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PCA-6176 User's Manual

3.5

Chipset Features Setup

By choosing the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” option from the
INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu, a screen as shown in Fig. 3-3
below will be displayed. This sample screen contains the manufactur-
er’s default values for the PCA-6176.

If you enable the OBS function, you can view the temperature, fan
speed and voltage of your PC system. The data will be displayed in
similar fashion to the display shown in Fig. 3-3 below:

Figure 3-3: CHIPSET features setup screen

Summary of Contents for PCA-6176 Series

Page 1: ...PCA 6176 Series Full size Pentium II III processor based PCI ISA bus CPU card ...

Page 2: ...ty for its use nor for any in fringements upon the rights of third parties which may result from its use Acknowledgements Adaptec and EZ SCSI are trademarks of Adaptec Inc AMI is a trademark of AMZ Technologies Corp AWARD is a trademark of AWARD Software Inc AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices Inc IBM and PC are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Intel is a trademar...

Page 3: ...rmance 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 ...

Page 4: ...pset Intel 440 BX Intel 440 BX Intel 440 BX Intel 440 BX Intel 440 BX BIOS Award P P Award P P Award P P Award P P Award P P L2 cache 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB 512 KB Max system RAM 1 GB SDRAM 1 GB SDRAM 1 GB SDRAM 1 GB SDRAM 1 GB SDRAM VGA AGP x ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo LAN x x 10 100Base T Intel 82558 x 10 100Base T Intel 82558 SCS...

Page 5: ...aterials 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 a...

Page 6: ...sks CD for OBS Win95 drivers 1 FDD cable 2 EIDE HDD cables 1 printer cable and 1 serial port cable 1 temperature sensor cable 1 ivory cable for keyboard and mouse 1 SCSI cable Ultra Ultra Wide PCA 6176S F only 1 USB cable optional 1 ATX to PS 2 power cable 1 Pentium II III CPU retention module factory installed If any of these items are missing or damaged contact your distributor or sales represen...

Page 7: ...c 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 ...

Page 8: ... 1 5 Jumpers and Connectors 8 1 6 Board Layout Jumper and Connector Locations 10 1 7 Safety Precautions 11 1 8 Jumper Settings 12 1 8 1 How to set jumpers 12 1 8 2 CPU clock ratio setting SW1 12 1 8 3 CMOS clear J1 13 1 8 4 Watchdog timer output J2 13 1 9 System Memory 14 1 9 1 Sample calculation DIMM memory capacity 14 1 9 2 Supplementary information about DIMMs 15 1 10 Memory Installation Proced...

Page 9: ... CN14 27 2 13 CPU Temperature Sensor CN15 28 2 14 Front Panel Connectors CN16 CN17 CN18 CN19 and CN21 28 2 14 1 Keyboard lock and power on LED CN16 28 2 14 2 External speaker CN17 29 2 14 3 Reset CN18 29 2 14 4 IDE LED CN19 29 2 14 5 ATX soft power switch CN21 29 2 15 ATX Power Control Connectors CN20 and CN21 29 2 15 1 ATX feature connector CN20 and soft power switch connector CN21 29 2 15 2 Cont...

Page 10: ...1 Power Management 39 3 6 2 HDD Power Management 39 3 6 3 Soft Off by PWR BTTN 40 3 7 PCI Configuration Setup 40 3 7 1 IRQ xx assigned to PCI ISA PnP 41 3 7 2 DMA x assigned to PCI ISA PnP 41 3 7 3 Used MEM base addr N A 41 3 8 Load BIOS Defaults 42 3 9 Load Setup Defaults 42 3 10 Integrated Peripherals 42 3 11 Password Setting 43 3 12 IDE HDD Auto Detection 43 3 13 Save Exit Setup 44 3 14 Exit Wi...

Page 11: ...6 4 2 Windows 95 or Windows NT 76 6 4 3 Windows Windows for Workgroups 3 1x 77 6 4 4 DOS 77 6 4 5 SCSI device troubleshooting 77 6 4 6 Windows 95 Windows NT troubleshooting 78 6 4 7 Information for DOS Windows 3 1x users 80 6 4 8 DOS and Windows 3 1x device drivers 81 6 4 9 DOS and Windows 3 1x ASPI managers 81 6 4 10 DOS formatting utilities 81 Chapter 7 On board Security Setup 85 7 1 Introductio...

Page 12: ...J 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 110 B 12 CPU Fan Power Connector CN14 111 B 13 Power LED and Keylock Connector CN16 111 B 14 External Speaker CN17 112 B 15 Reset Connector CN18 112 B 16 HDD LED Connector CN19 112 B 17 ATX Feature Connector CN20 113 B 18 S...

Page 13: ...ure 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 Mounting the CPU and Cooling Modules 1 C HAPTER ...

Page 14: ...B Universal Serial Bus ports The PCI Bus Master IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33 operation This provides data transfer rates of over 33 MB sec System BIOS supports boot up from an IDE CD ROM SCSI CD ROM ZIP 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 ...

