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How to Use This Guide This manual is designed to help users configure the NuPRO-850 Full-Size ePCI-X System Host Board with Dual Xeon CPU. It is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 Introduction Gives an overview of the product features, applications, and specifications.
Linux operating systems, as well as embedded real-time applications. It is the ideal solution for telecommunications, internet, and industrial networking applications. This chapter is designed to give the user with an overview of the NuPRO-850 SHB. This chapter covers the following topics: •...
ADLINK. Check the following items are included in the package, if there are any items missing, contact your dealer. • The NuPRO-850 module (May be equipped with different speed or capacity CPU, RAM, and HDD). • This User’s Manual •...
PICMG 1.2 Rev 1.0 Embedded PCI-X Specification compliant. • PCI Local Bus Specification, Rev 2.2 compliant. • Single Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with 1MB L2 cache, 533/800MHz FSB, Hyper-Threading Technology. • Four 184-pin DIMM sockets, support single/dual channel DDR DIMM. Up to four DIMMs of DDR 266/333/400 with ECC unbuffered.
Functional Blocks and Main Board The following topics provide an overview of the NuPRO-850 main features as shown in the functional block diagram below and also the main board. Functional Block Diagram Figure 1: Functional Block Diagram 4 • Introduction...
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Main Board Drawing A M P Figure 2: Main Board Drawing Introduction • 5...
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Intel®'s 0.13-micron and 90nm manufacturing process and featuring Hyper-Threading technology, a 1MB level two-cache size. The Intel® Pentium® 4 has a maximum clock speed of 3.4GHz and front side bus frequency of 400/533/800MHz. The Intel® NetBurst™ micro-architecture and Hyper-Threading Technology is designed specifically for multi-tasking environments and provides outstanding performance for multi-threaded applications.
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Software The NuPRO-850 is compatible with all major PC operating systems. ADLINK provides support, which may include additional drivers for ADLINK peripherals. Software device drivers for the NuPRO-850 may be found in the ADLINK CD. 1.3.8 AC’97 Link NuPRO-850 provides one AC’97 link 10-pin header, the AC’97 link is provided by the 6300ESB ICH.
Form Factor • Standard Full-Size ePCI-X System Host Board, 338.6mm x 122mm (13.33”x4.8”). CPU/Cache • Intel® Pentium® 4 processor. The socket supports CPUs manufactured using Intel's 0.13-micron and 90nm manufacturing processes, FC-mPGA4 package (478-pin). • ® The Intel Pentium® 4 processor runs at a core speed of up to 3.4GHz, with a Front Side Bus (FSB) speed of 400/533/800MHz, and on-die 512KB or 1MB Advanced Transfer L2 Cache.
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: Award / Phoenix BIOS advanced by ADLINK BIOS • NuPRO-850 supports BIOS memory size up to 8Mbytes (Firmware Hub I/F). • Flash write protection will be implemented under software control. This bit must be set to 1 before any write will be allowed to the BIOS Flash.
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• The NuPRO-850 edge connector uses three standard 32-bit PCI connectors. These three connectors carry two busses, one PCI-X 64-bit/66MHz bus and one PCI 32-bit/33MHz bus. Both busses are provided by Intel 6300ESB ICH. Hardware Monitor • The W83L784R provides temperature, fans, and voltage monitors. It has analog to digital converters that allow software to monitor the voltages on NuPRO-850.
Jumpers and Connectors This chapter will familiarize the user with the NuPRO-850 with the interfaces and connections available before getting started. The chapter also contains information about the board layout, connector definitions and jumper setup as well as the following information: •...
NuPRO-850 Board Outline and Illustration 2.1.1 NuPRO-850 Top View CN17 CN18 ePCI-X bus A ePCI-X bus B 12 • Jumpers and Connectors CN16 CN13 LAN1 CN10 CN11 CN12 CN14 Figure 3: NuPRO-850 Top View JPY1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4...
