NDBW1401 SW Specification

MODEL :NDBW1401
DATE : 2015/04/29
REVISION : 1.0
Issued by : Dayong_Wu
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REVISION HISTORY ..................................................................................................................................................... 1

1. PREFACE ................................................................................................................................................................ 3

2. PRODUCT RELATED SPEC................................................................................................................................ 4

3. SYSTEM OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................... 7

4. POWER MANAGEMENT..................................................................................................................................... 8

5. BIOS SETUP MENU ............................................................................................................................................ 10

5.1 MAIN MENU ........................................................................................................................................................ 10

5.2 ADVANCED MENU (FOR WINDOWS 8.X) .................................................................................................... 10

5.3 SECURITY MENU ............................................................................................................................................... 11

5.4 BOOT MENU ........................................................................................................................................................ 13

5.5 SAVE & EXIT MENU .......................................................................................................................................... 15

5.6 RECOVERY .......................................................................................................................................................... 16

6. DSDT, SSID AND SVID TABLE......................................................................................................................... 18

7. PCIE DEVICE....................................................................................................................................................... 19

8. SMBUS DEVICES ................................................................................................................................................ 19

9. GPIO PIN ASSIGNMENT ................................................................................................................................... 19

10. BOOT LOGO ........................................................................................................................................................ 24

11. WINDOWS 8.X BRIGHTNESS CONTROL ..................................................................................................... 25

12. KEYBOARD CONTROLLER ............................................................................................................................ 26

13. POWER MANAGEMENT CONTROL TABLE ............................................................................................... 26

14. EC S/W SPEC........................................................................................................................................................ 27

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1. Preface

The software engineering specification is a deployment from product marketing specification. It should outline major tasks
to be implemented in a specific model. For any model which has been defined from product marketing division, there should have
a product marketing specification comes out.
The purpose of this specification is to be an implementation guideline for engineers who are responsible for the model. It
intends to avoid ambiguity about function definitions so as to allow engineers to shorten their implementation period.
The specification covers all the bundled software components which including BIOS, Micro-Controller, device drivers and
applications. The target Operating Systems will be Windows 8.x 64 bit and Win10. The device drivers and applications are
options based on per-customer’s requirements.
The readers of this specification are assumed to have enough experiences and knowledge to understand whatever in the
context. The specification will not intend to explain any detail of specific topic.

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2. Product Related Spec

Product Specification

Revision 1.1 Project NDBW1401

CPU Intel Braswell

*14nm, type 3 BGA package 25mmx27mm

*USB3.0*4 ports+USB2.0*1 port
*PCI-E2.0 *4 ports
Support SoC type processors
*SATA 3.0*2 ports
*eDP1.4 /HDMI1.4b
*DX11.1, Intel HD graphics

N-3700
Quad core, 2.4GHz,
Processor-N3700 SDP 4W, TDP 6W
Support DDR3L 1600MHz, GFx frequency up to
Processor 700MHz

Motherboard N-31500
Quad core, 2.08GHz,
Processor-N3150 SDP 4W, TDP 6W
Support DDR3L 1600MHz, GFx frequency up to
640MHz

N-3050
Dual core, 2.16GHz,
Processor-N3050 SDP 4W, TDP 6W
Support DDR3L 1600MHz, GFx frequency up to
600MHz

N-3000
Dual core, 2.08GHz,
Processor-N3000 SDP 3W, TDP 4W
Support DDR3L 1600MHz, GFx frequency up to
600MHz

Socket type & number One memory socket

Max memory support System DDR3L up to 8GB total
Specification DDR3L 1600 MHz
Memory Socket type & number One memory socket
Max memory support System DDR3L up to 8GB total

KBC *ACPI 3.0 compliant

ITE8928E/BX *Non Sharing System BIOS ROM for KB & EC Codes

BIOS
*Supports PnP, ACPI 5.0
AMI BIOS *Support external USB flash memory card boot up
*Be with 8MB flash ROM for Windows 8.1

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 Panel type 14" HD, 16:9 LED type
Panel thickness 3.xmm (Edp/LVDS)
Display
Backlight LED
Resolution 1366x 768

Codec *Azalia standard support

Realtek ALC269Q *D3 mode support

Audio
*Build-in two speakers, one speaker as option
Speaker/MIC *Speaker : 1.5W
*Internal Microphone support

*US/UK/BR 88 Keys inside KB support

Keyboard CHICONY
*300.8mm x 109.2mm x 3.6±0.2mm

*PS2 Touch Pad with 2 buttons 92X52mm

Pointing Device Synaptics/Sentelic
*Hidden type solution (under plastics)

*2.5” SATA HDD support

HDD *7mm
*5400rpm

Support SD only SDIO interface

SD support as below
(1) Default Speed mode: 3.3V signaling, Frequency
Storage up to 25 MHz, up to 12.5 MB/sec
(2) High Speed mode: 3.3V signaling, Frequency up
to 50 MHz, up to 25 MB/sec
Card reader
(3) SDR12: 1.8V signaling, Frequency up to 25 MHz,
up to 12.5MB/sec
(4) SDR25:1.8V signaling, Frequency up to 50 MHz,
up to 25MB/sec
(5) DDR50: UHS-I 1.8V signaling, Frequency up to 50
MHz, sampled on both clock edges, up to 50MB/sec

ODD support Follow KPL 9.5mm SATA ODD support

*USB interface
Webcam Follow KPL *Build in Camera module support
*HD/VGA webcam for Win8.1 support

Automatics Voltage adjustment between 100 and

AC Adapter Follow KPL 240VAC 50/60Hz,
40 Watts (19V/2.1A), 2 Pin wall mount type
*Li-ion Battery, 18650, SW Gas Gauge IC, soft pack,
non-removable
Follow KPL
*2 cells, 7.4V/2200mAh (2s1p)
*3 cells, 11.1V/2200mAh (3s1p)
Battery
Battery Life without TV (Mobilemark2012)
Battery life 2-cell: TBD
3-cell: TBD

*Supports 10/100/1000 Mb/Sec.