Page 15: ... board SCSI On board ATX power control connector to meet ACPI requirements Two enhanced IDE ports supporting Ultra DMA 33 PIO Mode 4 and DMA Mode 2 Two USB ports Two serial ports One bidirectional parallel port supports ECP EPP SPP One floppy port and one keyboard mouse port PCI V2 1 compliant PICMG 2 0 compliant Additional metal bracket to provide board stability with Pentium II III processor CMO...

Page 16: ...ata transfer rate BIOS enabled disabled Floppy disk drive interface Supports up to two floppy disk drives 5 360 KB and 1 2 MB and or 3 720 KB 1 44 MB and 2 88 MB BIOS enabled disabled Memory RAM Up to 1 GB in four available 168 pin DIMM sockets Supports PC100 compliant SDRAMs ECC parity DRAM only Modules can detect multi bit memory errors Correction of 1 bit memory errors Input Output Bus interfac...

Page 17: ...or is also available ISA driver current 64 mA High Drive VGA interface Supports AGP 2X 133 MHz Controller ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo Display memory SGRAM 4 MB SCSI interface PCI SCSI Supports 32 bit PCI interface and Ultra2 SCSI or legacy single ended devices data transfer up to 80 MB sec Chipset Adaptec AIC 7890 LAN Supports 10 100 Base T Ethernet networking Chipset Intel 82558 Industrial features Wat...

Page 18: ...0 60 C 40 140 F Humidity 20 95 non condensing Power supply voltage 5 V 12 V Power consumption 5 V 6 93 A for Pentium II 233 MHz 5 V 8 4 A for Pentium II 300 MHz 5 V 5 71 A for Pentium II 400 MHz 5 V 6 22 A for Pentium II 450 MHz 12 V 0 2 A typical 12 V 0 05 A typical Board size 338 x 122 mm 13 3 x 4 8 Board weight 0 5 kg 1 2 lbs ...

Page 19: ...t main features COM1 connector PS 2 mouse keyboard connector Intel 82440BX PCI set COM2 connector ATX power control connector Four DIMM modules up to 1 GB CPU temperature sensor connector EIDE connectors FDD connector Ultra2 SCSI connector Parallel port USB VGA AGP connector LAN connector ...

Page 20: ...number of jumpers used to configure your system for your application The tables below list the function of each of the board jumpers and connectors Later sections in this chapter give instructions on setting jumpers Chapter 2 gives instructions for connecting external devices to your card Table 1 1 Jumpers Label Function SW1 CPU clock ratio setting J2 Watchdog output J1 CMOS clear ...

Page 21: ...rt CN7 VGA connector CN8 Ethernet connector CN9 Serial port COM1 CN10 Serial port COM2 CN11 PS 2 keyboard and mouse CN12 External keyboard connector CN13 Infrared IR connector CN14 CPU fan connector CN15 CPU temperature sensor CN16 Keyboard lock and power LED CN17 External speaker CN18 Reset connector CN19 IDE LED CN20 ATX feature connector CN21 ATX soft power switch CN22 Factory reserved pin clos...

Page 22: ...10 PCA 6176 User s Manual 1 6 Board Layout Jumper and Connector Locations Figure 1 2 Board layout connecter locations ...

Page 23: ...an be damaged by sudden power surges Only experienced electronics personnel should open the PC chassis Caution Always ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching the CPU card Modern electronic devices are very sensitive to static electric charges As a safety precaution use a grounding wrist strap at all times Place all electronic components in a static dissipative surface or static...

Page 24: ...abeled 1 2 and 3 In this case you connect either pins 1 and 2 or 2 and 3 A pair of needle nose pliers may be useful when setting jumpers 1 8 2 CPU clock ratio setting SW1 You must configure your PCA 6176 CPU card to the frequency of your Intel Pentium II III processor by setting jumper SW1 The PCA 6176 SW1 is equpped to use Pentium processors with speeds of 233 266 300 333 350 400 450 and 500 MHz ...

Page 25: ...tting Table 1 4 CMOS clear J1 Function Jumper setting Keep CMOS data 1 2 closed Clear CMOS data 2 3 closed default setting 1 8 4 Watchdog timer output J2 The PCA 6176 contains a watchdog timer that will reset the CPU or send a signal to IRQ11 in the event the CPU stops processing This feature means the PCA 6176 will recover from a software failure or an EMI problem The J2 jumper settings control t...

Page 26: ...te the total DRAM memory within your computer Table 1 6 DIMM module allocation table Socket number 168 pin DIMM memory 1 16 32 64 128 or 256 MB x 1 2 16 32 64 128 or 256 MB x 1 3 16 32 64 128 or 256 MB x 1 4 16 32 64 128 or 256 MB x 1 1 9 1 Sample calculation DIMM memory capacity Suppose you install a 128 MB DIMM into your PCA 6176 s socket 1 a 32 MB DIMM into socket 2 and 3 and you leave socket 4...

