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DIGITAL 5/233i-8 CompactPCI System User Manual

1. ML014349 The numeric callouts in the figure identify 1 o oci A WO Iv Option module slots SBC system slot P1 connector for 32 bit PCI signals P2 connector for 64 bit PCI transfers or rear transition I O P3 connector user defined P4 connector slot 1 for signals for the Ethernet controller primary EIDE drives SCSI controller and video controller slots 2 to 8 user defined P5 connector slot 1 for miscellaneous signals and signals for the keyboard and mouse universal serial bus USB parallel port serial ports diskette drive and secondary EIDE drives slots 2 to 8 user defined Getting Familiar with the System 3 5 Figure 3 4 System Backplane Rear View 2 ML014350 The numeric callouts in the figure identify 1 2 4 Rear transition module slot P5 connector slot 1 for signals for the Ethernet controller EIDE drives SCSI controller and video controller slots 2 to 8 user defined P4 connector slot 1 for miscellaneous signals and signals for the keyboard and mouse universal serial bus USB parallel port ser
2. TOP OT MLO14351 The numeric callouts in the figure identify the following key components 1 oo Qo ON OO CQ Iv PS 2 keyboard and mouse connector 6 pin PS 2 female USB connectors dual 4 pin USB Status LEDs top to bottom power hard disk drive speaker alarm SVGA connector 15 pin D SUB CPU reset button SCSI connector 68 pin high density Bidirectional EPP ECP parallel port 25 pin micro D Serial ports 1 and 2 16550 9 pin micro D Ethernet connector RJ45 J5 Compact PCI connector Getting Familiar with the System 3 7 11 J4 CompactPCI connector 12 J2 CompactPCI I O connector 13 J1 CompactPCI I O connector 14 Reserved 15 Ethernet jumper for front or rear I O selection 16 Reserved 17 USB jumper for front or rear I O selection 18 SIMM connectors for memory bank 0 19 SIMM connectors for memory bank 1 20 Lithium battery 21 Pentium P55C MMX CPU 3 4 Memory Modules 3 8 The DIGITAL 5 233i CompactPCI SBC is shipped with at least 32 MB of dynamic random access memory DRAM and supports memory configurations that range from 32 to 256 MB of DRAM This memory is accessible from the CPU and PCI bus You can plug either two or four 36 bit 16 32 or 64 MB SIMMs into the memory connectors on the SBC SIMMs must be 36 bits wide Figure 3 6 shows a typical pair of memory modules
3. ML014388 6 9 Installing and Replacing Front and Rear Option Modules 6 18 The DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system comes ready for you to plug in option modules needed to customize the system for your application The system offers three 3U and four 6U Compact PCI option slots on the front side of the sys tem and seven rear transition I O option slots 80 mm X 6U on the rear side If you need more than four 6U CompactPCI option slots you have the option of converting the 3U slots to 6U slots Before removing or installing options be sure to Power off external devices connected to the system 2 Power off the system 3 Unplug the power cord from the system s AC power inlet Depending on whether you need to add or remove options and whether the options require 3U or 6U option slots you may need to do the following e Identify slots for the option modules Remove filler panels e Remove option modules e Convert 3U slots to 6U slots e Convert 6U slots to 3U slots e Install option modules e Install filler panels Figure 6 13 shows a flow diagram indicating procedures you need to complete for the various option maintenance scenarios Maintaining the System Figure 6 13 Installing and Removing an Option Module Identify the slot for the installation or removal Section 6 9 1 Do you need to remove an option Remove the option module Section 6 9 2 Do you need a front 6U s
4. 04 Converting 6U Option Slots to 3U Option Slots 0 Removing Filler Panels Installing an Option Module Installing Filler Panels Removing the Rear Access Panel and Disconnecting Storage Device Cabling Removing the Storage Bay Removing Devices from the Storage Bay 00 00008 Installing Devices in the Storage Installing the Storage Bay Bays Sock eee RN Saree hn eR Connecting Storage Device Cabling and Installing the Rear Access Panel Storage Device Cabling Removing the Power Supply Bay 0 0 0 0 2 eee eee eee eee Installing the Power Supply Bay Functional Components of the SBC 0 00 SCSI Termination J4 Connector Pin Layout J5 Connector Pin Layout Parallel Port Connector Pin Layout 00 00 00 cece eee ee eee EIDE Header Pin Layout Diskette Header Pin Layout Keyboard Mouse Header Pin Layout 0 00 00 00 008 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Pin Layout 008 Serial Port Connector Pin Layout 00 0 0 cece eee eee eee USB Port Connector Pin Layout 3 3 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 3 11 3 11 3 12 3 13 3 14 3 15 6 10 6 12 6 13 6 15 6 17 6 18 6 19 6 21 6 21 6 22 6 23 6 24 6 24 6 25 6 26 6 27 6 27 6 28 6 29 6 29 6 30 6 31 6 32 6 33 9 11 9 13 9 15 9 16 9 18 9 19 9 10 9 11 9
5. Troubleshooting Based on Blink Codes 0 0 00 000020 PCI Interrupt Routing Clocks and Timers Standard Video Modes Extended Video Modes J4 Connector Pin Assignments J4 Connector Signal Definitions J5 Connector Pin Assignments J5 Connector Signal Definitions Parallel Port Connector Pin Assignments eese Parallel Port Connector Signal Definitions 004 EIDE Header Pin Assignments EIDE Header Signal Definitions Diskette Header Pin Assignments Diskette Header Signal Definitions Keyboard Mouse Header Pin Assignments 000000 Keyboard Mouse Header Signal Definitions 2222202000 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Combination Connector Pin Assignments PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector Pin Assignments PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Signal Definitions Serial Port Connector Pin Assignments 0 0 00 00 0000 Serial Port Connector Signal Definitions 0000 USB Port Connector Pin Assignments 9 20 9 22 9 24 9 25 11 2 11 3 11 4 11 4 11 5 11 7 3 13 3 13 4 2 5 12 5 12 6 10 7 3 7 5 7 7 7 16 7 19 7 20 7 21 7 21 9 10 9 10 9 11 9 12 9 13 9 14 9 15 9 15 9 16 9 16 9 17 9 18 9 18 9 19 9 19 USB Port Connector Signal Definitions 0 008 9 20 9 20
6. Pin Signal 1 KBDDAT MDAT GND VCC 45 V KBDCLK nH nn A U N MCLK Table 9 14 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal 1 DATA Open GND 5 V CLOCK aA nn A W N Open Connectors and Headers Note Power present on a keyboard mouse connector is only for use by the key board or mouse Table 9 15 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Signal Definitions Signal Definition GND Ground CLOCK Keyboard or mouse clock DATA Keyboard or mouse data KBDCLK Keyboard clock KBDDAT Keyboard data VCC 5 V Keyboard or mouse power MCLK Mouse clock MDAT Mouse data Note Power present on the keyboard mouse connector is only for use by the keyboard or mouse 9 9 Serial Port Connectors The serial ports are used for connecting serial devices such as a serial mouse or serial printer to the system Serial ports are also known as COM or Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UART ports On the front panel of the SBC the serial ports are 9 pin micro D connectors On the front panel of the rear transition module the ports are 9 pin standard D connectors In addition serial port 2 COM 2 on the rear transition module is accessible as a 10 pin header J13 Note Make sure you use the proper cable when connecting a serial device to the COM 2 header on the rear transition module Figure 9 8 shows the pin layout for the serial port connectors Table 9 1
7. 3 Select one of the following option values To Select Instruct AMIBIOS to automatically enable and configure the control Auto ler Disable the controller Fail Safe default Disabled Enable and configure the controller manually Optimal default Enabled 4 Exit the Option window 5 Exit the Peripheral Setup window 5 8 2 Configuring the Diskette Drive Capacity and Size To configure a diskette drive s capacity and size Configuring the System 5 17 Make note of the capacity and size of the drive being configured Select the Standard icon in the Setup window Select the Floppy A or Floppy B icon in the Standard Setup window as appropriate Select one of the following option values Not installed 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 51 4 720 KB 3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 2 88 MB 3 1 2 Exit the drive parameter window Exit the Standard Setup window 5 8 3 Specifying Diskette Drive Access Control By default the diskette drive is configured to allow read write access control If necessary you can change this setting to read only access To change the diskette drive access control to read only 1 2 9 4 5 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window Select the Floppy Access Control option Set the option value to Read Only or Read Write as appropriate Exit the Option window Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 8 4 Swapping Diskette Drives A and B To swap
8. 5 22 5 13 3 Enabling and Disabling Passive Release for the USB 5 22 5 14 Configuring Memory 00 eee eee eens 5 23 5 14 DRAM Speed Setting oss cies ots os Sues Mae ra en 5 23 5 14 2 Specifying Caching Options 0 0 eee eee eee eee 5 23 5 14 3 Setting the DRAM Data Integrity Mode 00 0000002 eee 5 24 5 14 4 Shadowing the BIOS to System Memory 0 000 000 ce eee ee 5 24 5 14 5 Controlling the Location of the Contents of ROM 222 222 5 25 5 15 Configuring Boot Options 2 0 00 5 25 5 15 1 Enabling and Disabling Quick Boots 00 0 0 cece eee eee ee 5 26 5 15 2 Specifying the Boot Device Sequence 0 00 0 eee eee eee 5 26 5 15 3 Disabling and Enabling the Use of Numeric Keypad Arrow Keys 5 27 5 15 4 Enabling or Disabling OS 2 Compatible Mode 00 00 0000 5 27 5 15 5 Disabling and Enabling Hit lt DEL gt and Wait for lt F1 gt Boot Messages 5 28 5 16 Configuring Display Modes 0 0 00 nennen 5 28 5 17 Configuring PCI Plug and Play Capabilities lees 5 28 5 17 1 Enabling and Disabling PCI Plug and Play Features 5 29 5 17 2 Setting the PCI Latency Timer 00 cee eee eee 5 29 5 17 3 Declaring the PCI IDE Bus Master 5 29 5 17 4 Allocating IRQ Lines for PCI Devices 0 0 00 0c cece eee ee 5 30 5 17 5 Configuring Legac
9. Cache memory bad do not enable cache CH 2 timer error CMOS battery state low CMOS checksum failure CMOS system options not set C 2 Gate A20 on the keyboard controller is not working An error exists in the address decoding circuitry Hard disk drive C does not respond Hard disk drive C does not respond Cache memory is defective An error exists in timer 2 The power of the system battery is low The CMOS RAM checksum is differ ent than the previous value The BIOS option values stored in the CMOS RAM are destroyed Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes Replace the SBC Replace the SBC Run the BIOS setup utility and check whether the correct disk type is speci fied for the drive If necessary use diagnostics software such as the AMIDiag Utility to find and correct the problem Replace the hard disk drive Replace the SBC Replace the SBC Replace the battery Run the BIOS setup utility Run the BIOS setup utility and reset the values Table C 2 Error Messages Continued Message Explanation Action CMOS display type mis match CMOS memory size mis match CMOS time and date not set D drive error D drive failure Diskette boot failure Display switch not set prop erly DMA error DMA 1 error DMA 2 error FDD controller failure HDD controller failure INTR error INTR2 error Invalid boot diskette Keyboard is locked You must unlock
10. Figure 9 1 J4 Connector Pin Layout o0O0000000000 o0000000000 m o0000000000I0 OoOO000000000 N oO0000000000 w o0000000000 gt o000000000O0I N Key o0o00000 o0o00000 o0o00000 OOO Q O Q O o0o00000 o0o00000 o000000 o000000 o000000 o000000 o000000 ML014489 9 2 Connectors and Headers Table 9 1 J4 Connector Pin Assignments Row F E D C B A Z 25 GND VCC NC NC NC NC GND 24 GND BTI GND DASP CS3FX CSIFX GND 23 GND DA2 DAO GND DAI IOCS16 GND 22 GND INTRQ DMAK NC IORDY GND GND 21 GND DIOR GND DIOW GND DMARQ GND 20 GND PDIAG GND bDD15 bDDO bDD14 GND 19 GND bDDI bDD13 bDD2 bDD12 bDD3 GND 18 GND bDDIl bDD4 bDD10 bDD5 bDD9 GND 17 GND bDD6 bDD8 bDD7 GND DRESET GND 16 GND GND RD RD TD TD GND 15 GND LEDI 2 LED3 VCC VCC GND GND Key 11 GND GND GND NC DACVSS BLUE GND 10 GND GREEN RED FVSYNC FHSYNC MID3 GND 9 GND MID2 MID1 MIDO GND GND GND 8 GND SCD12 SCD13 SCD14 SCDI5 SCDPH 2 GND 7 GND SCDO SCDI SCD2 SCD3 SCD4 GND 6 GND SCD SCD6 SCD7 SCDPL 2 GND GND 5 GND GND VCC VCC GND GND GND 4 GND ATN 2 GND BSY 2 SACK 2 SRST 2 GND 3 GND MSG 2 SEL 2 CD 2 SREQ 2 10 2 GND 2 GND SCD8 SCD9 SCD10 SCD11 PBYPASS GND 1 GND FAN3 FAN2 INTRUDER SSDA SSL GND Table 9 2 J4 Connector Signal Definitions Signal Definition General GND To SBC ground plane NC No connection VCC SBC 5 V power EIDE ATA 2 TTL Levels Connectors and Headers 9 3 Table 9 2 J4 Connector Signal Definitions Con
11. When optimal default settings are in effect the write back algorithm is enabled for internal cache and external cache is enabled Caching is disabled when fail safe default settings are in effect To modify the caching options for internal or external cache 1 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Internal Cache or External Cache option as appropriate 3 Select one of the following option values To Select Disable L1 internal cache and L2 secondary cache fail safe default Disabled Enable L2 secondary cache optimal default Enabled Use the write back caching algorithm for L1 internal cache optimal WriteBack default 4 Exitthe Option window 5 Exit the Advanced Setup window Configuring the System 5 23 5 14 3 Setting the DRAM Data Integrity Mode The DRAM Data Integrity Mode option allows you to enable error correction code ECC Level 1 or Level 2 mode for single bit error correction When in ECC Level 1 mode multibit errors are detected and reported as parity errors and single bit errors are corrected by the chipset Corrected bits of data from memory are not written back to DRAM system memory When in ECC Level 2 mode multibit errors are detected and reported as parity errors single bit errors are corrected by the chipset and the errors are written back to DRAM system memory If a soft correctable error occurs writing the fixed data back to DRAM system memory resolves
12. Keyboards and mice are connected to both the front and rear access keyboard and mouse connectors Troubleshooting System Problems Power off the system plug it in and power it back on Use another power outlet Remove the power supply unit and adjust the voltage select switch as explained in Section 6 11 Remove the rear access panel as explained in Section 6 10 1 and check the connections of all internal cables Remove the SBC as explained in Sec tion 6 4 1 and check that the CPU and SIMMs are seated properly Replace the system Replace the power supply Replace the SBC Make sure that the fan cables are con nected securely to the fan connectors Connect the keyboard and mouse to the front panel of the SBC or rear tran sition module as explained in Section 2 7 2 or 2 7 1 If the keyboard and mouse are con nected confirm that they are con nected to the correct ports Sections 2 7 2 and 2 7 1 identify the ports on the SBC and rear transition module front panels Disconnect the keyboard and mouse from the front or rear connectors so that only one keyboard mouse pair is connected 7 7 Table 7 3 Troubleshooting System Problems Continued Problem Possible Cause Action Power is on but no display appears on the monitor screen Serial ports are not func tional Parallel port is not func tional 7 8 Brightness and contrast controls are not set correctly The monit
13. Nc df ML014373 2 5 4 Reinstalling the SBC To install the SBC complete the following steps Refer to Figure 2 11 as neces sary 2 14 Setting Up the System Place the top and bottom edges of the module in the guides 1 of the chassis for slot 1 the system slot 2 Check that the injector ejector levers 2 of the two handles are in the outward position 3 Slide the module into the chassis until you feel resistance approximately 1 4 inch short of full insertion 4 Simultaneously move the injector ejector levers of the two handles to the inward position Verify that the module is seated properly Tighten the two captive screws 3 behind the handles which secure the module to the chassis Figure 2 11 Installing the SBC e Vs ORTE ae 78 m oA n MLO14317 2 6 Mounting the System into a Rack To mount the DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system into a rack 1 Mark the installation area on the rack rails 2 Install the U nuts on the rack rails 3 Install the system Sections 2 6 1 through 2 6 3 explain these steps in more detail 2 6 1 Marking the Installation Are
14. Parallel port Diskette drive Ultra I O Controller SMC FDC37C932 LM78 System Monitor SCSI Video PCI to ISA Bridge PIIX3 Intel 82371 Video Controller Cirrus Logic CL GD5446 UItraSCSI Controller Adaptec AIC 7880 ISA Bus PCI Host Main Memory Bridge Digital Equipment PCI Bus 21150 J1 Connector Intel P55C MMX Processor Serial ports 2 Parallel port Keyboard Mouse USB 2 EIDE Diskette ML014487 J4 J5 Connector Connector EIDE SCSI Video Ethernet 8 2 Intel Pentium Processor with MMX Technology The SBC is based on the 32 bit Intel Pentium processor with MMX technology at 233 MHz This is a superscalar pipelined processor manufactured using enhanced Intel CMOS silicon technology In addition to supporting standard features of the Pentium processor family such as a 64 bit data bus the Pentium processor with MMX technology features 8 2 MMX technology for supporting highly parallel repetitive sequences found in multimedia and communication applications SBC Functional Components 8 3 Memory e 32 KB of onchip cache 16 KB of code cache and 16 KB of write back data cache that uses the MESI cache protocol e Improved branch prediction e Enhanced pipelines and pipelined integer MMX and floating point units e Deeper write buffers e Virtual mode extensions For more information see the processor data sheet and documentation available on th
15. Problem Possible Cause Action Error 0x00000069 or 0x00000067 NMI Hardware Error Services or subsystems do not start properly Windows NT is unable to communi cate with your system s hard disk drive controller Faulty hardware Improper configuration required files are missing or required files are not installed Troubleshooting System Problems Make sure both ends of the SCSI bus are terminated Make sure there are no IRQ or mem ory address conflicts Make sure NTDETECT COM is in the root directory of your boot drive parti tion Make sure there are no missing Win dows NT system files You might do this by reinstalling Windows NT and specifying Repair Damaged or Miss ing Files when prompted If the problem still exists replace the CPU module Make sure all SIMM and SBC connec tors are clean and properly seated in their respective sockets Run diagnostic software such as the AM Diag Utility to identify and replace the faulty hardware Use the Services or Devices icon in the Control Panel menu to check for status Also check the system log in the Event Viewer for entries relating to the problem If the problem still exists contact your service provider 7 11 Table 7 3 Troubleshooting System Problems Continued Problem Possible Cause Action System does not boot from an IDE drive type is incorrect IDE hard disk drive Loose IDE cable connec
16. Section 2 12 Done ML014445 2 3 Addressing Operating Requirements The first step of the setup process is to ensure that the area in which the system will be used meets the environmental and power requirements specified in Sec tions 2 3 1 and 2 3 2 Setting Up the System 2 3 2 3 1 Environmental Requirements Table 2 1 lists the environmental requirements for DIGITAL 5 2331 8 Compact PCI systems Table 2 1 Environmental Requirements Condition Requirement Temperature range Operating 0 C to 50 C 32 F to 122 F Hard disk drive 5 C to 55 C 41 F to 130 F CD ROM drive 5 C to 45 C 41 F to 113 F Diskette drive 5 C to 45 C 41 F to 113 F Nonoperating 40 C to 66 C 40 F to 151 F Hard disk drive 40 C to 65 C 40 F to 149 F CD ROM drive 30 C to 55 C C22 F to 130 F Diskette drive 40 C to 60 C C40 F to 140 F Relative humidity Operating Between 1046 and 9596 with maximum wet bulb temper ature at 32 C 90 F and minimum dew point 2 C 36 P Hard disk drive 5 to 8596 CD ROM drive 20 to 80 Diskette drive 20 to 8096 Nonoperating 95 with maximum wet bulb at 46 C 115 F Hard disk drive 5 to 9596 CD ROM drive 10 to 80 Diskette drive 5 to 95 Altitude Operating Up to 3 0 km 10 000 ft with derating Reduce by a factor of 1 8 per 1000 m 1 F per 1000 ft Nonoperating 12 2 km 40 000 ft 2 4 Setti
17. Setting Up the System 2 1 Figure 2 1 A Typical System e R Scr 12 i MLO14301 DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI systems feature the following Ruggedized 19 rack mountable chassis Four 6U and three 3U plug and play CompactPCI option slots the 3U slots can be converted to 6U slots Modular mechanical design that simplifies maintenance and serviceability 300 W power supply Single board computer SBC with Intel 233 MHz P55C MMX processor Rear I O SBC transition module 80 mm Built in CD ROM hard disk and diskette drives For detailed system specifications see Appendix A 2 2 System Setup at a Glance 2 2 Figure 2 2 shows a flow diagram of the setup process Setting Up the System Figure 2 2 System Setup at a Glance Address operating requirements Section 2 3 Do you need to install front or rear option modules Yes Install the option modules Section 2 4 No Does your application require front access I O Set up the system for front Yes access I O Section 2 5 Mount the system in a rack Section 2 6 Connect the I O cables and power cord Section 2 7 Power on the system Section 2 8 No Is Windows NT factory installed No Install Windows NT Section 2 9 Boot the operating system Section 2 10 Install supplied device drivers Section 2 11 Consider system configuration changes
18. sary check and reset the Ethernet front rear access select jumper as explained in Section 2 5 Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the onboard Ethernet controller as explained in Section 5 10 Replace the SBC or rear transition module as appropriate Replace the SBC Check all USB cable connections Try the other USB ports If necessary check and reset the USB front rear access select jumper as explained in Section 2 5 Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the USB ports as explained in Section 5 13 1 Also make sure the USB ports are configured correctly for the types of devices being used See Section 5 13 3 Replace the SBC or rear transition module as appropriate Replace the SBC Remove and reinstall the option mod ule as explained in Section 6 9 or 6 8 Install the option module in another slot following the instructions in Sec tion 6 9 or 6 8 If the module operates correctly in the second slot replace the system Replace the option module 7 9 Table 7 3 Troubleshooting System Problems Continued Problem Possible Cause Action System operates incorrectly after installing optional SIMMs System fails to retain setup information System displays HIMEM SYS errors System displays a System Error F002 message Couldn t Find NTLDR Error 0000001 E 7 10 SIMMs are installed incorrectly SIMM failure System battery failure Unstable memory at the
19. B 7 IRQn 5 30 LBA mode B 2 B 9 memory shadowing B 5 onboard diskette controller B 6 onboard Ethernet B 7 Onboard Ethernet Controller 5 20 Onboard FDC 5 17 Onboard IDE 5 12 B 7 Onboard Parallel Port 5 21 B 7 Onboard PCI SCSI 5 19 B 7 Onboard Serial Port 1 5 20 B 6 Onboard Serial Port 2 5 20 B 7 optimal defaults B 9 original defaults B 9 Parallel Port DMA Channel 5 21 Parallel Port IRQ 5 21 Parallel Port Mode 5 21 B 7 Password Check 5 9 B 4 PCIIDE Bus Master 5 29 B 6 PCI latency timer B 6 PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks 5 29 PIO mode B 2 B 9 plug and play B 6 power management B 6 Pri Master 5 13 5 14 5 15 Pri Master ARMD Emwulated as 5 19 Pri Slave 5 13 5 14 5 15 Pri Slave ARMD Emulated as 5 19 Primary Display 5 10 Primary master storage device B 2 Primary slave storage device B 2 PS 2 Mouse Support 5 11 B 4 Quick Boot 5 26 B 3 recalling settings for 5 7 Receiver Polarity B 7 Reserved Memory Address 5 30 B 6 Reserved Memory Size 5 30 B 6 S M A R T for Hard Disk 5 17 B 4 SBC fan alarm B 8 SBC Temp Alarm 5 32 B 8 Sec Master ARMD Emulated as 5 19 Sec Slave 5 13 5 14 5 15 Sec Slave ARMD Emulated as 5 19 Secondary master storage device B 2 Secondary slave storage device B 2 sectors hard disk B 2 Serial Port 2 Mode B 7 setting data and time 5 8 setting security 5 8 size hard disk B 2 standard B 2 summary of B 1 supervisor passwor
20. Cables connecting for front access I O 2 19 connecting for rear access I O 2 18 Cache configuring 4 3 external write back 3 6 specifications of A 3 Caching configuring 5 23 CD ROM drive 2 2 3 3 configuring 4 2 5 11 5 15 installing 6 28 removing 6 28 troubleshooting 7 17 Chassis See Enclosure Checkpoint codes C 5 bus C 11 runtime C 6 uncompressed initialization C 6 Chipset configuration options 5 3 Clock distribution 3 4 Clock speed 3 6 Clocks 8 5 Cnnn 16K Shadow options 5 25 Commands summary of console B 1 CompactPCI system See System Index 3 Configuration categories 5 3 Configuration icons 5 2 Configuration system 4 1 checklist for 4 1 default settings for 4 2 recalling settings for 5 7 when to adjust 4 1 Connectors 9 1 Ethernet 9 20 J4 CompactPCI 9 2 memory 9 25 parallel port 9 9 PS 2 keyboard mouse 9 15 SCSI 9 21 serial port 9 17 single board computer SBC 3 7 specifications of A 3 video 9 24 Console command summary B 1 Cooling system 3 14 specifications of A 1 CPU 3 6 3 8 specifications of A 3 speed 2 23 type 2 23 CPU reset button 3 7 Cylinders 5 12 Cylinders hard disk B 2 D Data path specifications A 3 Date 4 2 B 2 setting 5 8 Date Time option 5 8 Default configuration settings 5 4 Depth 3 1 Device driver diskette 2 26 Device drivers 1 2 7 2 installing 2 26 device for 8 11 Devices checking cabling of 7 2 DIGITAL 5 233i 8 Co
