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Table B-5.

Pin Assignments for the Keyboard Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-8

Table B-6.

Pin Assignments for the Mouse Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-8

Table B-7.

Pin Assignments for the Video Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-9

Table F-1.

System Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

Table F-2.

System Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-5

Summary of Contents for Dimension 2200

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Page 2: ...are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation ASPI is a registered trademark of Adaptec Inc UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories Inc a wholly owned subsidiary of Novell Inc VESA is a registered trademark and VL Bus is a trademar...

Page 3: ...ding Do not use adapter plugs or remove the grounding prong from a cable If you must use an extension cable use a 3 wire cable with properly grounded plugs To help protect your computer system from sudden transient increases and decreases in electrical power use a surge suppressor line conditioner or un interruptible power supply Be sure nothing rests on your computer system s cables and that the ...

Page 4: ... comfortable position while using the key board or mouse Always leave space to rest your hands while using the keyboard or mouse Let your upper arms hang naturally at your sides Sit erect with your feet resting on the floor and your thighs level When sitting make sure the weight of your legs is on your feet and not on the front of your chair seat Adjust your chair s height or use a footrest if nec...

Page 5: ...c electricity can harm delicate components inside your computer To prevent static damage discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer s electronic components such as the micro processor You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer chassis As you continue to work inside the computer periodi cally touch an unpainted metal surface to remove...

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Page 7: ... an Extended Industry Standard Architecture EISA or Industry Standard Architecture ISA expansion card is added removed or repositioned in the computer Also when you change the memory size or settings for one of the built in devices you must run this utility Chapter 6 Working Inside Your Computer Chapter 7 Installing System Board Options Chapter 8 Installing Drives in the External Bays and Chapter ...

Page 8: ...in the latest information Operating system documentation is included if you ordered your operating system software from Dell This documentation describes how to install if nec essary configure and use your operating system software Documentation is included with any options you purchase separately from your system This docu mentation includes information that you need to configure and install thes...

Page 9: ...utoexec bat and c windows Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possi ble parameters Commands are displayed in lowercase bold variable parameters those for which you substitute a value are displayed in lowercase italics constant parameters are displayed in lower case bold The brackets indicate items that are optional Example del drive path filename p Command lines consist of a command and ...

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Page 11: ... CD 2 1 CD Main Menu 2 1 Choose Language 2 1 Configure the System 2 1 Run System Utilities 2 1 Use Online Manuals 2 1 Create Diskettes 2 2 Video Drivers 2 2 Installing Video Drivers for Windows NT 4 0 2 2 Asset Tag Utility 2 2 Using the Asset Tag Utility 2 2 Assigning and Deleting an Asset Tag Number 2 3 Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers 3 1 The readme txt File 3 1 The SCSISelect U...

Page 12: ...tallation for Novell NetWare 3 7 Installation Overview 3 8 Installing EZ SCSI 3 8 Calculating the Slot Number 3 9 Installing NetWare and the Driver 3 9 Performing a NetWare 4 11 Installation 3 10 Using NetWare to Install or Update the Driver 3 10 Using the load Command Line Options 3 11 Bit Mask Options 3 12 Sample load Command 3 12 Using startup ncf and autoexec ncf 3 13 Using SCSI Devices 3 13 B...

Page 13: ...6 Processor 1 and Processor 2 4 6 Level 2 Cache 4 6 Base Memory 4 6 Extended Memory 4 6 Video Memory 4 6 Service Tag 4 6 Asset Tag 4 6 Advanced Menu Categories 4 7 Serial Port 1 4 8 Serial Port 2 4 8 Parallel Port 4 8 Parallel Mode 4 8 Diskette Controller 4 8 Onboard SCSI 4 8 PCI Scan Sequence 4 8 Use MP Specification 4 8 PS 2 Mouse 4 8 Security Menu Categories 4 9 Supervisor Password Is 4 10 User...

Page 14: ...o Secure Your System 4 14 Deleting or Changing an Existing User Password 4 15 Disabling a Forgotten Password 4 15 Password Options 4 16 Responding to Error Messages 4 17 Chapter 5 Using the EISA Configuration Utility 5 1 Configuring EISA ISA and PCI Expansion Cards 5 1 System Board Options 5 1 How to Run the EISA Configuration Utility 5 2 When to Run the EISA Configuration Utility 5 2 Making Selec...

Page 15: ...ng the Password Features 5 13 How Password Security Works 5 13 Assigning or Changing a Supervisor Password 5 14 Deleting an Existing Supervisor Password 5 14 Assigning or Changing a User Password 5 15 Deleting an Existing User Password 5 15 Disabling a Forgotten Password 5 16 Chapter 6 Working Inside Your Computer 6 1 Before You Begin 6 1 Safety First For You and Your Computer 6 1 System Orientati...

Page 16: ... 1 Jumpers 8 1 Before You Begin 8 2 Removing and Replacing Front Panel Inserts 8 2 Removing and Replacing Plastic Inserts 8 2 Removing Metal Inserts 8 3 Connecting the Drive 8 3 DC Power Cables 8 4 Installing Drives in the External Bays 8 4 Installing Diskette Drives That Use the Diskette Drive Controller 8 5 Installing SCSI Drives in the External Bays 8 6 Installing an Optional SCSI Controller fo...

Page 17: ...onnector B 8 Mouse Connector B 8 Video Connector B 8 Appendix C Maintaining the System C 1 Data Preservation C 1 Scheduling Backups C 1 Backup Devices C 1 Recovering Data C 1 Cleaning System Components C 2 Recommended Tools and Accessories C 2 Cleaning the Computer Monitor and Keyboard Exteriors C 2 Cleaning Drives C 3 Environmental Factors C 3 Temperature C 3 Humidity C 3 Altitude C 4 Dust and Pa...

Page 18: ...s B Device D 4 Polish Center for Testing and Certification Notice D 4 8ZNBHBOJB 1PMTLJFHP FOUSVN BEBË J FSUZGJLBDKJ D 4 1P PTUB F JOTUSVLDKF CF QJFD FËTUXB D 4 NOM 024 Information Mexico Only D 5 Información para Nom 024 únicamente para México D 5 Appendix E Warranties and Return Policy E 1 Limited Three Year Warranty U S Only E 1 Coverage During Year One E 1 Coverage During Years Two and Three E ...

Page 19: ...oving the Computer Cover 6 2 Figure 6 2 Removing the Front Bezel 6 3 Figure 6 3 Inside the Chassis Front Right Side View 6 4 Figure 6 4 Inside the Chassis Back Left Side View 6 5 Figure 6 5 Removing the System Board Assembly 6 6 Figure 6 6 Replacing the System Board Assembly 6 7 Figure 7 1 System Board Features 7 1 Figure 7 2 Expansion Card Examples 7 2 Figure 7 3 Removing the Filler Bracket 7 3 F...

Page 20: ...and Connectors B 5 Figure B 3 Pin Numbers for the Serial Port Connectors B 6 Figure B 4 Pin Numbers for the Parallel Port Connector B 7 Figure B 5 Pin Numbers for the Keyboard Connector B 8 Figure B 6 Pin Numbers for the Mouse Connector B 8 Figure B 7 Pin Numbers for the Video Connector B 9 Tables Table 2 1 Asset Tag Command Line Options 2 3 Table 3 1 Default SCSI Controller Settings 3 2 Table 3 2...

