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I/O, Memory, and IRQ Details

Appendix B

Ethernet Controller

The Ethernet controller resides on the PCIbus and is mapped as PCI device
number 2. It uses PCIbus interrupt INTB.

Network booting is not supported.

The Ethernet port supports only a 10-base-T interface.

Memory Map

a.All addresses are hexadecimal.

Table B-1. Memory Map

Pentium Address Range

Region

Cached

00000000-0009FFFF

DRAM

Yes

000A0000-000BFFFF

VGA Memory

000C0000-000C7FFF

Shadowed VGA BIOS

Yes

000C8000-000CFFFF

Shadowed SCSI BIOS

Yes

000D0000-000DFFFF

On-board EXMbus

000E0000-000E3FFF

VXI Interface Chip

00100000-07FFFFFF

DRAM
If no DRAM, ISA memory

Yes

08000000-0FFFFFFF

EXMbus

10000000-1FFFFFFF

Reserved

20000000-3FFFFFFF

Reserved

40000000-7FFFFFFF

Reserved

80000000-83FFFFFF

VXI Interface Chip Image 0

84000000-87FFFFFF

VXI Interface Chip Image 1

88000000-8BFFFFFF

VXI Interface Chip Image 2

8C000000-8FFFFFFF

VXI Interface Chip Image 3

90000000-93FFFFFF

VXI Interface Chip Image 4

94000000-EFFFFFFF

Reserved

F0000000-FFF7FFFF

EXMbus

FFF80000-FFFFFFFF

Flash Boot Device

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Page 2: ...tion and Configuration Guide HP E623xA HP VXI Pentium Controllers HP 75000 Series C E6232 90001 Manual Part Number E6232 90001 Printed in U S A E0897 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

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Page 4: ... Buyer s circuitry In addition HP does not warrant any damage that occurs as a result of the Buyer s circuit or any defects that result from Buyer supplied products NO OTHER WARRANTY IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED HP SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Exclusive Remedies THE REMEDIES PROVIDED HEREIN ARE BUYER S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES ...

Page 5: ...rsonnel only Under certain conditions dangerous voltages may exist even with the equipment switched off To avoid dangerous electrical shock DO NOT perform procedures involving cover or shield removal unless you are qualified to do so DO NOT operate damaged equipment Whenever it is possible that the safety protection features built into this product have been impaired either through physical damage...

Page 6: ...Options All conforms to the following Product Specifications Safety IEC 1010 1 1990 Incl Amend 1 1992 EN61010 1 1993 CSA C22 2 1010 1 1992 UL 3111 1 1994 EMC CISPR 11 1990 EN55011 1991 Group1 Class A IEC 801 2 1991 EN50082 1 1992 4kVCD 8kVAD IEC 801 3 1984 EN50082 1 1992 3 V m IEC 801 4 1988 EN50082 1 1992 1kV Power Line 5kV Signal Lines Supplementary Information The product herewith complies with...

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Page 8: ... the Controller 23 Pre power Checklist 23 Turning on the Power 23 Setting the Controller s Internal Clock 23 Customizing the Controller s BIOS 24 Where to Go Next 25 Software Installation and Configuration 25 Chapter 3 Using the BIOS Setup Utility 27 About this Chapter 27 Accessing BIOS Setup 27 Navigating BIOS Setup Menus 27 Main BIOS Setup Menu 28 IDE Adapter 0 Sub Menus 29 Memory Cache Sub Menu...

Page 9: ...l 55 Electrical 56 Appendix D Installing BIOS Software 57 Overview 57 Jumper Installation Procedure 58 Tools Required 58 Installation Steps 58 Booting the Special BIOS Boot Diskette 59 Appendix E Installing Additional DRAM Memory 61 Memory Specifications 62 Ordering HP Memory 62 Referenced Memory Parts 63 Ordering Referenced Memory 63 Installation Procedure 64 Tools Required 64 SO DIMM Installatio...

Page 10: ...re 3 4 Memory Shadow Sub Menu 32 Figure 3 5 Boot Sequence Sub Menu 33 Figure 3 6 Keyboard Features Sub Menu 34 Figure 3 7 Advanced Menu 35 Figure 3 8 Integrated Peripherals Sub Menu 36 Figure 3 9 Advanced Chipset Control Sub Menu 37 Figure 3 10 Power Management Menu 39 Figure 3 11 EXM Menu 42 Figure 3 12 Exit Menu 43 Figure D 1 Jumper Pin Connector Blocks 58 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instru...

