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Page 1: ...Best Value to Meet Basic Computing Needs POWERMATE VT 300I SERIES S E R V I C E A N D R E F E R E N C E M A N U A L ...

Page 2: ...ch 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 warranted by NEC CSD To allow for design and specification improvements the in...

Page 3: ... 12 Zip Drive 1 13 2 System Configuration Interrupt Requests 2 2 System Interrupts 2 2 Parallel Port Interrupts 2 3 Serial Port Interrupts 2 4 Jumper Settings 2 4 System Board Jumper Settings 2 5 Maxtor IDE Hard Drive Jumper Settings 2 7 Seagate IDE Hard Drive Jumper Settings 2 7 NEC 32X CD ROM Drive Jumper Settings 2 7 Lite On 32X CD ROM Drive Jumper Settings 2 8 Zip Drive Jumper Settings 2 8 Tap...

Page 4: ... Replacing the Left Side Cover 3 4 Removing the Right Side Cover 3 6 Replacing the Right Side Cover 3 7 Expansion Board Removal 3 8 AGP Board Removal 3 9 Front Panel Removal 3 9 Blank Panel and Metal Shield Removal 3 10 DIMM Module Removal 3 11 Processor Cartridge Removal Replacing 3 11 Removing the Celeron or Pentium III Processor Cartridge 3 12 Installing the Celeron or Pentium III Processor Car...

Page 5: ...Controller 4 16 Integrated Audio 4 17 Resources 4 17 Memory Map 4 18 I O Addresses 4 18 DMA Settings 4 21 5 Illustrated Parts Breakdown Ordering Parts 5 2 Field Replaceable Unit List 5 3 Illustrated Parts Breakdown 5 5 6 Preventive Maintenance System Cleaning 6 2 Keyboard Cleaning 6 2 Mouse Cleaning 6 3 7 Troubleshooting Checklist 7 2 System Problems 7 2 Diskette Drive Problems 7 4 Monitor Problem...

Page 6: ...D ROM Drive Specifications 9 14 Hitachi 4X DVD ROM Drive Specifications 9 15 PC Adapter Device Specifications 9 15 Tape Backup Unit Specifications 9 16 Zip Drive Specifications 9 17 Environmental and Safety Specifications 9 18 Compliance 9 18 A Release Notes General Notes A 2 Installing Applications and Online Documentation A 2 Setting Boot Order in BIOS A 3 Configuring the System for Microsoft In...

Page 7: ...kup to Back Up Large Drives A 14 Restoring Software with a US Robotics 56K V 90 Modem Installed A 15 Clicking the Product Catalog Button A 15 Windows 98 Issues A 15 Ejecting the NEC Application and Driver CD from a DVD ROM Drive A 15 Finding Tape Device Icons A 15 Finding the 3Com Diagnostic Program A 15 Finding No Network Neighborhood Icon on the Desktop A 16 Windows NT Issues A 16 Restoring Netw...

Page 8: ...m Board External Cable Connector Locations 4 2 System Board Internal Connector and Socket Locations 4 3 Locating System Board Jumpers 4 4 Processor Jumper Settings 4 5 PowerMate VT 300i Series Computer Illustrated Parts Breakdown 5 5 Removing the Mouse Ball Cover 6 3 List of Tables PowerMate VT 300i Series System Configuration 1 3 System Components 1 9 Interrupt Level Assignments 2 3 Parallel Port...

Page 9: ...ystem Unit Specifications 9 5 Diskette Drive Specifications 9 5 4 3 GB Seagate Hard Drive Specifications 9 6 4 3 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Hard Drive Specifications 9 7 8 4 GB Fujitsu Hard Drive Specifications 9 8 8 4 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Hard Drive Specifications 9 9 12 9 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Hard Drive Specifications 9 10 Power Supply Specifications 9 10 Fax Modem Board Specifications 9 11 ATI Minden...

Page 10: ...rovides computer disassembly and reassembly procedures Each procedure is supported by detailed disassembly illustrations Section 4 System Board includes information on cable and board connector locations jumper settings and upgrade sockets Also provided is information on board components and memory map Section 5 Illustrated Parts Breakdown includes an exploded view diagram illustrated parts breakd...

Page 11: ... 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: ...yte 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 NMI Non maskable Interrupt ns nanosecond OCR optical character recognition OS operat...

Page 13: ...per 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 universal serial bus V volt Vac volts alternating current...

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

Page 15: ...nd play input output I O controller The system also features two universal serial bus USB ports two serial ports and a parallel port Ultra direct memory access DMA remote wakeup Wake On LAN accelerated graphics port AGP and power management are supported Build choices include intelligent device electronics IDE hard drives ranging from 4 3 gigabyte GB to 12 9 GB System memory is provided in 32 mega...

Page 16: ...artridge Pentium II and III 512 KB Pipeline Burst SRAM integrated on processor cartridge AGP Slot AGP slot on system board supports AGP compatible graphics boards Graphics Memory Graphics board 4 MB 8 MB or 16 MB SDRAM depending on board installed Audio Creative ES1371 1373 audio chip integrated on system board Diskette Drive Samsung 3 5 inch 1 44 MB SFD 321B Power Supply 90 watt or 145 watt Keybo...

Page 17: ...ncluded are descriptions of system security features Front Features The following figure identifies the components lamps and controls on the front of the system Brief descriptions of the components follow the figure PowerMate VT 300i Series System Front View A CD ROM Drive D Power Sleep Lamp B Diskette Drive E Hard Drive Lamp C Power Sleep Button F USB Port The system has the following devices con...

Page 18: ... indicates if system power is on or off Also indicates if the system is operating in a power saving mode A steady green lamp indicates that power is on A steady amber lamp indicates that the system is in Sleep mode with full power reduction Hard drive lamp when lit indicates that the hard drive is active A lit lamp indicates that the hard drive is reading or writing data USB port use this port to ...

Page 19: ...lowing audio connectors are on the back of the system microphone in jack This jack allows 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 a...

Page 20: ... array VGA compatible monitor NEC MultiSync monitor or other VGA compatible monitor with a 15 pin connector to this AGP board connector Expansion board slots Use these slots to install up to four 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...

Page 21: ...t offer protection against unauthorized access to the system and data The following security features are available Password Security The BIOS Setup utility includes a feature that allows a user to set either a user or supervisor password or both The user password controls booting of the system and controls access to the Setup utility and the keyboard User access to the BIOS Setup utility is limit...

Page 22: ...oard contains the Celeron Pentium II or Pentium III processor mounted in a S E C cartridge system DIMM memory Intel 440ZX AGPset Winbond W83977TF super I O controller and Creative ES1373 PCI audio controller Internal connectors on the system board include two DIMM sockets S E C cartridge socket slot 1 connector and AGP board connector External connectors on the system board include two serial conn...

Page 23: ...hard drive can be added to the primary channel If the second hard drive is installed it connects to the middle connector on the IDE cable Hard drive jumper settings are given in Section 2 System Configuration Connector locations for the IDE hard drive connectors on the system board are given in Section 4 System Board Hard drive specifications are given in Section 9 Specifications Power Supply The ...

Page 24: ... with a 32X or 40X CD ROM drive The drive features up to 32 speed or 40 speed technology affording faster data transfer and smoother animation and video The CD ROM drive comes with an Enhanced IDE EIDE interface The drive is fully compatible with Kodak Multisession Photo CDs CD I FMV and CD Plus as well as standard CDs The CD ROM drive can also play audio CDs for systems with sound capabilities A ...