Page 27: ...00 compliant DIMMs Most systems will not even boot if non compliant modules are used This is due to strict timing issues involved at this speed SDRAM chips are usually thinner than EDO chips and they usually have higher pin density Chips with 9 chips side support ECC chips with 8 chips side do not support ECC Single sided modules are typically 16 or 64 MB double sided modules are usually 32 128 or...

Page 28: ...long the plastic guides on both ends of the socket Then press the DIMM module right down into the socket until you hear a click This is when the two handles have automatically locked the memory module into the correct position of the DIMM socket See Figure 1 3 To take away a memory module just push both handles outward and the memory module will be ejected by the mechanism in the socket Figure 1 3...

Page 29: ...l cache memories The cache size in the Pentium II III CPU is either 256 KB or 512 KB Normally for workstation and server applications the 256 KB version is suffucient However if your system is for heavy duty applications the 512 KB version will help a lot The Pentium II III has another version that provides much better data security if combined with DRAM ECC This version was specifically developed...

Page 30: ...g fan attached The first of these systems is recommended Both cooling systems for the Pentium II III require a retention module to firmly fix the PentiumII III CPU to slot 1 Installing a Pentium II CPU with cooling modules requires an SECC I single edge contact connection I system Figure 1 4 illustrates the steps involved in mounting the retention module Installing a Pentium III CPU with cooling m...

Page 31: ...Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration 19 Figure 1 5 SECC II CPU installation step 1 ...

Page 32: ...20 PCA 6176 User s Manual Figure 1 6 SECC II CPU installation step 2 ...

Page 33: ...indicators to the PCA 6176 board You can access most of the connectors from the top of the board while it is installed in the chassis If you have a number of cards installed or your chassis is very tight you may need to partially remove the card to make all the connections 2 C HAPTER ...

Page 34: ...loppy drives IDE hard drives can connect in either position on the cable If you install two drives to a single connector you will need to set one as the master and one as the slave You do this by setting the jumpers on the drives If you use just one drive per connector you should set each drive as the master See the documentation that came with your drive for more information Connect the first har...

Page 35: ...se only one connector in each set The set on the end after the twist in the cable connects to the A floppy drive The set in the middle connects to the B floppy drive 2 3 Parallel Port Connector CN4 The parallel port is normally used to connect the CPU card to a printer The PCA 6176 includes an on board parallel port accessed through a 26 pin flat cable connector CN4 The card comes with an adapter ...

Page 36: ...CSI devices Connection of SCSI devices requires special attention especially when determining the last drive on the SCSI chain Refer to Chapter 6 and your device s operating manual for detailed installation advice 2 5 USB Connector CN6 The PCA 6176 CPU card provides one USB Universal Serial Bus interface which give complete Plug Play and hot attach detach for up to 127 external devices The USB int...

Page 37: ...ed with a high performance 32 bit PCI bus Ethernet interface which is fully compliant with IEEE 802 3 10 100 Mbps CSMA CD standards It is supported by all major network operating systems and is 100 Novell NE 2000 compatible An on board RJ 45 jack provides convenient 10 100Base T RJ 45 operation 2 8 Serial Ports CN9 COM1 CN10 COM2 The PCA 6176 offers two serial ports CN9 as COM1 and CN10 as COM2 Th...

Page 38: ...ystem BIOS setup Different devices implement the RS 232 standard in different ways If you are having problems with a serial device be sure to check the pin assignments for the connector 2 9 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector CN11 The PCA 6176 board provides a keyboard connector A 6 pin mini DIN connector CN11 on the card mounting bracket supports single board computer applications The card comes wi...

Page 39: ...rnal keyboard connector This gives system integrators greater flexibility in designing their systems 2 11 IR Connector CN13 This connector supports the optional wireless infrared transmitting and receiving module This module mounts on the system case You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup 2 12 CPU Fan Connector CN14 This connector supports cooling fans of 500 mA 6 W or less ...

Page 40: ...e are several external switches to monitor and control the PCA 6176 2 14 1 Keyboard lock and power on LED CN16 CN16 is a 5 pin connector for the keyboard lock and power on LED Refer to Appendix B Section 13 for detailed information on the pin assignments If a PS 2 or ATX power supply is used the system s power LED status will be as indicated below Power Mode LED PS 2 Power LED ATX Power System On ...

Page 41: ...LED to connector CN19 to indicate when the HDD is active 2 14 5 ATX soft power switch CN21 If your computer case is equipped with an ATX power supply you should connect the power on off button on your computer case to CN21 This connection enables you to turn your computer on and off 2 15 ATX Power Control Connectors CN20 and CN21 Note Refer to the diagram on the opposite page for the location of C...