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Page 12: ... C 1 Environmental Specifications 55 Table C 2 VXI Pentium Controller Power Requirements 56 Table E 1 Memory Specifications 62 Table E 2 HP Memory Upgrade Kits 62 Table E 3 DRAM Memory Parts List 63 Table F 1 Phoenix NuBIOS Checkpoint Codes 67 Table F 2 Phoenix NuBIOS Auxiliary Checkpoint Codes 70 Table F 3 Phoenix NuBIOS Boot Block Checkpoint Codes 71 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentat...

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Page 14: ...alling and Configuring the Hardware explains how to set up the controller hardware including connecting external peripherals power up the controller and configure the controller s interfaces within the software This chapter then explains how to further customize the controller if needed Chapter 3 Using the BIOS Setup Utility explains how to set hardware configuration values in the BIOS Setup utili...

Page 15: ... from the floppy disk drive Appendix E Installing Additional DRAM Memory explains how to install more SO DIMM DRAM in an HP VXI Pentium controller Appendix F POST Beep Codes lists the Power on Self tests checkpoint codes and audible beeps codes issued if a failure is detected This guide also includes an Index Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg c...

Page 16: ...ifferent speed Intel Pentium CPUs Refer to the HP Technical Specifications data sheet for the speed of the CPU in your product The controller is configured with varying amounts of DRAM Refer to the Main BIOS Setup Menu to verify the amount of memory installed in your controller The controller is shipped pre loaded with either the Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows NT or LynxOS operating system...

Page 17: ... a keyboard and a mouse The CPU submodule which contains the Pentium computer chip and the SO DIMM sockets The CPU submodule connects to the I O base board An Enhanced IDE disk drive module which supports 2 5 inch hard disk drive densities of 1 GB and larger In addition to the integrated peripherals the VXI Pentium Controller supports two EXMbus slots and a 3 5 inch floppy disk drive Artisan Techn...

Page 18: ...anel As shown below the front panel of the VXI Pentium Controller spans two VXI slots Figure 1 2 The Front Panel of the VXI Pentium Controller Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 19: ...o Next Now that you have a better understanding of the VXI Pentium Controller you are ready to begin installing the controller hardware Please go on to the next chapter Installing and Configuring the Hardware for instructions on how to set up the hardware Table 1 1 Ports on the Front Panel Label Port Type Connector COM RS 232 Serial DB9 pin type LPT IEEE 1284 Parallel Mini D36 VGA Video VGA 15 pin...

Page 20: ...nd to ensure future accessibility to the controller Gather the appropriate equipment so it is ready to install 2 Install the controller in the VXI card cage 3 Install any other interface card s in the controller other than the HP 22 GPIB card pre installed in Slot 1 4 Connect the peripherals to the controller 5 Refer to the appropriate HP VXI Pentium Controllers E623x Controller User s Guide for y...

Page 21: ...appropriate HP I O Libraries software and the controller drivers and utilities software are all pre loaded on the controller s hard disk Therefore the following software CD ROMs and floppy diskettes are included in your product package merely as a contingency in case you ever need to re install the software for any reason Note If you also ordered a keyboard mouse monitor other interface card s and...

Page 22: ...the Equipment Needed Before you begin the installation you should also have the following equipment ready to use VXI card cage Optionally any other interface card s you wish to install in the controller such as the RADI EX22 HP 22 GPIB interface RADI EX10 LAN interface or RADI EX07 RS 232 interface PS 2 style or compatible keyboard PS 2 style or compatible mouse or a serial mouse VGA or better mon...

Page 23: ...her separately purchased interface card s to install in the VXI Pentium Controller simply skip this section and continue with the next section Connecting the Peripherals The VXI Pentium Controller includes one HP 22 GPIB interface card which is pre installed in Slot 1 of the controller If you purchased any other interface card s you wish to use with the controller then follow the documentation pro...

Page 24: ...r tool to tighten these screws as they are meant to be tightened by hand only Because the system BIOS for the controller is pre configured for an HP 22 GPIB interface card in Slot 1 only you will need to change the BIOS configuration if you make any interface card installation changes For example if you do any of the following you will need to change the BIOS configuration Add another interface ca...

