NEC ES1200 User's Manual

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U.S. Government restricted rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 (Oct. 1988);...

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Safety Notices ! Caution: To reduce the risk of electric shock which could cause personal injury, follow all safety notices. The symbols shown are used in your documentation and on your equipment to indicate safety hazards. Warning: Lithium batte...

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Care and Handling Use the following guidelines to properly handle and care for your system. Protect the system from extremely low or high temperatures. Let the system warm (or cool) to room temperature before using it. Keep the system away from magne...

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Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Features Chapter 3 Setup Chapter 4 Configuring Your System Chapter 5 Upgrades and Options Chapter 6 Problem Solving Appendix A Cabling Appendix B Memory Configurations Glossary Equipment Log ...

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Chapter 1 Introduction Contents Organization ........................................................................... 1 Notational Conventions............................................................ 3 ...

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1-1 Introduction This guide tells you how to configure and upgrade your server. Its goal is to familiarize you with your server and the tasks necessary for system configuration and upgrading. Organization Chapter 1 Introduction Introduces you to the ...

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1-2 Introduction Appendix A System Cabling Includes cabling information for the two onboard SCSI controllers. Appendix B Memory Configurations Defines the allowable memory configurations for your system. Glossary Defines the standard acronyms and tec...

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1-3 Introduction Notational Conventions The notational conventions listed below are used throughout this manual. F1 A letter, number, symbol, or word in CAPs represents a key on your keyboard. For example, the instruction press F1 means press the key...

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Chapter 2 Features Contents Overview ................................................................................ 1 System Chassis ...................................................................... 3 System Board Features .......................

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2-1 Features Overview The system (see Figure 2-1) is a modular server based on the Intel Pentium® II chip set. The chassis and system board have been designed to meet the needs of the server marketplace. The combination of compute performance, ...

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2-2 Features As application requirements increase, you can expand your server with additional memory, add-in boards and peripheral devices: tape, CD-ROM, diskette drives and hard disk drives. The server features the following major components: A hi...

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2-3 Features Figure 2-2. System Chassis A B C D E F G A. Removable Media Bays (3) B. 1.44 MB 3.5" diskette drive C. System Board D. Speaker E. Power supply F. Disk Drive Bays (3) G. Fan (behind disk drive bays) ...

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2-4 Features Power Supply The 260 watt power supply is switch-selectable for 115 or 230 Vac at an operating frequency of 50/60 Hz. It is designed to comply with existing emissions standards and provides sufficient power for a fully loaded system conf...

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2-5 Features Figure 2-3. System Board E D C B A F H I J M N O P Q R S T G KL A. ISA expansion slots (2) K. Secondary IDE connectors B. Non-volatile memory L. Primary IDE connectors C. PCI expansion slots (4) M. Diskette connector D. Fan connecto...

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2-6 Features Pentium II Processor The system includes a Pentium II processor plugged into a socket on the system board (Figure 2-3, F). The board also contains a voltage regulator to power this processor (Figure 2-3, E). The processor features a 512 ...

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2-7 Features BIOS A BIOS and Setup Utility are located in the Flash EPROM on the system board and include support for system setup and PCI/ISA Plug-and-Play auto- configuration. A number of security, reliability, and management features also have...

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2-8 Features Display power management system. Supports 72Hz refresh, non-interlaced at: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, or 1240x1024 resolutions. Displays of up to 16M colors at 640x480 and 800x600 resolutions, 64K colors at 1024x768 resolutions an...

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Chapter 3 Setup Contents Selecting a Site.................................................................. 1 Unpacking the System........................................................ 2 Getting Familiar with the System ...............................

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3-1 Setup Selecting a Site The system operates reliably in a typical office environment. Choose a site that is: Near grounded, three-pronged power outlets. Note: For the United States and Canada, this means a NEMA 5-15R outlets for 100-120 VAC or...

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3-2 Setup Unpacking the System ! Caution: Your system weighs approximately 38 pounds (17.2 kg). If your system contains numerous optional boards and peripheral devices, it will weigh more. To avoid personal injury, make sure you have someone help you...