Page 25: ... PC adapter provides twin PC card slots which support two Type I II cards or one Type I II card and one Type III The adapter supports ISA Plug and Play and allows cards of mixed voltage to be used in the same system PC cards can provide the system with memory storage fax modem capabilities video capabilities or a serial port interface The PC adapter driver enables full diskette drive or hard disk ...

Page 26: ...pacity high performance data storage device that writes data on and reads data from Zip disks A Zip disk is flexible media contained in a durable plastic cartridge The Zip drive supports removable Zip disks with a formatted capacity of 100 MB The Zip drive can be used to back up work archive old files and transport work between computers The Zip drive is installed in a 5 1 4 inch accessible slot T...

Page 27: ...2 System Configuration Interrupt Requests Jumper Settings BIOS Setup Video Modes Utilities ...

Page 28: ...g paragraphs list the system interrupts IRQs parallel addresses and interrupts and serial addresses and interrupts Section 4 System Board includes information on system resources memory map I O addresses and DMA settings System Interrupts The system has 16 IRQs IRQ 0 through 15 assigned to different devices for example printer modem keyboard mouse Initial IRQ settings are assigned at the factory w...

Page 29: ...ilable IRQ11 User Available used by network board if present IRQ12 Mouse IRQ13 Reserved Math Coprocessor IRQ14 Primary IDE IRQ15 Secondary IDE In Plug and Play systems these interrupts are typical but may vary by configuration Parallel Port Interrupts The parallel port I O interrupts are given in the following table The table lists all of the possible configurations but the port only uses one set ...

Page 30: ...Interrupts Port Interrupt COM1 IRQ04 COM2 IRQ03 COM3 IRQ04 COM4 IRQ03 COM1 IRQ03 COM2 IRQ04 COM3 IRQ03 COM4 IRQ04 Jumper Settings Jumpers on the boards and devices in the system are used to set the system configuration Boards and devices using jumpers include system board CD ROM drive fax modem board Zip drive tape backup unit The following paragraphs list the jumpers and their factory settings No...

Page 31: ...re included in Section 9 CAUTION Jumpers are set correctly at the factory for the system configuration Only change or check the appropriate jumper settings Otherwise keep the jumpers at their factory settings Jumper block SW1 is a four pin pair jumper block for setting the system processor speed for a specific processor The settings are shown in the following figure Processor Bus Speed Jumper Bloc...

Page 32: ... is a three pin block for clearing the CMOS and system password The factory settings are shown in the following table CAUTION To prevent damage to the system board do not clear CMOS and password while power is on Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 Settings Function Jumper Pins Description Normal 1 and 2 Disables Clear CMOS and Password function Factory setting pins 1 and 2 jumpered Clear CMOS and Password 2 ...

Page 33: ...rs on the Seagate IDE hard drive are shown in the following table The settings are for a single drive installed in the system Specifications for the hard drive are included in Section 9 Seagate IDE Hard Drive Jumper Settings Function Jumper Pins Description Master Device 5 and 6 Sets hard drive as master device in single drive system Factory setting pins 5 and 6 jumpered Slave Device Open Sets har...

Page 34: ...description applies when looking at the back of the drive with the IDE connector to the left of the jumper block The drive is set as the slave device on the primary channel Specifications for the Zip drive are included in Section 9 Zip Drive Jumper Settings Jumper Jumper Pin Settings Drive 0 Select Master Drive Select Right two pin sets jumpered Drive 1 Select Slave Drive Select Right most pin set...

Page 35: ...OS Setup parameters be printed out or written down and the information stored in a safe place This lets you restore the system to the current parameters if replacing the battery How to Start BIOS Setup Follow these steps to start the BIOS Setup utility 1 Turn on or reboot the system 2 Press F2 as soon as you see the following message at the bottom of the NEC startup screen Press F2 to enter BIOS S...

Page 36: ...omes up displaying the Main Menu If BIOS is displaying another menu choose the Main Menu by selecting Main in the legend bar See How to Start BIOS Setup for a look at a typical Main Menu screen Main Menu options are available by selecting submenus Use the arrow keys to select a Main Menu option Press Enter to display the submenu Explanations of typical Main Menu options and suboptions appear in th...

Page 37: ...mple 09 30 00 Floppy Drive A Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 2 1 44 1 25 MB 3 1 2 2 88 MB 3 1 2 Floppy Drive B Not Installed Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave Device type Auto Device type Auto Device type Auto Device type Auto Each device menu item displays the Hard drive or CD ROM identifier if a device is installed If you install a hard d...

Page 38: ... is read only Write Precompensation When Type is Auto value in the Write Precompensation field is auto detected and field is read only Heads When Type is Auto value in Heads field is auto detected and field is read only Sectors When Type is Auto value in Sectors field is auto detected and field is read only Maximum Capacity xxxx MB LBA Mode On Off When On is selected it causes logical block addres...

Page 39: ...e validity of events View DMI Event Log Status only Press Enter to view the DMI log Clear all DMI Events Logs No Yes Selecting No prevents clearing out the DMI events logs Event Logging Enabled Disabled Selecting Enabled permits event logging ECC Event Logging Enabled Disabled Selecting Enabled permits ECC event logging Quick Boot Enabled Disabled When Enabled the BIOS does not test system memory ...

Page 40: ...e graphics aperture used in the particular PAC configuration USB Keybd Mouse Legacy Support Disabled Enabled Select Enabled to enable the BIOS USB functions for legacy keyboards and mice Advanced Menu Power Management Setup Menu Item Settings default is bold Power Management APM Enabled Disabled The Enabled setting enables Power Management and Advanced Power Management APM Video Power Down Mode Di...

Page 41: ... Ring Resume from Soft Off Disabled Enabled The Disabled setting causes the system to ignore any incoming call from a modem Enabled allows the system to boot up on an incoming telephone call Not supported on Windows 98 systems LAN Resume from Soft Off Disabled Enabled The Disabled setting causes the system to ignore any incoming signal from the LAN network board Enabled allows the system to boot u...

Page 42: ...Item Settings default is bold Onboard Sound Chip Disabled Enabled The Enabled setting allows use of onboard sound Onboard FDC Auto Disabled Enabled Select Auto to automatically detect FDC devices Onboard Serial Port A Auto Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h eE8h Onboard Serial Port B Auto Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h eE8h IR I O Pin Location Select SINB SOUTB IRRX IRTX Serial Port B Mode Normal IrDA ASK IR Select...

Page 43: ... Menu Change Language Setting Menu Item Settings default is bold Language English Security Menu The Security Menu is a top level menu in the BIOS Setup utility Choose the Security Menu by selecting Security in the legend bar Security Menu options are available by selecting submenus Use the arrow keys to select a Security Menu option Press Enter to display the submenu Settings of the Security Menu ...

Page 44: ...ocedure Before starting the BIOS update NEC recommends that you first contact NEC CSD for assistance see Section 8 for contacts Update the Flash ROM with a BIOS flash diskette You can get the diskette from NEC CSD or download the BIOS from the NEC CSD website or Bulletin Board System BBS See Section 8 for download website and bulletin board system information Update the BIOS from the BIOS flash di...

