Advantech PCA-6179 User manual

PCA-6179
Full-size socket 370 Intel®
Pentium® III processor-
based PCI/ISA-bus CPU
card

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Acknowledgements
• AWARD is a trademark of AWARD Software, Inc.
• IBM and PC are trademarks of International Business Machines
Corporation.
• Intel®and Pentium®III are trademarks of Intel Corporation.
• MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
• SMC is a trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation.
• WinBond is a trademark of Winbond Corporation.
• SYMBIOS is a registered trademark of Symbios, Inc.
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2nd Edition Printed in Taiwan Nov. 2000

A Message to the Customer
Advantech customer services
Each and every Advantech product is built to the most exacting
specifications to ensure reliable performance in the harsh and
demanding conditions typical of industrial environments. Whether
your new Advantech equipment is destined for the laboratory or the
factory floor, you can be assured that your product will provide the
reliability and ease of operation for which the name Advantech has
come to be known.
Your satisfaction is our primary concern. Here is a guide to
Advantech’s customer services. To ensure you get the full benefit of
our services, please follow the instructions below carefully.
Technical support
We want you to get the maximum performance from your products.
So if you run into technical difficulties, we are here to help. For the
most frequently asked questions, you can easily find answers in your
product documentation. These answers are normally a lot more
detailed than the ones we can give over the phone.
So please consult this manual first. If you still cannot find the answer,
gather all the information or questions that apply to your problem, and
with the product close at hand, call your dealer. Our dealers are well
trained and ready to give you the support you need to get the most
from your Advantech products. In fact, most problems reported are
minor and are able to be easily solved over the phone.
In addition, free technical support is available from Advantech
engineers every business day. We are always ready to give advice on
application requirements or specific information on the installation
and operation of any of our products.

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Product warranty
Advantech warrants to you, the original purchaser, that each of its
products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for
two years from the date of purchase.
This warranty does not apply to any products which have been
repaired or altered by persons other than repair personnel authorized
by Advantech, or which have been subject to misuse, abuse, accident
or improper installation. Advantech assumes no liability under the
terms of this warranty as a consequence of such events.
If an Advantech product is defective, it will be repaired or replaced at
no charge during the warranty period. For out-of-warranty repairs,
you will be billed according to the cost of replacement materials,
service time and freight. Please consult your dealer for more details.
If you think you have a defective product, follow these steps:
1. Collect all the information about the problem encountered. (For
example, type of PC, CPU speed, Advantech products used, other
hardware and software used, etc.) Note anything abnormal and list
any on-screen messages you get when the problem occurs.
2. Call your dealer and describe the problem. Please have your
manual, product, and any helpful information readily available.
3. If your product is diagnosed as defective, obtain an RMA (return
material authorization) number from your dealer. This allows us to
process your return more quickly.
4. Carefully pack the defective product, a fully-completed Repair and
Replacement Order Card and a photocopy proof of purchase date
(such as your sales receipt) in a shippable container. A product
returned without proof of the purchase date is not eligible for
warranty service.
5. Write the RMA number visibly on the outside of the package and
ship it prepaid to your dealer.

Initial Inspection
Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the
following materials have been shipped:
• 1 PCA-6179 socket 370 Pentium III®processor-based single board
computer
• 1PentiumIII®processor, (optional)1coolingfan,P/N:1759205400
• 1 PCA-6179 startup Manual
• 1CDdriverutilityandmanual(inPDFformat)
• 4 SCSI driver disks (optional)
• 1FDDcable,P/N:1701340703
• 2UDMA66HDDcables,P/N:1701400452
• 1printer(parallelport)cable&COMportcable kit, P/N: 1700060305
• 1ATX-to-PS/2powercable,P/N: 1700000450
• 1ivorycableforPS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse, P/N: 1700060202
• 1SCSIcable (optional),P/N1701060000
• 1USBcable (optional),P/N1700100170
If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your distributor
or sales representative immediately.
We have carefully inspected the PCA-6179 mechanically and
electrically before shipment. It should be free of marks and scratches
and in perfect working order upon receipt.
As you unpack the PCA-6179, check it for signs of shipping damage.
(For example, damaged box, scratches, dents, etc.) If it is damaged or
it fails to meet the specifications, notify our service department or
your local sales representative immediately. Also notify the carrier.
Retain the shipping carton and packing material for inspection by the
carrier. After inspection, we will make arrangements to repair or
replace the unit.