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3-3 Setup Figure 3-1. Front Features and Controls A B CD E F G POWER DISK POWER A. Load/eject button, CD-ROM reader Press to load CD and eject CD. B. Activity light, CD-ROM reader When lit, CD-ROM reader is in use. C. Activity light, 3 ½-inch di...

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3-4 Setup Figure 3-2. Rear Features and Controls 115V A B C D I J E F G H A. AC input power connector Supplies AC power to the power supply. B. Line voltage selector switch Selects AC input power of 115 VAC or 230 VAC. C. COM2 ...

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3-5 Setup Making Connections Note: If your system normally operates without a video display or keyboard (for example, as a network server), you must install a video display and keyboard to configure the system. You may remove them after running the R...

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3-6 Setup Figure 3-3. Making Connections 115V A B C D E F G H A. Serial Port 2 (COM2) B. Keyboard C. Video Display (VGA) D. Serial Port 1 (COM1) E. Mouse F. Parallel Port (Printer) G. PCI Expansion Slots H. ISA Expansion Slots ...

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3-7 Setup Setting the Line Voltage The system contains a 260 watt power supply that is switch-selectable for 115 or 230 VAC at an operating frequency of 50/60Hz. Each system is shipped with the line voltage select on the power supply set to 230 VAC. ...

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3-8 Setup Figure 3-4. Setting the Line Voltage 115V 115V 115V 230V A or B A. Voltage selector switch set to 115 VAC B. Voltage selector switch set to 230 VAC ...

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3-9 Setup Connecting the Power Cord Plug the female end of the AC power cord into the input receptacle on the rear of the power supply cage. Plug the male end of the power cord into NEMA 5-15R outlet for 100-120 VAC or NEMA 6-15R outlet for 200-240 V...

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3-10 Setup Powering On Your System Power on your system as follows. 1. Make sure all external devices, such as a video display, keyboard, and mouse (optional) have been connected, and the power cords are connected. 2. Power on the video display a...

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Chapter 4 Configuring Your System Contents Configuring Your System ......................................................... 1 Using the RCU................................................................... 3 RCU Command Line Parameters ...............

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4-1 Configuring Your System Configuring Your System Configuration and setup utilities are used to change your system configuration. You can configure your system, as well as option boards you may add to your system, using the Resource Configur...

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4-2 Configuring Your System Resource Configuration Utility (RCU) The Resource Configuration Utility is used to configure your system. The RCU can be used to configure the memory subsystem, peripheral device subsystems, and interface adapters. RCU rec...

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4-3 Configuring Your System Using the RCU If you are adding a non-Plug and Play ISA option board, run the RCU before installing the board using procedures found in the Upgrades and Options chapter of this guide. If you are upgrading system mem...

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4-4 Configuring Your System Table 4-1. Resource Configuration Utility Main Menu MENU OPTIONS DESCRIPTION Learn about configuring your computer Provides basic instructions on resource configuration and using the Help program. Configure computer Lists...

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4-5 Configuring Your System Table 4-2. Resource Configuration Utility Menu MENU OPTIONS DESCRIPTION Step 1. Important Resource configuration information. Provides information on the Resource Configuration program an...

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4-6 Configuring Your System RCU Configuration Settings Table 4-3 shows the recommended RCU settings for a sample system and provides a place for you to record any changes you make to the settings. To display the configuration settings, select Step 3 ...

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4-7 Configuring Your System ISA Board Configuration If you want to add a non-Plug and Play ISA board to your system, use the following procedures to define and add the option board. It is necessary to define an ISA board to prevent other board...

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4-8 Configuring Your System 7. The Add a board without a .cfg file screen is displayed. Read through the information and press ENTER. The Add a board without a .cfg file screen reappears. When the screen reappears select Create .cfg file and press ...

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4-9 Configuring Your System 13. The Add screen is displayed. Select the slot in which you want to install the board and press ENTER. Note: If the board you add causes a conflict in the configuration, a Caution message is displayed. Press ENT...