21. Figure 8 2 SCSI Termination SBC Rear Transition Module N SCD8 15 DS2105Z DS2105Z Termination PDP q PD Termination SCDO 7 Pl j4 J4 DS2105Z DS2105Z Termination PD P q PD Termination CTRL gt DS21052 55hb Jen _0S21082 TMD Termination Termination Ves E5 AIC7880 MLO14488 If you connect a wide device into the rear transition module s 68 pin connector pin 1 is grounded and all three terminators are turned off In this case you must connect a wide device at the end of the cable Note DS2105Z PD Termination DS2105Z q PD Termination If you use a 68 to 50 pin SCSI adapter the adapter must have straight through connections with no pins hooked together With this controller s termination scheme some of these adapters short all ground pins together causing the terminator for the SCD8 15 signals to be turned off when it should not be 8 10 Video Controller The Cirrus Logic PCI video controller GD5446 provides video support for sys tems that do not include a CompactPCI video adapter option module The control ler supports DDC2 display data channel serial monitor communications If you install a CompactPCI video module in your system the onboard video is disabled by default This default setting allows you to upgrade video simply by installing the option module You also have the option of d
22. Part Il System Configuration Part II explains how to use the BIOS to configure your DIGITAL 5 233i 8 Com pactPCI system This part consists of the following chapters e Chapter 4 Making Configuration Decisions e Chapter 5 Configuring Your System 4 Identifying Configuration Requirements Your DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system was set up for normal operation at the factory and will operate properly without additional configuring However at some point you may need to adjust the system s configuration This chapter will help you identify configuration requirements Topics include When to Adjust Your System s Configuration Configuration Checklist 4 1 When to Adjust Your System s Configuration You may need or want to adjust your system s initial configuration to Adjust optimal and fail safe default configurations Reset the time or date Adjust system security password and anti virus protection Add change or upgrade hardware such as a new hard disk drive Reconfigure keyboard mouse serial and parallel ports Adjust advanced chipset PCI plug and play or peripheral setup options based on application needs Change system display modes Adjust Ethernet or USB jumpers for front or rear access I O Note If you change BIOS settings make sure you record the new settings and keep the information in a safe place Should you ever have to reset the set tings such as when you replace the battery you can use thi
23. Select one of the following option values To Select Disable the controller Disabled Set the controller to use the primary channel the default Primary Set the controller to use the secondary channel Secondary Set the controller to use the primary and secondary channels the Both default 4 Exitthe Option window 5 Exit the Peripheral Setup window 5 7 3 Configuring MFM Hard Disk Drives To configure an MFM hard disk drive 1 8 Make note of the following information concerning the disk drive Number of heads Number of cylinders Number of sectors Starting write precompensation cylinder Capacity Select the Standard icon in the Setup window Select the Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master or Sec Slave icon in the Stan dard Setup window as appropriate Select the Type option in the device window Select the 43 44 45 or 46 option on the drive parameter window If the drive parameters listed for the type you selected do not match the drive parameters of the MFM drive go back to the device window and configure the device as a user defined hard disk drive see Section 8 If the parameters match con tinue to step 6 If the drive type is other than 43 to 46 select User and enter appropriate values for the parameters Exit the drive parameter window Exit the device window Exit the Standard Setup window 5 7 4 Configuring User Defined Hard Disk Drives To configure a user defin
24. ter 5 explains how to use the BIOS setup utility to verify and change system con figuration settings 2 13 Powering Off the System You may need to power off the system to resolve system hangs or similar prob lems Caution Before you power off your computer make sure you save and close all open files if at all possible If the system shuts down before you save and close open files you may lose data Vorsicht Bevor Sie den Computer ausschalten sollten Sie sich vergewissern daf Sie falls m glich alle Dateien gespeichert und geschlossen haben Wenn Sie das System ausschalten bevor Sie die offenen Dateien gespeichert und geschlossen haben besteht das Risiko daB Sie Daten verlieren To power off the system 1 Close application data files that are open Setting Up the System 2 27 Close applications that are running Click the Start icon at the lower left corner of your screen Click the Shutdown icon and then on Yes to shut down your system Qno co qas SD After the message You can now safely turn off your com puter appears on the screen press the power On Off button on the front panel of the power supply module If you need to power off your system for an extended period power off the system and unplug the power cord from the system s power inlet 2 14 Restarting the System You can restart your system by using a hard boot or a soft boot Method How to Invoke Action Performed Hard boot Po
25. updating 5 33 Index 1 BIOS options 5 3 1st Boot Device 5 27 2nd Boot Device 5 27 32 bit mode B 2 3rd Boot Device 5 27 anti virus B 8 ARMD emulated as B 3 Auto 5 14 block mode B 2 B 9 boot sequence B 3 Boot to OS 2 5 27 BootUp Num Lock 5 27 B 4 Cnnn 16K Shadow 5 25 cylinders hard disk B 2 date B 2 Date Time 5 8 dependencies between 5 6 diskette access control B 4 diskette drive B 3 Display Mode at Add On ROM Init 5 28 B 4 display monitor and adapter 5 10 DMA Channel B 6 DMA Channel n 5 31 DRAM speed 5 23 DRAM timings B 5 EPP Version 5 21 B 7 External Cache 5 23 B 5 fail safe defaults B 9 Floppy A 5 18 Floppy Access Control 5 18 Floppy B 5 18 Floppy Drive Seek option 5 18 Floppy Drive Swap 5 18 for booting OS 2 B 4 for configuring hard disk and CD ROM de vices 5 11 for configuring IDE controller channels 5 12 for configuring system without keyboard 5 11 for diskette drive seek B 4 for IDE hard disk drives 5 14 for IRQ lines B 6 for MFM hard disk drives 5 13 for primary display B 4 for PS 2 mouse 5 11 for swapping diskette drives B 4 for user defined hard disk drives 5 13 Hard Disk Access Control 5 17 B 4 heads hard disk B 2 Index 2 Hit Message Display 5 27 Hit DEL Message Display B 5 Initial Display Mode 5 28 B 4 Internal Cache 5 23 B 5 Intrusion Alarm 5 32 B 8 IR Transmission serial port mode
26. 1 2 o0000 ooo o 10 ML014493 Table 9 11 Keyboard Mouse Header Pin Assignments Signal Pin Pin Signal KBDCLK 1 2 OV KBDDAT 3 4 NC 5 6 NC KBDVCC 7 8 Keyed missing pin NC 9 10 GND Note Power present on the keyboard mouse header is only for use by the key board or mouse Table 9 12 Keyboard Mouse Header Signal Definitions Signal Definition KBDCLK Clock for the keyboard or mouse KBDDAT Serial data line for the keyboard or mouse KBDVCC Power for the keyboard or mouse 9 8 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connectors A 6 pin PS 2 keyboard mouse connector J15 is on the front panel of the SBC and separate PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors are on the front panel of the rear transition module The supplied PS 2 keyboard mouse Y cable attaches to this connector Connectors and Headers 9 15 9 16 Figure 9 7 shows the pin layout for the PS 2 keyboard mouse connectors Table 9 13 lists the connector pin assignments for the SBC s keyboard mouse combina tion connector and Table 9 14 lists the pin assignments for the keyboard and mouse connectors on the rear transition module Table 9 15 defines the signals associated with the pins Notes An asterisk in a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Figure 9 7 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Pin Layout S MEUM ON A995 a ML013553 6 5 4 3 Table 9 13 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Combination Connector Pin Assignments
27. 12 9 13 11 1 11 2 11 3 11 4 11 5 11 6 Tables 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 4 1 5 1 5 2 5 3 6 1 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 8 8 1 8 2 8 3 8 4 9 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 9 5 9 6 9 7 9 8 9 9 9 10 9 11 9 12 9 13 9 14 9 15 9 16 9 17 9 18 Ethernet Connector Pin Layout SCSI Connector Pin Layout Video Connector Pin Layout SIMM Connectors Watchdog Register Watchdog Strobe Register Write Watchdog Strobe Register Read FPGA Index Register FPGA Data Register LM78 Connections Package Contents Environmental Requirements Power Supply Requirements Declared Noise Emissions Schallemissionswerete Valid SIMM Combinations Power Input Specifications Power Output Specifications Identifying Configuration Requirements 0 00008 WINBIOS Setup Configuration Categories 000 Hard Disk Drive Parameters Typical Hard Disk Drive Information Valid SIMM Combinations Environmental Requirements Power Supply Requirements Troubleshooting System Problems Troubleshooting Storage Device Problems esses Troubleshooting Monitor Problems Troubleshooting Network Interface Problems 00005 BIOS Error Reporting
28. 17 4 Do you need to configure legacy ISA EISA adapter cards 5 17 5 System Management Do you want to use the LM78 system management features 5 18 Do you want to monitor system power voltages 5 18 1 Do you need to set a minimum or maximum voltage limit Do you want to use the intrusion alert feature 5 18 2 Do you want to monitor the CPU temperature 5 18 3 Do you need to set the minimum and maximum CPU temperature limits BIOS Flash Do you need to update the BIOS flash 5 19 4 4 Identifying Configuration Requirements 9 Configuring the System This chapter explains how to configure a DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system using the American Megatrends WINBIOS Setup utility Topics include About WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS Basics Setting the Date and Time Configuring System Security Configuring a Display Monitor and Adapter Configuring Keyboard and Mouse Support Configuring Hard Disk and CD ROM Devices Configuring the Diskette Drive Configuring the Onboard SCSI Controller Configuring the Onboard Ethernet Controller Configuring Onboard Serial Ports Configuring the Onboard Parallel Ports Configuring USB Support Configuring Memory Configuring Boot Options Configuring Display Modes Configuring PCI Plug and Play Capabilities Configuring LM78 System Management Features Updating the BIOS Flash 5 1 About WINBIOS Setup WINBIOS Setup enables you to select and store information about the system s hardware and software
29. 2 keyboard mouse connector 3 7 9 15 PS 2 mouse connector 3 10 PS 2 Mouse Support option 5 11 B 4 Q Quick Boot option 5 26 B 3 R Rear transition module 2 2 3 4 connectors and headers 9 1 Rear access panel 3 4 Receiver Polarity option B 7 Registers floating point gate array FPGA data regis ter 11 2 11 5 floating point gate array FPGA index regis ter 11 2 11 4 programmable chip select PCS register watchdog register 11 2 watchdog strobe register 11 2 11 3 Regulatory conformance A 4 Relative humidity specifications A 1 Reliability A 4 Requirements system 2 3 Reserved Memory Address option 5 30 B 6 Reserved Memory Size option 5 30 Reserved Meory Size option B 6 Reset button 3 7 Resets 3 4 Runtime checkpoint codes C 6 S S M A R T for Hard Disk option 5 17 B 4 SBC fan alarm B 8 SBC Temp Alarm option 5 32 B 8 Screen displays BIOS version 2 24 system configuration 2 24 system management measurement and status 2 25 system startup 2 23 SCSI connector 9 21 on rear transition module 3 10 on single board computer SBC 3 7 SCSI controller 8 1 8 4 8 6 configuring 5 19 B 7 SCSI devices configuring 4 3 troubleshooting 7 16 SCSI header 3 10 SCSI termination 8 6 SCSISelect Utility 2 24 Sec Master ARMD Emulated as option 5 19 Sec Master option BIOS options Sec Master 5 13 5 14 5 15 Sec Slave ARMD Emulated as option 5 19 Sec Slave option 5 13 5 14
30. 3 System Management Measurement and Status Screen Display AMIBIOS then reports the measurement and status of the system s voltages intrusion and SBC temperature Figure 2 22 shows how this information is reported Figure 2 22 System Management Measurement and Status Screen Display CPU Voltage Measurement 2 70V Voltage 1 Measurement 3 47V Voltage 2 Measurement 5 08V Voltage 3 Measurement 12 03V Voltage 4 Measurement 12 06V CPU Fan Speed No Tach Fan 2 Speed No Tach Fan 3 Speed No Tach Temperature Measurement 29 C Intrusion Alert Disabled Note CPU Voltage Status Voltage 1 Status Voltage 2 Status Voltage 3 Status Voltage 4 Status CPU Fan Status Fan 2 Status Fan 3 Status Temperature Status Intrusion Status Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Fail Pass Pass Pass Pass ML014442 AMIBIOS reports No Tach for the fan speeds because fan monitoring is disabled This feature is disabled to accommodate the system s use of variable speed fans The BIOS then tries to find the boot device Note A normal power up emits a single blink on the status LED on the front panel of the SBC A sequence of blinks during start up indicates errors If the system fails the startup tests or you see multiple blinks and the system halts power the system off wait approximately 15 seconds and then power it on again If the system continues to fail the tests or emits multi ple blinks consult Chapter 7 fo
31. BootUp Num Lock option To disable or enable the use of the numeric keypad arrow keys 1 A NS Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window Select the BootUp Num Lock option Set the option value to Off or On as appropriate Exit the Option window Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 15 4 Enabling or Disabling OS 2 Compatible Mode You have the option of configuring AMIBIOS such that it can run with the IBM OS 2 operating system By default this feature is disabled To enable or disable OS 2 compatibility 1 Ge e eS Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window Select the Boot to OS 2 option Set the option value to Yes or No as appropriate Exit the Option window Exit the Advanced Setup window Configuring the System 5 27 5 15 5 Disabling and Enabling Hit lt DEL gt and Wait for lt F1 gt Boot Messages During a system boot AMIBIOS displays messages and prompts One such mes sage is the Hit DEL if you want to run Setup message A second message is the Press F1 to continue message that may appear while the POST diagnos tics run In the case of this second message AMIBIOS waits for a response before continuing Both of these messages are enabled by default To disable them 1 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Hit DEL Message Display or Wait for F1 If Error option as appropriate Set the option value to Disabled Exit the Option window Exi
32. DD12 DD3 GND 2 GND DDIl DD4 DD10 DD5 DD9 GND 1 GND DD6 DD8 DD7 DRESET RESET GND You can limit the current or do EMI filtering on these lines for direct cabling purposes Table 9 4 J5 Connector Signal Definitions Signal Definition General GND To ground plane VCC 5 V power supply Diskette Drive TTL Levels DSKCHG Indicates the drive door is open DIR Controls the direction of the head during step opera DRVDENS lt 1 0 gt tions Disk density select communication DS lt 1 0 gt Drive selects HDSEL Selects the top or bottom side head INDEX Indicates the beginning of a track MTR lt 1 0 gt Motor enable RDATA Read data from the drive STEP Step pulses move the head in or out TRO Indicates that the head is positioned above track 00 WDATA Write data to the drive WGATE Enables the head write circuitry of the drive WPROT Indicates a diskette is write protected EIDE ATA 2 TTL Levels CSIFX Chip select drive 0 and command register block select CS3FX Chip select drive 1 and command register block select DA lt 2 0 gt Drive register and data port address lines Connectors and Headers 9 7 Table 9 4 J5 Connector Signal Definitions Continued Signal DASP DD lt 15 0 gt DIOR DIOW DMACK DMARQ DRESET INTRQ IOCS16 IORDY PDIAG Definition Drive active slave present Drive data lines for bits 15 to 0 Drive I O read Drive I O write Drive DMA acknowl
33. DI ERR Input 15 2 Input Output DO AFD Output 14 1 Output STB Table 9 6 Parallel Port Connector Signal Definitions Signal Definition ACK Input is pulsed by the peripheral device to acknowl edge data retrieval AFD Causes the printer to add a line feed BUSY Indicates that the printer cannot accept any more data ERR Set low when an error is detected GND Ground INIT Initializes the printer PD lt 7 0 gt Parallel port data lines bits 7 to 0 PE Indicates that the printer is out of paper SLCT Set high when selected SLIN Selects the printer STB Indicates that data at the parallel port is valid 9 5 EIDE Hard Drive Headers Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics EIDE hard drives connect to 40 pin headers J5 and J8 on the rear transition module 9 10 Connectors and Headers Note The red stripe on the 40 pin EIDE ribbon cable should be near pins 1 and 2 on the 40 pin headers The SBC and EIDE hard drives will not work correctly if you plug the cable in backwards Figure 9 4 shows the pin layout for an EIDE drive header Table 9 7 lists the header pin assignments Table 9 8 defines the signals associated with the pins Notes An asterisk in a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Figure 9 4 EIDE Header Pin Layout oo oo oo oo Oo oo oo oo Oo oo Oo oo Oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo ML014491 Table 9 7 EIDE Header Pin Assignments Signal VO Dir
34. ISA EISA adapter card you need to identify the IRQ lines and DMA channels to be used by the device and specify the starting address and amount of ROM needed to support the device To configure a legacy ISA EISA adapter card 1 Select the PCI PnP icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Reserved Memory Size option 3 Set the option value to 16K 32K or 64K as appropriate If multiple ISA EISA adapter cards are installed this value must accomo date all cards 4 Exitthe Option window Select the Reserved Memory Address option Set the starting address of the reserved area of memory to hexadecimal value C0000 C4000 C8000 CC000 D0000 D4000 D8000 or DC000 7 Exitthe Option window 8 Select the IRQn option that corresponds to an IRQ line to be used by ISA EISA devices 9 Set the option value to ISA EISA Configuring the System When set to ISA EISA AMIBIOS removes the corresponding IRQ line from the pool of available IRQ lines that can be assigned automatically to configured onboard PCI plug and play devices The default setting for the IRQn options is PCP PnP Up to four IRQs can be allocated to the PCI bus The IRQs are allocated according to PCI slot position and the capabilities of the PCI option card 10 Exit the Option window 11 Select the DMA Channel n option that corresponds to the DMA channel to be reserved for use by ISA EISA devices 12 Set the option value to ISA EISA When set to ISA EISA
35. Problems Problem Possible Cause Action Monitor power LED is not lit No screen display No monitor display while loading Windows video driv ers Distorted rolling or flicker ing screen display or wrong or uneven color Color monitor displaying monochrome Monitor is powered off Power cord is not connected No power at the power outlet Monitor off timer powered off the monitor Monitor failure Video controller failure Defective power LED Configuration error Monitor brightness and contrast con trols are set incorrectly Monitor off timer powered off the monitor Monitor type set incorrectly Required video driver is not loaded Monitor adjusted incorrectly Monitor signal cable installed incor rectly System was powered on before the monitor was powered on Troubleshooting System Problems Power on the monitor Connect the power cord to the monitor and plug the other end of the cord into a power outlet Use another outlet Press the Shift key to reactivate the monitor If available try another monitor If the new monitor operates correctly replace the old monitor Replace the SBC Replace the SBC Run the BIOS setup utility and config ure the display monitor and adapter as explained in Section 5 5 Adjust the monitor brightness and con trast controls Press the Shift key to reactivate the monitor Set the correct monitor type by
36. Reboot the system Configuring the System 5 33 7 Reconfigure the system a Start WINBIOS Setup a Load the optimal default configuration b Check the configuration settings You may need to autodetect the hard disk drives and set up any customized options c Exit WINBIOS Setup 5 34 Configuring the System Part Ill Maintenance and Troubleshooting Part III explains how to maintain and troubleshoot your DIGITAL 5 233i 8 Com pactPCI system This part consists of the following chapters e Chapter 6 System Maintenance e Chapter 7 Troubleshooting System Problems 6 Maintaining the System This chapter explains how to maintain the system Topics include What You Need Taking Precautions During System Maintenance Maintaining Fan Operation Removing and Installing the SBC Adjusting Jumpers for Front Access I O Upgrading and Replacing Memory Replacing the Lithium Battery Removing and Replacing the SBC Rear Transition Module Installing and Replacing Front and Rear Option Modules Removing and Replacing Storage Devices Removing and Replacing the Power Supply Unit 6 1 What You Need To complete the procedures explained in this chapter you need The parts being added or used for replacement Phillips screwdriver Antistatic wriststrap or isolation gloves 6 2 Taking Precautions During System Maintenance To avoid possible injury and damage to the system take appropriate power supply and antistatic precauti
37. Select the Quick Boot option 3 Change the option value to Enabled or Disabled as appropriate 4 Exitthe Option window 5 Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 15 2 Specifying the Boot Device Sequence 5 26 You can specify the order of devices from which AMIBIOS is to attempt to boot the system By default AMIBIOS uses the following boot sequence 1 1st Floppy 2 2nd Ist IDE HDD 3 3rd ATAPI CD ROM 4 Other Yes To specify a boot device sequence Configuring the System 8 9 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window Select the 1st Boot Device option Set the option value to Disabled Ist IDE 2nd IDE 3rd IDE 4th IDE Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CD ROM SCSI or Network Select the 2nd Boot Device option Set the option value to Disabled Ist IDE 2nd IDE 3rd IDE 4th IDE Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CD ROM or SCSI Select the 3rd Boot Device option Set the option value to Disabled Ist IDE 2nd IDE 3rd IDE 4th IDE Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD or ATAPI CD ROM Select the Try Other Boot Devices option Set the option value to Yes or No 10 Exit the Option window 11 Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 15 3 Disabling and Enabling the Use of Numeric Keypad Arrow Keys By default at system boot time the keyboard arrow keys and the arrow keys on the numeric keypad are available If you want to disable the arrow keys on the numeric keypad you can do so by setting the
38. Up the System 2 11 Figure 2 8 Installing an Option Module MLO14306 For more information see the documentation supplied with the option module 2 5 Setting Up the System for Front Access I O By default the DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system assumes rear access I O If front access I O is required or more appropriate for your application you must adjust the settings of Ethernet and universal serial bus USB front rear I O access jumpers Sections 2 5 1 through 2 5 4 explain the steps for setting the jumpers In summary you need to 1 Take antistatic precautions 2 Remove the SBC 3 Adjust the jumper settings 4 Reinstall the SBC 2 5 1 Taking Antistatic Precautions When handling circuit boards and associated internal computer components use an antistatic wriststrap or wear isolation gloves Caution Circuit boards and associated system components are sensitive to and can be damaged by electrostatic discharge ESD To avoid damaging boards or components take appropriate precautions when handling them 2 12 Setting Up the System Vorsicht Gedruckte Schaltungen und dazu geh rende Systemkomponenten reagieren empfindlich auf elektrostatische Entladung und k nnen durch elektrostatische Entladung sogar besch digt werden Treffen Sie die erforderlichen Vorsichtsma nahmen damit Schaltplatten oder Systemkomponenten beim Ein und Ausbau nicht bes
