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First Printing — September 1998

Copyright 1998

NEC Computer Systems Division

Packard Bell NEC, Inc.

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Summary of Contents for POWERMATE PROFESSIONAL 9000E - SERVICE

Page 1: ...in accordance with the terms of the Warranty Statement accompanying each product However actual performance of each such product is dependent upon factors such as system configuration customer data and operator control Since implementation by customers of each product may vary the suitability of specific product configurations and applications must be determined by the customer and is not warrante...

Page 2: ...4 Local Area Network 1 14 SCSI Adapter 1 14 PC Adapter Device 1 14 Tape Backup Unit 1 15 Zip Drives 1 15 2 System Configuration Interrupt Requests 2 2 System Interrupts 2 2 System Board Jumper Settings 2 3 Video Modes 2 5 BIOS Setup Utility 2 6 When to Use BIOS Setup 2 7 Using the BIOS Setup Utility 2 7 BIOS Setup Configuration Settings 2 8 Main Menu 2 9 Advanced Menu 2 12 Security Menu 2 14 Serve...

Page 3: ...nel Removal 3 10 3 1 2 Inch Diskette Drive Removal 3 12 5 1 4 Inch Device Removal 3 12 Removing a 5 1 4 Inch Device from an Upper Bay 3 12 Removing a 5 1 4 Inch Device from the Lowest Bay 3 13 Removing the Accessible Device Cage 3 13 3 1 2 Inch Internal Hard Drive Removal 3 14 Removing the Drive Cage 3 15 DIMM Removal 3 16 Processor Subsystem Removal 3 17 Removing the Processor 3 17 Removing a Ter...

Page 4: ...he Passwords 4 21 Recovering the BIOS 4 22 Boot Block Write Protect 4 22 Fault Resilient Booting Timer Enable Jumper 4 22 BMC Forced Update Mode 4 23 Components 4 23 Processor and Secondary Cache 4 25 System BIOS 4 25 System Memory 4 26 BMC 4 26 ISA Bus 4 26 PCI Local Bus 4 26 PCI IDE Ports 4 27 Parallel Interface 4 27 Serial Interface 4 27 USB Interface 4 28 Resources 4 28 5 Expansion Boards Soun...

Page 5: ... Website 9 3 Email Fax Technical Support Service 9 3 Technical Support Services 9 4 Product Information 9 4 NEC CSD FTP Site 9 4 NEC CSD Bulletin Board Service 9 5 FaxFlash Service 9 6 10 Specifications System Board 10 3 Mouse 10 4 Keyboard 10 5 System Unit 10 5 Diskette Drive 10 6 Hard Drive 10 7 8 4 GB IBM Hard Drive Specifications 10 7 8 4 GB Maxtor Hard Drive 10 8 8 4 GB Quantum Hard Drive Spe...

Page 6: ... Network Settings A 3 Using Cheyenne Backup A 4 Backing Up Large Drives A 4 Windows NT Issues A 4 Rebooting the System After Installing Internet Explorer 4 0 A 4 Glossary Index List of Figures PowerMate Professional 9000E Series System Components 1 2 PowerMate Professional 9000E Series Front View 1 4 System Controls and Lamps 1 4 PowerMate Professional 9000E Series Back View 1 5 Audio Connectors 1...

Page 7: ... and DIMM Sockets on the System Board 4 5 Drive Cable Connectors 4 9 PCI and ISA Cable Connector Locations 4 13 System Board Auxiliary Cable Connectors 4 17 Front Panel Connector Location 4 19 Locating System Board Jumpers 4 20 PowerMate Professional 9000E Series Illustrated Parts Breakdown 6 5 Removing the Keyboard Enclosure 7 3 Removing the Mouse Ball Cover 7 3 List of Tables PowerMate Professio...

Page 8: ...nments 4 10 SCSI Narrow Interface Pin Assignments 4 11 SCSI Wide Interface Pin Assignments 4 12 Diskette Drive Pin Assignments 4 12 PCI Bus Pin Assignments 4 14 ISA Bus Connector Pin Assignments 4 15 Power Supply ATX Power Connector Pin Assignments 4 16 Power Supply Main Power Connector Pin Assignments 4 16 Auxiliary Power non ATX Connector 4 17 Chassis Fan Connector 4 18 Heatsink Fan Connector 4 ...

Page 9: ...ns 10 7 8 4 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Hard Drive Specifications 10 8 8 4 GB Quantum Fireball Hard Drive Specifications 10 9 14 4 IDE Hard Drive Specifications 10 10 Power Supply Specifications 10 11 Fax Modem Board Specifications 10 11 AccelSTARII Specifications 10 12 AccelECLIPSE II Specifications 10 12 3COM 3C905 TX Network Board Specifications 10 13 Sound Board Specifications 10 14 Lite On 32X CD RO...

Page 10: ...by detailed disassembly illustrations Section 4 System Board includes information on cable and board connectors jumper settings and upgrade sockets Also provided is information on board components pin assignments and memory map Section 5 Expansion Boards provides cable connector information and pin assignments for the expansion boards installed in the system Section 6 Illustrated Parts Breakdown i...

Page 11: ...U central processing unit DAC digital to analog converter DACK DMA acknowledge dB decibels DC direct current DCC direct cable connection DCE data communications equipment DDC Display Data Channel DIMM Dual In Line Memory Module DIP dual in line package DMA direct memory access DMAC DMA controller DMI Desktop Management Interface DOS disk operating system DRAM dynamic RAM DVD digital versatile disc...

Page 12: ...n mA milliamps max maximum MB megabyte MFM modified frequency modulation MHz megahertz MIDI musical instrument digital interface mm millimeter MMX multimedia extensions modem modulator demodulator MOS metal oxide semiconductor MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group ms millisecond MSB most significant bit NC not connected NIC networked information center NIC network interface card NMI Non maskable Inter...

Page 13: ...nd Retrieval System SSI small scale integration SVGA Super Video Graphics Array SW switch T D test and diagnostics TSC Technical Support Center TTL transistor transistor logic tpi tracks per inch UART universal asynchronous receiver transmitter UHF ultra high frequency UL Underwriter s Laboratories UMA unified memory architecture UPS uninterruptible power supply URL uniform resource locator USB un...

Page 14: ...1 System Overview Configurations Features Components ...

Page 15: ...akeup Wake On LAN and chassis intrusion monitoring are also supported All systems come with a sound board Build choices include intelligent device electronics IDE hard drives of 8 4 gigabyte GB or 14 4 GB and ultra wide SCSI hard drives of 4 55 GB or 9 1 GB Minimum system memory is 32 megabyte MB and is available in 64 MB 128 MB and 256 MB DIMM modules Memory configurations range from 64 MB to 1 G...

Page 16: ...r cartridge Diskette Drive 3 5 inch 1 44 MB NEC FD1231H 013 Samsung SFD 321B or TEAC FD 235HF Power Supply 260 watt Keyboard Chicony 8963 Mouse Logitech MouseMan 3 button M S35 Microsoft IntelliMouse CD ROM Drive NEC 32X Lucky Goldstar 32X Lite On Technology 32X Fax Modem Board U S Robotics 56 6 Kbps Python 80 661749 00 Graphics Board AccelGRAPHICS AccelSTAR II Permedia 2 with 8 MB video memory Ac...

Page 17: ...m s security features Front Features The following figures identify the components lamps and controls on the front of the system Brief descriptions of the components follow the figures PowerMate Professional 9000E Series Front View A 5 1 4 Inch Accessible Device B System Lamps C Power Button D Diskette Drive System Controls and Lamps A Power Lamp B Disk Lamp ...

Page 18: ... CDs Disk lamp when lit indicates that the hard drive is active A lit lamp indicates that the hard drive is reading or writing data Power lamp a steady green lamp indicates power is on to all components Power button turns system power on or off Back Features The back of the workstation contains external connectors a power socket and expansion board slots The following figures identify the connecto...

Page 19: ...lows the connection of a microphone for recording audio information in data files line in jack This jack allows the connection of a stereo audio device such as a stereo amplifier cassette or minidisc player for playback or recording line out jack This jack allows the connection of an amplified output device such as powered speakers stereo tape recorder or an external amplifier for audio output Use...

Page 20: ...patible monitor NEC MultiSync monitor or other VGA compatible monitor with a 15 pin connector to the graphics board connector Expansion board slots Use these slots to install up to five optional boards graphics fax modem SCSI Fax modem ports Some systems come with a 56 Kbps fax modem board in an expansion slot The board allows the connection of a phone line to the system for fax and data communica...

Page 21: ...ay contains 1 44 MB diskette drive a drive cage with bays for four 1 inch high or three 1 6 inch high 3 1 2 inch internal devices 260 watt power supply For more information on the above features see Components in this section Stand The system unit sits on a footed non removable stand to prevent it from being tipped over This is a safety feature to prevent personal injury and equipment damage Keep ...

Page 22: ...ture Secure mode Secure mode prevents keyboard or mouse input and unauthorized use of the front panel power switch A hot key combination can be used to enter secure mode quickly The diskette drive can also be write protected when secure mode is set Windows Network Security Features The Windows Network Security features are available through the Windows operating system Check the Windows documentat...

Page 23: ...essors mounted in a S E C cartridge system DIMM memory the Intel N440BX PCI chipset National 87309 super I O controller the PIIX4 PCI ISA IDE accelerator the Symbios SYM53C876 dual SCSI controller the Intel 82558 PCI LAN controller and the Board Management Controller BMC Internal connectors on the system board include four DIMM sockets two S E C cartridge sockets slot 1 connectors dual SCSI connec...

Page 24: ...part number for the diskette drive Diskette drive specifications are given in Section 10 Specifications Hard Drive All systems ship with at least one internal 3 1 2 inch hard drive in the drive cage The drive cage supports up to four 1 inch high thin height devices or three 1 6 inch high devices IDE hard drives are available in 8 4 GB and 14 4 GB models SCSI hard drives are available in 4 55 GB an...

