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- Page 1 FS-A72 PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card User’s Manual Edition: 1.2 2014/05/14...
- Page 2 FS-A72 User’s Manual Copyright Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. This document is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice to make improvements to the products. This document contains proprietary information and protected by copyright. No part of this document may be reproduced, copied, or translated in any form or any means without prior written permission of the manufacturer.
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Page 3: Packing List
FS-A72 User’s Manual Packing List Please check package component before you use our products. Hardware: FS-A72 PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card motherboard x 1 Cable Kit: PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Cable x 1 Floppy flat Cable x 1 (OALPS2/MKN)/ (1040551) (OALFD)/ (1040095) - Page 4 FS-A72 User’s Manual Index Chapter1 <Introduction> ............7 1.1 <Product Overview> ..............7 1.2 <Product Specification> ..............8 1.3 <Block Diagram> .................10 1.4 <Mechanical Drawing >...............11 Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup> ..........12 2.1 <Connector Location>..............12 2.2 <Jumper Reference>..............13 2.3 <Connector Reference>..............14 ..............14 2.3.1 <Internal Connectors>...
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Page 5: Contact Information
FS-A72 User’s Manual 3.2 <SATA RAID Configuration>............34 3.3 <Audio Configuration> ..............38 3.4 <Video Memory Setup> ...............39 Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup> ............41 Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment> ........43 A.1 <Serial ATA Port>................43 A.2<Floppy Port>................43 A.3 <IrDA Port>.................44 A.4 <Serial Port>................44 A.5 <VGA Port>.................45... - Page 6 FS-A72 User’s Manual (This Page is Left for Blank...
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Page 7: Chapter1
Chapter1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> FS-A72 is the Full-size single board computer with last Intel desktop technology with PICMG1.3 form factor. Based on Intel® Q45 and ICH10DO, the board integrates a new Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Celeron processor 775-pin socket, DDR3 memory slot, Intel®... -
Page 8: Product Specification
FS-A72 User’s Manual 1.2 <Product Specification> General Specification Form Factor PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card motherboard Intel® Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Duo / Celeron® processor With LGA775 socket Package type: PLGA 775 Front side bus: 800/1066/1333MHZ (200/266/333MHz x 4) - Page 9 FS-A72 User’s Manual 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® ICH10DO with Realtek ALC888HD Audio...
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Page 10: Block Diagram
FS-A72 User’s Manual 1.3 <Block Diagram> Intel® Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Due/ Celeron® processor 2 x 240-pin DDR3 PCI-Express x16 Intel Q45 800/1066MHz up to 4GB 6 x Serial ATAII ports 8 x USB2.0 ports Intel 82574L 2 x GLAN... -
Page 11: Mechanical Drawing
FS-A72 User’s Manual 1.4 <Mechanical Drawing > Unit: inch... -
Page 12: Chapter 2
FS-A72 User’s Manual Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup> 2.1 <Connector Location> CPUFAN DDRIIIA/B DC_IN CN_AUDIO CN_LPT SYSFAN CN_USB1~4 CN_12V CN_PS CDIN JRCT S_ATA1~6 CN_IR CN_DIO CN_SMBUS JCSEL1 CN_SDVO JCSEL2 CN_COM1/2/3/4/5/6 JFRNT JP1/JP2 CN_ATKB... -
Page 13: Jumper Reference
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.2 <Jumper Reference> Jumper Function JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting COM1 signal mode switch (For Pin-1 & Pin-9) COM2 signal mode switch (For Pin-1 & Pin-9) Power mode select JCSEL1 CN_COM2 RS-232 RS422 RS485 Setting JCSEL2 CN_IR IrDA Setting... -
Page 14: Connector Reference
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.3 <Connector Reference> 2.3.1 <Internal Connectors> Connector Function Remark LGA775 CPU socket DDRIII1/2 240 –pin DDR3 SDRAM DIMM socket 34-pin floppy connector S_ATAII1/2/3/4/5/6 7-pin Serial ATA II connector CN_12V 8-pin +12V additional power supply connector CN_AUDIO 5 x 2-pin audio connector... -
Page 15: Cpu And Memory Setup
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup> 2.4.1 <CPU installation> FS-A72 has a LGA775 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the processor properly. Attention If FS-A72 need RMA please Keep CPU socket cover on the CPU Socket. -
Page 16: Memory Installation
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.4.2 <Memory installation> FS-A72 has two 240-pin DDR3 DIMM support up to 4GB of memory capacity. The memory frequency supports 800/1066 MHz. Only Non-ECC memory is supported. DDRIIIA/B 96-pin 144-pin Please check the pin number to match the socket side well... - Page 17 FS-A72 User’s Manual...
