Advantech PCI-6873 Startup Manual

PCI-6873 PCI Half-size SBC w/AMD Geode™ LX800
with VGA/LCD/LVDS/LAN/SATA and SSD
Startup Manual

Packing List

Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that
the following items have been shipped:
• 1 FDD cable
• 1 IDE HDD cable (40P 60cm)
• 1 Y Cable for PS/2 Keyboard,
PS/2 Mouse
• 1 Serial SATA HDD data cable
• 1 Serial SATA HDD power cable
• 1 Printer (2.54 mm pitch) +RS-232 p/n:1700008891
(2.0 mm pitch) cable w/ bracket
• 1 USB cable with 4 ports
(2.0 mm pitch)
• 1 ATX feature cable
• 1 Power cable
• 1 Jumper pack
Optional accessories:
• Parallel port cable
• IDE HDD cable(80P)
• COM2(RS-232/422/485) cable
(2.0 mm pitch)
• COM3 & 4 (RS-232) cable with
bracket (2.0mm pitch)
• Audio module with Line-in,
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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products, please visit our website at:
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This manual is for the PCI-6873 series Rev. A1
Part No. 2002687310
Printed in China
p/n:1701340705
p/n:1701400607
p/n:1700060202
p/n:1700003194
p/n:1703150102
p/n:1700008887
p/n:1700002343
p/n:1700000265
p/n:9689000002
p/n:1701260301
p/n:1701400452
p/n: 1701140201
p/n: 1700001166
p/n: PCM-231A-00A1E
1st Edition,
Nov. 2008
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Specifications
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
PCI-6873 Startup Manual