Page 21: ...n Assignments for the Keyboard Connector B 8 Table B 6 Pin Assignments for the Mouse Connector B 8 Table B 7 Pin Assignments for the Video Connector B 9 Table F 1 System Error Messages F 1 Table F 2 System Beep Codes F 5 ...

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Page 23: ...e microprocessor Math coprocessor func tionality is internal to the microprocessor Support for symmetric multiprocessing is available by installing a second Pentium II microprocessor Sym metric multiprocessing greatly improves overall system performance by dividing microprocessor oper ations between the two independent microprocessors To take advantage of this feature you must use an operating sys...

Page 24: ...with the Intel LANDesk Server Manager software See the Preface for a list of documents that describe installation and use of the LANDesk Server Manager software Integrated system board support for the Dell Remote Assistant Card which provides improved local and remote server management A PS 2 style keyboard port and a PS 2 compatible mouse port Standard PowerEdge 2200 systems include a diskette dr...

Page 25: ...t Button in Chapter 4 NOTE The power button and the reset button are recessed into the computer s front panel to prevent accidentally turning off or resetting the computer and losing valuable data Figure 1 1 Front Panel Connecting External Devices You can connect various external devices such as a mouse and printer to the I O ports and connectors on the computer s back panel The system BIOS detect...

Page 26: ...you can replace one of the screws that secure the cover to the chassis with a special keylock screw that is included with the system A key provided with the sys tem is required to install or remove the special keylock screw thus preventing anyone without access to the tool from removing the computer cover see Figure 1 2 Figure 1 2 Security Keylock Getting Help If at any time you don t understand a...

Page 27: ...ons depending on your system configuration The following list shows some of the possible categories the main menu on your CD may contain additional options The subsections that follow describe possible choices within each menu item Choose Language Configure the System Run System Utilities Use Online Manuals Create Diskettes Choose Language When the system boots you are given the option of choosing...

Page 28: ...ompted to do so and all appropriate files will be copied to the hard disk drive 7 Restart Windows NT The system will start up using the ATI mach64 driv ers in 640 x 480 mode and display an application that allows you to choose a resolution The maximum resolutions supported by the built in ATI mach 64 video controller with 1 MB of video memory are 640 x 480 pixels 16 7 million colors and 800 x 600 ...

Page 29: ...sset 1234567890 When prompted to verify the asset tag number type y and press Enter The system then displays the new or modified asset tag number and the service tag number To delete the asset tag number without assigning a new one type asset d and press Enter Table 2 1 lists the command line options you can use with the Asset Tag utility To use one of these options type asset and a space followed...

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Page 31: ...ng systems Microsoft Windows NT Server 4 0 Novell NetWare 4 11 See Chapter 2 Using the Dell Server Assistant CD for instructions on creating a diskette of drivers for your operating system For instructions on configuring the SCSI device drivers see the appropriate sections in this chapter The readme txt File The readme txt file that is included with your SCSI device drivers in the pe2200 scsi dire...

Page 32: ... This option specifies the SCSI ID of the device from which you wish to boot your system The default setting is SCSI ID 0 The SCSI ID selected here must correspond to the ID configured on the boot device Boot LUN Number If your boot device has multiple logical unit numbers LUNs and Multiple LUN Support is enabled see Advanced Host Adapter Settings found later in this section this option allows you...

Page 33: ...ily dis connected The default setting is Yes Leave Enable Disconnection set to Yes if two or more SCSI devices are connected to the host adapter This optimizes SCSI bus performance If only one SCSI device is connected to the host adapter set Enable Disconnection to No to achieve slightly bet ter performance Initiate Wide Negotiation This option determines whether the host adapter attempts 16 bit d...

Page 34: ...he partition size you choose must be a multiple of 8 MB If you request a size that is not a multiple of 8 MB fdisk rounds up to the nearest whole multiple of 8 MB Display Ctrl a Message During BIOS Initializa tion This option determines whether the Press Ctrl a for SCSISelect TM Util ity message appears on your screen during system start up The default setting is Enabled If this setting is disable...

Page 35: ...ity Exiting SCSISelect To exit SCSISelect press Esc until a message prompts you to exit If you changed any 78xx series host adapter settings you are prompted to save the changes before you exit At the prompt select Yes to exit and then press any key to reboot the computer Any changes you made in SCSISelect take effect after the computer boots You can select No at the prompt if you are not ready to...

Page 36: ... message appears type a scsi in the dialog box and click OK Please enter the full path to Adaptec s installation files These files are located in SCSI on the Dell Windows NT 4 0 Driver diskette The driver is copied from the diskette to your system 9 Click Yes when prompted to restart the system After the system reboots the new driver is active Some drive letter assignments may have changed from th...

Page 37: ...vice driver later after you have successfully rebooted the Win dows NT operating system However the system alerts you with an error message about the extra device driver every time you boot See the previous subsection Removing a Host Adapter 2 Once the new device driver is installed shut down the Windows NT operating system and replace the existing host adapter 3 Restart your computer and the Wind...

Page 38: ...1 drivers diskette contains the following files aic7870 ddi A driver definition information file to provide setup information to NetWare during installation NetWare can then prompt you with parameters to be configured for the device driver during the installation process aspicd ddi A device driver definition file aspitran ddi A device driver definition file To begin driver installation first load ...

Page 39: ...st adapter you need to calculate the slot number and include it as part of the load command line NOTE The NetWare operating system automatically cal culates the slot number for you if you are installing only one expansion card If you are installing multiple expansion cards use the following procedure to calculate the slot number In order to calculate the slot number you must first obtain the bus d...

Page 40: ...program cop ies the necessary files to this directory 12 When the screen displays Loading driver aic7870 dsk Please Wait switch to the System Console screen Press Alt Esc to switch screens 13 The driver prompts you for the slot number Enter the slot number you calculated for your host adapter and press Enter See Calculat ing the Slot Number found earlier in this section You are automatically switc...

Page 41: ...ify several command line options when the driver is loaded These are described in Table 3 2 Table 3 2 load Command Line Options Option Values Default Description slot 10 41 100 141 and so forth None Defines location of host adapter device If none is given you are prompted to specify one verbose y n n Causes driver to display host adapter configuration information at load time removable on off on E...

Page 42: ...r specific targets This disable bit mask is entered in hexadecimal format See the following subsection Bit Mask Options io_combine 0 255 16 Specifies the maximum number of segments in a scatter gather list max_sectors 0 255 64 Specifies the maximum number of sectors in a single scatter gather segment max_tags 0 255 8 Specifies the maximum number of tagged commands max_nontags 0 255 2 Specifies the...

Page 43: ...e y slot 16 NOTE For each Adaptec 78xx host adapter installed a separate load command line must be included in the startup ncf file The slot number slot identifies the specific adapter To modify the startup ncf file follow these steps 1 Type install at the NetWare prompt and press Enter 2 Select the appropriate menu choice that allows you to edit the startup ncf file 3 Make the necessary changes W...