Contents
Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration.............................. 1
1.1 Introduction........................................................................2
1.2 Features...............................................................................3
1.3 Specifications ......................................................................5
1.3.1 System.........................................................................5
1.3.2 Memory.......................................................................5
1.3.3 Input/Output ................................................................6
1.3.4 VGA interface .............................................................6
1.3.5 SCSI interface .............................................................6
1.3.6 Ethernet LAN ..............................................................6
1.3.7 Solid state disk ............................................................6
1.3.8 Industrial features .......................................................7
1.3.9 Mechanical and environmental specifications............7
1.4 Board Layout: Main Features ..........................................8
1.5 Jumpers and Connectors...................................................9
1.6 Board Layout: Jumper and Connector Locations .......11
1.7 Safety Precautions............................................................12
1.8 Jumper Settings................................................................13
1.8.1 How to set jumpers ...................................................13
1.8.2 CPU clock ratio setting (SW1) .................................13
1.8.4 CMOS clear (J1)................................................................15
1.8.5 Watchdog timer output (J2) ......................................15
1.8.5 DiskOnChip® 2000 Flash disk address select (SW3) ....16
1.9 System Memory................................................................18
1.9.1 Sample calculation: DIMM memory capacity................18
1.9.2 Supplementary information about DIMMs ..............19
1.10 Memory Installation Procedures ....................................20
1.11 Cache Memory .................................................................20
1.12 CPU Installation...............................................................21
Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals ............................ 23

2.1 Primary (CN1) and Secondary (CN2) IDE Connectors24
2.2 Floppy Drive Connector (CN3).......................................25
2.3 Parallel Port (CN4) ..........................................................25
2.4 SCSI Connector (CN5) ....................................................26
2.5 USB Port (CN6) ................................................................27
2.6 VGA Connector (CN7) ....................................................27
2.7 10/100Base-T Ethernet Connector (CN8) ......................28
2.8 Serial Ports (CN9: COM1; CN10: COM2)....................28
2.9 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector (CN11) .............29
2.10 External Keyboard Connector (CN12) ..........................29
2.11 Infrared (IR) Connector (CN13) ....................................30
2.12 CPU Fan Connector (CN14) ...........................................30
2.13 Front Panel Connectors (CN16, CN17, CN18, CN19,
CN21 and CN22).........................................................................31
2.13.1 Keyboard lock and power LED (CN16) .................31
2.13.2 External speaker (CN17) ................................................31
2.13.3 Reset (CN18)...........................................................31
2.13.4 HDD LED (CN19) ..................................................32
2.13.5 ATX soft power switch (CN21)..............................32
2.14 ATX Power Control Connectors (CN20 and CN21).....32
2.14.1 ATX feature connector (CN20) and soft power
switch connector (CN21) ...................................................32
CN20 32
2.14.2 Controlling the soft power switch...........................33
Award BIOS Setup........................................................ 35
3.1 Introduction......................................................................36
3.2 Entering Setup..................................................................36
3.3 Standard CMOS Features...............................................37
3.4 Advanced BIOS Features ................................................38
3.4.1 Virus Warning..........................................................39
3.4.2 Quick Power On Self Test ........................................40
3.4.3 Boot Up Floppy Seek ................................................40
3.4.4 Boot Up NumLock Status .........................................40
3.4.5 Gate A20 Option .......................................................40