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2.1.2 Front View Figure 4: View of Face Plate Position Case open pin header Front panel pin header COM1 connector Secondary IDE connector AC’97 link connector Primary IDE connector MiniPCI slot CN10 SATA-1 connector CN11 SATA-0 connector CN12 VGA 2 CN13 VGA CRT connector CN14...
Table 1: Description of Connector Locations NuPRO-850 Connector Pin Assignments A detailed description and pin-out for each connector is given in the following section. 2.2.1 VGA CRT connector (CN13) Table 2: VGA Connector Pin Definition 2.2.2 USB 2.0 connector (CN16, CN17) Table 3: USB Connectors Pin Definition 14 •...
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2.2.3 Gigabit Ethernet connector (LAN1) Green / Orange LED Yellow LED Table 4: Gigabit Ethernet Connector Pin Definition LED Color Green / Orange (Speed status) Yellow (Link status) Table 5: Ethernet Color LED Status 2.2.4 COM1 connector (CN3) Table 6: Ethernet Color LED Status Status Function Orange...
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Table 7: AC’97 connector (CN6) 2.2.6 Case Open connector (CN1) Signal is connected to a limit switch sensor of the chassis to detect if the case is open or closed. Table 8: Case Open connector Pin Definition 16 • Jumpers and Connectors...
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2.2.9 LVDS connector (CN14) SIGNAL LVDS_PWR LVDS_PWR LVDS_L0N LVDS_L0P LVDS_L1N LVDS_L1P LVDS_L2N LVDS_L2P LVDS_LCKN LVDS_LCKP LVDS_L3N LVDS_L3P Table 11: LVDS connector (CN14) 18 • Jumpers and Connectors FUNCTION LVDS Power LVDS Power Ground Ground LVDS lower data channel 0 (-) LVDS lower data channel 0 (+) Ground LVDS lower data channel 1 (-)
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2.2.11 ATX 12V 4-pin connector (PN1) Table 12: Floppy Connector Pin Definition 2.2.12 Fan1 / Fan2 connector (FN1/FN2) Table 13: Floppy Connector Pin Definition SIGNAL ATX12V ATX12V Pin # Signal Name Fan power Fan speed Jumpers and Connectors • 19 FUNCTION Ground Ground...
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2.2.13 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector (CN7, CN4) CN7: Primary IDE CN4: Secondary IDE Signal Name Reset IDE Host data 7 Host data 6 Host data 5 Host data 4 Host data 3 Host data 2 Host data 1 Host data 0 Ground DRQ0 / DRQ1 Host IOW...
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2.2.14 Front Panel Pin Header (CN2) Table 15: Front Panel Pin Definition SIGNAL FUNCTION Power WDTLED# Watch Dog LED Signal PLED Power LED Signal No Connect Ground Ground No connect PWRON Power-on signal +5VSB +5V Standby Power PME# Power (Optional) Management Event WDSPK...
Getting Started This chapter gives a summary of what is required to setup an operational system using the NuPRO-850, including hardware installation and an overview of the BIOS. CPU Installation The NuPRO-850 CPU module supports single/dual FC-mPGA2 Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with a front side bus (FSB) of 800MHz or 533MHz.
Memory Installation This section details the procedure for installing system memory on the NuPRO-850. Correct memory configuration is critical for proper system operation. 3.2.1 Memory Configuration Options The NuPRO-850 has flexible memory configuration options. These include support for 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB Modules. Note that the...
IDE device connectors onboard supporting IDE devices running in any data transfer mode up to ATA-100. Each IDE connector supports two drives, a Master and a Slave. The drives connect to the NuPRO-850 with an IDE ribbon cable. To install an IDE drive, connect the drive to one of the drive connectors to a suitable ribbon cable.
BIOS Configuration Overview This section gives an introduction to the Phoenix/Award Plug and Play BIOS Setup Utility. For more detailed information about the BIOS and other utilities, please refer to the BIOS Manual. The BIOS has many separately configurable features. These features are selected by running the built-in Setup utility.