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4-10 Configuring Your System BIOS Setup Utility The BIOS Setup Utility, like the RCU, is used to change system configuration parameters. This utility has some unique parameters and many parameters that are also configurable with the RCU. The utility ...

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4-11 Configuring Your System To display a submenu, position the cursor on a selection that has a submenu and press ENTER. Selections with submenus are preceded by an arrow. Refer to the following table for information on the keys you use with ...

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4-12 Configuring Your System Table 4-5. BIOS Setup Configurations MENU PARAMETER NAME NORMAL SETTING OR DISPLAY ONLY YOUR CONFIGURATION MAIN MENU System Time Enter current time (hour, minutes, seconds on 24 hour clock). Current Time System Date Ente...

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4-13 Configuring Your System 2 This parameter should be enabled for HDD and disabled for other IDE devices. ...

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4-14 Configuring Your System Table 4-5. BIOS Setup Configurations (Continued) MENU PARAMETER NAME NORMAL SETTING OR DISPLAY ONLY YOUR CONFIGURATION Transfer Mode Standard IDE Adapter 1 Master Press ENTER for menu. None Autotype Fixed Disk Press Ente...

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4-15 Configuring Your System 2 This parameter should be enabled for HDD and disabled for other IDE devices. ...

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4-16 Configuring Your System Table 4-5. BIOS Setup Configurations (Continued) MENU PARAMETER NAME DEFAULT SETTING OR DISPLAY ONLY YOUR CONFIGURATION Cache C800-CBFF Uncached Cache CC00-CFFF Uncached Cache D000-D3FF Uncached Cache D400-D7FF Uncached ...

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4-17 Configuring Your System Table 4-5. BIOS Setup Configurations (Continued) MENU PARAMETER NAME DEFAULT SETTING OR DISPLAY ONLY YOUR CONFIGURATION Parallel Mode Bi-directional Diskette Controller Enabled Local Bus IDE adapter Both Mouse Ena...

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4-18 Configuring Your System Table 4-5. BIOS Setup Configurations (Continued) MENU PARAMETER NAME DEFAULT SETTING OR DISPLAY ONLY YOUR CONFIGURATION Reset Configuration Data No Pentium II BIOS Update Enabled SECURITY MENU Supervisor Password is: Dis...

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4-19 Configuring Your System Exiting BIOS Setup To exit Setup, select Exit from the menu bar to display the Exit Setup menu. The following table describes the options on this menu. Note that ESC does not exit this menu. You must select one of ...

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4-20 Configuring Your System 2. Insert the Utilities diskette into floppy disk drive A. At the C:\prompt type: SYS A: Press ENTER. MS-DOS system files are copied onto the diskette. Your Utilities diskette is now bootable. 3. Reboot the system wit...

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4-21 Configuring Your System Viewing the Event Log The system Event Log Utility displays information on the events stored in the system log area. The information stored includes the name of the event, the date and time the event occurred and d...

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4-22 Configuring Your System To select an option from the System Event Log Utility screen, use the left and right arrows to highlight the item and press ENTER. To exit the menu item, press ESC. SCSISelect Utility Your system board includes an integra...

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4-23 Configuring Your System Using the SCSISelect Utility To run the SCSISelect Utility, perform the following procedure: 1. Insert the bootable Utilities diskette into floppy disk drive A. 2. Power-on the system. The system boots up. 3....

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4-24 Configuring Your System SCSISelect Configuration Settings The following keys are active for all SCSISelect screens: KEY ACTION Arrows Up and down arrows move from one parameter to another within a screen. ENTER Displays options for a configurabl...

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4-25 Configuring Your System Table 4-7. SCSISelect Setup Configurations (Continued) OPTION RECOMMENDED SETTING OR DISPLAY ONLY YOUR CONFIGURATION Advanced Configuration Options Press ENTER for menu. Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization Ena...

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4-26 Configuring Your System Configuring the Optional RAID Controller One of the options available for your system is the single channel DAC960 Redundant Array of Inexpensive Devices (RAID) Controller board, which gives your system the added security...

