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Packing List
Please check package component before you use our products.
Hardware:
FS-A72 PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card motherboard x 1
FS-A72 is the Full-size single board computer with last Intel desktop technology with
PICMG1.3 form factor. Based on Intel® Q45 and ICH10DO, the board integrates a new
Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Celeron processor 775-pin socket, DDR3 memory slot, Intel®
Graphic Media Accelerator 4500 technology, Serial ATA II with RAID function for a powerful
desktop system.
Intel® LGA775 processor
The Intel® Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Celeron processor now comes with a new form
factor with 775-pin PLGA package, for 800/1066/1333MHz front-side-bus, 12MB L2 cache,
for 65nm and 45nm manufacturing technology, the PLGA processor without pin header on
solder side can make user installing the processor on the socket easier.
Intel
® Q45 and ICH10DO chipset
The Intel Q45 integrates DDR3 800/1066MHz for memory, and Graphic Media Accelerator
(GMA) 4500 technology for new graphic engine. It can provide up to 1024MB of frame
buffer when you install over 1GB of system memory. The ICH10DO integrates with up to 8
USB2.0 interfaces, and serial ATA II interface with RAID function.
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1.2 <Product Specification>
General Specification
Form Factor PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card motherboard
CPU Intel® Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Duo / Celeron® processor
With LGA775 socket
Package type: PLGA 775
Front side bus: 800/1066/1333MHZ (200/266/333MHz x 4)
Memory 2 x 240-pin DDR3 800/1066MHz SDRAM up to 4GB
Unbufferred, none-ECC memory supported only
Chipset Intel® Q45 (Northbridge) and ICH10DO (Southbridge)
BIOS Phoenix-Award v6.00PG 8Mb SPI flash BIOS
Green Function Power saving mode includes doze, standby and suspend modes.
ACPI version 1.0 and APM version 1.2 compliant
Watchdog Timer System reset programmable watchdog timer with 1 ~ 255 sec./min.
of timeout value
Real Time Clock Intel® ICH10DO built-in RTC with lithium battery
Serial ATAII Intel® ICH10DO integrates 6 Serial ATA II interface
Chipset Intel® 82801HDO( ICH10DO) with Winbond® W83627DHG
Controller
Serial Port Five RS-232 and one RS232/422/485 serial ports
USB Port Eight Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports with 480Mbps of transfer rate
Floppy Port One Floppy port
IrDA Port One IrDA compliant Infrared interface supports SIR
K/B & Mouse External PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports on rear I/O panel
GPIO One 12-pin Digital I/O connector with 8-bit programmable I/O
Interface
Smart Fan One CPU fan connectors for fan speed controllable
VGA Display Interface
Chipset Intel® Q45 GMA4500 (Graphic Memory Controller Hub)
Frame Buffer Up to 1024MB shared with system memory
Display Type CRT, LCD monitor with analog display
Connector External DB15 female connector on rear I/O panel
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Ethernet Interface
Controller Two Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controller
Type Triple speed 10/100/1000Base-T
Auto-switching Fast Ethernet
Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant
Connector Two External RJ45 connectors with LED on rear I/O panel
Audio Interface
Chipset Intel® ICH10DO with Realtek ALC888HD Audio
Intel High Definition Audio compliance
Interface 2 channels sound output
Connector Internal 10-pin header for line-out, MIC-in, 4-pin header for CD-IN
Expansive Interface
PCI-Express One X16 and one X4 or four X1 on PICMG 1.3 Interface
PCI Four PCI bus master on PICMG 1.3 Interface
Power and Environment
Power
+5V, +12 DC input & 5V
Requirement
SB
Requirement
Dimension 338 (L) x 126 (H) mm
Temperature Operating within 0 ~ 60P
CPU LGA775 CPU socket
DDRIII1/2 240 –pin DDR3 SDRAM DIMM socket
FDD 34-pin floppy c onnector
S_ATAII1/2/3/4/5/6 7-pin Serial ATA II connector
CN_12V 8-pin +12V additional power supply connector
CN_AUDIO 5 x 2-pin audio connector
CDIN 4-pin CD-ROM audio input connector
CN_DIO 6 x 2-pin digital I/O connector
CN_USB1/2/3/4 10-pin USB connector
CPUFAN 4-pin CPU cooler fan connector
SYSFAN 3-pin system cooler fan connector
CN_IR 5-pin IrDA connector
CN_SMBUS 5-pin SMBUS connector
CN_COM1/2/3/4/5/65 x 2-pin com connector
CN_ATKB 5-pin AT keyboard connector
JFRNT 14-pin front panel switch/indicator connector
CN_LPT 13 x 2-pin LPT connector
DC_IN 4-pin power supply co nnector
CN_PS 3-pin ATX function connector
2.3.2 <External Connectors>
Connector Function Remark
CRT DB15 VGA connector
RJ45_1/2 One RJ45 LAN connector
PS2 PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector
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2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>
2.4.1 <CPU installation>
FS-A72 has a LGA775 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the
processor properly.
AttentionIf FS-A72 need RMA please Keep CPU socket cover onthe CPU Socket. WarningIf CPU Socket internal Pin damage We couldnot provide warranty.