Iei-integration NOVA-945GSE v2.01 User Manual

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 1IEI Technology Corp. User Manual NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC MODEL: NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC with 1.6 GHz Intel® Atom™ N270 Pro

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 8 Figure 3-23: TPM Connector Pinout Locations...54 Figure 3-24: TV Co

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 98  Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 2  2F8/IRQ3 DEFAULTSerial Port 2 I/O port address is 3F8 and

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 99 10 Serial port 3 IRQ address is 10  11 DEFAULT Serial port 3 IRQ address is 11  Select RS232 or RS485/RS422 [RS/

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 100 5.3.4 Hardware Health Configuration The Hardware Health Configuration menu (7BIOS Menu 7) shows the operating tempera

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 101 CPU Temp. Limit of OFF  CPU Temp. Limit of Start  CPU Fan Start PWM  Slope PWM 1 When the CPU FAN Mode Settin

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 102 The CPU Temp. Limit of Start option can only be set if the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is set to Automatic Mode. Use t

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 103 4 PWM  8 PWM  15 PWM The following system parameters and values are shown. The system parameters that are monit

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 104 BIOS Menu 8: Power Configuration  Select AT/ATX Power [ATX Power] Use the Select AT/ATX Power BIOS option to select

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 1055.3.6 APM Configuration The APM Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 9) allows the advanced power management options to be co

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 106  Power Button Mode [On/Off] Use the Power Button Mode BIOS to specify how the power button functions.  On/Off DEFAU

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 107 Enabled Wake event generated by an incoming call  Resume on PCI-Express WAKE# [Disabled] Use the Resume PCI-Expr

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 9Figure 6-12: VGA Driver Welcome Screen... 138 Figure 6-13: VGA

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 108 allows a remote host running a terminal program to display and configure the BIOS settings. BIOS Menu 10: Remote Acce

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 109These configuration options are discussed below.  Serial Port Number [COM1] Use the Serial Port Number option allow

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 110 NOTE: Identical baud rate setting musts be set on the host (a management computer running a terminal software) and th

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 1115.3.8 USB Configuration Use the USB Configuration menu (7BIOS Menu 11) to read USB configuration information and confi

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 112  Legacy USB Support [Enabled] Use the Legacy USB Support BIOS option to enable USB mouse and USB keyboard support.

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 1135.3.9 Trusted Computing Use the Trusted Computing menu (BIOS Menu 12) to configure settings related to the Trusted Com

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 114 5.4 PCI/PnP Use the PCI/PnP menu (7BIOS Menu 13) to configure advanced PCI and PnP settings. WARNING: Setting wrong v

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 115 Reserved The specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices Available IRQ addresses are:  IRQ3  IRQ4

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 116 5.5 Boot Use the Boot menu (7BIOS Menu 14) to configure system boot options. BIOS Menu 14: Boot 5.5.1 Boot Settings C

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 117 BIOS Menu 15: Boot Settings Configuration  Quick Boot [Enabled] Use the Quick Boot BIOS option to make the computer

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 10 List of Tables Table 1-1: Technical Specifications ...

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 118  AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] The AddOn ROM Display Mode option allows add-on ROM (read-only memory) message

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 119 Disabled DEFAULT Cannot be booted from a remote system through the LAN  Enabled DEFAULT Can be booted from a remote

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 120  Change User Password Use the Change User Password to set or change a user password. The default for this option is

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 1215.7.1 North Bridge Chipset Configuration Use the North Bridge Chipset Configuration menu (7BIOS Menu 18) to configure

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 122  Internal Graphics Mode Select [Enable, 8MB] The Internal Graphic Mode Select option determines the amount of system

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 123BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPNP Boot Security Chipset Power Exit Video Function Configuration ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 124 selected, the maximum amount of graphics memory is 128MB. Configuration options are listed below.  64MB  128MB DE

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 1255.7.2 SouthBridge Configuration The SouthBridge Configuration menu (7BIOS Menu 20) the southbridge chipset to be confi

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 126 EMI. This benefit may in some cases be outweighed by problems with timing-critical devices, such as a clock-sensitive

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 127 Discard Changes and Exit Use the Discard Changes and Exit option to exit the BIOS configuration setup program wit

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 11Table 4-1: Jumpers...

