Technical Reference Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................
1.1
ABOUT
THIS
GUIDE ................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.1.1
ONLINE VIEWING............................................................................................................ 1-1
1.1.2
HARDCOPY ....................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.2
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
SOURCES............................................................................. 1-2
1.3
MODEL
NUMBERING
CONVENTION ................................................................................... 1-2
1.3.1
COMPAQ MODEL NUMBERING CONVENTION......................................................... 1-2
1.3.2
hp MODEL NUMBERING CONVENTION...................................................................... 1-3
1.4
SERIAL
NUMBER ..................................................................................................................... 1-3
1.5
NOTATIONAL
CONVENTIONS.............................................................................................. 1-3
1.5.1
VALUES ............................................................................................................................. 1-4
1.5.2
RANGES ............................................................................................................................. 1-4
1.5.3
REGISTER NOTATION AND USAGE ............................................................................ 1-4
1.5.4
BIT NOTATION AND BYTE VALUES ........................................................................... 1-4
1.6
COMMON
ACRONYMS
AND
ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................. 1-5
CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................
2.1
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.2
FEATURES
AND
OPTIONS...................................................................................................... 2-2
2.2.1
STANDARD FEATURES .................................................................................................. 2-2
2.2.2
OPTIONS ............................................................................................................................ 2-3
2.3
MECHANICAL
DESIGN ........................................................................................................... 2-4
2.3.1
CABINET LAYOUTS ........................................................................................................ 2-4
2.3.2
CHASSIS LAYOUT ........................................................................................................... 2-6
2.3.3
BOARD LAYOUTS ........................................................................................................... 2-7
2.4
SYSTEM
ARCHITECTURE ...................................................................................................... 2-8
2.4.1
AMD ATHLON XP PROCESSOR .................................................................................. 2-10
2.4.2
CHIPSET........................................................................................................................... 2-11
2.4.3
SUPPORT COMPONENTS.............................................................................................. 2-11
2.4.4
SYSTEM MEMORY ........................................................................................................ 2-12
2.4.5
MASS STORAGE............................................................................................................. 2-12
2.4.6
SERIAL AND PARALLEL INTERFACES ..................................................................... 2-12
2.4.7
UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS INTERFACE...................................................................... 2-12
2.4.8
NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER..................................................................... 2-13
2.4.9
GRAPHICS SUBSYSTEM............................................................................................... 2-13
2.4.10
AUDIO SUBSYSTEM...................................................................................................... 2-14
2.5
SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................... 2-14
Compaq D315 and hp d325 Personal Computers
Featuring the AMD Athlon XP Processor
Second Edition - April 2003
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