39. a Loosen the four screws 1 that secure the power supply bay to the chas sis b Slide the power supply bay out of the chassis 2 20 Setting Up the System Figure 2 16 Removing the Power Supply Bay ML014318 3 Check that the voltage selection switch is set correctly for the AC input power source available in your specific country Set the voltage switch to 115 for nominal range 100 to 120 V 230 for nominal range 220 to 240 V Caution The voltage selection switch must match the voltage supplied by your power outlet In North America 115 volts is common In other countries 230 volts is common Ensure that the voltage selection switch is set to the correct voltage If it is not set correctly you can damage your system Vorsicht Der Spannungsw hlschalter mu mit Netzspannung bereinstimmen In Nordamerika ist eine Netzspannung von 115 Volt in anderen L ndern dagegen 230 Volt blich Vergewissern Sie sich daf der Spannungsw hlschalter auf die richtige Netzspannung eingestellt ist Das System kann besch digt werden wenn die Netzspannung nicht richtig eingestellt ist 4 Reinstall the power supply bay by reversing the steps shown in Figure 2 16 Setting Up the System 2 21 a Align the top and bottom of the power supply bay with the card guides in the power supply slot of the chassis b Slide the power supply bay into the chassis c Tighten the four
40. a keyboard controller is installed To skip the POST routines for the key board set the System Keyboard option in Advanced Setup to Absent Verify that the keyboard is connected correctly If it is replace the SBC Insert a valid bootable diskette in drive A Use diagnostics software such as the AMIDiag Utility to find and correct the memory problem Check that the SIMMs are installed correctly If the errror persists use diagnostics software such as the AMIDiag Utility to find and correct the memory problem Check that the SIMMs are installed correctly If the error persists use diag nostics software such as the AMIDiag Utility to find and correct the memory problem C 3 EISA BIOS Error Messages The EISA BIOS can generate additional error messages None of these messages is fatal Table C 3 lists the error messages Table C 3 EISA BIOS Error Messages Message Explanation C 4 EISA CMOS Checksum Failure EISA CMOS Inoperational Expansion Board Not Ready at Slot X Y Fail Safe Timer NMI Inopera tional The checksum for EISA CMOS is bad The battery for EISA CMOS RAM can be bad A read write error occurred in extended CMOS RAM The battery may be bad Z The BIOS cannot find the expansion board in Slot x y or z Make sure the board is in the correct slot and 1s correctly seated Devices that depend on the fail safe NMI timer is not operating correctly Error M
41. an Board NMI or D to disable the board Expansion Board Disabled at Slot The expansion board in slot n has been disabled n Expansion Board NMI at Slotn An expansion board NMI was generated from slot n Fail Safe Timer NMI A file safe timer NMI has been generated Software Port NMI A software port NMI has been generated C 6 POST Checkpoint Codes When AMIBIOS runs the POST diagnostics it writes checkpoint codes to I O port 0080h If the system does not complete the boot process you can attach diag nostic equipment to the system to read that I O port Sections C 6 1 through C 6 3 list the following types of checkpoint codes Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes C 5 e Uncompressed initialization checkpoint codes Runtime checkpoint codes e Bus checkpoint codes C 6 1 Uncompressed Initialization Checkpoint Codes Table C 6 lists the uncompressed initialization checkpoint codes in the order of execution Table C 6 Uncompressed Initialization Checkpoint Codes Code Explanation DOh Dih D3h D4h D5h D6h D7h D8h D9h The NMI is disabled and power on delay is starting The initialization code checksum will be verified Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat mode Determining the amount of memory that is installed Returning to real mode executing OEM patches and setting the stack Passing control to the unco
42. and Play Features AMIBIOS detects and enables PCI plug and play ISA adapter cards that are required for system booting In addition the Windows NT operating system detects and enables all other plug and play adapter cards The optimal and fail safe default settings for this option are No However before adding PCI plug and play adapter cards to the system you must set this option to Yes to ensure that the cards are configured properly To enable or disable PCI plug and play features 1 2 3 4 5 6 Select the PCI PnP icon in the Setup window Select the Plug and Play Aware O S option Set the option value to Yes or No as appropriate Exit the Option window Set other plug and play options as appropriate Exit the PCI PnP Setup window 5 17 2 Setting the PCI Latency Timer The default PCI latency timer setting is 64 PCI clocks To adjust this setting 1 2 3 Select the PCI PnP icon in the Setup window Select the PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks option Set the option value to 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 or 248 The default is 64 Exit the Option window Exit the PCI PnP Setup window 5 17 3 Declaring the PCI IDE Bus Master You can declare the IDE controller on the PCI local bus as bus master As bus master the controller has specific capabilities for controlling access to the bus To declare the controller as bus master 1 2 3 4 5 Select the PCI PnP icon in the Setup window Sel
43. automatically detects and displays all IDE parameters including those for ATAPI CD ROM drives Click the OK button to accept the parameters If you are absolutely certain that you know the correct IDE parameters and you prefer to enter the parame ters manually you can do so Return to the device menu Configuring the System 9 Enter values for the following IDE disk drive options Option Description LBA Large Mode Block Mode 32 Bit Mode PIO Mode When set to On enables support for IDE drives with capaci ties greater than 528 MB The default is Off If you do not enable this option the system will allow use of up to 528 MB only even though the operating system sup ports greater than 528 MB When set to On enables support for IDE drives that use block mode Block mode increases the performance of data trans fers by increasing the amount of data transferred for each operation Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per inter rupt when block mode is disabled The default is Off When set to On enables support for IDE drives that use a 32 bit data path The default is Off allowing use of a 16 bit data path Specifies the programmed I O PIO mode for an IDE drive This mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode value increases the cycle time decreases Valid values are Auto 0 1 2 3 4 or 5 Modes 3 to 7 are advanced PIO modes
44. clearance of 7 62 cm 3 inches at the rear of the system to allow for air exhaust and cable egress Allow 7 62 cm 3 inches at the front for system access and air intake UL 1950 CSA Category certified to CAN CSA C22 2 No 950 M89 TUV Agency TUV Product Services GS CB Certificate CE FCC Part 15 Class A Dimensions 15 75 H x 19 00 W x 12 00 D Weight 45 Ibs 20 4 kg Power Power supply 300 W 100 120 220 240 V 50 60 Hz A 2 Specifications Table A 1 System Specifications Continued Power budget 13 33 V 20A 15 0V 925A 112 0 V 10A 5 0 V aux 0 05 A 120V 9 0 5A Single board computer Intel CPU Bus interface Cache Memory Addressing Data paths Interrupts DMA channels VO Clock calendar SBC connectors Pentium with MMX technology at 233 MHz 32 bit fast fully buffered 33 MHz PCI interface 2 mm pin and socket 220 pin CompactPCI connector IEC 1076 4 101 32 KB CPU cache 512 KB Level 2 write back cache 7 ns synchronous pipelined burst with extended capability Two banks of two 72 pin SIMM sockets Up to 256 MB of 60 ns EDO memory Parity or ECC via Intel 82430HX chipset Real 36 bit and protected 32 bit on bus access 64 bit on CPU bus 32 bit on PCI bus 11 edge sensitive and configurable Four PCI level sensitive configurable to any interrupt vector for plug and play compatibility ISA on card interrupts are plug and play compliant Four 8
45. designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Achtung Dieses ist ein Ger t der Funkst rgrenzwertklasse A In Wohnbereichen k nnen bei Betrieb dieses Ger tes Rundfunkst rungenauftreten in welchen Fallen der Benutzer f r entsprechende Gegenmafinahmen verantwortlich ist Attention Ceci est un produit de Classe A Dans un environment domestique ce produit risque de cr er des interf rences radio lectriques il appartiendra alors l utilisateur de prendre les mesures sp cifiques appropri es Canadian EMC Notice This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la class A respecte toutes les exigences du r glement sur le mat riel broilleur du Canada Note Shielded data cables must be used to interconnec
46. disabled to make the EO000h page available on the local bus 5 15 Configuring Boot Options WINBIOS Setup options are available for controlling system boots Sections 5 15 1 through 5 15 4 explain how to e Enable quick boots Configuring the System 5 25 e Specify the boot device sequence e Enable the use of numeric keypad arrow keys e Enable OS 2 compatibility mode e Disable boot prompts and messages 5 15 1 Enabling and Disabling Quick Boots You have the option of instructing AMIBIOS to boot quickly when the system is powered on When the Quick Boot option is disabled the default and the system is powered on AMBIOS tests all system memory and introduces the following delays e Waits up to 40 seconds for a READY signal from IDE hard disk drives e Waits for 0 5 second after sending a RESET signal to the IDE drive to allow the drive time to get ready again e Prompts you to press the Delete key to invoke WINBIOS Setup and waits Note If you enable the Quick Boot option AMIBIOS does not test system memory above 1 MB and does not introduce the preceding delays This ensures a quick boot However you must be aware of the following con sequences e If AMIBIOS does not receive a READY signal from an IDE drive imme diately the drive is not configured e You will not have an opportunity to invoke WINBIOS Setup To enable or disable the Quick Boot option 1 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window 2
47. front option modules storage bay and power supply bay are cooled with bottom to top air flow while the rear transition module and rear I O option modules are cooled with top to bot tom air flow Exhaust exits from the top and bottom at the rear of the system Figure 3 12 System Air Flow e ML014448 The fan tray contains three variable speed fans and a filter The fans adjust to the following speeds Temperature Range Speed 0 to 25 C Low 26 to 45 C Medium 46 to 50 C High The filter catches dust which over time could reduce the efficiency and effective ness of the fans 3 14 Getting Familiar with the System Note You need to periodically check and if necessary clean the fan tray filter as explained in Section 6 3 In addition to the fans the system includes a 3 slot wide air flow cavity containing an air flow deflector This cavity is to the right of the SBC The air flow deflector increases the air flow towards the CPU heat sink for optimal cooling Figure 3 13 identifies the key components of the cooling system Figure 3 13 Cooling System ML014355 The numeric callouts in the figure are keyed to the following 1 oO N O C A CQ Iv Removable fan tray Fan tray air inlet Fan tray filter Fans Fan guards Air flow plenum Air flow deflector Air outlet Getting Familiar with the System 3 15
48. in the battery backed memory of CMOS RAM The stored information takes effect each time the system boots and you can change it at any time by using WINBIOS Setup Configuring the System 5 1 Caution Be sure to read and understand the information in this chapter before attempting to change the factory BIOS settings If you are not careful you can adjust settings such that the system will not operate properly Vorsicht Wichtig Bevor Sie die ab Fabrik eingestellten BIOS Einstellungen ndern sollten Sie die Informationen in diesem Kapitel gelesen und verstanden haben Wenn Sie bei der Anderung der BIOS Einstellungen nicht sorgf ltig vorgehen k nnen Sie die Einstellungen so ver ndern da das System nicht mehr einwandfrei funktioniert WINBIOS Setup is an easy to use configuration tool that features a window and icon based graphical user interface GUI The main window groups the setup options into four subwindows Window Allows You to Set Setup System configuration options Security Password and anti virus checking options Utility IDE detection and a language for prompts and messages Default Options as original for a given session optimal or fail safe defaults Within each of these windows icons identify categories or types of configuration information For example a chipset icon identifies chipset configuration options The main window also includes a message bar which appears across the bottom
49. ing The CPU generated an error The system is unable to switch to protected mode Reseat the memory SIMMs If this does not correct the problem replace the SIMMs Reseat the memory SIMMs If this does not correct the problem replace the SIMMs Reseat the memory SIMMs If this does not correct the problem replace the SIMMs Replace the SBC Replace the SBC Replace the SBC Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes C 1 Table C 1 BIOS Blink Codes Continued Number of Blinks Error Message Explanation Action 7 Processor exception interrupt The CPU generated an excep Replace the SBC error tion interrupt 8 Display memory read write The system video adapter is Replace the SBC error missing or its memory is faulty This is not a fatal error 9 ROM checksum error The ROM checksum value Update the BIOS in flash ROM does not match the value encoded in the BIOS 10 CMOS shutdown register The shutdown register for Replace the SBC read write error CMOS RAM failed 11 Cache memory bad do not The cache memory test failed Replace the SBC enable cache Cache memory is disabled Do not press the Ctrl Alt Shift and key combina tion to enable the cache mem ory C 2 BIOS Error Messages Table C 2 lists the error messages that the BIOS displays Table C 2 Error Messages Message Explanation Action 8042 gate A20 error Address line short C drive error C drive failure
50. it The video type found by the BIOS does not match the type detected by the BIOS The amount of memory found by the BIOS is different than the amount specified in CMOS RAM The system time and date are not set Drive D does not respond Drive D does not respond The diskette in drive A is not a boota ble diskette The system s video switch is not set correctly An error exists in the DMA controller An error exists in the first DMA chan nel An error exists in the second DMA channel The BIOS cannot communicate with the diskette drive controller The BIOS cannot communicate with the hard disk drive controller Interrupt channel 1 failed the POST Interrupt channel 2 failed the POST The BIOS can read the diskette in the diskette drive but it cannot boot from the diskette The system s keyboard lock is engaged Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes Run the BIOS setup utility and specify the correct video type Run the BIOS setup utility and specify the correct amount of memory Run the BIOS setup utility and set the time and date Run the BIOS setup utility and check whether the correct disk type is speci fied for the drive If necessary use diagnostics software such as the AMIDiag Utility to find and correct the problem Replace the device Use another boot diskette and follow the instructions that appear on the monitor screen Power off the system set the video switch t
51. llsleleeee eee 2 19 2 7 3 Connecting the Power Cord 10 0 2 eee nee 2 20 2 8 Powering On the System 0 0 ce eee een E E 2 22 2 8 1 System Startup esce edet ae ead oes Goes Rene 2 23 2 8 2 BIOS Versione near BELLE 2 24 2 8 3 System Management Measurement and Status Screen Display 2 25 2 9 Installing Windows NT 00 cece penre eee eee eect eens 2 26 2 10 Booting the Operating System 2 22 ee cee eee 2 26 2 11 Installing Supplied Device Drivers 0 0 2c eee cee eee 2 26 2 12 Considering System Configuration Changes 2 27 2 13 Powering Off the System sester l l e 2 27 2 14 Restarting the System 2 n 2 28 Getting Familiar with the System 3 AS ystem Enclosure ac erg cia ds oe Oa te ER A A eau o ei ite 3 1 32 System Backplane ule an ee whe DUNS kes 3 4 3 3 Single Board Computer 2 0 ee cece eee nes 3 6 3 4 Memory Modules ses rent eA r AAE A A A AE E E n 3 8 3 5 Rear Transition Module sesos rasen Aa A ARARA E DA TEA eh 3 9 3 6 Option Slots SEE OR e IR IER a De eA aY 3 10 3 7 Storage Bay and Devices u en tae eh ERA Dir naar E 3 12 3 8 Power Supply Bay aade citei r ae a a E E E t 3 12 3 9 Coohng System rn u e Bars AEE RN RE EEE R E cite ea 3 14 Part II System Configuration Identifying Configuration Requirements 4 1 When to Adjust Your System s Configuration 0 000000 een 4 1 42 Configuration Checklist cose LER ERROR ORAE Rene Rare 4 1 Confi
52. of 1 8 per 1000 m 1 F per 1000 ft Nonoperating 12 2 km 40 000 ft Troubleshooting System Problems 7 3 Table 7 1 Environmental Requirements Continued Condition Requirement Shock Operating Nonoperating Vibration Operating Nonoperating Air circulation Up to a 10 G peak 1 G and 10 ms 3 ms duration Up to 40 G peak and 30 ms 5 to 16 Hz 0 020 in 0 5 mm DA 16 to 200 Hz 0 25 G peak 2 5 m s2 200 to 500 to 200 Hz 0 1 G peak 1 0 m s2 16 to 200 Hz 0 25 G peak 2 5 m s2 5 to 16 Hz 0 020 in 0 5 mm DA Vertical axis excitation e Up to 1 03 G rms overall from 5 to 300 Hz e Power spectral density up to 0 0024 g2 Hz at 5 Hz increasing at 8 dB octave to 0 015 g2 Hz at 10 Hz e Flat up to 0 015 g2 from 10 to 50 Hz with 8 d octave roll off from 50 to 300 Hz Longitudinal and lateral axis excitation e Up to 0 698 G rms overall from 5 to 200 Hz e Power spectral density 0 00211 g2 Hz at 5 Hz increasing at 8 dB octave to 0 007 g2 Hz at 10 Hz e Flat 0 007 g2 from 10 to 50 Hz with 8 db octave roll off from 50 to 200 Hz Allow a minimum clearance of 7 62 cm 3 inches at the rear of the system to allow for air exhaust and cable egress Allow 7 62 cm 3 inches at the front for system access and air intake 7 3 2 Power Requirements The voltage of your system was set at the factory to the voltage indicated on the yellow label over the AC inlet After removing the label verify that the vo
53. oo Oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo Oo oo oo oo Oo oo oo Oo Oo oo oo ML014497 Table 9 22 SCSI Connector Pin Assignments Signal Pin Pin Signal SCD11 68 34 GND SCD10 67 33 GND SCD9 66 32 GND SCD8 65 31 GND IO 64 30 GND SREQ 63 29 GND CD 62 28 GND SEL 61 27 GND MSG 60 26 GND SRST 59 25 GND SACK 58 24 GND BSY 57 23 GND GND 56 22 GND ATN 55 21 GND GND 54 20 GND NC 53 19 NC 9 22 Connectors and Headers Table 9 22 SCSI Connector Pin Assignments Continued Signal Pin Pin Signal TERMPWR 52 18 TERMPWR TERMPWR 51 17 TERMPWR GND 50 16 GND GND 49 15 GND SCDPL 48 14 GND SCD7 47 13 GND SCD6 46 12 GND SCD5 45 11 GND SCD4 44 10 GND SCD3 43 9 GND SCD2 42 8 GND SCDI 41 7 GND SCDO 40 6 GND SCDPH 39 5 GND SCD15 38 4 GND SCD14 37 3 GND SCD13 36 2 GND SCD12 35 1 GND Table 9 23 SCSI Connector Signal Definitions Signal Definition ATN Driven as an initiator when a special condition exists BSY Driven by an initiator as a hand shake during arbitration CD Indicates the command or message phase when asserted and the data phase when deasserted GND Ground IO Indicates the in direction when asserted and the out direction when deasserted MSG Indicates the message phase when asserted and the command or data phase when deasserted NC No connection SACK An initiator will assert ACK to indicate a byte is ready f
54. quum 14 16x256K 132x25 8x16 1056x400 Text 41 5 31 5 70 54 10A 16 256K 132x43 8x8 1056x350 Text 41 5 31 5 70 557 109 16 256K 132x43 8x8 1056x350 Text 41 5 31 5 70 58 6A 102 16 256K 100x37 8x16 800x600 Graphics 36 35 2 56 58 6A 102 16 256K 100x37 8x16 800x600 Graphics 40 37 8 60 58 6A 102 16 256K 100x37 8x16 800x600 Graphics 50 48 1 72 58 6A 102 16 256K 100x37 8x16 800x600 Graphics 49 5 46 9 75 5C 103 256 256K 100x37 8x16 800x600 Graphics 36 35 2 56 5C 103 256 256K 100x37 8x16 800x600 Graphics 40 37 9 60 8 8 SBC Functional Components Table 8 4 Extended Video Modes Continued Mode Mog Colors qu Cens Pi Mode Freg Freq Feo 5C 103 256 256K 100x37 8x16 800x600 Graphics 50 48 1 72 5C 103 256 256K 100x37 8x16 800x600 Graphics 49 5 46 9 75 5Di 104 16 256K 128x48 8x16 1024x768 Graphics 44 9 35 5 434 5D 104 16 256K 128x48 8x16 1024x768 Graphics 65 48 3 60 5D 104 16 256K 128x48 8x16 1024x768 Graphics 75 56 70 5D 104 16 256K 128x48 8x16 1024x768 Graphics 77 58 72 5D 104 16 256K 128x48 8x16 1024x768 Graphics 78 7 60 75 5E 100 256 256K 80x25 8x16 640x400 Graphics 25 31 5 70 5F 101 256 256K 80x30 8x16 640x480 Graphics 25 31 5 60 SF 101 256 256K 80x30 8x16 640x480 Graphics 31 5 37 9 72 SF 101 256 256K 80x30 8x16 640x480 Graphics 31 5 37 5 75 60i 105 256 256K 128x48 8x16 1024x768 Graphics 44 9 35 5 434 60 105 256 256K 128x48 8x16 1024x768 Graphics 65 48 3 60 60 105 256 256K 128x48 8x16 1024x768 Graphics 75 56 70 60 105 256 256K 128x48 8x16 1024x76
55. screws that secure the power supply bay to the chassis 5 Insert the female end of the power cord 1 into the system s power receptacle as shown in Figure 2 17 6 Insert the male end of the power cord into the power outlet Figure 2 17 Connecting the Power Cord ML014309 2 8 Powering On the System To power on the system press the On Off button on the front panel of the power supply bay as shown in Figure 2 18 The button stays depressed in the On 1 position 2 22 Setting Up the System Figure 2 18 Powering the System On ML014310 2 8 1 System Startup Figure 2 19 shows the system startup screen display The callouts in the figure identify the following 1 2 The CPU type and speed Power on self test POST diagnostic messages When you power on or reset the system AMIBIOS runs the POST diag nostics The POST diagnostic that is identified on the screen is the mem ory test Instruction on how to invoke the WINBIOS Setup utility If you need to adjust the system configuration press the Delete key AMIBIOS identification string Setting Up the System 2 23 Figure 2 19 System Startup Screen Display American AMIBIOS C 1996 American Megatrends Inc Megatrends Pentium MMX 233MHz Checking NVRAM xxxxxxKB OK 3 Hit Del I
56. specifications A 4 SVGA connector Index 9 See Video connector System 1 2 address mapping 10 1 backplane 3 4 boot controlling 5 25 components of 3 1 configuration 2 24 3 4 configuring See Configuration system See System configuration dimensions of 3 1 enclosure 3 1 features 2 2 interrupts 10 1 10 3 intrusion 2 25 maintaining 6 1 measurement and status display 2 25 powering off 2 27 powering on 2 22 reconfiguring 2 27 requirements for 2 3 resets 3 4 restarting 2 28 setting up 2 1 2 2 startup 2 23 typical 2 1 unpacking 1 1 voltages 2 25 weight of 3 1 System BIOS Cacheable option 5 24 B 5 System bus 8 1 System configuration 5 1 default settings for 5 4 See also BIOS setup utility System hangs 7 2 7 20 System Keyboard option 5 11 B 4 System kit 1 2 System management 3 7 8 11 11 1 features 11 1 gaining access to 11 1 System management features configuring 4 4 System monitor 11 1 System problems troubleshooting 7 1 7 7 tips for 7 1 System slot 3 4 System specifications A 1 Index 10 T Temperature SBC 2 25 Temperature alarm B 8 Temperature monitoring 5 32 Temperature specifications A 1 Time 4 2 B 2 setting 5 8 Time of year TOY clock 8 5 Timer watchdog 11 1 Timers 8 5 Transmitter Polarity option B 7 Troubleshooting 7 1 7 19 system problems 7 7 tips for 7 1 Try Other Boot Devices option 5 27 Type option 5 13 5 14 5 15 Type option dis
57. specified address Faulty hardware NTLDR file is missing from the root directory of your hard disk drive Your hard disk drive might have cor rupted system files Troubleshooting System Problems Remove the SBC as explained in Sec tion 6 4 and make sure that both SIMM connectors in each bank are filled with the correct SIMM size speed and type Remove and reinstall the SIMMs as explained in Section 6 6 Remove and reinstall the SIMMs as explained in Section 6 6 Make sure that both SIMM connectors in each bank are filled with the correct SIMM size speed and type Replace SIMMs following instruc tions in Section 6 6 Replace the system battery as explained in Section 6 7 Use diagnostics software such as the AMIDiag Utility to diagnose and repair the memory problem If neces sary replace faulty SIMMs as explained in Section 6 6 Use diagnostics software such as the AMIDiag Utility to diagnose and repair the faulty hardware Copy the NTLDR file from the sup plied Windows NT CD ROM disk Make the CD ROM drive your current drive and then type the following com mand at the command line prompt copy i386 ntldr c Run chkdsk on your hard disk drive to correct corrupted files Also make sure all hardware options are on the Microsoft Windows NT Hardware Compatibility List If the problem still exists reformat or replace the disk Table 7 3 Troubleshooting System Problems Continued
58. steps 3 and 4 for other values that need to change Exit the Date and Time window Exit the Standard Setup window 5 4 Configuring System Security You have the option of setting the following system security features Supervisor password User passwords Password checking to run WINBIOS Setup Password checking when the system is powered on and to run WINBIOS Setup Enable anti virus checking Sections 5 4 1 through 5 4 3 explain how to Set up password security Change a password Enable anti virus protection 5 4 1 Setting Up Password Security 5 8 To set up password security 1 Select the Supervisor icon in the Security window You must set up a supervisor password prior to setting up any user pass words Enter a 1 to 6 character password in the input field of the Supervisor Setup window by using one of the following methods Type the password on the keyboard Point and click characters on the virtual keyboard Confirm the password Configuring the System 10 11 12 Note Make note of the password that you enter and keep it in a secure place If you forget or lose the password you must drain CMOS RAM and recon figure the system Exit the Supervisor Setup window Select the User icon in the Security window if you need to set up user pass words If you do not need to set up a user password skip to step 7 Enter a 1 to 6 character password in the input field of the Use
