Viglen BX130, User Manual

Page 1: ... C O M P U T E R S N E T W O R K S S O L U T I O N S Mi nds T h i n k G r e a t Viglen BX130 User Manual VIG385P ...

Page 2: ...ter system maintains compliance throughout its functional life it is essential you follow these guidelines Install the system according to Viglen s instructions If you open up your Viglen Keep internal cabling in place as supplied Ensure the lid is tightly secured afterwards Do not remove drive bay shields unless installing a CE marked peripheral in its place The clips or bumps around the lips of ...

Page 3: ...opies retained by the purchaser for backup Copyright 2004 Viglen Limited All Rights Reserved VIG385P Manual Version 1 0 Printed in the United Kingdom Liability No warranty or representation either expressed or implied is made with respect to this documentation its quality performance merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose As a result the documentation is licensed as is and you the lic...

Page 4: ...4 Universal Serial Bus 14 IDE Support 14 Real time Clock CMOS SRAM and Battery 15 I O Interface controller 15 Management Extension Component 18 Chapter 2 System Board Options 20 Overview of jumper settings 21 Jumper settings 22 Motherboard Connectors 24 Front Panel Connectors 25 Upgrading the CPU 26 Installing and Removing DIMMs 30 Replacing the Clock CMOS Battery 31 32 Chapter 3 Solving Problems ...

Page 5: ... 50 51 Advanced Menu 53 Security Menu 59 Boot Menu 60 Exit Menu 61 Upgrading BIOS 62 Chapter 5 Technical Information 64 IDE Controller 64 Operating Systems and IDE hard drives 64 Network Controllers 65 Serial ATA 65 Connector Pin Signal Details 66 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers 71 Other Information Reliability 76 Other Information Power Management 76 ACPI 76 Chapter 6 Glossary 78 Notes 80 ...

Page 6: ...CI e x16 VGA Only PCI e x8 VGA Only ISA Bus PS2 Keyboard and Mouse Floppy Drive IDE Single EIDE port supports Ultra DMA 100MB s of Burst data transfer rate supports UDMA Mode 5 PIO Mode 4 and ATA 100 SATA Supports up to Four SATA hard drives Non RAID LAN Support Integrated Intel 82573V GB LAN Controller Chassis 522mm height x 205mm width x 473mm depth Weight 11 5 kg without PSU Power Supply Single...

Page 7: ... Components Chassis Overview The galvanised metal chassis minimises EMI and radio frequency interference RFI The removable access cover is attached to the chassis with two screws can be secured with locking handle and provides easy access to the VIG385P Motherboard and power supply ...

Page 8: ...Viglen BX130 VIG385P User Manual 7 Figure 2 Chassis Overview ...

Page 9: ...BX130 VIG385P User Manual 8 Controls Connectors and Indicators Figure 3 Front Panel Note The Front Panel on the BX130 has a Mini Door which when opening has Two Front USB ports The Front Audio is not available ...

Page 10: ...in power switch which is used to apply or turn off the main system power Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps standby power supplied to the system Figure 4 Main Power Button Control Panel LEDs The control panel provides system activity information LEDs indicate power on and hard disk drive activity The control panel also includes a main power button ...

Page 11: ...ng a whole new case Simply change the I O shield to match the Motherboard The I O shield provides external access to PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors as well as two serial ports one parallel port two USB ports and two LAN Ports The input output connectors are accessible at the back panel of the chassis as shown in figure 5 The I O ports are colour coded in conformance with the PC 99 specificatio...

Page 12: ...66 800 533 MHz Supports Intel Hyper Threading Technology Main memory Four 240 pin DIMM sockets Supports unbuffered non ECC single or dual channel DDRII with the bandwidth up to 5 3GB s DDRII 667 for single channel mode and 10 7 GB s DDRII 667 in dual channel interleaved mode Chipset Intel Lakeport 945G P Chipset LAN Single Intel 82573V PCI E Gigabit LAN Controller Peripheral Interfaces Up to 6 USB...

Page 13: ...Fail Alert LED and Beep SuperDoctor III Watch Dog NMI Environmental temperature monitoring via BIOS Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss System overheat LED and control System resource alert via Supero Doctor III Auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core ACPI Features optional Microsoft OnNow Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator BIOS support for USB keyboard Main ...

Page 14: ...n Memory The VIG385P supports unbuffered non ECC single or dual channel DDRII with the bandwidth up to 5 3GB s DDRII 667 for single channel mode and 10 7 GB s DDRII 667 in dual channel Interleaved mode The Motherboard supports the following memory features 240 pin DIMMs DDRII 400 533 667 Up to a maximum of 4GB of ram Non ECC un buffered DDRII memory DDRII Memory Double Data Rate DDRII SDRAM is an ...

