PCA-6186
User’s Manual
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Message to the Customer
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 Product warranty
 Initial Inspection
 Contents
 Chapter Award Bios Setup
 Advanced Chipset Features
 Chapter Chipset Software Installation Utility
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 External Keyboard Connector CN12 109
 General Information
 Hardware Configuration
Introduction
 Features
 Memory
Specifications
System
Input/Output
 VGA interface
Industrial features
Mechanical and environmental specifications
Ethernet LAN
 Jumpers and Connectors
Connectors
 PIN1 Smbdata
 Board Layout Jumper and Connector Locations
Jumper and connecter locations
 Extension I/O daughter board for PCA-6186E2-00A1
 Jumper Settings
Safety Precautions
How to set jumpers
 Watchdog timer output J2
Cmos clear J1
 System Memory
 Cache Memory
Memory Installation Procedures
Sample calculation Dimm memory capacity
 CPU Installation
 Connecting Peripherals
 Primary CN1 and Secondary CN2 IDE Connec Tors
 Floppy Drive Connector CN3
Parallel Port CN4
 VGA Connector CN7
USB Ports CN6, CN31, and CN32
 10/100Base-T Ethernet Connectors CN8 and CN34
Serial Ports CN9 COM1 CN10 COM2
 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors CN11 and CN33
External Keyboard Connector CN12
 Infrared IR Connector CN13
CPU Fan Connector CN14
 Power LED and Keyboard Lock CN16
Front Panel Connectors CN16, 17, 18, 19, 21&22
External speaker CN17
 ATX soft power switch CN21
ATX Power Control Connectors CN20
Reset CN18
HDD LED CN19
 SM Bus Connector CN29
Controlling the soft power switch
 Auxiliary 4-pin power connector CN46 and CN47
Connecting to SNMP-1000 remote manager
17 AC-97 Audio Interface
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 Award Bios Setup
 Entering Setup
Award Bios Setup initial screen
 Standard Cmos Setup
Cmos RAM backup
 Advanced Bios Features
Advanced Bios features screen
 Boot UP Floppy Seek
Quick Power On Self Test
First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device
Boot Up NumLock Status
 Security Option
Typematic Delay msec
Apic Mode
MPS Version Control For OS
 Dram Timing Selectable
Advanced Chipset Features
Active to Precharge Delay
CAS Latency Time
 Video Bios Cacheable
Dram RAS# to CAS# Delay
System Bios Cacheable
Delayed Transaction
 Integrated Peripherals
Boot Display
IDE Primary Secondary Master/Slave PIO/UDMA Mode
On-Chip Frame Buffer Size
 USB Keyboard/Mouse Support
IDE HDD Block Mode
USB Controller
5 AC97 Audio
 16 UR2 Duplex Mode
Uart Mode Select
IR Transmission Delay
Parallel Port Mode
 ECP Mode Use DMA
Power Management Setup
EPP Mode Select
Power-Supply Type
 PowerOn By LAN
Power Management
HDD Power Down
Video Off In Suspend
 Primary IDE 0 1 and Secondary IDE 0
PowerOn By Modem
PowerOn By Alarm
PCI Pirq A-D#
 Reset Configuration Data
PnP/PCI Configurations
PnP OS Installed
Resources controlled by
 PC Health Status
CPU Warning Temperature
Current CPU Temperature
Current Cpufan Speed
 Password Setting
Save & Exit Setup
 Exit Without Saving
 Chipset Software Installation Utility
 Before you begin
 Installing the CSI Utility
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 AGP VGA Setup
 Dynamic Video Memory Technology
 Installation
Utility
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 LAN Configuration
 Introduction
 Before installing the LAN drivers, make sure
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 Windows NT Drivers Setup Procedure Intel
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 Windows NT Wake-on-LAN Setup Procedure
 Reboot Required window, click on Yes
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 USB 2.0 Configuration
 USB 2.0 driver is not available for Windows
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 Ultra ATA Storage Driver Setup
 Introduction
 Window 2000 Setup Procedure
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 Displaying Driver Information
 NT Setup Procedure
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 Onboard Security Setup
 Introduction
 Windows 9X Drivers Setup Procedure
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 Windows 2000/NT Drivers Setup Procedure
 Click Next when you see the following message
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 Using the OBS Hardware Doctor Utility
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 Programming the Watchdog Timer
 Watchdog timer overview
Appendix a Programming the watchdog timer
Programming the Watchdog Timer
Reset/ Interrupt selection
 AppendixA
 Address of register 2E Attribute
 Example Program
 Set timeout interval as 10 seconds and start counting
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 Pin Assignments
 IDE Hard Drive Connector CN1, CN2
Appendix B Pin Assignments
 Table B.2 Floppy drive connector CN3 Pin Signal
 Parallel Port Connector CN4
 USB Connector CN6
 Ethernet 10/100Base-T RJ-45 Connector CN8, CN34
COM1/COM2 RS-232 Serial Port CN9, CN10
 Keyboard and Mouse Connnector CN11
 IR Connector CN13
CPU Fan Power Connector CN14
 Power LED and Keyboard Lock CN16
External Speaker Connector CN17
 Reset Connector CN18
HDD LED Connector CN19
 ATX Soft Power Switch CN21
ATX Feature Connector CN20
18 H/W Monitor Alarm CN22
 Extension I/O Board Connector CN27
Extension I/O Board Connector CN28
 23 PS/2 Mouse Connector CN33
 24 AC-97 Audio Interface CN43
System I/O Ports
 DMA Channel Assignments
Interrupt Assignments
 28 1st MB Memory Map
PCI Bus Map