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NuPRO-900A
Full-Size ePCI-X System Host Board
with Dual Xeon CPU
User’s Guide
Recycled Paper

©Copyright 2004 ADLINK Technology Inc.
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Manual Rev. 1.00: February 17, 2004
Part Number: 50-13045-100
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Table of Contents •i
Table of ContentsList of Tables.................iii
List of Figures...............................................................................iii
How to Use This Guide................................................................iv
Chapter 1 Introduction..................................................................1
1.1 Unpacking Checklist........................................................................ 2
1.2 Features3
1.3 Functional Blocks and Main Board.................................................. 4
1.3.1 Intel® Low Power Xeon™ Processor................................ 6
1.3.2 The Intel® E7500 Chipset Memory Controller Hub
(MCH)............................................................................... 6
1.3.3 The Intel® 82801CA I/O Controller Hub 3-S (ICH3-S)...... 6
1.3.4 Watchdog Timer................................................................ 6
1.3.5 Video7
1.3.6 Ethernet Interfaces............................................................ 7
1.3.7 Serial I/O........................................................................... 7
1.3.8 IEEE-1284 Parallel Port/Printer Interface.......................... 7
1.3.9 Universal Serial Bus (USB)............................................... 7
1.3.10 IDE Controller and Floppy Interface Controller ................. 7
1.3.11 Keyboard/Mouse Controller .............................................. 8
1.3.12 Software............................................................................ 8
1.4 Specifications.................................................................................. 9
Chapter 2 Jumpers and Connectors.........................................13
2.1 NuPRO-900 Board Outline and Illustration.................................... 14
2.1.1 NuPRO-900 Top View .................................................... 14
2.1.2 Front View....................................................................... 15
2.2 NuPRO-900 Connector Pin Assignments...................................... 16
2.2.1 VGA Connector............................................................... 16
2.2.2 CN7 USB Pin Header (2 Ports)....................................... 16
2.2.3 COM1/COM2 Pin Header............................................... 17
2.2.4 Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) Connector................................ 17
2.2.5 Parallel Port Connector................................................... 18
2.2.6 Case Open connector..................................................... 18
2.2.7 CPU Fan1/Fan2 connector ............................................. 18
2.2.8 Integrated PS/2 KBD/MS connector................................ 19
2.2.9 Floppy Disk connector .................................................... 19
2.2.10 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector................................. 20
2.2.11 Front Panel Pin Header .................................................. 21
2.2.12 Mini PCI Socket .............................................................. 22
2.3 Clear CMOS.................................................................................. 23

ii •Table of Contents
Chapter 3 Getting Started...........................................................25
3.1 CPU Installation ........................................................................... 25
3.2 Memory Installation....................................................................... 26
3.2.1 Memory Configuration Options ....................................... 26
3.2.2 Installing Memory Modules ............................................. 26
3.3 Connecting IDE Devices to the NuPRO-900A............................... 27
3.4 BIOS Configuration Overview ....................................................... 28
3.5 Operating System Installation ....................................................... 29
Chapter 4 Device Driver Installation..........................................31
4.1 Intel® E7501 Chipset .................................................................... 31
4.1.1 System Requirements..................................................... 31
4.1.2 Hardware Configuration File Installation ......................... 32
4.2 Driver Installation .......................................................................... 32
4.2.1 VGA Driver Installation.................................................... 32
4.2.2 LAN Driver Installation.................................................... 33
Chapter 5 Watchdog Timer.........................................................35
5.1 Watchdog Timer Overview............................................................ 35
5.1.1 Using the Watchdog in an Application ............................ 36
Chapter 6 ePCI-X Bus Details.....................................................37
6.1 NuPRO-900A ePCI-X Bus............................................................. 37
6.2 Global Signals............................................................................... 37
6.2.1 Standby Supply (+3.3Vaux)............................................ 37
6.2.2 ATX Support ................................................................... 37
6.2.3 JTAG37
6.2.4 I2C Bus............................................................................ 37
6.2.5 PME#.............................................................................. 38
6.3 PCI-X Bus Signals......................................................................... 38
6.3.1 Backplane Present.......................................................... 38
6.3.2 VIO Electrical Keying...................................................... 38
6.3.3 M66EN and PCIXCAP.................................................... 38
6.3.4 REQ/GNT Signals........................................................... 38
6.4 Extended Features........................................................................ 38
Warranty Policy ...........................................................................39

