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SBC-6504
PICMG 1.0
Single Board Computer
User Manual
2009/11/05

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  • Page 1 SBC-6504 PICMG 1.0 Single Board Computer User Manual 2009/11/05...
  • Page 2 AICSYS Inc. shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this product. AICSYS Inc. does not issue a warranty of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

  • Page 3: Packing List

    SBC-6504 User Manual Packing List Please check the content: SBC-6504 single board computer 1 PC Utility CD (including user manual) 1 PC SATA Cable 1 PC RS232 DB9 & Printer Port DB25 Cable 1 PC Jumpers (yellow) 5 PCS...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    SBC-6504 User Manual Index Chapter 1 Product Introduction..........7 1.1 Product Overview.............7 1.2 Product Specification ............8 1.3 Mechanical Drawing............10 Chapter 2 Hardware Installing ..........11 2.1 Board Layout..............11 2.2 Connector List ............... 12 2.3 Jumper List ..............13 2.4 CPU Installation .............
  • Page 5 SBC-6504 User Manual Chapter 4 BIOS Setup.............. 47 4.1 Entering Setup .............. 47 4.2 Control Keys ..............48 4.3 Getting Help..............49 4.4 The Main Menu .............. 49 4.5 Standard CMOS Setup Menu..........50 4.6 Advanced BIOS Features..........53 4.7 Advanced Chipset Features..........58 4.8 Integrated Peripherals ............
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  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Product Introduction

    SBC-6504 User Manual Chapter 1 Product Introduction 1.1 Product Overview The SBC-6504 PICMG 1.0 full-size Single Board Computer supports Intel® Core™ 2 Duo, Intel® Celeron® 400 Series, Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in the LGA775 Land Grid Array package or Intel® Pentium® D processor (supports 775-Land package) at FSB 533/800 MT/s (133/200 MHz).

  • Page 8: Product Specification

    SBC-6504 User Manual 1.2 Product Specification General Specification Form Factor PICMG 1.0 full-size single board computer Intel® Core 2 Duo, Celeron® 400 series , Pentium® 4 processor and Pentium® D processor (supports 775-Land package) Front Side Bus 533/800 MT/s (133/200 MHz)
  • Page 9 SBC-6504 User Manual Display Graphic Intel 945GC integrated GMA (Graphic Media Engine Accelerator) 950 Frame Buffer Up to 224MB shard with system memory Display Type VGA D-sub 15-pin output Ethernet Controller Realtek RTL8111B Gigabit Ethernet Controllers Speed 10/100/1000Mbps Power & Environment...

  • Page 10: Mechanical Drawing

    SBC-6504 User Manual 1.3 Mechanical Drawing...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Hardware Installing

    SBC-6504 User Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installing 2.1 Board Layout LAN1 VGA1 LAN2 USB3/4 COM1 COM2 CN7 CN6 CN4 PRINT1 FDD1 SATA4 SATA2 USB2 USB1 SATA1 SATA3 IDE1 DDR2 DDR1 FAN2 FAN1 FAN3...

  • Page 12: Connector List

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.2 Connector List Connector Description SM BUS Connector LAN2 Link/Active & Speed LED Connector ATX 4 Pin 12V In Front Panel Connector ACPI Connector PS/2 KB/MS Connector (Optional) IDE1 Parallel IDE Connector FDD1 Floppy Connector PRINT1 Printer Port Connector...

  • Page 13: Jumper List

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.3 Jumper List Jumper Default Setting COM2 Mode Select COM2 Pin 1: DCD Short 3-5 Short 4-6 COM2 Pin 8: RI COM2 Mode Select COM2 Pin 1: DCD Short 3-5 Short 4-6 COM2 Pin 8: RI COM2 Mode Select : RS-232...

  • Page 14: Cpu Installation

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.4 CPU Installation The board supports Intel Desktop Processors as: Socket Type LGA775 Front Side Bus 533/800MHz Generation Intel® Core 2 Duo, Celeron® 400 series , Pentium® 4 processor and Pentium® D processor Please follow the installation steps: Check point 1.

  • Page 15: Memory Installation

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.5 Memory Installation The board supports four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM memory sockets with maximum memory capacity up to 2GB. Please follow steps below to install the memory modules: Push down latches on each side of the DIMM socket.

  • Page 16: Cmos Setup

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.6 CMOS Setup 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.

  • Page 17: Ide Interface

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.7 IDE Interface IDE1 is a 40-pin IDE interface connector for standard 3.5” IDE device. Signal Signal Signal Reset # Data 7 Data 8 Data 6 Data 9 Data 5 Data 10 Data 4 10 Data 11...