LAN Controller
*PCI-E interface
RTL8111G
*Support S3/S4/S5 wake on LAN (WOL) feature

Wireless
*LGA type w/USB interface,
WLAN
*IEEE802.11b/g/n support\
RL-UM12BS-8188ETV-V1.0
*WIFI only(8188ETV)
RL-UM02WBS-8723BU
*Combo Module(RTL8723BU)

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 *Power On: White
*Suspend: Blinking White
LED Indicator Power & Battery *Charging: Purple @power-on, orange @power-off
*Battery Low (<6%): interlaced Blinking White &
Purple

Supports Windows 8.1 64bit

OS Support OS version
Supports Windows 10(TBD)

EMI CE
Certification SAFETY CB
ROHS RoHS Compliance

342 X 240 X 24.2 mm

Physical Outline
(Battery Bump out 29.9 mm)

USB port 1 x USB 3.0 + 2 x USB 2.0 ports

HDMI port X1
System Specification Card reader X 1 (SD only)
RJ45 port X1
Audio out & Mic in 1 x Headset for external microphone + headphone
Kensington lock X1
DC-in X1

*TPM (NPCT420DAO)
TPM/G-sensor
*G-Sensor shock protection (Kionix KXCNL-1010)

*USB interface
*H350-A50-10 support
GSM/GPRS/EDGE Band(MHz): 900/1800
Option Specification WCDMA Band(MHz): 900/2100
HSDPA(Mbps): 21
3G HSUPA(Mbps):5.76
*H350-B50-10 support
GSM/GPRS/EDGE Band(MHz): 850/1900
WCDMA Band(MHz): 850/1900
HSDPA(Mbps): 21
HSUPA(Mbps):5.76

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3. System Overview

System Memory
The System consists of DDR3L memory on 64-bit bus and up to 8GB total.
The BIOS will automatically detect the amount of memory during POST.

VGA
SOC Integrated. When the POST, can only display one monitor.

Audio
The audio controller is integrated in south bridge and through the AZALIA data line to external CODEC to reduce the noise
caused by PCB’s layout. According to the H/W architecture, the BIOS will recognize it as a PCI device and initialize it in PCI bus
initialization. The PCI legacy audio mode is not to be supported.

Card Reader
SD Card 3.0 interface.

LAN Controller
PCI-E interface, RealTek8111G, support 10/100/1000 Mb/sec.

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4. Power Management

4.1 General Requirement

The purpose of the Power Management (PM) is trying to reduce the power consumption of the system and extent the battery
life, increase the time without recharging the battery. The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification is
the latest and better PM method and will replace the traditional APM and PNP functions. ACPI is a kind of Operating System
Directed Power Management (OSPM), that is, the OS will control the system/devices to enter proper power-saving mode and
determine when to do it.
The BIOS shall provide the ACPI table that is written by ASL language, to tell the OS how to setup and control the
system/device configuration and the power-saving mode. So the system H/W, BIOS and drivers must be meet the ACPI
specification:
 ACPI 5.0 compliant
 Supporting processor power state C0, C1, C1E, C3, C6, C7
 Supporting system state S0, S3, S4
 Support Power Management Function
First of all, the next section will depict the power management state transition, then describe the definition for each system
state.

4.2 Power Management Mode Definitions

Each system (or model) may have different PM model and state definition. For clear, see the following table:

PM Mode Definitions
Full-On The CPU runs in full speed and all the devices are power on. The system can respond to all
applications with maximum performance.
1. The system is in the state S0.
2. The CPU is in the state C0.
3. All the devices are in the state D0.
Idle This mode is similar to Full-On. The CPU might change into C1 ~ C7 state depend on the OS, in order
to save CPU power consumption.
1. The system is in the state S0.
2. The CPU is in the state C1 ~ C7.
3. All the devices are in the state D0.
Suspend The state is more power saving than above, the CPU and most of parts power will be cut off except
DRAM system.
1. The system is in the state S3.
2. The CPU is power off and all device stop clock except DRAM system.
PS. Not support DOS S1 function.
SOFF/STD The state is the most power saving mode, all of the parts in the system will power off, except the
keyboard controller enter to idle mode continuously to control the battery charging and monitor power

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 button.
Note: Before enter to S4, the OS will save all of data or registers in HDD.
1. The system is in the state S5 or S4.
2. The CPU and all of devices are power off.
Silent This modes has the lowest CPU speed and lowest fan noise.

When system is in suspend mode (S3 state), use Power button, LAN or internal keyboard to resume.

4.3 MANAGE POWER FUNCTION

The purpose of Power Management is to save the power consumption during the system is not busy. This function not only
save the power of Battery to extend the Notebook’s battery working time, but also reduce the temperature of CPU / Chip and keep
system working in a lower temperature to extend the CPU and whole system’s life. Also reduce temperature will also keep
Operation System work stable.
The PowerManagement Function refer to 14 Power Management function control table.

When System is in Silent mode, then will keep Silent mode status when resume from S3 and S4.
When System is in Silent mode, resume from cold boot, warm boot, System will turn off Silent mode.

