Mitsubishi Electric Apricot FT S Pentium Series User Manual Download

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FT//s Pentium

ADD-ON INSTALLATION GUIDE

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Summary of Contents for Apricot FT S Pentium Series

Page 1: ...apricot FT s Pentium ADD ON INSTALLATION GUIDE MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ...

Page 2: ...bed in this manual is furnished under a license agreement The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of this agreement It is against the law to copy any disk supplied for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use All rights reserved no use or disclosure without written consent Copyright Apricot Computers Limited 1993 Published by Apricot Computers Limited 3500 P...

Page 3: ...1 Contents Introduction 2 Anti static precautions 3 Power down procedure 4 Power up procedure 4 Removing the left side panel 5 Adapter cards 6 Upgrading memory 8 Processor upgrades 12 ...

Page 4: ...or upgrade If having read the relevant instructions you are not confident about installing the upgrade you may wish to have your supplier or service organisation install it for you Before you start installing the upgrade you should be thoroughly familiar with all the relevant instructions in this guide Warning Never carry out any work on the equipment with power applied Always switch off at the ma...

Page 5: ...shorten their working life therefore you should always take preventive measures No work should be carried out on any item unless it is in a Special Handling Area SHA as defined in BS CECC 00015 Part 1 In general this involves a common earth point an earthed bench or bench mat an earthed wrist strap Note An antistatic earthing point is provided on the rear panel of the system unit ...

Page 6: ...under the Y on the LCD display 3 Isolate the internal UPS battery by setting the BATTERY ISOLATION switch to the 0 position 4 Unplug the mains power supply Power up procedure 1 Ensure that the battery isolation switch is in the 0 position 2 Plug in the mains power supply 3 Set the BATTERY ISOLATION SWITCH to the 1 position 4 Push the POWER button 5 Perform any required power on security procedure ...

Page 7: ...ere the motherboard and power distribution board are located To remove the side panel 1 Power the system down 2 Unlock the security lock on the rear panel 3 Unscrew the two thumbscrews 4 Swing the rear of the panel away from the system unit until the rear flanges are clear of the system unit 5 Support the front of the panel and pull it rearwards to free it from the pegs CASING SCREWS Replacement i...

Page 8: ... at the front of the system unit FANS EXPANSION SLOTS BLANKING PLATE ADAPTER SUPPORT METALWORK ADAPTER CLAMP The two slots nearest the top of the system unit labelled 6 and 1 are both video slots Slot 6 is fitted with the auxiliary video extensions Slot 1 is fitted with the matched memory and base video extensions Drive controllers must occupy slots 4 5 7 and 8 The first controller always occupies...

Page 9: ...Loosen the thumbscrew at the bottom of the blanking plate for the slot that the adapter is to occupy and remove the blanking plate Note If the thumbscrew is tight it may be necessary to use a screwdriver or coin to release the thumbscrew 4 Place the adapter card above the required connector making sure that the front edge of the card locates in the appropriate notch in the bridge assembly 5 Push t...

Page 10: ...ks of four If SIMMs are installed in a bank all four SIMMs must be identical The eight SIMM sockets are located at the top front of the motherboard as shown in the following illustration MM1 SIMMS MM2 MM3 MM4 MM5 MM6 MM7 MM8 Each of the sockets is identified on the motherboard from MM1 to MM8 The odd numbered sockets form bank 0 the even numbered ones bank 1 ...

Page 11: ...the possible capacities Bank capacity Mbytes Total capacity Bank 0 Bank 1 Mbytes 16 16 16 16 32 32 32 32 16 48 32 32 64 64 64 64 16 80 64 32 96 64 64 128 128 128 128 16 144 128 32 160 128 64 192 128 128 256 Note For all cases the SIMMs in bank 0 could be swapped with those in bank 1 with no adverse affect ...

Page 12: ...e SIMM using your forefingers 2 Place your thumbs on the top edge of the SIMM and move it gently forwards 3 When the SIMM has rotated through 20 taking care to avoid touching any of the components on the SIMM grip the top corners of the SIMM between thumb and first finger and carefully pull the SIMM out of the socket Inserting SIMMs For each socket in the bank 1 The SIMM will only install in one o...

Page 13: ...y located in the connector 4 Pushing gently on the top corners rotate the SIMM backwards until it clips into place Do not use excessive force If the SIMM will not rotate easily remove it and start again 5 If the SIMM is properly located the SIMM should remain in position held by the securing clips and with a small plastic lug through the holes on either side of the SIMM ...

Page 14: ...ed of 60MHz Removing the processor Before installing the upgrade processor you must first remove the existing processor The processor is at the bottom front of the motherboard in front of the adapter cards Instructions on locating the socket and removing a processor are given below 1 Remove the side panel as described in Removing the left side panel 2 Note the position of all adapter cards and ada...

Page 15: ... the lever from the secure position until it is perpendicular to the motherboard FREE LOCKED The first and last 15 of movement may require considerable effort Apply just enough pressure to overcome the resistance offered by the lever 6 Once the processor is free of its socket lift it out of the system unit and place it on the anti static foam provided with the upgrade processor ...

Page 16: ...ding extra pin The processor has a small dot of paint on its top surface to indicate the corner with the extra pin If the processor has a heatsink fitted the paint dot may not be visible Use the illustration below to help you identify the keyed corner POSITIONING GUIDE KEYED CORNER 2 Carefully position the upgrade processor above the socket with the positioning guide on the processor over the keye...

Page 17: ... it is correctly aligned with the socket and that you do not bend or otherwise damage the pins 4 Once you are certain that all the pins on the processor are in the holes in the socket carefully move the securing lever to the locked position The lever may require a considerable amount of force in order to lock the processor in place Take care to exert no more force than is necessary 5 You may now r...

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