Page 25: ...n the keyboard include Num Numeric Lock Caps Capital Lock and Scroll Lock The keyboard s six pin connector plugs into the back of the system Keyboard pin assignments are included in Section 4 System Board Keyboard specifications are given in Section 10 Specifications Mouse A Logitech MouseMan 3 button mouse is standard equipment for the system This mouse is PS 2 compatible A Microsoft IntelliMouse...

Page 26: ...Section 6 Illustrated Parts Breakdown lists the NEC CSD part number for the CD ROM drive Specifications for the CD ROM drive are given in Section 10 System Specifications Speakers Some systems come with a high quality 9 watt stereo speaker set an AC adapter and connecting cables The speaker set features a volume control power on off switch power lamp and treble control The speaker set also include...

Page 27: ...ch controller is identical capable of operations using either 8 or 16 bit SCSI providing 10 MB s Fast 10 or 20 MB s Fast 20 throughput or 20 MB s Ultra or 40 MB s Ultra wide throughput As implemented on the system board controller A attaches to a 68 pin 16 bit wide SCSI connector interface capable of supporting a maximum of four 1 inch high SCSI Ultra wide hard disk drives or three 1 6 inch high S...

Page 28: ...hat connects to the riser board The PCI IDE channel and the master slave configuration of the unit depend on the specific configuration of the system Tape backup unit connector locations on the riser board are given in Section 5 Riser Board Tape backup unit specifications are given in Section 10 Specifications Zip Drives Some systems come with an Iomega Zip drive The Zip drive is a high capacity h...

Page 29: ...2 System Configuration Interrupt Requests System Board Jumper Settings Video Modes BIOS Setup Utility FLASH Utility Symbios Configuration Utility NEC OS Restore CD NEC Select Install CD ...

Page 30: ...ystem has 16 IRQs IRQ 0 through 15 assigned to different devices for example printer modem keyboard or mouse Initial IRQ settings are assigned at the factory with settings dependent on the installed device s Several IRQs are unassigned for the installation of add on devices See BIOS Setup Utility in this section for information on using the utility to assign or change the interrupts The following ...

Page 31: ...atibility IDE interrupt from primary channel IDE devices 0 and 1 IRQ15 INT15 Secondary IDE interrupt PCI_INTA_L INT16 PCI Interrupt signal A PCI_INTB_L INT17 PCI Interrupt signal B PCI_INTC_L INT18 PCI Interrupt signal C PCI_INTD_L INT19 PCI Interrupt signal D System Board Jumper Settings Jumpers on the system board are used to set the system configuration Functions that are configured by jumper s...

Page 32: ... keep the jumpers at their factory settings Locating System Board Jumpers A BMC Forced Update Mode B Chassis Intrusion Detection C FRB Timer Enable D Boot Block Write Protect E Recovery Boot F Password Clear G CMOS Clear H Reserved I Reserved System Board Jumper Summary Jumper Function Pins default in bold What it does at system reset A 9 10 System boots normally BMC Forced Update Mode 10 11 Syste...

Page 33: ...g BIOS code from a diskette into the flash device This is typically used when the BIOS code has been corrupted F Password Clear 5 6 Protect Maintains the current system password 6 7 Erase Clears the password G CMOS Clear 1 2 Protect Preserves the contents of NVRAM 2 3 Erase Replaces the contents of NVRAM with the manufacturing default settings H Reserved 2 3 Required Do Not Change I Reserved 1 2 R...

Page 34: ... Available BPP Bits Per Pixel 256 color texture mapping is not recommended Acceleration is set to 24 bitmoode but 3D rendering is actually in 16 bitmode BIOS Setup Utility The BIOS Setup utility configures system parameters The parameters are saved in nonvolatile memory in a CMOS chip backed by a battery on the system board The battery supplies continuous power to maintain parameter configuration ...

Page 35: ...stomize the system with security features such as passwords diskette drive restriction virus check reminder and system backup reminder set system parameters after the CMOS battery is replaced Using the BIOS Setup Utility You access the BIOS Setup utility when you turn on or reboot your system To run the BIOS Setup utility perform the following procedure 1 Power on or reboot the system 2 Press F2 T...

Page 36: ...tup Menu F1 or Alt H Get Help about an item ESC Exit the current menu and return to the previous menu Left or right arrow keys Move between menus Up or down arrow keys Move cursor up and down The cursor moves only to the settings that you can change HOME or END Move cursor to top or bottom of window PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN Move cursor to next or previous page F5 or Select the previous value for the f...

Page 37: ...mary IDE Slave Press Enter See the table Primary IDE Master and Slave Submenu Secondary IDE Master Press Enter See the table Secondary IDE Master and Slave Submenu Secondary IDE Slave Press Enter See the table Secondary IDE Master and Slave Submenu Keyboard Features Press Enter See the table Keyboard Submenu Memory Cache Enabled Disabled Enables processor cache CPU Speed Setting Processor Speed Li...

Page 38: ...rs This field is informational only for Type Auto LBA Mode Control Disabled Enabled Enabling LBA causes logical block addressing to be used in place of cylinders heads and sectors This field is informational only for Type Auto 32 Bit I O Disabled Enabled Enabling allows 32 bit IDE data transfers Transfer Mode Standard Fast PIO 1 Fast PIO 2 Fast PIO 3 Fast PIO 4 Selects the method for moving data t...

Page 39: ... This field is informational only for Type Auto 32 Bit I O Disabled Enabled Enabling allows 32 bit IDE data transfers Transfer Mode Standard Fast PIO 1 Fast PIO 2 Fast PIO 3 Fast PIO 4 Selects the method for moving data to and from the drive This field is informational only for Type Auto Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Enabled Selects the Ultra DMA Mode for moving data to and from the drive Autotype the d...

Page 40: ...ntegrated Peripherals Configuration Submenu Advanced Chipset Control Press Enter See Advanced Chipset Control Submenu Use Multiprocessor Specification 1 1 1 4 Selects the version of multiprocessor specification to use Some operating systems require version 1 1 Large Disk Access Mode LBA CHS Select LBA for IDE drives Delay on Option ROMs Disabled Enabled Forces a short delay at the end of each Opti...

Page 41: ...e port OS Controlled forces OS to configure the port Base I O Address 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Selects the base I O address for COM port A Interrupt IRQ 3 IRQ 4 Selects the IRQ for COM port A COM 2 Serial Port B Disabled Enabled Auto OS Controlled Auto forces BIOS to configure the port OS Controlled forces OS to configure the port Base I O Address 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Selects the base I O address for COM port B...

Page 42: ...ive Release mechanism on PHOLD signal when PIIX4 is a PCI MASTER Security Menu Use the Security menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords and configure Secure Mode options Note Enabling the Supervisor Password field requires a password for entering Setup The passwords are not case sensitive Security Menu Feature Choices Description User Password is Clear Set Status only user cannot modify User pas...

Page 43: ...Period of key PS 2 mouse inactivity after which secure mode activates A password is required for secure mode to function Cannot be enabled unless at least one password is enabled Secure Mode Hot Key Ctrl Alt A B Z Key assigned to invoke the Quicklock feature Cannot be enabled unless at least one password is enabled Secure Mode Boot Disabled Enabled System will boot in secure mode The user must ent...

Page 44: ...BIOS clear all processor status and retest the processor s on bootup System Management Submenu Feature Choices Description System Event Logging Disabled Enabled When enabled system events will be logged by BIOS and BMC Clear Event Log No Yes Yes clears the system Event log Sever Management Info Press Enter See the table System Management Info Submenu EMP Password Switch Disabled Enabled EMP ESC Se...

Page 45: ...Revision N A Information field only No items on this menu can be modified by the user If items require changes consult your system administrator Console Redirection Submenu Feature Choices Description COM Port Address Disabled 3F8 2F8 3E8 When enabled console redirection uses the I O port specified IRQ None 3 4 When console redirection is enabled this displays the IRQ assigned per the address chos...

Page 46: ...Enter See the table Removable Devices Submenu Boot Device Priority Submenu Boot Priority Device Description 1 Removable Devices Attempts to boot from a removable media device 2 ATAPI CD ROM Drive Attempts to boot from an ATAPI CD ROM drive 3 Hard Drive Attempts to boot from a hard drive device 4 LANDesk Service Agent II Attempts to boot from server IDE Hard Drive Submenu Option Description 1 Drive...

Page 47: ...OM chip in your system The flash ROM can be updated with a very simple procedure Two diskettes are used when updating the Flash ROM The first diskette updates the BMC and HSC firmware The second diskette contains the latest version of the BIOS code You can get the diskettes from NEC CSD or download the BMC and HSC firmware and the BIOS from the NEC CSD website or Bulletin Board System BBS See Chap...

Page 48: ...tatus Adapter Boot Order Press Enter to select and change boot order of each SCSI adapter Additional Adapter Configuration Not used Display Mode Verbose Press Enter to change display mode Mono Color Press Enter to change display from black white to color Language Not used Help Quit Next Boot Status for this controller must be turned OFF if you install the optional AMI MegaRAID EXPRESS r 762 Contro...

Page 49: ...uration SYM53C875 1 Your Configuration SYM53C875 2 SCAM Support Off Parity On Host SCSI ID 7 Scan Order Low to High Removable media support None CHS Mapping SCSI Plug and Play Mapping To change device configuration parameters perform the following steps 1 At the SCSI Configuration Utility Main Menu select the adapter that connects to the SCSI device you are reconfiguring The first adapter listed c...

Page 50: ...er Dev0 Dev1 Dev2 Dev3 Sync Rate 40 Width bits 16 Disconnect On Read Write I O timeout secs 10 Scan for device at boot time Yes Scan for SCSI LUNS Yes Queue Tags On SYM53C875 Adapter 2 SCSI Removable Media Devices Description Recommended Setting or Display Only Your Configuration Device Selections Press Enter for menu Select device and press Enter Dev0 Dev1 Dev2 Dev3 Sync Rate 10 Width bits 8 Disc...