4.4 CPU Fan Control

In the system use the fan as the active cooling device. It is not necessary always turn on full speed, so following will depict
the method and specification of fan speed control. Before it we would like to define the fan speed:

Because fan will consume some power and make some noise, the system will try to keep the fan in low speed and keep the
system in high performance as possible. Unfortunately, there are some trade-off among some factors: thermal, noise and CPU
performance, so we increase the fan speed as active cooling method and decrease the CPU clock speed as passive cooling method.
The CPU clock and fan speed is controlled depend on the CPU temperature from Power Management function architecture.

4.5 The backlight control of LCD

The LCD panel is another key parts that will consume more power of the notebook system, so there is a way to reduce the
power consumption on battery only, i.e. reduce the brightness of backlight when end-user unplug the AC adaptor.
The backlight is controlled through the SOC, and it is divided into several levels from darkest to brightest. The VGA driver
knows the status of power source and the current backlight’s brightness any time. When the AC adaptor unplug, the VGA driver
will reduce the brightness one or two level automatically.
There is another approach to control the backlight, it will be turn off when LCD cover is close (LID switch), conversely, it
will be turn on when LCD cover is open
Support Windows Mobility Center Backlight control.

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5. BIOS Setup Menu
The setup function only can be invoked by pressing Del or F2 key during POST and it provide an approach to change some
setting and configuration the user prefer, and the changed values will save in the NVRAM and will take effect after the system
rebooted. The setup uses a menu interface to allow the user to configure their system and the features are briefly listed as follow.
Press F7 key for Boot Menu. Additionally, holding “ [ Ctrl] + [ Home] ” when pressing the power button would enter the
crisis mode.
5.1 Main Menu

5.2 Advanced Menu (For Windows 8.x)

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 Shared Memory Size:
Select DVMT 5.0 Pre-Allocated (Fixed) Graphics Memory size used by the Internal Graphics Device.
Intel Virtualization Technology:
When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology.

5.3 Security Menu

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 Secure Boot:
Secure Boot can be enabled if system running in User mode with enrolled Platform Key (PK)
Secure Boot Mode:
Secure Boot mode selector. 'Custom' Mode enables users to change Image Execution policy and
manage Secure Boot Keys. This item will show when Secure Boot is 'Enabled'.

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 Key Management:
Enables experienced users to modify Secure Boot variables. This item will show when Secure Boot is
'Enabled' and Secure Boot Mode is ' Custom'

5.4 Boot Menu

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 Boot Option Priorities:
Sets the system boot order, the boot order will load default after press F3. Additionally, the SD card
boot is not allowed.

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5.5 SAVE & EXIT Menu

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 Save Changes and Reset:
Reset the system after saving the changes.

Discard Changes and Exit:

Exit system setup without saving any changes.

Restore Defaults:
Restore/Load Default values for all the setup options.

5.6 Recovery
Press “Ctrl+Home” can enter recovery mode if there is a crisis BIOS in your USB key and plug-in the
system.

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6. DSDT, SSID and SVID Table

For Customer STD

ACPI DSDT String OEM ID T.B.D (with 6 character) ALASKA

ACPI DSDT String OEM Table ID T.B.D(with 8 character) AMI

DMI Type1 Manufacturer T.B.D T.B.D

DMI Type1 Product Name T.B.D T.B.D

For Customer STD

Device SSID SVID SSID SVID

Intel PCI bridge T.B.D T.B.D 0x1012 0x1D05

Intel VGA T.B.D T.B.D 0x1012 0x1D05

Intel PCI Express T.B.D T.B.D 0x1012 0x1D05

Intel XHCI T.B.D T.B.D 0x1012 0x1D05

Intel LPC T.B.D T.B.D 0x1012 0x1D05

Intel SATA T.B.D T.B.D 0x1012 0x1D05

Intel SMBUS T.B.D T.B.D 0x1012 0x1D05

Realtek ALC269Q T.B.D T.B.D 0x1012 0x1D05

LAN realtek8111G T.B.D T.B.D 0x1012 0x1D05

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7. PCIe Device

The following will list all PCIe devices:

PCIe Device
PCIe port Bus# Device# Func# Device Name
PCIE1 2 0 0 LAN

8. SMBus Devices

The SMBus is a two-wire interface through which the system can communicate with power-related chips. The BIOS should
initialize the SMBus devices during POST.
SMBus Device Host/Slave Address Connect to
SO-DIMM0 slave A0h MCH
Battery slave A0h/A1h EC (SMB0)
DDR Thermal sensor slave 98h/99h EC (SMB1)
RTD2136 slave 6Ah/6Bh EC (SMB1)

9. GPIO Pin Assignment

Controller Pad Name Default Func. Power NDBW1401 use
CX_PRDY_N PRDY_N V1P8A N/A
CX_PREQ_N PREQ_N V1P8A N/A
GP_CAMERASB00 GP_CAMERASB00 V1P8A N/A
GP_CAMERASB01 GP_CAMERASB01 V1P8A N/A
GP_CAMERASB02 GP_CAMERASB02 V1P8A N/A
GP_CAMERASB03 GP_CAMERASB03 V1P8A N/A
GP_CAMERASB04 GP_CAMERASB04 V1P8A N/A
GP_CAMERASB05 GP_CAMERASB05 V1P8A N/A
GP_CAMERASB06 GP_CAMERASB06 V1P8A N/A
GP_CAMERASB07 GP_CAMERASB07 V1P8A N/A
NORTH
GP_CAMERASB08 GP_CAMERASB08 V1P8A N/A
GP_CAMERASB09 GP_CAMERASB09 V1P8A N/A
GP_CAMERASB10 RSVD Input V1P8A N/A
GP_CAMERASB11 GP_CAMERASB11 V1P8A N/A
GPIO_DFX0 RSVD Inputs V1P8A N/A
GPIO_DFX1 RSVD Inputs V1P8A N/A
GPIO_DFX2 RSVD Inputs V1P8A N/A
GPIO_DFX3 RSVD Inputs V1P8A N/A
GPIO_DFX4 RSVD Inputs V1P8A N/A
GPIO_DFX5 RSVD Inputs V1P8A N/A