Page 42: ...hen adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your CPU card and expansion cards 2 ATX power supplies may power on if certain motherboard components or connections are touched by metallic objects Important Make sure that the ATX power supply can take at least a 720 mA load on the 5 V standby lead 5VSB If not you may have difficult...

Page 43: ...Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to set the card s BIOS configuration data CHAPTER 3 ...

Page 44: ...rned off 3 2 Entering Setup Turn on the computer and check for the patch code If there is a number assigned to the patch code it means that the BIOS supports your CPU If there is no number assigned to the patch code please contact Advantech s applications engineer to obtain an up to date patch code file This will ensure that your CPU s system status is valid After ensuring that you have a number a...

Page 45: ... STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu and the screen below will be displayed This standard setup menu allows users to configure system components such as date time hard disk drive floppy drive display and memory Figure 3 1 CMOS setup screen ...

Page 46: ...tion is provided for your convenience Simply enable the Quick Booting item to save yourself valuable time Figure 3 2 BIOS features setup screen 3 4 1 Virus Warning While the system is booting up and after 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 run the anti virus program ...

Page 47: ...uences A C SCSI C A SCSI Default C CDROM A CDROM C A D A SCSI E A SCSI F A SCSI SCSI A C SCSI C A C only LS ZIP C 3 4 4 Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks A 360 KB type drive is 40 tracks while 720 KB 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB type drives are all 80 tracks Enabled BIOS searches the floppy drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks No...

Page 48: ... 8 Typematic Rate Chars Sec BIOS accepts the following input values characters second for typematic rate 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 3 4 9 Typematic Delay msec Typematic delay is the time interval between the appearance of two consecutive characters when holding down a key The input values for this category are 250 500 750 1000 msec 3 4 10 Security Option This setting determines whether the system will ...

Page 49: ...ay not show colors properly The setting Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on the setup default setting of Disabled 3 4 12 OS Select for DRAM 64 MB This setting is under the OS 2 system 3 4 13 Video BIOS Shadow This determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM which is optional according to the chipset design When enabled Video BIOS Shadow increases the video speed 3 4...

Page 50: ... shown in Fig 3 3 below will be displayed This sample screen contains the manufactur er s default values for the PCA 6176 If you enable the OBS function you can view the temperature fan speed and voltage of your PC system The data will be displayed in similar fashion to the display shown in Fig 3 3 below Figure 3 3 CHIPSET features setup screen ...

Page 51: ...n 3 6 1 Power Management This option allows you to determine if the values in power management are disabled user defined or predefined 3 6 2 HDD Power Management You can choose to turn the HDD off after one of the time intervals listed or when the system is in Suspend mode If the HDD is in a power saving mode any access to it will wake it up Note The HDD will not power down if the Power Management...

Page 52: ...nce will switch the system to system off power mode You can choose Delay 4 sec If you do then pushing the button for more than 4 seconds will turn off the system whereas pushing the button momentarily for less than 4 seconds will switch the system to suspend mode 3 7 PCI Configuration Setup Figure 3 5 PCI configuration screen ...

Page 53: ... DMA channel for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP card Two options are available PCI ISA PnP or Legacy ISA The first option the default setting indicates that the displayed DMA channel is not used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel you must set the field for that channel to Legacy ISA 3 7 3 Used MEM base...

Page 54: ...lues are loaded automatically if the stored record created by the setup program becomes corrupted and therefore unusable 3 9 Load Setup Defaults LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS loads the values required by the system for maximum performance 3 10 Integrated Peripherals Figure 3 6 Integrated peripherals Note If you enable the IDE HDD block mode the enhanced IDE driver will be enabled ...

Page 55: ...MOS The screen will display the following message Enter the current password and press Enter 3 After pressing Enter ROM password or the current password user defined you can change the password stored in the CMOS The password must be no longer than eight 8 characters Remember to enable the password setting feature you must first select either Setup or System to secure your option in BIOS FEA TURES...

Page 56: ...S memory of the chipset The microprocessor will check this every time you turn your system on and compare this to what it finds as it checks the system This record is required for the system to operate 3 14 Exit Without Saving Selecting this option and pressing Enter lets you exit the setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones ...

Page 57: ...tup The PCA 6176 series features an on board AGP VGA interface This chapter provides instructions for installing and operating the software drivers on the display driver disk CD included in your package CHAPTER 4 ...

Page 58: ... it is important to note that most display drivers need to have the relevant software application already installed in the system prior to installing the enhanced display drivers In addition many of the installation procedures assume that you are familiar with both the relevant software applications and operating system com mands Review the pertinent sections of your application software s user s ...

Page 59: ...ior video features These include filtered sealing of 720 pixel DVD content and MPEG 2 motion compensation for software DVD 4 3 Installation Disk 1 or CD Disk ATI RAGE PRO TURBO AGP VGA for Win95 98 1 V1 00 and Windows NT drivers Disk 2 or CD Disk ATI RAGE PRO TURBO AGP VGA for Win95 98 2 V1 00 and Windows NT drivers Disk 3 or CD Disk ATI RAGE PRO TURBO AGP VGA for Win95 98 3 V1 00 and Windows NT d...