Page 45: ...em Use this CD to restore the system to its working state if a problem occurs that causes data loss or corruption After restoring the operating system use the NEC Application and Driver CD to install applications optional drivers and online documents Note Use the NEC Application and Driver CD to install or restore applications optional drivers and online documents see NEC Application and Driver CD...

Page 46: ...N The OS Restore program deletes all the data on the hard drive If possible back up all data before performing an OS restore 1 Power on or restart the system and immediately insert the NEC OS Restore CD into the CD ROM drive The Operating System Restore Welcome screen appears see the following figure Welcome screen 2 Click Continue to continue or Exit to exit the program A License Agreement screen...

Page 47: ...rs 3 The Partition Information screen that appears in Windows 95 or Windows 98 has three options Back FAT 16 and FAT 32 and lets you select the File Allocation Table FAT type you want to use for the operating system restore Click Back to return to the Operating Mode screen Click FAT 16 to select the FAT 16 allocation table current FAT type Click FAT 32 to select the FAT 32 allocation table availab...

Page 48: ...ng the drive as follows 1 Launch the NEC OS Restore CD and follow the prompts to get to the Restore Mode screen see Launching the OS Restore CD 2 Click Custom to repartition and or reformat the hard drive before reinstalling the operating system After clicking Custom the integrity of the system s existing FAT table is verified If the table is functional a Partitioning the Hard Drive screen appears...

Page 49: ...ng appears as described in step 7 6 The Partition Information screen has three options and lets you select the File Allocation Table FAT type to use for the operating system restore Click Back to return to the Operating Mode screen Click FAT 16 to select the FAT16 allocation table current FAT type Click FAT 32 to select the FAT32 allocation table available for Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems onl...

Page 50: ...ing the hard drive Once all data is backed up perform another NEC OS Restore using the Auto or Custom mode CAUTION The Auto and OS Restore programs delete all the data on your hard drive If possible back up your data before performing an OS restore with these options 1 Launch the NEC OS Restore CD and follow the prompts to get to the Restore Mode screen see Launching the OS Restore CD 2 Click Fix ...

Page 51: ... option afterward might cause unpredictable results To restore the system to its factory installed state perform another NEC OS Restore using the Auto or Custom option see Launching the OS Restore CD NEC Application and Driver CD The system comes with an NEC Application and Driver CD Use this CD to install any or all of the software that comes with your system including applications utilities devi...

Page 52: ...ction Tabs Located just below the title bar each tab represents a software category The selection tabs include applications drivers utilities Internet browsers and the online NEC Help Center Description Located in the bottom portion of the dialog box the text describes the selected or highlighted software category or application driver etc Install Clicking the Install button installs the selected ...

Page 53: ...re program unless Internet Explorer 4 01 has already been installed Note Install Microsoft Internet Explorer IE 4 01 on the system before installing the NEC Help Center The Help Center requires IE 4 01 to run and it cannot be installed unless IE 4 01 has already been installed Internet Explorer 4 01 comes preinstalled on systems with the Windows 98 operating system Follow the instructions in the p...

Page 54: ...0 37 50 75 6 800 x 600 37 88 60 7 640 x 480 43 3 85 8 800 x 600 46 88 75 9 1024 x 768 48 36 60 10 800 x 600 53 67 85 11 1024 x 768 60 02 75 12 1280 x 1024 63 98 60 13 1024 x 768 68 68 85 Cheyenne Backup Cheyenne Backup is a data management and backup program available on systems running the Windows 95 operating system If hard drive performance degrades due to bad sectors or other internal problems...

Page 55: ...y places an icon in the Windows system tray The icon provides a visual status of the processor serial number You have the option of hiding the system tray icon You can disable the processor serial number at any time However enabling the serial number requires restarting the system The following information describes system requirements installation procedures processor serial number features FAQs ...

Page 56: ... system and user identification Why would I want to turn off my processor serial number Intel believes the processor serial number can provide compelling benefits to users They are developing features in conjunction with the processor serial number to allow responsible service providers to provide services which maintain your privacy However if you are concerned that a given application service us...

Page 57: ...erial number is turned on The vast majority of Pentium III processor based systems ship with the processor serial number enabled The control utility allows you to check the status by Viewing the icon itself The disabled icon shows a red circle with a white x Clicking the task tray icon and selecting the Status menu item Or you can select the menu from the tool tip shown when you position the mouse...

Page 58: ...al AGP Board Removal Front Panel Removal Blank Panel and Metal Shield Removal DIMM Module Removal Processor Cartridge Removal 5 1 4 Inch Device Removal 3 1 2 Inch Hard Drive Removal 3 1 2 Inch Diskette Drive Removal Power Supply Removal System Board Removal CMOS Battery Removal ...

Page 59: ...rs 3 3 2 Expansion board 3 8 3 AGP Board 3 9 4 Front panel 3 9 5 Blank panel and metal shield 3 10 6 DIMM memory module 3 11 7 Processor cartridge 3 11 8 5 1 4 inch device 3 18 9 3 1 2 inch hard drive 3 19 10 3 1 2 inch diskette drive 3 19 11 Power supply 3 21 12 System board 3 22 13 CMOS battery 3 23 When disassembling the system unit follow these general rules Before opening the system or handli...

Page 60: ...ft side cover turn off the power and unplug the system power cable Power is removed only when the power cable is unplugged 1 Turn off and unplug the system unit 2 Unplug the keyboard mouse monitor and any other device such as a printer connected to the back of the system 3 If a padlock is installed in the chassis locking tab on the back of the chassis remove it 4 Remove the two thumb screws holdin...

Page 61: ...back edge of the chassis see the following figure 2 Fit the flange on the bottom of the cover over the rail along the bottom edge of the chassis 3 Align the lock tab slot at the bottom rear of the cover with the lock tab 4 Align the tabs on the top of the cover with the top slots on the chassis 5 Firmly press the cover against the chassis and slide the cover towards the front of the chassis until ...

Page 62: ...bly 3 5 Replacing the Left Side Cover A Tab Slots C Chassis Rail B Left Side Cover D Lock Tab 6 Replace the two thumb screws and install the security lock if used 7 Reconnect all external peripherals 8 Plug in all power cords ...

Page 63: ...r device such as a printer connected to the back of the system 3 Remove the left side cover as previously described 4 Remove the three screws holding the right side cover to the rear of the chassis 5 Grasp the handle on the right side cover and slide the cover towards the rear of the chassis about one half inch Removing the Right Side Cover A Screws C Right Side Cover B Handle 6 Pull out the botto...

Page 64: ...ge of the chassis Replacing the Right Side Cover A Right Side Cover D Tabs B Flange E Tab Slots C Rail 4 Firmly press the cover against the chassis and slide the cover towards the front of the chassis until it locks in place Note If the right side cover does not slide all the way to the front of the chassis check that the cover tabs at the front of the cover are properly inserted into their slots ...

Page 65: ... the board to the support bracket 4 Pull the expansion board out of its connector and expansion slot Set the board on an antistatic surface or store in an antistatic bag Removing an Expansion Board A Screw C System Board B Expansion Board 5 Install a new board or if not installing a board install the previously removed slot cover 6 Place the slot cover over the slot and secure it with the slot cov...