  • Page 18: Floppy Interface

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.8 Floppy Interface The board provides a 34-pin header type connector, FDD1, supporting up to two floppy drives. The floppy drives may be any one of the following types: 5.25" 360KB/1.2MB and 3.5" 720KB/1.44MB/2.88MB. Signal Signal Signal...

  • Page 19: Sata Interface

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.9 SATA Interface These SATA connectors are for high-speed SATA interface ports and they can be connected to hard disk devices. Pin Signal SATA_TX+ SATA_TX- SATA_RX- SATA_RX+...

  • Page 20: Ethernet Interface

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.10 Ethernet Interface The board is equipped with two high performance Plug and Play Ethernet interface fully compliant with the IEEE 802.3 standard. To connect the board to 10-Base-T, 100-Base-T or 1000 Base-T hub, just plug one end of cable to the Ethernet connector and connect the other end (phone jack) to a 10-Base-T, 100-Base-T or 1000 Base-T hub.
  • Page 21 SBC-6504 User Manual LAN1/LAN2 Link/Active & Speed LED Connectors (CN6, CN7) Signal Link/Active LED (+) Link/Active LED (-) Speed LED-10/100, Low Active + 3.3V Speed LED-1000, Low Active...

  • Page 22: Display Interface

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.11 Display Interface The VGA connector VGA1 is a standard 15-pin connector commonly used for the CRT VGA display. Signal Green Blue Ground Ground Ground Ground(GND) Ground (GND) DDC DATA Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync DDC CLK...

  • Page 23: Usb Port

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.12 USB Port The 4-pin standard Universal Serial Bus (USB) port connector on the board is for the installation of peripherals supporting the USB interface. Connector: USB1/2 Signal Signal USB D4- USB D5- USB D4+ USB D5+...

  • Page 24: Serial Port

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.13 Serial Port The serial interface for the board consists of COM1 port (COM1) support for RS-232 and COM2 (COM2) for RS-232/RS422/RS485. Please refer to the RS-232 pin assignment as listed below: Connector: COM1 Signal Signal Data Carrier Detect (DCD)
  • Page 25 SBC-6504 User Manual COM2 COM1...

  • Page 26: Power & Fan Connectors

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.14 Power & Fan Connectors Connect the power cable to CN2 for +12V ATX power supply Signal +12V +12V CN4 is a 6-pin header connector that provides ACPI interface. Signal EXTSMI Power Button PSON +5VSB...
  • Page 27 SBC-6504 User Manual You can connect the system cooling fan cable to FAN1, FAN3 Signal Ground +12V Sensor You can connect the CPU cooling fan cable to FAN2. It is for CPU cooling fan power. Signal +12V Sensor FAN1 FAN3...

  • Page 28: Printer Port

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.15 Printer Port This board has a multi-mode parallel port to support: 1. Standard Mode: IBM PC/XT, PC/AT and PS/2™ are compatible with bi-directional parallel port. 2. Enhanced Mode: Enhance parallel port (EPP) is compatible with EPP 1.7 and EPP 1.9 (IEEE 1284 compliant).
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  • Page 30: Smbus Connector

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.16 SMBus Connector This connector CN1 is for SMBUS interface support. Signal SMBUS_CLOCK SMBUS_DATA...

  • Page 31: Keyboard & Mouse Ports

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.17 Keyboard & Mouse Ports The board provides the Keyboard (KB1)/ Mouse (MS1) interface with a 5-pin connector.

  • Page 32: Front Panel Connector

    SBC-6504 User Manual 2.18 Front Panel Connector Power LED This 3-pin connector named as Pin 1, 3 and Pin 5 connect the system power LED indicator to such a switch on the case. Pin 1 is assigned as +, and Pin 3, Pin 5 as -.

  • Page 33: Chapter 3 System Configuration

    SBC-6504 User Manual Chapter 3 System Configuration 3.1 I/O Port Address Map ® ® ® ® ® The Intel Core™ 2 Duo Processor, Intel Pentium D Processor, Intel Celeron Processor can communicate via I/O ports. There are total 1KB port addresses...

  • Page 34: Interrupt Controller

    SBC-6504 User Manual 3.2 Interrupt Controller The board is a 100% PC compatible control board. It consists of 16 interrupt request lines, and four out of them can be programmable. The mapping list of the 16 interrupt request lines is shown as the following table.

  • Page 35: Watchdog Timer

    SBC-6504 User Manual 3.3 Watchdog Timer Watchdog Timer Setting After the system stops working for a while, it can be auto-reset by the Watchdog Timer. The integrated Watchdog Timer can be set up in the system reset mode by program.
  • Page 36 SBC-6504 User Manual Program Sample 2E, 87 2E, 87 2E, 07 2F, 08 Logical Device 8 2E, 30 Activate 2F, 01 2E, F5 Set Minute or Second 2F, N N=08 (Min),00(Sec) 2E, F6 Set Value 2F, M M = 00 ~ FF...

