PCA-6186
User’s Manual
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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
 Specifications
System
Memory
Input/Output
 Industrial features
Mechanical and environmental specifications
VGA interface
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
 How to set jumpers
Safety Precautions
Jumper Settings
 Watchdog timer output J2
Cmos clear J1
 System Memory
 Sample calculation Dimm memory capacity
Memory Installation Procedures
Cache Memory
 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
 External speaker CN17
Front Panel Connectors CN16, 17, 18, 19, 21&22
Power LED and Keyboard Lock CN16
 ATX Power Control Connectors CN20
Reset CN18
ATX soft power switch CN21
HDD LED CN19
 SM Bus Connector CN29
Controlling the soft power switch
 17 AC-97 Audio Interface
Connecting to SNMP-1000 remote manager
Auxiliary 4-pin power connector CN46 and CN47
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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
 Quick Power On Self Test
First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device
Boot UP Floppy Seek
Boot Up NumLock Status
 Typematic Delay msec
Apic Mode
Security Option
MPS Version Control For OS
 Advanced Chipset Features
Active to Precharge Delay
Dram Timing Selectable
CAS Latency Time
 Dram RAS# to CAS# Delay
System Bios Cacheable
Video Bios Cacheable
Delayed Transaction
 Boot Display
IDE Primary Secondary Master/Slave PIO/UDMA Mode
Integrated Peripherals
On-Chip Frame Buffer Size
 IDE HDD Block Mode
USB Controller
USB Keyboard/Mouse Support
5 AC97 Audio
 Uart Mode Select
IR Transmission Delay
16 UR2 Duplex Mode
Parallel Port Mode
 Power Management Setup
EPP Mode Select
ECP Mode Use DMA
Power-Supply Type
 Power Management
HDD Power Down
PowerOn By LAN
Video Off In Suspend
 PowerOn By Modem
PowerOn By Alarm
Primary IDE 0 1 and Secondary IDE 0
PCI Pirq A-D#
 PnP/PCI Configurations
PnP OS Installed
Reset Configuration Data
Resources controlled by
 CPU Warning Temperature
Current CPU Temperature
PC Health Status
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
 Appendix a Programming the watchdog timer
Programming the Watchdog Timer
Watchdog timer overview
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
 18 H/W Monitor Alarm CN22
ATX Feature Connector CN20
ATX Soft Power Switch CN21
 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