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Eagle Series Computer Service Manual

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DSS-10517-00, Rev. B01

INTRODUCTION

The instructions in this document are intended only for authorized service personnel. Eagle series
computers contain a high-output power supply, which produces current levels high enough to
make it unsafe for unauthorized persons to perform work inside the chassis.

Note: This document describes the Eagle Series computer packaged in the standard Eagle enclosure.  For
information on the AM-990 packaging option, consult the AM-990 SBC Service Manual, part number
DSS-10524-00.

The following procedures are discussed:

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Removing your computer’s top cover.

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Electronic equipment handling precautions.

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Printed circuit board configuration options.

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Installing memory.

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Peripheral installation.

EAGLE SERIES COMPUTERS

The instructions in this document are applicable to all computers in the Eagle Series. There are three
basic models that make up the Eagle series: the 100, 300, and 550. There are also the 400 and 500
models, which are more powerful variations of the Eagle 300 computer.  Here’s a brief introduction to
the Eagle series lineup:

Eagle 100

A single board computer based on a main electronics board called the AM-137. The
AM-137 board includes all the circuitry found on Alpha Micro’s AM-172 Roadrunner
board.

Eagle 300

Based on the DWB-00319-00 board; can be ordered with either an AM-172 or AM-174
Roadrunner board.

Eagle 400

Created by installing an AM-174 66MHz Roadrunner board into an 300 computer.

Eagle 500

Created by installing an AM-174 80MHz Roadrunner into an Eagle 300 computer.

Eagle 550

Based on the DWB-00319-20 board; can be ordered with the Roadrunner AM-174
80MHZ Roadrunner board.

Summary of Contents for Eagle 100

Page 1: ...DSS 10517 00 B01 Eagle Computer Service Manual For Authorized Service Personnel Only ...

Page 2: ... Il y a danger d explosion s il y a replacement incorrect de la batterie Remplacer uniquement avec une batterie du même type ou d un type recommandé par le constructeur Mettre au rébut les batteries usagées conformément aux instructions du fabricant For AM 3500 E100 E200 E300 E400 E500 and AM 990 01 systems replace battery with Panasonic or Ray O Vac BR2325 only For AM 3500 E550 AM 3500 6000 and A...

Page 3: ...ation 8 AM 319 20 Board Configuration 9 Remote Reset Capability 10 Boot ID Configuration Switch 10 Replacing the Time and Date Battery 10 SSD Chip and Boot PROM Handling 12 Roadrunner AM 172 Board Configuration 13 Roadrunner AM 174 Board Configuration 14 ACCESSING YOUR ROADRUNNER BOARD 15 UPGRADING ROADRUNNER ON BOARD MEMORY 18 Installing Memory 18 PERIPHERAL MOUNTING 19 Eagle 100 500 Rear Panel S...

Page 4: ...Peripheral installation EAGLE SERIES COMPUTERS The instructions in this document are applicable to all computers in the Eagle Series There are three basic models that make up the Eagle series the 100 300 and 550 There are also the 400 and 500 models which are more powerful variations of the Eagle 300 computer Here s a brief introduction to the Eagle series lineup Eagle 100 A single board computer ...

Page 5: ...Phillips head screws located on the computer s rear panel To remove the top cover remove the four screws from the locations indicated in the illustration below Once the screws have been removed slide back and remove the top cover The screw locations and cover removal procedure for the Super Eagle Eagle 550 chassis is identical to the standard Eagle chassis shown in the following two illustrations ...

Page 6: ...ge caused by static discharge Your body and clothing are capable of storing an electrical charge that can damage or destroy unprotected electronic components Before handling any computer hardware make sure your work area is properly protected against static discharge There are a number of commercially available static protection devices like the wrist strap shown below designed specifically to pro...

Page 7: ...personnel Contact your VAR if you require assistance in this area Printed Circuit Board Configuration The next few sections contain configuration information for the following boards AM 137 The Eagle 100 is a single board computer based on a main electronics board called the AM 137 The AM 137 board includes all the circuitry found on Alpha Micro s AM 172 Roadrunner board it also includes eight on ...

Page 8: ... 174 Roadrunner board in the Eagle 550 computer The AM 319 20 board supports all the I O ports used to communicate with printers terminals networks etc It also contains your computer s SSD chip and other I O related circuitry AM 172 The Roadrunner AM 172 board contains a 68030 CPU chip one 50 pin SCSI connector one boot PROM and all of your computer s on board memory AM 174 The Roadrunner AM 174 b...

