PCI-6873 Startup Manual
Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that
the following items have been shipped:
1 FDD cable
p/n:1701340705
1 IDE HDD cable (40P 60cm)
p/n:1701400607
1 Y Cable for PS/2 Keyboard,
p/n:1700060202
PS/2 Mouse
1 Serial SATA HDD data cable
p/n:1700003194
1 Serial SATA HDD power cable
p/n:1703150102
1 Printer (2.54 mm pitch) +RS-232 p/n:1700008891
(2.0 mm pitch) cable w/ bracket
1 USB cable with 4 ports
p/n:1700008887
(2.0 mm pitch)
1 ATX feature cable
p/n:1700002343
1 Power cable
p/n:1700000265
1 Jumper pack
p/n:9689000002
Optional accessories:
Parallel port cable
p/n:1701260301
IDE HDD cable(80P)
p/n:1701400452
COM2(RS-232/422/485) cable
p/n: 1701140201
(2.0 mm pitch)
COM3 & 4 (RS-232) cable with
p/n: 1700001166
bracket (2.0mm pitch)
Audio module with Line-in, p/n: PCM-231A-00A1E
Line-out, Mic
If any of these items are missing or damaged, please con-
tact your distributor or sales representative immediately.
Note 1:
For detailed contents of PCI-6873, please refer
to information on the enclosed CD-ROM (in PDF
format).
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PCI-6873 PCI Half-size SBC w/AMD Geode™ LX800
with VGA/LCD/LVDS/LAN/SATA and SSD
Startup Manual
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Standard SBC Functions
CPU:
AMD Geode® LX800 processor, up to 500 MHz
System Memory:
- 1 x SODIMM socket for PCI-6873PZ2, supports Double
Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM, Max 1 GB, accepts
128/256/512 MB and 1GB DDR333 SDRAM
- Onboard Memory for PCI-6873F and PCI-6873L,
supports DDR333 SDRAM 256 MB
2nd Cache Memory:
128 KB on the processor
System Chipset:
AMD Geode LX800
BIOS:
AWARD 4-Mbit Flash BIOS
Watchdog timer:
255 level timer intervals
Expansion Interface:
32-bit PCI Slot
Battery:
Lithium 3 V / 196 mAH
Power management:
APM 1.2, ACPI supported
Enhanced IDE interface:
One channel supports up to
two EIDE devices. BIOS auto-detect, PIO Mode 3 or
Mode 4, supports UDMA 33/66 mode
Serial ATA Ports:
2 SATA ports through PCI to SATA
controller, Silicon Image Sil3512. Supports SATA RAID0,1.
Serial ports:
Four serial ports, 4 RS-232 ports (COM1:
DB9 connector on the rear IO site, COM2, 3, 4: by
box header), COM2 (CN22) can be selected to RS-
232/422/485 by CN19 RS232/422/485 select pin header
Parallel port:
One parallel port, supports SPP/EPP/ECP
mode
FDD interface:
Supports up to two FDD devices
Keyboard/mouse connector:
Supports one standard
PC/AT keyboard and a PS/2 mouse
Audio:
Supports AC97 Audio with the addition of optional
PCM-231A-00A1E module( PCI-6873 also can support
AC97 audio stereo sound without audio module and
support microphone in, line in, line out, and speaker out
function on board by custom addition of AC97 Audio
codec on PCI-6873.)
Note! Before using PCM-231A-00A1, please adjust BIOS
setting “On board Audio” to “Enable” from “Ad-
vanced chipset features.”
USB:
Four USB 2.0 compliant universal serial bus ports
GPIO:
8-bit general purpose Input/Output
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Packing List
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For technical support and service, please visit our
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This manual is for the PCI-6873 series Rev. A1
Part No. 2002687310
Printed in China
1st Edition,
Nov. 2008
Packing List
Specifications