Page 44: ... media 1 Load monitor nlm to display the various options 2 Select Disk Information All system hard disk drives appear 3 Select the removable media device Drive status items appear as shown in Table 3 4 Mount Status Mounting causes a drive to come online as a NetWare storage device Dismounted drives are inactive and can not be accessed Before you eject your current media you should first dis mount ...

Page 45: ...with NetWare is a server based tape backup utility called sbackup nlm This allows backup of server disk drives to a server tape drive The sbackup nlm util ity supports Adaptec host adapters 1 Load the SCSI adapter driver The syntax to load the aic7870 dsk driver is load pathname aic7870 dsk options slot x The ASPI layer aspitran dsk is automatically loaded 2 Refer to the Novell NetWare documentati...

Page 46: ...known reason The command line con tains errors or you pressed Esc at the port or slot prompt 001 Unable to reserve hardware possible conflict The driver failed in its attempt to reserve the host adapter s hardware settings that is direct memory access DMA and interrupt request IRQ settings Another card in your system may be causing a conflict with the host adapter 002 NetWare rejected card Failed ...

Page 47: ...uter The standard diskette drive is a 1 44 megabyte MB 3 5 inch drive System Setup Screens The System Setup screens display the current setup and configuration information and optional settings for your system Information on the System Setup screens is orga nized in five boxed areas Title Box The box at the top of each screen lists the system name and the revision number of the basic input output ...

Page 48: ...nu If you are in a submenu pressing the Esc key displays the parent menu Moves the cursor to the next menu in each direction Moves the cursor up or down Moves to the next field Moves to the previous field Moves the cursor to the top or bottom of the window Decrements the value of the field or or or or or Keys Action Increments the value of the field Sets default configuration val ues for the curre...

Page 49: ...see Figure 4 1 Advanced Security and Exit menus Figure 4 1 Main Menu of the System Setup Program F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select Submenu F10 Previous Values Time 5 01 16 Date June 04 1997 Diskette Drive A 1 44 MB 3 5 inch Diskette Drive B Not Installed Fast Video BIOS On and Cached Memory Cache Enabled Boot Sequence A then C Num Lock On Speaker...

Page 50: ...o BIOS offers the options of shadowing and or caching the video BIOS for improved performance For the built in video controller chip the Fast Video BIOS category offers the following options On and Cached the default On Off If you choose the On option your system boots and immediately copies the video BIOS code from the flash memory chip into write protected memory locations in faster random acces...

Page 51: ...gure 4 2 highlight the Boot Sequence category in the Main menu and press Enter Figure 4 2 Boot Options Submenu Boot Options Boot Sequence A then C SETUP Prompt Enabled POST Errors Enabled Keyboard Errors Enabled Diskette Drive Check Enabled Reset Button Enabled Item Specific Help BIOS Version AXX Determines the order of drives from which the system tries to boot key functions F1 Help Select Item C...

Page 52: ...evel 2 Cache Displays the amount of integrated level 2 cache memory in the microprocessor module This category has no user selectable options Base Memory Base Memory displays the amount of memory available to MS DOS programs that do not use extended or expanded memory This category has no user selectable options The default value for the Base Memory category is 640 KB which includes 1 kilobyte KB ...

Page 53: ...nce determines which type of PCI device is scanned first built in PCI drives or PCI devices installed in PCI expansion slots Figure 4 3 Advanced Menu of the System Setup Program Serial Port 1 Auto Serial Port 2 Auto Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Mode Output only Diskette Controller Enabled Onboard SCSI Enabled PCI Scan Sequence Slot devices first Use MP Specification 1 4 PS 2 Mouse Enabled Item ...

Page 54: ... ECP extended capabilities port Diskette Controller Selecting Enabled the default enables the on board dis kette drive controller Onboard SCSI Selecting the Enabled the default option enables the on board PCI SCSI controller and scans the associated ROM In order for the system to boot from a drive attached to the on board SCSI controller the drive must be enabled Selecting Disabled causes the BIOS...

Page 55: ...visor Password Press Enter Set User Password Press Enter Password on Boot Disabled Diskette Access User System Backup Reminder Disabled Virus Check Reminder Disabled Item Specific Help BIOS Version AXX key functions F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select Submenu F10 Previous Values Dell System PowerEdge 2200 Setup Pressing Enter displays a dialog box ...

Page 56: ...ervisor password See Dis abling a Forgotten Password found later in this chapter for information on disabling a forgotten supervisor password Set User Password NOTE You cannot set the user password until a supervi sor password is set The Set User Password category lets you restrict access to your system by setting a user password that is required when the Password On Boot category is set to Enable...

Page 57: ... section explains in detail each of the System Setup categories in the Exit menu Figure 4 5 Exit Menu of the System Setup Program Save Changes Exit Exit Without Saving Changes Get Default Values Load Previous Values Save Changes Item Specific Help BIOS Version AXX Main Advanced Security Exit Saves all changes made in the setup program to CMOS exits the setup program and then re boots the computer ...

Page 58: ...ng an Existing Supervisor Password found later in this section NOTE You can also assign delete or change a supervisor password through the EISA Configuration Utility See Assigning a Supervisor Password and Deleting or Changing an Existing Supervisor Password in Chapter 5 If you assign and then forget a supervisor password you need your computer key to get inside the computer where you canchange a ...

Page 59: ...message SYSTEM DISABLED You must reboot the system before you can attempt to enter a password again Operating With a Supervisor Password Enabled If Supervisor Password Is is set to Enabled you must enter the correct supervisor password before you can modify any System Setup categories other than the Time Date Num Lock and Speaker categories Deleting or Changing an Existing Super visor Password To ...

Page 60: ...signment operation recognizes keys by their location on the keyboard without distin guishing between lowercase and uppercase characters For example if you have an M in yourpassword the system recognizes either M or m as correct Certain key combinations are not valid If you enter one of these combinations a beep sounds To exit the field without assigning a user password press the up arrow or down a...

Page 61: ...assword perform the following steps 1 Remove the computer cover according to the instructions in Removing the Computer Cover in Chapter 6 2 Refer to Jumpers and Table B 1 in Appendix B for jumper information and to Figure B 1 for the location of the password jumper labeled PASSWD on the system board 3 Remove the jumper plug from the PASSWD jumper the disabled setting 4 Replace the computer cover a...

Page 62: ...ompt for full use3 of System Setup Enabled Enabled N A Yes Yes You are prompted for a password at boot and for access to System Setup If supervisor password is entered you have full use of System Setup and access to the diskette drive If user password is entered you have partial2 use of System Setup and can access the diskette drive only if the Dis kette Access category is set to User Disabled N A...

Page 63: ... for an explanation of the message and suggestions for correct ing any errors An exception to this routine It is normal to receive an error message the first time you boot your system after installing a memory upgrade In that situa tion you do not need to refer to Appendix F Instead follow the instructions in Performing a Memory Upgrade in Chapter 7 If you are given the option of pressing either F...

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Page 65: ...ration Utility is PCI aware and can also be used to configure PCI expansion cards Configu ration information for PCI expansion cards is contained within the card so no additional cfg file is required You should run the EISA Configuration Utility after installing or moving a PCI expansion card to keep the system s database of available resources accurate If the EISA Configuration Utility is not awa...