Page 51: ...C Select Install CD This CD contains applications and online documents The CD also contains a full suite of optional drivers that are compatible with hardware options offered by NEC CSD See NEC Select Install CD for information about installing or restoring applications optional drivers and online documents CAUTION If possible back up your data before performing an OS restore Choosing a Restore Pr...

Page 52: ...e system boots from the CD it automatically loads the MS DOS r based Operating System Restore program CAUTION The OS Restore program deletes all the data on your hard drive If possible back up your data before performing an OS restore Follow these steps to rebuild your hard drive and restore your original operating system and drivers using OS Restore 1 Power on or restart the system and immediatel...

Page 53: ...ition and or reformat your hard drive before reinstalling the operating system 4 Click Auto to do a basic operating system restore The FAT16 Partition warning screen appears indicating that the system is about to partition and format your hard drive using the FDISK program This warning screen contains three options Back Exit and Continue Click Back to return to the Partition Information screen Cli...

Page 54: ...ioning and or reformatting the hard drive boot the system from the NEC OS Restore CD When the system boots from the CD it automatically loads the MS DOS based Operating System Restore program CAUTION The OS Restore program deletes all the data on your hard drive If possible back up your data before performing an OS restore Follow these steps to perform a customized restore of your original factory...

Page 55: ...r Auto to repartition and reformat your hard drive before reinstalling the operating system 4 Click Custom on the Restore Mode screen if you wish to customize the OS restore After you click Custom the integrity of your system s existing FAT table is verified If the existing partition table is not functional the system automatically follows the Auto restore scheme described in the previous section ...

Page 56: ...nformation screen Click Exit to terminate the restore process Click Continue to perform FDISK If you click Continue the system performs FDISK and reboots the system After the reboot all partitions are formatted When all the partitions have been formatted the OS loads from the CD The Installing Applications screen appears This screen displays the version of Windows OS being installed The drivers an...

Page 57: ... Select Install CD has two types of programs choose a program according to the type of files you are installing or reinstalling on your hard drive NEC Selective Restore program The NEC Selective Restore program installs applications the online NEC PowerMate Professional 9000 Series User s Guide and the Healthy Environment online brochure See Installing Applications and Online Documents Driver setu...

Page 58: ...ROM drive Click OK The NEC Selective Restore window appears see the following screen NEC Selective Restore Window 4 Double click one or more of the entries in the list of applications and online documents A checkmark should appear to the left of each entry that is double clicked To deselect an entry double click it again so that the checkmark disappears Items that appear grayed out are already ins...

Page 59: ...D ROM drive is designated as drive Q In the popup menu right click on Sharing The Properties screen appears In the Properties screen click Shared As Click the New Share button then type a name in the Share Name field For example type CD ROM in the field Click OK This returns you to the Properties screen 3 On the Client desktop double click Network Neighborhood 4 Double click Entire Network 5 Click...

Page 60: ... restore process completes Installing Drivers Your system comes with an NEC Select Install CD The CD contains the device drivers that were delivered on your system and a full suite of optional drivers that correspond to hardware options offered by NEC CSD If you install optional hardware in the system or make other system enhancements use the NEC Select Install CD to install the drivers required f...

Page 61: ...puter to ensure that the installation process completes successfully Installing Drivers from a Remote CD If the computer is connected to a network and set up to access a shared CD ROM drive a System Administrator can install the optional drivers from the NEC Select Install CD in the remote CD ROM drive CAUTION Do not select and install drivers for any hardware that is not currently installed on th...

Page 62: ...e click Entire Network 6 Click the name of the computer with the shared CD ROM drive Double click the name of the shared CD ROM drive 7 Access the subdirectory that corresponds to the driver you wish to install 8 Double click the setup exe icon corresponding to the driver you wish to install 9 Follow the prompts in the installation wizard to install the driver 10 Restart the computer to ensure tha...

Page 63: ...l 5 1 4 Inch Device Removal 3 1 2 Inch Internal Hard Drive Removal DIMM Removal Processor Subsystem Removal Power Switch Removal LED Assembly Removal Intrusion Switch Removal System Board Removal Power Supply Removal System Fan Removal Internal Speaker Removal Expansion Board Guide Removal CMOS Battery Removal Chassis Foot Removal ...

Page 64: ...ble and procedures in reverse order Individual removal procedures do not require the total disassembly of the workstation Each of the following subsections lists the parts that must be removed before beginning the removal procedure PowerMate Professional 9000E Series Disassembly Sequence Sequence Part Name See Page 1 System unit cover 3 3 2 Expansion board 3 9 3 Front panel 3 10 4 3 1 2 inch diske...

Page 65: ...r chips ground yourself to release static System Unit Cover Removal The following sections describe how to remove and replace the system unit side covers and top cover Removing the Side Covers Before installing optional hardware inside your computer you must first remove one or both of the side covers on the system unit The left side cover must be removed whenever the interior of the system unit i...

Page 66: ...ws on the rear of the system unit Locating Cover Screws A Right Side Cover Screws B Top Cover Screws C Left Side Cover Screws 6 Slide the side cover back about one half inch if necessary anchor one hand on the rear of the system unit as you slide the cover Note The cover fits tightly You might need to anchor one hand on the rear of the system unit as you slide the cover 7 Pull the top edge of the ...

Page 67: ... as follows CAUTION To prevent damage to system cables carefully tuck the cables out of the path of the cover 1 Position the cover against the chassis with its front edge about one half inch behind the front of the chassis 2 Fit the cover into the chassis Make sure that the tabs along the top back and bottom edges of the cover are aligned with the notches and rails in the chassis see the figure on...

Page 68: ...back and bottom of the cover are aligned with the notches and rails in the chassis 4 Secure the cover with the three screws see Removing the Side Covers 5 If you have a chassis lock that connects to the Kensington Security Standard connector reconnect it to the chassis 6 If you have a padlock for the locking tab on the rear edge of the chassis replace it 7 Reconnect all external peripherals 8 Plug...

Page 69: ...1 Remove both side covers see Removing the Side Covers 2 Remove the two top cover screws on the rear of the system unit see the figure Locating Cover Screws in Removing the Side Covers 3 Slide the cover back about one half inch if necessary anchor one hand on the rear of the system unit as you slide the cover Note The top cover fits tightly You might need to anchor one hand on the rear of the syst...

Page 70: ...ge See the following figure Aligning the Top Cover A Chassis Cutaway B Top Cover Tabs on underside of cover C Top Cover Note Although the figure shows the system without a side cover both side covers must be replaced before the top cover can be replaced 3 Slide the cover forward to meet the front panel as you lower the rear edge The top cover should slide over the tops of the side covers Note The ...

Page 71: ...e left cover of the system unit see Removing the Side Covers 2 Label and remove any cables connected to the expansion board 3 Remove the screw that secures the board to the support bracket Set the screw aside use it to secure the slot cover after the board is removed 4 Pull the board out of the connector Remove the board from the expansion slot Removing an Expansion Board A Screw B Expansion Board...

Page 72: ...nt panel and the metal bay cover that covers the accessible device bay Remove the front panel as follows 1 Six metal tabs hold the front panel to the front of the system unit Remove the front panel by evenly pulling it away from the system unit to release the tabs Removing the Front Panel A Front Panel 2 Identify the accessible device bay where the device will be installed 3 Press the tabs on the ...

Page 73: ...Blank Panel Tabs A Blank Panel Tab Slots B Blank Panel Tabs C Bay Covers D Blank Panel 4 Remove the screws securing the bay cover to the chassis Set the screws and the bay cover aside Locating Metal Bay Covers A Bay Covers 5 Install the device ...

Page 74: ...following sections describe how to remove 5 1 4 inch accessible devices The lower 5 1 4 inch accessible device is removed in a different way than the upper 5 1 4 inch accessible devices and it includes removal of the 5 1 4 inch accessible device cage Removing a 5 1 4 Inch Device from an Upper Bay Use the following procedure to remove a 5 1 4 inch device from either of the upper two 5 1 4 inch acce...

Page 75: ... the Accessible Device Cage 2 Remove the four screws two to a side securing the device in the lowest bay of the accessible device cage 3 Slide the device out of the bay Removing the Accessible Device Cage Remove the 5 1 4 inch accessible device cage by following these steps 1 Remove both side covers and the top cover of the system unit see Removing the Side Covers and Removing the Top Cover 2 Remo...

Page 76: ...e drive cage within the chassis You can upgrade the system by replacing an existing hard drive or by adding an additional hard drive Remove a 3 1 2 inch internal hard drive by following these steps 1 Follow all the instructions for removing the drive cage from the chassis see Removing the Drive Cage 2 Remove the four screws securing the drive to the drive cage and remove the drive from the drive c...

Page 77: ...nect all cables connected to devices in the drive cage 3 Remove the three screws securing the drive cage to the rear of the chassis Locating Drive Cage Screws A Drive Cage Screws B Drive Cage 4 Large hooked tabs hold the left rear edge of the drive cage to the left rear edge of the chassis Swing the drive cage out of the chassis using the tabs like a hinge Removing the Drive Cage A Drive Cage ...

Page 78: ...before handling boards or memory modules reduce static discharge by touching the system s metal chassis 1 Remove the system unit cover see Removing the Side Covers 2 Locate the system memory upgrade sockets on the system board see the figure Processor and DIMM Sockets on the System Board in Section 4 Any socket or all can contain a DIMM memory module 3 Label and disconnect any cables that block th...

Page 79: ...ink already installed on the board will be hot To avoid the possibility of a burn let the components cool for 10 minutes before continuing with the procedures described here 1 Let the components within the system cool for about 10 minutes before removing a processor 2 Remove the left cover of the system unit see Removing the Side Covers 3 Remove the drive cage see Removing the Drive Cage 4 Locate ...