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Page 18: Cmos Setup
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.5 <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 19: Serial Ata Installation
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.6 <Serial ATA installation> FS-A72 has Six Serial ATA II interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the Serial ATA II can be up to 300MB/s. Please go to http://www.serialata.org/ for more about Serial ATA technology information. Based on Intel® ICH10DO, it supports Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with combination of RAID 0,1,5 and 10. -
Page 20: Floppy Installation
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.7 <Floppy Installation> FS-A72 has one 34-pin floppy interface 2.8 <LAN installation> The board integrates with two Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controllers, as the PCI Express bus. The Intel 82574L supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3... -
Page 21: Onboard Display Interface
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.9 <Onboard Display Interface> Based on Intel Q45 chipset with built-in graphics, the board provides one DB15 Connector on real external I/O port 2.9.1 <Analog Display> Please connect your CRT or LCD monitor with DB15 male connector to the onboard DB15... -
Page 22: Audio Installation
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.10 <Audio Installation> 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. - Page 23 FS-A72 User’s Manual Connector: CN_AUDIO Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.54mm) Description Description MIC_L Ground MIC_R ACZ_DET Speaker_R MIC Detect SENSE Speaker_L Speaker Detect Connector: CDIN Type: 4-pin header (pitch = 2.54mm) Description CD – Left Ground Ground CD –...
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Page 24: Gpio And Smbus Interface
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.11 <GPIO and SMBUS interface> The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface, and a SMBUS (System management bus) interface for control panel application. Connector: CN_DIO Type: onboard 2 x 6-pin header, pitch=2.0mm Description Description Ground... -
Page 25: Usb Installation
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.12 <USB Installation> FS-A72 integrates eight USB2.0 ports. The specifications of USB2.0 are listed below: Interface USB2.0 Controller Intel ICH10DO Transfer Rate Up to 480Mb/s Voltage The Intel® ICH10DO contains two Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) and five Universal Host Controller Interfaces (UHCI), it can determine whether your connected device is for USB1.1 or USB2.0, and change the transfer rate automatically. -
Page 26: Power And Fan Installation
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.13 <Power and Fan Installation> The FS-A72 provides a standard ATX power supply with 4-pin ATX connector and 8-pin additional 12V connector, and the board provides one 4-pin fan connector supporting smart fan for CPU cooler and one 3-pin cooler fan connectors for system and Northbridge chip. - Page 27 FS-A72 User’s Manual Connector: DC_IN Type: 4-pin P-type connector for +5V/+12V input Description Description Description Description +12V Ground Ground Connector: CN_12V Type: 8-pin standard Pentium 4 additional +12V power connector Description Description Ground +12V Ground +12V Ground +12V Ground +12V...
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Page 28: Serial Port
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.14 <Serial Port> 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. CN_COM2 Connector: CN_COM2 Type: 9-pin D-sub male connector on bracket for COM2... - Page 29 FS-A72 User’s Manual Setting RS-232 & RS-422 & RS-485 for COM2C JCSEL1 JCSEL2...
- Page 30 FS-A72 User’s Manual Function JCSEL1 JCSEL2 RS-422 RS-485 RS-232 Default setting: JCSEL1: (1-2) JCSEL2: (1-3, 2-4, 7-9, 8-10) Jumper: JP1/JP2 (COM1/2) Type: onboard 6-pin header Power Mode JP1/JP2 Pin 1 with 5V Power 1-3,4-6 Pin 9 with 12V Power 2-4,3-5...
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Page 31: Switch And Indicator
FS-A72 User’s Manual 2.15 <Switch and Indicator> 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) 2.54-pitch header... - Page 32 FS-A72 User’s Manual (This Page is Left for Blank)
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Page 33: Chapter 3
FS-A72 User’s Manual Chapter 3 <System Configuration> 3.1 <SATA configuration> SATA Mode: This option can let you select whether the Serial ATA hard drives would work under normal IDE mode or RAID mode. The RAID mode need more than one HDD is applied. -
Page 34: Sata Raid Configuration
FS-A72 User’s Manual 3.2 <SATA RAID Configuration> The board integrates Intel® ICH10DO with RAID function for Serial ATA II drives, and supports the configurations below: RAID 0 (Stripping): Two hard drives operating as one drive for optimized data R/W performance. It needs two unused drives to build this operation. - Page 35 FS-A72 User’s Manual Please press <CTRL+I> to enter the RAID configuration menu. You can setup the RAID under operation system for Microsoft® Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000 SP4 version, please install the Intel® Application Accelerator Ver.4.5 later to support RAID configuration with Intel® Matrix Storage Technology.
