PT-6IFA
SYSTEM BOARD
HARDWARE SETUP
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I.
HARDWARE SETUP
A.
UNPACKING
The system board package should contain the following parts :
The PT-6IFA system board.
OPERATION MANUAL.
Cable set for IDE and I/O device.
A.
HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
Before the system board is ready to operate, the hardware must be configured to allow
for various functions within the system. To configure the PT-6IFA system board is a
simple task, only a few jumpers, connectors, cables and sockets needs to be selected and
installed. (For the detailed locations of each component please refer to page 3-1 "system
board layout" figure )
1.
DRAM INSTALLATION
The PT-6IFA system board will support four banks main memory on board (bank0 :
SIMM1, SIMM2. bank1 : SIMM3, SIMM4. bank2 : SIMM5, SIMM6), each bank could
be single-sided or double-sided, 8MB up to 768 MB of local memory can be attained. It
supports three types of DRAM memory either standard fast page mode (FPM),
Extended Data Out (EDO) or Burst Extended Data Out (BEDO) memory. (Both
Symmetrical and Asymmetrical DRAM addressing are supported.)
Bank can be populated in any order (bank 0 does not have to be populated before bank
1). Within any given bank, two SIMMs must be same size. Among the two banks,
SIMMs' densities could be mixed in any order. EDO, FPM and BEDO DRAMs could
be mixed between Banks, a given SIMM must contain only one type of DRAM. When
DRAM types are mixed, each SIMM runs optimized for that particular type of DRAM.
The speed of FPM DRAMs must be used 70ns or faster than 70ns, the speed of EDO
DRAMs and BEDO DRAMs must be used 60ns or faster than 60ns.
