User’s Manual
PCA-6187
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1.0.1 A Message to the Customer
Advantech customer services
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
Integrated Peripherals
Advanced Chipset Features
Memory Hole At 15M-16M
3.6.21
Onboard Security Setup
LAN Configuration
VGA Setup
USB Connector CN6
General Information
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Some of the features mentioned above are not
Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration
1.1 Introduction
about the specifications of a particular model
1.3 Specifications
1.2 Features
1.3.1 System
1.3.3 Input/Output
1.3.2 Memory
1.3.4 VGA interface
Power supply voltage +5 V, ±12
1.3.7 Industrial features
1.3.8 Mechanical and environmental specifications
1.3.5 Ethernet LAN
Table 1.2 Connectors
1.4 Jumpers and Connectors
Table 1.1 Jumpers
Table 1.2 Connectors
Table 1.3 SCSI Daughter Board Connectors
Figure 1.1 Jumper and Connector locations
1.5 Board Layout Jumper and Connector Locations
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CN CN CN CN
Figure 1.2 I/O Connectors
CN 32 CN 31 CN 33 CN
68 Pin for Ultra 50 Pin for Ultra wide SCSI Adaptec AIC-7899
Intel 865G
1.6 PCA-6187 Block Diagram
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Intel ICH5
power is on. Sensitive electronic components
1.7 Safety Precautions
Always completely disconnect the power cord
can be damaged by sudden power surges. Only
1.8.3 Watchdog timer output J2
1.8 Jumper Settings
1.8.1 How to set jumpers
1.8.2 CMOS clear J1
The interrupt output of the watchdog timer is a
1.9 System Memory
Table 1.5 Watchdog timer output J2
low level signal. It will be held low until the
1.9.1 CPU FSB and memory speed
1.9.2 Dual channel configuration
Table 1.6 CPU FSB and memory speed
1.10 Memory Installation Procedures
1.11 Processor Installation
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Connecting Peripherals
Chapter2
2.2 1st & 2nd CN1, CN2 IDE Connectors
Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals
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
CN11
2.9 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector CN11/CN33
2.10 External Keyboard Connector CN12
CN12
2.12.1 Power LED CN16
2.11 CPU Fan Connector CN14
2.12 Front Panel Connectors CN16, 17, 18, 19, 21&29
2.12.2 External speaker CN17
2.12.6 SM Bus Connector CN29
2.12.3 Reset CN18
2.12.5 ATX soft power switch CN21
2.12.4 HDD LED CN19
2.15 Serial ATA interface SA0 and SA1
2.13 ATX feature connector CN20
2.14 AC-97 Audio interface CN43
CN20
CPU Card
2.16 Connecting to SNMP-1000 remote manager
2.17 Auxiliary 4-pin power connector ATX1
SNMP-1000
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Award BIOS Setup
Chapter3
3.1.1 CMOS RAM Auto-backup and Restore
Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup
3.1 Introduction
If you intend to change the CMOS setting with
Figure 3.1 Award BIOS Setup initial screen
3.2 Entering Setup
3.3 Standard CMOS Setup
Figure 3.2 Standard CMOS features screen
Figure 3.3 Advanced BIOS features screen
3.4 Advanced BIOS Features
3.4.1 Hard Disk Boot Priority
3.4.2 Virus Warning
3.4.7 Boot Other Device
3.4.5 Quick Power On Self Test
3.4.6 First/Second/Third Boot Device
3.4.9 Boot UP Floppy Seek
be asked to enter a password. Simply press
3.5 Advanced Chipset Features
To disable security, select “PASSWORD SET
DRAM default timings have been carefully cho
Figure 3.4 Advanced chipset features screen
3.5.3 Active to Precharge Delay
3.5.4 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay
3.5.1 DRAM Timing Selectable
3.5.10 Delay Prior to Thermal
3.5.7 System BIOS Cacheable
3.5.8 Video Bios Cacheable
3.5.9 Memory Hole At 15M-16M
Figure 3.5 Integrated peripherals Figure 3.6 On-Chip IDE Device
3.6 Integrated Peripherals
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3.6.3 On-Chip Serial ATA
3.6.1 IDE HDD Block Mode
3.6.2 On-Chip IDE Device
3.6.4 Serial ATA Port0/Port1 Mode
3.6.6 USB 2.0 Controller
3.6.11 Onboard LAN Boot ROM
3.6.5 USB Controller
3.6.7 USB Keyboard/Mouse Support
3.6.12 Onboard FDC Controller
3.6.17 IR Transmission Delay
3.6.19 Use IR Pins
3.6.13 Onboard Serial Port
3.6.22 EPP Mode Select
3.7 Power Management Setup
Figure 3.9 Power management setup screen
3.6.23 ECP Mode Use DMA
3.7.2 ACPI function
3.7.1 Power-Supply Type
3.7.3 Power Management
3.7.4 Video Off Method
Figure 3.10 PnP/PCI configurations screen
3.8 PnP/PCI Configurations
3.7.12 Resume on Alarm
3.7.9 CPU THRM-Throttling
3.9.1 CPU Warning Temperature
3.9 PC Health Status
3.8.1 Reset Configuration Data
3.9.3 Current CPU Temperature
3.9.4 Current CPUFAN Speed
3.11 Password Setting
3.10 Spread Spectrum Control
3.9.5 VCORE, +1.5V, VCC3, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, VBATV, 5VSBV
Please Enter Your Password
3.12 Save & Exit Setup
3.13 Exit Without Saving
Please Confirm Your Password
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Chipset Software Installation Utility
Chapter4
4.2 Introduction