Page 15: ...USB devices two USB headers can be connected to the board The Motherboard fully supports the universal host controller interface UHCI and uses UHCI compatible software drivers USB features include Self identifying peripherals that can be plugged in while the computer is running Automatic mapping of function to driver and configuration Supports isochronous asynchronous transfer types over the same ...

Page 16: ...upt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports seria...

Page 17: ...ort Integrated Serial ATA host controller with independent DMA operation on four ports with support of SATA I and SATA II HDD Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 100 66 33 USB host interface with support for eight USB ports Enhanced DMA Controller interrupt controller and timer functions System Management Bus SMBus 2 0 with additional support for I2 C devices Low Pin Count LPC Interface F...

Page 18: ... inch 720 KB 3 5 inch 1 2 MB 3 5 inch driver required 1 25 1 44 MB 3 5 inch 2 88 MB 3 5 inch PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Interface PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors are located on the back panel The 5 V lines to these connectors are protected with a PolySwitch circuit that like a self healing fuse re establishes the connection after an over current condition is removed The keyboard controller contain...

Page 19: ... call powers up the computer A second call must be made to access the computer System BIOS The BIOS Basic Input Output System is an important piece of software which is stored in a ROM Read Only Memory chip inside the computer It consists of the basic instructions for controlling the disk drives hard disk keyboard and serial parallel ports The BIOS also keeps a list of the specifications of the co...

Page 20: ...pts used by ISA boards in the set up program The PCI auto configuration program complies with version 2 1 of the PCI BIOS specification IDE Auto Configuration If you install an IDE drive in the system the IDE auto configuration utility automatically detects and configures the drive for operation in the system This utility eliminates the need to enter the Set up program after you install an IDE dri...

Page 21: ...y associated with personal computers and with the safety practices and regulatory compliance required for using and modifying electronic equipment Do not operate the system with the cover removed Always replace the cover before turning on the system As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this computer may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug pr...

Page 22: ... is fully guaranteed Upgrades should only be carried out by persons who are familiar with handling IC s as incorrect installation will invalidate the guarantee Overview of Jumper Settings The VIG385P Motherboard contains various jumpers which are manually set up to provide the optimum performance configuration This section will explain the different jumpers to you and the various configurations Ca...

Page 23: ...Viglen BX130 VIG385P User Manual 22 Jumper Settings Figure 6 Jumper Settings ...

Page 24: ...ver when the USB Wake Up function is enabled in the BIOS and the desired USB ports are enabled via the JPUSB jumper please be sure to remove all USB devices from the USB ports whose USB jumpers are set to Disabled before the system goes into the standby mode JP5 Watch Dog JP5 enables the Watch Dog function Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a software application is hung...

Page 25: ...l 24 Motherboard Connectors Figure 7 Motherboard Connectors Note All the connectors on the Motherboard shown in Figure 7 are keyed in order to prevent incorrect insertion These are denoted in the above picture by the black dark areas ...

Page 26: ...located on pins 15 and 16 HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SATA and IDE Power Button The power button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend butto...

Page 27: ...nd heatsink to cool before touching either of them NOTE When installing a single CPU it MUST be installed in the CPU slot for the system to work The CPU slot nearest the edge of the Motherboard Refer to the System board components page for the clear location of CPU Figure 9 Heatsink components ...

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Page 30: ... up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Located in the South Bridge of the Intel Lakeport 945G P chipset the ICH7 I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and four Serial ATA SATA Second Generation Host Controllers which support up to four Serial...

Page 31: ...ot nearest the CPU s The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly it is keyed so the memory can only be inserted one way 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it...

Page 32: ...ium battery is installed in a socket on the system board The battery has an estimated life expectancy of seven years When the battery starts to weaken it loses voltage when the voltage drops below a certain level the system settings stored in CMOS RAM for example the date and time may be wrong If the battery fails you will need to replace it with a 3V battery or an equivalent As long as local ordi...

Page 33: ...inning of this Chapter 2 Turn off all peripheral devices connected to the system 3 Turn off the system 4 Find the battery location on the Motherboard 5 Remove any components thatare blocking access to the battery 6 Gently pry the battery free from its socket taking care to note the and orientation of the battery 7 Install the new battery in the socket Figure 12 Replacing the CMOS Battery 8 GENTLY ...