Page 9: ...POWER CONNECTOR OSCILLATOR JUMPERS DO NOT REMOVE IDE INTERFACE SCSI INTERFACE I O EXPANSION SUPPORTS AM 318 AM 318 10 ANDAM 314 SERIAL I O BOARDS AND THE AM 366 ETHERNET BOARD MEMORY CONNECTOR CONNECTOR FOR AM 219 DISKETTE CONTROLLER DISPLAY PANEL SSD PIN 1 W3 RESET SWITCH W2 W2 IN REMOTE RESET ENABLED W2 OUT REMOTE RESET DISABLED DEFAULT ACTIVE SCSI TERMINATION W6 W6 ENABLE DISABLE W7 W7 W7 W7 4M...

Page 10: ...n PARALLEL PORT 1 J10 J9 J8 ALPHA MICROSYSTEMS J14 J2 J1 J3 BATTERY J5 J6 J11 J7 W5 J15 J12 J13 PARALLEL PORT 0 ETHERNET 15 PIN A U I PORT BOOT CONFIGURATION SWITCH ETHERNET 10Base T PORT X BUS CONNECTORS POWER SUPPLY CONNECTORS DISPLAY PANEL CONNECTOR AM 314 318 318 10 SERIAL I O EXPANSION CONNECTOR FOR AM 219 DISKETTE CONTROLLER W3 W1 W6 W9 W7 W10 ETHERNET MEDIA CONFIGURATION JUMPER ETHERNET A U...

Page 11: ...ICROSYSTEMS AM 319 10 J1 J3 J5 J8 J9 W9 J10 BOOT CONFIGURATION SWITCH X BUS CONNECTORS POWER SUPPLY CONNECTORS DISPLAY PANEL CONNECTOR AM 314 318 318 10 SERIAL I O EXPANSION CONNECTOR FOR AM 219 DISKETTE CONTROLLER W6 W5 OSCILLATOR JUMPERS DO NOT REMOVE INDICATES PIN 1 FOR ALL CONNECTORS J7 BATTERY J2 J4 W8 W7 The J7 I O expansion slot will also support theAM 366 Ethernet board w1 w2 w3 w4 IDE INT...

Page 12: ... 5 12 G G 5 5 5 12 PG J5 J6 RESET A CHANNEL B CHANNEL P3 P6 P2 P5 P4 P1 LPT1 LPT0 LPT2 LPT3 JP5 32 JP4 OSC ALPHA MICROSYSTEMS AM319 20 G G G J7 P9 FLOPPY P8 P7 ADDRESS DATA CONTROL STATUS DISCON JP6 JP5A OSC 16 U57 SUPER EAGLE SPARE SSD U73 REM RESET JP7 P10 U80 P11 P12 JP8 JP9 RUN DISK JP10 PWR AM 219 RJ 45 SERIAL PORTS ETHERNET PORTS TPI AUI ACTIVITY LEDS BUS CLOCK DO NOT CHANGE SIO EXP X BUS 99...

Page 13: ... therefore there are no boot ID switches on the board See the AM 319 20 CMOS Setup section of the Eagle Series Computer Owner s Manual for a detailed explanation of the Super Eagle CMOS Configuration Menu Replacing the Time and Date Battery When replacing the backup batteries always be sure to power down the system first DO NOT replace batteries while the system is running The location of the back...

Page 14: ... Gently pry the right side of the battery so it slides to the left and pushes against the left side spring contacts 3 As you slide the battery to the left and it clears the plastic top hole pry the right edge of the battery upward and out through the hole in the top The battery will typically pop up and out U80 RN12 U80 RN12 AM 319 20 Backup Battery Removal 4 Inspect the battery contacts and be su...

Page 15: ...outine looking first for a warm boot streamer tape on SCSI device ID 3 and then for AMOS32 MON and AMOS32 INI on SCSI disk drive 0 For more details on setting up the CMOS Configuration Menu refer to the Eagle Series Computer Owner s Manual DSO 00196 00 Rev 03 or later Once the system is up and running log to OPR and enter the current time and date Reboot the system to initialize system up time SSD...

Page 16: ...XX JP4 JP16 JP15 JP17 JP18 JP3 JP1 JP2 J2 J3 J5 J6 J1 JP1 1 2 3 JP1 SET TO PINS 1 AND 2 TERMPOWER DISABLED JP1 SET TO PINS 2 AND 3 TERMPOWER ENABLED FACTORY DEFAULT JP2 JP2 SET TO PINS 1 AND 2 SCSI BUS ACTIVE TERMINATION ENABLED FACTORY DEFAULT JP2 SET TO PINS 2 AND 3 SCSI BUS ACTIVE TERMINATION DISABLED 1 2 3 JP6 JP5 JP19 JP6 JP5 JP6 JP5 JP6 JP5 4MB 8MB 16MB MEMORY CONFIGURATION JUMPERS OSCILLATO...

