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Introduction

Important notes

System board D824

Settings

ISA

Add-on modules

Interface assignment and
IRQs

Error messages

Technical Manual

Index

December 1994 edition

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Summary of Contents for D824

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Page 2: ...ting Please contact the order number of the manual one of our IT Service Shops your sales partner Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG your sales office User Documentation Department BS2000 QM2 Otto Hahn Ring 6 You will find the addresses of the 81730 München Germany IT Service Shops in the enclosed warranty coupon booklet Fax 0 89 6 36 4 04 43 ...

Page 3: ...ptec is a registered trademark of Adaptec Inc Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks i486 SX i486 SX2 i486 DX i486 DX2 i486 DX4 and OverDrive are trademarks of Intel Corporation USA Microsoft MS and MS DOS are registered trademarks and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation PS 2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Inc UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX Sy...

Page 4: ... 23 Upgrading main memory 23 Installing memory modules 24 Removing a memory module 24 Upgrading the processor 25 Upgrading the video memory 25 Replacing the lithium battery 26 Interface pinouts and interrupts 27 Connector for power supply 27 Connector for LED indicators 27 Connector for VESA VGA pass through 28 Connector for external loudspeaker 29 Connector for monitor 29 Parallel interface 30 PS...

Page 5: ...D824 Z120 5 7619 1 Introduction Features 32 bit microprocessor i486 SX i486 SX2 i486 DX i486 DX2 with 8 Kbytes internal cache memory first level cache SL enhanced versions Upgrade possibility with upgrade processors ODP486 SX ODP486 DX 33 or ODPR486 DX Math coprocessor integrated in processor i486 DX and i486 DX2 Memory configuration on system board 4 Mbytes to 32 Mbytes RAM onboard 114 Bytes Setu...

Page 6: ...m under MS DOS to set the screen resolution Detailed information is provided in the MS Windows INFO window or in the information file VGA WRI A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 3 Introduction You may set only those resolutions and refresh rates specified in the Technical data section of the monitor description Otherwise you may damage your monitor If you are in any doubt contact your sales office or customer...

Page 7: ...stajan suosittelemaan tyyppiin Hävitä käytetty paristo valmistajan ohjeiden mukaisesti A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 5 Important notes Modules with electrostatic sensitive devices ESD may be identified by labels When you handle modules fitted with ESDs you must observe the following points under all circumstances When you handle modules fitted with ESDs you must always discharge yourself e g by touching...

Page 8: ...40K Video Display EGA VGA Extended Memory 3072K Speed Select HIGH ERROR HALT HALT ON ALL ERRORS F1 Help F8 System info F10 Store CMOS Esc Exit Page Edit field Next field PgUp Next page Ctrl 01 Example of the System Configuration page Time Date The Time field and the Date field show the time and date respectively according to the PC The time is shown in the format hh mm ss hours minutes seconds and...

Page 9: ...or is fitted with a SCSI hard disk Default entry for Hard Disk 1 depends on the type of hard disk installed Default entry for Hard Disk 2 NONE Base Memory This field indicates the size of the available base memory below 1 Mbyte A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 9 Settings Extended Memory This field indicates the size of the memory above 1 Mbyte Video Display This field is used to specify the type of monitor...

Page 10: ...em can be loaded from floppy disk or hard disk NONSTANDARD This entry has the same effect as the entry STANDARD Default entry STANDARD A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 11 Settings Security Features This field allows you to define a password to prevent access to the data in your PC DISABLED No passwords are in effect SYSTEM AND Setup LOCK The setup menu and the operating system are protected by passwords SE...

Page 11: ...he boot sector on the bootable hard disk for changes since the last system start up If changes are detected and the cause is unknown you should run an appropriate virus checker to check for a virus ENABLED If the boot sector has been modified since the system last booted e g a new operating system version has been installed or the hard disk has been infected by a virus an on screen warning appears...

Page 12: ... will only be available if no hard disk is physically connected Possible entries ENABLED The IDE hard disk controller on the system board is on DISABLED The IDE hard disk controller on the system board is off Default entry ENABLED A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 15 Settings HD 1 LBA Mode HD 2 LBA Mode This field enables and disables the LBA Logical Block Addressing mode LBA mode allows you to install and ...

Page 13: ...lt entry 64K A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 17 Settings Shadow BIOS ROM This field allows you to copy the video BIOS to fast RAM in addition to the system BIOS at system start up Copying the BIOS to RAM increases CPU performance SYSTEM AND VIDEO BIOS The system BIOS and the video BIOS are both copied to RAM area C0000H C7FFFH and F0000H FFFFFH SYSTEM BIOS ONLY Only the system BIOS is copied to RAM area E...

