Advantech PCA-6184 User manual

PCA-6184
Full-size socket 478
Intel® Pentium® 4
processor-based PCI/ISA
bus CPU card
User’s Manual

PCA-6184 User’s Manual ii
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Acknowledgements
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• IBM and PC are trademarks of International Business Machines
Corporation.
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Part No. 2002618403 4th. Edition
Printed in Taiwan June 2003

1 Table of Contents
Contents
Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration .................................2
1.1 Introduction ....................................................................... 2
Table 1.1:PCA-6184 series comparison table................. 3
Table 1.2:PCA-6184 series comparison table................. 3
1.2 Features ............................................................................. 4
1.3 Specifications .................................................................... 5
1.3.1 System............................................................................. 5
1.3.2 Memory........................................................................... 5
1.3.3 Input/Output.................................................................... 5
1.3.4 VGA interface................................................................. 6
1.3.5 Ethernet LAN.................................................................. 6
1.3.6 Industrial features ........................................................... 6
1.3.7 Mechanical and environmental specifications................ 6
1.4 Jumpers and Connectors.................................................... 7
Table 1.3:Jumpers........................................................... 7
Table 1.4:Connectors ...................................................... 7
1.5 Board Layout: Jumper and Connector Locations.............. 9
Figure 1.1:Jumper and connecter locations .................... 9
Figure 1.2:Extension I/O daughter board ..................... 10
1.6 Safety Precautions ........................................................... 11
1.7 Jumper Settings ............................................................... 11
1.7.1 How to set jumpers ....................................................... 11
1.7.2 CMOS clear (J1) ........................................................... 12
Table 1.5:CMOS (J1).................................................... 12
1.7.3 Watchdog timer output (J2) .......................................... 12
Table 1.6:Watchdog timer output (J2).......................... 12
1.8 System Memory .............................................................. 13
Table 1.7:DIMM mem capacity sample calculations ... 13
1.8.1 Supplementary information about DIMMs................... 13
1.9 Memory Installation Procedures ..................................... 13
1.10 Cache Memory ................................................................ 13
1.11 CPU Installation .............................................................. 14
1.11.1 Power Supply................................................................ 14
Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals .................................16
2.1 Primary (CN1) and Secondary (CN2) IDE Connectors .. 16
2.2 Floppy Drive Connector (CN3)....................................... 17
2.3 Parallel Port (CN4).......................................................... 17
2.4 USB Ports (CN6)............................................................. 18
2.5 VGA Connector (CN7) ................................................... 18
2.6 10/100Base-T Ethernet Connectors (CN8 and CN34).... 19

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2.7 Serial Ports (CN9: COM1; CN10: COM2) ..................... 19
Table 2.1:Serial port connections (COM1, COM2)) .... 19
2.8 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors (CN11 and 33).. 20
2.9 External Keyboard Connector (CN12)............................ 20
2.10 Infrared (IR) Connector (CN13) ..................................... 21
2.11 CPU Fan Connector (CN14) ........................................... 21
2.12 Front Panel Connectors (CN16, 17, 18, 19, 21&22)....... 22
2.12.1 Power LED and Keyboard Lock(CN16) ...................... 22
Table 2.2:PS/2 or ATX Power Supply LED Status...... 22
2.12.2 External speaker (CN17) .............................................. 22
2.12.3 Reset (CN18) ................................................................ 23
2.12.4 HDD LED (CN19)........................................................ 23
2.12.5 SM Bus Connector (CN29)........................................... 23
2.12.6 Connecting to SNMP-1000 remote manager................ 23
2.13 ATX Power Control Connectors (CN20 and 21) ............ 24
2.13.1 ATX feature (CN20) and soft power switch (CN21) ... 24
2.14 AC-97 Audio interface (CN43, only for Ver. A2) .......... 24
Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup.........................................26
3.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 26
3.2 Entering Setup ................................................................. 26
Figure 3.1:Award BIOS Setup initial screen ................ 26
3.3 Standard CMOS Setup .................................................... 27
Figure 3.2:Standard CMOS features screen ................. 27
3.3.1 CMOS RAM backup .................................................... 27
3.4 Advanced BIOS Features ................................................ 28
Figure 3.3:Advanced BIOS features screen.................. 28
3.4.1 Virus Warning............................................................... 28
3.4.2 CPU L1 & L2 Cache..................................................... 28
3.4.3 Quick Power on Self Test ............................................. 28
3.4.4 First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device......................... 28
3.4.5 Swap Floppy Drive ....................................................... 29
3.4.6 Boot UP Floppy Seek ................................................... 29
3.4.7 Boot Up NumLock Status............................................. 29
3.4.8 Gate A20 Option........................................................... 29
3.4.9 Typematic Rate Setting................................................. 29
3.4.10 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) ......................................... 29
3.4.11 Typematic Delay (msec)............................................... 29
3.4.12 Security Option ............................................................. 29
3.5 Advanced Chipset Features............................................. 30
Figure 3.4:Advanced chipset features screen ............... 30
3.5.1 DRAM Timing Selectable ............................................ 31
3.5.2 CAS Letency Time ....................................................... 31
3.5.3 Active to Precharge Delay ............................................ 31
3.5.4 DRAM RAS#-to-CAS Delay........................................ 31