59. that were enabled at the start of a configuration session You can use these features to To Expedite the configuration process Optimize the configuration for performance Optimize the configuration for stable operation Recover when the system is having configuration related problems use a default setting 1 Select one of the following icons in the Default window To Select Recall the system configuration settings Original that were in effect at the start of the current WINBIOS Setup session Load system configuration settings that Optimal optimize system performance Load system configuration settings that Fail Safe provide far from optimal performance but are the most stable Note The factory configuration uses the Optimal settings and AMIBIOS auto matically loads the Optimal settings if CMOS RAM is corrupted Respond to the No Yes prompt Exit the Option window Note Throughout the remainder of this chapter default settings apply to both the Optimal and Fail Safe group settings unless specified otherwise Configuring the System 5 7 5 3 Setting the Date and Time To set the date and time Dl wo ML xs 1o uos d Select the Standard icon in the Setup window Select the Date Time icon in the Standard Setup window Select a date or time value to change The selected value is highlighted Select the button to increase the value or the button to decrease the value Repeat
60. the device being Auto used for example diskette drive emulation for an LS120 device and hard disk drive emulation for MO and Imega zip devices Disable ARMD emulation Disabled 4 Exit the Option window 5 Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 9 Configuring the Onboard SCSI Controller The onboard SCSI controller allows the use of the system s front and rear SCSI ports simultaneously To use either port the SCSI controller must be enabled The controller is enabled by default If the application does not use the SCSI ports you have the option of disabling the controller To disable or enable the controller 1 Select the Peripheral icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Onboard PCI SCSI option 3 Set the option value to Disabled or Enabled as appropriate 4 Exit the Option window 5 Exit the Peripheral Setup window For information about the SCSI controller and SCSI termination see Section 8 9 Configuring the System 5 19 5 10 Configuring the Onboard Ethernet Controller Initially the system is configured to use a rear I O access Ethernet port If you need to use front access I O or you need to disable the onboard Ethernet control ler you need to adjust the configuration To use the Ethernet port on the SBC you must set the Ethernet front rear access I O jumper accordingly as explained in Section 6 5 To disable or enable the onboard Ethernet controller 1 Select the Peripheral icon in the Setup window 2
61. the messages that appear in the message bar on the main window WINBIOS Setup provides Help screens for options on the Advanced Chipset Power Management and Peripheral setup windows and use of the mouse and key board To get help on a specific setup option click the option and then press Alt H For help on mouse or keyboard usage press Alt H while the input focus is outside the context of the windows that offer setup option help 5 2 3 Using the Mouse WINBIOS Setup supports the following mouse devices e PS 2 type e Mice that use IRQs 3 4 or 5 IRQ2 is not supported e Microsoft compatible M V and W Series that use the and M and M proto cols Logitech C Series compatible that use the MM protocol Use the mouse as follows To Do Select a category of configuration options Move to an option field Select or change the values of global and selected options Increment a value Decrement a value Close the current pop up window and return to the previous level Return to the beginning of the text Advance to the end of the text Enter alphabetic input in the virtual key board not case sensitive Enter numeric input in the virtual keyboard and numeric keypad Double click MB1 on the category icon Single click MB1 on the option field or click the up or down arrow on the scroll bar until you reach the field of choice Single click MB1 on the option field Single click MB1 on the bu
62. the problem Most DRAM errors are soft errors If a hard uncorrectable error occurs writing fixed data back to DRAM system memory does not solve the problem In this case the sec ond time the error occurs in the same location a Parity Error is reported indicat ing an uncorrectable error If ECCI is selected the BIOS automatically enables the System Management Interface SMI To disable or change the DRAM data integrity mode l Select the Chipset icon in the Setup window 2 Select the DRAM Data Integrity Mode option 3 Setthe option to one of the following values To Select Disable all DRAM data integrity modes fail safe default Disable Enable ECC level 1 mode ECC Level 1 Enable ECC level 2 mode optimal default ECC Level 2 4 Exitthe Option window 5 Exit the Chipset Setup window 5 14 4 Shadowing the BIOS to System Memory 5 24 You can optimize the execution of the BIOS by shadowing the contents of the BIOS ROM to system memory When shadowing is enabled the contents of the BIOS ROM starting at address F0000h of the system memory segment are always copied to system memory providing faster execution When optimal default settings are in effect the shadowing option is enabled The option is disabled when fail safe default settings are in effect To change the setting of the shadowing option Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window Select the System BIOS Cacheable option Set the option va
63. the start of the WINBIOS Setup session Optimal No Returns the system configuration to default set Yes tings that maximize system performance Fail Safe No Returns the system configuration to default set Yes tings that maximize system stability BIOS Option Summary B 9 C Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes The BIOS reports errors with blink codes and error messages A blink code is a series of light blinks on the system s speaker LED For the location of the speaker LED see Figure 2 1 Note The BIOS for DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI systems displays blink codes on the speaker LED instead of sounding beep codes because the systems do not include a speaker This appendix lists the blink codes and error messages with descriptions for quick reference C 1 BIOS Blink Codes The BIOS communicates fatal errors that halt the boot process prior to system monitor initialization by using blink codes Table C 1 lists error messages Table C 1 BIOS Blink Codes Number of Blinks Error Message Explanation Action 1 Refresh failure Parity error Base 64 KB memory failure Timer not operational Processor error 8042 gate A20 failure The memory refresh circuitry is faulty A parity error occurred in the first 64 KB block of memory A memory failure occurred in the first 64 KB block of mem ory A memory failure occurred in the first 64 KB block of mem ory or a timer is not function
64. to recall the system s last BIOS setting Press spacebar NOW to invoke Hardware Profile Last Known Good Menu Press the spacebar to recall the system s BIOS settings system configuration prior to the current reboot 2 11 Installing Supplied Device Drivers Your DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system kit includes a device drive diskette This diskette contains device drivers for the following system components e Intel 82558 10 100 Ethernet controller e Adaptec AIC 7880 UltraSCSI controller e Cirrus Logic video controller 2 26 Setting Up the System If your application requires the use of these controllers you must install the device drivers as explained in the readme txt file on the device driver diskette supplied in your system kit see Table 1 1 Note The installation instructions provided in readme txt file assume that Windows NT has been installed on the system 2 12 Considering System Configuration Changes Depending on the option modules you may have installed the I O devices being used and other application specific system requirements you may need to adjust your system configuration To reconfigure the system reboot the system and press the Delete key immediately after initiating the boot This will invoke the BIOS setup utility WINBIOS Setup For more information on configuring the system see Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 Chapter 4 helps you to identify configuration requirements with a checklist Chap
65. to the IDE connector on the rear transi tion module If the cable is attached to the correct connector make sure the connection is secure Install Windows NT Format the IDE hard disk drive or par tition the drive by using the supplied operating system software Table 7 3 Troubleshooting System Problems Continued Problem Possible Cause Action System does not boot from an IDE hard disk drive System does not recognize a SCSI hard disk drive or device No software exists on the requested partition IDE hard disk drive failure IDE hard disk drive ribbon cable fail ure IDE controller failure SCSI ID conflicts exist Terminating resistors have not been removed from the SCSI device SCSI option is not enabled in the BIOS setup SCSI cable is not terminated SCSI device is not plugged in Loose SCSI cable connections Hard disk boot sector is missing Troubleshooting System Problems Install software on the requested parti tion Replace the hard disk drive Replace the cable Replace the SBC See the SCSI device kit installation instructions on setting SCSI IDs Remove the terminating resistors See the SCSI device kit installation instructions Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the onboard SCSI controller as explained in Section 5 9 Terminate each end of the SCSI cable as explained in Section 8 9 Check power and SCSI cable connec tions Check and secu
66. 0 4 System Interrupts 2 05 doi 2508 eae ee Ds BR 10 3 System Management 11 1 System Management Features 00 ee e 11 1 11 2 Gaining Access to the System Management Features 0004 11 1 T1 3 FRGA RegisterS to ea eR Bu ue 11 2 11 3 1 Watchdog Register eese in ae na D nes 11 2 11 3 2 Watchdog Strobe Register 11 3 11 3 3 FPGA Index Register 0 0 ccc eens 11 4 11 3 4 FPGA Data Registe ss ra ce eraen ec rr m Ih 11 5 vii 11 4 Using the Watchdog Timer 11 4 1 Enabling the Watchdog Timer 11 4 2 Resetting the Watchdog Timer 11 4 3 Setting the Watchdog Timer Mode and Delay 0 04 11 4 4 Resetting the Watchdog Timer Delay 0 0 0 cee cee esee 11 4 5 Checking the Status of the Watchdog Timer 00 0 11 4 6 Using the Watchdog Interrupt 11 5 Using the LM78 System Monitor Part V Appendixes Specifications BIOS Option Summary Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes C 1 BIOS Blink Codes esc 22 82 2 Ree e Ib ee G2 BIOS Error Messages or DEI RISE E ERE DUE E C 3 EISA BIOS Error Messages orrs eiad h i eect eae C 4 ISA NMI Handler Messages lsseeeee een en nennen C 5 EISA BIOS NMI Error Messages leeeee rennen eee C 6 POST Checkpoint Codes 1 0 0 0 e C 6 1 Uncompressed Initialization Checkpoint Codes 0 00 C 6 2 Runtime Checkpoint Codes 2 0 00 0 eee eee C 6 3 Bus Checkpo
67. 15 Volt in anderen L ndern dagegen 230 Volt blich Vergewissern Sie sich daf der Spannungsw hlschalter auf die richtige Netzspannung eingestellt ist Das System kann besch digt werden wenn die Netzspannung nicht richtig eingestellt ist Maintaining the System 2 Install the power supply bay as shown in Figure 6 30 a Align the top and bottom of the power supply bay with the card guides 2 in the power supply slot of the chassis b Slide the power supply bay into the chassis c Tighten the four screws 3 that secure the power supply bay to the chas sis Plug the power cord into the system s AC power inlet Power on the system with the power switch Power on external devices connected to the system Figure 6 30 Installing the Power Supply Bay 230 1 at Kf 59 E 3 Ba amp T ML014308 Maintaining the System 6 33 7 Troubleshooting System Problems This chapter explains how to troubleshoot system problems Topics include Questions to Consider Basic Troubleshooting Tips Checking that Requirements are Met Troubleshooting Your System Responding to Blink Codes and Error Messages T 1 Questions to Consider Before troubleshooting a system problem check the site maintenance log for the system s service history In addition consider the following questions Has the system bee
68. 2 NMI IRQ NMI IRQ FAN3 SMI SMI On chip Temperature Sensor ML014525 For more information on the LM78 device see the LM76 Microprocessor Hard ware System Monitor data sheet System Management 11 7 Part V Appendixes Part V contains the following appendixes e Appendix A Specifications e Appendix B BIOS Option Summary e Appendix C Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes Table A 1 System Specifications A Specifications This appendix lists specifications for the DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system System Enclosure Rugged 19 9U high rackmount Backplane slots Eight 6U slots with P1 to P5 connectors configured at the factory as five 6U and three 3U slots Storage bay 3 5 diskette drive 5 25 CD ROM drive 3 5 concealed 1 profile hard disk drive Cooling Three variable speed fans in a bottom tray Environmental Temperature range Operating Nonoperating l Relative humidity Operating Nonoperating i 0 C to 50 C 32 F to 122 F at sea level Reduce by a factor of 1 8 C per 1000 m 1 F per 1000 ft Hard disk drive 5 C to 55 C 41 F to 130 F CD ROM drive 5 C to 45 C 41 F to 113 F Diskette drive 5 C to 45 C 41 F to 113 F 40 C to 66 C 40 F to 151 F Hard disk drive 40 C to 65 C C40 F to 149 F CD ROM drive 30 C to 55 C 22 F to 130 F Diskette drive 40 C to 60 C C40 F to 140 F Betw
69. 5 12 5 7 3 Configuring MFM Hard Disk Drives 0 0 00 eee 5 13 5 7 4 Configuring User Defined Hard Disk Drives esses 5 13 5 7 5 Configuring IDE Hard Disk Drives 0 00 eee 5 14 5 7 6 Configuring CD ROM Drives 00 0 0 cece eee 5 15 5 7 7 Specifying Hard Disk Drive Access Control 0 00 00 00 002 eee ee 5 16 5 7 8 Enabling and Disabling Hard Disk Drive S M A R T Options 5 17 5 8 Configuring the Diskette Drive lesse 5 17 5 8 1 Disabling and Enabling the Onboard Diskette Controller 5 17 5 8 2 Configuring the Diskette Drive Capacity and Size 004 5 17 5 8 3 Specifying Diskette Drive Access Control 2 222222 nennen 5 18 5 8 4 Swapping Diskette Drives A and Bi 2 eee 5 18 5 8 5 Configuring Diskette Drive A to Seek During a System Boot 5 18 5 8 6 Emulating an ARMD as a Diskette or Hard Disk Drive 5 19 5 9 Configuring the Onboard SCSI Controller 0 0 0 0 0 eee eee ee 5 19 5 10 Configuring the Onboard Ethernet Controller 0 0 0 0 0 00005 5 20 5 11 Configuring Onboard Serial Ports 0 lees 5 20 5 12 Configuring the Onboard Parallel Ports 0 0 00 eee eee eee ee 5 20 5 13 Configuring USB Support 5 22 5 13 1 Enabling and Disabling USB Support 0 000 000 0020 e eee 5 22 5 13 2 Enabling and Disabling USB Support for Legacy Keyboards and Mice
70. 5 15 Secondary cache 5 23 8 3 Secondary channel 5 12 Secondary master storage device B 2 Secondary slave storage device B 2 Sectors 5 12 Sectors hard disk B 2 Security 4 2 setting 5 8 Serial port connectors 9 17 Serial ports adapter cables for 1 2 configuring 4 3 5 20 B 6 B 7 functional description of 8 10 modes for B 7 on rear transition module 3 10 on single board computer SBC 3 7 troubleshooting 7 8 Shared interrupt lines 3 4 Shock specifications A 2 Signal definitions diskette drive headers 9 14 EIDE header 9 12 Ethernet connector 9 21 J4 connector 9 3 J5 connector 9 7 keyboard mouse header 9 15 parallel port connector 9 10 PS 2 keyboard mouse 9 17 SCSI connector 9 23 serial port connectors 9 18 universal serial bus USB connectors 9 20 video connector 9 25 SIMM connectors 3 8 Single board computer SBC 2 2 2 14 3 3 3 6 6 7 components of 3 7 connectors and headers 9 1 functional components of 8 1 layout of 3 7 specifications of A 3 temperature monitoring 5 32 temperature of 2 25 Size hard disk B 2 Soft boot 2 28 7 2 Specifications A 1 Standard configuration options 5 3 Status LED 2 25 Status LEDs 3 7 Storage configuring 4 2 Storage bay 3 3 installing 6 29 removing 6 26 specifications of A 1 Storage devices cabling for 6 30 removing and replacing 6 26 troubleshooting 7 16 Supervisor password 5 3 B 8 changing 5 9 setting 5 8 Supervisory
71. 6 Configuring the System To change the hard disk drive access control 1 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window Select the Hard Disk Access Control option 2 3 Setthe option value to Read Only or Read Write as appropriate 4 Exitthe Option window 5 Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 7 8 Enabling and Disabling Hard Disk Drive S M A R T Options You can enable or disable the System Management and Reporting Technologies S M A R T protocol for system hard disk drives This protocol reports server system information over the network These options are disabled by default To enable or disable the S M A R T options 1 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window Select the S M A R T for Hard Disk option Set the option value to Enabled or Disabled as appropriate Exit the Option window Au ee ee Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 8 Configuring the Diskette Drive Section 5 8 1 explains how to disable and enable the onboard diskette controller Section 5 8 2 explains how to configure the drive s capacity and size Section 5 8 3 explains how to specify the drive s access control 5 8 1 Disabling and Enabling the Onboard Diskette Controller The system s onboard diskette controller is enabled by default If you need to dis able or reenable the controller at any time you can do so as follows 1 Select the Peripheral icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Onboard FDC icon in the Peripheral Setup window
72. 6 lists the connector pin assignments Table 9 17 defines the signals associated with the pins Connectors and Headers 9 17 9 18 Note An asterisk in a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Figure 9 8 Serial Port Connector Pin Layout o i 89 2 a8 o9 3 o 4 9 l 5 5 MLO14499 Table 9 16 Serial Port Connector Pin Assignments Signal Pin Pin Signal 1 DCD DRS 6 2 RXD RTS 7 3 TXD CTS 8 4 DTR RI 9 5 GND Table 9 17 Serial Port Connector Signal Definitions Signal Definition CTS DCD DSR DTR GND RI RTS RXD TXD Indicates that the data set is ready to accept data Indicates that the data set has detected the data car rier Indicates that the data set is ready to establish a communications link Indicates that the data terminal equipment DTE is ready to accept a communications link Ground Indicates that the modem has received a telephone ringing signal Indicates to the data set that the DTE is ready to send data Receives serial data from the communications link Sends serial data to the communications link Connectors and Headers 9 10 Universal Serial Bus Port Connectors Two universal serial bus USB port connectors J18 reside on the front panel of the SBC and front panel of the rear transition module The USB jumper on the SBC enables the front access connectors on the SBC or the rear access connectors on a rear transition module se
73. 66 0 66 99 661 99 0 6 The characters g j p q y and y are truncated using a middle and bottom line algorithm to avoid truncation of descenders For compatibility with MS DOS applications that use the 8x14 font use the TSRFONT utility 8 VESA has recently proposed a new specification for 43 Hz interlaced and 60 Hz timing for 1280x1024 resolution modes Currently Cirrus Logic uses timings for these modes other than the timings proposed 8 11 Ultra I O Controller The Ultra I O controller SMC FDC37C932 resides on the ISA bus and provides an interface to the diskette interface parallel port serial ports USB and PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports This controller also provides the real time clock and battery backed CMOS RAM 8 11 1 Diskette Interface The diskette interface supports a 3 5 1 44 MB diskette drive by way of a diskette drive header on a rear transition module For information on enabling and disabling the diskette interface see Section 5 8 8 11 2 Parallel Port The parallel port front or rear operates in a normal extended capabilities port ECP or enhanced parallel port EPP mode The ECP and EPP modes are bidi rectional data transfer modes that adhere to IEEE P1284 specifications ECP mode uses the DMA protocol to achieve transfer rates of approximately 2 5 MB and provides symmetric bidirectional communications EPP mode uses existing parallel port signals to provide asymm
74. 66h Completed programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 Initializing the 8259 inter rupt controller 7Fh Extended NMI source enabling is in progress 80h The keyboard test started Clearing the output buffer and checking for stuck keys Issuing the keyboard reset command 81h A keyboard reset error or stuck key was found Issuing the keyboard controller interface test command 82h The keyboard controller interface test completed Writing the command byte and initializing the circular buffer 83h The command byte was written and global initialization has completed Check ing for a locked key 84h Locked key checking is complete Checking for a memory size mismatch with the CMOS RAM data 85h The memory size check is complete Displaying a soft error and checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup 86h The password was checked Performing required programming before WIN BIOS Setup runs 87h The programming before WINBIOS Setup runs is complete Uncompressing the WINBIOS Setup code and executing WINBIOS Setup 88h Returned from WINBIOS Setup and cleared the screen Performing required programming after WINBIOS Setup runs 89h The programming after WINBIOS Setup ran is complete Displaying the power on screen message next Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes C 9 C 10 Table C 7 Runtime Checkpoint Codes Continued Code Explanation 8Bh 8Ch 8Dh 8Fh 91h 95h 96h 97h 98h 99h 9Ah 9Bh 9Ch 9
75. 8 Graphics 77 58 72 60 105 256 256K 128x48 8x16 1024x768 Graphics 78 7 60 75 64 111 64K 640x480 Graphics 25 31 5 60 64 111 64K 640x480 Graphics 31 5 37 9 72 64 111 64K 640x480 Graphics 31 5 37 5 75 65 114 64K 800x600 Graphics 36 35 2 56 65 114 64K 800x600 Graphics 40 37 8 60 65 114 64K 800x600 Graphics 50 48 1 72 65 114 64K 800x600 Graphics 49 5 46 9 75 66 110 32K 640x480 Graphics 25 31 5 60 66 110 32K 640x480 Graphics 31 5 37 9 72 66 110 32K 640x480 Graphics 31 5 37 5 75 67 113 32K 800x600 Graphics 36 35 2 56 67 113 32K z 800x600 Graphics 40 37 8 60 67 113 32K 800x600 Graphics 50 48 1 72 67 113 32K 800x600 Graphics 49 5 46 9 75 71 112 16M 640x480 Graphics 25 31 5 60 Some modes are not supported by all CL GD543X controllers Some modes are not supported by all monitors The best quality refresh rate for the monitor type is used automatically 3 32K direct color 256 color mixed mode SBC Functional Components 8 9 A character i stands for interlaced mode 43 5 Hz or 87 Hz interlaced 16M colors but with 32 bit per pixel format 16M A indicates the same Implementations using the CL GD5434 controller restrict 1024x768 at 72 Hz refresh In those implementations 70 Hz refresh is substituted For a higher refresh rate select 75 Hz 7 Mode 55 uses a 16 dot high font with the bottom two lines truncated in the absence of the 8x14 font TSR TSRFONT En 0
76. 8 lists the bus checkpoint codes Table C 8 Bus Checkpoint Codes Code Explanation 2Ah Initializing the different bus system static and output devices if present 38h Initializing bus input IPL and general devices if present 39h Displaying bus initialization messages if there are any 95h Initializing the bus adapter ROMs from addresses C8000h through D8000h While the bus routines have control additional checkpoints are written to I O port address 0080h These checkpoints identify the routines that are executed and con sist of two parts Alow nibble four bits that represents the system BIOS checkpoint where control is passed to the different bus routines e A high nibble four bits that indicates a routine is being executed on different buses Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes C 11 C 12 Table C 9 lists the possible settings for the additional bus checkpoints Table C 9 Additional Bus Checkpoint Codes Bits Value Explanation lt 7 4 gt 0000 Function 0 Disable all devices on the bus 0001 Function 1 Initialize static devices on the bus 0010 Function 2 Initialize output devices on the bus 0011 Function 3 Initialize input devices on the bus 0100 Function 4 Initialize IPL devices on the bus 0101 Function 5 Initiate general devices on the bus 0110 Function 6 Initialize error reporting on the bus 0111 Function 7 Initialize add on ROMs for all buses 3 0 0 Generic Device Initializatio