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 GPIO_DFX6 RSVD Inputs V1P8A N/A
GPIO_DFX7 RSVD Inputs V1P8A N/A
GPIO_DFX8 RSVD Inputs V1P8A N/A
GPIO_SUS0 GPIO_SUS0 V1P8A N/A
GPIO_SUS1 GPIO_SUS0 V1P8A N/A
GPIO_SUS2 GPIO_SUS0 V1P8A N/A
GPIO_SUS3 GPIO_SUS0 V1P8A N/A
GPIO_SUS4 GPIO_SUS0 V1P8A N/A
GPIO_SUS5 GPIO_SUS0 V1P8A N/A
GPIO_SUS6 GPIO_SUS0 V1P8A SMC_WAKE_SCI#_R
GPIO_SUS7 GPIO_SUS0 V1P8A SOC_EXTSMI#.
HV_DDI0_DDC_SCL HV_DDI0_DDC_SCL V1P8A N/A
HV_DDI0_DDC_SDA HV_DDI0_DDC_SCL V1P8A N/A
HV_DDI0_HPD HV_DDI0_HPD V1P8A N/A
HV_DDI1_HPD HV_DDI1_HPD V1P8A LVDS_HPD
HV_DDI2_DDC_SCL HV_DDI2_DDC_SCL V1P8A HDMI_EDID_CLK
HV_DDI2_DDC_SDA HV_DDI2_DDC_SDA V1P8A HDMI_EDID_DATA
HV_DDI2_HPD HV_DDI2_HPD V1P8A HDMI_HPD
PANEL0_BKLTCTL PANEL0_BKLTCTL V1P8A N/A
PANEL0_BKLTEN PANEL0_BKLTEN V1P8A N/A
PANEL0_VDDEN PANEL0_VDDEN V1P8A N/A
PANEL1_BKLTCTL PANEL1_BKLTCTL V1P8A DDI1_BKLCTRL
PANEL1_BKLTEN PANEL1_BKLTEN V1P8A DDI1_BKLTEN
PANEL1_VDDEN PANEL1_VDDEN V1P8A DDI1_VDDEN
PROCHOT_N PROCHOT_N V1P8A PROCHOT#
SEC_GPIO_SUS10 SEC_GPIO_SUS10 V1P8A N/A
SEC_GPIO_SUS11 SEC_GPIO_SUS11 V1P8A N/A
SEC_GPIO_SUS8 SEC_GPIO_SUS8 V1P8A N/A
SEC_GPIO_SUS9 SEC_GPIO_SUS9 V1P8A @SOC_G_INT1_R
SVID0_ALERT_N SVID0_ALERT_N V1P8A SVID_ALERT_N
SVID0_CLK SVID0_CLK V1P8A SVID_CLK
SVID0_DATA SVID0_DATA V1P8A SVID_DATA
TCK TCK V1P8A N/A
TDI TDI V1P8A N/A
TDO TDO V1P8A N/A
TMS TMS V1P8A N/A
TRST_N TRST_N V1P8A N/A
MF_ISH_GPIO_0 ISH_GPIO_0 V1P8A N/A
EAST
MF_ISH_GPIO_1 ISH_GPIO_1 V1P8A N/A

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 MF_ISH_GPIO_2 ISH_GPIO_2 V1P8A N/A
MF_ISH_GPIO_3 ISH_GPIO_3 V1P8A N/A
MF_ISH_GPIO_4 ISH_GPIO_4 V1P8A N/A
MF_ISH_GPIO_5 ISH_GPIO_5 V1P8A N/A
MF_ISH_GPIO_6 ISH_GPIO_6 V1P8A N/A
MF_ISH_GPIO_7 ISH_GPIO_7 V1P8A N/A
MF_ISH_GPIO_8 ISH_GPIO_8 V1P8A N/A
MF_ISH_GPIO_9 ISH_GPIO_9 V1P8A N/A
MF_ISH_I2C1_SDA ISH_I2C1_SDA V1P8A N/A
MF_ISH_I2C1_SCL ISH_I2C1_SCL V1P8A N/A
PMU_AC_PRESENT PMU_AC_PRESENT V1P8A ACPRESENT
PMU_BATLOW_N PMU_BATLOW_N V1P8A PMC_BATLOW#
PMU_PLTRST_N PMU_PLTRST_N V1P8A PMC_PLT_RST#
PMU_PWRBTN_N PMU_PWRBTN_N V1P8A PMC_PWRBTN#
PMU_SLP_LAN_N PMU_SLP_LAN_N V1P8A N/A
PMU_SLP_S0IX_N PMU_SLP_S0IX_N V1P8A N/A
PMU_SLP_S3_N PMU_SLP_S3_N V1P8A PMC_SLP_S3#
PMU_SLP_S4_N PMU_SLP_S4_N V1P8A PMC_SLP_S4#
PMU_SUSCLK PMU_SUSCLK V1P8A N/A
PMU_WAKE_N PMU_WAKE_N V1P8A PMC_WAKE_PCIE_0#
PMU_WAKE_LAN_N PMU_WAKE_LAN_N V1P8A N/A
SUS_STAT_N SUS_STAT_N V1P8A N/A
SDMMC1_CLK SDMMC1_CLK V1P8A EMMC1_CLK
SDMMC1_CMD SDMMC1_CMD V1P8A EMMC1_CMD
SDMMC1_D0 SDMMC1_D0 V1P8A EMMC1_D0
SDMMC1_D1 SDMMC1_D1 V1P8A EMMC1_D1
SDMMC1_D2 SDMMC1_D2 V1P8A EMMC1_D2
SDMMC1_D3_CD_N SDMMC1_D3_CD_N V1P8A EMMC1_D3
MMC1_D4_SD_WE MMC1_D4_SD_WE V1P8A EMMC1_D4
SDMMC1_D5 SDMMC1_D5 V1P8A EMMC1_D5
SOUTH
SDMMC1_D6 SDMMC1_D6 V1P8A EMMC1_D6
EAST
SDMMC1_D7 SDMMC1_D7 V1P8A EMMC1_D7
SDMMC1_RCLK SDMMC1_RCLK V1P8A N/A
GPIO_ALERT GPIO_ALERT V1P8A N/A
ILB_SERIRQ ILB_SERIRQ V1P8A LPC_SERIRQ
MF_LPC_CLKOUT0 LPC_CLKOUT0 V3P3A/V1P8A LPC_CLK_00
MF_LPC_CLKOUT1 LPC_CLKOUT1 V3P3A/V1P8A N/A
MF_LPC_AD0 LPC_AD0 V3P3A/V1P8A LPC_AD0
MF_LPC_AD1 LPC_AD1 V3P3A/V1P8A LPC_AD1

