Advantech PCA-6277V-00A1 User manual

PCA-6277
Full-size dual socket 370
Intel® Pentium® III proces-
sorbased PCI/ISA-bus
CPU card

Copyright notice
This document is copyrighted, 2002, by Advantech Co., Ltd. All
rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make
improvements to the products described in this manual at any time
without notice.
No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or
transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written
permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. Information provided in this
manual is intended to be accurate and reliable. However, Advantech
Co., Ltd. assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any in-
fringements upon the rights of third parties which may result from its
use.
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.
• VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Technologies Inc.
• Adaptec is a registered trademark of Adaptec Inc.
All other product names or trademarks are the properties of their
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Part No. 2006627702 2nd Edition
Printed in Taiwan October 2002

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-6277 dual socket 370 Pentium III® processor-based single
board computer
• 2 Pentium III® processor (optional), 2 cooling fan, P/N:
1759207200
• 1 PCA-6277 startup Manual
• 1 CD driver utility and manual (in PDF format)
• 4 SCSI driver disks (optional)
• 1 FDD cable, P/N: 1701340703
• 2 UDMA 66 HDD cables, P/N: 1701400452
• 1 printer (parallel port) cable & COM port cable kit, P/N:
1700060305
• 1 ATX-to-PS/2 power cable, P/N: 1700000450
• 1 ivory cable for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse, P/N:
1700060202
• 1 SCSI cable (optional), P/N 1701060000
• 1 USB cable (optional), P/N 1700100170
If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your distributor
or sales representative immediately.
We have carefully inspected the PCA-6277 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-6277, 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 Industrial features ........................................................7
1.3.7 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.............12
1.7 Safety Precautions ................................................................15
1.8 Jumper Settings.....................................................................16
1.8.1 How to set jumpers ...................................................16
1.8.2 CMOS clear (J1)........................................................17
1.8.3 Watchdog timer output (J2) .......................................17
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
1.13 Dual Processor Systems......................................................22
Chapter 2 Connecting Peripherals .............................. 23
2.1 Introduction ..........................................................................24

2.2 Primary (CN1) and Secondary (CN2) IDE Connectors .....24
2.3 Floppy Drive Connector (CN3) ...........................................25
2.4 Parallel Port (CN4) ...............................................................26
2.5 USB Port (CN6) ....................................................................27
2.6 USB Ports (CN31 and CN32) ...............................................28
2.7 VGA Connector (CN7) .........................................................28
2.8 10/100Base-T Ethernet Connectors (CN8 and CN34) ........29
2.9 Serial Ports (CN9: COM1; CN10: COM2)..........................29
2.10 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors (CN11 and CN33)
31
2.11 External Keyboard Connector (CN12) ..............................31
2.12 Infrared (IR) Connector (CN13)........................................32
2.13CPU_A Fan Connector (CN14) ..........................................32
2.14 CPU_B Fan Connector (CN15)..........................................32
2.15 Front Panel Connectors (CN16, CN17, CN18, CN19,
CN21 and CN22) .........................................................................33
2.15.1 Keyboard lock and power LED (CN16) ..................33
2.15.2 External speaker (CN17) .........................................33
2.15.3 Reset (CN18) ...........................................................34
2.15.4 HDD LED (CN19) ..................................................34
2.16 ATX Power Control Connectors (CN20 and CN21) ........35
2.16.1 ATX feature connector (CN20) and soft power switch
connector (CN21) ...............................................................35
2.16.2 Controlling the soft power switch ............................36
2.17 SM Bus Connector (CN23) ................................................36
Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ...................................... 37
3.1 Introduction ..........................................................................38
3.2 Entering Setup .......................................................................38
3.3 Standard CMOS Setup .........................................................39
3.3.1 CMOS RAM backup .................................................39
3.4 Advanced BIOS Features .....................................................40
3.4.1 Virus Warning ............................................................40
3.4.2 CPU Internal Cache / External Cache........................40
3.4.3 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking ..................................41