Page 66: ...to assign resources for PCI expansion cards When to Run the EISA Configu ration Utility Whenever you add remove or reposition an ISA or EISA expansion card you must run the EISA Configuration Utility to specify which expansion slot the card is installed in and to ensure that no two cards attempt to use the same resources such as IRQ lines When you use the utility with ISA expansion cards run the p...

Page 67: ...re not run ning thus reducing the amount of memory available to the EISA Configuration Utility See the documentation that accompanied these programs for instructions on removing them from memory If you start the utility and there is not enough memory to run it a message is displayed If you receive such a mes sage run the utility from a diskette Follow these steps the first time you use the EISA Co...

Page 68: ...guring your computer Step 1 Important EISA configuration information Step 2 Add or remove boards Step 3 View or edit details Step 4 Examine switches or print report Step 5 Save and exit NOTES If you enabled the supervisor password through the System Setup program or through the EISA Configu ration Utility the EISA utility prompts you for the supervisor password when you select Configure Com puter ...

Page 69: ...nstalled but after an EISA expansion card is installed See When to Run the EISA Configuration Utility found earlier in this chapter for more detailed information 1 Start the EISA Configuration Utility as described in Starting the EISA Configuration Utility found earlier in this chapter 2 At the Main Menu select Configure Computer If the EISA Configuration Utility prompts you for a supervisor passw...

Page 70: ... but after an EISA or PCI expansion card is removed See When to Run the EISA Configuration Utility found earlier in this chapter for more detailed information 1 Start the EISA Configuration Utility as described in Starting the EISA Configuration Utility found earlier in this chapter 2 At the Main Menu select Configure Computer If the EISA Configuration Utility prompts you for a supervisor password...

Page 71: ...es or settings Whenever you add an expansion card to the com puter its presence is reflected by changes to the EISA System Board Options screen To select a category on the list of system board options press the up or down arrow key to highlight the category and press Enter A pop up menu appears listing the options for that category To select an option press the up or down arrow key to highlight th...

Page 72: ...ategories work the same as Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B in the System Setup program The Drive Access category allows access to the diskette drive to be controlled by the supervisor or user password to prevent unauthorized access Integrated Serial Interface Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 Integrated Parallel Interface Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode same as Parallel Mode in the System Setup p...

Page 73: ...nabled Boot Sequence A then C PCI Bus SCSI Enabled PCI Scan Sequence Embedded devices first Password Options Password on Boot Disabled Supervisor Password Not Enabled User Password Not Enabled Mouse Options Integrated Mouse Enabled Video Options Fast Video BIOS Enabled and cached Diskette Options Integrated Diskette Controller Enabled Drive A 3 5 Inch 1 44 MB Drive B Not Installed Drive Access Use...

Page 74: ...pon how the network is configured In this case changing the Date and Time categories on your system has no effect Unless the EISA Configuration Utility is installed on your hard disk drive it is quicker to reset the date and time through the System Setup program Maintain System Configuration Diskette Using the Maintain System Configuration Diskette option you can create a backup copy of the sci fi...

Page 75: ...ISA expansion cards It is extremely unusual for the EISA Configuration Utility to fail in resolving a resource conflict between two EISA expansion cards If the EISA Configuration Utility fails to resolve the conflict see the chapter titled Getting Help in your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide for information on obtaining technical assistance However resource conflicts between ISA expansion ca...

Page 76: ...wledgeable Do not change these options from their defaults if you do not understand how such a change will affect system performance Some of these categories may not apply to your system NOTE To access the advanced options in modeling mode type sd n a at the operating system prompt and press Enter To use modeling mode you must run the EISA Configuration Utility from your hard disk drive ISA Cycle ...

Page 77: ...Password or through the System Setup program as described in Chapter 4 Using the System Setup Program Once you assign a supervisor and or user password only those who know the password s have full use of the system NOTE You can also use the System Setup program to assign change or delete a user or supervisor password See the appropriate sections in Chapter 4 Using the System Setup Program for more...

Page 78: ...distinguishing between shifted and unshifted characters or uppercase and lowercase let ters For example if you have an M in your password the system recognizes either M or m as correct Certain key combinations are not valid If you enter one of these combinations the computer s speaker beeps 6 Press Enter A new dialog box with a Verify supervisor password prompt and an empty seven character field a...

Page 79: ...blank spaces are acceptable To erase a character in your password press the Backspace key NOTES The user password feature recognizes keys without distinguishing between shifted and unshifted characters or uppercase and lowercase letters For example if you have an M in your password the sys tem recognizes either M or m as correct Certain key combinations are not valid If you enter one of these comb...

Page 80: ...r plug from the PASSWD jumper 4 Replace the computer cover according to the instructions in Replacing the Computer Cover in Chapter 6 Then reconnect the computer and peripherals to their power sources and turn them on Booting your system with the PASSWD jumper removed erases the existing password s NOTE Before you assign a new user and or supervi sor password you must reinstall the PASSWD jumper p...

Page 81: ...is safe if you observe the following precautions In addition Dell recommends that you periodically review the safety instructions at the front of this guide WARNING FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF YOUR EQUIPMENT Before starting to work on your computer perform the following steps in the sequence indicated 1 Turn off your computer and all peripherals 2 Disconnect your computer and periph...

Page 82: ...over 2 Check to see that no tools or extra parts includ ing screws are left inside the computer 3 Fit the cover over the chassis about 1 inch back of the closed position then lower the cover straight down and slide it closed The tabs located at the bottom sides and top of the front of the cover must slide inside the forms of the chassis to ensure a good electromagnetic interfer ence EMI seal 4 Ins...

Page 83: ...em board The flat ribbon cables are the interface cables for internal drives These interface cables are described in more detail in Chapter 8 Installing Drives in the External Bays and Chapter 9 Installing Drives in the Internal Bays The system board the large vertical printed circuit board at the right side of the chassis holds the com puter s control circuitry and other electronic components Har...

Page 84: ...e the Chassis Front Right Side View system power supply diskette drive interface cable system board mounting plate diskette drive power cables cooling fan control panel cable SCSI cable CD ROM drive internal hard disk drive cage bay for third drive control panel ...

Page 85: ... 6 5 Figure 6 4 Inside the Chassis Back Left Side View external drive bays hard disk drive cage SCSI cable hard disk drive power cable system board AC power input connector I O panel connectors power supply voltage selector switch ...

Page 86: ...described in Removing the Computer Cover found earlier in this chapter 2 If there are no expansion cards installed go to step 4 Otherwise lay the computer on its right side so you can access the expansion cards 3 Disconnect the cables from the expansion cards and then remove the expansion cards See Removing an Expansion Card in Chapter 7 Be sure to label the cables that you disconnect so they can ...

Page 87: ...the cable con nections before continuing 2 Install the system board assembly in the chassis Facing the right side of the computer hold the sys tem board mounting plate assembly in position Align the input output I O connectors on the back of the system board with the openings in the back of the chassis insert the system board mounting plate under the two tabs on the chassis Figure 6 6 and then sli...