3.4.6 Typematic Rate Setting.............................................40
3.4.7 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) .....................................41
3.4.8 Typematic Delay (msec) ...........................................41
3.4.9 Security Option .........................................................41
3.4.10 OS Select for DRAM > 64MB................................41
3.4.11 Video BIOS Shadow ...............................................41
3.4.12 C8000-CBFFF Shadow / DC000-DFFFF Shadow .42
3.5 Advanced Chipset Features.............................................42
3.5.1 Memory Hole At 15 M ~ 16 M.................................43
3.5.2 AGP Aperture Size (MB)..........................................43
3.6 Integrated Peripherals.....................................................43
3.6.1 IDE HDD Block Mode .............................................43
3.6.2 IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO/UDMA Mode,
IDE Secondary Master/Slave PIO/UDMA Mode (Auto) ..44
3.6.3 Onboard FDC Controller ..........................................44
3.6.4 Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8H/IRQ4).........................44
3.6.5 Onboard Serial Port 2 (2F8H/IRQ3).........................44
3.6.6 Onboard Parallel Port (378H/IRQ7) .........................44
3.6.7 Parallel Port Mode (ECP + EPP) ..............................44
3.6.8 ECP Mode Use DMA ...............................................45
3.7 Power Management Setup ..............................................45
3.7.1 Power Management ..................................................46
3.7.2 HDD Power Down ....................................................46
3.7.3 Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN...........................................46
3.7.4 Wakeup Event ...........................................................47
3.7.5 IRQs Activity Monitoring.........................................47
3.8 PnP/PCI Configurations..................................................48
3.9 PC Health Status ..............................................................48
3.10 Frequency Control ...........................................................49
3.11 Load Setup Defaults.........................................................49
3.12 Set Password.....................................................................49
3.13 Save & Exit Setup ............................................................50
3.14 Exit Without Saving.........................................................50
Chapter 4 AGP SVGA Setup....................................... 51

4.1 Before You Begin .............................................................52
4.2 Features.............................................................................52
4.3 Installation ........................................................................53
Chapter 5 LAN Configuration..................................... 55
5.1 Introduction......................................................................56
5.2 Features.............................................................................56
5.3 Driver Installation............................................................57
5.4 Windows 9X Drivers Setup
Procedure ....................................................................................58
5.5 Windows NT Drivers Setup Procedure..........................65
5.6 Windows 2000 Drivers Setup Procedure .......................70
Chapter 6 SCSI Setup and Configurations................ 77
6.1 Introduction......................................................................78
6.2 Before You Begin .............................................................78
6.3 Basic Rules for SCSI Host Adapter and Device Installa-
tion 79
6.4 Configuring the SCSI Adapter .......................................79
6.5 SCSI Terminators ............................................................80
6.6 SDMS Drivers...................................................................81
Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer....... 99
A.1 Programming the Watchdog Timer .............................100
Appendix B Pin Assignments ................................... 103
B.1 IDE Hard Drive Connector (CN1, CN2)......................104
B.2 Floppy Drive Connector (CN3).....................................105
B.3 Parallel Port Connector (CN4) .....................................106
B.4 SCSI Connector (CN5) ..................................................107
B.5 USB Connector (CN6) ...................................................108
B.6 VGA Connector (CN7) ..................................................108
B.7 Ethernet 10/100Base-T RJ-45 Connector (CN8).........109
B.8 COM1/COM2 RS-232 Serial Port (CN9, CN10).........109
B.9 Keyboard and Mouse Connnector (CN11) ..................110

B.10 External Keyboard Connector (CN12) ........................110
B.11 IR Connector (CN13).....................................................111
B.12 CPU Fan Power Connector (CN14) .............................111
B.13 Power LED and Keylock Connector (CN16)...............112
B.14 External Speaker Connector (CN17) ...........................112
B.15 Reset Connector (CN18)................................................113
B.16 HDD LED Connector (CN19) .......................................113
B.17 ATX Feature Connector (CN20) ..................................113
B.18 System I/O Ports ............................................................114
B.19 DMA Channel Assignments ..........................................115
B.20 Interrupt Assignments...................................................115
B.21 1st MB Memory Map.....................................................116
B.22 PCI Bus Map ..................................................................116
Appendix C DiskOnChip® 2000 Installation Guide 117
C.1 DiskOnChip® 2000 Quick Installation Guide ............118
C.1.1 DiskOnChip® 2000 installation instructions .........118
C.1.2 Addtional information and assistance ....................119