Page 66: ...tem board and out of the system 4 If not replacing the AGP board install the previously removed slot cover Front Panel Removal Remove the front panel from the chassis as follows 1 Remove the left side cover see Removing the Left Side Cover earlier in this section 2 Remove the front panel from the chassis by grasping the edges at the bottom of the panel and evenly pulling out on the panel until its...

Page 67: ...ove the blank panel from the selected slot in the front panel by pressing the blank panel tabs and pushing the blank panel out Removing the Blank Panel A Blank Panel Tabs 3 Remove the metal shield from the accessible bay on the front of the chassis See the previous figure Removing the Front Panel for location of the metal shield Insert a screwdriver into one of the holes in the metal shield Twist ...

Page 68: ...oving a DIMM Module A Plastic Clips Processor Cartridge Removal Replacing The system board has a Slot 1 connector and a universal retention mechanism for securing in place a Celeron Pentium II or Pentium III processor cartridge depending on system model To remove or replace a processor cartridge refer to the appropriate procedure in the following subsections Removing the Celeron or Pentium III Pro...

Page 69: ...ts cool for 10 minutes before continuing 4 Locate the processor cartridge on the system board If necessary remove any expansion board s blocking access to the processor cartridge 5 If the processor cartridge has an attached cooling fan tag and unplug the fan cable from its connector CPUFAN on the system board 6 At one end of the processor cartridge see the following figure carefully pull the locki...

Page 70: ...em board as follows CAUTION Before handling components reduce static discharge by touching the chassis 1 Remove the processor currently in the system see Removing the Celeron or Pentium III Processor Cartridge earlier in this section CAUTION Using the wrong heat sink or no heat sink can damage the processor system board or both Ensure that the replacement processor cartridge has the correct heat s...

Page 71: ...ntion mechanism and evenly press down on the cartridge until it fully seats in the Slot 1 connector 4 If the processor cartridge has an attached cooling fan plug the fan cable into its connector CPUFAN on the system board 5 Set the processor jumpers on the system board for the processor type installed see Processor Jumper Settings in Section 2 6 Reinstall any expansion boards that may have been re...

Page 72: ...rd If necessary remove any expansion board s blocking access to the processor cartridge 4 If the processor cartridge has an attached cooling fan tag and unplug the fan cable from its connector CPUFAN on the system board 5 If the system has a plastic top bar holding the processor and heat sink in place remove the bar as follows see the following figure If the system does not have the top bar go to ...

Page 73: ...acement Pentium II processor cartridge see Installing the Pentium II Processor Cartridge next Installing the Pentium II Processor Cartridge Install the Pentium II cartridge in the universal retention mechanism and system board as follows CAUTION Before handling components reduce static discharge by touching the chassis 1 Remove the processor cartridge currently in the system see Removing the Penti...

Page 74: ...ction 8 NEC CSD Information Services for information on contacting NEC CSD 2 Align the replacement cartridge with the top of the retention mechanism so that the notch in the cartridge connector aligns with the key in the Slot 1 connector 3 Insert the cartridge into the retention mechanism and evenly press down on the cartridge until it is fully seated in the Slot 1 connector 4 Lock the cartridge i...

Page 75: ...ver see Replacing the Left Side Cover earlier in this section 9 Connect any peripherals and power cords and power up the system 5 1 4 Inch Device Removal Remove a 5 1 4 inch device from the system unit as follows 1 Remove the system left side cover right side cover and front panel See Removing the Left Side Cover Removing the Right Side Cover and Removing the Front Panel earlier in this section 2 ...

Page 76: ...the Left Side Cover and Front Panel Removal earlier in this section 2 While holding the hard drive remove the four screws securing the drive to the chassis see the following figure 3 Remove the hard drive from the top or bottom bracket of the chassis and unplug the power and signal cables from the drive Note When reinstalling the drive note that all power cables are keyed to fit only in the correc...

Page 77: ...el see Removing the Left Side Cover and Front Panel Removal earlier in this section 2 Label and unplug the signal and power cables from the back of the diskette drive Note When reinstalling the diskette drive note that all power cables are keyed to fit only in the correct position 3 Remove the two screws holding the diskette drive to the diskette drive bracket 4 Slide the diskette drive out of the...

Page 78: ...Side Cover and Removing the Right Side Cover earlier in this section 2 Tag and unplug the power cables from all installed devices 3 Cut any tie wraps that may be securing the power cables to the system unit 4 Remove the four screws securing the power supply to the back of the system unit see the following figure 5 Slide the power supply towards the front of the chassis enough to clear the top rail...

Page 79: ...ier in this section 3 Remove all expansion boards and the AGP board see Expansion Board Removal and AGP Board Removal earlier in this section 4 Tag and unplug all cables from the system board 5 Remove the seven screws securing the system board to the chassis Removing the System Board A Screws 6 If the system board is being replaced remove the processor cartridge and the DIMM module s from the boar...

Page 80: ...ing the battery from the system board causes the computer to lose system configuration information If 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 see Removing the Left Side Cover earlier in this section 3 Locate the battery on the system board Locating...

Page 81: ...ery or an equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer when 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 With the positive side facing up press the new battery into the socket 7 Replace the left side cover see Replacing the Left Side Cover earlier in this ...

Page 82: ...4 System Board Connectors Jumpers and Sockets Components Resources ...

Page 83: ...ragraphs describe the system board external cable connector locations internal board connector locations jumper locations and upgrade sockets Included are procedures for setting jumpers on the system board and a table showing the upgrade path for the DIMM sockets External Cable Connectors Locations of the external cable connectors on the system board at the back of the system unit are shown in the...

Page 84: ...onnector G Secondary IDE Connector D Processor Socket H Primary IDE Connector System Board Jumpers The system board contains four configuration jumper blocks Processor Bus Speed jumper block SW1 Power On Mode jumper block JP1 Clear CMOS jumper block JBAT1 Wake Up on LAN jumper block JWOL The following figure shows the location of the jumper blocks on the system board To reset the jumper blocks see...

Page 85: ...er installing an upgrade processor CAUTION Jumpers are set correctly at the factory for the system configuration Only change or check the appropriate jumper setting if upgrading the processor 1 Power off and unplug the system and any external options WARNING System power must be off before changing a jumper setting 2 Remove the left side cover see Removing the Left Side Cover in Section 3 3 Locate...

Page 86: ...hen the power button is pressed or when the power cord is plugged in Immediate Boot Up Set Power On Mode jumper JP1 as follows 1 Power off and unplug the system and any peripherals WARNING The system power must be off before removing the cover and changing a jumper setting 2 Remove the left side cover see Removing the Left Side Cover in Section 3 3 Locate jumper block JP1 on the system board 233 M...

Page 87: ...s factory state or the password needs to be cleared and reset set jumper block JBAT1 as follows CAUTION Jumpers are set correctly at the factory for the system configuration Only change or check the appropriate jumper setting if you forgot your password or want to change the password 1 Access the BIOS Setup utility and record any customized settings See BIOS Setup in Section 2 2 Power off and unpl...

Page 88: ...and any peripherals WARNING The system power must be off before removing the cover and changing a jumper setting 2 Remove the left side cover see Removing the Left Side Cover in Section 3 3 Locate jumper JWOL on the system board 4 Set jumper JWOL as follows Set the jumper on pins 1 and 2 to enable the Wake On WAN function Set the jumper on pins 2 and 3 to disable the Wake On WAN function 5 Replace...