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Page 89: ...rallel port connector PARALLEL serial port 1 bottom and serial port 2 top connectors SERIAL keyboard bottom and mouse top connectors KYBD MOUSE hard disk drive access indicator connector HDLED EISA connectors EISA1 bottom EISA2 and EISA3 fan connector FAN power input connector POWER 3 V power input connector POWER3V auxiliary fan connector AUXFAN PCI connectors PCI4 bottom PCI5 and PCI6 server man...

Page 90: ...ards Your computer can hold up to six expansion cards The three EISA expansion card connectors will accept a mix of 8 and 16 bit ISA cards and or 32 bit EISA master or slave cards The three PCI expansion card connectors accept 32 bit PCI cards Figure 7 2 shows examples of the different types of expansion cards Figure 7 2 Expansion Card Examples 8 bit ISA expansion card 16 bit ISA expansion card 32...

Page 91: ...ity after installing the expansion card If you are installing a PCI expansion card your sys tem automatically performs any required PCI configuration tasks during the boot routine 2 Prepare the expansion card for installation and remove the computer cover according to the instructions in Removing the Computer Cover in Chapter 6 See the documentation that came with the expansion card for informatio...

Page 92: ...the EISA Configuration Util ity for instructions 2 Remove the computer cover according to the instructions in Removing the Computer Cover in Chapter 6 3 With the cover removed lay the computer left side up on a flat work surface so that you have access to the expansion card slots 4 If necessary disconnect any cables connected to the expansion card 5 Unscrew the card mounting bracket 6 Grasp the ex...

Page 93: ...n the system board Figure 7 5 DIMMs and DIMM Sockets Memory Upgrade Kits Your system is upgradable to 512 MB by installing com binations of 32 and 128 MB DIMMs in the DIMM sockets The DIMMs should be rated at 60 nanoseconds ns or faster Memory upgrade kits can be purchased from Dell as needed DIMM Installation Guidelines Starting with the socket nearest the system board s edge and working toward t...

Page 94: ...board according to the instructions in Replacing the System Board Assembly in Chapter 6 6 Replace the computer cover according to the instructions in Replacing the Computer Cover in Chapter 6 reconnect your computer and peripherals to their power sources and turn them on After the computer completes the power on self test POST routine it runs a memory test that displays the new memory total which ...

Page 95: ...otal is correct run the diskette based diagnostics to test all installed DIMMs See Chapter 2 Using the Dell Server Assistant CD for information on running the diagnostics from the Dell Server Assistant CD See the chapter titled Running the Diskette Based Diagnostics in your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide for infor mation on the memory diagnostics Installing a DIMM NOTE The following procedu...

Page 96: ...s the correct version of the microprocessor for use as a secondary microprocessor Use the following procedure to install a microprocessor NOTE Dell recommends that only a technically knowl edgeable person perform this procedure 1 Remove the computer cover according to the instructions in Removing the Computer Cover in Chapter 6 2 Remove the system board assembly according to the instructions in Re...

Page 97: ...processor module straight up and out of the microprocessor retention bracket on the system board Figure 7 10 Installing a Microprocessor Module 5 Install the new microprocessor module Align the microprocessor module with the micro processor retention bracket on the system board as shown in Figure 7 10 Lower the microprocessor module into the microprocessor retention bracket and press firmly on the...

Page 98: ...on As the system boots it detects the presence of the new microprocessor and automatically changes the system configuration information in the System Setup program 12 Enter the System Setup program and confirm that the Processor 1 and Processor 2 categories correctly identify the installed microprocessor s See Chapter 4 Using the System Setup Program 13 Run the system diagnostics to verify that th...

Page 99: ...ngs See Chapter 4 Using the System Setup Program for instructions 2 Remove the computer cover according to the instructions in Removing the Computer Cover in Chapter 6 3 Lay the computer on its right side on a flat work surface to allow access to the battery on the sys tem board 4 Remove any PCI expansion cards that prevent access to the battery See Removing an Expansion Card found earlier in this...

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Page 101: ...Edge 2200 systems support only SCSI hard disk drives in the internal drive bays For more information see Chapter 9 Installing Drives in the Internal Bays Configuring a Drive Because you may need to tailor a drive to work with your system certain installation instructions in this chapter refer you to the documentation that came with the drive for information on changing jumper settings Jumpers Driv...

Page 102: ...e in an empty bay you must first remove the plastic and metal inserts Whenever you remove a drive be sure to replace the metal insert on the chassis and then replace the plastic insert in the front bezel to cover the empty bay Removing and Replacing Plastic Inserts To remove the plastic insert for a drive bay you intend to use first remove the front bezel as instructed in Remov ing the Front Bezel...

Page 103: ...ezel as instructed in Remov ing the Front Bezel in Chapter 6 Next remove the retaining screw at the right end of the metal insert see Figure 8 3 and then pivot the metal insert out and slide it to the right Figure 8 3 Removing a Metal Insert Connecting the Drive This section describes the power input connectors and interface connectors on the back of most drives Figure 8 4 shows the 4 pin power in...

Page 104: ...r s power supply Before connecting a drive to a power cable refer to Figure 8 6 to identify the correct cable connector to use for the drive Figure 8 6 DC Power Cable Connectors Installing Drives in the External Bays The external drive bays see Figure 8 7 can hold up to three half height devices A diskette drive is standard in the top bay and a CD ROM drive is standard in the mid dle bay The lower...

Page 105: ...the drive and compare the jumper settings with those in the drive documentation Change any settings necessary for your system s configuration If the drive does not already have drive rails attached attach a drive rail to each side of the drive Orient the drive rails as shown in Figure 8 9 Secure each drive rail to the drive with a screw in the first from the front and third slotted screw holes on ...

Page 106: ...on of your system See Chapter 2 Using the Dell Server Assistant CD for information on running the diagnostics from the Dell Server Assistant CD See the chapter titled Running the Diskette Based Diagnostics in your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide for infor mation on running the diagnostics Test the drive by running all the subtests in the Diskette Drives Test Group of the diskette based diagn...

Page 107: ... diagnostics Test the new SCSI drive by running all the subtests in the SCSI Devices Test Group of the diskette based diagnostics Perform a tape backup and verification test with the tape drive as instructed in the documentation for the tape drive software that came with the drive Installing an Optional SCSI Controller for the External Bay SCSI Drives Performance of the SCSI hard disk drives in th...

Page 108: ... with the SCSI controller card to the drive activity connec tor on the card and the hard disk drive access indicator connector HDLED on the system board see Figure 7 1 7 Replace the computer cover according to the instructions in Replacing the Computer Cover in Chapter 6 8 Reconnect your computer and peripherals to their power sources and turn them on 9 Verify correct operation of your system Refe...

Page 109: ...at accom panied your SCSI controller card and or your SCSI devices for any additional configuration requirements SCSI Configuration Guidelines Although SCSI devices are installed essentially the same way as other devices their configuration requirements are different To configure your SCSI subsystem follow the general guidelines offered in the following subsections SCSI ID Numbers Each device atta...

Page 110: ...ays Figure 9 1 shows where the termi nation jumper should be located on the Dell supplied 2 gigabyte GB 4 GB and 9 GB SCSI hard disk drives for the PowerEdge 2200 system If you install an optional SCSI controller card to con trol the CD ROM drive and any other SCSI device in the external bays you must enable termination for the SCSI controller card and the SCSI device at the end of the interface c...

