896FW board.
3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector
NOVA-7896/7896FW board is equipped with a 34-pin daisy-
chain driver connector cable.
•CN26 : FDD CONNECTOR
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1GROUND 2REDUCE WRITE
3GROUND 4N/C
5GROUND 6N/C
7GROUND 8INDEX#
9GROUND 10 MOTOR ENABLE A#
11 GROUND 12 DRIVE SELECT B#
13 GROUND 14 DRIVE SELECT A#
15 GROUND 16 MOTOR ENABLE B#
17 GROUND 18 D4IRECTION#
19 GROUND 20 STEP#
21 GROUND 22 WRITE DATA#
23 GROUND 24 WRITE GATE#
25 GROUND 26 TRACK 0#
27 GROUND 28 WRITE PROTECT#
29 GROUND 30 READ DATA#
31 GROUND 32 SIDE 1 SELECT#
33 GROUND 34 DISK CHANGE#

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3.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector
You can attach two IDE (Integrated Device Electronics) hard
disk drives to the NOVA-7896/7896FW IDE controller. The
maximal data transfer rate is 66M B/s . In this case ,cable total
length shall not exceed 0.46 m ( 18in ).
CN3 ( 40Pin 2.54mm IDE) : Primary IDE Connector
•CN3 : IDE Interface Connector
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1RESET# 2GND
3DATA 7 4DATA 8
5DATA 6 6DATA 9
7DATA 5 8DATA 10
9DATA 4 10 DATA 11
11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12
13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13
15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14
17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15
19 GND 20 N/C
21 IDE DRQ 22 GND
23 IOW# 24 GND
25 IOR# 26 GND
27 IDE CHRDY 28 GND
29 IDE DACK 30 GND
31 INTERRUPT 32 N/C
33 SA 1 34 N/C
35 SA 0 36 SA 2
37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1#
39 HDD ACTIVE# 40 GND