77. AMIBIOS removes the corresponding DMA channel from the pool of available channels that can be assigned auto matically to configured onboard PCI plug and play devices The default setting for the DMA Channel n options is PnP 13 Exit the Option window 14 Exit the PCI PnP Setup window 5 18 Configuring LM78 System Management Features Use WINBIOS Setup to configure the following LM78 system management fea tures e Voltage fault alarm and minimum and maximum limits for the CPU core volt age and 3 3 5 12 and 12 voltages A value outside the specified range triggers the voltage fault alarm e Intrusion alarm e SBC temperature alarm a maximum temperature threshold and a minimum hysteresis limit A temperature that exceeds the maximum threshold triggers the temperature alarm If this occurs and then the temperature falls below the hysteresis value the temperature alarm is triggered again Sections 5 18 1 through 5 18 3 explain how to configure these features Note Because the DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system uses variable speed fans for cooling the LM78 fan monitoring feature is disabled 5 18 1 Configuring Voltage Monitoring Support To configure voltage monitoring support 1 Select the Peripheral icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Volt Fault Alarm option Configuring the System 5 31 3 Select one of the following option values To Select Disable voltage monitoring fail safe de
78. DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI M System User Manual Order Number EK SY233 UM A01 This manual explains how to unpack set up use and maintain your DIGITAL 5 2331 8 CompactPCI system This manual also provides technical details con cerning the system s single board computer SBC including key components connectors system address mapping and system management features Revision Update Information This is a new manual Digital Equipment Corporation Maynard Massachusetts First Printing May 1998 The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Digital Equipment Corporation Digital Equipment Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors that might appear in this document Software described in this document is furnished under a license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license No responsibility is assume for the use or reliability of software or equipment that is not supplied by Digital Equipment Corporation or its affiliated companies Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure by the U S 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 FCC Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are
79. Dh 9Eh A2h A3h A4h A5h ATh Ash A9h AAh The first screen message was displayed The lt WAIT gt message is displayed Performing the PS 2 mouse check and an extended BIOS data area allocation check Programming the WINBIOS Setup options The WINBIOS Setup options are programmed Resetting the hard disk drive controller The hard disk drive controller was reset Configuring the diskette drive control ler The diskette drive controller was configured Configuring the hard disk drive controller Initializing the bus option ROMs starting at address C800h For more informa tion see Section C 6 3 Initializing before passing control to the adaptor ROM at address C800h Initialization before the C800h adaptor ROM gains control completed Check ing the adaptor ROM The adaptor ROM had control and returned control to the BIOS POST Per forming any required processing after the option ROM returned control Initialization required after the option ROM test completed Configuring the timer data area and printer base address Setting the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performing any required ini tialization before the coprocessor test Required initialization before the coprocessor test is complete Initializing the coprocessor Coprocessor initialized Performing required initialization after the coprocessor test I
80. Ethernet Connector Pin Assignments eese 9 20 9 21 Ethernet Connector Signal Definitions 0 008 9 21 9 22 SCSI Connector Pin Assignments eleeeeeee esee 9 22 9 23 SCSI Connector Signal Definitions 0 00 0 00002 9 23 9 24 Video Connector Pin Assignments 0 0 0 c eee eee 9 24 9 25 Video Connector Signal Definitions 0 0 00 0 00008 9 25 10 1 PCI I O Address Map 0 0 0 cece e 10 1 10 2 Memory Address Map 0 0 0 ce eee eee 10 2 10 3 DMA Channels reet ee ege pe Rieke 10 3 10 4 System Interrupts coole eee eR ER RE he pe o eR bees 10 3 11 1 System Management Features eee ee eee 11 1 11 2 PCS Port Offsets epea ees edged Re ERE tobe ee IR Ber Dacis 11 2 11 3 Watchdog Register Fields 0 0 0 eee cece 11 3 11 4 FPGA Function Index Values 0 0 eee ce eee eee 11 4 11 5 Enabling the Watchdog Interrupt 0 0 00 02 eee ee eee 11 6 A 1 System Specifications ssni erene ea n eee ee eme A 1 B 1 Setup Options ea eU Ete pra era ed e p Me eee B 2 B 2 Security Options 2 5 8 4 000 eee TRES ae ee ees B 8 B 3 Utility Options 22 6 5 ette RE RE Be B 9 B 4 Default Options cies ee emm ine Us eng peces B 9 C 1 BIOS Blink Codes em ereina A oet Cet tee s C 1 0 2 Ertor Messages euch ea ng re Ra Rees 0 2 0 3 EISA BIOS Error Messages eeseeee e C 4 C 4 ISA NMI Handler Messages lesse C 5 0 5 EISA BIOS NMI Error Message
81. F8h 3ESh 2E amp h B 6 BIOS Option Summary Table B 1 Setup Options Continued Onboard Serial Port 2 Serial Port 2 Mode IR Transmission Mode Receiver Polarity Transmitter Polarity Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Version Onboard IDE Onboard PCI SCSI Onboard Ethernet Volt Fault Alarm 3 3V Alarm Min Max CPU Alarm Min Max 5V Alarm Min Max Auto Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h 2E8h Normal IrDA Ask IR Full Duplex Half Duplex Active High Active Low Active High Active Low Auto Disabled 378 278 3BC Normal EPP ECP 1 9 1 7 Disabled Primary Secondary Both Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled SMI NMI n 10 n 10 n 10 n 10 n 10 n 10 Disables or enables serial port 2 and specifies the base I O address for the port Specify Auto to auto detect and configure the device Disables or enables the parallel port and speci fies the base I O address for the port Specify Auto to auto detect and configure the device Specifies the mode to be used by the parallel port Specifies the version of the EPP to be used Specifies the onboard IDE controller channels to be used Disables or enables the onboard SCSI control ler Disables or enables the onboard Ethernet con troller Disables or enables LM78 voltage monitoring The fail safe default is Disabled Configure the positive and negative limits f
82. Figure 3 6 Pair of Memory Modules MLO14381 When installing memory you must adhere to the following requirements e SIMMs must be installed in pairs That is you must populate the memory banks with one of the following combinations Two slots slot 0 J6 of bank O and slot 1 J7 of bank 0 Two slots slot 0 J8 of bank 1 and slot 1 J9 of bank 1 Four slots slots O and 1 of banks 0 and I e SIMMs installed in a given memory bank must be of the same size For example if you install a 64 MB SIMM in slot 0 of bank 0 you must install a 64 MB SIMM in slot 1 of bank 0 e All SIMMs must be 60 ns extended data out EDO SIMMs Getting Familiar with the System Table 3 3 shows valid SIMM combinations Table 3 3 Valid SIMM Combinations Total Memory Bank 0 Bank 0 Bank 1 Bank 1 Slot 0 J6 Slot 1 J7 Slot 0 J8 Slot 1 J9 32 MB 16 MB 16 MB 64 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 64 MB 32 MB 32 MB 96 MB 16 MB 16 MB 32 MB 32 MB 96 MB 32 MB 32 MB 16 MB 16 MB 128 MB 32 MB 32 MB 32 MB 32 MB 128 MB 64 MB 64 MB 160 MB 16 MB 16 MB 64 MB 64 MB 160 MB 64 MB 64 MB 16 MB 16 MB 192 MB 32 MB 32 MB 64 MB 64 MB 192 MB 64 MB 64 MB 32 MB 32 MB 256 MB 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB 3 5 Rear Transition Module The rear transition module is a required module that provides access to system storage devices and the option of using rear access I O This module plugs into the CompactPCI backplane behind the slot occupied by
83. Front Access I O 6 8 By default the DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system assumes rear access I O If front access I O is required or more appropriate for your application you must adjust the settings of Ethernet and universal serial bus USB front rear I O access jumpers To adjust the jumpers for front access I O 1 Remove the SBC from the chassis as explained in Section 6 4 1 2 Adjust the jumpers Figure 6 6 identifies the Ethernet 1 and USB 2 front rear I O access jumper blocks on the SBC To adjust Ethernet access you must set the jumper for rear or front access as shown in Figure 6 6 To adjust USB access you must install or remove the jumper block When the jumper block is installed the system is set up for rear I O access For front USB access remove the jumper block Maintaining the System Figure 6 6 Setting Front Rear I O Access Jumpers PNA rn a CJ u5 1 n UL i il LT I 3 Reinstall the SBC as explained in Section 6 4 2 UUUU a ML014373 6 6 Upgrading and Replacing Memory Before upgrading or replacing memory make sure you are familiar with the sys tem s memory configuration requirements and options Section 6 6 1 discusse
84. M drive 3 Diskette drive 3 8 Power Supply Bay The system includes a removable power supply bay that contains an integral 300 W power supply unit Figure 3 11 shows the power supply bay removed from the system and identifies key components 3 12 Getting Familiar with the System Figure 3 11 Power Supply Bay ML014354 The numeric callouts in the figure identify the following 1 Voltage selection switch 2 AC power inlet 3 AC On Off power switch The power supply unit provides four regulated output voltages 3 3 V 5 V 12 V 12 V Tables 3 4 and 3 5 list the the unit s power input and power output specifications Table 3 4 Power Input Specifications Range Setting Voltage Range Maximum Current Frequency Range 115 V 90 to 132 V RMS 7A 47 to 63 Hz 230 V 180 to 264 VRMS 3 5A 47 to 63 Hz Table 3 5 Power Output Specifications Voltage Voltage Range Maximum Current Minimum Current 43 3 V 3 17 to 3 46 V 20A 0A 5 V 4 82 to 5 25 V 25 A 2 5 A 12 V 11 4 to 12 56 V 10 A 0 2 A 12 V 10 8 to 13 15V 0 5 A 0A 5 V auxiliary 4 5 to 5 5 V 0 1A 0A Getting Familiar with the System 3 13 Note The total power drawn from the 43 3 and 45 0 voltages must not exceed 175 W 3 9 Cooling System The cooling system provides bottom to top front to back air flow cooling As Figure 3 13 shows air enters the system through the removable fan tray which is located at the bottom front side of the system The SBC
85. ME files README files might be factory installed on the CD ROM disk or available as printed material This infor mation can help you set up configure and operate the system 7 3 Checking that Requirements are Met 7 2 Check that all environmental and power requirements are met Sections 7 3 1 and 7 3 2 discuss these requirements Troubleshooting System Problems 7 3 1 Environmental Requirements Table 7 1 lists the environmental requirements for DIGITAL 5 233i 8 Compact PCI systems Table 7 1 Environmental Requirements Condition Requirement Temperature range Operating 0 C to 50 C 32 F to 122 F Hard disk drive 5 C to 55 C 41 F to 130 F CD ROM drive 5 C to 45 C 41 F to 113 F Diskette drive 5 C to 45 C 41 F to 113 F Nonoperating 40 C to 66 C 40 F to 151 F Hard disk drive 40 C to 65 C 40 F to 149 F CD ROM drive 30 C to 55 C C22 F to 130 F Diskette drive 40 C to 60 C C40 F to 140 F Relative humidity Operating Between 10 and 95 with maximum wet bulb temper ature at 32 C 90 F and minimum dew point 2 C 36 F Hard disk drive 5 to 85 CD ROM drive 20 to 80 Diskette drive 20 to 80 Nonoperating 95 with maximum wet bulb at 46 C 115 F Hard disk drive 5 to 9596 CD ROM drive 10 to 8096 Diskette drive 5 to 95 Altitude Operating Up to 3 0 km 10 000 ft with derating Reduce by a factor
86. MM with pin 1 on the connector The position of the ori entation notches 1 on the SIMM assure proper connectivity Install the SIMM into the connector at a 45 degree angle 2 Rock the SIMM gently until it seats evenly into the bottom of the connector Tip the SIMM upright until the retaining clips at the ends of the connector engage 3 Repeat steps 3 through 5 for other SIMMs being installed Reinstall the SBC as explained in Section 6 4 2 Plug the power cord into the system s AC power inlet and power on the sys tem and any external devices Reboot the system After the system reboots it recognizes the new memory Maintaining the System 6 11 Figure 6 8 Installing a SIMM ML014382 6 6 3 Removing SIMMS 6 12 To remove SIMMs from the SBC complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 9 as necessary 1 2 Remove the SBC from the chassis as explained in Section 6 4 1 Locate the SIMMs that you need to remove Note Because you remove SIMMs at a 45 degree angle it may be necessary to remo
87. Pentium P55C MMX processor and runs at 233 MHz Either two or four main memory SIMMs provide from 32 to 256 MB of EDO memory In addition the SBC provides 512 KB of Level 2 L2 pipelined burst cache The SBC uses a high performance 32 bit PCI bus as its local system bus The pro cessor and memory subsystem connects to the PCI bus through a PCI bus host bridge This bridge provides a low latency path through which the processor directly accesses PCI devices mapped anywhere in memory or I O address spaces The bridge also provides a high bandwidth path that allows PCI bus masters direct access to main memory The processor and memory subsystem interfaces with integrated peripheral con trollers and add on option modules through the PCI host bridge and over the local PCI bus As Figure 8 1 shows onboard integrated peripheral controllers include e 10 100 Fast Ethernet controller e Ultra Wide SCSI controller e SVGA Video controller SBC Functional Components 8 1 A PCI to ISA bus bridge provides access to IDE device control Universal serial bus USB control 128 KB of flash ROM LM78 system monitor Ultra I O controller which supports serial ports a parallel port and the dis kette drive A third bridge the PCI to PCI bridge provides PCI access to the J1 connector on the CompactPCI backplane Figure 8 1 Functional Components of the SBC Ethernet 10 100 Ethernet Controller Intel 82557 PCI to PCI Serial ports 2
88. Pri Master ARMD Emulated as Auto Specifies whether an ATAPI removeable media Floppy device is to be emulated as a diskette or hard Hard Disk disk drive When set to Auto the BIOS defaults to hard disk drive emulation Pri Slave ARMD Emulated as Auto Specifies whether an ATAPI removeable media Floppy device is to be emulated as a diskette or hard Hard Disk disk drive When set to Auto the BIOS defaults to hard disk drive emulation Sec Master ARMD Emulated as Auto Specifies whether an ATAPI removeable media Floppy device is to be emulated as a diskette or hard Hard Disk disk drive When set to Auto the BIOS defaults to hard disk drive emulation Sec Slave ARMD Emulated as Auto Specifies whether an ATAPI removeable media Floppy device is to be emulated as a diskette or hard Hard Disk disk drive When set to Auto the BIOS defaults to hard disk drive emulation Ist Boot Device Disabled Specifies the first device for which to look and Ist IDE HDD use for booting the system 2nd IDE HDD 3rd IDE HDD 4th IDE HDD Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CDROM SCSI NETWORK I20 2nd Boot Device Dissabled Specifies the device for which to look and use Ist IDE HDD for booting the system if the first boot device is 2nd IDE HDD not available 3rd IDE HDD 4th IDE HDD Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CDROM SCSI BIOS Option Summary B 3 Table B 1 Setup Options Continued 3rd Boot Device Try Other Boot Devices Initial Display Mode Display Mode at Ad
89. S 2 keyboard connector 9 16 PS 2 keyboard mouse connector 9 16 PS 2 mouse connector 9 16 SCSI connector 9 22 universal serial bus USB connectors 9 19 video connector 9 24 PIO mode 5 15 5 16 B 2 B 9 Plug and Play Aware O S option 5 29 Plug and play configuration options 5 3 Plug and play features configuring 4 4 Plug and play options 5 28 B 6 Polarity B 7 POST power on self test diagnostics See Power on self test POST diagnostics Power 7 7 Power cord 1 2 connecting 2 20 Power inlet 3 3 Power input specifications 3 13 Power management B 6 Power management configuration options 5 3 Power output specifications 3 13 Index 8 Power specifications A 2 A 4 Power supply 2 2 Power supply bay 3 3 Power supply unit 3 3 removing 6 31 Power supply unit installing 6 32 Power switch 3 3 Power on self test POST diagnostics 7 20 checkpoint codes for C 5 messages displayed by 2 23 Power on self test POST error messages as an aid when troubleshooting 7 1 Pri Master ARMD Emulated as option 5 19 Pri Master option 5 13 5 14 5 15 Pri Slave ARMD Emulated as option 5 19 Pri Slave option 5 13 5 14 5 15 Primary channel 5 12 Primary display B 4 Primary Display option 5 10 Primary master storage device B 2 Primary slave storage device B 2 Processor 2 2 3 6 8 1 8 2 Programmable chip select PCS port offsets 11 2 Programmable chip select PCS register 11 1 PS 2 keyboard connector 3 10 PS
90. SBC Platine nicht besch digt wird Sections 6 4 1 and 6 10 1 explain how to remove and install the SBC 6 4 4 Removing the SBC To remove the SBC complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 4 as neces sary 1 Loosen the two captive screws 1 behind the handles which secure the mod ule to the chassis Simultaneously move the injector ejector levers 2 of the two handles to the outward position Slide the module out of the chassis Maintaining the System Figure 6 4 Removing the SBC ML014307 6 4 2 Installing the SBC To install the SBC complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 5 as necessary 1 Place the top and bottom edges of the module in the guides 1 of the chassis for slot 1 the system slot Check that the injector ejector levers 2 of the two handles are in the outward position Slide the module into the chassis until you feel resistance approximately 1 4 inch short of full insertion Simultaneously move the injector ejector levers of the two handles to the inward position Verify that the module is seated properly Tighten the two captive screws 3 behind the handles which secure the module to the chassis Maintaining the System 6 7 Figure 6 5 Installing the SBC o So a n ck ec A 8 E ML014317 6 5 Adjusting Jumpers for
91. SCDPL 2 Provides odd parity for data lines 2SCD lt 7 0 gt Connectors and Headers Table 9 2 J4 Connector Signal Definitions Continued Signal Definition SEL 2 Drive after a successful arbitration to select as an initia tor or reselect as a target SREQ 2 A target will assert REQ to indicate a byte is ready or is needed by the target SRST 2 Interpreted as a hard reset Video BLUE Blue signal DACVSS Shielded ground wire FHSYNC Horizontal synchronization pulse FVSYNC Vertical synchronization pulse GREEN Green signal MID lt 3 0 gt Bidirectional output that reflects the address into the pal ette DAC or input that can be used to drive pixel values into the palette DAC RED Red signal Miscellaneous PBYPASS LM78 output from the SBC that can be used under soft ware control for power supply bypass control fan con trol or general purpose output FAN3 Tachometer for fan 2 rotational speed input to the SBC FAN2 Tachometer for fan 3 rotational speed input to the SBC INTRUDER Battery backed signal that can be asserted by an external monitoring device when enclosure security is breached SSDA LM78 system monitor I2C serial bus data SSCL LM78 system monitor I2C serial bus clock 9 3 J5 CompactPCI I O Connector The J5 CompactPCI I O connector handles signals for the serial ports parallel port keyboard and mouse universal serial bus USB ports and secondary EIDE devices Figure 9 2 shows the pin layout f
92. Section 6 5 Note Be sure to plug the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet connector that is enabled Figure 9 10 shows the pin layout for the Ethernet connectors Table 9 20 lists the connector pin assignments Table 9 21 defines the signals associated with the pins Note An asterisk in a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Figure 9 10 Ethernet Connector Pin Layout 8 FU oq TER ML013550 Table 9 20 Ethernet Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal 1 TX 2 TX 3 RX Connectors and Headers Table 9 20 Ethernet Connector Pin Assignments Continued Pin Signal 4 REF 5 REF 6 RX 7 NC 8 NC Table 9 21 Ethernet Connector Signal Definitions Signal Definition NC No connection REF Floating reference signals tied together through 75 Q resistors to a common point RX Receive line TX Transmit line 9 12 SCSI Connectors A 68 pin SCSI connector resides on the front panel of the SBC J19 and front panel of the rear transition module Both front and rear SCSI connectors can be used at the same time Figure 9 11 shows the pin layout for the SCSI connectors Table 9 22 lists the connector pin assignments Table 9 23 defines the signals associated with the pins Note An asterisk in a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Connectors and Headers 9 21 Figure 9 11 SCSI Connector Pin Layout oo oo
93. Select the Onboard Ethernet Controller option 3 Setthe option value to Disabled or Enabled as appropriate 4 Exitthe Option window 5 Exit the Peripheral Setup window 5 11 Configuring Onboard Serial Ports The serial port configuration applies to both the front and rear access serial ports However you can connect to only the front or rear ports at any given time Serial ports 1 and 2 each have an assigned address and associated interrupt The optimal default enables serial port 1 at address 3F8h and serial port 2 at address 2F8h If you are using both serial ports you need to specify a different address for the second port If you are using fail safe defaults the serial ports are disabled If you need to adjust the configuration of the serial ports 1 Select the Peripheral icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Onboard Serial Port 1 or Onboard Serial Port 2 option as appropriate 3 Select one of the following option values To Select Instruct AMIBIOS to automatically enable and configure the Auto port Disable the port Fail Safe default Disabled Enable and set the base I O address for the port manually 3F8h 2F8h 3ESh or Optimal default is 3F amp h 2E8h as appropriate 4 Specify whether the front or rear access port is being used 5 Exit the Option window 6 Repeat steps 2 through 5 to configure the second serial port if appropriate 7 Exitthe Peripheral Setup window 5 12 Configuring the On
94. Sup port for the I O ready IORDY signal is required for these modes If you select mode Auto AMIBIOS automatically finds the PIO mode for the drive being configured Note If you choose to set the PIO mode manually by selecting 0 1 2 3 4 or 5 you must make absolutely certain that you are selecting a PIO mode sup ported by the IDE drive 10 Exit the device window 11 Exit the Standard Setup window 5 7 6 Configuring CD ROM Drives To configure a CD ROM drive 1 Select the Standard icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master or Sec Slave icon in the Stan dard Setup window as appropriate Select the Type option in the device window 4 Select the first ARMD option in the drive parameter window Configuring the System 5 15 5 Select the Detect IDE icon in the Utility window This utility automatically detects and displays all IDE parameters including those for ATAPI CD ROM drives 6 Click the OK button to accept the parameters If you are absolutely certain that you know the correct IDE parameters and you prefer to enter the parame ters manually you can do so 7 Return to the device menu 8 Enter values for the following IDE disk drive options Option Description LBA Large Mode When set to On enables support for IDE drives with capaci ties greater than 528 MB The default is Off If you do not enable this option the system will allow use of up
95. System 5 9 Note Make note of the password that you enter and keep it in a secure place If you forget or lose the password you must drain CMOS RAM and recon figure the system 3 Reenter the new password as prompted If the password confirmation is incorrect an error message appears Try reentering the password If the password confirmation is correct the new password is stored in CMOS RAM when WINBIOS Setup exits and takes effect the next time the system boots 4 Exitthe Supervisor Setup or User Setup window as appropriate 5 4 3 Enabling Anti Virus Protection You have the option of enabling anti virus protection This feature is disabled by default When enabled AMIBIOS issues a warning when a program or virus issues a disk format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive The following messages appear after an attempt to format a cylinder head or sec tor of a hard disk drive with the BIOS INT 13 Hard Disk Drive Service Format Possible VIRUS Continue Y N AMIBIOS displays the following messages when a program attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive Boot Sector Write Possible VIRUS Continue Y N If either of these messages appears you may need to enter N several times to pre vent the format or write operation 5 5 Configuring a Display Monitor and Adapter 5 10 You may need to configure the system s display monitor support By def