Page 60: ...ns drivers for several versions of certain applications You must install the correct version in order for the driver to work properly so make sure you know which version of the application you have Changing display drivers in Windows To change display drivers in Windows select the Windows Setup icon from the Main window You will be shown the current setup configu ration Select Change System Settin...

Page 61: ...chapter or you can use the setup function provided by Windows 95 or Windows 98 Note 2 If you follow the procedures in this chapter you must use Disk 1 provided in your PCA 6176 kit 1 In the Windows 95 98 screen click Start Select Settings and then click the Control Panel icon 2 When installing Windows 95 an Add New Hardware Wizard window will appear Select Next ...

Page 62: ...press Next 3 If you choose Yes Recommended and press Next the Hardware Wizard will help you find the new hardware If the Hardware Wizard cannot find the new hardware or if you want to set up the VGA driver by yourself select No I want to select the hardware from a list and press Next ...

Page 63: ...Chapter 4 AGP VGA Setup 51 5 Insert disk 1 and select Have Disk 6 Click OK ...

Page 64: ...52 PCA 6176 User s Manual 8 Select RAGE PRO TURBO AGP English and click OK 7 Select macxw4 inf and click OK ...

Page 65: ...Chapter 4 AGP VGA Setup 53 9 Click Next 10 Insert disk 2 and click OK ...

Page 66: ...54 PCA 6176 User s Manual 12 Click Finish to complete the setup procedure 11 Insert disk 3 and click OK ...

Page 67: ...Chapter 4 AGP VGA Setup 55 4 6 Windows NT Drivers Setup Procedure 1 In the Control Panel screen select the Display icon and click Display Type 2 Click Change ...

Page 68: ...56 PCA 6176 User s Manual 4 Click Browse to look for the driver program 3 Click Have Disk ...

Page 69: ...Chapter 4 AGP VGA Setup 57 5 Select atirage and click Open 6 Select ATIRAGE PRO TURBO AGP 2X and click OK ...

Page 70: ...58 PCA 6176 User s Manual 7 When the driver has been successfully installed click OK 8 Click Yes to restart your computer and enable the changes to take effect ...

Page 71: ...ration The PCA 6176E F features an on board LAN interface This chapter gives detailed information on Ethernet configu ration It shows you how to configure the card to match your application require ments CHAPTER 5 ...

Page 72: ...Ethernet LAN controller fully integrated 10Base T 100Base TX Supports Wake On LAN remote control function PCI Bus Master complies with PCI Rev 2 1 MAC PHY 10 100 Mbps interfaces Complies to IEEE 802 3 10Base T and IEEE 802 3U 100Base T interfaces Fully supports 10Base T and 100Base TX operations Single RJ 45 connector provides auto detection of 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps network data transfer rates and c...

Page 73: ... The drivers and installation instructions are located in the following directories of the utility diskette CD Dos Drivers for DOS platforms Info Installation instructions Nwserver Drivers for Novell NetWare Wfw Drivers for Windows 3 11 for Workgroups Please refer to the text files in the Info directory for detailed informa tion about installing the drivers Note Operating system vendors may post d...

Page 74: ...62 PCA 6176 User s Manual 2 Click Next 5 4 Windows 95 98 Drivers Setup Procedure 1 In the Windows 95 98 screen click Start Select Settings and then click the Control Panel icon ...

Page 75: ...Chapter 5 LAN Configuration 63 3 Click Next 4 Click Next ...

Page 76: ...64 PCA 6176 User s Manual 6 Click Browse 5 Follow the instructions on the screen and click Have Disk ...

Page 77: ...Chapter 5 LAN Configuration 65 7 Select net82557 inf and click OK 8 Click OK ...

Page 78: ...66 PCA 6176 User s Manual 10 Click Next 9 Click OK ...

Page 79: ...Chapter 5 LAN Configuration 67 11 Click Finish 12 Click Yes ...

Page 80: ...s Setup Procedure Note You must install your Windows NT drivers before you begin to connect up your LAN wiring Otherwise LAN irregularities may occur 1 In the Windows NT screen click Start and select Settings Then click the Control Panel icon to select Network ...

Page 81: ...Chapter 5 LAN Configuration 69 4 Select Have Disk to find the Network Adapters Driver program 3 Click Add to add your new driver ...

Page 82: ...70 PCA 6176 User s Manual 6 Select Intel R PRO Adapter and click OK 5 Click OK ...

Page 83: ...Chapter 5 LAN Configuration 71 7 You will then find the new network adapter Intel 8255x based PCI Ethernet Adapter 10 100 in Windows ...

Page 84: ...72 PCA 6176 User s Manual ...