Page 25: ...entium Controller supports several standard PC compatible I O peripherals including a keyboard mouse and monitor Before you power up the controller you must connect the peripherals as explained in the following list Note that you can connect the peripherals in any order Connect a PS 2 style or compatible keyboard 6 pin mini DIN connector to the KBRD connector Connect a PS 2 style or compatible mou...

Page 26: ...TEST LED is still lit after you power up the controller Setting the Controller s Internal Clock The controller has an internal clock the value of which is maintained in battery backed memory when power is removed from the system The setting of this clock as entered by the factory will probably not match your local time You are advised to reset the internal clock the first time you boot the control...

Page 27: ...ium Controller s hardware in any way or the default BIOS settings for your controller are not acceptable you will need to customize your controller s BIOS There may be BIOS customization steps that you still need to complete depending on your controller s particular hardware configuration If either of the conditions listed below apply to your configuration you must access the BIOS Setup Utility du...

Page 28: ...GPIB and RS 232C to the appropriate VXI Resource Manager and HP SICL library for your controller The following subsections list the manual you should use next to complete the configuration of each controller Software Installation and Configuration To continue the installation of the HP VXI Pentium Controller please refer to the HP VXI Pentium Controllers E623x Controller User s Guide for the parti...

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Page 30: ...essing BIOS Setup Nonvolatile CMOS RAM in the controller maintains the BIOS settings that you save The BIOS uses these settings to initialize the hardware You can access BIOS Setup only during the system reset process To access BIOS Setup press the F2 function key as the system boots Navigating BIOS Setup Menus Within BIOS Setup use the cursor arrow keys to navigate from menu to menu and to move b...

Page 31: ...attached to the system The possible values are EGA VGA default CGA 80x25 Monochrome Memory Cache Sub Menu The term Memory Cache refers to the technique of caching BIOS images For more information see the Memory Cache Sub Menu subsection later in this chapter Memory Shadow Sub Menu The term Memory Shadow refers to the technique of copying information from an extension ROM into DRAM and accessing it...

Page 32: ...s also read only and displays the amount of extended memory above 1 MB No user interaction is required IDE Adapter 0 Sub Menus There are two IDE Adapter 0 Sub Menus for the primary and secondary hard disk controllers each having a master and slave drive screen The detailed characteristics of the drive connected to the adapter is available in the IDE Adapter 0 Sub Menu which is shown below Autotype...

Page 33: ...ical blocks instead of using the traditional Cylinders Heads Sectors CHS method The Enabled value can only be used if both the hard disk being configured and the operating system support Logical Block Addressing LBA If disabled then CHS mode is used Note that autotyping may change this value if the hard disk reports that it supports LBA The default is Enabled 32 bit I O When enabled this field all...

Page 34: ...led system performance will suffer The default is Enabled Cache Video BIOS Area This field enables or disables caching of the VGA BIOS area in the 0C0000H through 0C7FFFH region If this cache is disabled system performance will suffer The default is Enabled PhoenixBIOS Setup Copyright 1985 95 Phoenix Technologies Ltd Main Memory Cache Item Specific Help External Cache Enabled Tab Shift Tab or Ente...

Page 35: ...OMs can be shadowed D000 D3FF D400 D7FF D800 DBFF DC00 DFFF The default for each of these is ROM The shadow regions should be used only if an EXMbus card is installed in the system that contains a BIOS extension ROM although there is no effect on the system if a region is shadowed that does not contain a BIOS extension Note that each shadow region in the Setup menu is 16 KB in size Multiple shadow...

Page 36: ...oppy disk is present in the A drive to boot from the C drive This is useful for troubleshooting the operating system if a boot disk is in drive A C then A Used to boot from the C drive or if not present to boot from the A drive C only Used to boot from the C drive without searching for an A drive SETUP Prompt This field enables or disables the message Press F2 to enter Setup Even if the message is...

Page 37: ...h disables the Numlock key at boot time Key Click This field enables or disables the key click feature on the keyboard When enabled the system produces an audible click each time a key is pressed The default is Disabled Keyboard auto repeat rate This field sets the auto repeat rate when a key is held down on the keyboard The rates range from 2 30 per second The default rate is 30 sec Keyboard auto...

Page 38: ...stem is turned on or if the ESCD becomes corrupted The default is No disabled This field is automatically reset to No after the ESCD is updated Level 1 Cache When enabled this field speeds up the processor by enabling the Level 1 L1 cache If the L1 cache is disabled system performance will suffer The default is Enabled Large Disk Access Mode If a hard disk larger than 528 MB is being used this fie...

