NPCD378
This page describes the Nuvoton SuperIO chip that can be found on various HP mainboards.
As no datasheet is available most of the functions have been reverse engineered and might be inaccurate or wrong.
LDNs
LDN # |
Function |
|---|---|
0 |
FDC |
1 |
Parallel Port |
2 |
Com1 |
3 |
Com2 / IR |
4 |
LED and PWR button CTRL |
5 |
PS/2 AUX |
6 |
PS/2 KB |
7 |
WDT1 |
8 |
HWM |
0xf |
GPIO |
0x15 |
I2C ? |
0x1e |
SUSPEND CTL ? |
0x1c |
GPIO ? |
LDN0
Follows Nuvoton’s default FDC register set. See NCT6102D for more details.
LDN1
Follows Nuvoton’s default LPT register set. See NCT6102D for more details.
LDN2
Follows Nuvoton’s default COM1 register set. See NCT6102D for more details.
LDN3
Follows Nuvoton’s default COM2 register set. See NCT6102D for more details.
LDN4
On most SuperIOs the use of LDN4 is forbidden. That’s not the case on NPCD378.
It exposes 16 byte of IO config space to control the front LEDs PWM duty cycle and power button behaviour on normal / during S3 resume.
LDN5
A custom PS/2 AUX port.
LDN6
Follows Nuvoton’s default KBC register set. See NCT6102D for more details.
LDN7
Looks like a WDT.
LDN8
Custom HWM space. It exposes 256 byte of IO config space. See HWM for more details.
HWM
Register
The registers are accessible via IO space and are located at LDN8’s IOBASE.
IOBASE offset |
Register |
0x4 |
Host Write CTRL |
0x10 - 0xfe |
HWM Page # |
0xff |
Page index select |
Host Write CTRL
Bit 0 must be cleared prior to writing any of the HWM register and it must be set after writing to HWM register to signal the SuperIO that data has changed. Reading register is possible at any time and doesn’t need special locking.
HWM Page
The SuperIO exposes 16 different pages. Nearly all registers are unknown.
Page 1
IOBASE offset |
Register |
0x98 |
PSU fan PWM |
Page index
The 4 LSB of the page index register selects which HWM page is active. A write takes effect immediately.