Page 89: ...echanism To remove or install a processor cartridge see Section 3 Disassembly and Reassembly DIMM Sockets The system board has two 168 pin gold plated DIMM sockets locations are shown on the figure at the beginning of this section The sockets support up to 256 MB of high speed SDRAM memory The sockets support DIMM modules in 16 32 64 and 128 MB unbuffered non ECC memory configurations The DIMM mod...

Page 90: ...ystem Memory If you do not know how much memory is installed in the system check the amount as follows 1 On the Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows NT 4 0 desktop point to My Computer and click the right mouse button 2 With the left mouse button click Properties Select the General tab to show the amount of random access memory RAM in the computer For Windows 95 and Windows 98 you can also select the ...

Page 91: ...le with 32 MB 64 MB or 128 MB increments through DIMM sockets on the system board 512 KB 128 KB for Celeron processor write back secondary cache memory on processor System Setup utility built into the BIOS 2 Mb Flash ROM for fast economical BIOS upgrades PCI local bus for fast data transfer integrated sound Creative ES1371 ES1373 audio system power management with power saving mode featuring inact...

Page 92: ...data transfer rates up to 133 MHz fully synchronous minimum latency PCI bus interface compliant with PCI specification with PCI to DRAM access greater than 100 MB per second 82371EB PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator PIIX4 Functions as a PCI to ISA bridge PCI IDE functionality a USB controller integrated dual channel enhanced IDE interface with support for Ultra DMA 33 enhanced DMA controller interrupt contro...

Page 93: ...ovides the Power On Self Test POST the 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 The Flash ROM allows fast economical BIOS upgrades The Flash ROM is a reprogrammable EPROM containing bo...

Page 94: ...resolve Plug and Play automatically configures the board Some Plug and Play devices may need to be jumpered if used in a system running the Windows NT operating system 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 ...

Page 95: ... require ECP or EPP protocols The protocols allow high speed bi directional transfer over a parallel port and increase parallel port functionality by supporting more devices The BIOS has automatic ISA printer port sensing that works with most devices If the BIOS detects an ISA printer port mapped to the same address the built in printer port is disabled Verify in the BIOS Setup that printer ports ...

Page 96: ...rough the BIOS Setup utility See Section 9 Specifications for the serial interface specifications Serial interface signals are output through the system board s 9 pin D subconnectors The connectors are located at the back of the system unit USB Interface The Universal Serial Bus USB ports allow new Plug and Play serial devices to be added without having to open the system One USB device may be plu...

Page 97: ...en AGP ATI XPERT AGP and Diamond Viper graphics boards available from NEC CSD With the graphics board installed in the AGP slot attach the display monitor to the board s VGA compatible connector on the rear panel Graphics Controller The graphics controller is specifically designed for graphics intensive operations including 3D and 2D effects texture mapping text and color pixel amplification and v...

Page 98: ...ative ES1373 chip integrated on system board digital audio and analog mixing functions including stereo analog to digital and digital to analog converters analog mixing anti aliasing and reconstruction filters line and microphone level inputs digital audio compression and full digital control of mixer and volume control functions Adlib Sound Blaster Pro 2 0 Windows Sound System and MPU 401 compati...

Page 99: ...Extended BIOS data movable by memory manager software 80000 9FBFF 127 KB Extended conventional memory 00000 7FFFF 512 KB Conventional memory I O Addresses The processor communicates with I O devices by I O mapping The hexadecimal hex addresses of I O devices are listed in the following table Note In Plug and Play systems these addresses are typical but may vary by configuration I O Address Map Add...

Page 100: ...0207 Audio game port 0220 022F Audio Sound Blaster compatible 0240 024F Audio Sound Blaster compatible alternate 0278 027F Parallel port 2 0290 0297 Hardware monitor 02E8 02EF COM4 video 8514A 02F8 02FF COM2 0300 0301 MPU 401 MIDI alternate 0330 0331 MPU 401 MIDI alternate 0332 0333 MPU 401 MIDI alternate 0334 0335 MPU 401 MIDI alternate 0376 Secondary IDE channel command port 0377 Floppy channel ...

Page 101: ... COM1 04D0 04D1 Edge level triggered PIC 0530 0537 Windows Sound System 0604 060B Windows Sound System LPTn 400h ECP port LPT n base address 400h 0CF8 0CFB PCI configuration address register 0CF9 Turbo and reset control register 0CFC 0CFF PCI configuration data register 0E80 0E87 Windows sound system 0F40 0F47 Windows sound system 0F86 0F87 Creative Audio configuration FF00 FF07 IDE bus master reg...

Page 102: ...following table DMA Settings DMA Setting Device 0 Audio 1 Audio parallel port 2 Diskette drive 3 Parallel port for ECP or EPP audio 4 Reserved cascade channel 5 Available 6 Available 7 Available In Plug and Play systems these settings are typical but may vary by configuration ...

Page 103: ...5 Illustrated Parts Breakdown Ordering Parts Field Replaceable Unit List Illustrated Parts Breakdown ...

Page 104: ...for ordering system parts and options field replaceable parts for the system The PowerMate VT 300i Series system illustrated parts breakdown figure is at the end of this section Ordering Parts Use the telephone numbers in the following table to order spare parts Ordering Parts Items Telephone Number To order spare parts Dealers 1 800 632 4525 To order spare parts Customers In the U S 1 800 233 632...

Page 105: ...embly Retention Mechanism Celeron and Pentium III 12b CPU Assembly Retention Mechanism Pentium II 13a 13b 13c 13d 13e 13f 13g 13h 13i 13j 300 MHz Celeron Processor CPU Assembly 333 MHz Celeron Processor CPU Assembly 366 MHz Celeron Processor CPU Assembly 400 MHz Celeron Processor CPU Assembly 433 MHz Celeron Processor CPU Assembly 350 MHz Pentium II Processor CPU Assembly 400 MHz Pentium II Proces...

Page 106: ...t Board 27 Power Switch Assembly 28a Lite On 32X CD ROM drive LTN 301 28b NEC 32X Max CD ROM Drive CDR 3000A 28c Lite On 40X CD ROM Drive LTN 382 when available 29 Diskette Drive without Bezel 30 PCMCIA 3 5 Inch Drive Bay Adapter 31 Iomega 100 MB Zip Drive IDE 32 PCMCIA 3 5 Inch Drive 33a Hitachi 4X DVD ROM Drive GD 2500 33b Hitachi 6X DVD ROM Drive when available 34a 34b 34c 4 3 GB IDE Hard Drive...

Page 107: ...kdown The following figure shows the illustrated parts breakdown IPB for the PowerMate VT 300i Series computers Each FRU on the IPB is identified with a number that cross references the FRU list PowerMate VT 300i Series Computer Illustrated Parts Breakdown ...

Page 108: ...6 Preventive Maintenance System Cleaning Keyboard Cleaning Mouse Cleaning ...

Page 109: ...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 cleaning kits kits ...

Page 110: ... 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 3 Turn the ball cover counterclockwise and remove the cover Removing the Mouse Ball Cover A Mouse Ball Cover 4 Turn the mouse over and remove the ball 5 Clean the mouse as follows Clean the mo...

Page 111: ...7 Troubleshooting Checklist Diagnostics ...

Page 112: ...ssible 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 started...

Page 113: ...r changing the setting the delay is set 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 If optional DIMM memory was added check that it is correctly installed System pa...