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3.5.5 DRAM RAS# Precharge............................................... 31
3.5.6 DRAM DATA Integrity Mode ..................................... 31
3.5.7 Memory Frequency For Onboard UBS ........................ 31
3.5.8 DRAM Read Thermal Mgmt........................................ 31
3.5.9 System BIOS Cacheable............................................... 31
3.5.10 Video BIOS Cacheable................................................. 32
3.5.11 Memory Hole At 15M-16M ......................................... 32
3.5.12 Delay Transaction ......................................................... 32
3.5.13 Delay Prior to Thermal ................................................. 32
3.5.14 AGP Apecture Size (MB) ............................................. 32
3.6 Integrated Peripherals...................................................... 33
Figure 3.5:Integrated peripherals (1) ............................ 33
3.6.1 On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE.......................... 33
3.6.2 IDE 1st/2nd Mstr/Slave PIO/UDMA Modes (Auto) .... 33
3.6.3 USB Controller ............................................................. 33
3.6.4 USB Keyboard Support ................................................ 33
3.6.5 Onboard FDC Controller .............................................. 33
3.6.6 Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8H/IRQ4)............................. 34
3.6.7 Onboard Serial Port 2 (2F8H/IRQ3)............................. 34
3.6.8 UART Mode Select ...................................................... 34
3.6.9 RxD, TxD Active.......................................................... 34
Figure 3.6:Integrated peripherals (2) ............................ 34
3.6.10 Onboard Parallel Port (378/IRQ7)................................ 34
3.6.11 Parallel Port Mode (ECP + EPP) .................................. 35
3.6.12 ECP Mode Use DMA ................................................... 35
3.7 Power Management Setup............................................... 35
Figure 3.7:Power management setup............................ 35
3.7.1 Power-supply Type ....................................................... 35
3.7.2 Power Management ...................................................... 36
3.7.3 Video Off In Suspend ................................................... 36
3.7.4 MODEM Use IRQ ........................................................ 36
3.7.5 Soft-Off by PWRBTN .................................................. 36
3.7.6 CPU THRM-Throttling................................................. 37
3.7.7 Power on by LAN ......................................................... 37
3.7.8 Power on by Ring ......................................................... 37
3.7.9 Power on by Alarm ....................................................... 37
Figure 3.8:PnP/PCI configurations screen.................... 37
3.8.1 PnP OS Installed ........................................................... 37
3.8.2 Reset Configuration Data.............................................. 38
3.8.3 Resources controlled by:............................................... 38
3.9 PC Health Status.............................................................. 38
Figure 3.9:PC health status screen................................ 38
3.9.1 CPU Warning Temperature .......................................... 38
3.9.2 Current System Temperature ........................................ 38
3.9.3 Current CPU Temperature ............................................ 38

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3.9.4 VCORE......................................................................... 38
3.9.5 +5V/+12V/-5V/-12V .................................................... 39
3.10 Load Setup Defaults ........................................................ 39
3.11 Password Setting ............................................................. 39
3.12 Save & Exit Setup ........................................................... 40
3.13 Exit Without Saving........................................................ 40
Chapter 4 Chipset Software Installation Utility............42
4.1 Before you begin ............................................................. 42
4.2 Introduction ..................................................................... 43
4.3 Installing the CSI Utility ................................................. 44
Chapter 5 AGP SVGA Setup ..........................................48
5.1 Before you begin ............................................................. 48
5.2 Features ........................................................................... 49
5.3 VGA Installation ............................................................. 49
Chapter 6 LAN Configuration ........................................54
6.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 54
6.2 Features ........................................................................... 54
6.3 Driver Installation ........................................................... 54
6.4 Windows NT Drivers (Intel 82559) Setup Procedure..... 55
6.5 Windows 2000 Drivers (Intel 82559) Setup Procedure .. 59
Chapter 7 Onboard Security Setup ................................66
7.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 66
7.2 Windows 9X Drivers Setup Procedure ........................... 66
7.3 Windows NT Drivers Setup Procedure........................... 68
7.4 Using the OBS Hardware Doctor Utility ........................ 71
Chapter 8 Ultra ATA Storage Driver Setup ..................74
8.1 Introduction ..................................................................... 74
8.2 Features ........................................................................... 74
8.3 Installation....................................................................... 75
8.4 Displaying Driver Information........................................ 79
Appendix A Programming the watchdog timer...............82
A.1 Programming the Watchdog Timer................................. 82
A.1.1 Watchdog timer overview............................................. 82
A.1.2 Reset/ Interrupt selection .............................................. 82
A.1.3 Programming the Watchdog Timer .............................. 82
Table A.1:Watchdog Timer Registers .......................... 84
A.1.4 Example Program ......................................................... 85
Appendix B Pin Assignments ............................................92
B.1 IDE Hard Drive Connector(CN1, CN2).......................... 92
Table B.1:IDE hard drive connector (CN1, CN2) ........ 92