Page 85: ...oard SCSI interface This chapter explains basic SCSI concepts and provides instructions for installing the software drivers with the SCSI driver disks CD included in your package For more details refer to the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set User s Guide 6 CHAPTER ...

Page 86: ... on board SCSI Select configu ration utility allows you to change host adapter settings without opening the computer or handling the board In addition the SCSI Select utility contains a utility to low level format and it verifies the disk media on your hard disk drives Note If any peripheral is attached to the Ultra2 SCSI segment and is running at SE mode one or more Ultra Ultra Wide peripherals w...

Page 87: ... instructions on how to enable or disable termination Here are some general guidelines for termination Termination on internal SCSI peripherals is usually controlled by manually setting a jumper or switch on the peripheral or by physically removing or installing one or more resistor modules on the peripheral Termination on external SCSI peripherals is usually controlled by installing or removing a...

Page 88: ...ore about the features of SCSI 6 4 2 Windows 95 or Windows NT If you want to install Windows 95 or Windows NT on a new comput er system you may not be able to access your SCSI CD ROM drive at first Usually you install Windows 95 and Windows NT from a CD ROM disc To gain access to your CD ROM drive follow the DOS Quick Start instructions Then reboot your computer and follow these instructions 1 Ins...

Page 89: ... is the A drive Then press Enter 4 Follow the instructions that appear on the screen 6 4 5 SCSI device troubleshooting Review this checklist if your newly installed SCSI disk drives CD ROM drives or other devices do not seem to work properly 1 Make sure that termination is correctly set for all devices on the SCSI bus as described in your host adapter documentation 2 Make sure that there are no ha...

Page 90: ... there is no SCSI Controllers icon under Device Manager or the model name of the SCSI chipset does not appear under Device Manager If the SCSI Controllers icon or your host adapter s model name does not appear open Control Panel and double click the Add New Hardware icon Let Windows search for the host adapter by selecting Yes on the second screen of the Add New Hardware Wizard If Windows does not...

Page 91: ... 95 do I need lines for the Adaptec real mode ASPI drivers and mscdex in my config sys and autoexec bat files Usually you do not need to use these real mode ASPI drivers because the new Windows miniport drivers support most SCSI host adapters and SCSI devices However you need to load the drivers including mscdex if you have a CD ROM drive if any of the following is true You are running in MS DOS m...

Page 92: ...n under My Computer This means that the mapping between mscdex which runs in real mode and the Windows95 CD ROM driver does not match You can correct this in one of two ways Comment out the line that loads mscdex exe in the autoexec bat file Change the L switch on the line that loads mscdex exe in the autoexec bat file so that it assigns the CD ROM drive the next highest logical drive letter after...

Page 93: ...erface managers are software programs that enable the SCSI device drivers your host adapter and your SCSI devices to communicate with one another ASPI managers are written for a specific operating system such as DOS and a specific family of Adaptec host adapters Adaptec EZ SCSI includes several ASPI managers for DOS Windows 3 1x When you install Adaptec EZ SCSI on these operating systems it detect...

Page 94: ... the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to a disk device you want to format or verify then press Enter 4 When the next screen appears select either Format or Verify to verify that the disk is free of surface defects Then press Enter Warning Back up important data before you format the disk device A low level format erases all data from the disk 5 If you select Format confirm that you want to for...

Page 95: ...d are powered on Then follow these steps 1 Change to the directory where afdisk exe is located usually c scsi type afdisk at the DOS prompt and press Enter Informa tion about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen The number that appears after Target is the device s SCSI ID 2 Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the disk device you want to partition and then press Enter If the sel...

Page 96: ...s you want Partitions up to 2 GB are supported 5 When the number of cylinders is what you want press Esc When the confirmation prompt appears select Yes and press Enter to create the partition To create more partitions on the same disk device repeat steps 3 4 and 5 As you create partitions on the disk they are added to the window at the upper right of the screen 6 Press Esc to return to the Select...

Page 97: ...d Security Setup This chapter explains OBS concepts and provides instructions for installing the relevant software drivers This is done using the OBS driver disks CD included in your PCA 6176 package CHAPTER 7 ...

Page 98: ...nsmission voltage from CPU to chipset typically 1 5 V Chipset voltage typically 3 3 V Main voltage 5 V 12 V The negative system voltage sets which can be monitored include Main voltage 5 V 12 V 7 2 Installation of OBS Devices After you have mounted the CPU and cooling modules enable the OBS functions as follows 1 Take the specially designed temperature sensor cable out of the accessories bag 2 Con...

Page 99: ...u are uncertain about any of these concepts please refer to DOS or Windows user reference guides for more information before you proceed with the installation 7 3 2 Before you begin Before you begin installing software drivers you should make a backup copy of the display driver disk CD and store the original in a safe place The display driver disk CD contains drivers for several versions of certai...

Page 100: ...76 User s Manual 7 3 3 Windows 95 98 drivers setup procedure 1 Insert the OBS driver disk into drive A Type A setup exe Press Enter to run the driver SETUP program Figure 7 1 Hardware Doctor setup initial screen ...

