User’s Manual
PCA-6187
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1.0.1 A Message to the Customer
Technical support
Table 1.1 PCA-6187 comparison table
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1.0.2 Product warranty
1.0.3 Initial Inspection
1.0.4 Release Note
Contents
2.12.1
Advanced Chipset Features
Integrated Peripherals
Memory Hole At 15M-16M
3.6.21
LAN Configuration
Onboard Security Setup
VGA Setup
USB Connector CN6
General Information
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Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration
1.1 Introduction
Some of the features mentioned above are not
about the specifications of a particular model
1.2 Features
1.3 Specifications
1.3.1 System
1.3.2 Memory
1.3.3 Input/Output
1.3.4 VGA interface
1.3.7 Industrial features
1.3.8 Mechanical and environmental specifications
Power supply voltage +5 V, ±12
1.3.5 Ethernet LAN
1.4 Jumpers and Connectors
Table 1.2 Connectors
Table 1.1 Jumpers
Table 1.2 Connectors
Table 1.3 SCSI Daughter Board Connectors
1.5 Board Layout Jumper and Connector Locations
Figure 1.1 Jumper and Connector locations
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Figure 1.2 I/O Connectors
CN 32 CN 31 CN 33 CN
CN CN CN CN
68 Pin for Ultra 50 Pin for Ultra wide SCSI Adaptec AIC-7899
1.6 PCA-6187 Block Diagram
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Intel 865G
Intel ICH5
1.7 Safety Precautions
Always completely disconnect the power cord
power is on. Sensitive electronic components
can be damaged by sudden power surges. Only
1.8 Jumper Settings
1.8.1 How to set jumpers
1.8.3 Watchdog timer output J2
1.8.2 CMOS clear J1
1.9 System Memory
Table 1.5 Watchdog timer output J2
The interrupt output of the watchdog timer is a
low level signal. It will be held low until the
1.9.2 Dual channel configuration
1.9.1 CPU FSB and memory speed
Table 1.6 CPU FSB and memory speed
1.10 Memory Installation Procedures
1.11 Processor Installation
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Connecting Peripherals
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Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals
2.2 1st & 2nd CN1, CN2 IDE Connectors
2.1 Introduction
2.3 Floppy Drive Connector CN3
2.4 Parallel Port CN4
2.6 VGA Connector CN7
2.5 USB Ports CN6
2.7 Ethernet Connector CN8 and CN34
2.8 Serial Ports COM1 CN9 COM2 CN10
2.9 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector CN11/CN33
2.10 External Keyboard Connector CN12
CN11
CN12
2.11 CPU Fan Connector CN14
2.12 Front Panel Connectors CN16, 17, 18, 19, 21&29
2.12.1 Power LED CN16
2.12.2 External speaker CN17
2.12.3 Reset CN18
2.12.5 ATX soft power switch CN21
2.12.6 SM Bus Connector CN29
2.12.4 HDD LED CN19
2.13 ATX feature connector CN20
2.14 AC-97 Audio interface CN43
2.15 Serial ATA interface SA0 and SA1
CN20
2.16 Connecting to SNMP-1000 remote manager
2.17 Auxiliary 4-pin power connector ATX1
CPU Card
SNMP-1000
Award BIOS Setup
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Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup
3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 CMOS RAM Auto-backup and Restore
If you intend to change the CMOS setting with
3.2 Entering Setup
3.3 Standard CMOS Setup
Figure 3.1 Award BIOS Setup initial screen
Figure 3.2 Standard CMOS features screen
3.4 Advanced BIOS Features
3.4.1 Hard Disk Boot Priority
Figure 3.3 Advanced BIOS features screen
3.4.2 Virus Warning
3.4.5 Quick Power On Self Test
3.4.6 First/Second/Third Boot Device
3.4.7 Boot Other Device
3.4.9 Boot UP Floppy Seek
3.5 Advanced Chipset Features
To disable security, select “PASSWORD SET
be asked to enter a password. Simply press
DRAM default timings have been carefully cho
3.5.3 Active to Precharge Delay
3.5.4 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay
Figure 3.4 Advanced chipset features screen