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 MF_LPC_AD2 LPC_AD2 V3P3A/V1P8A LPC_AD2
MF_LPC_AD3 LPC_AD3 V3P3A/V1P8A LPC_AD3
LPC_CLKRUN_N LPC_CLKRUN_N V3P3A/V1P8A LPC_CLKRUN#
LPC_FRAME_N LPC_FRAME_N V3P3A/V1P8A LPC_FRAME#
MF_PLT_CLK0 PLT_CLK0 V1P8A N/A
MF_PLT_CLK1 PLT_CLK1 V1P8A N/A
MF_PLT_CLK2 PLT_CLK2 V1P8A N/A
MF_PLT_CLK3 PLT_CLK3 V1P8A N/A
MF_PLT_CLK4 PLT_CLK4 V1P8A N/A
MF_PLT_CLK5 PLT_CLK5 V1P8A N/A
PMU_RSTBUTTON_N PMU_RSTBUTTON_N V1P8A PMC_RSTBTN#
SUSPWRDNACK SUSPWRDNACK V1P8A SUSPWRDNACK
PWM0 PWM0 V1P8A N/A
PWM1 PWM1 V1P8A N/A
SDMMC3_1P8_EN SDMMC3_1P8_EN V1P8A SD3_1P8EN
SDMMC3_CD_N SDMMC3_CD_N V1P8A SD3_CD#
SDMMC3_CLK SDMMC3_CLK V3P3A/V1P8A SD3_CLK
SDMMC3_CMD SDMMC3_CMD V3P3A/V1P8A SD3_CMD
SDMMC3_D0 SDMMC3_D0 V3P3A/V1P8A SD3_D0
SDMMC3_D1 SDMMC3_D1 V3P3A/V1P8A SD3_D1
SDMMC3_D2 SDMMC3_D2 V3P3A/V1P8A SD3_D2
SDMMC3_D3 SDMMC3_D3 V3P3A/V1P8A SD3_D3
SDMMC3_PWR_EN_N SDMMC3_PWR_EN_N V1P8A D3_PWREN#
SDMMC2_CLK SDMMC2_CLK V1P8A N/A
SDMMC2_CMD SDMMC2_CMD V1P8A N/A
SDMMC2_D0 SDMMC2_D0 V1P8A N/A
SDMMC2_D1 SDMMC2_D1 V1P8A N/A
SDMMC2_D2 SDMMC2_D2 V1P8A N/A
SDMMC2_D3_CD_N SDMMC2_D3_CD_N V1P8A N/A
SPI1_CLK SPI1_CLK V1P8A N/A
SPI1_CS0_N SPI1_CS0_N V1P8A N/A
SPI1_CS1_N SPI1_CS1_N V1P8A N/A
SPI1_MISO SPI1_MISO V1P8A N/A
SPI1_MOSI SPI1_MOSI V1P8A N/A
USB_OC0_B USB_OC0_N V1P8A USB_OC_00#
USB_OC1_B USB_OC1_N V1P8A USB_OC_01#
FST_SPI_CLK FST_SPI_CLK V1P8A FST_SPI_CLK
SOUTH
FST_SPI_CS0_N FST_SPI_CS0_N V1P8A FST_SPI_CS#0
WEST
FST_SPI_CS1_N FST_SPI_CS1_N V1P8A N/A