3.4.4 First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device ......................41
3.4.5 Swap Floppy Drive ....................................................41
3.4.6 Boot UP Floppy Seek ................................................41
3.4.7 Boot Up NumLock Status .........................................41
3.4.8 Gate A20 Option........................................................41
3.4.9 Typematic Rate Setting ..............................................41
3.4.10 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) ....................................42
3.4.11 Typematic Delay (msec) ..........................................42
3.4.12 Security Option ........................................................42
3.4.13 MPS Version Control For OS [1.1]..........................42
3.4.14 OS Select for DRAM > 64MB ................................42
3.4.15 Video BIOS Shadow ................................................42
3.4.16 EPA Logo Show ......................................................43
3.5 Advanced Chipset Features ..................................................43
3.5.1 DRAM Clock.............................................................44
3.5.2 SDRAM Cycle Length ...............................................44
3.5.3 Bank Interleave..........................................................44
3.5.4 Memory Hole ............................................................45
3.5.5 P2C/P2P Concurrency ..............................................45
3.5.6 System BIOS Cacheable............................................45
3.5.7 AGP Aperture Size ....................................................45
3.5.8 AGP-4X Mode ..........................................................45
3.5.9 AGP Driving Control .................................................46
3.5.10 AGP Fast Write .......................................................46
3.5.11 Onboard USB ..........................................................46
3.5.12 USB Keyboard Support ...........................................46
3.5.13 USB Mouse Support................................................46
3.5.14 CPU to PCI Write Buffer ........................................46
3.5.15 PCI Dynamic Bursting .............................................47
3.5.16 PCI Master 0 WS Write...........................................47
3.5.17 PCI Delay Transaction ...........................................47
3.5.18 PCI#2 Access #1 Retry ..........................................47
3.5.19 AGP Master 1 WS Write .........................................47
3.5.20 AGP Master 1 WS Read .........................................48
3.5.21 Memory Parity/ ECC Check....................................48

3.6 Integrated Peripherals ..........................................................48
3.6.1 On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE ......................48
3.6.2 IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO/UDMA Mode, IDE
Secondary Master/Slave PIO/UDMA Mode (Auto) ...........49
3.6.3 Init Display First ........................................................49
3.6.4 IDE HDD Block Mode ..............................................49
3.6.5 Onboard FDD Controller ...........................................50
3.6.6 Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8H/IRQ4)..........................50
3.6.7 Onboard Serial Port 2 (2F8H/IRQ3)..........................50
3.6.8 UART 2 Mode Select ................................................50
3.6.9 Onboard Parallel Port (378H/IRQ7) ..........................51
3.6.10 Onboard Parallel Port Mode (ECP + EPP) .............51
3.6.11 ECP Mode Use DMA ..............................................51
3.6.12 EPP Mode Select.....................................................51
3.7 Power Management Setup....................................................52
3.7.1 Power Supply Type ...................................................52
3.7.2 ACPI function............................................................52
3.7.3 Power Management ...................................................53
3.7.4 PM Control by APM .................................................53
3.7.5 Video Off Option .......................................................54
3.7.6 Video Off Method......................................................54
3.7.7 MODEM Use IRQ ....................................................54
3.7.8 Soft-Off by PWRBTN ..............................................54
3.7.9 State After Power Failure ..........................................55
3.7.10 Wake Up Events ......................................................55
3.8 Wake Up Event......................................................................56
3.8.4 Power On by LAN ....................................................56
3.8.5 Power On by Modem ................................................57
3.8.6 Power On by Alarm...................................................57
3.9 PnP/PCI Configurations ......................................................58
3.9.1 PnP OS Installed .......................................................58
3.9.2 Reset Configuration Data ...........................................58
3.9.3 Resources controlled: .................................................58
3.9.4 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop ............................................59
3.9.5 Assign IRQ for VGA..................................................59