  • Page 37: Sata Raid Configuration

    SBC-6504 User Manual 3.4 SATA Raid Configuration Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) for RAID Function (Controller: Intel® ICH7R only) Please follow up the steps below to configure SATA hard drive(s): (1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system. (2) Enter the BIOS Setup to configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence.
  • Page 38 SBC-6504 User Manual Turn on your system and press the Del button to enter BIOS Setup during running POST (Power-On Self Test). If you want to create RAID, just select RAID for SATA Mode (default IDE) under the Integrated Peripherals menu.
  • Page 39 SBC-6504 User Manual Set CDROM for First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to boot CD-ROM after system restarts Save and exit the BIOS Setup. Configuring RAID by the RAID BIOS Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array.
  • Page 40 SBC-6504 User Manual After you press <CTRL+ I>, the Create RAID Volume screen will appear. If you want to create a RAID array, select the Create RAID Volume option in the Main Menu and press ENTER. After entering the CREAT VOLUME MENU screen, you can type the disk array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special characters) in the item “Name”.
  • Page 41 SBC-6504 User Manual Set the stripe block size. The KB is the standard unit of stripe block size. The stripe block size can be 4KB to 128KB. After the setting, press ENTER for the array capacity. After setting all the items on the menu, select Create Volume and press ENTER (as Figure 7) to start creating the RAID array.

  • Page 42: Delete Raid Volume

    SBC-6504 User Manual After the creation is completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID Array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc. Delete RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in...
  • Page 43 SBC-6504 User Manual Please press [ESC] to exit the ICH7MR RAID BIOS utility. Now, you can proceed to install a SATA controller and the operating system. Making a SATA Driver Disk To install the operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation.
  • Page 44 SBC-6504 User Manual When this screen pops out, please click the “CONFIRM” button. When the Driver is written to the floppy disk, the SATA driver disk is completed. Installing the SATA controller driver during the OS installation Now, the SATA driver disk is ready, and BIOS settings configured, you can proceed to install Windows XP onto your SATA hard drive using the SATA driver.
  • Page 45 SBC-6504 User Manual When you see the screen below, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press “S”. If the Setup correctly recognizes the driver of the floppy disk, a controller menu (as Figure 13) will appear below. Use the ARROW keys to select Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH) and press ENTER.
  • Page 46 SBC-6504 User Manual Note If a message on the screen saying that one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the driver CD. When the screen appears as below, press ENTER to continue installing the SATA driver through the floppy disk.

  • Page 47: Chapter 4 Bios Setup

    SBC-6504 User Manual Chapter 4 BIOS Setup The Phoenix-Award BIOS provides users with a built-in Setup program to modify basic system configuration. All configured parameters are stored in a battery-backed-up RAM (CMOS RAM) to save the Setup information whenever the power is turned off.

  • Page 48: Control Keys

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.2 Control Keys Move cursor to the previous item Up arrow Move cursor to the next item Down arrow Move cursor to the item on the left hand Left arrow Move to the item in the right hand...

  • Page 49: Getting Help

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.3 Getting Help Main Menu The online description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu Press <F1> to pop out a small Help window that provides the description of using appropriate keys and possible selections for highlighted items.

  • Page 50: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.5 Standard CMOS Setup Menu The Standard CMOS Setup Menu displays basic information about your system. Use arrow keys to highlight each item, and use <PgUp> or <PgDn> key to select the value you want in each item.
  • Page 51 SBC-6504 User Manual Time This item shows current time of your system with the format <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave These items identify the types of each IDE channel installed in the computer.
  • Page 52 SBC-6504 User Manual Drive A Select the type of floppy drive installed in your system, and the default is “None”. Halt On This item determines whether the system will halt or not, if an error is detected while powering up.

  • Page 53: Advanced Bios Features

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.6 Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure and improve your system, to set up some system features according to your preference. CPU Feature Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the CPU Feature sub menu.
  • Page 54 SBC-6504 User Manual Delay prior to Thermal This filed is used to select the time that would force the CPU to a 50% duty cycle when it exceeds its maximum operating temperature therefore protecting the CPU and the system board from overheating to ensure a safe computing environment.

  • Page 55: Hard Disk Boot Priority

    SBC-6504 User Manual Hard Disk Boot Priority Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu to decide the disk boot priority. Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced BIOS Features page. CPU L1 & L2 Cache These two options speed up memory access.
  • Page 56 SBC-6504 User Manual First/Second/Third Boot Device These items let you select the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd devices that the system will search for during its boot-up sequence. There is a wide range of options for your selection. Boot Other Device This item allows the user to enable/disable the boot device not listed on the First/Second/Third boot devices option above.
  • Page 57 SBC-6504 User Manual NOTE To disable the security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter a password. Do not type anything, just press <Enter> and it will disable the security. Once the security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

  • Page 58: Advanced Chipset Features

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.7 Advanced Chipset Features This section contains completely optimized chipset’s features on the board that you are strongly recommended to leave all items on this page at their default values unless you are very familiar with the technical specifications of your system hardware.