Page 111: ...tem Figure 9 2 SCSI Interface Cable The cable shown in Figure 9 2 has six 68 pin connectors The connector at one end of the cable farthest from the other connectors attaches to the SCSI controller connector SCSI on the system board The two connectors in the middle of the cable attach to SCSI devices in the external drive bays via 68 pin to 50 pin adapters The three connectors at the other end of t...

Page 112: ...9 4 Dell PowerEdge 2200 Systems User s Guide Figure 9 3 SCSI Cable for a PowerEdge 2200 System power input connectors 3 SCSI cable connectors 3 SCSI hard disk drives up to 3 ...

Page 113: ... to the internal hard disk drive cage and the expansion card slots 5 Disconnect the interface cables and power cables from any hard disk drives already installed in the hard disk drive cage 6 Remove the four mounting screws that secure the hard disk drive cage to the chassis Figure 9 4 7 Remove the hard disk drive cage from the chassis Slide the hard disk drive cage toward the back of the chassis ...

Page 114: ...hey cannot be inserted the wrong way 13 Attach the SCSI cable to the appropriate connec tor on the SCSI controller card or to the built in SCSI host adapter connector SCSI on the sys tem board If you are using the built in SCSI host adapter its connector SCSI is near the top of the system board If you are using a SCSI controller card see the docu mentation that came with the controller card Align ...

Page 115: ...nal cache 32 KB L1 cache 512 KB L2 cache Math coprocessor internal to microprocessor Expansion Bus Bus type EISA PCI local bus Expansion slots three full length 8 or 16 bit ISA or 32 bit EISA three full length 32 bit PCI Memory DIMM sockets four 168 pin sockets DIMM capacities 32 and 128 MB DIMMs are 60 ns or faster buffered EDO Standard RAM minimum 32 MB Maximum RAM 512 MB External cache none NOT...

Page 116: ...ccessible front bays CD ROM drive one CD ROM drive included with standard system Ports Externally accessible Serial two 9 pin connectors Parallel bidirectional one 25 pin connector Video one 15 pin connector PS 2 style keyboard 6 pin mini DIN PS 2 compatible mouse 6 pin mini DIN Internally accessible Ultra Wide SCSI controller 68 pin connector Diskette drive 34 pin connector Video Video type ATI m...

Page 117: ...5 cm 17 50 inches Width 24 13 cm 9 50 inches Depth 41 91 cm 16 50 inches Weight minimum configuration 17 68 kg 39 0 lb Environmental Temperature Operating 10 to 35 C 50 to 95 F Storage 40 to 65 C 40 to 149 F Relative humidity 8 to 80 noncondensing Table A 1 Technical Specifications continued NOTE For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table see the Glossary ...

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Page 119: ...cated A jumper is referred to as open or unjumpered when the plug is pushed down over only one pin or if there is no plug at all When the plug is pushed down over two pins the jumper is referred to as jumpered The jumper setting is often shown in text as two numbers such as 1 2 The number 1 is printed on the circuit board so that you can identify each pin number based on the location of pin 1 Figu...

Page 120: ...B 2 Dell PowerEdge 2200 Systems User s Guide Figure B 1 System Board Jumpers 233MHZ 266MHZ jumpered unjumpered PASSWD EISA VGA CARDBIOS ...

Page 121: ...y becomes corrupted to the point where the system will not boot install the jumper and boot the system Remove the jumper before restoring the EISA configuration information PASSWD Default Boot password features are enabled Boot password features are disabled 266MHZ Jumpered when the microprocessor s internal operating frequency is 266 MHz Unjumpered when the microprocessor s internal operating fre...

Page 122: ...ss indicator connector JVGA Video connector KYBD MOUSE Keyboard and mouse connectors PANEL Front panel connector PARALLEL Parallel port connector sometimes referred to as LPT1 PCIn PCI expansion card connector POWER Power input connector POWER3V Three volt power input connector PROC_1 Primary microprocessor module PROC_2 Secondary microprocessor module SCSI Integrated SCSI host adapter connector S...

Page 123: ...t in serial ports are COM1 and COM2 COM1 is the bottom connector COM2 is on the top The built in parallel port uses a 25 pin D subminiature con nector on the computer s back panel This I O port sends data in parallel format where eight data bits or one byte are sent simultaneously over eight separate lines in a single cable The parallel port is used primarily for printers Most software uses the te...

Page 124: ...ccompanied your software to make sure that the software can be mapped to the new COM port designation To avoid autoconfiguration you may be able to reset jumpers on the expansion card so that its port designation changes to the next available COM number leaving the desig nation for the built in port as is Alternatively you can disable the built in ports through the System Setup program The doc ume...

Page 125: ...r bus mouse except that it has its own dedicated connector which frees up both serial ports and does not require an expansion card Circuitry inside the Table B 3 Pin Assignments for the Serial Port Connectors Pin Signal I O Definition 1 DCD I Data carrier detect 2 SIN I Serial input 3 SOUT O Serial output 4 DTR O Data terminal ready 5 GND N A Signal ground 6 DSR I Data set ready 7 RTS O Request to...

Page 126: ... connector and Table B 6 lists and defines the pin assign ments and interface signals for the mouse connector Figure B 6 Pin Numbers for the Mouse Connector Video Connector The system uses a 15 pin high density D subminiature connector on the back panel for attaching a video graph ics array VGA compatible monitor to your computer The video circuitry on the system board synchronizes the signals tha...

Page 127: ... video connector Figure B 7 Pin Numbers for the Video Connector 1 5 6 10 11 15 Table B 7 Pin Assignments for the Video Connector Pin Signal I O Definition 1 RED O Red video 2 GREEN O Green video 3 BLUE O Blue video 4 NC N A No connection 5 8 10 GND N A Signal ground 9 DDC N A Vcc 11 NC N A No connection 12 DDC data out O Monitor detect data 13 HSYNC O Horizontal synchro nization 14 VSYNC O Vertica...

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Page 129: ...mes corrupted Backup Devices Tape drives are fast convenient and affordable devices that can back up data at rates of up to 1 6 megabytes per second MB sec sustained with data compression and can often run unattended Dell offers tape drives with storage capacities in the range of 4 to 24 gigabytes GB when available per tape cartridge and recommends these drives and their associated backup software...

Page 130: ...tach the other end of the strap to an unpainted metal surface in the chassis such as the power supply bracket that is connected to chassis ground A liquid dishwashing detergent Use a mixture of one part liquid dishwashing detergent and three parts water to clean the exterior of the computer monitor and keyboard You can also add fabric softener to produce an antistatic solution that prevents dust f...

Page 131: ... it will receive direct sunlight particu larly in the afternoon Do not place it next to a heat source of any kind including heating vents during winter Adequate ventilation is particularly important at high altitudes System performance may not be optimum when the system is operating at high temperatures as well as high altitudes Make sure that all slots and openings on the com puter remain unobstr...

Page 132: ...xplained in Tempera ture found earlier in this appendix ESD ESD results from the buildup of static electricity on the human body and certain other objects This static elec tricity is often produced by simple movements such as walking across a carpet ESD is a discharge of a static electrical charge which occurs when a person whose body contains such a charge touches a component in the computer This...

