PCA-6187
User’s Manual
Copyright Notice
1.0.1 A Message to the Customer
Advantech customer services
Technical support
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Table 1.1 PCA-6187 comparison table
1.0.2 Product warranty
1.0.4 Release Note
1.0.3 Initial Inspection
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
CHAPTER
General Information
1.1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration
Some of the features mentioned above are not
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
1.3.8 Mechanical and environmental specifications
1.3.7 Industrial features
Power supply voltage +5 V, ±12
1.3.5 Ethernet LAN
Table 1.2 Connectors
1.4 Jumpers and Connectors
Table 1.1 Jumpers
Table 1.3 SCSI Daughter Board Connectors
Table 1.2 Connectors
Figure 1.1 Jumper and Connector locations
1.5 Board Layout Jumper and Connector Locations
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CN 32 CN 31 CN 33 CN
Figure 1.2 I/O Connectors
CN CN CN CN
68 Pin for Ultra 50 Pin for Ultra wide SCSI Adaptec AIC-7899
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1.6 PCA-6187 Block Diagram
Intel 865G
Intel ICH5
Always completely disconnect the power cord
1.7 Safety Precautions
power is on. Sensitive electronic components
can be damaged by sudden power surges. Only
1.8.1 How to set jumpers
1.8 Jumper Settings
1.8.3 Watchdog timer output J2
1.8.2 CMOS clear J1
Table 1.5 Watchdog timer output J2
1.9 System Memory
The interrupt output of the watchdog timer is a
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
1.11 Processor Installation
1.10 Memory Installation Procedures
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Connecting Peripherals
Chapter2
2.2 1st & 2nd CN1, CN2 IDE Connectors
Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals
2.1 Introduction
2.4 Parallel Port CN4
2.3 Floppy Drive Connector CN3
2.5 USB Ports CN6
2.6 VGA Connector CN7
2.8 Serial Ports COM1 CN9 COM2 CN10
2.7 Ethernet Connector CN8 and CN34
2.10 External Keyboard Connector CN12
2.9 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector CN11/CN33
CN11
CN12
2.12 Front Panel Connectors CN16, 17, 18, 19, 21&29
2.11 CPU Fan Connector CN14
2.12.1 Power LED CN16
2.12.2 External speaker CN17
2.12.5 ATX soft power switch CN21
2.12.3 Reset CN18
2.12.6 SM Bus Connector CN29
2.12.4 HDD LED CN19
2.14 AC-97 Audio interface CN43
2.13 ATX feature connector CN20
2.15 Serial ATA interface SA0 and SA1
CN20
2.17 Auxiliary 4-pin power connector ATX1
2.16 Connecting to SNMP-1000 remote manager
CPU Card
SNMP-1000
CHAPTER
Award BIOS Setup
Chapter3
3.1 Introduction
Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup
3.1.1 CMOS RAM Auto-backup and Restore
If you intend to change the CMOS setting with
3.3 Standard CMOS Setup
3.2 Entering Setup
Figure 3.1 Award BIOS Setup initial screen
Figure 3.2 Standard CMOS features screen
3.4.1 Hard Disk Boot Priority
3.4 Advanced BIOS Features
Figure 3.3 Advanced BIOS features screen
3.4.2 Virus Warning
3.4.6 First/Second/Third Boot Device
3.4.5 Quick Power On Self Test
3.4.7 Boot Other Device
3.4.9 Boot UP Floppy Seek
To disable security, select “PASSWORD SET
3.5 Advanced Chipset Features
be asked to enter a password. Simply press
DRAM default timings have been carefully cho
3.5.1 DRAM Timing Selectable
Figure 3.4 Advanced chipset features screen
3.5.2 CAS Latency Time
3.5.3 Active to Precharge Delay
3.5.8 Video Bios Cacheable
3.5.7 System BIOS Cacheable
3.5.9 Memory Hole At 15M-16M
3.5.10 Delay Prior to Thermal
Figure 3.5 Integrated peripherals Figure 3.6 On-Chip IDE Device
3.6 Integrated Peripherals
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3.6.2 On-Chip IDE Device
3.6.1 IDE HDD Block Mode
3.6.3 On-Chip Serial ATA
3.6.4 Serial ATA Port0/Port1 Mode
3.6.5 USB Controller
3.6.11 Onboard LAN Boot ROM
3.6.6 USB 2.0 Controller
3.6.7 USB Keyboard/Mouse Support
3.6.12 Onboard FDC Controller
3.6.19 Use IR Pins
3.6.13 Onboard Serial Port
3.6.14 Onboard Serial Port
Figure 3.9 Power management setup screen
3.7 Power Management Setup
3.6.22 EPP Mode Select
3.6.23 ECP Mode Use DMA
3.7.3 Power Management
3.7.1 Power-Supply Type
3.7.2 ACPI function
3.7.4 Video Off Method
3.7.12 Resume on Alarm
3.8 PnP/PCI Configurations
Figure 3.10 PnP/PCI configurations screen
3.7.9 CPU THRM-Throttling
3.8.1 Reset Configuration Data
3.9 PC Health Status
3.8.2 Resources Controlled By
3.8.3 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
3.10 Spread Spectrum Control
3.11 Password Setting
3.9.4 Current CPUFAN Speed
3.9.5 VCORE, +1.5V, VCC3, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, VBATV, 5VSBV
3.13 Exit Without Saving
3.12 Save & Exit Setup
Please Enter Your Password
Please Confirm Your Password
CHAPTER
Chipset Software Installation Utility
Chapter4
4.1 Before you begin