Page 80: ...TION Before picking up the processor reduce static discharge by touching the metal frame of the system unit 6 Lift the processor out of the retention mechanism Removing the Processor A CPU Heatsink B Retention Mechanism 7 Terminate the processor socket if it is to remain empty Otherwise install the upgrade processor ...

Page 81: ... following these steps 1 Squeeze the tabs on the top of the termination board bracket toward each other to release them from the retention mechanism 2 While still holding the tabs pull the termination board bracket out of the retention mechanism Removing the Termination Board Bracket A Termination Board Bracket B Termination Board C Retention Mechanism 3 Pull the termination board out of the proce...

Page 82: ...owing these steps 1 Power off the system and remove the left side cover as described earlier in this section 2 Label and disconnect the power switch cable from the system board 3 Remove the front panel as described earlier in this section 4 Using a small Phillips head screwdriver remove the two screws securing the power switch to the front of the chassis Remove the power switch assembly Removing t...

Page 83: ...ion 2 Label and disconnect the power and hard drive LED cables from the system board 3 Remove the front panel as described earlier in this section 4 Using a small screwdriver or ball point pen push down on the top tab of the LED assembly while pulling the assembly away from the front of the chassis Power and Hard Drive LED Assembly Removal 5 Feed the cables through the right side of the system cha...

Page 84: ... Phillips head screwdriver remove the two screws securing the intrusion switch to the rear of the chassis Remove the intrusion switch and cable assembly Intrusion Alarm Switch Cable Connection System Board Removal Remove the system board by following these steps 1 Remove the left side cover on the system unit see Removing the Side Covers 2 Label and disconnect any cables connected to devices in th...

Page 85: ...e system board to the side of the chassis Locating System Board Screws and Posts A System Board Screws B Plastic Posts 9 Pinch each of the two plastic posts still securing the board to the chassis so the board slides off the posts Pull the system board out of the system unit Be careful not to scrape the surface of the board against brackets or edges within the chassis as the board is removed Note ...

Page 86: ... and remove the left side cover see Removing the Side Covers 2 Remove the drive cage see Removing the Drive Cage 3 Label and disconnect power cables connected to the system board 4 Label and disconnect the power cables connected to all internal peripheral devices 5 Support the bottom of the power supply and remove the four screws that secure the power supply to the rear of the chassis Locating Pow...

Page 87: ...he fan cable connected to the system board 4 Remove the four screws that secure the fan to the rear of the chassis Locating System Fan Screws A System Fan Screws 5 Remove the fan from the system Speaker Removal Remove the internal speaker by following these steps 1 Power off the system and remove the left side cover as described earlier in this section 2 The speaker is supported by three tabs and ...

Page 88: ... chassis Expansion Board Guide Removal Remove the expansion board guide as follows 1 Power off the system and remove the left side cover and the front panel as described earlier in this section 2 Locate the board guide on the front inner wall of the chassis 3 Press the top and bottom sides together to release the locking tabs securing the board guide to the chassis 4 Pull the board guide away from...

Page 89: ...f possible run Setup and record the system configuration settings before removing the battery Use that information to restore the system after replacing the battery 2 Remove the left side cover as previously described 3 Locate the battery and its socket on the system board see the following figure Locating the Battery A Battery 4 Label and disconnect any cables that block the battery socket 5 Use ...

Page 90: ...n replacing the battery Lithium acts as a catalyst when exposed to water and causes spontaneous combustion on contact Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions 6 Reconnect any cables that were disconnected to reach to battery 7 Replace the system unit cover and front panel as previously described 8 Connect external peripherals and power cables 9 Run Setup to reconfigure s...

Page 91: ...les connected to expansion boards 3 Remove all expansion boards see Expansion Board Removal 4 Remove the screws securing the feet to the chassis 5 Remove the feet from under the chassis WARNING Replace the feet before reassembling or using the system Before using the system turn the feet perpendicular to the length of the system unit The feet are designed to keep the unit from being tipped over ...

Page 92: ...4 System Board Sockets and Connectors Jumpers Components Resources ...

Page 93: ...rocedures for setting jumpers on the system board and a table showing the upgrade path for the DIMM sockets System Board Internal Connectors Connector Go to Page Parallel Interface Connector 4 3 Serial Interface Connectors COM1 COM2 4 4 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors 4 4 Universal Serial Bus Connectors 4 5 Processor Socket 4 5 DIMM Sockets 4 5 IDE Connectors 4 10 SCSI Connectors 4 11 Diskette Drive...

Page 94: ...The following table lists the pin assignments for the parallel interface connector on the system board Parallel Interface Pin Assignments Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Strobe 14 AUFDXT_L 2 Data Bit 0 15 ERROR_L 3 Data Bit 1 16 INIT_L 4 Data Bit 2 17 SLCT IN_L 5 Data Bit 3 18 Ground 6 Data Bit 4 19 Ground 7 Data Bit 5 20 Ground 8 Data Bit 6 21 Ground 9 Data Bit 7 22 Ground 10 ACK 23 Ground 11 B...

Page 95: ...3 TXD 3 RXD 4 DTR 4 RTS 5 GND 5 TXD 6 DSR 6 CTS 7 RTS 7 DTR 8 CTS 8 RIA 9 RIA 9 GND 10 NC Keyboard and Mouse Connectors The keyboard and mouse are PS 2 style connectors and can be plugged into either connector on the system board The system unit detects their presence at power on Pin assignments are given in the following table Keyboard and Mouse Pin Assignments Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 D...

Page 96: ...thermal plate and back cover In addition a heatsink is connected to the cartridge The 242 pin edge connector sockets Slot 1 on the system board hold one or two processor S E C cartridges The cartridges are held in place in the socket by a retention mechanism With a cartridge plugged into the socket the processor s pins automatically set the system board voltage regulator and processor speed 100 MH...

Page 97: ...ystem Memory Pin assignments for DIMM sockets are included in this section Supported DIMMs DIMM Size ECC Configuration 64 MB 8 MByte x 72 128 MB 16 MByte x 72 256 MB 32 MByte x 72 Sample DIMM Upgrade Paths Total Memory DIMM Socket 1 DIMM Socket 2 DIMM Socket 3 DIMM Socket 4 64 MB 64 MB empty empty empty 128 MB 128 MB empty empty empty 192 MB 128 MB 64 MB empty empty 256 MB 256 MB empty empty empty...

Page 98: ...t or in Windows with the amount of memory installed check that the memory modules were installed correctly DIMM Socket Pin Assignments The following table lists the pin assignments for system board DIMM sockets DIMM Socket Pin Assignments Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VSS 57 DQ18 113 DQM5 2 DQ0 58 DQ19 114 NC 3 DQ1 59 VDD 115 RAS 4 DQ2 60 DQ20 116 VSS 5 DQ3 61 NC 117 A1 6 VDD 62 NC VREF 118 A...

Page 99: ...0 86 DQ32 142 DQ51 31 NC 87 DQ33 143 VDD 32 VSS 88 DQ34 144 DQ52 33 A0 89 DQ35 145 NC 34 A2 90 VDD 146 NC VREF 35 A4 91 DQ36 147 NC 36 A6 92 DQ37 148 VSS 37 A8 93 DQ38 149 DQ53 38 A10 94 DQ39 150 DQ54 39 NC BA1 95 DQ40 151 DQ55 40 VDD 96 VSS 152 VSS 41 VDD 97 DQ41 153 DQ56 42 CK0 98 DQ42 154 DQ57 43 VSS 99 DQ43 155 DQ58 44 NC 100 DQ44 156 DQ59 45 S2 101 DQ45 157 VDD 46 DQM2 102 VDD 158 DQ60 47 DQM...

Page 100: ...56 DQ17 112 DQM4 168 VDD IDE SCSI and Diskette Drive Cable Connectors The IDE and diskette cable connectors are shown in the following figure Pin assignments are given in the tables following the figure Drive Cable Connectors A Diskette Drive Connector B Primary IDE Connector C Secondary IDE Connector D Narrow SCSI Connector E Wide SCSI Connector ...

Page 101: ... Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ0 DRQ1 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 IDE_CSEL 29 DDACKO DDACK1 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 IRQ15 32 No Connection 33 Addr 1...

Page 102: ... TERMPWR 2 SCD0_L 27 RESERVED 3 GND 28 RESERVED 4 SCD1_L 29 GND 5 GND 30 GND 6 SCD2_L 31 GND 7 GND 32 SATN_L 8 SCD3_L 33 GND 9 GND 34 GND 10 SCD4_L 35 GND 11 GND 36 SBSY_L 12 SCD5_L 37 GND 13 GND 38 SACK_L 14 SCD6_L 39 GND 15 GND 40 SRESET_L 16 SCD7_L 41 GND 17 GND 42 SMSG_L 18 SCDP_L 43 GND 19 GND 44 SSEL_L 20 GND 45 GND 21 GND 46 SCD_L 22 GND 47 GND 23 RESERVED 48 SREQ_L 24 RESERVED 49 GND 25 NC...

Page 103: ...G_L 41 SCD1_L 61 SSEL_L 42 SCD2_L 62 SCD_L 43 SCD3_L 63 SREQ_L 44 SCD4_L 64 SI O_L 45 SCD5_L 65 SCD8_L 46 SCD6_L 66 SCD9_L 47 SCD7_L 67 SCD10_L 48 SCDP_L 68 SCD11_LD Diskette Drive Connector The pin assignments for the diskette drive connector are given in the following table Diskette Drive Pin Assignments Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 FD_DENSEL 3 Ground 4 N C 5 Key 6 FD_DRATE0 7 Grou...

Page 104: ...GATE_L 25 Ground 26 FD_TRK0_L 27 FD_MSEN0 28 FD_WPROT_L 29 Ground 30 FD_RDATA_L 31 Ground 32 FD_HDSEL_L 33 Ground 34 FD_DSKCHG_L PCI and ISA Board Connectors The PCI and ISA connectors are shown in the following figure Pin assignments are given in the tables following the figure PCI and ISA Cable Connector Locations A PCI Connectors B PCI ISA Connector C ISA Connector ...

