COMMELL FS-A73 User Manual

FS-A73

PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card

User’s Manual

Edition: 1.1 2014/05/14

FS-A73 User’s Manual

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Packing List

Please check package component before you use our products.

Hardware:

FS-A73 PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card motherboard x 1

Cable Kit:

SATA-L Cable x 2

OALSATA-L)/ (1040142

PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Cable x 1

(OALPS2/MKN)/ (1040551)

4-pin to 3-pin ATX cable x 1

(OAL-ATX-C)/ (1040184)

Audio Port Cable x 1

(OAPJ-HD)/ (1040120)

USB Cable x 2 (OALUSBA-1)/ (1040172)

DB25 & DB9 cable x 1

(FS-A73TXG/ TXDG/ T2XG Only)

OAL1S1P)/ (1040041

DB25 cable x 2 & DB9 cable x 1

(FS-A73TXG2/ TXDG2/ T2XG2 Only)

OAL2S1P)/ (1040191

VGA Cable x 1

(FS-A73T2XG/ T2XG2 only)

CPU Cooler x 1

(OHS-P-M-G)/ (1190046)

DVI Module With DVI Cable x 1

(BADPDVI-A & OALDVI-P)

(4120008021 & 1040075)

(FS-A73TXDG/ TXDG2 only)

Other Accessories:

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Index

Chapter1 <Introduction>

1.1 <Product Overview> .............................................................................................7

1.2 <Product Specification>........................................................................................8

1.3 <Block Diagram> ................................................................................................10

1.4 <Mechanical Drawing > ......................................................................................11

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Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>.........................................................12

2.1 <Connector Location>......................................................................................... 12

2.2 <Jumper Reference>..........................................................................................13

2.3 <Connector Reference>......................................................................................14

2.3.1 <Internal Connectors>...................................................................................14

2.3.2 <External Connectors>..................................................................................14

2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>.................................................................................15

2.4.1 <CPU Setup>................................................................................................... 15

2.4.2 <Memory Setup>............................................................................................16

2.5 <CMOS Setup>...................................................................................................17

2.6 <Serial ATA Interface>.........................................................................................18

2.7 <Ethernet Interface>...........................................................................................19

2.8 <Onboard Display Interface>..............................................................................20

2.8.1 <Analog Display>...........................................................................................20

2.8.2 <Digital Display> ...........................................................................................22

2.8.3 <DVI Interface>..............................................................................................26

2.9 <Integrated Audio Interface>...............................................................................27

2.10 <GPIO and SMBUS Interface>.........................................................................29

2.11 <Switch and Indicator> ......................................................................................30

2.12 <USB Installation>............................................................................................31

2.13 <Power and Fan Installation> ...........................................................................32

2.14 <Serial Port>.....................................................................................................34

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2.15 <Switch and Indicator> .....................................................................................37

Chapter 3 <System Setup>.............................................................. 39

3.1 <Audio Configuration> ........................................................................................39

3.2 <Display Properties Setting>...............................................................................40

Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup>....................................................................42

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Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>................................. 44

A.1 <Serial ATA Port>................................................................................................44

A.2 <IrDA Port>.........................................................................................................44

A.3 <Serial Port >......................................................................................................44

A.4 <VGA Port>........................................................................................................45

A.5 <LAN Port>.........................................................................................................45

A.6 < USB Interface >...............................................................................................45

Appedix B <System Resources>................................................46

B.1 <I/O Port Address Map>.....................................................................................46

B.2 <Memory Address Map> ....................................................................................48

B.3 <System IRQ Resources>..................................................................................49

Appendix C <Programming GPIO’s>........................................50

Appendix E <Watch Dog timer Setting >............................... 51

Contact Information..............................................................................52

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Chapter1 <Introduction>

1.1 <Product Overview>

FS-A73 is the Full-size single board computer with last Intel desktop technology with

PICMG1.3 form factor. Based on Intel® QM57 and PCH, the board integrates a new Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3, Celeron®, and Pentium® Mobile Processor 988A-pin Socket, DDR3 memory slot, Intel® HD Graphic technology, Serial ATA II with RAID function for a Mobile system.

Intel Arrandale and Clarkfield Processor

The board supports Intel Core i7 Core i5 and Core 3 Processors with, 8MB Intel® Smart Cache, to provide more powerful performance than before

New features for Intel QM57 chipset

The board integrates Intel QM57 chipset, to provide new generation of the mobile Solution, supports integrated HD Graphics, DDR3 800/1066 MHz memory, built-in high Speed mass storage interface of serial ATA, High Definition Audio with 2 channels Sound

All in One multimedia solution

Based on Intel QM57 chipset, the board provides high performance onboard graphics, 24-bit dual channel LVDS interface, DVI and 2 channels High Definition Audio, to meet the very requirement of the multimedia application

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1.2 <Product Specification>

General Specification

Form Factor PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card motherboard CPU Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3, Celeron®, and