96. To avoid damaging boards or components take appropriate precautions when handling them Vorsicht Gedruckte Schaltungen und dazu geh rende Systemkomponenten reagieren empfindlich auf elektrostatische Entladung und k nnen durch elektrostatische Entladung sogar besch digt werden Treffen Sie die erforderlichen Vorsichtsma nahmen damit Schaltplatten oder Systemkomponenten beim Ein und Ausbau nicht besch digt werden In addition to using an antistatic wriststrap or wearing isolation gloves consider the following precautions Do not allow a circuit board or other component to make contact with non conductors including your clothing Keep loose circuit boards inside or on top of conductive plastic bags Before touching a loose circuit board or component discharge static electric ity 2 4 5 Installing an Option Module To install an option module complete the following steps Refer to Figure 2 8 as necessary 1 Place the top and bottom edges of the module in the card guides 1 of the chassis 2 Check that the injector ejector levers 2 of the two handles are in the outward position 3 Slide the module into the chassis until you feel resistance approximately 1 4 inch short of full insertion 4 Simultaneously move the injector ejector levers of the two handles to the inward position Verify that the module is seated properly Tighten the two captive screws 3 that secure the module to the chassis Setting
97. a The first step to mounting your system into a rack is to identify the area on the rack in which the system is to be installed The system requires 15 75 inches 9U of vertical height and must be installed such that the bottom of the system is posi tioned between two holes spaced at 0 5 inch as indicated in Figure 2 12 Mark the hole at this position on each of the two rails Setting Up the System 2 15 U nuts must be installed in the bottom hole that you just marked and at three other locations up a rail as indicated in Figure 2 12 Measure the distances indicated in Figure 2 12 and mark the remaining three holes Then mark the corresponding holes on the second rail Figure 2 12 Marking the Installation Area IY 1 50 y A 4 00 y A Installation Area TET 4 75 y A 4 00 0 625 inch 0 625 inch 0 500 inch Y 0 625 inch 0 625 inch E 0 500 inch Y 0 625 inch ML014377 2 6 2 Installing the U Nuts Install the eight 10 32 U nuts supplied in your system kit on the two rack rails at the positions marked previously see Section 2 6 1 2 6 3 Installing the System in a Rack Figure 2 13 shows how to install the system in the rack 2 16 Setting Up the System Caution Before you begin to install the system in the rack e Make sure all devices are pushed into the chassis and secured and no device is disengaged e Activate the stabilizer foot of the rack if the rack
98. a Glan Ces ioo es i oes ar eT ee EA 2 2 2 3 Addressing Operating Requirements 2 0 0 0 ee eee 2 3 2 3 1 Environmental Requirements 00 0 cece eee eee eee 2 4 2 3 2 Power Requirements 00 coe cece eee eee 2 5 2 4 Installing Option Modules 2 0 2 0 0 cece eee 2 7 2 4 1 Identifying Slots for the Option Modules 00 00 0000 000 2 7 2 4 2 Converting 3U Option Slots to 6U Option Slots 00 00 0000 08 2 9 2 4 3 Removing Filler Panels coe p lane ieee ee 2 10 2 4 4 Taking Antistatic Precautions usuusu cece eee nh 2 11 2 4 5 Installing an Option Module 0 0 0 cee 2 11 2 5 Setting Up the System for Front Access O 1 0 oe eee ee 2 12 2 5 1 Taking Antistatic Precautions 6 2 0 eee e 2 12 2 5 2 Removing the SBC from the Chassis 0 00 00 e eee cece eee ee 2 13 2 5 3 Adjusting Jumper Settings for Front Access I O 2 0 0 00000 2 14 2 54 Reinstalling the SBC i 20344205 40 se en eee TU ERE 2 14 2 6 Mounting the System into aRack 0 0 ee eee 2 15 2 6 1 Marking the Installation Area 1 2 eee eee 2 15 2 6 2 Installing the U Nuts 28 5 5 ons b dative eee denis ata hs als 2 16 2 6 3 Installing the SysteminaRack eee 2 16 2 7 Connecting I O Cables and the Power Cord 0 0 0 eee cee 2 18 2 7 1 Connecting Cables for Rear I O slslleleseeee eee 2 18 2 7 2 Connecting Cables for Front Access I O
99. al HSYNC Horizontal synchronization MID lt 3 0 gt Bidirectional output that reflects the address into the palette DAC or input that can be used to drive pixel values into the palette DAC NC No connection RED Red signal VSYNC Vertical synchronization 9 14 SIMM Connectors Four SIMM connectors are on the SBC These connectors are organized into two banks as shown in Figure 9 13 For information on valid memory configurations see Section 2 2 Figure 9 13 SIMM Connectors sE j Banko 0 ML014501 Connectors and Headers 9 25 10 System Address Mapping and Interrupts This chapter discusses system address mapping and system interrupts Topics include e PCII O Address Map Memory Address Map e DMA Channel Assignments e System Interrupts 10 1 PCI I O Address Map PCII O address space is mapped dynamically each time the system boots or through the operating system by way of plug and play capabilities Regardless of the dynamic mapping legacy I O locations remain constant Table 10 1 shows the PCI I O address map Address functions listed as optional normally are not occupied by onboard resources You use WINBIOS Setup or spe cial utilities to enable or relocate these features from default values Table 10 1 PCI I O Address Map Physical Address Range Function 0000 000F DMA controller 1 0020 0021 Interrupt controller 1 0040 0043 Counter timer 0060 0064 Keyboard nonmaskable int
100. al of differential data pair for the USB channel Miscellaneous DIAG OC Diagnostic and alarm output open collector output PBRESET Pushbutton system reset input pulled up filtered and debounced on the host card RESET System reset output TTL totem pole SPKR OC PC AT speaker output open collector output 9 4 Parallel Port Connector and Header The parallel port is normally used for connecting a printer to the system On the front panel of the SBC this port is a 25 pin micro D connector J22 On the front panel of the rear transition module the port consists of a 25 pin standard D con nector J16 which is compliant with IEEE 1284 signaling Figure 9 3 shows the pin layout for the parallel port connector Table 9 5 lists the connector pin assignments Table 9 6 defines the signals associated with the pins Note An asterisk in a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Figure 9 3 Parallel Port Connector Pin Layout o 226 95 990 990 2 0 9 5 9 6 9 5 26 o o 90 9 6 ML014498 Connectors and Headers 9 9 Table 9 5 Parallel Port Connector Pin Assignments Signal VO Direction Pin Pin VO Direction Signal 13 Input SLCT GND 25 12 Input PE GND 24 11 Input BUSY GND 23 10 Input ACK GND 22 9 Input Output D7 GND 21 8 Input Output D6 GND 20 7 Input Output D5 GND 19 6 Input Output D4 GND 18 5 Input Output D3 SLIN Output 17 4 Input Output D2 INIT Output 16 3 Input Output
101. ameter dimin ishes Yet each sector must still hold 512 bytes Write precompen sation circuitry on the hard disk compensates for the physical difference in sector size by boosting the write current for sectors on inner tracks The number of sectors per track MFM drives have 17 sectors per track RLL drives have 26 sectors per track ESDI drives have 34 sectors per track SCSI and IDE drives have more sectors per track The formatted capacity of the drive is the product of number of heads X number of cylinders X number of sectors per track X 512 bytes per sector Table 5 3 lists drive parameter values for typical disk drives Table 5 3 Typical Hard Disk Drive Information Type Cylinders Heads Write Sector Capacity PIO Mode e LBA Mode User 3128 16 512 63 1 6 GB 4 On On User 4092 16 512 63 2 1 GB 4 On On User 6256 16 65535 63 3 2 GB 4 On On User 14848 9 256 63 4 3 GB 4 On On User 13328 15 65535 63 6 4 GB 4 On On 5 7 2 Enabling and Disabling the Onboard IDE Controller Channels 5 12 You can configure the IDE controller to use the IDE primary channel secondary channel or both channels The onboard IDE controller is set to use both the pri mary and secondary channels by default If you need to disable or adjust this set ting at any time you can do so as follows 1 Select the Peripheral icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Onboard IDE icon in the Peripheral Setup window Configuring the System 3
102. ansition module RTM connectors and headers Topics include J4 CompactPCI I O Connector J5 CompactPCI I O Connector Parallel Port Connector and Header EIDE Hard Drive Headers Diskette Drive Headers Keyboard Mouse Header PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connectors Serial Port Connectors Universal Serial Bus Port Connectors Ethernet Connectors SCSI Connectors Video Connectors SIMM Connectors 9 1 Connectors and Headers The SBC and rear transition module provide several connectors and headers for attaching devices Connectors are located on the module front panels Headers are mounted on the module circuit boards Warning To reduce the risk of personal injury always power off the system and unplug the power cord before connecting peripherals to the SBC or rear transition module Connectors and Headers 9 1 ACHTUNG Schalten Sie immer das System aus und ziehen Sie das Netzkabel aus der Steckdose bevor Sie Peripherieger te an den Zentralprozessor SBC oder das hintere bergangsmodul anschlieBen 9 2 J4 CompactPCI I O Connector The J4 CompactPCI I O connector handles signals for the primary EIDE diskette SCSI video and Ethernet devices Figure 9 1 shows the pin layout for the J4 con nector as seen from the rear of the SBC Table 9 1 lists the connector pin assign ments Table 9 2 defines the signals associated with the pins Note An asterisk in a signal name indicates that the signal is active low
103. aphical conventions used for names of various items throughout this manual Items Example Bits sysBus lt 32 2 gt BIOS option External Cache option BIOS option values Enabled Files and pathnames usr foo bar Pins LIRQ pin Signals iogrant signal Variables n x mydev Numbering Numbers are decimal unless otherwise indicated The prefix h indicates a hexa decimal number For example 19 is decimal but h19 and h19A are hexadecimal Otherwise the base is indicated by a superscript for example 100 is a binary number Ranges and Extents Ranges are specified by a pair of numbers separated by two periods and are inclusive For example a range of integers 0 4 includes the integers 0 1 2 3 and 4 Extents are specified by a pair of numbers in angle brackets gt separated by a colon and are inclusive XV Bit fields are often specified as extents For example bits 7 3 specifies bits 7 6 5 4 and 3 Register and Memory Figures Syntax Register figures have bit and field position numbering starting at the right low order and increasing to the left high order Memory figures have addresses starting at the top and increasing toward the bot tom The following syntax elements are used throughout this manual Do not type the syntax elements when entering information Element Example Description file filename The enclosed items are optional l l Choose one of tw
104. arallel port cable connec tions Disconnect the parallel port device from the front or rear parallel port Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the parallel port as explained in Sec tion 5 12 Also make sure the port is configured correctly for the type of printer that is being used Replace the SBC or rear transition module as appropriate Replace the SBC Table 7 3 Troubleshooting System Problems Continued Problem Possible Cause Action Ethernet port is not func tional USB port is not functional System operates but an installed CompactPCI option module front or rear I O does not function correctly The Ethernet cable is installed incor rectly The system is set up for front access Ethernet I O and the Ethernet cable is connected to the rear access port or vice versa The onboard Ethernet controller dis abled in the BIOS setup Ethernet port failure Ethernet controller failure A USB cable is installed incorrectly The system is set up for front access USB I O and the USB cables are con nected to the rear access ports or vice versa The USB ports are disabled or are not configured correctly in the BIOS setup USB port failure Controller failure The option module is installed incor rectly Backplane connector failure Option module failure Troubleshooting System Problems Check all Ethernet cable connections Try the other Ethernet port If neces
105. atures 12 Reserved PS 2 mouse 13 Coprocessor 14 Hard disk controller 15 Reserved System Address Mapping and Interrupts 10 3 11 System Management A field programmable gate array FPGA and the LM78 Microprocessor System Hardware Monitor on the SBC provide advanced system management features designed for use in critical industrial control applications This chapter describes and explains how to use these features Topics include e System Management Features e Gaining Access to the System Management Features e FPGA Registers e Using the Watchdog Timer e Using the LM78 System Monitor 11 1 System Management Features Table 11 1 lists the system management features all of which are accessible through the address programmed into the programmable chip select PCS register in the PCI to ISA bridge Table 11 1 System Management Features Feature Description Watchdog timer A countdown timer When the countdown reaches zero the timer can set a flag in a register optionally assert an I O check IOCHK signal and optionally perform an SBC reset System monitor Monitors backplane and CPU voltage SBC temperature fan rotation and intrusion Errors are reported through the local nonmaskable interrupt NMI or system management inter rupt SMI 11 2 Gaining Access to the System Management Features You gain access to the system management features through the address pro grammed in the system s PCS regist
106. ault the system is set up to support a VGA EGA display monitor If you connect a differ ent type of display monitor or if the system is set up without a display monitor you must adjust the configuration 1 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Primary Display option 3 Setthe option value to Absent VGA EGA CGA 40x25 CGA 80x25 or Mono as appropriate Exit the Option window Exit the Advanced Setup window Configuring the System 5 6 Configuring Keyboard and Mouse Support WINBIOS Setup options are available for e Configuring systems that do not have a keyboard e Enabling and disabling support for a PS 2 mouse 5 6 1 Configuring Systems that Do Not Use a Keyboard If you are configuring a system that does not have a keyboard attached specify that a keyboard is not present to suppress error messages that the BIOS would dis play otherwise By default the BIOS assumes a keyboard is connected and needs to be configured If a keyboard is not present and the system is not configured accordingly the BIOS displays error messages To supress error messages resulting from a keyboard not being attached to the sys tem Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window Select the System Keyboard option 1 2 3 Set the option value to Absent the default is Present 4 Exit the Option window 5 Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 6 2 Disabling and Enabling Support for a PS 2 Mouse By default the s
107. bank O Two slots slot 0 J8 of bank 1 and slot 1 J9 of bank 1 Four slots slots O and 1 of banks 0 and I e SIMMs installed in a given memory bank must be of the same size For example if you install a 64 MB SIMM in slot 0 of bank 0 you must install a 64 MB SIMM in slot 1 of bank 0 e All SIMMs must be 60 ns extended data out EDO SIMMs Table 6 1 shows valid SIMM combinations Table 6 1 Valid SIMM Combinations Total Memory Bank 0 Bank 0 Bank 1 Bank 1 Slot 0 J6 Slot 1 J7 Slot 0 J8 Slot 1 J9 32 MB 16 MB 16 MB 64 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 64 MB 32 MB 32 MB 96 MB 16 MB 16 MB 32 MB 32 MB 96 MB 32 MB 32 MB 16 MB 16 MB 128 MB 32 MB 32 MB 32 MB 32 MB 128 MB 64 MB 64 MB 160 MB 16 MB 16 MB 64 MB 64 MB 160 MB 64 MB 64 MB 16 MB 16 MB Maintaining the System Table 6 1 Valid SIMM Combinations Total Memory Bank 0 Bank 0 Bank 1 Bank 1 Slot 0 J6 Slot 1 J7 Slot 0 J8 Slot 1 J9 192 MB 32 MB 32 MB 64 MB 64 MB 192 MB 64 MB 64 MB 32 MB 32 MB 256 MB 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB 6 6 2 Installing SIMMs To install SIMMs on the SBC complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 8 as necessary 1 2 Remove the SBC from the chassis as explained in Section 6 4 1 Locate the memory connectors into which the SIMMs are to be installed Note Because you install SIMMs at a 45 degree angle it may be necessary to remove existing SIMMs to install a new SIMM Align pin 1 of the SI
108. bay Remove the device Install a device Replace the storage bay Sections 6 10 1 to 6 10 4 explain how to complete these steps 6 10 1 Removing the Storage Bay 6 26 To remove a storage bay 1 2 3 4 Power off external devices connected to the system Power off the system Unplug the power cord from the system s AC power inlet Remove the rear access panel and disconnect the storage device cabling as shown in Figure 6 22 Loosen the six screws 1 that secure the rear access panel to the chassis a b Remove the rear access panel Disconnect the IDE data cable 2 from the storage devices e Disconnect the diskette drive data cable 3 from the diskette drive e Disconnect the storage device power cables 4 from their power connec tors Maintaining the System 5 Loosen the captive screws 5 that secure the rear of the storage bay to the chassis Figure 6 22 Removing the Rear Access Panel and Disconnecting Storage Device Cabling ML014389 6 Remove the storage bay as shown in Figure 6 23 a Loosen the four screws 1 that secure the storage bay to the chassis b Slide the storage bay out of the chassis Figure 6 23 Removing the Storage Bay ML014314 Maintaining the System 6 27 6 10 2 Removing a Device from the Stora
109. bit Three 16 bit Support scatter gather F type DMA Two Universal Serial Bus USB ports Two RS 232 16550 serial ports with 16 byte FIFO Bidirectional parallel port that supports all IEEE 1284 protocols Industry standard diskette interface Bus master PCI EIDE with LBA and mode 4 support PCI Ultra Fast Wide SCSI 3 Adaptec 7880 Shielded twisted pair PCI 10 100 Mb Ethernet 10BASE T 100 BASE TX 82557ETherExpress TM Pro 100B compatible PCI SVGA with 1 MB of EDO memory Cirrus Logic GD5446 Real time clock with replaceable battery backup Includes CMOS Two USB ports PS 2 keyboard mouse combination 6 pin mini DIN Two serial ports dual stacked 9 pin micro D Parallel port 25 pin micro D SCSI 3 68 pin receptacle SVGA 15 pin D sub Ethernet RJ 45 Specifications A 3 Table A 1 System Specifications Continued Rear transition module connectors BIOS features Supervisory Mechanical Power input Power requirements Reliability Regulatory conformance Two USB ports Keyboard Mouse Two serial ports Parallel port SCSI 3 68 pin receptacle SVGA Ethernet RJ 45 AMI WIN BIOS in flash EPROM Field upgradable Auto configuration extended setup Serial and parallel ports can be remapped Extensions for systems that run without a disk keyboard or video monitor BIOS POST and Setup console can be redirected to a serial port Programmable memory wait states System and video BIOS shadowing S
110. board Parallel Ports The parallel port configuration applies to both the front and rear access parallel ports However you can connect to only one of the two ports at any given time 5 20 Configuring the System To configure the parallel ports 1 Select the Peripheral icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Onboard Parallel Port option 3 Select one of the following option values To Select Instruct AMIBIOS to automatically enable and configure the Auto port the default Disable the port Disabled Enable and set the base I O address for the port manually 378h 278h or 3BCh as appropriate 4 Exit the Option window 5 If you selected Auto or Disabled in step 3 skip to step 19 6 Select the Parallel Port Mode option 7 Select one of the following option values To Enable Select Normal mode Normal Enhanced Parallel Port EPP mode EPP EPP mode supports devices that adhere to the IEEE P1284 EPP speci fication This mode uses the existing parallel port signals to provide asymmetric bidirectional data transfer that is driven by the host device Extended Capabilities Port ECP mode the default ECP mode sup ECP ports devices that adhere to the IEE P1284 ECP specification This mode uses the DMA protocol to achieve transfer rates of approxi mately 2 5 Mbs and provides symmetric bidirectional communica tions Exit the Option window 9 If you selected Normal or ECP in step 7 skip to s
111. ch digt werden In addition to using an antistatic wriststrap or wearing isolation gloves consider the following precautions Do not allow a circuit board or other component to make contact with non conductors including your clothing Keep loose circuit boards inside or on top of conductive plastic bags Before touching a loose circuit board or component discharge static electric ity 2 5 2 Removing the SBC from the Chassis To remove the SBC complete the following steps Refer to Figure 2 9 as neces sary 1 Loosen the two captive screws 1 behind the handles which secure the mod ule to the chassis Simultaneously move the injector ejector levers 2 of the two handles to the outward position Slide the module out of the chassis Setting Up the System 2 13 Figure 2 9 Removing the SBC EA ce ML014307 2 5 3 Adjusting Jumper Settings for Front Access I O Figure 2 10 identifies the Ethernet 1 and USB 2 front rear I O access jumper blocks on the SBC To adjust Ethernet access you must set the jumper for rear or front access as shown in Figure 2 10 To adjust USB access you must install or remove the jumper block When the jumper block is installed the system is set up for rear I O access For front USB access remove the jumper block Figure 2 10 Setting Front Rear I O Access Jumpers AN E
112. ck diskette drive swap and seek PS 2 mouse and keyboard support primary display password check boot OS 2 boot mes sages and cache and shadowing options Chipset Chipset options universal serial bus USB enable USB key Power management PCI plug and play Peripheral Security Window Supervisor User Anti virus Utility Window board and mouse legacy support USB passive release enable and DRAM timing options Power conservation options These options are not supported PCI plug and play options plug and play aware operating system enable PCI latency timer PCI IDE bus master DMA channel IRQ reserved memory size and reserved memory addresss options I O support options onboard diskette drive controller serial ports IDE controller SCSI controller and Ethernet controller options and system management options Supervisor password User password Anti virus software enabled or disabled Configuring the System 5 3 Table 5 1 WINBIOS Setup Configuration Categories Continued Category Allows You to Set Detect IDE The programmed I O mode block mode and large LBA mode Also shows the settings of auto detected IDE devices including the device type number of cylinders number of heads write pre compensation number of sectors and capacity Language English only Default Window Original All option settings back to the values present at the start of the setup session Optimal Optima
113. controller 8 1 8 4 8 5 configuring 4 3 5 20 B 7 Ethernet front rear I O access jumper block 2 14 6 8 Ethernet I O access jumper 3 8 Exhaust exits 3 14 Extended Capabilities Port ECP mode 5 21 External cache 5 23 8 3 configuring 4 3 External Cache option 5 23 B 5 External devices checking cabling of 7 2 External write back cache 3 6 F Fail safe default option 5 4 Fail safe defaults B 9 Fan filter 3 14 Fan guards 3 15 Fan tray 3 3 3 14 Fans 3 3 3 14 troubleshooting 7 7 Features system 2 2 Field programmable gate array FPGA 11 1 Filler panels 3 3 installing 6 25 Flash 3 7 4 4 updating BIOS in 5 33 Flash ROM 8 2 8 3 Floating point gate array FPGA data register 11 2 11 5 Floating point gate array FPGA index register 11 2 11 4 Floppy A option 5 18 Floppy Access Control option 5 18 Floppy B option 5 18 Floppy Drive Seek option 5 18 Floppy Drive Swap option 5 18 FPGA See Field programmable gate array FPGA H Handles 3 3 Hard boot 2 28 Hard Disk Access Control option 5 17 Hard disk drive 2 2 3 3 access control option for B 4 configuring 4 2 installing 6 28 removing 6 28 Hard disk drives access control for 5 16 ARMD devices emulated as 5 19 configuration parameters for 5 12 configuring 5 11 IDE 5 14 S M A R T options for 5 17 user defined 5 13 Headers 9 1 diskette drive 9 13 EIDE hard drive 9 10 keyboard mouse 9 14 Heads 5 12 Heads hard di
114. ctPCI option slots con cerns systems that use only one option module If you use only one option mod ule you can install that module in any slot except slot 2 Slot 2 must be empty Getting Familiar with the System Figure 3 8 Front Option Slots ML014323 The rear transition module must occupy the slot on the back side of the backplane directly opposite the SBC as factory installed Likewise any rear transition I O option module that you install must occupy the rear system slot directly oppostie the slot in which you installed the front option module counterpart Figure 3 9 Rear Transition I O Option Slots MLO14324 Getting Familiar with the System 3 11 3 7 Storage Bay and Devices The system includes a removable storage bay that contains CD ROM diskette and hard disk drives Figure 3 10 shows the storage bay removed from the sys tem and identifies each of the storage devices Figure 3 10 Storage Bay ML014353 The numeric callouts in the figure identify the following 1 Hard disk drive 2 CD RO