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 128 6 Software Drivers Chapter 6

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 1296.1 Available Software Drivers NOTE: The content of the CD may vary throughout the life cycle of the product and is s

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 130 Figure 6-1: Start Up Screen Step 3: Click NOVA-945GSE. Step 4: The screen in appears. Figure 6-2: Select Operating

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 131manual describes the installation for a Windows XP operating system. Step 6: The list of drivers in Figure 6-3 appear

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 132 Figure 6-4: Chipset Driver Screen Step 4: When the setup files are completely extracted the Welcome Screen in Figure

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 133Step 6: The license agreement in Figure 6-6 appears. Step 7: Read the License Agreement. Step 8: Click the Yes ico

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 134 Figure 6-7: Chipset Driver Read Me File Step 11: Setup Operations are performed as shown in Figure 6-8.

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 135 Figure 6-8: Chipset Driver Setup Operations Step 12: Once the Setup Operations are complete, click the Next icon to c

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 136 Figure 6-9: Chipset Driver Installation Finish Screen 6.4 VGA Driver Installation To install the VGA driver, please d

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 137 Figure 6-10: VGA Driver Read Me File Step 5: The installation files are extracted. See Figure 6-11. Figure 6-11: VG

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 12 List of BIOS Menus Menu 1: Main...

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 138 Figure 6-12: VGA Driver Welcome Screen Step 7: Click Next to continue. Step 8: The license agreement in Figure 6-13

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 139 Figure 6-13: VGA Driver License Agreement Step 11: The Read Me file in Figure 6-14 appears. Step 12: Click Next to co

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 140 Figure 6-15: VGA Driver Setup Operations Step 14: Once the Setup Operations are complete, click the Next icon to cont

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 1416.5 LAN Driver Installation To install the chipset driver, please do the following. Step 1: Access the driver list sh

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 142 Figure 6-18: LAN Driver Welcome Screen Step 7: The program begins to install. Step 8: The installation progress can

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 143Step 9: When the driver installation is complete, the screen in Figure 6-20 appears. Figure 6-20: LAN Driver Install

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 144 Figure 6-21: Audio Driver Options Step 4: Select “ALC655” in Figure 6-21 Step 5: Locate the following directory: x:

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 145 Figure 6-22: AC’97 Driver Installation Welcome Screen Step 8: The Verification window in Figure 6-23 may appear. Ste

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 146 Figure 6-24: AC’97 Driver Installation Step 11: When the driver is installed, the driver installation finish screen

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 147 A BIOS Menu Options Appendix A

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 13 1 Introduction Chapter 1

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 148 　 System Overview...85 　 S

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 149　 CPU Temp. Limit of Start [020] ... 101 　 CPU Fan St

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 150 　 AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] ... 118 　 Bootup Num-Lock [On]..

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 151 B Terminology Appendix B

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 152 AC ’97 Audio Codec 97 (AC’97) refers to a codec standard developed by Intel® in 1997. ACPI Advanced Configuration a

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 153computer is usually a male DE-9 connector. DAC The Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) converts digital signals to anal

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 154 MAC The Media Access Control (MAC) protocol enables several terminals or network nodes to communicate in a LAN, or ot

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 155asynchronous communications on the system and manages the system’s serial communication (COM) ports. UHCI The Univers

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 156 C DIO Interface Appendix C

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 157C.1 DIO Interface Introduction The DIO connector on the NOVA-945GSE is interfaced to GPIO ports on the ITE IT8718F Sup

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 14 1.1 Introduction Figure 1-1: NOVA-945GSE The NOVA-945GSE 5.25” motherboard is embedded 45 nm Intel® Atom™ processor pl

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 158 C.3 Assembly Language Samples C.3.1 Enable the DIO Input Function The BIOS interrupt call INT 15H controls the digital

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 159 D Watchdog Timer Appendix D

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 160 NOTE: The following discussion applies to DOS environment. IEI support is contacted or the IEI website visited fo

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 161 NOTE: When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer, otherwise the system resets. Example pr

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 162 E Address Mapping Appendix E

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 163E.1 I/O Address Map

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 164 Table E-1: IO Address Map

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 165E.2 IRQ Address Map Table E-2: IRQ Address Map

