FS-A74 PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card User’s Manual Edition 1.
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FS-A74 User’s Manual Packing List: Please check the package content before you starting using the board. Hardware: FS-A74 PICMG1.
FS-A74 User’s Manual Index Chapter 1 .............................................................6 1.1 ..................................................................................... 6 1.2 ................................................................................ 7 1.3 ................................................................................. 9 1.4 .................................................
FS-A74 User’s Manual Chapter 4 .............................................................32 Appendix A ..........................34 A.1 .......................................................................................34 A.2 .................................................................................................34 A.3 ...............................................................................................
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FS-A74 User’s Manual Chapter 1 1.1 FS-A74 the 2nd Generation Intel of the PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card motherboard, nd supports 2 Generation Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3 and Pentium/Xeon ® Desktop Processor and features Intel Q67 chipset, integrated HD Graphics, DDR3 memory, REALTEK High Definition Audio, Serial ATA and Intel Gigabit LAN.
FS-A74 User’s Manual 1.2 General Specification Form Factor CPU Memory Chipset BIOS Green Function Watchdog Timer Real Time Clock Serial ATAII PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ I3/I5/I7/Pentium/Xeon® processor With LGA1155 socket Package type: FCLGA 1155 2 x 240-pin DDR3 1066/1333MHz SDRAM up to 16GB Unbufferred, none-ECC memory supported only Intel® BD82Q67 PCH Phoenix 16Mb SPI flash BIOS Power saving mode includes doze, standby and suspend modes.
FS-A74 User’s Manual Expansive Interface PCI-Express PCI One X16 and one X4 or X1 on PICMG 1.3 Interface Four PCI bus master on PICMG 1.
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FS-A74 User’s Manual 1.4 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ I3/I5/I7/Pentium/Xeon® processor 1 x PCI Express x 16 2 x 240-pin DDR3 1066/1333MHz up to 16GB 1 x DVI 2 x PCI Express mini card 1 x CRT 4 x SATAII & 2 x SATA III 8 x USB 2.
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FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.3 2.3.
FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.4 2.4.1 FS-A74 has a LGA1155 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the processor properly. Attention If FS-A74 need RMA please Keep CPU socket cover on the CPU Socket. Warning If CPU Socket internal Pin damage We could not provide warranty. 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ I3/I5/I7/Pentium/Xeon® processor Package type: 1155 pin FCLGA FSB: 1066/1333MHz Checked point 1. Lift this bar 2. Uncover this plate 3.
FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.4.2 FS-A74 has two 240-pin DDR3 DIMM support up to 16GB of memory capacity. The memory frequency supports 1066/1333 MHz. Only Non-ECC memory is supported. DDRIIIA&B 2.5 The board’s data of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refuses to boot due to inappropriate CMOS settings, here is how to proceed to clear (reset) the CMOS to its default values.
FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.6 FS-A74 has Four Serial ATA II & Two Serial ATA III interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the Serial ATA II can be up to 300MB/s & Serial ATA III can be up to 600MB/s. Please go to http://www.serialata.org/ for more about Serial ATA technology information. Based on Intel® PCH, it supports Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with combination of RAID 0,1,5 and 10. The main features of RAID on Intel® Q67 PCH are listed below: 1.
FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.7 The board integrates with one Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet & one Intel 82579LM controllers, as the PCI Express bus. The Intel 82574L supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3 compliance and Wake-On-LAN supported.
FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.8 Based on Intel Q67 chipset with built-in graphics, the board provides one DB15 Connector on real external I/O port and the board also provides 26-pin DVI interface Notice: When you install any PCI Graphic card, the onboard graphics would be disabled automatically. 2.8.1 Please connect your CRT or LCD monitor with DB15 male connector to the onboard DB15 female connector on rear I/O port.
FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.8.2 The board also comes with a DVI interface with Chrontel for digital video interface. Connector: CN_DVI Connector type: 26-pin header connector (pitch = 2.
FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.9 The board integrates onboard audio interface with REALTEK ALC888 codec, with Intel next generation of audio standard as High Definition Audio, it offers more vivid sound and other advantages than former HD audio compliance. The main specifications of ALC888 are: z High-performance DACs with 100dB S/N ratio z 2 DAC channels support 16/20/24-bit PCM format for 2 audio solution z 16/20/24-bit S/PDIF-OUT supports 44.
FS-A74 User’s Manual Connector: CN_AUDIO Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.54mm) Pin 1 3 5 7 9 Description MIC_L MIC_R Speaker_R SENSE Speaker_L Pin 2 4 6 8 10 Connector: CDIN Type: 4-pin header (pitch = 2.
FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.10 FS-A74 integrates eight USB2.0 ports. The specifications of USB2.0 are listed below: Interface USB2.0 Controller Intel® Q67 Transfer Rate Up to 480Mb/s Voltage 5V CN_USB2 CN_USB1 10 2 CN_USB3 CN_USB4 2 10 9 1 1 Connector: CN_USB1/2/3/4 Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.
FS-A74 User’s Manual Jumper: JVUSB Type: Onboard 6-pin jumper JAT 4-6 & 3-5 2-4 & 1-3 Mode +5V_SB +5V Default setting Effective patterns of connection: 1-3 & 2-4 or 3-5 & 4-6 2 6 2 6 1 5 1 5 Warning: others cause damages -23-
FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.11 The board supports five RS232 serial port and one jumper selectable RS232/422/485 serial ports. The jumper JCSEL1 & JCSEL2 can let you configure the communicating modes for COM2.
FS-A74 User’s Manual Function IrDA 12 2 8 7 2 8 11 1 1 2 JCSEL1 JP212 7JCSEL2 JP4 JP3 JP1 JCSEL2 1 2 1 JCSEL1 11 2 12 11 8 7 2 1 1 8 7 2 12 2 1 1 11 RS-422 RS-232 Default setting: RS-485 JCSEL1: (1-3, 2-4, 7-9, 8-10) JCSEL2: (1-2) Jumper: JP1/JP2/JP3/JP4 (COM1/2/3/4) Type: onboard 6-pin header Power Mode JP1/2/3/4 Pin 9 with 5V Power 1-2 Pin 9 with 12V Power 3-4 Standard COM port 5-6 Default setting (5-6) 25
FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.12 The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface; you can use this general purpose I/O port for system control like POS or KIOSK. Connector: CN_DIO Type: 12-pin (6 x 2) header (pitch = 2.
FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.13 The FS-A74 provides a standard ATX power supply with 4-pin ATX connector and the board provides one 4-pin fan connector supporting smart fan for CPU cooler and one 4-pin cooler fan connectors for system and Northbridge chip. please connect this well before you finishing the system setup.
FS-A74 User’s Manual 2.14 The JFRNT provides front control panel of the board, such as power button, reset and beeper, etc. Please check well before you connecting the cables on the chassis. Connector: JFRNT Type: onboard 14-pin (2 x 7) 2.
FS-A74 User’s Manual Chapter 3 3.1
FS-A74 User’s Manual 3.2 Based on Intel Q67 with HD Graphic, the board supports two DACs for display device as different resolution and color bit. Please install the Intel Graphic Driver before you starting setup display devices. 1. Click right button on the desktop to lunch display properties 2. Click Advanced button for more specificity setup. Click Graphics Properties...
FS-A74 User’s Manual 3. This setup options can let you define each device settings.
FS-A74 User’s Manual Chapter 4 The motherboard uses the Phoenix BIOS for the system configuration. The Phoenix BIOS in the single board computer is a customized version of the industrial standard BIOS for IBM PC AT-compatible computers. It supports Intel x86 and compatible CPU architecture based processors and computers. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for the system central processing, memory and I/O sub-systems.
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FS-A74 User’s Manual Appendix A A.1 Connector: SATA1/2/3/4/5/6 Type: 7-pin wafer connector 1 2 7 3 4 5 1 6 7 GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND A.2 Connector: CN_IR Type: 5-pin header for SIR Ports Pin 1 2 3 4 5 JCSEL1 must jump to “SIR” Description VCC N/C IRRX Ground IRTX 1 5 A.
FS-A74 User’s Manual A.5 Connector: JSPD1/2 Type: 5-pin header for LAN Speed LED connector When Lan speed 10/100Mbps Pin 1 2 1 2 Description LEDLED+ When Lan speed 1Gbps Pin 1 2 Description LED+ LED- 2 Connector: JATC1/2 Type: 5-pin header for LAN Activity LED connector Pin 1 2 1 Description LEDLED+ A.
FS-A74 User’s Manual Appendix B B.1 The board is based on Phoenix BIOS and can be updated easily by the BIOS auto flash tool. You can download the tool online at the address below: http://www.phoenix.com/en/home/ http://www.commell.com.tw/Support/Support_SBC.htm File name of the tool is “Pflash.exe”, it’s the utility that can write the data into the BIOS flash ship and update the BIOS. B.2 1. Please make a bootable floppy disk. 2. Get the last .
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FS-A74 User’s Manual Appendix D The GPIO’can be programmed with the MSDOS debug program using simple IN/OUT commands.The following lines show an example how to do this. GPIO0…..
FS-A74 User’s Manual Appendix E The watchdog timer makes the system auto-reset while it stops to work for a period. The integrated watchdog timer can be setup as system reset mode by program.
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