Chapter 4 Chipset Software Install Utility
4.1 Before you begin
The files on the software installation CD are
before installing all the other drivers
4.3 Windows XP Driver Setup
Windows system, and it has to be installed
This utility is used for the following versions of
3. Click Yes when you see the following message
2. Click Next 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
Chapter5
5.1 Introduction
Chapter 5 VGA Setup
5.2 Dynamic Video Memory Technology
utility has been installed in your system. See
5.3 Windows XP Driver Setup
Before installing this driver, make sure the CSI
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
Chapter6
6.2 Features
Chapter 6 LAN Configuration
6.1 Introduction
CSI utility has been installed in your system
6.3 Installation
6.4 Win XP Driver Setup Intel 82547/41/62/51
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
Chapter7
If any peripheral is running at SE mode, the
Chapter 7 SCSI Setup & Configuration
7.1 Introduction
Ultra 160 SCSI segment will run at speeds up to
7.2 Understanding SCSI
7.3 SCSI IDs
7.4 Terminating the SCSI Bus
change or view current settings, or if you would
7.5 Configuring the SCSI interface with SCSISelect
The default settings are appropriate for most
systems. Run SCSISelect if you need to
Sync Transfer Rate MBytes/sec
Advanced Configuration Options
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If you have difficulty viewing the display, press
7.6 Starting SCSISelect
modes. This feature may not work on some
F5 to toggle between color and monochrome
To configure settings for a SCSI device, you
Boot Device Options
SCSI Device Configuration
SCSI Bus Interface Definitions
transfer rate enabled
using an 8-bit SCSI device that hangs or exhib
its other performance problems with 16-bit data
Do not change the Advanced Configuration
data on the drive. Be sure to back your disk
Changing the translation scheme destroys all
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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9. Click on Yes to restart the system
8. The installation is completed. Click on Finish
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USB 2.0 Configuration
Chapter8
8.3 Installation
Chapter 8 USB 2.0 Configuration
8.2 Features
8.1 Introduction
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Onboard Security Setup
Chapter9
Chapter 9 Onboard Security Setup
9.1 Introduction
2. Click Next when you see the following message
9.2 Windows XP Driver Setup
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4. Click Next when you see the following message
3. Click Next when you see the following message
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5. Click Next to continue
6. Click Finish when you see the following message
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9.3 Using the OBS Hardware Doctor Utility
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Appendix
Programming the Watchdog Timer
AppendixA
A.1.1 Watchdog timer overview
A.1 Programming the Watchdog Timer
Appendix A Programming the watchdog
A.1.2 Reset/ Interrupt selection
Use the function of the watchdog timer Lock W83627HF
Unlock W83627H Select register of watchdog timer
Enable the function of the watchdog timer
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Attribute
Address of register 2E
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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
Appendix
I/O Pin Assignments
AppendixB
Table B.1 IDE hard drive connector CN1, CN2
B.1 IDE Hard Drive Connector CN1, CN2
Appendix B Pin Assignments
Signal
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
Table B.4 USB1/USB2 connector CN6
B.4 USB Connector CN6
B.5 VGA Connector CN7
USB1 Signal
Signal
B.6 COM1/COM2 RS-232 Serial Port CN9, CN10
B.7 Keyboard and Mouse Connnector CN11
Table B.6 COM1/2 RS-232 serial port CN9/10
Signal
B.8 External Keyboard Connector CN12
Table B.7 Keyboard and mouse connector CN11
Table B.8 External keyboard connector CN12
Table B.9 CPU Fan Power Connector CN14
B.9 CPU Fan Power Connector CN14
B.10 Power LED CN16
Table B.10 Power LED and keylock conn CN16
Table B.11 External Speaker Connector CN17
B.11 External Speaker Connector CN17
B.12 Reset Connector CN18
Table B.12 Reset connector CN18
Table B.13 HDD LED connector CN19
B.13 HDD LED Connector CN19
B.14 ATX Feature Connector CN20
Table B.14 ATX feature connector CN20
B.17 AC-97 Audio Interface CN43
B.15 ATX Soft Power Switch CN21
B.16 H/W Monitor Alarm CN22
Table B.15 ATX soft power switch CN21
Signal
B.18 SM Bus Connector CN29
Table B.18 SM Bus Connector CN
Table B.17 AC-97 Audio Interface CN43
Addr. range Hex
B.19 System I/O Ports
Table B.19 System I/O ports
Device
Table B.20 DMA channel assignments
B.20 DMA Channel Assignments
B.21 Interrupt Assignments
Channel
Table B.22 1st MB memory map
B.22 1st MB Memory Map
B.23 PCI Bus Map
Addr. range Hex
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DDR 266/333/400 
DDR 266/333/400 
DDR 266/333/400 
DDR 266/333/400 
