User’s Manual
PCA-6186
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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
 Introduction
Hardware Configuration
 Features
 Input/Output
Specifications
System
Memory
 Ethernet LAN
Industrial features
Mechanical and environmental specifications
VGA interface
 Connectors
Jumpers and Connectors
 PIN1 Smbdata
 Jumper and connecter locations
Board Layout Jumper and Connector Locations
 Extension I/O daughter board for PCA-6186E2-00A1
 Jumper Settings
Safety Precautions
How to set jumpers
 Cmos clear J1
Watchdog timer output J2
 System Memory
 Cache Memory
Memory Installation Procedures
Sample calculation Dimm memory capacity
 CPU Installation
 Connecting Peripherals
 Primary CN1 and Secondary CN2 IDE Connec Tors
 Parallel Port CN4
Floppy Drive Connector CN3
 USB Ports CN6, CN31, and CN32
VGA Connector CN7
 Serial Ports CN9 COM1 CN10 COM2
10/100Base-T Ethernet Connectors CN8 and CN34
 External Keyboard Connector CN12
PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors CN11 and CN33
 CPU Fan Connector CN14
Infrared IR Connector CN13
 Power LED and Keyboard Lock CN16
Front Panel Connectors CN16, 17, 18, 19, 21&22
External speaker CN17
 HDD LED CN19
ATX Power Control Connectors CN20
Reset CN18
ATX soft power switch CN21
 Controlling the soft power switch
SM Bus Connector CN29
 Auxiliary 4-pin power connector CN46 and CN47
Connecting to SNMP-1000 remote manager
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 Award Bios Setup
 Award Bios Setup initial screen
Entering Setup
 Cmos RAM backup
Standard Cmos Setup
 Advanced Bios features screen
Advanced Bios Features
 Boot Up NumLock Status
Quick Power On Self Test
First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device
Boot UP Floppy Seek
 MPS Version Control For OS
Typematic Delay msec
Apic Mode
Security Option
 CAS Latency Time
Advanced Chipset Features
Active to Precharge Delay
Dram Timing Selectable
 Delayed Transaction
Dram RAS# to CAS# Delay
System Bios Cacheable
Video Bios Cacheable
 On-Chip Frame Buffer Size
Boot Display
IDE Primary Secondary Master/Slave PIO/UDMA Mode
Integrated Peripherals
 5 AC97 Audio
IDE HDD Block Mode
USB Controller
USB Keyboard/Mouse Support
 Parallel Port Mode
Uart Mode Select
IR Transmission Delay
16 UR2 Duplex Mode
 Power-Supply Type
Power Management Setup
EPP Mode Select
ECP Mode Use DMA
 Video Off In Suspend
Power Management
HDD Power Down
PowerOn By LAN
 PCI Pirq A-D#
PowerOn By Modem
PowerOn By Alarm
Primary IDE 0 1 and Secondary IDE 0
 Resources controlled by
PnP/PCI Configurations
PnP OS Installed
Reset Configuration Data
 Current Cpufan Speed
CPU Warning Temperature
Current CPU Temperature
PC Health Status
 Save & Exit Setup
Password Setting
 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
 Utility
Installation
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 LAN Configuration
 Introduction
 Before installing the LAN drivers, make sure
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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
 Reset/ Interrupt selection
Appendix a Programming the watchdog timer
Programming the Watchdog Timer
Watchdog timer overview
 AppendixA
 Address of register 2E Attribute
 Example Program
 Set timeout interval as 10 seconds and start counting
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 Pin Assignments
 Appendix B Pin Assignments
IDE Hard Drive Connector CN1, CN2
 Table B.2 Floppy drive connector CN3 Pin Signal
 Parallel Port Connector CN4
 USB Connector CN6
 COM1/COM2 RS-232 Serial Port CN9, CN10
Ethernet 10/100Base-T RJ-45 Connector CN8, CN34
 Keyboard and Mouse Connnector CN11
 CPU Fan Power Connector CN14
IR Connector CN13
 External Speaker Connector CN17
Power LED and Keyboard Lock CN16
 HDD LED Connector CN19
Reset Connector CN18
 ATX Soft Power Switch CN21
ATX Feature Connector CN20
18 H/W Monitor Alarm CN22
 Extension I/O Board Connector CN28
Extension I/O Board Connector CN27
 23 PS/2 Mouse Connector CN33
 System I/O Ports
24 AC-97 Audio Interface CN43
 Interrupt Assignments
DMA Channel Assignments
 PCI Bus Map
28 1st MB Memory Map