Page 105: ...11 Reserved B11 PRSNT2_L A42 GND B42 SERR_L A12 GND B12 GND A43 PAR B43 3 3 V A13 GND B13 GND A44 AD15 B44 CBE1_L A14 Reserved B14 Reserved A45 3 3 V B45 AD14 A15 RST_L B15 GND A46 AD13 B46 GND A16 5 V B16 PCICLK A47 AD11 B47 AD12 A17 GNT_L B17 GND A48 GND B48 AD10 A18 GND B18 REQ_L A49 AD9 B49 GND A19 Reserved B19 5 V A50 KEY B50 KEY A20 AD30 B20 AD31 A51 KEY B51 KEY A21 3 3 V B21 AD29 A52 CBE0_L...

Page 106: ..._L D1 MEMCS16_L A9 SD0 B9 12V C2 LA23 D2 IOCS16_L A10 IOCHRDY B10 GND C3 LA22 D3 IRQ10 A11 AEN B11 SMEMW_L C4 LA21 D4 IRQ11 A12 SA19 B12 SMEMR_L C5 LA20 D5 IRQ12 A13 SA18 B13 IOW_L C6 LA19 D6 IRQ15 A14 SA17 B14 IOR_L C7 LA18 D7 IRQ14 A15 SA16 B15 DACK3_L C8 LA17 D8 DACK0_L A16 SA15 B16 DRQ3 C9 MEMR_L D9 DRQ0 A17 SA14 B17 DACK1_L C10 MEMW_L D10 DACK5_L A18 SA13 B18 DRQ1 C11 SD8 D11 DRQ5 A19 SA12 B1...

Page 107: ... 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 3 3 V sense 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 COM 13 COM 4 5V 14 PS ON 5 COM 15 COM 6 5V 16 COM 7 COM 17 COM 8 PW OK 18 5V 9 5 VSB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V Power Supply Main Power Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 5 VDC 7 COM 13 5 VDC 19 COM 2 5 VDC 8 COM 14 5 VDC 20 COM 2 5 VDC 9 COM 15 5 VDC 21 COM 4 12 VDC 10 3 3 VDC 16 5 VDC 22 3 3 VDC 5 COM 11 12V 17 COM 23 3 3 VDC 6 COM 12 ...

Page 108: ... connected 6 Not connected 7 GND 8 POWER_GOOD 9 PS_ON 10 COM 11 5 VSB 12 Key 13 Not connected 14 COM System Board Auxiliary Connectors Additional system board connectors are provided in the following sections System Board Auxiliary Cable Connectors A Serial Port B COM2 Connector B USB Connector C Chassis Intrusion Alarm Connector D System Fan Connector E Not Used ...

Page 109: ...nsor 3 12V Heatsink Fan Connector The pin assignments for the heatsink fan connector are as follows Heatsink Fan Connector Pin Signal Name 1 GND 2 12V 3 Fan Sensor LAN Connector The pin assignments for LAN connector RJ 45 are as follows LAN Connector RJ 45 Pin Assignments Pin Signal Name 1 TX 2 TX 3 RX 4 No Connect 5 No Connect 6 RX 7 No Connect 8 No Connect ...

Page 110: ...in Assignments Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 GND 2 Hard disk activity LED 3 Front panel reset 4 Front panel power switch 5 5V 6 NC 7 Front panel NMI switch 8 5V 9 Fan failure indicator LED 10 Chassis intrusion switch 11 Power fault LED 12 5V standby 13 I2C data line 14 GND 15 I2C clock line 16 GND AT Style Front Panel Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Power Button 7 5...

Page 111: ...D Boot Block Write Protect E Recovery Boot F Password Clear G CMOS Clear H Reserved I Reserved Moving System Board Jumpers WARNING Before doing the procedures in this section make sure that your system is powered off and the AC power cord is unplugged from the back of the chassis Failure to disconnect power before moving the jumpers can result in personal injury and equipment damage Observe static...

Page 112: ...locate this jumper 3 Power on the system Wait for POST to complete and for the messages Invalid NVRAM setting by and Press F2 to enter Setup to appear This automatically reprograms CMOS and RTC to their default settings 4 Power off the system 5 Move the CMOS Clear jumper back to pins 1 2 6 Replace the left side panel and power on the system 7 Run the BIOS Setup utility to check the configuration o...

Page 113: ...g Timer Enable Jumper Fault resilient booting FRB prevents the system from stopping due to a boot problem Two sets of timers are implemented that automatically reset the system if the system should halt for some reason FRB 2 5 second timer If the primary processor does not come up in 5 seconds the system automatically resets and switches to the secondary processor secondary if installed otherwise ...

Page 114: ...events the system from booting Programming should only be done by a technically qualified person Contact your dealer or sales representative for more information before changing this jumper Components The system board has the following features Intel N440BX chipset used for PCI ISA memory and peripheral control National 87309 Super I O controller integrates standard PC I O functions two serial por...

Page 115: ...following table lists the major components on the system board System Board Components Component Function Pentium II Processor mounted in a S E C cartridge 266 MHz Pentium II processor 300 MHz Pentium II processor 333 MHz Pentium II processor 350 MHz Pentium II processor 400 MHz Pentium II processor 450 MHz Pentium II processor Intel N440BX Chipset 82371EB PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator PIIX4E Functions a...

Page 116: ...he system Setup program a PCI and IDE auto configuration utility and BIOS recovery code The system BIOS is always shadowed Shadowing allows any BIOS routine to be executed from fast 32 bit DRAM on the system board instead of from the slower 8 bit flash device NEC s Flash ROM allows fast economical BIOS upgrades The Flash ROM is a reprogrammable EPROM containing both the system and video BIOS Using...

Page 117: ...e retrieved The BMC provides an ISA host interface to SDR sensor information so software running on the server can poll and retrieve the server s current status ISA Bus The system board uses the ISA bus for transferring data between the processor and some I O peripherals and expansion boards The ISA bus supports 16 bit data transfers and typically operates at 8 MHz PCI Local Bus The 32 bit PCI loc...

Page 118: ...etects an ISA printer port mapped to the same address the built in printer port is disabled Verify in the BIOS Setup that printer ports mapped to the same address are enabled or disabled appropriately The BIOS also sets the first parallel interface port it finds as LPT1 and the second port it finds as LPT2 The interrupt is set at IRQ7 via the BIOS Setup utility Software selectable base addresses a...

Page 119: ... and the proper cabling up to 127 USB devices can be addressed by the system The USB determines system resources for each peripheral and assigns them without user intervention Boot support for a USB keyboard is present so the system can be booted with a USB keyboard instead of a standard keyboard Resources System memory starts ad address 0 and is continuous up to the maximum amount of DRAM install...

Page 120: ...5 Expansion Boards Sound Board Graphics Board Network Board ...

Page 121: ...5 3 CD Audio In Connector 5 3 Modem In Connector 5 4 AccelSTAR II VGA Connector 5 4 AccelSTAR II VGA Feature Connector Video In 5 5 AccelSTAR II VGA Feature Connector Video Out 5 5 AccelECLIPSE II VGA Connector 5 6 RJ 45 Connector 5 6 Sound Board This section provides connector pin assignments for the sound board in the system Microphone In Connector The pin assignments for the microphone in conne...

Page 122: ... Left 3 Line In Right Line Out Connector The pin assignments for the line out connector are provided in the following table Line Out Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal 1 Ground 2 Line Out Left 3 Line Out Right CD Audio In Connector The pin assignments for CD audio in connector are as follows CD Audio In Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal 1 Left channel 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right channel ...

Page 123: ...for the AccelSTAR II VGA connector the video in and the video out AccelSTAR II VGA Interface Connector Video signals are output from the PCI video board through a VGA interface connector which is a 15 pin D subconnector located on an expansion board bracket the rear of the system unit The following table lists the pin assignments AccelSTAR II VGA Interface Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal Pin ...

Page 124: ...6 15 GND 16 VSAData7 17 GND 18 VSAClk 19 GND 20 HRef VSCtl7 21 GND 22 Not connected 23 GND 24 Not connected 25 SBData 26 GND AccelSTAR II Feature Connector Video Out The following table lists the pin assignments for the 26 pin VESA video in connector AccelSTAR II Video Out Pin Assignments Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VDD 12V 2 VSBData0 3 VSBData1 4 GND 5 GND 6 VSBData2 7 VSBData3 8 VSBData4 9 VCC 10 VS...

Page 125: ...5 pin D subconnector located on an expansion board bracket the rear of the system unit The following table lists the pin assignments AccelECLIPSE II VGA Interface Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Red 6 Signal ground 11 Not connected 2 Green 7 Signal ground 12 Not connected 3 Blue 8 Signal ground 13 H Sync TTL 4 Not connected 9 Not connected 14 V Sync TTL 5 Signal ground...

Page 126: ...6 Illustrated Parts Breakdown Parts and Options Field Replaceable Unit FRU List Illustrated Parts Breakdown IPB Documentation and Packaging ...

Page 127: ...s 1 800 632 4525 To order spare parts Customers In the U S 1 800 233 6321 In Canada 1 800 727 2787 To order options 1 888 863 2669 1 888 8NEC NOW Field Replaceable Unit FRU List The following tables list the field replaceable units FRUs documentation and packaging part numbers for the PowerMate Professional 9000E Series of workstations PowerMate Professional 9000E Series System FRU List Item Descr...

Page 128: ...ROM Drive 32X Mist White LTN 301 730337 20 Cradle with Face Plate for PCMCIA drive Mist White 237 00128 21 PCMCIA Drive Urban White 237 00038 22 Diskette Drive 3 5 inch Mist White 219 00012 23a 23b 23c 23d Hard Drive 8 6GB ST38641A UDMA Hard Drove 14 4GB DTTA 371440 Hard Drive 4GB ST34573LW SCSI 6 Hard Drive 9GB ST39173LW SCSI 6 300836 300849 300911 01 300913 01 24 Fan 120X25 3 WSSP 12V 9 306 0000...