Page 34: ...u can also look for support information on our web site http www viglen co uk Device drivers and various useful utilities can be downloaded from our ftp site ftp ftp viglen co uk Resetting the System Before checking your system for hardware problems it is always a good idea to try resetting your computer and see if a re boot can solve the problem Most software related problems can be solved simply...

Page 35: ...perating system normally loads from a diskette insert the operating system diskette into the drive 5 Turn on the system If the power indicator does not light but the system seems to be operating normally the indicator is probably defective Monitor the power on self test POST execution Each time you turn on the system the POST checks the system board memory keyboard and certain peripheral devices N...

Page 36: ...structions Check the documentation that came with the board Are all cables installed properly The following items are suggestions for troubleshooting problems related to PCI ISA legacy non Plug and Play add in boards If the PCI ISA board uses an interrupt run Set up and set the interrupt that is being used by the PCI ISA board to Used by PCI ISA Card Please refer to the BIOS manual for details of ...

Page 37: ... the system 5 The battery on your Motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to Appendix A for details on beep codes Memory Errors 1 Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly and f...

Page 38: ... because clearing CMOS RAM sets the options to their default values Hard drive light does not go on when drive is in use or is tested by POST 1 Make sure the power and signal cables for the drive are properly installed 2 Make sure the front panel connector is securely attached to the system board headers 3 Check that the drive is properly configured and enabled in Setup 4 Check the drive manufactu...

Page 39: ...sk 1 Failure or Fixed Disk Controller Failure Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is installed properly Run Setup be sure the fixed disk type is correctly identified Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive for drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive for drive B not correctly identified...

Page 40: ...rboard repair Shadow RAM Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64 KB block at which the error was detected System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed the BIOS test BIOS disabled the cache System CMOS chec...

Page 41: ...erface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved 0Ah 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Auto detect ports for keyboard mouse followed by a port interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 0Bh Reserved 0Ch Reserved 0Dh Reserved 0Eh Test F000h segment sh...

Page 42: ...tor initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory I O resource Search for a valid VGA device VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h Program CPU internal MTRR P6 PII for 0 640K memory address Initialize the APIC for Pentium class ...

Page 43: ...able range to smaller one in case thecacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical 4Fh Reserved 50h Initialize USB 51h Reserved 52h Test 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 logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device 58h Reserved 59h Initialize t...

Page 44: ...served 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo 80h Reserved 81h Reserved 82h 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text font used by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 3 If password is set ask for ...

Page 45: ...lization 5 Clear screen display summary table 6 Program K6 write allocation 7 Program P6 class write combining 95h 1 Program daylight saving 2 2 Update keyboard LED typematic rate 96h 1 Build MP table 2 Build update ESCD 3 Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4 Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5 5 Build MSIRQ routing table FFh Boot attempt INT 19h ...

Page 46: ...ough the memory testing it The floppy disk drives are then accessed and tested and the various interfaces are checked If there are any errors a message is displayed on the screen Having passed all the tests and if you have activated the password facility the BIOS then asks you to enter the boot password to continue The following section describes how to do this The BIOS then loads the operating sy...

Page 47: ...rameters monitored are CPU temperature System temperature Error Correcting Code which measures the accuracy of data as it passes in and out of memory PCI bus activity monitor Plug and Play PCI Auto configuration The BIOS automatically configures PCI devices and Plug and Play devices PCI devices may be onboard or add in cards Plug and Play devices are ISA add in cards built to meet the Plug and Pla...

Page 48: ...Normal no ATAPI ATA Disk and CD ROM for enhanced IDE systems ATA Legacy IDE system with only one cable ATA ATAPI Enhanced IDE with CD ROM and a tape or two CD ROMs ATA Desktop Management Interface DMI Desktop Management Interface DMI is an interface for managing computers in an enterprise environment The main component of DMI is the management information format MIF database which contains informa...

Page 49: ...ot devices are defined in priority order If the CD ROM is selected as the boot device it must be the first device The network can be selected as a boot device This selection allows booting from a network add in card with a remote boot ROM installed BIOS Setup Access Access to the Setup program can be restricted using passwords User and supervisor passwords can be set using the Security menu in Set...

Page 50: ...s links networks or modems before performing any of the procedures described in this chapter Failure to disconnect power telecommunications links networks or modems before you open the computer or perform any procedures can result in personal injury or equipment damage Some circuitry on the Motherboard may continue to operate even though the front panel power button is off CAUTION Electrostatic di...