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 166 E.3 Memory Address Map Table E-3: Memory Address Map

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 167 F Hazardous Materials Disclosure Appendix F

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 15 Dual LVDS support dual display output  TPM support 1.3 Connectors The NOVA-945GSE has a wide variety of peripheral

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 168 F.1 Hazardous Material Disclosure Table for IPB Products Certified as RoHS Compliant Under 2002/95/EC Without Mercury

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 169 Toxic or Hazardous Substances and Elements Part Name Lead (Pb) Mercury (Hg) Cadmium (Cd) Hexavalent Chromium (CR(VI))

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 170 此附件旨在确保本产品符合中国 RoHS 标准。以下表格标示此产品中某有毒物质的含量符合中国 RoHS 标准规定的限量要求。 本产品上会附有”环境友好使用期限”的标签，此期限是估算这些物质”不会有泄漏或突变”的年限。本产品可能包含有较短的

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 16 Figure 1-3: NOVA-945GSE Overview [Solder Side] 1.4 Dimensions The dimensions of the board are listed below:  Length:

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 17 Figure 1-4: NOVA-945GSE Dimensions (mm) 1.4.1 External Interface Panel Dimensions External peripheral interface connec

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 18 1.5 Data Flow 5Figure 1-6 shows the data flow between the two on-board chipsets and other components installed on the m

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 191.6 Technical Specifications NOVA-945GSE technical specifications are listed in the table below. See Chapter 2 for deta

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 20 Specification NOVA-945GSE Display port One VGA One TV-out connector support HDTV by component interface One 18-bit dua

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 21Specification NOVA-945GSE Environmental and Power Specifications Power Supply ATX and AT power supported Power Consump

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 22 2 Unpacking Chapter 2

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 232.1 Anti-static Precautions WARNING! Failure to take ESD precautions during the installation of the NOVA-945GSE may re

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 24 2.3 Unpacking Checklist NOTE: If any of the components listed in the checklist below are missing, do not proceed with

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 251 VGA cable (P/N: 32000-033804-RS) 1 Mini jumper pack (2.0mm) (P/N: 33100-000033-RS) 1 Utility CD 1 Quick Instal

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 26 802.11 b/g PCIe mini card wireless LAN module with Atheros (P/N: WMPCIE-V01-R10) 802.11b/g USB embedded module with VI

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 27 3 Connectors Chapter 3

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 1Revision Date Version Changes 21 December, 2010 2.01 Modified Table 4 6: LVDS1 Panel Resolution Jumper Settings 19 J

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 28 3.1 Peripheral Interface Connectors Section 3.1.1 shows peripheral interface connector locations. Section 3.3 lists a

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 29 Figure 3-2: Connector and Jumper Locations [Solder Side] 3.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors 6Table 3-1 shows a list

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 30 DDR SO-DIMM socket 200-pin socket DIMM1 Digital input/output (DIO) connector 10-pin header DIO1 Fan connector 3-pin w

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 31TPM connector 20-pin header TPM1 TV Out connector 6-pin header TV1 USB 2.0 connector 8-pin header USB1 USB 2.0 conne

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 32 The 4-pin +12V AT power connector is connected directly to an AT power supply. Figure 3-3: AT Power Connector Location

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 33 Figure 3-4: ATX Power Supply Enable Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 +5V Standby 2 GND 3 PS-ON Table 3-4: A

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 34 LILMICINLINEOUTR LIRLINEOUTLGND_AUDJ8PIN HEADER 2*51122334455667799881010Figure 3-5: Audio Connector Location (9-pin)

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 35 Figure 3-6: Panel Backlight Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 LCD Backlight Control 2 GROUND 3 +12V 4

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 36 INV2_POWERENABKL_CINV2CON5/2mmJST_1X5_2MM1122334455 Figure 3-7: Panel Backlight Connector (2) Pinout Locations PIN NO

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 37Figure 3-8: CF Card Socket Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION1 GROUND 26 VCC-IN CHECK1 2 DATA 3 27

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 2 Copyright COPYRIGHT NOTICE The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improv

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 38 PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION16 N/C 41 HDD_RESET 17 N/C 42 IORDY 18 SA2 43 SDREQ 19 SA1 44 SDACK# 20 SA