- Page 36 FS-A72 User’s Manual 1. After installing Intel Application Accelerator, please execute Intel® Storage Utility. Demo configuration for 2 SATA Drives and set as Intel Matrix Storage Technology set 2. Select Actions to Create RAID Volume Rename the Volume name Select RAID Level as 0...
- Page 37 FS-A72 User’s Manual 3. Please select two hard drives to prepare to set the RAID volume 4. Specify the Volume size Tune this bar to specify the volume size, if you specify the volume size lower than maximum, you can create a second volume for another RAID set.
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Page 38: Audio Configuration
FS-A72 User’s Manual 3.3 <Audio Configuration> The board integrates Intel® ICH10DO with REALTEK® ALC888 codec. It can support 2-channel sound under system configuration. Please follow the steps below to setup your sound system. Install REALTEK HD Audio driver. Lunch the control panel and Sound Effect Manager. -
Page 39: Video Memory Setup
FS-A72 User’s Manual 3.4 <Video Memory Setup> Based on Intel® Q45 chipset with GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator) 4500, the board supports Intel® DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Technology) 3.0, which would allow the video memory be triggered up to 1024MB. To support DVMT, you need to install the Intel GMA4500 Driver with supported OS. - Page 40 FS-A72 User’s Manual BIOS Setup: On-Chip Frame Buffer Size: This item can let you select video memory which been allocated for legacy VGA and SVGA graphics support and compatibility. The available option is 32MB and 128MB. Total GFX Memory Size: This item can let you select a static amount of page-locked graphics memory;...
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Page 41: Chapter 4
FS-A72 User’s Manual Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup> The motherboard uses the Award BIOS for the system configuration. The Award 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. - Page 42 FS-A72 User’s Manual (This Page is Left for Blank)
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Page 43: Appendix A
FS-A72 User’s Manual Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment> A.1 <Serial ATA Port> Connector: S_ATA1/2/3/4/5/6 Type: 7-pin wafer connector GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND A.2<Floppy Port> Connector: FDD Type: 34-pin (2x 17) 2.54-pitch box header Description Description Ground... -
Page 44: A.3
FS-A72 User’s Manual A.3 <IrDA Port> Connector: CN_IR Type: 5-pin header for SIR Ports Description IRRX Ground IRTX A.4 <Serial Port> Connector: COM1/2/3/4/5/6 Type: 9-pin header connector Description Description Ground... -
Page 45: A.5
FS-A72 User’s Manual A.5 <VGA Port> Connector: CRT Type: 15-pin D-sub female connector on bracket Description Description Description Ground GREEN Ground DDC_DA BLUE Ground HSYNC VSYNC Ground Ground DDC_CLK A.6 <LAN Port> Connector: RJ451/2 Type: RJ45 connector with LED on bracket... -
Page 46: A.7
FS-A72 User’s Manual A.7 <Parallel Port> Connector: LPT (PRINTER) Type: 26-pin (2 x 13) 2.54-pitch box header Description Description STROBE- AUTO FEED- ERROR- INITIALIZE- SELECT INPUT- Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground ACKNOWLEDGE- Ground BUSY Ground PAPER EMPTY Ground SELECT+... -
Page 47: Appedix B
FS-A72 User’s Manual Appedix B <System Resources> B.1 <I/O Port Address Map>... - Page 48 FS-A72 User’s Manual...
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Page 49: B.2
FS-A72 User’s Manual B.2 <Memory Address Map>... -
Page 50: B.3
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Page 51: Appedix C
FS-A72 User’s Manual Appedix C <Flash BIOS> C.1 <BIOS Auto Flash Tool> The board is based on Award BIOS and can be updated easily by the BIOS auto flash tool. You can download the tool online at the address below: h ttp://www.award.com... -
Page 52: Appendix D
FS-A72 User’s Manual Appendix D <Programming GPIO’s> 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…..GPIO7 bit0……bit7 -o 2E 87 ;enter configuration -o 2E 87 -o 2E 07 -o 2F 09 ;enale GPIO function... -
Page 53: Appendix E
FS-A72 User’s Manual Appendix E <Watch Dog timer Setting > 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. Timeout Value Range... -
Page 54: Contact Information
19F., No.94, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City 22102, Taiwan Address +886-2-26963909 +886-2-26963911 Website h ttp://www.commell.com.tw i nfo@commell.com.tw (General Information) E-Mail t ech@commell.com.tw (Technical Support) Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Taiwan-Commate-Computer-Inc/547993955271899 Twitter https://twitter.com/Taiwan_Commate Commell is a brand name of Taiwan commate computer Inc.
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