Page 51: ...n Moves to the previous next page on scrollable menus F5 or Selects next lower value F6 and Space Selects next higher value Enter or Return Selects Sub Menus F9 Loads default settings F10 Saves current settings and exits Setup F1 or Alt H Help Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among ...

Page 52: ...nd enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette B The options are Di...

Page 53: ...o Detection This option allows the user to determine the manner in which the Award BIOS sets the settings for the IDE Primary Master Device The options are None Auto and Manual IDE Primary Master Press the Enter key to activate the IDE HDD Auto Detection function which will allow BIOS to automatically detect the status of the IDE HDD installed in the system such as the size the number of cylinders...

Page 54: ...b screen for that item Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Figure 15 Advanced Menu Advanced BIOS Features When the item of Advanced BIOS Features is highlighted press the Enter key to activate the screen below Quick Boot If enabled this feature allows the system to skip certain tests...

Page 55: ...m Options are 1 1 and 1 4 PWRON After PWR Fail This setting allows the user to specify how the system will respond when power is reapplied after the system has gone down due to a power failure The options are Off On and Former Sts Advanced Chipset Control Graphics Apertures This option allows the BIOS to set the size of system memory reserved for AGP Graphic access The options are 4 8 16 32 64 128...

Page 56: ...M throttling is used to lower power consumption and reduce the heat generated by the CPU The options for this setting are 87 5 75 I O Device Configuration Onboard Serial Port1 Onboard Serial Port2 This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for the Serial Port1 and Serial Port 2 The options are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 and Auto The default setting ...

Page 57: ... Mode Select This setting allows the user to select the EPP port type The options are EPP 1 9 and EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA This setting allows the user to select the DMA channel for the ECP mode port to use The options are 1 and 3 Game Port Address This setting allows the user to set the address for the Game Port The options are Disabled 201 and 209 Midi Port Address This setting allows the user t...

Page 58: ...rned on The Options are PCI Slot and Onboard AGP Resources Controlled By This setting allows BIOS to automatically configure all boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose Auto you cannot select the IRQ DMA and memory base address fields because BIOS automatically assigns them The options are Auto ESCD and Manual Reset Configuration Data Enabling this setting resets the extended syste...

Page 59: ...sor The settings are x8 x9 x10 x11 x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 x18 x19 x20 x21 x22 and x23 Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum is a technique used to stablize a system by reducing the level of Electromagnetic Interference The options are Enabled and Disabled CPU Clock Key in the number you want to set for the CPU clock MHz Viglen does not recommend or make any guarantees with CPU overclocking Security Cho...

Page 60: ...d in the dialogue box to set or to change the User Password Password Check This setting allows the user to determine if the password is required every time when the system boots up or if the password is required only when you enter the CMOS setup The options are System and Setup Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting allows the user to configure the Fixed Disk Boot Sector The default setting is Prote...

Page 61: ... the third boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USBZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device If enabled this option enables the BIOS to load the OS from another device rather than the ones that have been specified as the first second and third boot up devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled Exit Choose Exit from the Award BIOS main menu wit...

Page 62: ...o load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Load Optimized Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the optimized settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These settings provide you with optimal system performance Discard Changes When the item Discard Changes is highlighted press Enter to discard any changes you made to the BIOS settin...

Page 63: ...ollowing steps explain how to upgrade the BIOS The following steps explain how to upgrade the BIOS Please follow all the step s accurately Recording the Current BIOS Settings 1 As the computer boots write down the BIOS identifier version number so a check can be made later to make sure the upgrade was successful 2 Boot the computer and press Delete when you see the message Press Delete Key if you ...

Page 64: ...of the files copied will take the form DA8xxxx bin The xxxx represents the BIOS version identifier 2 At the DOS prompt enter the command AWDFlash filename bin py wb cd sn cc r f This will start the flash utility 3 When the utility displays the message upgrade is complete press any key to restart or power off the system 4 As the computer boots check the BIOS identifier version number to make sure t...

Page 65: ...wo devices one at the end of the cable and one 6 inches from the end of the cable Operating Systems and IDE hard drives Standard CHS is the translation that has been used for years Its use limits IDE capacity to maximum of 528MB regardless of the size of the drive used Logical Block mode overcomes the 528MB maximum size limitation imposed by the Standard CHS mode It should be used only when the dr...

Page 66: ...her LBA or ECHS method and 32 bit Disk Access an alternative 386 driver must be installed this combination will also provide the best performance If this driver is not installed and the drive fitted to the system supports Type F DMA on the ISA interface or Mode 3 on the PCI interface then higher performance will be achieved by NOT using 32 bit Disk Access Network Controllers The VIG385P Motherboar...