3.5.1 DRAM Timing Selectable
3.5.7 System BIOS Cacheable
3.5.8 Video Bios Cacheable
3.5.10 Delay Prior to Thermal
3.5.9 Memory Hole At 15M-16M
3.6 Integrated Peripherals
Figure 3.5 Integrated peripherals Figure 3.6 On-Chip IDE Device
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3.6.1 IDE HDD Block Mode
3.6.2 On-Chip IDE Device
3.6.3 On-Chip Serial ATA
3.6.4 Serial ATA Port0/Port1 Mode
3.6.11 Onboard LAN Boot ROM
3.6.5 USB Controller
3.6.6 USB 2.0 Controller
3.6.7 USB Keyboard/Mouse Support
3.6.17 IR Transmission Delay
3.6.19 Use IR Pins
3.6.12 Onboard FDC Controller
3.6.13 Onboard Serial Port
3.7 Power Management Setup
Figure 3.9 Power management setup screen
3.6.22 EPP Mode Select
3.6.23 ECP Mode Use DMA
3.7.1 Power-Supply Type
3.7.3 Power Management
3.7.2 ACPI function
3.7.4 Video Off Method
3.8 PnP/PCI Configurations
3.7.12 Resume on Alarm
Figure 3.10 PnP/PCI configurations screen
3.7.9 CPU THRM-Throttling
3.9 PC Health Status
3.8.1 Reset Configuration Data
3.9.1 CPU Warning Temperature
3.9.3 Current CPU Temperature
3.11 Password Setting
3.10 Spread Spectrum Control
3.9.4 Current CPUFAN Speed
3.9.5 VCORE, +1.5V, VCC3, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, VBATV, 5VSBV
3.12 Save & Exit Setup
3.13 Exit Without Saving
Please Enter Your Password
Please Confirm Your Password
Chipset Software Installation Utility
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Chapter 4 Chipset Software Install Utility
4.1 Before you begin
4.2 Introduction
The files on the software installation CD are
4.3 Windows XP Driver Setup
Windows system, and it has to be installed
before installing all the other drivers
This utility is used for the following versions of
2. Click Next when you see the following message
3. Click Yes when you see the following message
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4. Click Next when you see the following message
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VGA Setup
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Chapter 5 VGA Setup
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Dynamic Video Memory Technology
5.3 Windows XP Driver Setup
Before installing this driver, make sure the CSI
utility has been installed in your system. See
Chapter 4 for information on installing the CSI
1. Please click on Next to continue the installation
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3. Click Yes when you see the following message
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4. Click on Yes to continue the installation
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LAN Configuration
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Chapter 6 LAN Configuration
6.2 Features
6.1 Introduction
6.3 Installation
6.4 Win XP Driver Setup Intel 82547/41/62/51
CSI utility has been installed in your system
See Chapter 4 for information on installing the
3. Click Next to continue
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4. Click Install Software to start the installation procedure
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SCSI Setup & Configuration
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Chapter 7 SCSI Setup & Configuration
7.1 Introduction
If any peripheral is running at SE mode, the
Ultra 160 SCSI segment will run at speeds up to
7.2 Understanding SCSI
7.3 SCSI IDs
7.4 Terminating the SCSI Bus
7.5 Configuring the SCSI interface with SCSISelect
The default settings are appropriate for most
change or view current settings, or if you would
systems. Run SCSISelect if you need to
Advanced Configuration Options
Sync Transfer Rate MBytes/sec
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7.6 Starting SCSISelect
modes. This feature may not work on some
If you have difficulty viewing the display, press
F5 to toggle between color and monochrome
Boot Device Options
SCSI Device Configuration