Pentium® Mobile Processor

Memory 2 x 240-pin DDR3 800/1066MHz SDRAM up to 4GB

Unbufferred, none-ECC memory supported only Chipset Intel® QM57 BIOS Phoenix-Award v6.00PG 32Mb SPI flash BIOS Green Function Supports ACPI 2.0 compliant. Watchdog Timer System reset programmable watchdog timer with 1 ~ 255 sec./min.

of timeout value Real Time Clock Intel® PCH built-in RTC with lithium battery Serial ATAII Intel® PCH integrates 6 Serial ATA II interface

RAID 0, 1,5,10 Intel Matrix Storage Technology supported

Multi-I/O Port

Chipset Intel® PCH 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 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® QM57 HD Graphic Technology 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

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® PCH 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

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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 PCI-E mini card One fall size PCI-E mini card

Power and Environment

Power

+5V, +12 DC input & 5V

Requirement

Requirement Dimension 338 (L) x 126 (H) mm Temperature Operating within 0 ~ 60P

Storage within –20 ~ 85

C (32 ~ 140P

C (-4 ~ 185P

Ordering Code

FS-A73TXG/G2 Intel PGA988+ QM57 Onboard VGA, LVDS, LAN, USB2.0,

HD Audio, SATA, SMBUS,6 COM, FS-A73TXDG/G2 Same as FS-A73X with 1x DVI Interface FS-A73T2XG/G2 Same as FS-A73X with secondary CRT

The specifications may be different as the actual production.

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1.3 <Block Diagram>

Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5,

1 x PCIE

x16

Core™ i3, Celeron®, and

Pentium®

Mobile Processor

2 x 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM 800/1066 MHz Up to 8GB

1 x CRT

1 x LVDS

1 x DVI

(FS-A73TXD)

1 x CRT2

(FS-A73T2X)

6 x Serial ATA

ALC888 HD Audio

2 x Serial ports

8-bit GPIO

Intel QM57

QM57

PCH

BIOS

1 x PCIE mini card

8 x USB 2.0

2 x Intel 82574L

PCI bus

IrDA

COM3~6

LPT

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1.4 <Mechanical Drawing >

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Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>

2.1 <Connector Location>

CPUFAN

DC_IN

CN_INV

JFRNT

CN_DVI

SYSFAN

S_ATA1~6

CN_LVDS

CN_PS

JVLCD

CN_SMBUS

CN_USB1~4

MINI_CARD

JCSEL1

CN_COM1/2/3/4/5/6

CN_IR

CN_LPT

CN_ATKB

CN_DIO

CN_AUDIO CD_IN

JAT

JRTC

JP1/2

FS-A73TXG / TXDG / T2XG:

PS/2 COM LAN CRT

FS-A73TXG2 / TXDG2 / T2XG2:

PS/2 COM LAN CRT

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2.2 <Jumper Reference>

Jumper Function

JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting JVLCD Panel Voltage Setting JAT Power mode select JP1 Com1 Voltage Setting JP2 Com2 Voltage Setting

Jumper: JAT Type: onboard 3-pin header

Power Mode JAT

AT Mode 1-2

ATX Mode

Default setting: ATX Mode

JRTC

1 3 1 3

2-3

JAT

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2.3 <Connector Reference>

2.3.1 <Internal Connectors>

Connector Function Remark

CPU Socket rPGA988A for PGA988 CPU SO-DIMM1/2 204 -pin DDR3 SO-DIMM socket SATA1/2/3/4/5/6 7-pin Serial A T A connector IDE 40-pin primary IDE connector CN_AUDIO 5 x 2-pin audio connector CD_IN 4-pin CD-ROM audio input connector CN_DIO 6 x 2-pin digital I/O connector CN_USB 1/2/3/4 5 x 2-pin USB connector CPUFAN 4-pin CPU cooler fan connector SYSFAN 3-pin system cooler fan connector CN_LVDS 20 x 2-pin LVDS connector CN_DVI 13 x 2-pin DVI connect CN_INV 5-pin LCD inverter connector CN_IR 5-pin IrDA connector JFRNT 14-pin front panel switch/indicator connector MINI_CARD 52-pin Mini-PCIE socket CN_COM1/2/3/4/5/6 9-pin RS232 JAT 3-pin Power mode select JPT1/2 3-pin Com Voltage Setting CN_LPT 13 x 2-pin printer connector

2.3.2 <External Connectors>

Connector Function Remark

RJ45_1/2 Two RJ45 LAN connector CRT DB15 VGA connector PS2 PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector

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2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>

2.4.1 <CPU Setup>

The board comes with the socket rPGA988A for Intel Arrandale and Clarkfield Processor, Intel® Smart 8MB Cache. Please follow the instruction to install the CPU properly.

Unlock wa

1. Use the flat-type screw drive to unlock the CPU socket

2. Follow the pin direction to install the processor on the socket

Check point

3. Lock the socket

4. CPU socket has 988 pins

PGA 988 CPU Check point

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2.4.2 <Memory Setup>

The board provides 2 x 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM to support 800/10 66MHz DDR3 memory module up to 8GB.

SO-DIMM2

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