1-8 Technical Information
CD-ROM READER
The reader can be used to load programs from a CD or it can be used to play audio CDs.
The reader operates at different speeds depending on whether the CD contains music or
data. The reader is fully compatible with Kodak Multisession Photo CDs™ and standard
CDs.
The reader is connected to the secondary IDE/PCI port on the system board.
ZIP DRIVE
Some systems come with the Iomega Zip 100 ATA drive. The Zip drive provides removable
100-MB data disks and has a data transfer rate up to 1.4 MB per second.
POWER SUPPLY
The 200-watt power supply is mounted inside the system unit. It supplies power to the
system board, option boards, diskette drives, hard drives, keyboard, and mouse. A fan
inside the power supply provides system ventilation. The power supply has several cables
for attaching to the various devices requiring power.
POWER MANAGEMENT
The Advanced Power Management (APM) program, located on the 430TX System
Controller (MTXC) chip, reduces system power consumption when there is no activity
detected from the keyboard, mouse, diskette drive, CD-ROM reader, or hard disk drive
after a pre-defined period of time. As soon as activity is detected, the system resumes where
it left off.
There are four levels of reduced power consumption, which may be selected in the CMOS
Setup utility. The four levels are Disabled, Minimum Power Savings, Customized, and
Maximum Power Savings. Each setting provides a timer in which the system activates the
Standby, Suspend, and Fixed Disk power-saving schemes.
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