Page 133: ...on external appearance and physical structure of a system Each Dell system has been designed to operate properly after with standing a minimum of six consecutively executed shock pulses in the positive and negative x y and z axes Each shock pulse can measure up to 50 gravities G for up to 2 milliseconds ms In storage the system can withstand shock pulses of 92 G for 2 ms Excessive vibration can ca...

Page 134: ...ainst brownouts which occur when the voltage drops more than 20 percent below the normal AC line voltage level Line Conditioners Line conditioners go beyond the overvoltage protection of surge protectors Line conditioners keep a computer s AC power source voltage at a fairly constant level and therefore can handle brownouts Because of this added protection line conditioners cost more than surge pr...

Page 135: ...mful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interfer ence at your own expense Class B NOTE This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause interference with radio and television recep tion This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits fo...

Page 136: ...ration could void your authority to oper ate this equipment EN 55022 Compliance Czech Republic Only CE Notice Marking by the symbol indicates compliance of this Dell system to the EMC Electromagnetic Compati bility directive of the European Community Such marking is indicative that this Dell system meets or exceeds the following technical standards EN 55022 Limits and Methods of Measurement of Rad...

Page 137: ...her an FCC Class B identification number or the FCC logo your system is considered to be VCCI Class 2 ITE Once you have determined your system s VCCI classifi cation read the appropriate VCCI notice Note that VCCI regulations provide that changes or modifications not expressly approved by Dell Computer Corporation could void your authority to operate this equipment Class 1 Notice This equipment co...

Page 138: ...of a fuse with a nominal value no larger than 10 amperes A To completely switch off the equipment the power sup ply cable must be removed from the power supply socket which should be located near the equipment and easily accessible A protection mark B confirms that the equipment is in compliance with the protection usage requirements of standards PN 93 T 42107 and PN 89 E 06251 8ZNBHBOJB 1PMTLJFHP...

Page 139: ...osi tivo o en los dispositivos descritos en este documento en cumplimiento con los requisitos de la norma oficial mexicana Nom 024 Exporter Dell Computer Corporation One Dell Way Round Rock TX 78682 Importer Dell Computer de México S A de C V Rio Lerma No 302 4 Piso Col Cuauhtemoc 16500 México D F Ship to Dell Computer de México S A de C V al Cuidado de Kuehne Nagel de México S de R I Avenida Sole...

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Page 141: ...his warranty all other moni tors keyboards and mice including those sold through the DellWare program are not covered Batteries for portable computers are covered only during the initial one year period of this warranty Coverage During Year One During the one year period beginning on the invoice date Dell will repair or replace products covered under this limited warranty that are returned to Dell...

Page 142: ...LOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRAN TIES SO THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU DELL S RESPONSIBILITY FOR MALFUNCTIONS AND DEFECTS IN HARDWARE IS LIMITED TO REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT AS SET FORTH IN THIS WARRANTY STATEMENT THESE WARRAN TIES GIVE YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE DELL DOES NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY BEYOND THE REMEDIES SET FORTH IN TH...

Page 143: ...cturers in performing warranty repairs and building replacement products If Dell repairs or replaces a prod uct its warranty term is not extended except as may be required by law Coverage During Years Two and Three During the second and third years of this limited war ranty Dell will provide on an exchange basis replacement parts for the Dell hardware product s cov ered under this limited warranty...

Page 144: ...roducts directly from a Dell company you may return them to Dell up to 30 days from the date of invoice for a refund of the product purchase price if already paid This refund will not include any shipping and handling charges shown on your invoice If your organization bought the products from Dell under a written agreement with Dell there may be different terms for the return of products under thi...

Page 145: ...The battery on the system board is dead Replace the battery on the system board and run the System Setup program to restore your sys tem configuration System CMOS checksum bad Run Setup The CMOS configuration data is corrupted Run the System Setup program to restore your sys tem configuration Incorrect drive A type Run Setup The installed diskette drive does not match the diskette drive type in CM...

Page 146: ...leshooting Guide System cache error Cache disabled The microprocessor chip on the system board may be malfunctioning Run the System Set Test Group to determine whether the microprocessor chip is faulty See the chapter titled Running the Diskette Based Diagnostics in your Diagnostics and Trouble shooting Guide System timer error A chip on the system board may be malfunctioning Run the System Set Te...

Page 147: ...d jumper plug may be absent or installed on the wrong jumper pins Check the microprocessor speed jumpers See Table B 1 in Appendix B Memory size limit exceeded The size of installed DIMM memory is greater than 512 megabytes MB Verify that the total installed DIMM memory does not exceed 512 MB See Adding Mem ory in Chapter 7 Processor bus termina tor not installed In a single microprocessor system ...

Page 148: ...ion data write error A chip on the system board may be malfunctioning Run the System Set tests in system diagnostics See the chapter titled Running the Diskette Based Diagnostics in your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide A faulty chip on the sys tem board usually requires that you replace the system board System memory size has changed Run Configu ration Utility DIMM memory may have been added...

Page 149: ...diagnostics to determine whether the keyboard or the keyboard controller is faulty See the chapter titled Run ning the Diskette Based Diagnostics in your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide 1 3 3 1 No DIMM memory installed Check the DIMMs to ensure that they are properly seated See Removing a DIMM and Installing a DIMM in Chap ter 7 If the problem persists run the RAM Test Group in the system di...

Page 150: ...ng the Dis kette Based Diagnostics in your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide 1 4 3 1 Memory controller or DIMM failure Check the DIMMs to ensure that they are properly seated See Removing a DIMM and Installing a DIMM in Chap ter 7 If the problem persists run the RAM Test Group in the system diagnostics See the chapter titled Running the Dis kette Based Diagnostics in your Diagnostics and Troub...

Page 151: ...ware ASCII Acronym for American Standard Code for Information In terchange A text file containing only characters from the ASCIIcharacterset usuallycreatedwithatexteditor such as MS DOS Editor or Notepad in Windows is called an ASCII file ASIC Acronym for application specific integrated circuit ASPI Advanced SCSI programming interface autoexec bat file When you boot your computer MS DOS runs any c...

Page 152: ... computer by pressing Ctrl Alt Del otherwise you must perform a cold bootbypressingtheresetbutton ifyourcomputerhasone or by turning the computer off then back on bootable diskette You can start your computer from a diskette in drive A To make a bootable diskette insert a diskette in drive A type sys a at the command line prompt then press Enter Use this bootable diskette ifyourcomputerwill not bo...

Page 153: ...cedriverswith a device statement controller A chip or expansion card that controls the transfer of data between the microprocessor and a peripheral such as a disk drive or the keyboard conventional memory The first 640 KB of RAM Unless they are specially de signed MS DOS programs are limited to running in conventionalmemory SeealsoEMM expandedmemory extended memory HMA memory manager upper mem ory...

Page 154: ...ter DMA Abbreviation for direct memory access A DMA channel allows certain types of data transfer between RAM and a device to bypass the microprocessor DOC Abbreviation for Department of Communications in Canada dpi Abbreviation for dots per inch DPMS Abbreviation for Display Power Management Signaling A standard developed by the Video Electronics Standards As sociation that defines the hardware s...