Page 129: ...1 Power Cable and Switch Assembly 233 00034 Bracket Hard Drive Bridge not shown 246 00001 000 I O Window not shown 780 00046 Chassis Intrusion Switch Housing not shown 207 00039 Mounting Kit Assembly Zip Drive not shown 146835 Face Plate Zip Drive Apple not shown 146836 Diskette 3 5 inch PBMF2HD not shown 140076 CD ACCELVIEW not shown 370 00320 CD PC McLAN Software not shown 363 00002 000 Diskette...

Page 130: ...l 9000E Series workstations Each FRU on the IPB is identified with a number that is a cross reference to the FRU list PowerMate Professional 9000E Series Illustrated Parts Breakdown This data was prepared September 1998 For an up to date listing of spare parts call FaxFlash at 1 888 329 0088 or 1 978 635 6090 outside the U S and order document 42102318 ...

Page 131: ... Guide Fax Modem Board 451 00187 User s Guide Accel Video Card 451 00199 User s Guide NIC 3C905B TX 451 00236 User s Guide DDS 3 AUTOLOAD 102152 MNL SWAPFTL DSKT PCMCIA 451 00219 S W CD HUMMINGBIRD 363 00005 000 This data was prepared September 1998 For an up to date listing of spare parts call FaxFlash at 1 888 329 0088 or 1 978 635 6090 outside the U S and order document 42102318 ...

Page 132: ...7 Preventive Maintenance System Cleaning Keyboard Cleaning Mouse Cleaning ...

Page 133: ...d detergent Do not use solvents or strong abrasive cleaners on any part of the system 3 Clean the monitor screen with a commercial monitor screen cleaning kit As an alternative use a glass cleaner then wipe with a clean lint free cloth 4 Local distributors and dealers may sell diskette drive head cleaning kits These kits contain special diskettes and cleaning solution Do not use the abrasive head ...

Page 134: ...ching the keyboard to the system unit Mouse Cleaning The mouse has a self cleaning mechanism that prevents a buildup of dust or lint around the mouse ball and tracking mechanism under normal conditions Periodically however the mouse ball must be cleaned Use the following procedure to clean the mouse 1 Unplug the mouse from the system 2 Turn the mouse upside down and locate the ball cover see the f...

Page 135: ...lows Clean the mouse ball with tap water and a mild detergent then dry it with a lint free cloth Remove any dust and lint from the mouse socket 6 Replace the mouse ball in its socket 7 Replace the ball cover and turn it clockwise until it locks in place ...

Page 136: ...8 Troubleshooting Checklist Diagnostics ...

Page 137: ... the possible cause and solution System Problems No power and power lamp not lit Check that all power switches are on Check that the power cable is plugged into the system power socket and that the other end is plugged into a live properly grounded AC power outlet or surge protector Check the outlet or surge protector by plugging in a lamp Non System Disk error message displays when the system is ...

Page 138: ...ower setting If a message operating system not found appears after changing the setting the delay is at too low Set the hard disk pre delay slightly higher System performance appears sluggish Check that the system is set for optimal operation See the operating system documentation Check the memory requirements of the software applications If required install additional DIMM memory see Section 3 Di...

Page 139: ...the system out of the power management mode Distorted image appears on the monitor screen Adjust the monitor s video controls If this does not help turn the monitor off for several seconds then back on There is constant movement on the screen A magnetic field is affecting the monitor Move any devices fan motor another monitor that generate magnetic fields away from the monitor The screen display i...

Page 140: ...til you locate the CD ROM drive icon The drive designation is beside the icon The CD ROM drive is not reading a disc Check that the disc is inserted in the CD tray with the printed label side up Check that the disc is a data disc not a music disc Try a different CD to see if the problem is limited to one CD The CD does not eject due to a power failure or software error Turn off the system and use ...

Page 141: ...ocket on the computer Check that the other end of the cord is plugged into a live properly grounded AC power outlet 2 Check cable connections between the power supply and riser board and between the riser board and power switch 3 Systematically eliminate possible shorted PCBs by removing cables and expansion boards 4 Check the 5 and 12 power supply voltages see Section 4 System Board Measure volta...

Page 142: ...uence 1 Power the computer off Check for proper jumper settings see Section 2 then power on the computer 2 Check condition of selected bootload device diskette disc or hard disk for bad boot track or incorrect OS files 3 Try booting OS from diskette or disc or recopy OS files onto hard disk 4 Verify correct hard disk is selected Diskette drive does not work Lamp on drive panel does not light when ...

Page 143: ...tput from board 1 Check interrupts see Section 2 2 Check DMA channels see Section 4 Keyboard or mouse malfunction Monitor has prompt but cannot input data using keyboard or mouse 1 Check keyboard mouse plugged in 2 Check password see Section 2 3 Disable password see Section 2 4 Replace keyboard or mouse 5 Replace system board Monitor malfunction Unable to synchronize display 1 Adjust the monitor s...

Page 144: ... between the monitor connector and the graphics board 7 Replace graphics board 8 Replace monitor CD ROM drive malfunction System power not on 1 Turn system power on Disc tray does not open 1 System power not on Turn system power on 2 System power failed Insert the tip of a straightened paper clip into the emergency eject hole then gently press inward until the tray opens No sound from CDs 1 Check ...

Page 145: ...ettings see Section 2 4 Check the IDE cable Replace as necessary 5 Check the power supply Replace as necessary 6 Check the system board Replace as necessary 7 Check the riser or sound board Replace as necessary Communication error Bad data or no data when communicating 1 Check cable connections between riser board and device 2 Check that the interface port is selected 3 Test or replace the device ...

Page 146: ...9 NEC CSD Information Services Service Telephone Numbers Technical Support Product Information FaxFlash Service ...

Page 147: ...vice about service and contract warranty issues Call 1 888 632 9128 To log onto the NEC CSD Electronic Bulletin Board System BBS to download software drivers and the latest BIOS for ROM flashing Call 1 978 635 4706 For information about NEC CSD products call FaxFlash SM use this automated service to have the latest Technical Information Bulletins sent to your fax machine 24 hours a day In the U S ...

Page 148: ...tup Disk files to download contact information including telephone numbers for Technical Support and FaxFlash and links to vendor websites an automated email form for your technical support questions a Reseller s area password accessible To access the NEC CSD Home Page enter the following Internet Uniform Resource Locator URL in your browser www nec computers com Email Fax Technical Support Servic...

Page 149: ...your first call to the NEC CSD Technical Support Center After the initial 90 days get preinstalled software support for a fee Please have available your system s name model number serial number and as much information as possible about your system s problem before calling For callers outside the U S and Canada please contact your local NEC CSD sales provider Product Information In addition to the ...

Page 150: ...minal program appears 4 Follow the instructions on the screen to set up your modem Click the HyperTerminal help button for information about dialing the phone number If you need to check communications settings check that the settings match the following BBS parameters Baud rate select any baud rate that matches your modem Parity none Data bits 8 Stop bits 1 Flow control Xon Xoff select Hardware i...

Page 151: ... electronic information service for obtaining up to date product application notes installation procedures troubleshooting tips data sheets technical information bulletins illustrated parts lists part numbers and other information about your system Using a fax machine you can obtain information from FaxFlash 24 hours a day 7 days a week Simply call the FaxFlash number on your touch tone telephone ...

Page 152: ...by the voice prompts Press 1 if you do not want an introduction to FaxFlash Follow the automated instructions for ordering your document or catalog Press 2 if you want an introduction to FaxFlash Follow the automated instructions for ordering your catalog or document 4 When prompted enter your fax number and name For international use first enter the international long distance access number 011 y...

Page 153: ...yboard System Unit Diskette Drive Hard Drives ATX260 Watt Power Supply Fax Modem Board Graphics Boards 3C905 TX Network Board Sound Board CD ROM Drives PC Adapter Device Tape Backup Unit Zip Drive Speakers Environmental and Safety Compliance ...

Page 154: ...ons can be found System Specifications Specification Go to Page System Board 10 3 Mouse 10 4 Keyboard 10 5 System Unit 10 5 Diskette Drive 10 6 Hard Drives 10 7 ATX260 Watt Power Supply 10 11 Fax Modem Board 10 11 Graphics Boards 10 12 3C905 TX Network Board 10 13 Sound Board 10 14 CD ROM Drives 10 15 PC Adapter Device 10 19 Tape Backup Unit 10 20 Zip Drive 10 21 Speakers 10 22 Environmental and S...

Page 155: ...ry 32 MB to 1 GB in four DIMM sockets on system board Optional DIMMs 64 MB 128 MB and 256 MB 168 pin 72 bit ECC PC100 DIMMs IDE Controller PCI ISA IDE Accelerator PIIX4 SCSI Controller Symbios Logic SYM53C876 dual function PCI SCSI host adapter LAN Controller Intel 82558 Fast Ethernet PCI bus controller including 10BASE T 100BASE TX support Battery Replaceable coin type battery Industry Standard I...

Page 156: ...ication Model Logitech MouseMan Buttons 3 light force switches 40 80 grams Ball 30 grams approximately Cable 6 ft 1850 mm shielded cable measured from connector end to mouse end Connector 6 pin male PS 2 compatible mini DIN see Appendix A for pin assignments Resolution 400 dpi 15 8 dots per mm 16 count mm both x y direction Tracking Performance at maximum speed of 10 in 25 cm per second and accele...

Page 157: ...ications Feature Specification Dimensions Width 8 5 inches 21 59 cm Depth 18 inches 45 72 cm Height 17 inches 43 18 cm Weight Starting at 28 lb 11 78 kg dependent upon options Device Bays Three 5 1 4 inch front accessible bays One 3 1 2 inch front accessible bay Two 3 1 2 inch internal bays Expansion Board Slots Five slots one 8 16 bit ISA slot three 32 bit PCI slots one shared PCI ISA slot Periph...