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 39 Figure 3-9: VGA Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 L_RED 2 DDC_CLK 3 L_GREEN 4

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 40 Figure 3-10: DIO Connector Connector Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION1 GND 2 VCC5 3 Output 3 4 O

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 41 Figure 3-11: +12V Fan Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 +12V 3 Fan Speed Detect Table 3-11: +12V Fan Co

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 42 Figure 3-12: Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations (8-pin) FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION1 PWR_

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 43Figure 3-13: Secondary IDE Device Connector Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 RESET# 2 GROUND 3

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 44 41 VCC 42 VCC 43 GROUND 44 N/C Table 3-13: Secondary IDE Connector Pinouts 3.3.12 Infrared Interface Connector (5-pin

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 453.3.13 Keyboard/Mouse Connector CN Label: KB1 CN Type: 6-pin wafer (1x6) CN Location: See Figure 3-15 CN Pinouts: Se

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 46 3.3.14 LVDS LCD Connector (18-bit) CN Label: LVDS1 CN Type: 30-pin crimp (3x10) CN Location: See 6Figure 3-16 CN Pin

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 479 LVDSACLK+ 10 LVDSACLK- 11 NC 12 NC 13 GND 14 GND 15 LVDSB1+ 16 LVDSB1- 17 LVDSB2+ 18 LVDSB2- 19 LVDSB3+ 20 LVDSB3-

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 3 Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION...

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 48 PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 GND 3 LVDS_A0+ 4 LVDS_A0- 5 LVDS_A1+ 6 LVDS_A1- 7 LVDS_A2+ 8 LVDS_A

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 49Figure 3-18: Parallel Port Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE 14 ALF 2 PD0 15 ERR

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 50 3.3.17 SATA Drive Connectors CN Label: SATA1 (Slave) and SATA2 (Master) CN Type: 7-pin SATA drive connectors CN Locati

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 513.3.18 SATA Power Connectors CN Label: CN1 and CN2 CN Type: 2-pin wafer CN Location: See 6Figure 3-20 CN Pinouts: Se

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 52 The 10-pin serial port connector provides a RS-232 serial communications channel. The COM serial port connectors can be

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 53TX_422-TX_422+ RX3+RX3-JP2HEADER_2X3_21 23 45 6D+ D-Figure 3-22: COM 3 RS-422/485 Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO.

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 54 Figure 3-23: TPM Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 LCLK 2 GND2 3 LFRAME# 4 KEY

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 553.3.22 TV Out Connector CN Label: TV1 CN Type: 6-pin header (2x3) CN Location: See 6Figure 3-24 CN Pinouts: See 6Tab

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 56 3.3.23 USB Connectors (Internal) CN Label: USB1, USB2 and USB3 CN Type: 8-pin header (2x4) CN Location: See 6Figure

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 573.4 External Peripheral Interface Connector Panel 6Figure 3-26 shows the NOVA-945GSE external peripheral interface conn

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 4 3.3.9 Fan Connector (+12V, 3-pin) ... 40 3.3.10 F

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 58 Figure 3-27: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector The RJ-45 Ethernet connector has two status LEDs, one green and one yellow. The

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 59 4 Installation Chapter 4

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 60 4.1 Anti-static Precautions WARNING: Failure to take ESD precautions during the installation of the NOVA-945GSE may re

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 614.2 Installation Considerations NOTE: The following installation notices and installation considerations should be re

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 62 o When working with the NOVA-945GSE, make sure that it is disconnected from all power supplies and that no electricity

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 634.3 Unpacking When the NOVA-945GSE is unpacked, please check all the unpacking list items listed in Chapter 3 are indee

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 64 Step 2: Align the SO-DIMM with the socket. The SO-DIMM must be oriented in such a way that the notch in the middle of

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 65 Figure 4-2: CF Card Installation 4.5 Jumper Settings NOTE: A jumper is a metal bridge used to close an electrical c

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 66 Description Label Type AT Power Mode Setting ATXCTL1 2-pin header CF Card Setting J_CF1 2-pin header Clear CMOS

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 67 Figure 4-4: AT Power Select Jumper Location 4.5.2 CF Card Setup Jumper Label: J_CF1 Jumper Type: 2-pin header Jumper

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 54.6.1 Airflow...