Page 101: ...If your operating system is Win95 98 you will see the following screen images after running the driver You must then reboot your system start the procedure from Step 1 again and then proceed directly to Step 3 Figure 7 2 Setup under Win95 98 ...

Page 102: ...90 PCA 6176 User s Manual Figure 7 3 Restarting Windows ...

Page 103: ...Chapter 7 On board Security Setup 91 3 Follow the screen instructions to install the software Figure 7 4 Hardware Doctor setup installation screen ...

Page 104: ...92 PCA 6176 User s Manual 4 Complete the setup Figure 7 5 Hardware Doctor setup completion screen ...

Page 105: ...Chapter 7 On board Security Setup 93 5 Using your file manager click on Hardware Doctor in drive C and then click on W83781 Figure 7 6 Exploring Hardware Doctor ...

Page 106: ...ser s Manual 6 It is recommended that you load the default values for all the OBS settings However if desired you can establish new conditions for voltage fan speed and temperature Figure 7 7 Winbond Hardware Doctor ...

Page 107: ...f the bottom window bar This icon is the Terminate and Stay Resident TSR icon It will permanently remain in the bottom window bar and will activate warning signals when triggered by the on board security system Figure 7 8 Terminate and Stay Resident TSR icon on the right side of the bottom window bar ...

Page 108: ...age being delivered as soon as any monitored reading exceeds safe limits for the first time Alternatively you can set up Count 3 This will result in a warning message being delivered only after any monitored reading exceeds safe limits for a third time It is recommended that you load the default settings for all the OBS functions Figure 7 9 Monitoring Config ...

Page 109: ...r completing the setup all the OBS functions are permanently enabled When a monitored reading exceeds safe limits a warning message will be displayed and an error beep tone will be activated to attract your attention Figure 7 10 Warning display ...

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Page 111: ...A 6176 is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for any reason This feature ensures system reliability in industrial standalone or unmanned environments A APPENDIX ...

Page 112: ...he watchdog timer you must write a program which writes I O port address 443 hex The output data is a time interval value The value range is from 01 hex to 3F hex and the related time interval is 1 sec to 63 sec Data Time Interval 01 1 sec 02 2 sec 03 3 sec 04 4 sec 3F 63 sec ...

Page 113: ...ample shows how you might program the watchdog timer in BASIC 10 REM Watchdog timer example program 20 OUT H443 data REM Start and restart the watchdog 30 GOSUB 1000 REM Your application task 1 40 OUT H443 data REM Reset the timer 50 GOSUB 2000 REM Your application task 2 60 OUT H443 data REM Reset the timer 70 X INP H443 REM Disable the watchdog timer 80 END 1000 REM Subroutine 1 your application...

Page 114: ...102 PCA 6176 User s Manual ...

Page 115: ... Connector VGA Connector Ethernet 10Base T RJ 45 Connector COM1 COM2 RS 232 Serial Port Keyboard and Mouse Connector External Keyboard Connector IR Connector CPU Fan Power Connector Power LED and Keylock Connector External Speaker Reset Connector HDD LED Connector ATX Feature Connector System I O Ports DMA Channel Assignments Interrupt Assignments 1st MB Memory Map PCI Bus Map APPENDIX B ...

Page 116: ... 8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 SIGNAL GND 20 N C 21 N C 22 GND 23 IO WRITE 24 GND 25 IO READ 26 GND 27 IO CHANNEL READY 28 N C 29 HDACKO 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 ADDR 1 34 N C 35 ADDR 0 36 ADDR 2 37 HARD DISK SELECT 0 38 HARD DISK SELECT 1 39 IDE ACTIVE 40 GND low active 39 40 37 3 1 38 4 2 ...

Page 117: ...3 GND 4 N C 5 GND 6 N C 7 GND 8 INDEX 9 GND 10 MOTOR 0 11 GND 12 DRIVE SELECT 1 13 GND 14 DRIVE SELECT 0 15 GND 16 MOTOR 1 17 GND 18 DIRECTION 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 WRITE DATA 23 GND 24 WRITE GATE 25 GND 26 TRACK 0 27 GND 28 WRITE PROTECT 29 GND 30 READ DATA 31 GND 32 HEAD SELECT 33 GND 34 DISK CHANGE low active 33 34 31 3 1 32 4 2 ...

Page 118: ...nnector CN4 Parallel port connector CN4 Pin Signal 1 STROBE 2 AUTOFD 3 D0 4 ERR 5 D1 6 INIT 7 D2 8 SLCTINI 9 D3 10 GND 11 D4 12 GND 13 D5 14 GND 15 D6 16 GND 17 D7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 N C 13 26 2 15 12 1 25 14 ...