To configure settings for a SCSI device, you
SCSI Bus Interface Definitions
using an 8-bit SCSI device that hangs or exhib
its other performance problems with 16-bit data
transfer rate enabled
Do not change the Advanced Configuration
Changing the translation scheme destroys all
data on the drive. Be sure to back your disk
drives before changing the translation scheme
7.7 Using SCSI Disk Utilities
7.8 Installation under Windows
7.9 Windows 9X Driver setup procedure
3. Click on Update Driver
4. Click on “Next” 5. Recommend to search for a better driver
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7. In the Update Device Driver Wizard click on Next
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8. The installation is completed. Click on Finish
9. Click on Yes to restart the system
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USB 2.0 Configuration
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Chapter 8 USB 2.0 Configuration
8.2 Features
8.3 Installation
8.1 Introduction
Onboard Security Setup
CHAPTER
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Chapter 9 Onboard Security Setup
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Windows XP Driver Setup
2. Click Next when you see the following message
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3. Click Next when you see the following message
4. Click Next when you see the following message
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6. Click Finish when you see the following message
5. Click Next to continue
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9.3 Using the OBS Hardware Doctor Utility
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Programming the Watchdog Timer
Appendix
AppendixA
A.1 Programming the Watchdog Timer
Appendix A Programming the watchdog
A.1.1 Watchdog timer overview
A.1.2 Reset/ Interrupt selection
Unlock W83627H Select register of watchdog timer
Enable the function of the watchdog timer
Use the function of the watchdog timer Lock W83627HF
AppendixA
Address of register 2E
Attribute
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Table A.1 Watchdog timer registers
A.1.4 Example Program
Set timeout interval as 10 seconds and start counting
Dec dx
Out dx,al
Out dx,al
Out dx,al
I/O Pin Assignments
Appendix
AppendixB
B.1 IDE Hard Drive Connector CN1, CN2
Appendix B Pin Assignments
Table B.1 IDE hard drive connector CN1, CN2
Signal
B.2 Floppy Drive Connector CN3
Table B.2 Floppy drive connector CN3
Signal
Signal
B.3 Parallel Port Connector CN4
Table B.3 Parallel port connector CN4
Signal
Signal
B.4 USB Connector CN6
B.5 VGA Connector CN7
Table B.4 USB1/USB2 connector CN6
USB1 Signal
B.6 COM1/COM2 RS-232 Serial Port CN9, CN10
B.7 Keyboard and Mouse Connnector CN11
Signal
Table B.6 COM1/2 RS-232 serial port CN9/10
B.8 External Keyboard Connector CN12
Table B.7 Keyboard and mouse connector CN11
Signal
Table B.8 External keyboard connector CN12
B.9 CPU Fan Power Connector CN14
B.10 Power LED CN16
Table B.9 CPU Fan Power Connector CN14
Table B.10 Power LED and keylock conn CN16
B.11 External Speaker Connector CN17
B.12 Reset Connector CN18
Table B.11 External Speaker Connector CN17
Table B.12 Reset connector CN18
B.13 HDD LED Connector CN19
B.14 ATX Feature Connector CN20
Table B.13 HDD LED connector CN19
Table B.14 ATX feature connector CN20
B.15 ATX Soft Power Switch CN21
B.16 H/W Monitor Alarm CN22
B.17 AC-97 Audio Interface CN43
Table B.15 ATX soft power switch CN21
B.18 SM Bus Connector CN29
Table B.18 SM Bus Connector CN
Signal
Table B.17 AC-97 Audio Interface CN43
B.19 System I/O Ports
Table B.19 System I/O ports
Addr. range Hex
Device
B.20 DMA Channel Assignments
B.21 Interrupt Assignments
Table B.20 DMA channel assignments
Channel
B.22 1st MB Memory Map
B.23 PCI Bus Map
Table B.22 1st MB memory map
Addr. range Hex
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