Page 114: ...te drive A and not a hard drive Monitor Problems Check the following problems to see the possible cause and solution Monitor screen is dark or the display is hard to read Check that the monitor is on Check that the monitor power cable is connected to the monitor and a power outlet the monitor signal cable is connected to the system and the brightness and contrast controls are adjusted Press the sp...

Page 115: ...the possible cause and solution The system does not see the CD ROM drive The drive designation is wrong and should be changed The drive designation for the CD ROM drive depends upon the storage device configuration in the system To find out what drive designation letter is assigned to the CD ROM drive double click My Computer on the Windows 95 or Windows NT 4 0 desktop The drive designation is bel...

Page 116: ... Sound is only coming from one speaker Balance the speaker output by adjusting the balance in the sound software See the Windows Multimedia online help Diagnostics One beep indicates that the system has completed its POST test If intermittent beeping occurs power off the system and try again If the beeping persists see the following table The table summarizes problems that may develop during syste...

Page 117: ... at power on Computer beeps more than once and is unable to complete boot up 1 Check system configuration see Section 2 2 Check all jumper settings and verify that drives are enabled see Section 2 3 Reseat DIMMs and option boards in their connectors Inspect system board for foreign objects such as paper clips 4 Remove option boards and reboot 5 Replace system board Invalid Configuration message di...

Page 118: ... hard drive 1 Check signal power connections between hard disk PCB power supply 2 Check hard drive jumper settings 3 Check power supply 4 Check hard drive cable and hard drive Replace as necessary 5 Replace system board or hard drive controller PCB if the system board controller is not used Memory malfunction Total memory not recognized 1 Reseat DIMMs 2 Systematically swap DIMMs 3 Check to see if ...

Page 119: ...nk display 1 Press any key or move the mouse to ensure power management has not blanked the display 2 Check that the monitor power ON OFF switch is ON 3 Check that the monitor cable is attached to the video connector at the back of the system 4 Check cable connections between the AC power supply and monitor 5 Adjust brightness and contrast controls on the monitor 6 Check cable connections between ...

Page 120: ...CD ROM driver software is loaded and not corrupted 2 Check signal and power connections between the CD ROM drive system board and power supply 3 Check the master slave jumper settings 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 sound board Replace as necessary Communication error Ba...

Page 121: ...8 NEC CSD Information Services Service Telephone Numbers Technical Support Product Information ...

Page 122: ...e drivers and the latest BIOS for ROM flashing Call 1 916 379 4499 To send technical questions by email tech support neccsd com To fax technical questions to customer support In the U S fax 1 801 981 3133 To access the NEC CSD website www nec computers com To access the NEC CSD FTP site ftp neccsdeast com Technical Support The following sections provide information for obtaining technical support ...

Page 123: ...ax technical questions to the NEC CSD Technical Support Center if you have access to a fax machine or fax modem The fax number is 1 801 981 3133 When using the email or fax support service please include one of the following words in the subject field for prompt response from the appropriate technical person Desktop Monitor CD ROM Printer Notebook Provide as much specific information in your quest...

Page 124: ...ion to the NEC CSD website you can find product information at the NEC CSD FTP site and through the NEC CSD Bulletin Board Service With access to a telephone modem and or fax machine you can use these services to obtain information on a 24 hour basis NEC CSD FTP Site You can use the Internet to access the NEC CSD FTP file transfer protocol site to download various files video drivers printer drive...

Page 125: ...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 if using 14 4 Kbps or higher 5 Following the HyperTerminal instructions enter the BBS phone number 916 379 4499 Your business phone system and or location might require a 9 1 or 1 prefix Note The first time that you use the BBS you are requested to provide inf...

Page 126: ...ette when you download files from the BBS Formatting destroys any data on the diskette Before you download files from the BBS check that you do not have information on the diskette that you need After you complete downloading your file log off the BBS as follows 12 Press Enter to continue 13 Press G command for Goodbye Hangup 14 Press Enter ...

Page 127: ...cations System Board Keyboard Mouse Speakers System Unit Diskette Drive Hard Drives Power Supply Fax Modem Board Graphics Boards CD ROM Drives PC Adapter Unit Tape Backup Unit Zip Drive Environmental and Safety ...

Page 128: ...ecifications and the pages where the specifications can be found System Specifications Specification Go to Page System board 9 3 Keyboard 9 3 Mouse 9 4 Speakers 9 4 Diskette drive 9 5 Hard drives 9 6 Power supply 9 10 Fax modem board 9 11 Graphics boards 9 12 CD ROM drives 9 14 PC adapter device 9 15 Tape backup unit 9 16 Zip drive 9 17 Environmental and safety 9 18 ...

Page 129: ...ache built in on processor Flash ROM 2 Mb Flash ROM Chip Set Intel 440ZX AGPset I O Controller Winbond W83977TF Super I O controller System Memory 16 MB to 256 MB in two DIMM sockets on system board Optional DIMMs 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB and 128 MB as available 168 pin 64 bit non ECC DIMMs Video Memory Video Memory 4 MB to 16 MB of 100 MHz SGRAM Audio Chip Creative ES1371 ES1373 Battery Replaceable coin...

Page 130: ... V as appropriate Ta 25 Thermal stabilization 1 hour minimum Physical Features Length 4 53 inches Width 2 6 inches Height 1 52 inches Weight 170 grams 1 20 grams Temperature Range Operating 5 to 35 C Storage 20 to 60 C Speaker Specifications The specifications for the speaker are included in the following table Speaker Specification Feature Specification Speakers Harman Kardon Features Magneticall...

Page 131: ... ISA slot Peripheral Interface rear panel PS 2 style keyboard connector PS 2 style mouse connector Two RS 232C serial ports Parallel printer port VGA monitor port Two universal serial bus ports Three audio connectors Front Panel Power sleep button Power sleep indicator lamp Hard drive busy indicator lamp Diskette Drive Specifications The specifications for the diskette drive are included in the fo...

Page 132: ...ate Hard Drive Specifications Feature Specification Hard Drive 4 3 GB Seagate Formatted Capacity Nominal Rotational Speed Number of Disks Number of R W Heads 4300 GB 5 400 rpm 1 2 Buffer Size 512 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 Operating 5 to 55 C 41 to 131 F Non operating 40 to 70 C 40 to 158 F H...

Page 133: ...eads 4320 MB 5 400 rpm 1 2 Buffer Size 256 KB Power 5V 5 100 mV peak to peak allowable ripple noise 12V 5 250 mV peak to peak allowable ripple noise Temperature non condensing Operating 5 to 55 C 41 to 131 F Non operating 40 to 71 C 40 to 160 F Humidity non condensing Operating 5 to 95 rh 30 C 86 F Non operating 5 to 95 rh 40 C 104 F Altitude Operating 200 m to 3 000 m 650 to 10 000 ft Non operati...

Page 134: ...B 5 400 rpm 2 4 Buffer Size 512 KB EDO DRAM Power 5V 5 100 mV peak to peak allowable ripple noise 12V 8 250 mV peak to peak allowable ripple noise Temperature non condensing Operating 5 to 55 C 41 to 131 F Non operating 40 to 60 C 40 to 140 F Humidity non condensing Operating 8 to 80 rh Non operating 5 to 85 rh Altitude Operating 60 m to 3 000 m 200 to 10 000 ft Non operating 200 m to 12 000 m 650...