Page 14: ...ases system performance NO The relevant ROM area is not mapped to the cache YES The relevant ROM area is mapped to the cache Default entry NO A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 19 Settings Jumper FD_PRT RTCINI IRQ12 FLASH 33 25M COLOUR RES 1 DX SX BLOCK1 BLOCK2 BLOCK4 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 RES 2 IRQ9 RES 3 VGA BLOCK3 3 2 1 WT RS BLOCK1 Floppy disk drive write protection BLOCK3 VGA interrupt IRQ9 and and Mouse in...

Page 15: ...ypes including SX2 Jumper BLOCK2 DX SX set to 2 3 Default setting Depending on the built in processor First level cache The setting of the jumpers BLOCK4 WT and BLOCK4 RS depends on the first level cache If the system board is fitted with a processor with a write back cache e g Pentium OverDrive i486DX2A the jumpers must be set to 2 3 If it is fitted with a processor with a write through cache e g...

Page 16: ...ame capacity If you want to install or remove memory modules you must remove the drive carrier see Technical Manual of the PC You may only use fast memory modules access time 70ns or less A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 23 Add on modules Installing memory modules If you want to install several memory modules plug the first memory module into the bank 0 1 2 Insert the memory module at angle into the approp...

Page 17: ...he DRAM chip when you plug in DRAM chip A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 25 Add on modules 1 2 Insert the DRAM component in such a way that the mark on the upper side of the DRAM component 2 matches the position of the mark on the socket 1 Replacing the lithium battery Incorrect replacement of the lithium battery may lead to a risk of explosion The lithium battery must be replaced with an identical battery...

Page 18: ...V 8 0 V 9 coded 10 0 V 11 0 V 12 Hard disk drive LED A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 27 Interface pinouts and interrupts Connector for VESA VGA pass through 26 1 2 Pin Meaning Pin Meaning 1 0 V 14 Data 6 2 Data 0 15 0 V 3 0 V 16 Data 7 4 Data 1 17 0 V 5 0 V 18 Clock 6 Data 2 19 0 V 7 not used 20 Blanking 8 Data 3 21 0 V 9 not used 22 Horizontal Sync 10 Data 4 23 not used 11 not used 24 Vertical Sync 12 Da...

Page 19: ...nchronization 8 Blue ground 15 Monitor ID bit 3 A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 29 Interface pinouts and interrupts Parallel interface 1 13 25 14 Pin Signal name Description 1 STROBE Data message 2 9 Data Lines 0 7 Data lines 0 7 10 ACKNOWLEDGE Data acknowledgement 11 BUSY Not ready to receive 12 PE End of paper 13 SELECT Device selection 14 AUTO Automatic new line 15 ERROR Device error 16 INIT Reset init...

Page 20: ...t Request Levels and DMA channels Interrupt Request Levels and DMA channels are listed below Interrupt Request Levels IRQ0 timer 0 IRQ1 keyboard IRQ2 free or IRQ9 IRQ3 serial interface 2 COM2 COM4 IRQ4 serial interface 1 COM1 COM3 IRQ5 free IRQ6 floppy disk controller IRQ7 parallel interface LPT1 LPT3 IRQ8 real time clock interrupt IRQ9 VGA controller or free IRQ10 free IRQ11 free IRQ12 mouse IRQ1...

Page 21: ... again and press the Enter key IO PARITY ERROR SYSTEM HALTED Restart your PC Should the error recur contact your customer field service KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT Check whether a key is sticking and whether the keyboard is connected correctly A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 33 Error messages MATH COPROCESSOR ADDED REMOVED RUN Setup Call up the setup menu and confirm with the F10 and F5 keys the...

Page 22: ... 28 Booting the operating system 11 A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 35 Index Controller External floppy disk drive 15 loudspeaker connector 3 29 hard disk drive 15 monitor controller connector 2 VGA 21 video controller connector 28 CPU speed 2 CRT controller jumper 20 F Features system board 2 D First level cache internal cache 18 22 Date 8 11 17 Floppy disk controller Disable disabling 15 floppy disk con...

Page 23: ...KEYBOARD ERROR HALT 10 A26361 D824 Z120 5 7619 37 Index NO KEYBOARD OR DISK HALT 10 Processor NO Shadow Adaptor ROM 18 cache internal cache 18 NONE 8 speed 2 NONSTANDARD System Load 11 speed jumper 20 Notational conventions 1 type jumper 20 Notes on software 6 upgrading 25 Programs with time loops 6 O PS 2 Operating system loading 11 keyboard port 3 mouse port 3 P Pages in the setup menu 7 R Par M...

Page 24: ...nterface 3 select 10 Video STANDARD Display 10 Hard Disk Transfer Mode 15 infection 14 System Load 11 memory 2 25 System Warning 14 configuration 7 8 VIDEO BIOS 18 information 7 load 11 W security Options 11 Windows accelerator 2 speed 10 Write protection SYSTEM AND SETUP LOCK floppy disk drive 14 20 Security Features 12 jumper 20 SYSTEM AND VIDEO BIOS 19 WT jumper BLOCK4 22 Shadow BIOS ROM 18 Sys...

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