Page 158: ...y mode Unformatted 1 00 0 50 MB Formatted 640 KB 256B 16 Sec 320 KB 128B 16 Sec Data Transfer Rate High density mode 500 250 Kbit sec Normal density mode 250 125 Kbit sec Disk Speed 300 rpm Number of Tracks 160 80 tracks x 2 sides Maximum Bit Density High density mode 17434 8717 BPI Normal density mode 8717 4359 BPI Seek Time 3 ms Head Setting Time 15 ms Tracks per Inch 135 TPI Recording Mode MFM ...

Page 159: ... 4 8 Sectors Sectors per drive 16 514 064 Bytes per sector 512 Recording Recording technology Multiple Zone Density 162 6 Kbpi max Track density 10700 tpi Maximum effective areal density 1747 Mbits in 2 Performance Seek time 9 5 msec read Media transfer rates 76 2 to 127 4 MB per second Interface transfer rate 33 3 MB per second max Buffer Size 472 KB Power 5V 5 100 mV peak to peak allowable rippl...

Page 160: ...sity 7 777 tpi Maximum effective areal density 1500 Mbits in 2 Performance Seek times Track to track 1 0 ms typical Average 9 7 ms max Maximum 18 0 ms max Data transfer rate To from interface Ultra DMA Mode 2 up to 33 0 Mb sec To from interface PIO 4 MutiWord DMA Mode 2 16 7 MB sec max To from media 10 6 to 17 0 Mb sec Buffer Size 256 KB EDO DRAM Power 5V 5 100 mV peak to peak allowable ripple noi...

Page 161: ...um effective areal density 1645 Mbits in 2 Performance Seek times Track to track 2 0 ms typical Average 9 5 ms read 11 ms write Maximum 12 0 ms read 13 ms write Data transfer rate Buffer to disc 158 Mb sec Buffer to host 33 MB sec max Interleave 1 1 Buffer Size 128 KB Power 5V 5 100 mV peak to peak allowable ripple noise 12V 10 250 mV peak to peak allowable ripple noise Temperature non condensing ...

Page 162: ...10 8 7 Disks 5 4 4 Areal density Max 2417 Mbits sq in Recording density 176 4 KBPI Track density 13 700 TPI Data buffer 512KB Rotational speed 7200 RPM Latency average 4 17 ms Media transfer rate max 174 4 Mbits sec Interface Transfer max 33 3 MB sec Sustained data rate 13 8 MB sec Seek time read typical Average 9 5 ms Track to Track 2 2 ms Full Track 15 5 ms Reliability Error Rate non recoverable...

Page 163: ...V as appropriate Ta 77 F 25 C Thermal stabilization 1 hour minimum Temperature Range Operating 50 to 122 F 10 to 50 C Storage 40 to 158 F 40 to 70 C Fax Modem Board The specifications for the fax modem board are included in the following table Fax Modem Board Specifications Feature Specification Model 3Com Python 80 661749 00 Speed 56 Kbps receive only 33 6 Kbps send receive 3Com Data Standard x2 ...

Page 164: ... 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1152 x 870 1280 x 1024 1600 x 1200 Refresh rates 60 72 75 85 100 not all refresh rates are available at all resolutions Color depth 256 32K 65K 16 7M true color varies by resolution AccelGRAPHICS AccelECLIPSE II PCI Board Specifications The specifications for the AccelGRAPHICS AccelECLIPSE II PCI board are included in the following table AccelECLIPSE II Specifications Feature...

Page 165: ...us master PCI design Single driver configuration Automated 10 100 NWay speed auto negotiation in Fast EtherLink XL PCI AutoLink configuration software for NetWare drivers Support for Plug and Play Custom ASIC combining 10 100 bus interface and 8 KB RAM on one chip IEEE 802 3 and 802 3u compliant PCI 2 1 compliant Dimensions L x W 3 375 in x 4 75 in Operating Ranges Temperature 32 to 158 F 0 70 Hum...

Page 166: ...annels each at an arbitrary sample rate Each audio channel can play back either 8 bit or 16 bit data from host memory 48 kHz recording from AC97 sample rate converted to 8 common rates to host memory Stereo analog to digital and digital to analog converters Analog mixing anti aliasing and reconstruction filters Full digital control of all mixer and volume control functions MIDI Synthesizer Playbac...

Page 167: ... I Ready Video CD MPEG 1 Karaoke CD Photo CD Enhanced CD CD extra I Trax CD and CD RW Disc Diameter 12 cm and 8 cm Capacity Mode 1 2 048 bytes block Mode 2 Form 1 2 048 bytes block Mode 2 2 336 bytes block Mode 2 Form 2 2 324 bytes block Data Buffer 128 KB Burst Data Transfer Rate Ultra DMA 33 3 MB sec DMA mode 2 16 6 MB sec PIO mode 4 16 6 MB sec Sustained Data Transfer Rate CD ROM outside 4 700 ...

Page 168: ...ax 1 2 MB sec 18 typical 30 max 600 KB sec 8 typical 20 max Spindle Tray Spin Up Time 3 5 sec Spin Down Time 6 5 sec Tray In Time 3 5 sec Tray Out Time 4 5 sec Temperature Operating 5 to 45 C Non Operating 20 to 60 C Humidity Operating 20 to 80 RH Non Operating 20 to 900 RH Dimensions Height 41 3 mm Width 145 8 mm Depth 192 9 mm Weight 1 2 Kg ...

Page 169: ... CAV Approximately 200 to 530 rpm Approximately 6486 rpm Data Transfer Rate Sustained Data Transfer Rate 1X 32X max 150 Kbytes sec 4920 Kbytes sec Data Transfer Rate Burst ATAPI 16 67 Mbytes sec PIO mode 4 16 67 Mbytes sec MULTI DMA mode 2 Average Access Time 1 3 Stroke Full Stroke 85 ms typical max 32X 85 ms typical max 32X including latency 140 ms typical max 32X including latency Random Access ...

Page 170: ...m 1 and form 2 CD I FMV Video CD CD Extra Multisession Photo CD Single Session Photo CD Rotation Speed 12X 32X 1X 6486 rpm constant 539 to 198 rpm variable Access Time Full Stroke Random Stroke 140 msec typical average 400 seeks 85 msec typical average 500 random access Spin Up Time 4 sec max Spin Down Time 4 sec max Capacity 656 MB Mode 1 748 MB Mode 2 User Data Block 2048 Bytes Mode 1 and Mode 2...

Page 171: ...2 Card Configurations Two Type I II cards or One Type I II card and one Type III Controller ExCA compatible PCMCIA VG469 controller Intel register step B compatible Software SwapFit Flash Filing system driver enabling full floppy disk or hard drive emulation on flash cards compatible with all compression and PC utilities software Single drive letter designator for all memory cards Graphical instal...

Page 172: ...Rewind 33 51 or 77 ips 90 ips max Recording Method Serpentine Recording Format QIC 3095 MC Recording Code 1 7 RLL Error Recovery Reed Solomon ECC Head Configuration Wide write narrow read Recording Media 900 Oe 740 Travan TR 4 Cartridge Size 3 2 in x 2 4 in x 0 4 in 81 mm x 61 mm Data Density 67 733 bpi Tracks 72 data tracks one directory track Synchronous Transfer Rate Burst 5 MBytes sec maximum ...

Page 173: ... 4 0 ms Average Seek 29 0 ms Maximum Seek 55 0 ms Average Latency 10 2 ms Spindle Speed 2941 rpm Track to Track Access Time 5 0 ms Average Head Switch Time 8 0 ms Head Reload Time 200 0 ms Average Start Stop Time 3 2 seconds Removable Zip Cartridge Capacity 100 MB formatted Error Correction Reed Solomon Height 1 00 in 25 4 mm Width 3 99 in 101 4 mm Depth 6 44 in 163 6 mm Weight 13 2 ounces 374 22 ...

Page 174: ...apter Performance Frequency response 90 20 kHz 2 dB Sensitivity 300 mV Output power 4 5 watts Environmental and Safety The system environmental and safety specifications are included in the following table Environmental and Safety Specifications Feature Specification Recommended Operating Environment Temperature 50 F to 95 F 10 C to 35 C Relative Humidity 20 to 80 Administrative Compliance UL 1950...

Page 175: ...able Compliance Usage Standard Domestic FCC CFR 47 Part 15 Subpart B UL 1950 3rd edition Canadian C UL C22 2 No 950 95 ICES 003 Issue 2 Revision 1 European EN55022 1993 Class B EN50082 1 1997 EN60950 The system meets all requirements in the European Waste Regulation Ordinance for packaging and scrap ...

Page 176: ...A Release Notes General Notes Windows NT Issues ...

Page 177: ...ment brochure Choosing the Correct Installation Method Most applications and the online documentation are installed from the NEC Select Install CD using the Selective Application Restore program Installing Applications in the Correct Order Microsoft Internet Explorer must be installed first and alone in a separate Select Install session Use the following steps to install applications and online do...

Page 178: ...ols enabled However before you connect a system to your network you might need to enable a different network protocol disable unneeded protocols for enhanced system performance add or change network domain and gateway information The following paragraphs describe how to disable the NetBEUI and NWLink protocols enable TCP IP and provide network domain and gateway information If a different protocol...

Page 179: ...warding if appropriate 16 Click OK When prompted to restart the system click Yes Using Cheyenne Backup The following notes describe conditions and procedures specific to systems running the Cheyenne Backup Backing Up Large Drives When Cheyenne Backup is set to automatically back up a drive to a network drive and the system drive being backed up is greater than 2 l GB multiple instances of the Copy...

Page 180: ...on as you touch the keyboard adapter An expansion board or component on the system board that communicates with peripherals such as the display monitor or network devices address A hexadecimal number that represents a location in storage or memory Also used to identify communication ports To communicate with a storage device AGP Accelerated Graphics Port A high speed high performance video standar...