Page 155: ... Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide for a complete dis cussion about how to use the embedded diagnostics EMC Abbreviation for Electromagnetic Compatibility EMI Abbreviation for electromagnetic interference EMM Abbreviation for expanded memory manager A software utility that uses extended memory to emulate expanded memory on computers with an Intel386 or higher micro processor See also conventio...

Page 156: ...amming to identify addresses in the computer s RAM and I O memory addresses for de vices The sequence of decimal numbers from 0 through 16 for example is expressed in hexadecimal notation as 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 10 In text hexadecimal numbers are often followed by h or preceded by 0x MS DOS conventional memory the first 640 KB of memoryaddresses isfrom00000hto9FFFFh theMS DOS uppermemor...

Page 157: ...quipment JEIDA Acronym for Japanese Electronic Industry Development Association K Abbreviation for kilo indicating 1 000 KB Abbreviation for kilobyte s 1 024 bytes KB sec Abbreviation for kilobyte s per second Kbit s Abbreviation for kilobit s 1 024 bits Kbit s sec Abbreviation for kilobit s per second key combination A command requiring that you press multiple keys at the same time For example yo...

Page 158: ...nymforRAM forexample anunqualifiedstatementsuchas acomputerwith8MBof memory refers to a computer with 8 MB of RAM memory address A specific location usually expressed as a hexadecimal number in the computer s RAM memory manager A utility that controls the implementation of memory in addition to conventional memory such as extended or ex panded memory See also conventional memory EMM expandedmemory...

Page 159: ...hole connector parameter A value or option that you specify to a program A param eter is sometimes called a switch or an argument partition You can divide a hard disk drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with the fdisk command Each par tition can contain multiple logical drives For example you could partition a 200 MB hard disk drive into two physically separate partitions with ...

Page 160: ...ected mode however some programs that you can start from MS DOS such as Windows are able to put the computer into protected mode PS 2 Abbreviation for Personal System 2 PVC Abbreviation for polyvinyl chloride QIC Abbreviation for quarter inch cartridge RAM Acronym for random access memory The computer s pri mary temporary storage area for program instructions and data Each location in RAM is ident...

Page 161: ...M chips do not require continual refreshing they are substantially faster than DRAM chips SRAM is used mostly for external cache memory SVGA Abbreviation for super video graphics array See also VGA switch See parameter sync negotiation Sync negotiation is a SCSI feature that allows the host adapter and its attached SCSI devices to transfer data in synchronous mode Synchronous data transfer is fast...

Page 162: ...ed key combination sometimes re ferred to as a hot key that allows you to activate the TSR program s interface while running another MS DOS pro gram When you finish using the TSR program you can return to the other application program and leave the TSR program resident in memory for later use Because MS DOS is not designed to support multiple pro grams running simultaneously TSR programs can somet...

Page 163: ...separate from RAM on the system board The amount of video memory along with the adapter s video drivers may affect the number of colors that can be simultaneously displayed Video adapt ers can also include their own coprocessor chip for faster graphics rendering video driver Graphics mode application programs and operating envi ronments such as Windows often require video drivers in order to displ...

Page 164: ...nation of VRAM and DRAM to improve video performance VRAM is dual ported allowing the video adapter to up date the screen and receive new image data at the same time W Abbreviation for watt s win ini file When you start Windows it consults the win ini file to de termine a variety of options for the Windows operating environment Among other things the win ini file records what printer s and fonts a...

Page 165: ...em See BIOS battery checking and replacing 7 10 beep codes F 5 BIOS shadowing memory 4 4 video 4 4 boot device configuring 9 3 booting the computer system 4 4 built in SCSI controller 1 2 C cables 50 pin to 68 pin adapter 8 7 control panel 6 4 diskette drive interface 6 4 8 5 drive power 8 4 external drives 8 2 hard disk drive power 6 5 SCSI 6 4 9 3 cache secondary 1 1 cache memory turning on and ...

Page 166: ...sed 1 2 DIMMs about 1 1 7 5 installing 7 7 removing 7 8 sample configurations 7 6 sockets 7 1 7 5 direct current See DC disabling a forgotten password 4 15 diskette drive interface cable 8 5 diskette drives access control 4 10 cable 8 5 cleaning C 3 head cleaning kit C 2 installing 8 5 types sizes and capacities 4 4 diskette based diagnostics 1 2 drive access indicator 1 3 drive bays external 6 4 ...

Page 167: ...See ECC error messages F 1 ESD vii C 4 expansion bus specifications A 1 expansion cards about 7 2 adding 5 5 configuring 5 1 conflict resolution 5 11 illustrated 7 2 installing 7 3 locking and unlocking 5 10 removing 5 6 7 4 repositioning 5 6 expansion cards continued types supported 7 2 with ports B 6 expansion slots about 7 3 exterior cleaning of system C 2 external drive bay cables 8 2 external...

Page 168: ...ISA input output See I O inside your computer precautions 6 1 interface cables about 6 3 internal bay drives installing 9 1 location 9 4 interrupt request See IRQ IRQ line B 6 ISA expansion slots 7 3 J jumpers 233MHZ B 3 266MHZ B 3 about B 1 CARDBIOS B 3 EISA B 3 list of B 3 on drives 8 1 on system board 7 1 PASSWD B 3 speed 7 10 system board B 2 VGA B 3 K keyboard cleaning C 2 keylock about 1 4 o...

Page 169: ...assignments B 8 N NetWare approved drives 3 15 calculating slot number 3 9 command line options 3 11 error codes 3 16 NetWare continued installation overview 3 8 installing 4 x 3 10 installing drivers 3 9 mount status 3 14 optimizing performance 3 16 sample load command 3 12 SCSI driver installation 3 7 troubleshooting 3 16 using a CD ROM 3 15 using SCSI devices 3 13 using the tape backup utility ...

Page 170: ...ing computer cover 6 2 front bezel 6 2 system board assembly 6 6 reset button 1 3 resolutions video 1 2 resource conflicts resolving 5 11 return policy E 4 S safety instructions for preventing ESD vii general v health considerations v 6 1 safety warning 6 1 SCSI controller built in 9 1 optional 8 7 SCSI devices boot files 3 13 booting from 3 13 ID numbers 9 1 using 3 13 SCSI disk utilities 3 5 SCS...

Page 171: ... 7 2 system battery replacing 7 10 socket 7 1 system board about 6 3 assembly removal and replacement 6 6 connectors and sockets 7 1 B 4 features 1 2 jumpers B 2 location 6 4 6 5 mounting plate 6 4 options in EISA Configuration Utility 5 6 5 7 system configuration information 4 1 5 1 system diagnostics running F 6 system environment altitude C 4 corrosion C 4 dust C 4 EMI and RFI C 4 ESD C 4 humid...

Page 172: ... tools cleaning C 2 troubleshooting general 1 4 NetWare 3 16 Windows NT 3 7 U uninterruptible power supply See UPS unpacking hardware options 6 3 upgrade options expansion cards 7 3 memory 7 6 microprocessor 7 8 unpacking 6 3 UPS C 6 user password assigning 4 14 5 15 changing 4 15 5 15 deleting 4 15 5 15 description 4 13 operating with 4 14 V video connector pin assignments B 8 drivers 2 2 install...

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