Tables
Table 1-1: Jumpers ..........................................................................................................9
Table 1-2: Connectors ....................................................................................................10
Table 1-3: CPU clock ratio setting (SW1) ......................................................................14
Table 1-6: Watchdog timer output (J2) ..........................................................................15
Table 1-7: DiskOnChip® 2000 Flash disk memory address jumper settings (J3) ........17
Table 1-8: DIMM module allocation table ...................................................................... 18
Table 1-9: DIMM memory capacity sample calculation.................................................18
Table 2-1: Serial port connections (COM1, COM2).......................................................28
Table 2-2: PS/2 or ATX power supply LED status ........................................................31
Table B-1: IDE hard drive connector (CN1, CN2)........................................................104
Table B-2: Floppy drive connector (CN3) ....................................................................105
Table B-3: Parallel port connector (CN4).....................................................................106
Table B-5: USB1/USB2 connector (CN6) ....................................................................108
Table B-6: VGA connector (CN7).................................................................................108
Table B-7: Ethernet 10/100Base-T RJ-45 connector (CN8)........................................109
Table B-8: COM1/COM2 RS-232 serial port (CN9, CN10) .........................................109
Table B-9: Keyboard and mouse connector (CN11) ...................................................110
Table B-10: External keyboard connector (CN12).......................................................110
Table B-11: IR connector (CN13).................................................................................111
Table B-12: CPU fan power connector (CN14) ...........................................................111
Table B-13: Power LED and keylock connector (CN16) .............................................112
Table B-14: External speaker (CN17) ..........................................................................112
Table B-15: Reset connector (CN18)...........................................................................113
Table B-16: HDD LED connector (CN19) ....................................................................113
Table B-17: ATX feature connector (CN20).................................................................113
Table B-18: System I/O ports.......................................................................................114
Table B-19: DMA channel assignments ......................................................................115
Table B-20: Interrupt assignments............................................................................... 115
Table B-21: 1st MB memory map ................................................................................116
Table B-22: PCI bus map .............................................................................................116

Figures
Figure 1-1: Board layout: main features .......................................................................8
Figure 1-2: Board layout: jumper and connecter locations............................................11

Hardware Configuration
This chapter gives background informa-
tion on the PCA-6179. It then shows you
how to configure the card to match your
application and prepare it for installation
into your PC.
Sections include:
•Introduction
•Features
•Specifications
•Board Layout
•Jumpers and Connectors
•Safety Precautions
•Jumper Settings
•System Memory
•Memory Installation Procedures
•Cache Memory
•CPU Installation
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1.1 Introduction
The PCA-6179 Series all-in-one industrial grade CPU card uses Intel's
highly acclaimed Pentium®III processor, together with the VIA
Apollo Pro133A chipset. The card works with standard ISA or
PCI/ISA-bus passive backplanes.
The CPU provides 256 KB on-CPU L2 cache, eliminating the need
for external SRAM chips. It has two PCI EIDE interfaces (for up to
four devices) and a floppy disk drive interface (for up to two devices).
Other features include two RS-232 serial ports (16C550 UARTs with
16-byte FIFO or compatible), one enhanced parallel port (supports
EPP/ECP) and two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports. The PCI
enhanced IDE controller supports Ultra DMA/33/66 and PIO Mode 4
operation. This provides data transfer rates of over 33/66 MB/sec.
System BIOS supports boot-up from an IDE CD-ROM, SCSI
CD-ROM and LS-120.
A backup of CMOS data is stored in the Flash memory, which
protects data even after a battery failure. Also included is a 63-level
watchdog timer, which resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if a
program cannot be executed normally. This enables reliable operation
in unattended environments.
The PCA-6179 Series offers several impressive industrial features
such as a VGA (AGP) controller, a PCI Ultra2 SCSI controller, a
10/100Base-T networking controller, three DIMM slots for a total of
1.5 GB RAM memory, and an ISA High Drive. In addition, the
PCA-6179 Series supports a solid state disk (SSD) using M-Systems
Corporation's DiskOnChip®2000 Flash disk, for up to 144 MB of
non-volatile, reliable memory that is not vulnerable to the hazards of
an industrial computing environment. All these make it an ideal
choice for applications that require both high performance and full
functionality.
Note: Some of the features mentioned above are not
available with all models. For more information
about the specifications of a particular model, see
Section 1.3: Specifications.