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 68 Figure 4-5: CF Card Setup Jumper Location 4.5.3 Clear CMOS Jumper Jumper Label: J_CMOS1 Jumper Type: 3-pin header Jum

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 69The clear CMOS jumper settings are shown in 6Table 4-4. Clear CMOS Description Short 1 - 2 Keep CMOS Setup Default

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 70 COM 3 Function Select Description Short 1-2 RS-232 Default Short 3-4 RS-422 Short 5-6 RS-485 Table 4-5: COM

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 71J_LCD_TYPE1 Description Open 640 x 600 (18-bit) Short 1-2 800 x 480 (18-bit) Short 3-4 800 x 600 (18-bit) (Default)

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 72 4.5.6 LVDS Voltage Selection Jumpers WARNING: Permanent damage to the screen and NOVA-945GSE may occur if the wrong vo

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 73 Figure 4-9: LVDS Voltage Selection Jumper Pinout Locations 4.6 Chassis Installation 4.6.1 Airflow WARNING: Airflow is

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 74 NOTE: IEI has a wide range of backplanes available. Please contact your NOVA-945GSE vendor, reseller or an IEI sales r

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 75Figure 4-10: Audio Kit Cable Connection Step 3: Connect the audio devices. Connect one speaker to the line-in audio ja

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 76 connector to the on-board connectors. See Figure 4-11. Figure 4-11: Keyboard/mouse Y-cable Connection Step 4: Attach

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 774.7.3 Single RS-232 Cable (w/o Bracket) The single RS-232 cable consists of one serial port connector attached to a ser

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 6 5.7.1 North Bridge Chipset Configuration ... 121 5.7.1.1 Video

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 78 4.7.4 SATA Drive Connection The NOVA-945GSE is shipped with two SATA drive cables and one SATA drive power cable. To co

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 79 Figure 4-14: SATA Power Drive Connection 4.7.5 USB Cable (Dual Port without Bracket) The NOVA-945GSE is shipped with

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 80 with the USB connectors on the NOVA-945GSE, connect the cable connectors to the on-board connectors. See Figure 4-15.

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 814.8.1 LAN Connection (Single Connector) There are two external RJ-45 LAN connectors. The RJ-45 connectors enable conn

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 82 5 AMI BIOS Chapter 5

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 835.1 Introduction A licensed copy of AMI BIOS is preprogrammed into the ROM BIOS. The BIOS setup program allows users to

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 84 F1 key General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 /F3 key Change color from total 16

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 855.2 Main The Main BIOS menu (6BIOS Menu 1) appears when the BIOS Setup program is entered. The Main menu gives an overv

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 86 o Size: Lists memory size The System Overview field also has two user configurable fields:  System Time [xx:xx:xx]

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 87 BIOS Menu 2: Advanced 5.3.1 CPU Configuration Use the CPU Configuration menu (7BIOS Menu 3) to view detailed CPU speci

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 7List of Figures Figure 1-1: NOVA-945GSE...

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 88 The CPU Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 3) lists the following CPU details:  Manufacturer: Lists the name of the CPU ma

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 89 Compatible DEFAULT Configures the on-board ATA/IDE controller to be in compatible mode. In this mode, a SATA channel

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 90 The IDE Configuration menu (7BIOS Menu 4) allows changes to the configurations for the IDE devices installed in the sys

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 91 Vendor: Lists the device manufacturer  Size: List the storage capacity of the device.  LBA Mode: Indicates wheth

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 92 Device. These include, but are not limited to:  ZIP  LS-120  LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Use the LBA/Large Mode option

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 93 PIO Mode [Auto] Use the PIO Mode option to select the IDE PIO (Programmable I/O) mode program timing cycles between

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 94  MWDMA0 Multi Word DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 4.2MBps  MWDMA1 Multi Word DMA mode 1

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 95 Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects HDD SMART support.  Disabled Prevents BIOS from using the HDD SMART feature.  En

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBCPage 96  Parallel Port Address [378] Use the Parallel Port Address option to select the parallel port base address.  Disable

NOVA-945GSE 5.25” SBC Page 97 Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] Use the Parallel Port IRQ selection to set the parallel port interrupt address.  IRQ5 IR