List of Tables and Figures •iii
List of Tables
Table 1: Description of Connector Locations................................ 15
Table 2: VGA Connector Pin Definition......................................... 16
Table 3: USB Connectors Pin Definition....................................... 16
Table 4: COM1/ COM2 Pin Definition........................................... 17
Table 5: Ethernet Connector Pin Definition................................... 17
Table 6: Ethernet Color LED Status.............................................. 17
Table 7: Parallel Connector Pin Definition .................................... 18
Table 8: Case Open connector Pin Definition............................... 18
Table 9: Fan1/Fan2 Connector Pin Definition............................... 18
Table 10: PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Connector Pin definition.......... 19
Table 11: Floppy Connector Pin Definition...................................... 19
Table 12: IDE Connector Pin Definition .......................................... 20
Table 13: Front Panel Pin Definition ............................................... 21
Table 14: Mini PCI Socket Pin Definition ........................................ 22
Table 15: Jumpers Definition on PXI-3710 ...... Error! Bookmark not
defined.
Table 16: Clear CMOS RTC RAM.....Error! Bookmark not defined.
List of Figures
Figure 1: Functional Block Diagram................................................. 4
Figure 2: Main Board Drawing ......................................................... 5
Figure 3: NuPRO-900A Top View.................................................. 14
Figure 4: View of Face Plate.......................................................... 15
Figure 5: mPGA604 Socket ........................................................... 25
Figure 6: DIMM Sockets ................................................................ 26
Figure 7: Inserting DIMM into Socket............................................. 27
Figure 8: Watchdog Timer Architecture ......................................... 35

iv •How to Use This Guide
How to Use This Guide
This manual is intended to assist users to configure the NuPRO-900 Full-Size
ePCI-X System Host Board with Dual Xeon CPU. It is divided into 5 chapters.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Gives an overview of the product features, applications, and
specifications.
Chapter 2 Connectors and Jumpers
Outlines all the connectors and its pin definitions.
Chapter 3 Getting Started
Summarizes of what is required to setup an operational system
using the NuPRO-900. Hardware installation and BIOS overview
is discuss.
Chapter 4 Driver Installation
Provides some instructions of how to install the software drivers
successfully.
Chapter 5 Utilities
Explains the operation of the WDT, PXE booting, and Hardware
Doctor.

Introduction •1
1
Introduction
The NuPRO-900A is a full-size ePCI-X dual-processor System Host Board
(SHB) based on the Intel® Xeon™ processor and E7501 chipset. It supports
two 64-bit PCI/PCI-X busses via the Intel P64H2 chip. It is positioned within the
ePCI-X product line as the next generation PCI-X board solution and is fully
compliant with PICMG 1.2 R1.0 Embedded PCI-X Specifications.
The NuPRO-900A is a System Host Board with the ultimate computing
performance powered by dual Intel® Xeon™ processors. The CPU module
supports a front side bus (FSB) of 400/533MHz and a maximum CPU clock of
3.06GHz featuring 64-bit/133MHz PCI/PCI-X bus with up to 8GB high
performance DDR host SDRAM support.
It provides all standard I/Os, including RS-232, Printer Port, USB, EIDE,
Ethernet, and video interfaces. The NuPRO-900A is designed to meet the
needs of applications which require the highest computing performance and
highest reliability and is designed to run Windows 2000/XP and Linux operating
systems, as well as embedded real-time applications. It is the ideal solution for
telecommunications, internet, and industrial networking applications.
This chapter is designed to give you an overview of the NuPRO-900A SHB.
The chapter covers the following topics:
•Unpacking and Checklist
•Features
•Specifications