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1.2 Features
1. Fanstatusmonitoring and alarm: To prevent system overheating
and damage, the CPU fan can be monitored for speed and failure.
The fan is set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds.
2. Temperature monitoring and alert: To prevent system overheating
and damage, the CPU card supports processor thermal sensing and
auto-protection.
3. Voltagemonitoringandalert: System voltage levels are monitored
to ensure stable current flows to critical components. Voltage
specifications will become even more critical for processors of the
future. Thus monitoring will become ever more necessary to ensure
proper system configuration and management.
4. ATXsoft power switch: Through the BIOS, the power button can
be defined as the "Standby" (aka "Suspend" or "Sleep") button or
as the "Soft-Off" button (see Section 3.6.6 Soft-off by PWR-BTN).
Regardless of the setting, pushing the power button for more than
4 seconds will enter the Soft-Off mode.
5. Power-on by modem (requires modem): This allows a computer
to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem.
Users can thus access information on their computers from
anywhere in the world.
6. Power-onbyLAN: This allows you to remotely power up your
system through your network by sending a wake-up frame or
signal. With this feature, you can remotely upload/ download data
to/from systems during off-peak hours.
7. Message LED: Chassis LEDs now act as information providers.
The way a particular LED illuminates indicates the stage the
computer is in. A single glimpse provides useful information to the
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8. CMOSRAMbackup: When BIOS CMOS setuphasbeencomplet-
ed, data in the CMOS RAM is automatically backed up to the Flash
ROM. This is particularly useful in industrial environments which
may cause soft errors. Upon such an error occurring, BIOS will
check the data, and automatically restore the original data for
booting.
9. More:
• Additional metal bracket for CPU stabilization
•Power On by Alarm: Powers up your computer at a certain
time
• Standard IR supports optional remote control package for
wireless interfacing with external peripherals, personal
gadgets.
•Virus warning: During and after system boot-up, any attempt
to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk
drive will halt the system. In this case, a warning message will
be displayed. You can then run your anti-virus program to
locate the problem

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1.3 Specifications
1.3.1 System
•CPU: Intel Pentium®III processor, up to 933+ MHz, FSB 100/133
MHz
•BIOS: Award Flash BIOS, 2 Mbit
•System Chipset: VIA Apollo Pro133A
•Green function: Supports power management operation via BIOS.
Activated by keyboard or mouse activity
•PCI enhanced IDE hard disk drive interface: Supports up to four
IDE (AT-bus) large hard disk drives or other enhanced IDE
devices. Supports PIO mode 4 (16.67 MB/s data transfer rate) and
Ultra DMA/33/66 (33/66 MB/s data transfer rate). BIOS enabled/
disabled
•Floppy disk drive interface: Supports up to two floppy disk drives,
5¼" (360 KB and 1.2 MB) and/or 3½" (720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88
MB). BIOS enabled/disabled
1.3.2 Memory
•RAM: Up to 1.5GB in three available 168-pin DIMM sockets.
Supports PC100/ PC133-compliant SDRAMs
•ECC (parity DRAM only): Modules can detect multi-bit memory
errors. Correction of 1-bit memory errors