Chapter 4 Chipset Software Install Utility
4.2 Introduction
The files on the software installation CD are
Windows system, and it has to be installed
4.3 Windows XP Driver Setup
before installing all the other drivers
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
Before installing this driver, make sure the CSI
5.3 Windows XP Driver Setup
utility has been installed in your system. See
Chapter 4 for information on installing the CSI
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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
CHAPTER
LAN Configuration
Chapter6
6.2 Features
Chapter 6 LAN Configuration
6.1 Introduction
6.4 Win XP Driver Setup Intel 82547/41/62/51
6.3 Installation
CSI utility has been installed in your system
See Chapter 4 for information on installing the
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3. Click Next to continue
Chapter6
4. Click Install Software to start the installation procedure
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SCSI Setup & Configuration
Chapter7
7.1 Introduction
Chapter 7 SCSI Setup & Configuration
If any peripheral is running at SE mode, the
Ultra 160 SCSI segment will run at speeds up to
7.3 SCSI IDs
7.2 Understanding SCSI
7.4 Terminating the SCSI Bus
The default settings are appropriate for most
7.5 Configuring the SCSI interface with SCSISelect
change or view current settings, or if you would
systems. Run SCSISelect if you need to
Sync Transfer Rate MBytes/sec
Advanced Configuration Options
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modes. This feature may not work on some
7.6 Starting SCSISelect
If you have difficulty viewing the display, press
F5 to toggle between color and monochrome
SCSI Device Configuration
Boot Device Options
To configure settings for a SCSI device, you
SCSI Bus Interface Definitions
its other performance problems with 16-bit data
using an 8-bit SCSI device that hangs or exhib
transfer rate enabled
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
7.9 Windows 9X Driver setup procedure
7.8 Installation under Windows
3. Click on Update Driver
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4. Click on “Next” 5. Recommend to search for a better driver
Chapter7
7. In the Update Device Driver Wizard click on Next
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
8.2 Features
Chapter 8 USB 2.0 Configuration
8.3 Installation
8.1 Introduction
CHAPTER
Onboard Security Setup
Chapter9
9.1 Introduction
Chapter 9 Onboard Security Setup
2. Click Next when you see the following message
9.2 Windows XP Driver Setup
Chapter9
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
Chapter9
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Appendix
Programming the Watchdog Timer
AppendixA
Appendix A Programming the watchdog
A.1 Programming the Watchdog Timer
A.1.1 Watchdog timer overview
A.1.2 Reset/ Interrupt selection
Enable the function of the watchdog timer
Unlock W83627H Select register of watchdog timer
Use the function of the watchdog timer Lock W83627HF
AppendixA
Attribute
Address of register 2E
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A.1.4 Example Program
Table A.1 Watchdog timer registers
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
Appendix B Pin Assignments
B.1 IDE Hard Drive Connector CN1, CN2
Table B.1 IDE hard drive connector CN1, CN2
Signal
Table B.2 Floppy drive connector CN3
B.2 Floppy Drive Connector CN3
Signal
Signal
Table B.3 Parallel port connector CN4
B.3 Parallel Port Connector CN4
Signal
Signal
B.5 VGA Connector CN7
B.4 USB Connector CN6
Table B.4 USB1/USB2 connector CN6
USB1 Signal
B.7 Keyboard and Mouse Connnector CN11
B.6 COM1/COM2 RS-232 Serial Port CN9, CN10
Signal
Table B.6 COM1/2 RS-232 serial port CN9/10
Table B.7 Keyboard and mouse connector CN11
B.8 External Keyboard Connector CN12
Signal
Table B.8 External keyboard connector CN12
B.10 Power LED CN16
B.9 CPU Fan Power Connector CN14
Table B.9 CPU Fan Power Connector CN14
Table B.10 Power LED and keylock conn CN16
B.12 Reset Connector CN18
B.11 External Speaker Connector CN17
Table B.11 External Speaker Connector CN17
Table B.12 Reset connector CN18
B.14 ATX Feature Connector CN20
B.13 HDD LED Connector CN19
Table B.13 HDD LED connector CN19
Table B.14 ATX feature connector CN20
B.16 H/W Monitor Alarm CN22
B.15 ATX Soft Power Switch CN21
B.17 AC-97 Audio Interface CN43
Table B.15 ATX soft power switch CN21
Table B.18 SM Bus Connector CN
B.18 SM Bus Connector CN29
Signal
Table B.17 AC-97 Audio Interface CN43
Table B.19 System I/O ports
B.19 System I/O Ports
Addr. range Hex
Device
B.21 Interrupt Assignments
B.20 DMA Channel Assignments
Table B.20 DMA channel assignments
Channel
B.23 PCI Bus Map
B.22 1st MB Memory Map
Table B.22 1st MB memory map
Addr. range Hex
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