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4-27 Configuring Your System The DACCF utility is included with the RAID controller. The DAC960 RAID controller supports various versions of RAID technology (referred to as RAID levels). To use any RAID level, you must configure the RAID contr...

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4-28 Configuring Your System Configuring System Board Jumpers Before You Begin Only a qualified technical person should perform the procedures in this section. Notice: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage the system board. Modify the system boar...

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4-29 Configuring Your System Figure 4-1. System Board Jumpers J26 Reserved 1 2 3 J18 Reserved 3 2 1 Model Type J42 1 2 3 Model Type J20 1 2 3 J27 HD Activity 321 J40 Model Type J39 J46 J45 Model Type 1 2 3 Model Type Model Type J38 CMOS Clear...

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4-30 Configuring Your System Table 4-9. System Board Jumper Configurations Jumper Description Option Setting Factory Default Your Setting Reserved J18 Required on factory default. 1-2 1-2 (Up) 1-2 (Up) Model Type J20 Used with jumpers at J39, J40, J...

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4-31 Configuring Your System Table 4-9. System Board Jumper Configurations (continued) Jumper Description Option Setting Factory Default Your Setting Model Type J45 Used with jumpers at J20, J39, J40, J42 and J46 to set server model type Requ...

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4-32 Configuring Your System Moving System Board Jumpers ! Caution: Before doing the procedures in this section, make sure that your system is powered off and unplug the AC power cord from the back of the chassis. Failure to disconnect power before m...

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4-33 Configuring Your System Updating the BIOS To update the system BIOS: Note: This procedure clears the event log contents. If you want to save the event log contents, run the Event Log Reader Utility. 1. Using the EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM, ...

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4-34 Configuring Your System Resetting the CMOS NVRAM To reset the CMOS NVRAM: 1. Power off the system and remove the left panel as described in chapter 5 of this guide. 2. Move the CMOS Clear jumper J38 to pins 2-3 (see Figure 4-1). 3. Power o...

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Chapter 5 Upgrades and Options Contents Static Precautions ................................................................... 1 Preparing Your System for Upgrade.......................................... 2 Equipment Log.................................

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5-1 Upgrades and Options ! Caution: Before doing the procedures in this chapter, make sure that your system is powered off and unplug the AC power cord from the back of the chassis. Failure to disconnect power before opening your system can result ...

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5-2 Upgrades and Options Preparing Your System for Upgrade Depending on the upgrade, you will need one or more of the following tools: Phillips screwdriver (#1 bit and #2 bit) Flat-head screwdriver Small needle nose pliers Pen or pencil Uti...

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5-3 Upgrades and Options Removing a Side Panel To install options in your system, you must remove the side panel on the left side of the system (as viewed from the front). The side panel on the right side of the system (as viewed from the front) on...

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5-4 Upgrades and Options Figure 5-1. Removing a System Side Panel Installing a Side Panel 1. Before replacing the side panel, make sure no tools or loose parts have been left inside the system chassis. 2. Make sure all option boards are firmly s...

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5-5 Upgrades and Options Modifying the System Board The following sections provide procedures for upgrading and configuring the system board in your system. Topics covered include: Replacing the Non-Volatile Memory Replacing the real-time clock...

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5-6 Upgrades and Options Figure 5-2. Replacing the Non-Volatile Memory 1. Power off the system and remove the left side panel as described earlier in this chapter. 2. Using a IC removal tool or a small pointed tool, gently pry up each end of the...

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5-7 Upgrades and Options Replacing the Real-time Clock Battery You may need to replace the real-time clock battery because of its life span. The battery (Vendor Part #CR2450) is a commodity part available through many vendors. Its located on your s...

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5-8 Upgrades and Options 1. Power off the system and remove the left side panel as described earlier in this chapter. 2. Using your finger nail or a small pointed tool, gently push down the top of the battery and pry up the battery out of its soc...

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5-9 Upgrades and Options Figure 5-4. Replacing the Pentium II Processor A 1. Power off the system and remove the left side panel as described earlier in this chapter. Notice: Observe static precautions. Use an antistatic wrist strap. Hold the pr...