Page 119: ... SD 3 43 SD 3 10 SD 4 44 SD 4 11 SD 5 45 SD 5 12 SD 6 46 SD 6 13 SD 7 47 SD 7 14 SDP 0 48 SDP 0 15 GND 49 GND 16 DIFS 50 SENIN 17 TPWEX 51 TPWEX 18 TPWEX 52 TPWEX 19 NC 53 NC 20 GND 54 GND 21 SATN 55 SATN 22 GND 56 GND 23 SBSY 57 SBSY 24 SACK 58 SACK 25 SRST 59 SRST 26 SMSG 60 SMSG 27 SSEL 61 SSEL 28 SCD 62 SCD 29 SREQ 63 SREQ 30 SIO 64 SIO 31 SD 8 65 SD 8 32 SD 9 66 SD 9 33 SD 10 67 SD 10 34 SD 1...

Page 120: ...USB1 Signal Pin USB2 Signal 1 5 V 2 5 V 3 UV 4 UV 5 UV 6 UV 7 GND 8 GND 9 Chassis GND 10 Key B 6 VGA Connector CN7 VGA connector CN7 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 RED 9 N C 2 GREEN 10 GND 3 BLUE 11 N C 4 N C 12 SDT 5 GND 13 H SYNC 6 GND 14 V SYNC 7 GND 15 SCK 8 GND 15 10 5 1 1 2 9 10 ...

Page 121: ...45 Connector CN8 Ethernet 10Base T RJ 45 connector CN8 Pin Signal 1 XMT 2 XMT 3 RCV 4 N C 5 N C 6 RCV 7 N C 8 N C B 8 COM1 COM2 RS 232 Serial Port CN9 CN10 COM1 COM2 RS 232 serial port CN9 CN10 Pin Signal 1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI ...

Page 122: ...Signal 1 KB DATA 2 MS DATA 3 GND 4 VCC 5 KB CLOCK 6 MS CLOCK B 10 External Keyboard Connector CN12 External keyboard connector CN12 Pin Signal 1 CLK 2 DATA 3 NC 4 GND 5 VCC B 11 IR Connector CN13 IR connector CN13 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5 V 2 N C 3 FIRRX 4 CIRRX 5 IR_RX 6 5VSB 7 GND 8 N C 9 IR_TX 10 N C ...

Page 123: ...rd is on Pin 1 of CN16 supplies the LED s power and Pin 3 is the ground You can use a switch or a lock to disable the keyboard so that the PC will not respond to any input This is useful if you do not want anyone to change or stop a program which is running Simply connect the switch from Pin 4 to Pin 5 of CN16 Power LED and keylock connector CN16 Pin Function 1 LED power 5 V 2 NC 3 GND 4 Keyboard ...

Page 124: ...also connect it to the external speaker on your computer chassis External speaker CN17 Pin Function 1 5 VCC 2 GND 3 Internal buzzer 4 Speaker out B 15 Reset Connector CN18 Reset connector CN18 Pin Signal 1 GND 2 Reset B 16 HDD LED Connector CN19 HDD LED connector CN19 Pin Signal 1 VCC 2 LED 1 2 ...

Page 125: ...Appendix B Pin Assignments 113 B 17 ATX Feature Connector CN20 ATX feature connector CN20 Pin Signal 1 PS ON 2 VCC 3 5VSB ...

Page 126: ...C0 0DF DMA controller 0F0 Clear math co processor 0F1 Reset math co processor 0F8 0FF Math co processor 1F0 1F8 Fixed disk 200 207 Game I O 278 27F Parallel printer port 2 LPT 3 290 297 On board hardware monitor 2F8 2FF Serial port 2 300 31F Prototype card 360 36F Reserved 378 37F Parallel printer port 1 LPT 2 380 38F SDLC bisynchronous 2 3A0 3AF Bisynchronous 1 3B0 3BF Monochrome display and prin...

Page 127: ...rupt Interrupt source 1 NMI Parity error detected 2 IRQ 0 Interval timer 3 IRQ 1 Keyboard IRQ 2 Interrupt from controller 2 cascade 4 IRQ 8 Real time clock 5 IRQ 9 Cascaded to INT 0A IRQ 2 6 IRQ 10 Available 7 IRQ 11 Available 8 IRQ 12 PS 2 mouse 9 IRQ 13 INT from co processor 10 IRQ 14 Fixed disk controller 11 IRQ 15 Available 12 IRQ 3 Serial communication port 2 13 IRQ 4 Serial communication por...

Page 128: ...h Base memory B 22 PCI Bus Map PCI bus map Function Signals Device ID INT pin GNT pin On board LAN AD21 INT D GNT E On board SCSI AD20 INT A GNT A PCI slot 1 AD31 INT B C D A GNT A PCI slot 2 AD30 INT C D A B GNT B PCI slot 3 AD29 INT D A B C GNT C PCI slot 4 AD28 INT A B C D GNT D Note In the PCA 6176S F SCSI devices use GNT A signals via PCI slot 1 Therefore PCI slot 1 cannot be used for plug in...

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