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 FST_SPI_CS2_N FST_SPI_CS2_N V1P8A N/A
FST_SPI_D0 FST_SPI_D0 V1P8A FST_SPI_D0
FST_SPI_D1 FST_SPI_D1 V1P8A FST_SPI_D1
FST_SPI_D2 FST_SPI_D2 V1P8A FST_SPI_D2
FST_SPI_D3 FST_SPI_D3 V1P8A FST_SPI_D3
MF_HDA_CLK GP_SSP_0_I2S_TXD V1P8A/V1P5A ACZ_BITCLK
MF_HDA_DOCKEN_ GP_SSP_1_I2S_RXD
N V1P8A/V1P5A N/A
MF_HDA_DOCKRST_ GP_SSP_1_I2S_TXD
N V1P8A/V1P5A N/A
MF_HDA_RST_N GP_SSP_0_I2S_CLK V1P8A/V1P5A ACZ_RST#
MF_HDA_SDI0 GP_SSP_1_I2S_CLK V1P8A/V1P5A ACZ_SDATAIN0
MF_HDA_SDI1 GP_SSP_1_I2S_FS V1P8A/V1P5A N/A
MF_HDA_SDO GP_SSP_0_I2S_RXD V1P8A/V1P5A ACZ_SDATAOUT
MF_HDA_SYNC GP_SSP_0_I2S_FS V1P8A/V1P5A ACZ_SYNC
UART1_CTS_N UART1_CTS_N V1P8A N/A
UART1_RTS_N UART1_RTS_N V1P8A N/A
UART1_RXD UART1_RXD V1P8A N/A
UART1_TXD UART1_TXD V1P8A N/A
UART2_CTS_N UART2_CTS_N V1P8A N/A
UART2_RTS_N UART2_RTS_N V1P8A N/A
UART2_RXD UART2_RXD V1P8A N/A
UART2_TXD UART2_TXD V1P8A N/A
I2C0_SCL I2C0_SCL V1P8A @SIO_I2C0_CLK
I2C0_SDA I2C0_SDA V1P8A @SIO_I2C0_DATA
I2C1_SCL I2C1_SCL V1P8A @TPM_SINT#
I2C1_SDA I2C1_SDA V1P8A @TPM_SRESET#
I2C2_SCL I2C2_SCL V1P8A @SIO_I2C2_CLK
I2C2_SDA I2C2_SDA V1P8A @SIO_I2C2_DATA
I2C3_SCL I2C3_SCL V1P8A N/A
I2C3_SDA I2C3_SDA V1P8A @G_INT2
I2C4_SCL I2C4_SCL V1P8A N/A
I2C4_SDA I2C4_SDA V1P8A N/A
I2C5_SCL I2C5_SCL V1P8A N/A
I2C5_SDA I2C5_SDA V1P8A N/A
I2C6_SCL I2C6_SCL V1P8A N/A
I2C6_SDA I2C6_SDA V1P8A N/A
GP_SSP_2_CLK GP_SSP_2_I2S_CLK V1P8A N/A
GP_SSP_2_FS GP_SSP_2_I2S_FS V1P8A N/A

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 GP_SSP_2_RXD GP_SSP_2_I2S_RXD V1P8A N/A
GP_SSP_2_TXD GP_SSP_2_I2S_TXD V1P8A GPIO_S0_SC_65
PCIE_CLKREQ0_N PCIE_CLKREQ0_N V1P8A MINI_CLKREQ0#
PCIE_CLKREQ1_N PCIE_CLKREQ1_N V1P8A GLAN_CLKREQ1#
PCIE_CLKREQ2_N PCIE_CLKREQ2_N V1P8A MINI_CLKREQ2#
PCIE_CLKREQ3_N PCIE_CLKREQ3_N V1P8A SD3_WP_BD5
SATA_GP0 SATA_GP0 V1P8A N/A
SATA_GP1 SATA_GP1 V1P8A N/A
SATA_GP2 SATA_GP2 V1P8A N/A
SATA_GP3 SATA_GP3 V1P8A N/A
SATA_LEDN SATA_LEDN V1P8A SATA_LED_N
MF_SMB_ALERT_N SMB_ALERT_N V1P8A MF_SMB_ALERTB
MF_SMB_CLK SMB_CLK V1P8A MF_SMB_CLK
MF_SMB_DATA SMB_DATA V1P8A MF_SMB_DATA

10. Boot Logo

The STD BIOS should be no logo ( even the Platform logo ) in the POST time. But the OEM BIOS can have the logo when
POST time. It follow the Windows 8.x spec, the loge should be smaller than 30KB. The logo image's format can be jpg, bmp,
png and gif.
The Windows 8 POST logo spec :

If the screen was 1366x768, and the logo that was going to be displayed 400 x 300, the location of the top left corner could be
found as follows.
Find the center of the screen:
Width: (1366/2) = 683 Height : (768/2) = 384
Now the top left corner (X, Y) can be found by subtraction half of the height and width of the logo.
Width : (400/2) = 200 Height : (300/2) = 150

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 (683 - 200) = 483 (384-150) = 234
X, Y = (483, 234)

11. Windows 8.x Brightness control

Introduction
This paper define the ACPI BIOS support Brightness control on mobile systems running
the Microsoft Windows 8.x operation system.

Brightness initialization
BIOS ACPI support brightness control Method (_BCL, _BCM, _BQC). Define the brightness from level 0
(dark) to level 100(bright). The AC/DC brightness level is power manager setting in win8.1. (Ref figure1)

Figure 1

Brightness adjust
Windows8.1 provide the adjust display brightness function on the ControlPanel \ PowerOptions \ Adjust display brightness. User
can adjust the AC and DC brightness level then save it.

Hot key Fn+F11/F12 adjust the brightness

Brightness hot-key notifications on Windows Control Panel \ Windows Mobility Center \
Display brightness.

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User can use the hot-key Fn+F11/F12 to adjust the display brightness temporarily.

FN+F11 decrease brightness

FN+F12 increase brightness.

Power saving enable

The system brightness will down to level 0 after 10 minutes when user does not operate the keyboard and touchpad on battery
mode power saving enable.
If user operates the keyboard or touchpad the brightness will back to the forward DC brightness level
If user plugs in the AC the system brightness will back to the AC brightness level
If user operates the USB-kb or USB-mouse to adjust the Mobility Center \ Display Brightness. The system brightness will keep at
the last adjust level.
Hot key Fn+F3 Display switch
The function follow the “Windows key + P” spec.

12. Keyboard Controller

The system uses the ITE 8528 as the keyboard controller and ACPI embedded controller. Following will summarize all the
features of keyboard firmware.