  • Page 59: Integrated Peripherals

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.8 Integrated Peripherals This section allows you to configure your OnChip IDE Device, Onboard Device and SuperIO Device. OnChip IDE Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu OnChip IDE Device.
  • Page 60 SBC-6504 User Manual IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support.
  • Page 61 SBC-6504 User Manual *** On-Chip Serial ATA Setting *** SATA Mode There are these options for you to set up SATA mode: IDE or RAID. On-Chip Serial ATA Use this item to enable or disable the built-in on-chip serial ATA.
  • Page 62 SBC-6504 User Manual Onboard Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu Onboard Device. USB Controller Enable this item if you are using the USB in the system. You should disable this item if a higher-level controller is added.
  • Page 63 SBC-6504 User Manual Super IO Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu Super IO Device. Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled, if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you want to use it. If you install and-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.
  • Page 64 SBC-6504 User Manual PWRON After PWR-Fail This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its operating status. Press <Esc> to return to the Integrated Peripherals page. Onboard Lan Boot ROM Use this item to enable or disable the Boot ROM function of the onboard LAN chip...

  • Page 65: Power Management Setup

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.9 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively. It will shut down the hard disk and turn OFF video display after a period of inactivity. ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI).
  • Page 66 SBC-6504 User Manual system configuration and open applications/files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy. The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a “wake up”...
  • Page 67 SBC-6504 User Manual Video Off In Suspend This item defines if the video is powered down when the system is put into suspend mode. Suspend Type If this item is set to the default Stop Grant, the CPU will go into Idle Mode during power saving mode.
  • Page 68 SBC-6504 User Manual temporarily enter into Suspend Mode enabling you to restart the system at once. Power On by Ring This option allows the system to resume or wake up upon detecting any ring signals coming from an installed modem. The default value is “Enabled”.

  • Page 69: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.10 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes the configuration of PCI (Personal Computer Interconnect) bus system, which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds close to the CPU speed while communicating with other important components. This section covers very technical items that only experienced users could change default settings.
  • Page 70 SBC-6504 User Manual Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all boot and Plug and Play-compatible devices. If you select Auto, all interrupt request (IRQ), DMA assignment, and Used DMA fields disappear, as the BIOS automatically assigns them.

  • Page 71: Pci Express Relative Items

    SBC-6504 User Manual ** PCI Express relative items ** Maximum Payload Size When using DDR SDRAM and Buffer size selection, another consideration in designing a payload memory is the size of the buffer for data storage. Maximum Payload Size defines the maximum TLP (Transaction Layer Packet) data payload size for the device.

  • Page 72: Pc Health Status

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.11 PC Health Status This section supports hardware monitoring that lets you monitor those parameters for critical voltages, temperatures and fan speed of the board. Current GMCH Temperature The current GMCH temperature will be automatically detected by the system.
  • Page 73 SBC-6504 User Manual Current SYSTEM FAN2 Speed Show you the current system fan2 speed. Vcore +3.3V/+5V/+12V/VBAT(V)/5VSB It shows the voltage of +3.3V/+5V/+12V. Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu page.

  • Page 74: Frequency/Voltage Control

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.12 Frequency/Voltage Control This section is to control the CPU frequency and Supply Voltage, DIMM OverVoltage and AGP voltage. Auto Detect PCI Clk The enabled item can automatically disable the clock source for a PCI slot without a module, to reduce EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference).

  • Page 75: Load Optimized Defaults

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.13 Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load your system configuration with default values. These default settings are optimized to enable high performance features. To load CMOS SRAM with SETUP default values, please enter “Y”. If not, please...

  • Page 76: Set Supervisor/User Password

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.14 Set Supervisor/User Password You can set a supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences between them are: Supervisor password: You can enter and change the options on the setup menu. User password: You can just enter, but have no right to change the options on the setup menu.

  • Page 77: Save & Exit Setup

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.15 Save & Exit Setup This section allows you to determine whether or not to accept your modifications. Type “Y” to quit the setup utility and save all changes into the CMOS memory. Type “N” to bring you back to the Setup utility.

  • Page 78: Exit Without Saving

    SBC-6504 User Manual 4.16 Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving changes you have made in this session. Type “Y”, and it will quit the Setup utility without saving your modifications. Type “N” to return to the Setup utility.
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