Page 17: ...EMS AM 174 JP7 JP2 JP1 J1 J2 J3 J4 JP17 JP9 JP10 040 JP6 JP13 JP11 JP12 JP1 1 2 3 JP2 SET TO PINS 1 AND 2 TERMPOWER DISABLED JP2 SET TO PINS 2 AND 3 TERMPOWER ENABLED FACTORY DEFAULT JP1 SET TO PINS 1 AND 2 SCSI BUS ACTIVE TERMINATION ENABLED FACTORY DEFAULT JP1 SET TO PINS 2 AND 3 SCSI BUS ACTIVE TERMINATION DISABLED OSCILLATOR JUMPER DO NOT REMOVE OSCILLATOR JUMPERS DO NOT REMOVE OR RECONFIGURE ...

Page 18: ...wn in the third illustration The screen on the bottom of the chassis has four threaded standoffs designed to the hold the Roadrunner board in place The Eagle 100 has the Roadrunner AM 172 030 board circuitry incorporated into its AM 137 CPU board To upgrade the Eagle 100 to a Roadrunner 040 you will need an AM 987 upgrade kit DWF 20754 00 or DWF 20754 01 Your Roadrunner 030 or 040 board is mounted...

Page 19: ...ing your Roadrunner board you must first unplug the two cables from the X Bus connectors the 50 pin SCSI cable and the 4 pin power cable After unplugging the cables simply remove the four screws shown above and you can remove the Roadrunner board from the assembly Roadrunner Installation Early Models Eagle 100 Upgrades ...

Page 20: ...DSS 10517 00 Rev B01 In this configuration the Roadrunner board is mounted on top of four standoffs which are attached directly to the screen on the bottom of the chassis 6 32 PHILLIPS HEAD SCREW Roadrunner Installation Late Model Eagle Computers ...

Page 21: ...ck into position locking the SIMM in place Very little force is required to install a SIMM module If you re having problems getting the SIMM module installed in the socket stop and take a moment to examine both the SIMM module and the socket Make sure you are installing the SIMM as shown below Once the memory is installed you must set the memory configuration jumpers based on the capacity of the S...

Page 22: ...unting screws you need access to both sides of the peripheral mounting bracket On one side of the cabinet all six of the mounting positions are easily accessible However on the other side of the cabinet the main electronics board and its mounting bracket block access to all but the top two positions To ease the installation process Alpha Micro installs peripherals starting at the top position and ...

Page 23: ...sible through a cutout in the computer s front panel These two half height 5 25 mounting positions support hard disk drives Peripherals mounted in either of these locations cannot be accessed via the computer s front panel All six peripheral mounting positions will accommodate 3 5 devices However before you can mount a 3 5 device in the chassis the 3 5 device must first be installed in a 5 25 moun...

Page 24: ...ing to remove all the serial I O connectors from the rear panel 2 Next unplug the external SCSI termination plug and remove the two Phillips head screws that secure the SCSI connector to the rear panel Then push the SCSI connector back into the chassis so it is no longer protruding through the rear panel 3 On Eagle 100 systems disconnect the 50 pin SCSI cable from the connector on the main electro...

Page 25: ...nting bracket to the chassis rear panel 2 Next remove the threaded hex nut where indicated to provide enough clearance to lift the AM 319 20 board up and out of the chassis bottom pan 115 SCSI 1 0 PRINT PORT 0 PRINT PORT 1 PRINT PORT 2 PRINT PORT 3 A B C D E F G SIO EXPANSION BUS TX RX LINK AUI 10 base T UPS SERIAL PORTS 3 2 1 0 Remove these screws to unfasten the AM 319 20 board from the rear pan...

Page 26: ...he two alignment tabs on the bottom of the chassis When you reinstall the assembly make sure the mounting bracket is properly positioned over both tabs if it s not it will be impossible to reinstall the two screws that hold the assembly in place 2 To remove the main electronics board and its mounting bracket lift the bracket high enough to clear the bottom lip on the chassis Once you clear the bot...

Page 27: ...ssis assembly With the bracket removed the chassis may shift slightly either forward or backward In order to reinstall the main electronics board mounting assembly you can realign the chassis by placing one hand on the top of the chassis and applying pressure either forward or backward With the chassis properly aligned the board and its mounting assembly will slide into place X Bus Cable Routing W...

Page 28: ...B 00172 00 X BUS CABLING AM 319 10 AM 172 J8 J9 J5 J6 C S A D C S A D DWB 00319 10 TO DWB 00174 00 AND 02 X BUS CABLING AM 174 XX AM 319 10 J8 J9 J2 J3 C S A D C S A D DWB 00319 20 TO DWB 00174 00 AND 02 X BUS CABLING AM 174 XX AM 319 20 P7 P8 J2 J3 C S A D C S A D for Rev C00 and later of DWB 00319 00 for earlier revisions connect J5 to J5 and J6 to J6 for Rev C00 and later of DWB 00319 00 for ea...

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