 Internal 88 Keys Keyboard and PS/2 Auxiliary Device Support.

 Internal Keyboard Scan Code Controller Support
 ACPI Embedded Controller Power Management Event Control.
 System Power On/Off ATX Power Sequence Control.
 FAN DAC or speed Control.
 Direct LEDs Support.
 “Ctrl + Home ” , support BIOS recovery function.

13. Power management Control Table

CPU P-state P0, P1, P2,…Pn

Power saving mode define

1. Power saving mode only active on battery mode.
2. Power saving mode Enable mean ---- When Power On and user NOT press keyboard and NOT press Touchpad and NOT
Plug in AC , over 10 minutes the brightnes will auto down to dark.
3. Power saving mode function can enable/disable by BIOS setup menu.

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 4. When On battery(Turn off the display : active then back) & Power Saving Resume, brightness level will by On
battery(Turn off the display) setting.
Status After S3 After S4 After S5 After restart
resume resume resume
AC OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
ON ON ON OFF ON
BAT OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
ON ON ON OFF ON

14. EC S/W spec.

FAN Control Table
Fan running 10 Sec by 2.5V for System power on
Fan start voltage is 2.5V
Fan speed up when CPU temperature greater than (>) define temperature point for table
Fan speed down when CPU temperature smaller than (<) define temperature point for table
Normal mode(Tj = 100degC)
Local temp. CPU temp Fan speed & shutdown control
Up Down Up Down
44 Fan off
60 65 Fan 2.5v
64 69 Fan 3.0v
68 73 Fan 3.5v
72 77 Fan 4.0v
76 81 Fan 4.5v
80 85 Fan 5.0v
96 Speed Step
98 SCI shutdown
100 Power shutdown
Power saving mode(Tj = 100degC)
Local temp. CPU temp Fan speed & shutdown control
Up Down Up Down
44 Fan off
60 65 Fan 2.5v
Fan 3.0v
Fan 3.5v
Fan 4.0v
Fan 4.5v
80 85 Fan 5.0v

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 96 Speed Step
98 SCI shutdown
100 Power shutdown
Normal mode(Tj = 90degC)
Local temp. CPU temp Fan speed & shutdown control
Up Down Up Down
50 Fan off
53 57 Fan 2.5v
56 61 Fan 3.0v
60 65 Fan 3.5v
64 69 Fan 4.0v
68 73 Fan 4.5v
72 78 Fan 5.0v
86 Speed Step
89 SCI shutdown
90 Power shutdown
Power saving mode(Tj = 90degC)
Local temp. CPU temp Fan speed & shutdown control
Up Down Up Down
50 Fan off
53 57 Fan 2.5v
Fan 3.0v
Fan 3.5v
Fan 4.0v
Fan 4.5v
72 78 Fan 5.0v
86 Speed Step
89 SCI shutdown
90 Power shutdown
Normal mode(Tj = 80degC)
Local temp. CPU temp Fan speed & shutdown control
Up Down Up Down
50 Fan off
53 57 Fan 2.5v
56 61 Fan 3.0v
60 65 Fan 3.5v
64 69 Fan 4.0v
68 73 Fan 4.5v
72 74 Fan 5.0v
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 76 Speed Step
79 SCI shutdown
80 Power shutdown
Power saving mode(Tj = 80degC)
Local temp. CPU temp Fan speed & shutdown control
Up Down Up Down
50 Fan off
53 57 Fan 2.5v
Fan 3.0v
Fan 3.5v
Fan 4.0v
Fan 4.5v
72 74 Fan 5.0v
76 Speed Step
79 SCI shutdown
80 Power shutdown

Charging / Discharging Parameter

Battery Fully Charged Condition
Smart Battery - Register 0x16 Battery Status Stop Charging
FULLY_CHARGED (Bit::05) High
Battery Charging Protection
Smart Battery – Register 0x3C~0x3F Stop charging(To check cell status when
Vcell1~Vcell4 adapter in)
Vmax. – Vmin. >=
1V(4S0x3D~0x3F/3S0x3C~0x3F)
Smart Battery - Register 0x16 Battery Status Trickle Charging(Charging 10 seconds/stop
TERMINATE_CHARGE_ALARM (Bit::14) charging 30
High seconds 10 cycles)  for smart battery only
( Reset when Adapter or Battery re-plugged. )
Smart Battery - Register 0x08 Battery Pause Charging
Temperature Continuous Charge when Li-Ion < 43 ’C
( Li-Ion >= 45 ’C )
Over Temperature Alarm
Smart Battery - Register 0x08 Battery Pre-Charge
Temperature Normal Charge when Li-Ion >= 12 ’C
( Li-Ion < 10 ’C )
Under Temperature Alarm