Page 39: ...are Output only Bi Directional default ECP Diskette Controller This field enables or disables the onboard 3 5 inch disk floppy drive controller The default is Enabled Local Bus IDE adapter This field enables or disables the onboard PCIbus IDE hard disk controller The default is Enabled PhoenixBIOS Setup Copyright 1985 95 Phoenix Technologies Ltd Advanced Integrated Peripherals Item Specific Help C...

Page 40: ... Values can range from 3 5 through 7 5 SYSCLKs in 1 SYSCLK increments The default is 4 5 SYSCLKs IRQ 12 used by This field selects the routing of IRQ12 For systems without a PS 2 mouse this field may be set to ISA bus to allow an ISAbus peripheral to use this interrupt line Systems using a PS 2 mouse must have this field set to PS 2 Mouse the default for the mouse to operate correctly ECC Parity C...

Page 41: ...lity Chapter 3 either x32 or x36 SODIMMs The default is Disabled Note that the VXI Pentium Controller is shipped with non parity x32 DRAM Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 42: ...sables power management The possible values are Disabled default Customize Maximum Medium Minimum Standby Timeout This field enables and sets the inactivity duration required to elapse before the system is placed into Standby Mode or it disables the Standby Timeout The possible values are Disabled default 2 minutes 15 minutes 30 minutes 1 hour 2 hours PhoenixBIOS Setup Copyright 1985 95 Phoenix Te...

Page 43: ...es are OFF in Standby and ON in Standby The default is ON Standby Timer Reset Events This group of fields enables or disables whether or not activity from the specified device causes the Standby Timer to be reset or not The default is Enabled Keyboard This field enables or disables keyboard activity to reset the Standby Timer or not The possible values are Enabled default and Disabled Mouse This f...

Page 44: ... enables or disables the Standby Wakeup Event for the keyboard The possible values are Enabled default and Disabled Mouse This field enables and selects the IRQ that the mouse is bound to for the purposes of mouse activity detection for power management or disables the Standby Wakeup Event for the mouse The possible values are PS 2 IRQ12 default COM1 IRQ4 COM2 IRQ3 Disabled Artisan Technology Grou...

Page 45: ...E77 FD 350 357 750 757 B50 B57 and F50 F57 To disable the HP 22 enter 00 Option Byte 2 This field is set to 00 disabled unused Caution To configure a second HP 22 card in EXM Slot 0 make sure that it is not sharing the same I O address as the first card pre installed in EXM Slot 1 For information on configuring a second card see the hardware reference manual shipped with the card PhoenixBIOS Setup...

Page 46: ...g problems with the system and suspect changes made to the BIOS are the cause Load Previous Values This field is used to load the system with the previous values before an editing session started This is useful if you lose track of edits and want to revert to the previous editing session but not all the way back to the defaults Save Changes This field is used to save the edits made during a sessio...

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Page 48: ...following abnormal conditions Cycle the power to the controller to see if this problem rectifies itself If the LED indicators are still in an abnormal state please contact your HP Service and Support Center for assistance See Appendix F POST Beep Codes for additional information that may be useful to service personnel Table 4 1 Abnormal LED Indicator States LED Abnormal State Abnormal Condition RU...

Page 49: ...ended RAM Failed at offset nnnn The extended memory is not working or is not configured properly at offset nnnn Contact your HP Service and Support Center for assistance Failing Bits nnnn The hexadecimal number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address in System Extended or Shadow memory which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit Contact your HP Service and Suppor...

Page 50: ...was found in the I O bus If the system BIOS located the address where the parity error occurred it will also display it on the screen Contact your HP Service and Support Center for assistance Press F1 to resume F2 to Setup This is displayed after any recoverable error message Press the F1 function key to start the boot process or the F2 function key to enter BIOS Setup and change any settings Pres...

Page 51: ...ance System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Have the battery replaced contact your HP Service and Support Center for assistance Then run BIOS Setup to reconfigure the controller System cache error Cache disabled The RAM cache failed the system BIOS test and BIOS then disabled the cache Contact your HP Service and Support Center for a...

Page 52: ... chip cache or the CPU is halted SYSFAIL Red Lit whenever the VME SYSFAIL line is asserted TEST Yellow Reflects the state of the PASS bit in the VXI registers Normally lit during the boot process until the controller passes all of its self tests If it remains lit then PASS is 0 zero and the controller has failed its self test MASTER Green Lit when a VME access is made by this device as a master SL...

