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Contents
Preface.........................................................................................................................
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Abbreviations............................................................................................................... xvii
Section 1 Technical Information
Desktop System Chassis............................................................................................... 1-3
Minitower System Chassis ........................................................................................... 1-4
System Board .............................................................................................................. 1-5
Processor .............................................................................................................. 1-7
Secondary Cache .................................................................................................. 1-8
System and Video BIOS ....................................................................................... 1-8
System Memory.................................................................................................... 1-9
Integrated Graphics............................................................................................... 1-11
Motion Video Controller............................................................................... 1-11
Graphics Accelerator..................................................................................... 1-11
Video Memory.............................................................................................. 1-11
Interrupt Controller............................................................................................... 1-12
I/O Addressing...................................................................................................... 1-14
ISA Bus ................................................................................................................ 1-15
PCI Local Bus ...................................................................................................... 1-15
PCI Auto Configuration ........................................................................................ 1-15
PCI/IDE Ports ...................................................................................................... 1-15
Parallel Interface ................................................................................................... 1-16
Serial Interface...................................................................................................... 1-16
Infrared Interface .................................................................................................. 1-17
Power Supply .............................................................................................................. 1-18
Diskette Drive.............................................................................................................. 1-18
Hard Disk Drive........................................................................................................... 1-18
Keyboard ..................................................................................................................... 1-19
Mouse ......................................................................................................................... 1-19
Multimedia Components .............................................................................................. 1-19
Integrated Audio................................................................................................... 1-19
CD-ROM Reader.................................................................................................. 1-20
Speakers ............................................................................................................... 1-20
Microphone .......................................................................................................... 1-20
Summary of Contents for POWERMATE
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