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 Smart Battery - Register 0x08 Battery Pause Charging
Temperature Pre-Charge when Li-Ion >= 2’C
( Li-Ion < 0 ’C )
Under Temperature Alarm
Dumb Battery <= 0’C
Smart Battery - Register 0x0A Battery Stop Charging
Current ( Reset when Adapter or Battery re-plugged. )
> Register 0x18 DesignCapacity
Over Charging Current Alarm
Smart Battery - Register 0x09 Battery Stop Charging
Voltage ( Reset when Adapter or Battery re-plugged. )
4S >= 17.2V ; 3S >= 12.9V ; 2S >= 8.6V
Over Charging Voltage Alarm
Smart Battery - Register 0x09 Battery Wake-Up Charged
Voltage ( Reset when Adapter or Battery re-plugged. )
4S <= 9.6V ; 3S <= 7.2V ; 2S <= 4.8V Stop Charging
Battery Wake-Up Charged over timer ( > 6
minutes )
Smart Battery - Register 0x09 Battery Pre-Charged
Voltage ( Reset when Adapter or Battery re-plugged. )
9.6V<4S<12V ; 7.2V<3S<9V ; 4.8V<2S<6V Stop Charging
Battery Pre-Charged over timer ( > 30
minutes )
Battery Power on charging over timer Stop Charging
> 10 hrs for normal current ; ( Reset when Adapter or Battery re-plugged. )
> (Design capacity/current*1.3)+2) hrs for
small current
( EC Timer )
Battery Power off charging over timer Stop Charging
( > 8 hr ) ( Reset when Adapter or Battery re-plugged. )
( EC Timer )
Battery Discharging Protection
Smart Battery - Register 0x0A Battery Do throttling/DownClock mode/smart power
Current protection until Battery Current <= Register
> Register 0x1A 0x1A*0.7
Smart Battery - Register 0x08 Battery Do throttling/DownClock mode/smart power
Temperature protection to lowest level
( Li-Ion >= 57 ’C ) ( Recovery when temp. <= 55’C )

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 Smart Battery - Register 0x08 Battery System automatic try into Suspend mode by
Temperature Sleep Button event.
( Li-Ion >= 60 ’C ) ( Can’t be resumed by user when temp. always
>=58’C ,
if system wake-up by any method, system must
automatically try to suspend mode again when
temp. always >=58.C)
Smart Battery - Register 0x08 Battery System protected shutdown.
Temperature (Can’t be powered on by user when temp.
( Li-Ion >=62 ’C ) always >=58’C)
Smart Battery - Register 0x08 Battery System automatic try into Suspend mode by
Temperature Sleep Button event.(Can’t be resumed by user
( Li-Ion < -20 ’C ) when temp. always < -18’C )
Dumb Battery <= 2’C Dumb battery can’t be resumed when temp.
always <=4’C
Smart Battery - Register 0x08 Battery System protected shutdown.
Temperature (Can’t be powered on by user when temp.
( Li-Ion < -22 ’C ) always < -18’C)
Dumb Battery <= 0’C Dumb battery can’t be powered on when temp.
<= 2’C
System into suspend mode System reject wake up if battery capacity <=
6%
Low Battery Capacity System cann’t be powered on.
(Battery capacity <= 6%)
System into shutdown mode System protected shutdown.
(Battery capacity =0%) (0% SCI shutdown)
Smart Battery - Register 0x09 Battery System protected shutdown.
Voltage (EC shutdown)
4S < 12V ; 3S < 9V ; 2S < 6V
Over Discharging Voltage Alarm

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Charging Current & Charging Voltage
Condition Charging Charging Voltage
Current
Normal Charge <= 0.65C 2S  8.4V / 3S  12.6V / 4S  16.8V
Wake-up Charge <= 0.1C 2S  8.4V / 3S&4S  12.6V
Pre-Charge <= 0.1C 2S  8.4V / 3S  12.6V / 4S  16.8V
Trickle Charge <= 0.1C 2S  8.4V / 3S  12.6V / 4S  16.8V
* Charge on pin Trickle charge status figure:
Charge current according charge current at the time.

Power saving Mode

Action: Speed Step / PROCHOT /BUS Speed
Speed step PROCHOT Bus Speed
Power saving Enable N/A Active N/A
Power saving Disable N/A Inactive N/A
Battery mode is Power saving mode for S3/S4 resume, Warmboot, Coldboot
Power saving active is over 40 Sec for S3/S4 resume, Warmboot, Coldboot by battery mode
Second Power saving active after 5Sec by first Power saving active
If Power saving Mode action is Bus Speed ,please see the Power saving table
Power saving Table
Level Bus Speed
Level 0(Normal) N/A
Level 1 N/A

LED Indicator
Power On: Blue LED on
Suspend: Blue LED Blinking
Battery Charging: Red LED on
Battery Low: Red LED Blinking
Battery Fully Charged: N/A

Function Key define

Fn + Esc: NA
Fn + F1: Suspend

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Fn + F2: Power saving Enable/Disable
Fn + F3: Switch display
Fn + F4: WLAN On/Off
Fn + F5: OSD
Fn + F6: Touch Pad Enable/Disable
Fn + F7: Webcam On/Off
Fn + F8: Mute
Fn + F9: Volume down
Fn + F10: Volume up
Fn + F11: Brightness down
Fn + F12: Brightness up

APC Table( 40W Adapter )

Now APC Lvel System Watt APC Active Table
Level 0 > 38 W Go to Level 1 (Stop charge and DownClock mode)
Level 1 > 38 W Go to Level 2 (Disable PWR_USB port)
Level 2 > 43 W Go to Level 3 (System shutdown)
Level 2 < 32 W Enable PWR_USB port then Back to Level 1
Level 1 < 32 W Release Power saving mode and normal charge then
Back to Level 0
Level 0 < 32 W Do nothing
PS: The APC protecting time is 60Sec.

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Power On lock Power Button 15Sec
Set Power On lock time 15Sec not to allow Soft Off, Force Off and Power Switch Override
BIOS set lock time 40Sec only when power on first time after flashed.

Device status
Device WLAN WebCam BT 3G T/P
Default Status OFF OFF OFF OFF Enable
Cold Boot Keep Status
Warm Boot Keep Status
S3 Resume Keep Status
S4 Resume Keep Status

Power Button
Power button de-bounce 0.1 Sec and second power button after 3Sec by first power button
When system is battery only, press power button 1.5 second to power-on.

Power USB
Press power button 5Sec to power USB mode for S4/S5 status
The power LED flash when press power button 1.5Sec for S4/S5 status in battery mode (mean now you can
power on)

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