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5-10 Upgrades and Options 6. The processor module is keyed so it can only be inserted one way. Position the processor over the socket on the system board and press down evenly on the processor until the latches on both sides lock in place correctly...

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5-11 Upgrades and Options Figure 5-5. Inserting Memory DIMMs A B C J21 J22 J23 J24 ...

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5-12 Upgrades and Options Installing DIMMs When properly installed, the DIMM module is oriented at an angle of 90 degrees relative to the system board. 1. Power off the system and remove the left side panel as described earlier in this chapter. Not...

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5-13 Upgrades and Options Removing DIMMs Notice: Use extreme care when removing a DIMM. Hold DIMMs only by their edges. Place them on an antiststic surface; do not side them across any surface. Appying too much pressure can break the retaining clip...

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5-14 Upgrades and Options Figure 5-6. PCI and ISA Slot Locations J7 ISA J6 ISA J8 PCI J11 PCI J10 PCI J9 PCI Installation Considerations Newer adapters, designed for Plug-and-Play systems, are automatically configured by the system without any...

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5-15 Upgrades and Options ISA adapters can be Plug-and-Play. ISA adapters that are not Plug-and-Play must be manually configured following the instructions supplied with the board. The configuration is defined to the system by creating the ISA conf...

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5-16 Upgrades and Options Table 5-1. Option Board Hardware Configurations OPTION BOARD IRQ 3 MEMORY ADDRESS I/O ADDRESS OPTION SLOT SMC 8432BTA (1st) 4 Set by BIOS Set by BIOS Set by BIOS PCI Slot J11 SMC 8432BTA (2nd) 4 Set by BIOS Set by BIOS Set b...

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5-17 Upgrades and Options Installing an Option Board 1. Power off the system and remove the left side panel as described earlier in this chapter. 2. Remove and save the expansion slot screw and cover (Figure 5-7, A and B). Figure 5-7. Removing...

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5-18 Upgrades and Options 6. Refer to the documentation accompanying the option board for information on whether the board is a PCI or ISA board. Refer to Table 4-1 to determine the recommended option board slot assignment and configuration paramet...

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5-19 Upgrades and Options 10. If you have installed a SCSI host adapter board, go to Appendix A for procedures on cabling these boards into the system. For all other boards, continue with Step 11. 11. Connect any external cables (if they are needed...

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5-20 Upgrades and Options Hard Disk Drives The system supports a variety of IDE and SCSI hard disks. Contact your sales representative or dealer for a list of approved devices. The internal hard disk drives are located in the 3.5-inch drive bay (Figu...

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5-21 Upgrades and Options Your system comes with a three-connector IDE cable connecting the first hard disk drive (HD0) and the CD-ROM to the system board primary connector. The first disk drive is set as the master device and the CD-ROM that com...

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5-22 Upgrades and Options Installing an Internal Hard Disk Drive 1. Power off the system and remove the left side panel as described earlier in this chapter. Notice: Observe static precautions. Use an antistatic wrist strap. 2. Remove the 3.5-inc...

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5-23 Upgrades and Options Figure 5-10. Removing the Disk Drive Bay 9. Replace the 3.5-inch drive bay. Insert the tabs into their slots on the chassis. Slide the drive bay towards the bottom of the chassis until the tabs hit their stops. 10. C...

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5-24 Upgrades and Options Figure 5-11. Cabling the Disk Drives Removing an Internal Hard Disk Drive 1. Power off the system and remove the left side panel as described earlier in this chapter. 2. Disconnect the signal and power cables from the b...

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5-25 Upgrades and Options 7. Replace the 3.5-inch drive bay. Insert the tabs into their slots on the chassis. Slide the drive bay towards the bottom of the chassis until the tabs hit their stops. 8. Connect the signal and power cables to the dr...

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5-26 Upgrades and Options Removing the Front Panel Note: The front panel is secured with six locking tabs. 1. Power off the system and remove the side panels as described earlier in this chapter. 2. Remove the front panel by carefully puling it off...