Page 135: ...400 rpm 2 4 Buffer Size 256 KB Power 5V 5 100 mV peak to peak allowable ripple noise 12V 5 250 mV peak to peak allowable ripple noise Temperature non condensing Operating 5 to 55 C 41 to 131 F Non operating 40 to 71 C 40 to 160 F Humidity non condensing Operating 5 to 85 rh 30 C 86 F Non operating 5 to 95 rh 40 C 104 F Altitude Operating 200 m to 3 000 m 650 to 10 000 ft Non operating 200 m to 12 ...

Page 136: ...n operating 40 to 71 C 40 to 160 F Humidity non condensing Operating 5 to 85 rh 30 C 86 F Non operating 5 to 95 rh 40 C 104 F Altitude Operating 200 m to 3 000 m 650 to 10 000 ft Non operating 200 m to 12 000 m 650 to 40 000 ft Dimensions Height 1 02 inches 25 9 mm Width 4 02 inches 102 1 mm Depth 5 77 inches 146 6 mm Weight 1 3 lbs 0 59 Kg ATX Power Supply Specifications The specifications for th...

Page 137: ...D V90 56 Kbps TTU PCI Modem Aztech MDM100A V90 56 Kbps TTU PCI Modem GVC MDM100G V90 56 Kbps TTU PCI Modem Data maximum speed V90 ITU 56 Kbps ITU T V 34 ITU T V 34 ITU T V 32bis ITU T V 32 ITU T V 23 ITU T V 22bis ITU T V 22 Bell 212A Bell 103 Error Control and Data Compression ITU T V 42 ITU T V 42bis MNP5 Fax Modulation Schemes ITU T V 17 ITU T V 29 ITU T V 27ter ITU T V 21 Fax Standards EIA 578...

Page 138: ... plug and play monitors 132 pin standard AGP bus connector 144 pin SO DIMM connector ATI Expert 98 AGP 8 MB Board Specifications The specifications for the ATI Expert 98 Rage PRO 8 MB AGP board are included in the following table ATI Expert 98 Rage PRO AGP Board Specifications Feature Specification AGP Board ATI Expert 98 Rage PRO AGP Board Controller ATI 2D 3D video RagePRO Turbo 64 bit graphics ...

Page 139: ...rd AGP bus connector Lite On 32X and 40X CD ROM Drive Specifications The specifications for the Lite On 32X and 40X CD ROM drives are included in the following table Lite On 32X and 40X CD ROM Drive Specifications Feature Specification 32X and 40 XCD ROM Drive Lite On CD ROM drive Interface ATAPI EIDE Supports PIO Mode4 DMA Mode 2 and Ultra DMA Average Access Time 80 ms typical Applicable Disc For...

Page 140: ...32X CD ROM drive are included in the following table NEC 32X CD ROM Drive Specifications Feature Specification 32X CD ROM Drive NEC CDR 1900A PBM Data Transfer Rate 2550 6000 Kbytes Memory Buffer 128 Kbytes Supported Modes CD Audio CD ROM Mode 1 and Mode 2 CD XA Mode 2 form 1 and form 2 CD I FMV Video CD CD Extra CW RW CD Text Multisession Photo CD Single Session Photo CD Capacity 656 MB Mode 1 74...

Page 141: ...disc or 8 5 GB double layer disc CD 650 MB Temperature 5 C to 45 C Operating 20 C to 60 C Non operating Humidity 15 to 85 relative humidity Operating 10 to 90 relative humidity Non operating Weight 1 Kg 2 2 lb Dimensions 146 mm wide 41 3 mm high 190 mm depth PC Adapter Device Specifications The specifications for the PC adapter device are included in the following table PC Adapter Device Specifica...

Page 142: ...le Tape Backup Unit Specifications Feature Specification Tape Backup Unit Seagate CTT8000 IDE Minicartridge Drive Capacity 4 0 GB 900 Oe 740 Travan cartridge uncompressed 8 0 GB 900 Oe 740 Travan cartridge compressed Effective Backup Rate 30 MB min typical native 45 MB min typical compressed Data Transfer Rate 300 450 600 KB second Fast Sense Tape Speed Read Write Search Rewind 33 51 or 77 ips 90 ...

Page 143: ...ip Drive Iomega Zip 100 ATA Drive Sustained Data Transfer Rate Up to 11 2 Mbits sec Burst Transfer Rate Up to 26 7 Mbits sec Minimum Seek 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 M...

Page 144: ...Subpart J Class B emissions FCC part 68 IEC 950 safety VDE 0871 6 78 Class B emissions Compliance The system meets the compliance standards listed in the following table System Compliance Usage Standard Domestic FCC CFR 47 Part 15 Subpart B UL 1950 3 rd edition Canadian C UL C22 2 No 950 95 ICES 003 Issue 2 Revision 1 European CD EMC Directive 89 336 EEC EN55022 1993 Class B EN50082 1 1997 CD LVD ...

Page 145: ...otes SCSI Drive Limitations LS 120 SuperDisk Copy Utility NEC OS Restore CD PIIX4 Limitations New System Board Jumper Settings Intel Processor Serial Number Control Utility Windows 95 Issues Windows 98 Issues Windows NT Issues ...

Page 146: ...r systems with the Windows 95 or Windows NT operating system Launch the NEC Application and Driver CD as follows In systems running the Windows NT operating system insert the NEC Application and Driver CD after the system reboots and you have chosen the Windows NT Workstation Version 4 00 operating system Be sure to insert the CD before Windows NT actually completes its boot and displays the NT lo...

Page 147: ...from a Zip drive if it is listed as the first boot device Configuring the System for Microsoft Internet Explorer TCP IP must be enabled before Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 01 can be used See the next section Changing Network Settings for instructions on enabling TCP IP Internet Explorer is installed from the NEC Application and Driver CD Note Internet Explorer 4 01 comes preinstalled on systems w...

Page 148: ... window appears If Yes was clicked in step 8 skip to step 16 If No was clicked in step 8 the Windows Setup window appears 10 Click Close The Microsoft TCP IP Properties Box appears 11 Fill in the IP Address the Subnet Mask and the Default Gateway in the Specify an IP address area 12 Click the DNS tab and enter the host and domain name in the DNS display 13 Click the Identification tab and change t...

Page 149: ... Setup Userinfo If the PartitionMagic setup program asks you for a serial number enter the following number PM400ENOEMCD 673785 See the documentation in the Userinfo folder for information about using PartitionMagic BootMagic and the recovery diskette program Reading the Userinfo files requires the Adobe Acrobat reader Install the Adobe Acrobat reader from the NEC Application and Driver CD Select ...

Page 150: ...rrectly identify the processor These operating systems might identify the Pentium III processor as a Pentium II or Pentium Pro processor Windows identifies the processor on the General tab of the Windows System Properties sheet You can get to System Properties in either of the following ways Right click the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop and select Properties from the drop down menu Selec...

Page 151: ...indows operating system You can find the Microsoft Disk Copy program by double clicking My Computer and right clicking the LS 120 icon The context menu displays Copy Disk as one of the available items Using this Copy Disk program allows the LS 120 SuperDisk drive to copy 1 44 MB diskettes without system lockups and allows the drive to eject the 1 44 MB diskette However this utility does not copy 1...