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B.2 Floppy Drive Connector (CN3)....................................... 93
Table B.2:Floppy Drive Connector (CN3) ................... 93
B.3 Parallel Port Connector (CN4) ........................................ 94
Table B.3:Parallel Port Connector (CN4)..................... 94
B.4 USB Connector (CN6) .................................................... 95
Table B.4:USB Connector (CN6)................................ 95
B.5 VGA Connector (CN7) ................................................... 95
Table B.5:VGA Connector (CN7) ................................ 95
B.6 Ethernet Base-T Connector (CN8, CN34) ...................... 96
Table B.6:Ethernet 10/100Base-T RJ-45 Connector
(CN8, CN34)96
B.7 COM1/COM2 Serial Port (CN9, CN10)......................... 96
Table B.7:COM1/COM2 RS-232 serial port (CN9,
CN10)96
B.8 Keyboard and Mouse Connnector (CN11)...................... 97
Table B.8:Keyboard and Mouse Connector (CN 11) ... 97
B.9 External Keyboard Connector (CN12)............................ 97
Table B.9:External Keyboard Connector (CN 12) ....... 97
B.10 IR Connector (CN13) ...................................................... 98
Table B.10:IR Connector (CN 13)................................ 98
B.11 CPU Fan Power Connector (CN14)................................ 98
Table B.11:CPU Fan Power Connector (CN 14).......... 98
B.12 Power LED and Keyboard Lock (CN16)........................ 99
Table B.12:Power LED and Keyboard Lock (CN 16). 99
B.13 External Speaker Connector (CN17)............................... 99
Table B.13:External Speaker Connector (CN 17) ........ 99
B.14 Reset Connector (CN18) ............................................... 100
Table B.14:Reset Connector (CN 18)......................... 100
B.15 HDD LED Connector (CN19)....................................... 100
Table B.15:HDD LED Connector (CN 19) ................ 100
B.16 ATX Feature Connector (CN20)................................... 101
Table B.16:ATX Feature Connector (CN 20) ............ 101
B.17 ATX Soft Power Switch (CN21) .................................. 101
Table B.17:ATX soft power switch (CN21)............... 101
B.18 AC-97 Audio Interface (CN43)..................................... 102
B.19 Extension I/O Board Connector (CN27)....................... 102
Table B.19:Extension I/O Board Connector (CN 27). 102
B.20 Extension I/O Board Connector (CN28)....................... 103
Table B.20:Extension I/O Board Connector (CN 28). 103
B.21 SM Bus Connector (CN29) ........................................... 104
Table B.21:SM Bus Connector (CN 29)..................... 104
B.22 System I/O Ports............................................................ 104
Table B.22:System I/O Ports ...................................... 104
B.23 DMA Channel Assignments.......................................... 105

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Table B.23:DMA Channel Assignments .................... 105
B.24 Interrupt Assignments ................................................... 106
Table B.24:Interrupt Assignments.............................. 106
B.25 1st MB Memory Map.................................................... 106
Table B.25:1st MB memory map ............................... 106
B.26 PCI Bus Map ................................................................. 107
Table B.26:PCI bus map............................................. 107

1
CHAPTER
1
General Information
This chapter provides background
information on the PCA-6184. It shows
you how to configure the card to match
your application and 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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Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration
1.1 Introduction
The PCA-6184 Series all-in-one industrial grade single board computer is
a high performance and full-featured computing engine. It meets most
industrial application requirements.
Advantech's PCA-6184 full-sized CPU card is designed with Intel 845E/
845 chipset and supports socket 478 Pentium® 4/Celeron® processor
(FSB 533/400MHz) up to 2.4 GHz and above. In addition to high-speed
processor, the PCA-6184 supports up to 2GB DDR200/DDR266
SDRAM memory with 2 onboard DIMM socket. Ideal for high-perfor-
mance and demanding applications, it provides maximum computing
power and productivity. Moreover, the PCA-6184 is built-in with ATI
Rage 128 Pro 4XL and 32MB onboard VGA SDRAM. It features supe-
rior 3D performance with AGP 4X. Single or dual Intel 82559 10/
100Base-T Ethernet controller are available in the PCA-6184 series. The
high reliability and excellent performance provided by Intel 82559 Ether-
net controller are crucial for various network applications. Flexible I/O
expansion ports allow customers to optimize their need for four USB,
dual LAN port, and additional PS/2 keyboard & mouse port
A CMOS data backup is stored in the Flash memory, which protects data
even after a battery failure. Also included is a 255-level watchdog timer,
which resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if a program cannot be
executed normally. This enables reliable operation in unattended environ-
ments. The remote management interface enables the PCA-6184 to be
managed through Ethernet when it is connected to the SNMP-1000
Remote HTTP/SNMP System Manager..