115. d B 8 System BIOS Cacheable 5 24 B 5 System Keyboard 5 11 B 4 time B 2 Transmitter Polarity B 7 Try Other Boot Devices 5 27 Type 5 13 5 14 5 15 Type disk device B 2 universal serial bus USB B 5 universal serial bus USB keyboard mouse legacy support B 5 universal serial bus USB passive release en able B 5 USB Function 5 22 USB Keyboard Mouse Legacy Support 5 22 User 5 14 user password B 8 using default settings of 5 7 Volt Fault Alarm 5 31 B 7 Wait for F1 If Error 5 27 Wait For F1 If Error B 5 write precompensation hard disk B 2 BIOS options Plug and Play Aware OS 5 29 BIOS setup utility 5 1 basics of 5 2 configuration categories for 5 3 configuration option categories 5 2 exiting 5 7 features of 5 1 icons 5 2 input devices for 5 2 invoking 2 23 message bar 5 2 online help for 5 5 See also System configuration starting 5 6 using the keyboard with 5 6 using the mouse with 5 5 Blink codes 7 21 C 1 listing of 7 21 Block mode 5 15 5 16 B 2 B 9 Boot 2 26 2 28 controlling boot parameters 5 25 device sequence for 5 26 messages controlling display of 5 27 soft 7 2 troubleshooting 7 12 Boot parameters 5 26 configuring 4 3 Boot sequence options B 3 Boot to OS 2 option 5 27 Booting OS 2 B 4 BootUp Num Lock option 5 27 B 4 Brackets mounting 3 3 Bus arbitration 3 4 Bus checkpoint codes C 11 Bus interface specifications A 3 Bus master 5 29 C
116. d but not as the result of a soft reset Displaying the first 64 KB memory size The memory size display started The display is updated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test The memory below 1 MB was tested and initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Testing the memory above 1 MB Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes Table C 7 Runtime Checkpoint Codes Continued Code Explanation 52h The memory above 1 MB was tested and initialized Saving the memory size information 53h The memory size information and the CPU registers are saved Entering real mode 54h Shutdown was successful The CPU is in real mode Disabling the Gate A20 line parity and the NMI 57h The A20 address line parity and the NMI are disabled Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing 58h The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message 59h The Hit DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Start ing the DMA and interrupt controller test 60h The DMA page register test passed Performing the DMA controller 1 base reg ister test 62h The DMA controller 1 base register test passed Performing the DMA control ler 2 base register test 65h The DMA controller 2 base register test passed Programming DMA controllers 1 and 2
117. d On ROM Init Floppy Access Control Hard Disk Access Control S M A R T for Hard Disks BootUp Num Lock Floppy Drive Swap Flopply Drive Seek PS 2 Mouse Support System Keyboard Primary Display Password Check Boot to OS 2 B 4 BIOS Option Summary Dissabled Ist IDE HDD 2nd IDE HDD 3rd IDE HDD 4th IDE HDD Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CDROM Yes No BIOS Silent Force BIOS Keep Current Read Write Read Only Read Write Read Only Disabled Enabled Off On Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Absent Present Absent VGA EGA CGA 40x25 CGA 80x25 Mono Setup Always No Yes Specifies the device for which to look and use for booting the system if the first and second boot devices are not available Specifies whether the system should boot from other devices in the event that devices in the defined boot sequence are not available Specifies whether BIOS messages are to be dis played on the monitor screen during the boot process Specifies the system display mode that is to be used when the BIOS POST initializes an optional adaptor ROM Specifies the type of access control allowed for the diskette drive Specifies the type of access control allowed for the hard disk drive Enables or disables the System Management and Reporting Technologies S M A R T pro tocol for reporting server system information over the network Turns Numlock on or
118. diskette drives A and B you must enable the Floppy Drive Swap option To enable this option 1 2 3 4 5 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window Select the Floppy Drive Swap option Set the option value to Enabled Exit the Option window Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 8 5 Configuring Diskette Drive A to Seek During a System Boot If you want diskette drive A to perform a seek operation when the system boots enable the Floppy Drive Seek option To enable this option l 2 3 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window Select the Floppy Drive Seek option Set the option value to Enabled 5 18 Configuring the System 4 Exitthe Option window 5 Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 8 6 Emulating an ARMD as a Diskette or Hard Disk Drive ATAPI removable media device ARMD options allow a primary master primary slave secondary master or secondary slave ARMD to emulate a diskette or hard disk drive For example you might use this option to emulate an ATAPI CD ROM device as a bootable hard disk drive for system booting purposes To set up ARMD emulation 1 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window 2 Select one of the following ARMD options Pri Master ARMD Emulated as Pri Slave ARMD Emulated as Sec Master ARMD Emulated as Sec Slave ARMD Emulated as 3 Select one of the following option values To Select Default to the appropriate storage device type for
119. e Intel web site at http www intel com design MMX and http www intel comn design pcisets The SBC supports two or four dynamic random access memory DRAM SIMMs for memory configurations that range from 32 to 256 MB The memory resides in two banks The SIMMs in a given bank must be the same size 16 32 or 64 MB and all must be 60 ns extended data out EDO SIMMs Table 2 1 lists valid SIMM combinations The amount of main memory installed is detected by the BIOS automatically when the SBC is powered on The width of the memory data path is 64 bits Operating at this width the memory bus can achieve a maximum burst bandwidth of 264 MB sec 8 bytes at 33 MHz Parity generation and checking is provided for each byte of memory Additionally the chip set provides single bit error checking and correction ECC and double bit detection with parity error generation for 36 bit SIMMs ECC if supported by the operating system greatly enhances reliability and data integrity 8 4 Level 2 Cache The SBC provides 512 KB of onboard secondary Level 2 write back cache This cache consists of two 32 bit x64 KB 7 ns onboard pipelined burst SRAMs Fea tures of the Level 2 cache include tag and control logic that is contained in the 82434NX PCMC core 8 5 Flash ROM The onboard BIOS is stored in a 256 KB 2 Mb flash ROM The flash ROM has a boot block and can be reprogrammed at power up from a diskette The SBC has a catastrophic flash recovery p
120. e Section 2 2 The factory setting is for rear access connectors To use front access connectors you must remove the jumper as explained in Section 6 5 Note Be sure to plug the USB cables into the USB connectors that are enabled Figure 9 9 shows the pin layout for the USB connectors Table 9 18 lists the con nector pin assignments Table 9 19 defines the signals associated with the pins Note An asterisk in a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Figure 9 9 USB Port Connector Pin Layout 12 3 4 2 ML014542 Table 9 18 USB Port Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal 4 GND 3 USBP2 USBP1 2 USBP2 USBP1 1 VCC 5 V Connectors and Headers 9 19 Table 9 19 USB Port Connector Signal Definitions Signal Definition GND Ground USBP2 USBP2 Differential data pair for serial bus 2 USBP1 USBP1 Differential data pair for serial bus 1 VCC Power 5 V 9 11 Ethernet Connectors 9 20 An Ethernet connector J16 resides on the front panel of the SBC and front panel of the rear transition module The Ethernet jumper on the SBC enables the front access connector on the SBC or a rear access connector on a rear transition mod ule see Section 2 2 The factory setting enables the rear access connector To use the front access connector you must reposition the jumper as explained in
121. ect the PCI IDE Bus Master option Set the option value to Enabled Exit the Option window Exit the PCI PnP Setup window Configuring the System 5 29 5 17 4 Allocating IRQ Lines for PCI Devices When AMIBIOS configures onboard PCI plug and play devices it acquires an IRQ line for each device from a pool of available IRQ lines If you have a need to explicitly remove an IRQ line from the pool of available lines for explicit use by a PCI device remove the line as follows Up to four IRQs can be allocated to the PCI bus The IRQs are allocated according to PCI slot position and the capabilities of the PCI option card Assuming all IRQs are available to the PCI bus the order of allocation is as fol lows 11 10 9 15 5 3 7 4 12 and 14 To allocate an IRQ line to a PCI device 1 Select the PCI PnP icon in the Setup window 2 Select the IRQn option that corresponds to an IRQ line to be allocated 3 Setthe value to PCP PnP AMIBIOS removes the corresponding IRQ line from the pool of available IRQ lines that can be assigned automatically to configured onboard PCI plug and play devices Exit the Option window Exit the PCI PnP Setup window 5 17 5 Configuring Legacy ISA EISA Adapter Cards 5 30 The system supports the use of both ISA EISA plug and play adapter cards and legacy ISA EISA adapter cards By default the system assumes that any adapter cards that you install are plug and play cards If you install a legacy
122. ection Pin Pin VO Direction Signal R_BRSTS Output 1 2 GND IS7 IP7 Input Output 3 4 Input Output IS8 IP8 IS6 IP6 Input Output 5 6 Input Output IS9 IP9 ISS IP5 Input Output 7 8 Input Output IS10 IP 10 ISA IP4 Input Output 9 10 Input Output IS11 IP11 IS3 IP3 Input Output 11 12 Input Output IS12 IP12 IS2 IP2 Input Output 13 14 Input Output IS13 IP13 IS1 IP1 Input Output 15 16 Input Output IS14 IP14 ISO IPO Input Output 17 18 Input Output IS15 IP15 GND 19 20 NC DRQn 21 22 GND Connectors and Headers 9 11 Table 9 7 EIDE Header Pin Assignments Continued Signal VO Direction Pin Pin VO Direction Signal DIOWR_S Output 23 24 GND DIOWR_P DIORR_S Output 29 26 GND DIORR_P IORDY 27 28 Output ALE DACK 1 29 30 GND DACKO RMIRQ RIRQ Input 31 32 Output IOCS16 RDAI Output 33 34 GND RDAO Output 35 36 Output RDA2 RCSIS RCSIP Output 37 38 Output RCS3S RCS3P IDEACT Output 39 40 GND Table 9 8 EIDE Header Signal Definitions Signal Definition DACKI DACKO Drives the DAK signal DDRQ lt 1 0 gt Driven from the DRQ signals DIORR S DIORR P DIOWR S DIOWR P IDEACT IOCS16 IORDY 1S lt 15 0 gt IP lt 15 0 gt GND R_BRSTS RCSIP RCSIS RCS3P RCS3S RDA lt 2 0 gt RMIRQ RIRQ Drives read signals Drives write signals Activity LED Indicates a 16 bit register is to be decoded Indicates drive is ready for I O cycles EIDE drive data lines bits 15 to 0 Ground Reset signal to drive Corresponds to the invert
123. ed CSIFX primary IDE controller signal on the Corresponds to the inverted CSIFX secondary IDE controller signal on the Corresponds to the inverted CS3FX primary IDE controller signal on the Corresponds to the inverted CS3FX secondary IDE controller signal on the Indicates which byte in the ATA command block or control lock is being addressed Interrupt line for the drive Connectors and Headers 9 6 Diskette Drive Headers A diskette drive can be connected to a 34 pin header J9 on the rear transition module Figure 9 5 shows the pin layout for the diskette drive header Table 9 9 lists the header pin assignments Table 9 10 defines the signals associated with the pins Notes An asterisk in a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Figure 9 5 Diskette Header Pin Layout Oo oo oo Qo oo oo oo oo oo oo Oo oo Oo Oo Oo oo oo ML014492 Table 9 9 Diskette Header Pin Assignments Signal VO Direction Pin Pin VO Direction Signal GND 1 2 Output RPM_LC GND 3 4 NC NC 5 6 DRATE GND T 8 Input INDEX GND 9 10 Output MTRO A GND 11 12 Output DSO B GND 13 14 Output DSO A GND 15 16 Output MTRO B GND 17 18 Output STEP A GND 19 20 Output STEP B GND 21 22 Output WDATA A GND 23 24 Output WDATA B GND 25 26 Input TRO GND 27 28 Input WPROT Connectors and Headers 9 13 Table 9 9 Diskette Header Pin Assignments Continued S
124. ed and is functional the BIOS displays an error message as follows ERROR Message Line 1 Troubleshooting System Problems 7 21 If this message appears press the F1 key to continue The following message might also appear RUN SETUP UTILITY If this message appears press the F1 key to run WINBIOS Setup For a listing of BIOS error messages and descriptions see Section C 2 7 22 Troubleshooting System Problems Part IV SBC and RTM Technical Description Part IV provides technical details concerning the DIGITAL 5 2331 single board computer SBC and associated rear transition module RTM This part consists of the following chapters e Chapter 8 SBC Functional Components e Chapter 9 Connectors and Headers e Chapter 10 System Address Mapping and Interrupts e Chapter 11 System Management 8 SBC Functional Components This chapter describes the functional components associated with the DIGITAL 5 2331 CompactPCI single board computer SBC Topics include e Functional Component Overview e Intel Pentium Processor with MMX Technology e Memory e Level 2 Cache e Flash ROM e Local PCI Bus and Bridges e Clocks and Timers e Ethernet Controller e Ultra SCSI Controller e Video Controller e Ultra I O Controller e LM78 System Monitor 8 1 Functional Component Overview Figure 8 1 identifies the functional components of the DIGITAL 5 233i Compact PCIsingle board computer SBC The SBC is based on the 32 bit
125. ed hard disk drive such as a SCSI drive or an MFM RLL ARLL or ESDI drive with parameters that do not match the parameters for types 43 to 46 I Make note of the following information concerning the disk drive Number of heads Configuring the System 5 13 Ys 8 Number of cylinders Number of sectors Starting write precompensation cylinder Capacity Select the Standard icon in the Setup window Select the Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master or Sec Slave icon in the Stan dard Setup window as appropriate Select the Type option in the device window Select the User option in the drive parameter window Enter values for the disk drive parameters Table 5 2 lists typical hard disk drive parameter values Exit the drive parameter window Exit the device window Exit the Standard Setup window 5 7 5 Configuring IDE Hard Disk Drives 5 14 To configure an IDE hard disk drive 1 Make note of the following information concerning the disk drive Number of heads Number of cylinders Number of sectors Starting write precompensation cylinder Capacity Select the Standard icon in the Setup window Select the Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master or Sec Slave icon in the Stan dard Setup window as appropriate Select the Type option in the device window Select the Auto option in the drive parameter window Select the Detect IDE icon in the Utility window This utility
126. edge Drive DMA request Reset signal to drive Drive interrupt request Indicates a 16 bit register has been decoded Indicates drive is ready for I O cycles Output generated from drive 1 and monitored by drive 0 Keyboard Mouse TTL Levels AUXCLK Clock for the PS 2 auxilary device mouse AUXDAT Serial data line for the mouse KBDCLK Clock for the PC AT or PS 2 keyboard KBDDAT Serial data line for the PC AT or PS 2 keyboard Parallel Port ACK Pulsed by the peripheral device to acknowledge data was sent AFD Causes the printer to generate a line feed BUSY Indicates that the printer cannot accept more data ERR The peripheral device detected an error INIT Initializes the printer PD lt 7 0 gt Parallel port data lines bits 7 to 0 PE Indicates the printer is out of paper SLCT The peripheral device indicates that it is selected SLIN Selects the printer STB Indicates data is valid Serial Ports a b RS232 Levels CTSa CTSb DCDa DCDb DSRa DSRb DTRa DTRb RIa RIb Connectors and Headers Clear to send Data carrier detected Data set ready Data terminal ready Ring indicator Table 9 4 J5 Connector Signal Definitions Continued Signal Definition RTSa RTSb Request to send RXDa RXDb Serial receive data TXDa TXDb Serial transmit data USB Ports 0 1 USB Levels UDATA0 UDATAI Plus signal of differential data pair for the USB UDATAO UDATAO channel Minus sign
127. eee viii 11 5 11 5 11 5 11 6 11 6 11 6 11 6 11 7 C 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 2 10 2 12 2 14 2 14 2 15 2 16 2 18 2 19 2 20 2 21 2 22 2 23 2 24 2 24 2 25 2 25 2 26 6 10 6 11 6 12 6 13 6 14 6 15 6 16 6 17 6 18 6 19 6 20 6 21 6 22 6 23 6 24 6 25 6 26 6 27 6 28 6 29 6 30 System Enclosure Front View System Enclosure Rear View System Backplane Front View System Backplane Rear View SBC Layout Pair of Memory Modules Rear Transition Module Layout Front Option Slots Rear Transition I O Option Slots StorageBay Power Supply Bay System Air Flow Cooling System WINBIOS Setup Removing the Fan Tray Filter Removing the Fan Tray Removing aFan Removing the SBC Installing the SBC Setting Front Rear I O Access Jumpers lsleleelee eese Pair of Memory Modules Installing a SIMM Removing a SIMM Installing the System Battery Clock s essel Removing the SBC Rear Transition Module 04 Installing the SBC Rear Transition Module esses Installing and Removing an Option Module 004 Front Option Slots Rear Transition I O Option Slots Removing an Option Module Converting 3U Option Slots to 6U Option Slots
128. een 1046 and 9596 with maximum wet bulb temperature at 32 C 90 F and minimum dew point 2 C 36 F Hard disk drive 5 to 8596 CD ROM drive 20 to 8096 Diskette drive 20 to 8096 9596 with maximum wet bulb at 46 C 115 F Hard disk drive 5 to 9596 CD ROM drive 10 to 8096 Diskette drive 5 to 9596 Specifications A 1 Table A 1 System Specifications Continued Altitude Operating Nonoperating l Shock Operating Nonoperating l Vibration Operating Nonoperating l Air circulation Agency approvals 3 0 km 10 000 ft with temperature derating Reduce by a factor of 1 8 C per 1000 m 1 F per 1000 ft 12 2 km 40 000 ft 10 G peak 1 G and 10 ms 3 ms duration 40 G peak and 30 ms 5 to 16 Hz 0 020 in 0 5 mm DA 16 to 200 Hz 0 25 G peak 2 5 m s2 200 to 500 to 200 Hz 0 1 G peak 1 0 m s2 16 to 200 Hz 0 25 G peak 2 5 m s2 5 to 16 Hz 0 020 in 0 5 mm DA Veritcal axis excitation 1 03 G rms overall from 5 to 300 Hz Power spectral density up to 0 0024 g2 Hz at 5Hz increasing at 8 dB octave to 0 015 g2 Hz at 10 Hz Flat up to 0 015 g2 from 10 to 50 Hz with 8 dB octave roll off from 50 to 300 Hz Longitudinal and lateral axis excitation 0 698 G rms overall from 5 to 200 Hz Power spectral density 0 00211 g2 Hz at 5 Hz increasing at 8 dB octave to 0 007 g2 Hz at 10 Hz Flat 0 007 g2 from 10 to 50 Hz with 8 db octave roll off from 50 to 200 Hz Allow a minimum
129. egister e FPGA data register e FPGA index register 11 3 1 Watchdog Register 11 2 The watchdog register contains fields for clearing the watchdog timer and control ling the mode and delay of the timer Figure 11 1 shows the watchdog register Table 11 3 describes the fields of the register Figure 11 1 Watchdog Register 07 06 05 04 03 02 00 Clear Watchdog Timer Reserved Watchdog Timer Mode Watchdog Timer Delay ML014507 System Management Table 11 3 Watchdog Register Fields Field Description T 6 5 4 3 2 0 When set this bit clears the watchdog timer function To restart the watch dog timer this bit must be cleared This bit must be set before the watchdog flag bit of the card status and watchdog strobe register see Section 11 3 2 can be cleared Reserved Control the mode of the watchdog timer Possible values and their associ ated modes include 00 Disable the watchdog timer 01 Set the watchdog flag in the watchdog strobe register when the timer countdown reaches zeroes 10 Set the watchdog flag in the watchdog strobe register and assert the T O channel ready IOCHRDY signal when the timer countdown reaches zeroes 11 Set the watchdog flag in the watchdog strobe register assert the IOCHRDY signal start a second counter and if the second counter reaches zero before the interrupt is cleared reset the SBC Control the delay of the watchdog timer u
130. entified by the POST error messages Troubleshooting System Problems 7 1 If you installed external devices make sure all cables are correctly and securely connected to the appropriate devices If you installed internal devices make sure nothing was bumped or jarred loose and that all cable connections are securely in place Make sure all device drivers are installed correctly If your system hangs soft boot the system press the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously If the system fails to boot power it off wait until the disk drives spin down completely and power the system back on Pay close attention to error messages that appear on the monitor screen If an error message is system related see Section 7 4 1 for recommended actions If an error message is Windows related refer to the online help and appropriate Windows documentation Watch the speaker LED for blink codes Record the number of blinks and their pattern Check the blink code descriptions in Section C 1 for recom mended actions After the POST completes press the F8 key to check each line of the AUTOEXEC NT and CONFIG NT files Answer Yes to allow each line to execute If an error message appears record it and refer to Section C 2 for rec ommended actions Note Windows NT does not require the files AUTOEXEC NT and CON FIG NT If these files are missing it does not mean that the missing files are the cause of a problem Read any available READ
131. er The method the BIOS uses for reporting an error depends on when the error occurs as indicated in Table 7 7 Table 7 7 BIOS Error Reporting If Then The error occurs before the display device A series of blinks appear on the speaker is initialized LED Blink codes indicate that a fatal error has occurred For a listing of blink codes see Section C 1 The error occurs after the display device is An error message is displayed A prompt to initialized press the F1 key might also appear with some error messages For a listing of error messages see Section C 2 7 6 1 Responding to Blink Codes Table 7 8 lists corrective actions if the system displays blink codes on the speaker LED For a listing of possible blink codes and descriptions see Section C 1 Table 7 8 Troubleshooting Based on Blink Codes If the LED Blinks Then 1 2 or 3 times Reseat the memory SIMMs If this does not correct the prob lem replace the SIMMs 8 times The video adapter is not accessible or has a problem Replace the SBC 9 times The BIOS PROM is not being read correctly or is cor rupted Reload the BIOS flash If the condition persists replace the SBC 11 times A problem exists in the onboard cache memory Replace the SBC 4 5 6 7 or 10 times Replace the SBC 7 6 2 Responding to Error Messages If the BIOS detects an error while the system is powering up and the system mon itor has been initializ
132. er off the system Unplug the power cord from the system s AC power inlet Caution Take care when handling the rear transition module Circuit boards are sensitive to and can be damaged by electrostatic discharge ESD To avoid damaging the rear transition module take appropriate precautions when handling it Maintaining the System 6 15 Vorsicht Seien Sie vorsichtig beim Umgang mit dem hinteren bergangsmodul Gedruckte Schaltungen reagieren empfindlich auf elektrostatische Entladung und k nnen durch elektrostatische Entladung sogar besch digt werden Treffen Sie die erforderlichen Vorsichtsma nahmen damit das hintere bergangsmodul nicht besch digt wird 6 8 1 Removing the SBC Rear Transition Module 6 16 To remove the SBC rear transition module complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 11 as necessary Remove the rear access panel and disconnect the storage device cabling as shown in Figure 6 11 Loosen the six screws that secure the rear access panel 1 to the chassis b Remove the rear access panel c Disconnect the IDE data cable 2 from the IDE connector on the rear transition module d Disconnect the diskette drive data cable 3 from the diskette drive con nector on the rear transition module 2 Loosen the two captive screws 4 behind the handles which secure the rear transition module to the chassis 3 Simultaneously move the injector ejector levers 5 of the two handles t
133. er on the PCI to ISA bridge The BIOS sets the PCS register address to 0050h by default To read the register and determine the base address read from PCI to ISA bridge device address 07h function 00h registers 78h and 79h Note If the default PCS address assignment results in a conflict for your appli cation you have the option of changing it System Management 11 1 To gain access to the FPGA watchdog timer features you must do so programmat ically by using the PCS port offsets listed in Table 11 2 Table 11 2 PCS Port Offsets Port Register Description OBh Watchdog strobe register Controls the watchdog timer 0Dh FPGA index register Determines which FPGA register is acces sible from port OFh OFh FPGA data register Provides access to the watchdog strobe reg ister The LM78 system management features are accessible through port offsets 00h to 07h You also have the option of configuring the voltage fan temperature and intrusion alarms by using WINBIOS Setup see Section 5 18 Any changes that you make are stored in CMOS memory and take effect the next time the system boots As the system boots the BIOS programs the LM78 with the new settings and reports the measurement and status of the various system management fea tures 11 3 FPGA Registers To use the watchdog timer features you must read from and write data to the fol lowing set of FPGA registers e Watchdog register e Watchdog strobe r