Page 152: ...ing and backing up data without repartitioning or reformatting the hard drive Once all data is backed up perform another NEC OS Restore using the Auto or Custom mode CAUTION The Auto and Custom OS Restore programs delete all the data on your hard drive If possible back up your data before performing an OS Restore with these options 1 Launch the NEC OS Restore CD and follow the prompts to get to th...

Page 153: ... Limitations The following operating limitations apply to PIIX4 PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator Reconfiguring Ultra DMA Support The PCI IDE interface on the PowerMate VT 300i Series system supports the latest ATA ULTRA DMA 33 interface In order to do so the PIIX4 component that was recently released from Intel Corporation was incorporated in the system However standard versions of Windows 95 were released ...

Page 154: ...is change to lower voltage levels on one signal has no effect on most of the IDE hard drives on the market A small number of older drives fail to function with this new setting If you have a concern about an older drive that you would like to use with your PowerMate VT 300i Series system NEC CSD Technical Support Services can help you determine if there might be a problem New System Board Jumper S...

Page 155: ...NEC PowerMate VT 300i Series Release Notes A 11 ...

Page 156: ...ed questions Intel technical support Identifying System Requirements The Intel Processor Serial Number Control utility requires a Pentium III processor based system Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows NT 4 0 or later 2 megabytes of hard drive space Installing the Utility The Intel Processor Serial Number Control Utility version 1 0 comes on the NEC Application and Driver CD See your PowerMate VT 300i...

Page 157: ...ervice providers to provide services which maintain your privacy However if you are concerned that a given application service using your processor number might impact your privacy you can turn off the processor serial number using the utility What is the default state of the processor serial number The default state of the processor serial number is on until the Processor Serial Number Control ut...

Page 158: ...support website at http support intel com Email support intel com In the United States call 800 628 8686 from 5 00 a m to 5 00 p m Pacific Standard Time For world wide phone contacts please see http support intel com support feedback htm Windows 95 Issues The following material describes information specific to systems running the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system Controlling CD Audio CD audio...

Page 159: ...er CD from a DVD ROM Drive If your system has a Hitachi DVD ROM drive 4X GD 2500 and you manually load applications or drivers from the NEC Application and Driver CD a dialog box appears with the message Reminder Please remove CD ROM Pressing the eject button on the DVD ROM drive displays another dialog box with the message Eject request to Drive in Use An Eject request was received for a drive th...

Page 160: ...rary directory 2 In the Windows NT Control Panel select network and click adapters 3 Select ADD and click the HaveDisk button A dialog box is displayed 4 In the Path windows type the name of the temporary directory for the network card files you copied Click OK Windows NT installs the driver files for the network card Installing BootMagic in a System with Windows NT BootMagic is a utility included...

Page 161: ...ootMagic Configuration If you installed BootMagic in a system with the Windows NT operating system and the installation resulted in an error message use the following procedure to correct the configuration information 1 In the Windows Start menu select Programs PowerQuest BootMagic and BootMagic Configuration The BootMagic Configuration box appears Nothing should be listed under the MENU NAME head...

Page 162: ... Either choice to enable BootMagic or to not enable BootMagic requires the SAVE EXIT selection CAUTION To correctly complete the BootMagic configuration you must select SAVE EXIT from the BootMagic Configuration box even if you do not want to use BootMagic Omitting this step results in an error message ...

Page 163: ...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 164: ...y 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 Celeron Pentium II or Pentium III 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 arch...

Page 165: ...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 166: ...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 167: ...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 168: ...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 169: ...disks with 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 Cor...

Page 170: ...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 171: ...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 172: ... performance 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 o...

Page 173: ...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 174: ...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 175: ...cessor 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 except under spe...

Page 176: ... A newer technology called dual in line memory module DIMM provides a 64 bit bus To take advantage of the 64 bit bus on Pentium processors use either DIMMs or pairs of SIMMs See DIMMs Slot 1 The form factor for Intel Pentium 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 process...

Page 177: ...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 178: ...he same time that new bytes are being pumped into memory This results in much faster display than is possible with conventional single port RAM WRAM is similar to VRAM but achieves even faster performance at less cost because it supports addressing of large blocks 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 ...

Page 179: ...enne Backup 2 28 CMOS battery removal 3 23 CMOS clear setting jumper 4 6 Components 1 9 AGP board 1 11 CD ROM drive 1 11 fax modem board 1 12 hard drive 1 10 keyboard 1 10 local area network 1 12 mouse 1 11 pc adapter device 1 12 power supply 1 10 speakers 1 11 system board 1 9 tape backup unit 1 12 Zip drive 1 13 Configuration BIOS Setup utility 2 9 FLASH utility 2 18 Configuration jumper setting...

Page 180: ...cs boards features 4 15 Graphics controller features 4 16 H Hard drive 1 10 removal 3 19 Hard drive jumpers Maxtor hard drive 2 7 Seagate hard drive 2 7 I I O addresses map 4 18 Illustrated parts breakdown IPB 5 5 parts lists 5 2 Inside features 1 7 Installing NEC Help Center 2 27 Integrated audio features 4 17 Intel processor serial number control utility 2 29 Interrupts parallel port 2 3 serial ...

Page 181: ... clear and reset 4 6 security 1 8 PC adapter device 1 12 specifications 9 15 PCI local bus features 4 13 PCI IDE ports features 4 14 Plug and play features 4 13 Power on mode setting jumper 4 5 Power supply 1 10 removal 3 21 specifications 9 10 Preventive maintenance keyboard cleaning 6 2 mouse cleaning 6 3 system cleaning 6 2 Problems diagnosing and solving 7 6 Processor Celeron installation 3 13...

Page 182: ... 16 Zip drive 9 17 Starting BIOS Setup utility 2 9 System cleaning 6 2 System board 1 9 features 4 10 major components 4 11 removal 3 22 specifications 9 3 System components 1 9 AGP board 1 11 CD ROM drive 1 11 diskette drive 1 10 fax modem board 1 12 hard drive 1 10 keyboard 1 10 local area network 1 12 mouse 1 11 pc adapter device 1 12 power supply 1 10 speakers 1 11 system board 1 9 tape backup...

Page 183: ...Index 5 USB interface features 4 15 Utilities Cheyenne Backup 2 28 W Wake On Lan setting jumper JWOL 4 7 Website 8 2 Windows network security 1 8 Z Zip drive 1 13 jumpers 2 8 specifications 9 17 ...

Page 184: ...Regulatory Statements FCC Statement Note for Canada Battery Replacement Battery Disposal ...

Page 185: ...y Statements 2 The following regulatory statements provide information about use of the PowerMate VT 300i Series computer FCC Statement For United States Only Note for Canada Battery Replacement Battery Disposal ...

Page 186: ...d and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However 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 on...

Page 187: ...anada This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil numérique de la classe B repecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada ...

Page 188: ...l your NEC CSD dealer or the NEC CSD Technical Support Center WARNING There is a danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions ATTENTION Il y a danger d explosion s il y a replacement incorrect de la batterie Remplacer uniquement avec une ba...

Page 189: ... incineration landfilling or mixing of batteries with the municipal solid waste stream is prohibited by law in most areas Return batteries to a federal or state approved battery recycler This may be where your purchased the battery or a local seller of automotive batteries Contact your local waste management officials for other information regarding the environmentally sound collection recycling a...

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