Page 181: ...arly hardware but also operating systems and networks The circuitry within a chip is called its architecture for example Intel architecture can refer to a computer based on the Intel Celsior or other Pentium II chips archive Copying one or more files to a different location for long term data storage especially for backup and security purposes Files can then be added to or deleted from the archive...

Page 182: ...megabits per second Mbps base RAM Area of system memory between 0 and 640 kilobytes available to the user for operating system and application programs batch file A file that contains a series of DOS commands Batch files have the extension bat If you execute a batch file DOS attempts to carry out all the commands in the file in order baud A unit of measure for modem speed Literally the number of v...

Page 183: ...tiguous section of bits considered as a whole especially in memory On a disk the data in one sector in modem data transfer the bits between checksums board Printed circuit board Board onto which computer components are soldered and thin wires are printed to connect the components boot To start up a computer The computer is generally booted in one of three ways by turning on the power switch cold b...

Page 184: ...ansmitting data or electrical power from one device to another Typically the lines in a bus are dedicated to specific functions such as control lines address lines and data lines Different bus architectures have different numbers and arrangements of these lines and different names for example ISA PCI The most useful way of distinguishing bus architectures is by the number of simultaneous data bits...

Page 185: ...red in MHz The faster the clock the faster the computer can compute CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor A chip on the system board that contains nonvolatile memory CMOS is backed up by an internal lithium battery that preserves clock calendar data and system configuration parameters stored in CMOS codec Coder decoder Used primarily with Internet phone and video conferencing products this ...

Page 186: ...ith capacities of from 4 7 GB to 17 GB and access rates of 600 Kbps to 1 3 Mbps One of the features of DVD drives is that they are backward compatible with CD ROM disks This means that DVD players can play old CD ROMs CD I disks and video CDs as well as new DVD ROMs Newer DVD players can also read CD R disks DVD uses MPEG 2 to compress video data See MPEG E ECC memory Error Checking and Correcting...

Page 187: ...e Allocation Table A table near the beginning of a drive that identifies the location of everything on the drive flash ROM Method in which a computer s BIOS ROM can be upgraded without replacing the ROM BIOS chip FTP File Transfer Protocol A method of transferring files between two computers on a TCP IP network such as the Internet Anonymous FTP the most common usage on the Internet allows a user ...

Page 188: ...change The Universal Serial Bus see USB external bus standard supports hot plugging This is also a feature of PCMCIA Hot plugging is also called hot swapping I IDE Intelligent Drive Electronics A hard drive type that has controller electronics built into the drive and delivers high throughput interface A connection that enables two devices to communicate interrupt A signal from part of a system su...

Page 189: ...erformance In 1993 Intel and Microsoft introduced a new version of the ISA specification called Plug and Play ISA Plug and Play ISA enables the operating system to configure expansion boards automatically so that users do not need to fiddle with DIP switches and jumpers See plug and play isochronous A form of data transmission in which individual characters are only separated by a whole number of ...

Page 190: ...D graphics modem MOdulator DEModulator A device that links computers over a telephone line MPC Multimedia Personal Computer a software and hardware standard developed by a consortium of computer firms led by Microsoft There are three MPC standards called MPC MPC2 and MPC3 respectively Each specifies a minimum hardware configuration for running multimedia software MPEG Motion Pictures Expert Group ...

Page 191: ...ect A self configuring personal computer local bus designed by Intel Most modern PCs include a PCI bus in addition to a more general ISA expansion bus PCI is a 32 bit bus but supports a 64 bit extension for new processors such as the Pentium II It can run at clock speeds of 33 or 66 MHz At 32 bits and 33 MHz it yields a throughput rate of 133 megabits per second 64 bit implementations running at 6...

Page 192: ...y the microprocessor or other hardware devices In RAM data can be directly and randomly read or written with any choice for the address It s the storage location for data that needs to be immediately available for every application in use on your computer read To extract data from a storage device such as a diskette ROM Read Only Memory Memory in which stored data cannot be modified by the user ex...

Page 193: ...er technology called dual in line memory module DIMM provides a 64 bit bus To take advantage of the 64 bit bus on Pentium II processors use either DIMMs or pairs of SIMMs See DIMMs Slot 1 The form factor for Intel Pentium II processors The Slot 1 package replaces the Socket 7 and Socket 8 form factors used by previous Pentium processors Slot 1 is a 242 pin daughter card slot that accepts a micropr...

Page 194: ...on bits per second A single USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices such as mice modems and keyboards USB also supports Plug and Play installation and hot plugging It is expected to eventually replace serial and parallel ports V VESA Video Electronics Standards Association The source of a SuperVGA standard used on many video boards virus Software that copies itself onto hard d...

Page 195: ... windows of video memory See VRAM and SGRAM write To record or store information to a storage device write back Also called copy back A cache strategy where write operations to data stored in the internal microprocessor L1 cache aren t copied to system memory until absolutely necessary In contrast a write through cache performs all write operations in parallel data is written to system memory and ...

Page 196: ...4 connectors 1 6 5 2 Auto repeat delay keyboard 2 11 Auto repeat rate keyboard 2 11 B Back features 1 5 Battery discarding 3 28 installation 3 27 removal 3 27 Bay cover installation 3 11 removal 3 11 BBS 9 5 BIOS 4 23 4 25 BIOS recovery jumper settings 4 22 BIOS Setup utility 2 6 Advanced menu 2 12 Boot menu 2 18 Exit menu 2 19 Main menu 2 9 menus 2 7 navigation keys 2 8 Security menu 2 14 Server ...

Page 197: ... 14 Logitech MouseMan 1 12 mouse 1 12 PC adapter device 1 14 power supply 1 12 sound board 1 14 speakers 1 13 system board 1 10 4 23 tape backup unit 1 15 Zip drive 1 15 Configurations 1 2 1 3 Connectors AccelSTARII feature connector video in 5 5 AccelSTARII feature connector video out 5 5 audio 1 6 5 2 CD audio in 5 3 DIMM 4 6 diskette drive 4 9 4 12 expansion board 1 7 5 2 fax modem 1 7 front pa...

Page 198: ...blems 8 3 8 7 removal 3 12 specifications 10 6 Documentation online 2 29 Drive cage installation 3 15 removal 3 15 Driver installation 2 32 E ECC DIMMs See DIMMs Email fax technical support 9 3 Environmental and safety specifications 10 22 Exit menu BIOS Setup 2 19 Expansion board connectors 1 7 5 2 installation 3 9 removal 3 9 Expansion board guide installation 3 26 removal 3 26 F Fan heatsink co...

Page 199: ...bay cover 3 11 blank panel 3 10 chassis foot 3 29 DIMMs 3 16 diskette drive 3 12 drive cage 3 15 drivers 2 29 2 32 expansion board 3 9 expansion board guide 3 26 front panel 3 10 internal speaker 3 25 intrusion switch 3 22 LED assembly 3 21 online documentation 2 29 power supply 3 24 power switch 3 20 processor 3 17 side covers 3 5 system board 3 22 system fan 3 25 termination board 3 19 top cover...

Page 200: ...tor 5 4 pin assignments 5 4 Monitor connector 1 7 problems 8 4 8 8 Mouse 1 12 2 button 10 4 3 button 10 4 cleaning 7 3 connector 1 7 4 4 connector pin assignments 4 4 problems 8 4 8 8 specifications 10 4 Mouse specifications 10 4 N N440BX chipset 1 3 4 23 10 3 National 87309 Super I O controller 4 23 NEC CSD service and support bulletin board service BBS 9 5 email fax technical support 9 3 FaxFlas...

Page 201: ...rimary IDE port 2 10 4 27 Primary processor connector 4 5 Printer port connector 1 7 Problems diagnosing and solving 8 6 Processor 4 25 connector 4 5 installation 3 17 primary connector 4 5 removal 3 17 retention mechanism 3 17 secondary connector 4 5 speed 2 9 4 5 4 25 termination board 3 19 Product information 9 4 Q Quantum IDE hard drive 8 4 GB hard drive specifications 10 9 R RAM 1 3 4 7 Rando...

Page 202: ...rface 4 27 connector 1 7 4 4 pin assignments 4 4 Server menu BIOS Setup 2 16 Setup BIOS 2 6 Side covers installation 3 5 removal 3 3 Slave IDE device 1 13 primary 2 10 secondary 2 11 Sockets DIMM 1 10 4 6 processor 4 5 Sound board CD audio in connector 5 3 line in connector 5 3 line out connector 5 3 microphone in connector 5 2 modem in connector 5 4 specifications 10 14 Sound system specification...

Page 203: ...nnector pin assignments 4 18 installation 3 25 removal 3 25 System features back 1 5 front 1 4 inside features 1 7 security 1 9 System interrupts 2 2 System lamps 1 4 1 5 System memory 1 2 4 6 10 3 addresses 4 28 checking 4 7 RAM 1 3 4 7 System overview 1 2 back features 1 5 configurations 1 2 1 3 front features 1 4 inside features 1 7 security features 1 9 stand 1 8 System unit cleaning 7 2 cover...

Page 204: ...n assignments 4 5 interface 4 28 Utilities BIOS Setup 2 6 driver installation 2 32 flash ROM 2 19 OS Restore 2 23 Select Install 2 29 Symbios Configuration 2 19 V VGA connector 1 7 pin assignments 5 4 Voltage selection 1 12 W Website 9 3 Windows installing 2 23 network security 1 9 Z Zip drive 1 15 specifications 10 21 ...

Page 205: ...r there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation betwe...

Page 206: ...y a replacement incorrect de la batterie Remplacer uniquement avec une batterie du même type ou d un type recommandé par le constructeur Mettre au rébut les batteries usagées conformément aux instructions du fabricant Battery Disposal Do not place used batteries in your regular trash The nickel cadmium or nickel metal hydride batteries must be collected recycled or disposed of in an environmentall...

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