Operating System Installation For more detailed information about your operating system, refer to the documentation provided by the operating system vendor. Install peripheral devices. NuPRO devices are automatically configured by the BIOS during the boot sequence. Most operating systems require initial installation on a hard drive from a floppy or CDROM drive.
Device Driver Installation To install drivers for the NuPRO-850, refer to the installation information in this chapter. Basic driver installation information for Windows XP/2000 is outlined in this section. For installation information for non-Windows Operating Systems, refer to the extensive explanations on the ADLINK CD. The drivers...
Run command prompt. Place the ADLINK CD into the CD-ROM drive. Run Setup.exe under X:\NuPRO\NuPRO-850\chipset. Where X is the CD drive letter. The user will be prompted with a license agreement. Should the user not agree with the terms and conditions for using the software, the Installer will exit before extracting any files.
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4.2.2 LAN Driver Installation This section describes the LAN driver installation process for the Intel® 82547 Gigabit Ethernet controller under Windows 2000/XP. The Intel® software utilities package include 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet device drivers. All drivers and utilities are stored in the ADLINK CD under the directory: X:\NuPRO\NuPRO-850\LAN, where X: is the location of the CD-ROM drive.
Watchdog Timer Watchdog Timer The operation of the Nupro-850’s watchdog timer is described in this chapter. An overview of the watchdog operation and features, as well as the programming procedure is provided to give the user an insight into the workings of the watchdog timer.
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5.1.2 Configuration Registers The Intel® 6300ESB ICH WDT, appears to BIOS as PCI Bus 0, Device 29, Function 4, and has the standard set of PCI Configuration register. The following describes the configuration registers. Offset 10H: Base Address Register (BAR) This register determines the memory base for WDT down-counter setting.
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General Interrupt Status Register This register is at Base + 08H. Bit 0 is set when the first stage of down-counter reaches zero. Bit 0 = 0 – No Interrupt Bit 1 = 1 – Interrupt Active NOTE: This bit is not set in free-running mode. Reload Register This register is at Base + 0CH.
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5.1.2 GPIO Control Registers There are two GPIOs on Nupro-850 that relate to watchdog timer. They are listed below. The GPIO control base port is 480H. WDT_TOUT# pin selection WDT_TOUT# signal is multiplexed with GPIO32. When using WDT, this signal must be switched to WDT_TOUT# function.
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ADLINK provides a demo DOS utility, HRWDT.EXE. It is included in the driver CD. Run “hrwdt /?” under the following directory: X:\CHIPDRV\WDT\HRWDT for a more detailed explanation. User also can download the Intel WDT demo windows application from Intel driver download center. Watchdog Timer • 39...
Bus Details NuPRO-850 ePCI-X Bus The NuPRO-850 provides PCI-X/PCI buses. Bus-A can run up to 64-bit PCI-X 66. Bus-B can run PCI 33MHz. The ePCI-X Bus pin assignment is compatible with the PICMG 1.2 ePCI-X specifications. In the following sections, we will describe the detail signal definition and the design guide for the backplane designer to be compatible with the NuPRO-850 ePCI-X bus.
6.2.5 PME# The NuPRO-850 implement PME# signal and connect it to 6300ESB PCI-X Bus Signals 6.3.1 Backplane Present The a_PRSNT# and b_PRSNT# signals are connected to the super I/O chip’s GP25 and GP26 pins respectively. These signal are pulled to +3.3V via 4.7k resistors.
Warranty Policy Thank you for choosing ADLINK. To understand your rights and enjoy all the after-sales services we offer, please read the following carefully. Before using ADLINK’s products please read the user manual and follow the instructions exactly. When sending in damaged products for repair, please attach an RMA application form which can be downloaded from: http://rma.adlinktech.com/policy/.
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• Damage from technicians. • Products with altered and/or damaged serial numbers are not entitled to our service. • This warranty is not transferable or extendible. • Other categories not protected under our warranty. Customers are responsible for all fees necessary to transport damaged products to ADLINK.
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