Page 53: ...50 LEDs on the Front Panel Appendix A Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 54: ...is shadowed and write protected in the region 0x0C0000 to 0x0C7FFF 32 KB on any system reset or power up The features of the Video BIOS include Standard VGA modes up to 640 X 480 resolution with 16 8 million colors Super VGA modes up to 800 X 600 resolution with 16 8 million colors Extended video modes up to 1280 X 1024 resolution with 256 colors non interlaced SCSI Controller The SCSI BIOS extens...

Page 55: ...SCSI BIOS Yes 000D0000 000DFFFF On board EXMbus No 000E0000 000E3FFF VXI Interface Chip No 00100000 07FFFFFF DRAM If no DRAM ISA memory Yes No 08000000 0FFFFFFF EXMbus No 10000000 1FFFFFFF Reserved No 20000000 3FFFFFFF Reserved No 40000000 7FFFFFFF Reserved No 80000000 83FFFFFF VXI Interface Chip Image 0 No 84000000 87FFFFFF VXI Interface Chip Image 1 No 88000000 8BFFFFFF VXI Interface Chip Image ...

Page 56: ...T1 Use for second HP 22 on Windows NT IRQ6 3 5 inch Disk Drive IRQ7 Reserved for HP 22 IRQ8 Real time Clock IRQ9 VXI Interface Chip IRQ10 VXI Interface Chip IRQ11 SCSI IRQ12 Mouse IRQ13 Numeric Co processor IRQ14 IDE IRQ15 Ethernet NMI EXMbus I O Channel Check Asserted SMI Power Management INTA VGA not mapped INTB Ethernet mapped to IRQ15 INTC SCSI mapped to IRQ11 INTD VXI Interface Chip mapped to...

Page 57: ...54 I O Memory and IRQ Details Appendix B Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 58: ... Value Temperature 5 C to 45 C derated 2 C per 1 000 feet 300 meters over 10 000 feet 3 000 meters 2 C per minute maximum excursion gradient 40 C to 65 C 5 C per minute maximum excursion gradient Humidity 8 to 90 non condensing 5 to 95 non condensing Altitude 0 to 10 000 feet 3 000 meters 0 to 40 000 feet 12 000 meters Vibration 0 015 inch 0 38 mm P P displacement with 2 5 g peak maximum accelerat...

Page 59: ...will be lower The power requirements for a controller with a faster processor will be somewhat higher Refer to your HP product s Technical Specifications data sheet for exact information Table C 2 VXI Pentium Controller Power Requirementsa Voltage DC Current Dynamic Current 5 V dc 11 A 0 31 A 12 V dc 40 2 mA 0 08 A 12 V dc 2 4 mA 0 03 A 2 V dc 120 mA 0 08 A 5 2 V dc 335 mA 0 192 mA Artisan Technol...

Page 60: ...ntact your HP Service and Support Center for assistance Overview The HP VXI Pentium Controller s System BIOS is updated by using a special boot diskette that contains the System BIOS image as well as the code to perform the update To enable the recovery process and to allow writing to the flash memory which contains the BIOS two jumpers must be installed on jumper pin connector blocks located insi...

Page 61: ...e anti static precautions during the rest of this procedure 3 With the 0 Phillips screwdriver remove the eight Phillips head screws holding the sheet metal cover to the chassis Do not lose these very small screws They will be needed to re attach the cover 4 Remove the sheet metal cover and set it aside The two jumper pin connector blocks labelled P7 and P8 are located just to the left of the power...

Page 62: ...eps from the recovery program denotes the reading of the System BIOS file The last series of beeps denotes the erasing of the flash memory and reloading of the BIOS code A final long beep denotes the successful recovery of the System BIOS and that the system is about to reset itself Note If the system will not boot from the floppy diskette and the system has SO DIMM installed in only the right mem...

Page 63: ...move the cover panel But this time remove the jumpers from jumper blocks P7 and P8 You may resume normal operation once the jumpers have been removed the panel cover reinstalled and the controller has been returned to its slot in your VXI mainframe Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 64: ...ory is interleaved the sockets must be populated in pairs of identical SO DIMM modules However memory module densities of upgrades may be mixed For example if two 8 MB SO DIMM modules occupy the first two sockets the remaining two sockets may be occupied by two SO DIMM modules of any other supported density If mixed memory module densities are used there is no dependency on the order in which the ...