Page 67: ...supply connector J40 on the PDSLA PDSLE meets the SSI Superset ATX 24 pin specification Refer to the table below for the pin definitions of the ATX 24 pin power connector You must also connect the 4 pin J41 processor power connector to your power supply Refer to the table below for the J41 12V connector ...

Page 68: ...TA and IDE See the table below for pin definitions Overheat LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating or system fan failure Refer to the table below for pin definitions Power Button The PW_ON connector is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Connect it to the chassis power button which you may also configure to put the s...

Page 69: ... Bus USB0 1 Two USB 2 0 ports are located beside the PS 2 ports USB0 is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector See the table below for pin definitions Front Panel Universal Serial Bus Headers Extra USB headers FPUSB0 FPUSB1 FPUSB2 FPUSB3 can be used for front side USB access You will need a USB cable to use either connection Refer to the table below for pin definitions ...

Page 70: ...for pin definitions Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port GLAN Ethernet Port A G bit Ethernet port designated GLAN is located beside the COM1 port on the IO backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located at J28 See the table on the right for pin definitions The mouse port is above the keyb...

Page 71: ... full speed by default When a 4 wire fan is used the CPU and chassis fan speeds will be automatically controlled by the control circuit inside the fan based upon the CPU temperature Power LED The Power LED header is located onJLED This header provides LED indication of power being supplied to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is designated...

Page 72: ...e to use this feature Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the Motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the Motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed me...

Page 73: ...is used in conjunction with the Keyboard Wake Up function in BIOS when you wish to wake the system up with a USB keyboard that has been connected to a USB port not header Set JPUSB to pins 1 2 to support USB keyboard wake up and resume from ACPI S1 mode and pins 2 3 pins to support USB keyboard wake up and resume from ACPI S3 mode See the table below for jumper settings Note Your power supply must...

Page 74: ...er with the Keyboard Wake Up setting in BIOS Enable both to allow the system to be woken up by depressing a key on the keyboard See the table below for jumper settings Note Your power supply must meet ATX specification 2 01 or higher and supply 720mA of standby power to use this feature ...

Page 75: ...ve Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twi...

Page 76: ... to configure the onboard IDE 1 and 2 connectors at J2 and J3 respectively See the table below for pin definitions Other Information Reliability The mean time between failures MTBF prediction is calculated using component and subassembly random failure rates The calculation is based on the Bellcore Reliability Prediction Procedure TR NWT 000332 Issue 4 September 1991 ...

Page 77: ...nd Plug and Play functions of a computer The use of ACPI with the VIG385P Motherboard requires an operating system that provides full ACPI support ACPI features include Plug and Play including bus and device enumeration Power management control of individual devices add in boards some add in boards may require an ACPI aware driver video displays and hard disk drives Methods for achieving less than...

Page 78: ...tates Table 9 Wake up Devices and Events These devices events can wake up the computer from this state LAN S1 S3 S4 S5 Modem Back panel Serial Port A S1 S3 PME signal S1 S3 S4 S5 Power switch S1 S3 S4 S5 PS 2 devices S1 S3 RTC alarm S1 S3 S4 S5 USB S1 S3 Note The use of these wake up events from an ACPI state requires an operating system that provides full ACPI support In addition software drivers...

Page 79: ... the systems main memory Driver A piece of software which is used by application software to control some special features Each graphics board and printer requires its own driver D Type A common type of connector used for connecting printers serial ports game port and many other types of interface DRAM Dynamic Ram used for main system memory providing a moderately fast but cheap storage solution F...

Page 80: ...o PCI was invented It is a high speed data bus that carries information to and from components known as Local Bus RAM Random Access Memory the memory used by the computer for running programs and storing data ROM Read Only Memory a memory chip which doesn t lose its data when the system is switched off It is used to store the System BIOS and VGA BIOS instructions It is slower than RAM RIMM RAMBUS ...

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Page 82: ...s listed some questions that you may like to answer and return to Viglen This will help Viglen help to keep and improve the standard of their manuals 1 Is the information provided in this and other manuals clear enough 2 What could be added to the manual to improve it 3 Does the manual go into enough detail 4 Would you like an on line version of this manual ...

Page 83: ...port and Service Departments 6 Are there any technological improvements that could be made to the system 7 Other points you would like to mention Please return this slip to Product Development Department Viglen Ltd 7 Handley Page Way Colney Street St Albans Hertfordshire AL2 2DQ ...