Page 65: ...grade size Table E 1 Memory Specifications Type EDO DRAM Standard Fast Page Mode DRAM Not Recommended Form SO Small Outline DIMM Number of Pins 72 Voltage 3 3 V Speed 60ns Standard 70ns Not Recommended Bit Width x32 Parity No Refresh Rate 1 K sec 2 K sec or 4K sec Density SO DIMM 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB or 64 MBa Number of Sockets 4 interleaved Minimum Size 16 MB 2x8 MB Maximum Size 256 MB 4x64 MB Table ...

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Page 67: ...de such that the front panel is facing you and the sheet metal cover with its bar coded serial number is on the far edge away from you 2 Attach the grounding strap to your wrist and take appropriate anti static precautions during the rest of this procedure 3 With the 0 Phillips screwdriver remove the eight 8 Phillips head screws holding the sheet metal cover to the chassis Do not lose these very s...

Page 68: ... made contact with the socket gently press along the entire edge of the SO DIMM module to firmly seat the module into the socket At the same time the outside edge of the SO DIMM module should be tilted slightly downward such that the retainer clips of the socket engage the matching retainer cutout slots on the module s top and bottom edges 9 Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the second SO DIMM module 10 Th...

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Page 70: ...OS Checkpoints The Phoenix NuBIOS writes a number of checkpoints to I O port 80h just before each self test is executed Note that the execution order of the POST tests generally follows the order listed in the tables below but not exactly Table F 1 Phoenix NuBIOS Checkpoint Codes Beep Code POST Code Checkpoint Description 02h Verify Real Mode 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 08h Ini...

Page 71: ...egisters with CMOS values 40h Set Initial CPU speed 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 44h Initialize BIOS interrupts 2 1 2 3 46h Check ROM copyright notice 47h Initialize manager for PCI Option ROMs 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display copyright notice 50h Display CPU type and ...

Page 72: ...rupts vectors 7Eh Test coprocessor if present 80h Disable onboard I O ports 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 84h Detect and install external parallel ports 86h Re initialize onboard I O ports 88h Initialize BIOS Data Area 8Ah Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area 8Ch Initialize floppy controller 90h Initialize hard disk controller 91h Initialize localbus hard disk controller 92h Jump to Us...

Page 73: ...arity checkers BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders C0h Try to boot with INT19 Table F 2 Phoenix NuBIOS Auxiliary Checkpoint Codes Beep Code POST Code Checkpoint Description D0h Interrupt handler error D2h Unknown interrupt error D4h Pending interrupt error D6h Initialize option ROM error D8h Shutdown error DAh Extended Block Move DCh Shutdown 10 error Table F 1 Phoenix N...

Page 74: ... Check for Forced Flash E5h Check HW status of ROM E6h BIOS ROM is OK E7h Do a complete RAM test E8h Do OEM initialization E9h Initialize interrupt controller EAh Read in bootstrap code EBh Initialize all vectors ECh Boot the Flash program EDh Initialize the boot device EEh Boot code was read OK Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 75: ...72 POST Beep Codes Appendix F Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 76: ...afety 3 Connecting peripherals to the controller 22 Connectors on front panel 16 Controller BIOS error messages 46 BIOS Setup utility 27 connecting peripherals 22 connectors on front panel 16 customizing 24 diagnostic beep codes 67 electronic components 14 Ethernet controller 52 front panel 15 hardware installation and configuration 17 installing in VXI card cage 20 installing memory 61 installing...

Page 77: ...20 Internal clock setting 23 IRQs interrupt request lines list of 53 K Keyboard connecting to the controller 22 L LED indicators on front panel 49 RUN or TEST LED abnormal states 45 M Memory map 52 Memory specifications 62 Memory speed setting in BIOS 61 Memory installing DRAM 61 Monitor VGA connecting to the controller 22 Mouse connecting to the controller 22 N Networking Ethernet controller 52 P...

Page 78: ...codes 67 electronic components 14 Ethernet controller 52 front panel 15 hardware installation and configuration 17 installing in VXI card cage 20 installing other interfaces 20 IRQs 53 LED abnormal states 45 LEDs on front panel 49 memory map 52 memory specifications 62 overview 13 ports on front panel 16 powering up 23 problems after configuring the BIOS 48 SCSI Controller and BIOS extension 51 se...

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