134. ernet Kabel nur an eine der verf gbaren Ethernet Anschl sse anschlie en Wenn an beiden Anschl ssen Kabel angeschlossen sind und Sie das System einschalten kann das System besch digt werden 8 9 Ultra SCSI Controller 8 6 The Ultra SCSI controller Adaptec AIC 7880 allows you to attach up to seven narrow SCSI devices or a mix of 14 wide and narrow SCSI devices to your sys tem You can attach SCSI devices to the front rear or both the front and rear of the system The controller s circuitry provides for automatic termination when a device is connected to the front or rear of the system Ground pins on the SCSI connector are reassigned to act as cable or device detects Two ground pins distinguish between 16 and 8 bit devices The active SCSI terminator is the Dallas Semiconductor DS2105Z The termina tor s power down pin PD disconnects the termination from the bus when it is driven low This pin has an internal pull up resistor Figure 8 2 shows the SCSI termination scheme As the figure shows pin E5 is grounded This disables the SBC s terminators next to J4 This is due to the end of the SCSI bus being at the 68 pin connector on the rear transition module If you connect a non wide device into the rear transition module s 68 pin connector pin 50 becomes grounded This turns off the terminators for the CTRL and SCDO 7 signals The last device on the cable provides termination for these signals SBC Functional Components
135. errupt NMI and speaker 0070 0071 Real time clock and NMI mask 0050 0057 LM78 system monitor optional 0058 005F Watchdog timer ENUM optional 0080 009F DMA page register and POST checkpoint 00A0 OOBF Interrupt controller 2 00C0 0000DF DMA controller 2 OOFO Reset coprocessor 0170 0177 Secondary IDE channel optional 01F0 01F7 Primary IDE channel 0278 027F Parallel port 2 optional 02E8 02EF Serial port 4 optional System Address Mapping and Interrupts 10 1 Table 10 1 PCI I O Address Map Continued Physical Address Range Function 02F8 02FF Serial port 2 default 0376 0377 Secondary IDE port optional 0378 037F Parallel port 1 default 03BC 03C3 Parallel port 3 optional 03E8 03EF Serial port 3 optional 03F0 03F5 Diskette channel 03F6 03F7 Primary IDE and diskette 03F8 03FF Serial port 1 default 040A 043F DMA scatter gather 0480 048F DMA high pages 04D0 04D 1 Edge level interrupts 04D6 DMA 2 extended mode 0678 067A Parallel port 2 optional 0778 077A Parallel port 1 optional 07BC 07BE Parallel port 3 optional OCF8 OCFF PCI configuration The watchdog timer and LM78 normally are disabled but may be relocated and enabled by way of the PCI configuration These ports are available if the listed function is not enabled in WINBIOS Setup 3 This is an alternate range that you can select by using WINBIOS Setu
136. es Section 5 8 explains how to configure the diskette drive 6 11 Removing and Replacing the Power Supply Unit Sections 6 11 1 and 6 11 2 explain how to remove and install the power supply unit 6 11 1 Removing the Power Supply Unit To remove the power supply unit 1 PY m Power off external devices connected to the system Power off the system Unplug the power cord from the system s AC power inlet Remove the power supply bay as shown in Figure 6 29 a Loosen the four screws 1 that secure the power supply bay to the chas sis b Slide the power supply bay out of the chassis Maintaining the System 6 31 Figure 6 29 Removing the Power Supply Bay ML014318 6 11 2 Installing a Power Supply Unit 6 32 To install a power supply unit 1 Check that the voltage selection switch 1 is set correctly for the ac input power source available in the specific country You can set the voltage to 115 V for 100 120 V or 230 V for 220 240 V Caution The voltage selection switch must match the voltage supplied by the power outlet In North America 115 volts is common In other countries 230 volts is common Ensure that the voltage selection switch is set to the correct voltage If it is not set correctly you can damage the system Vorsicht Der Spannungsw hlschalter mu mit Netzspannung bereinstimmen In Nordamerika ist eine Netzspannung von 1
137. es whether the operating system is plug Yes and play aware You must set this option cor PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks 32 rectly for installed plug and play aware adapter cards to be configured correctly Specifies the latency in clock pulses for 64 devices on the PCI bus 96 128 160 192 224 248 PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled Disables or enables the PCI IDE bus as bus Enabled master The fail safe default is Disabled DMA Channel 0 1 3 5 6 7 Pnp Reserves the specified DMA channel for use by ISA EISA a legacy ISA adapter card IRQ3 4 5 7 9 10 14 15 PCI PnP Specify the bus on which the named IRQ is to ISA EISA be used Up to four IRQs can be allocated to the PCI bus IRQII PCI PnP Specify the bus on which the named IRQ is to ISA EISA be used Up to four IRQs can be allocated to the PCI bus Reserved Memory Size Disabled Specifies the size of the memory area reserved 16K for legacy ISA adapter cards 32K 64K Reserved Memory Address C0000 Specifies the starting address of a reserved C4000 memory area for legacy ISA adapter cards C8000 CC000 D0000 D4000 D8000 DC000 Peripheral Onboard FDC Auto Disables or enables the onboard diskette drive Disabled controller Specify Auto to auto detect and con Enabled figure the device Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Disables or enables serial port land specifies Disabled the base I O address for the port Specify Auto 3F8h to auto detect and configure the device 2
138. essages and Checkpoint Codes Table C 3 EISA BIOS Error Messages Continued Message Explanation ID Information Mismatch for Slot The ID of the EISA Expansion Board in Slot x y or X Y Z z does not match the ID in EISA CMOS RAM Invalid Configuration Informa The configuration information for EISA expansion tion for Slot X Y Z board x y or z is not correct The board cannot be configured Run the ECU Software Port NMI Inoperational The software port NMI is not working C 4 ISA NMI Handler Messages Table C 4 lists ISA non maskable interrupt NMJ handler error messages Table C 4 ISA NMI Handler Messages Message Explanation Memory parity error at xxxxx Memory failed If the memory location can be deter mined it is displayed as xxxxx If not the message indicates a memory parity error I O card parity error at xxxxx An option module failed If the address can be deter mined it is displayed as xxxxx If not the message indicates an I O card parity error DMA bus timeout A device has driven the bus signal for more than 7 8 microseconds C 5 EISA BIOS NMI Error Messages The EISA BIOS can generate additional NMI messages that are specific to EISA systems Table C 5 lists these messages Table C 5 EISA BIOS NMI Error Messages Message Explanation BUS Timeout NMI at Slot n A bus timeout NMI occurred at slot n E nable D isable Expansion Type E to enable the expansion board that had
139. etric bidirectional data transfers that are driven by a host device For information on configuring support for a parallel port see Section 5 12 For information on the parallel port connector see Section 9 4 8 11 3 Serial Ports The SBC supports two serial ports front or rear that are 16550 compatible and can operate at up to 120 K baud with ESD protection to 15 KV For information on enabling or disabling serial ports see Section 5 11 For infor mation on the serial port connectors see Section 9 9 8 11 4 USB Ports The SBC supports two USB ports front or rear that are capable of transfer rates of 1 2 Mb sec to 12 Mb sec You can route USB signals to the front panel of the SBC or a rear transition module The signals are routed for rear access I O by default If your application requires the use of the USB ports on the front panel of the SBC you must remove the jumper block as shown in Section 6 5 For information on configuring USB support see Section 5 13 For information on the USB port connectors see Section 9 10 8 10 SBC Functional Components 8 11 5 Keyboard Mouse Interface The keyboard mouse interface supports keyboard and mouse ports front or rear On the SBC the keyboard and mouse connect to a single front panel PS 2 key board mouse connector through a standard PS 2 Y cable It is also possible to use connectors on a rear transition module For information on configuring keyboard and mouse support see Sec
140. f you want to run SETUP C American Megatrends Inc XX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX X ML014439 When the memory tests complete AMIBIOS configures the IDE devices and then prompts you to press Ctrl A if you want to run the SCSISelect Utility When the POST diagnostics complete AMIBIOS displays the system s configu ration as shown in Figure 2 20 Figure 2 20 System Configuration Screen Display Base Memory Size 640 KB Ext Memory Size 130048 KB Main Processor Pentium MMX Math Processor Built in Floppy Drive A 144 MB 3 1 2 Display Type VGA EGA Floppy Drive B None Serial Port s 3F8 2F8 AMIBIOS Date 03 13 98 Parallel Port s 378 Processor Clock 233MHz External Cache 512 KB Enabled Power Management APM SMI LBA 32Bit Block PIO Mode Mode Mode Mode Primary Master 14848 9 63 4111MB LBA On 16 Sec 4 Cyl Head Sector Size Hard Disk s Primary Slave CDROM 3 PCI Devices PCI Onboard USB Controller IRQ10 PCI Onboard IDE PCI Onboard SCSI IRQ10 PCI Onboard PCI Bridge PCI Onboard VGA PCI Onboard Ethernet IRQ9 PCI Onboard VGA PCI Onboard Ethernet IRQ9 ML014440 2 8 2 BIOS Version 2 24 After displaying the configuration AMIBIOS identifies the version of the BIOS that is running Figure 2 21 shows the BIOS version message Setting Up the System Figure 2 21 BIOS Version Screen Display Digital Equipment Corporation 1998 V1 00 ML014441 2 8
141. failed fan as shown in Figure 6 3 a Remove the screws and nuts 1 that secure the fan and fan guard to the fan tray b Cutthe cable tie 2 that secures the fan speed control sensor to the fan guard Disconnect the fan power cable 3 d Remove the fan guard e Remove the fan from the fan tray Figure 6 3 Removing a Fan d ML014313 6 Install a new fan by reversing the steps for removing a fan see step 5 Maintaining the System 6 5 8 9 10 Replace the fan tray by reversing the steps for removing the fan tray see step 4 Plug the power cord into the system s AC power inlet Power on the system Power on external devices connected to the system 6 4 Removing and Installing the SBC 6 6 Before you remove or install the SBC make sure you 1 2 3 Power off external devices connected to the system Power off the system Unplug the power cord from the system s AC power inlet Caution Take care when handling the SBC Circuit boards are sensitive to and can be damaged by electrostatic discharge ESD To avoid damaging the SBC take appropriate precautions when handling it Vorsicht Seien Sie vorsichtig beim Umgang mit der SBC Platine Gedruckte Schaltungen und dazu geh rende Systemkomponenten reagieren empfindlich auf elektrostatische Entladung und k nnen durch elektrostatische Entladung sogar besch digt werden Treffen Sie die erforderlichen VorsichtsmaBnahmen damit die
142. fault Disabled Enable voltage monitoring through the SMI optimal default SMI Enable voltage monitoring through the NMI NMI 4 Exit the Option window If you selected Disabled in step 3 skip to step 7 Specify a minimum and maximum threshold as a percentage for each of the following voltage options The default settings for each option is 10 and 10 433 V Alarm CPU Alarm 5 V Alarm 12 V Alarm 12V Alarm 7 Exitthe Option window 8 Exit the Peripheral Setup window 5 18 2 Configuring Intrusion Alert Support To use the intrusion alert support an external sensor with a rear access I O con nector must be installed To configure the support 1 Select the Peripheral icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Intrusion Alarm option 3 Select one of the following option values To Select Disable the intrusion alarm the default Disabled Enable the intrusion alarm through the SMI SMI Enable the intrusion alarm through the NMI NMI 4 Exitthe Option window 5 Exit the Peripheral Setup window 5 18 3 Configuring Temperature Monitoring Support To configure temperature monitoring support 1 Select the Peripheral icon in the Setup window 2 Select the SBC Temp Alarm option 5 32 Configuring the System 3 Select one of the following option values To Select Disable temperature monitoring fail safe default Disabled Enable temperature monitoring through the SMI opti
143. fied configurations are available from your DIGITAL representa tive Table 3 1 Declared Noise Emissions Sound power level Sound pressure level Lwaq B Loam dBA 1 B 10 dBA bystander positions Product Idle Operate Idle Operate 5 7 5 8 41 42 ETC08 Die ETCOS Schallemissionswerete sind in Table 3 2 dargelegt Die in Table 3 2 bes chriebenen Werte sind von gemessenen Emissionen abgeleitet und machen statistisch die Varibilit t der Schallemissionsstichproben aus Die gegebenen Werte in Table 3 2 entspre chen ISO 9296 und ISO 7779 DIN EN 27779 Aktuelle Werte f r spezifische Konfigura tionen sind von Ihrem Digitalvertreter erh ltlich Table 3 2 Schallemissionswerete Schalleistungspegel Schalldruckpegel Lwae B Loam dBA 1 B 10dBA Zuschauerpositionen Ger t Leerlauf Betrieb Leerlauf Betrieb ETCO8 5 7 5 8 41 42 Getting Familiar with the System The enclosure features a modular design that provides for quick and easy part replacement and serviceability Figures 3 1 and 3 2 identify other enclosure fea tures Figure 3 1 System Enclosure Front View ML014302 The numeric callouts in the figure are keyed
144. ge Bay To remove a device from the storage bay complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 24 as necessary 1 Remove the four screws that secure the hard disk drive 1 CD ROM drive 2 or diskette drive 3 to the storage bay 2 Slide the device out towards the rear of the storage bay Figure 6 24 Removing Devices from the Storage Bay ML014316 6 10 3 Installing a Storage Device To install a storage device complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 25 as necessary l Slide the device into the rear of the storage bay and place the device in the appropriate location for the device type The locations of the hard disk drive 1 CD ROM drive 2 and diskette drive 3 are identified in Figure 6 25 2 Insert and tighten the four screws to secure the device to the storage bay 6 28 Maintaining the System Figure 6 25 Installing Devices in the Storage Bay ML014374 6 10 4 Reinstalling the Storage Bay To reinstall the storage bay complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 26 as necessary 1 Align the top and bottom of the storage bay with the card guides 1 in the storage slot of the chassis 2 Slide the storage bay into the chassis 3 Tighten the four screws 2 that secure the storage bay to the chassis Figure 6 26 Installing the Storage Bay ML014315 Maintaining the System 6 29 4 Connect the storage device cabl
145. guring the System 5 1 About WINBIOS Setup 2 0 0 eee e eee 5 1 32 gt WINBIOS Basics oeste beri EPIS Re RUREMRERPUREREERBLPBIESSepEPSeevs 5 2 5 2 1 Configuration Categories 0 0 cece een eee 5 3 5 2 2 Getting Help ws e oeste eR ya ean RARE ES UR CUNTUR Lee 5 5 5 2 3 Usina the Mousey scene De RN ie xb eX rte ste Eee 5 5 5 2 4 Using the Keyboard u eeren em REN RENE RR RS 5 6 5 2 5 Automatic Option Selection 0 2 0 2 0 eee eee 5 6 5 2 6 Starting WINBIOS Setup ssseseeseeee I nenn 5 6 5 2 7 Exiting WINBIOS Set p 2 22 5 42 2258 80220 E at ed 5 7 5 2 8 Using Default WINBIOS Settings 0 0 00 0 e 5 7 5 3 Setting the Date and Time lslsseeeeeeee rennen 5 8 5 4 Configuring System Security leslie 5 8 5 4 1 Setting Up Password Security 00 0 ee eA 5 8 5 4 2 Changing a Password 0 cece eee eens 5 9 5 4 3 Enabling Anti Virus Protection lese 5 10 5 5 Configuring a Display Monitor and Adapter 0 00 0 0000002 eee 5 10 5 6 Configuring Keyboard and Mouse Support lee eese 5 11 5 6 1 Configuring Systems that Do Not Use a Keyboard 222222220 5 11 5 6 2 Disabling and Enabling Support for a PS 2 Mouse 00 0005 5 11 5 7 Configuring Hard Disk and CD ROM Devices eese 5 11 5 7 1 Disk Configuration Information lssseeeee ee 5 12 5 7 2 Enabling and Disabling the Onboard IDE Controller Channels
146. he BIOS instructions can execute in cache instead of in RAM The fail safe default is Disabled C000 16 K Shadow Disabled Specifies whether the specified area of ROM is C400 16 K Shadow Enabled to be shadowed and if shadowed whether it C800 16 K Shadow Cached should be written to or read from cache mem CC00 16 K Shadow ory The fail safe default is Disabled D000 16 K Shadow D400 16 K Shadow Caution Some option ROMs do not operate D800 16 K Shadow properly when shadowed DC00 16 K Shadow Vorsicht Einige optionelle ROM Speicher funktionieren nicht einwandfrei wenn sie schattiert werden Chipset USB Function Disabled Disables or enables the universal serial bus con Enabled nectors on the SBC s front panel USB KB Mouse Legacy Support Disabled Disables or enables support for older keyboards Keyboard and mouse devices Auto Keyb 4 Mouse USB Passive Release Enable Disabled Disables or enables passive release for the USB Enabled DRAM Timings 60ns Specifies the access speed of the SIMMs Must 70ns be set to 60ns DRAM Data Integrity Mode Disabled Disables or enables error correction code ECC ECC Level 1 Level 1 or Level 2 mode for single bit error cor ECC Level 2 rection Power Management BIOS Option Summary B 5 Table B 1 Setup Options Continued Power Management APM Disabled Disables or enables power management and Enabled Advance Power Management APM features PCI PNP Plug and Play Aware O S No Specifi
147. he SBC from the chassis as explained in Section 6 4 1 Locate the battery on the SBC Carefully remove the old battery 1 from the battery connector 2 Install the new battery such that the side faces up Maintaining the System 6 13 Caution The lithium battery can explode if you install it incorrectly To prevent damage to the system be sure the side faces up when you install the new battery Also be sure you replace the battery with a CR2032 or equivalent 3 V dc lithium battery Depending on the locality the system s battery might be considered haz ardous waste Make sure you follow any state or local statute to properly dispose of the old battery Vorsicht Die Lithiumbatterie kann bei falschem Einbau explodieren Um eine Besch digung des Systems zu vermeiden sollte Sie sich vergewissern da Sie die neue Batterie mit der Seite nach oben eingelegt haben Vergewissern Sie sich au erdem da Sie die Batterie mit einer CR2032 oder einer entsprechenden 3 V DC Lithiumbatterie ausgetauscht haben Je nach Standort kann die Batterie des Systems als gefahrlicher Abfall angesehen werden Entsorgen Sie die alte Batterie gem der geltenden Umweltschutzvorschriften Avertissement Mal install e une batterie au lithium pr sente des risques d explosion Pour viter d endommager votre syst me v rifiez que le c t positif soit face vers le haut lorsque vous installez une nouvelle batterie En outre n insta
148. he module in the card guides 1 of the chassis Check that the injector ejector levers 2 of the two handles are in the outward position Slide the module into the chassis until you feel resistance approximately 1 4 inch short of full insertion Simultaneously move the injector ejector levers of the two handles to the inward position Verify that the module is seated properly Tighten the two captive screws 3 that secure the module to the chassis Figure 6 20 Installing an Option Module MLO14306 For more information see the documentation supplied with the option module 6 9 7 Installing Filler Panels If you remove an option module and do not replace it install a filler panel over the empty slot To install a filler panel complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 21 as necessary 1 Locate the filler panel that was stored away when an option module was pre viously installed in the slot Place the filler panel over the empty slot Secure the filler panel to the chassis by tightening the captive screws 1 located at the top and bottom of the panel Maintaining the System 6 25 Figure 6 21 Installing Filler Panels MLO14304 6 10 Removing and Replacing Storage Devices To remove a storage device you need to 1 2 3 4 Remove the storage
149. he option in the Advanced Setup window is configured to be displayed for the DIGITAL 5 2331 8 CompactPCI system because the system has secondary cache memory installed However if secondary cache memory were not present AMIBIOS would be con figured such that the External Cache option is omitted If the selection of a WINBIOS option setting determines the settings for one or more other options AMIBIOS automatically assigns values to dependent settings and does not allow you to change those settings unless you change the setting for the parent option Invalid options appear in gray type For example you can set the Onboard Serial Port options to Auto Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3ESh or 2ESh If you set Onboard Serial Port 1 to 2F8h AMI BIOS disables the 2F8h value for Onboard Serial Port 2 5 2 6 Starting WINBIOS Setup If the system powers on successfully the BIOS displays identification information and the following instructions on how to invoke WINBIOS Setup 5 6 Configuring the System Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP Press the Delete key to start WINBIOS Setup 5 2 7 Exiting WINBIOS Setup To exit WINBIOS Setup press the Alt and Spacebar keys simultaneously An exit setup window appears If you have made changes that you want to preserve save the changes and exit Otherwise just exit 5 2 8 Using Default WINBIOS Settings WINBIOS Setup offers two groups of default settings and a mechanism for recall ing settings
150. ial ports diskette drive and EIDE drives slots 2 to 8 user defined P3 connector user defined 3 3 Single Board Computer 3 6 For the DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system the DIGITAL 5 2331 Compact PCI SBC features the following 32 bit Intel Pentium processor with MMX technology A CPU and clock speed of 233 MHz 512 KB of external write back cache 32 MB to 256 MB of EDO DRAM in two banks of two 16 MB 32 MB or 64 MB 60 ns SIMMs Ability for insertion into a 64 bit PICMG CompactPCI SBC connector and will operate as a 32 bit PCI device Support for a comprehensive set of peripheral devices SCSI SVGA Ether net universal serial bus USB dual IDE diskette dual serial port enhanced parallel port reset IDE activity and keyboard and mouse Four 8 bit and three 16 bit direct memory access DMA channels Getting Familiar with the System A fully buffered PCI bus that operates at 33 MHz A watchdog timer with four modes and a programmable delay System management for monitoring the CPU temperature Programmable flash BIOS Support for the Windows NT operating system Figure 3 5 shows the layout and identifies connectors headers and jumpers on the SBC Figure 3 5 SBC Layout E QUOC S
151. icon in the Setup window 2 Select the USB Keyboard Mouse Legacy Support option 3 Setthe option value to Disabled or Enabled as appropriate 4 Exitthe Option window 5 Exit the Chipset Setup window 5 13 3 Enabling and Disabling Passive Release for the USB By default the USB passive release option is disabled If your application requires the use of this option you must enable it To enable or disable the option 1 Select the Chipset icon in the Setup window 2 Select the USB Passive Release Enable option 3 Setthe option value to Enabled or Disabled as appropriate 4 Exitthe Option window 5 22 Configuring the System 5 Exit the Chipset Setup window 5 14 Configuring Memory WINBIOS Setup provides options for configuring memory Sections 5 14 1 through 5 14 5 explain how to Specify DRAM speed e Specify caching options e Shadow the system BIOS to system memory e Control the location of the contents of ROM 5 14 1 DRAM Speed Setting The DIGITAL 5 233i CompactPCI SBC requires that all SIMMs have a RAS access speed of 60 ns Thus the setting of the DRAM Speed option on the Chipset Setup window must be 60 ns 5 14 2 Specifying Caching Options You can disable or enable use of a write back caching algorithm for Level 1 L1 internal cache memory and you can disable or enable Level 2 L2 secondary cache This write back algorithm for internal cache significantly improves the performance of data access operations
152. ignal VO Direction Pin Pin VO Direction Signal GND 29 30 Input RDATA GND 31 32 Output HDSEL GND 33 34 Input DCHG Table 9 10 Diskette Header Signal Definitions Signal Definition DCHG Notifies the controller that the drive door is open DIR Controls the direction of the diskette drive head dur ing seek operations DRATE Totem pole buffered output runs at FDC data rate DSO A DSO B Drives write signals GND Ground HDSEL Determines the side of the diskette being accessed INDEX Indicates the beginning of a track MTRO A MTRO B Motor enable outposts NC No connection RDATA Reads raw data from the drive RPM LC Indicates the data rate low or high that has been selected STEP A STEP B Supplies step pulses to move the head during seek operations TRO Indicates that the head of the diskette drive is at track 0 WDATA A WDATA B Writes serial data to the diskette drive WGATE Enables the head of the diskette drive to write to disk WPROT Indicates a diskette is write protected 9 7 Keyboard Mouse Header 9 14 A keyboard mouse header J6 resides on the rear transition module Figure 9 6 shows the pin layout for the keyboard mouse header Table 9 9 lists the header pin assignments Table 9 10 defines the signals associated with the pins Connectors and Headers Notes An asterisk in a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Figure 9 6 Keyboard Mouse Header Pin Layout
153. ing and install the rear access panel as shown in Figure 6 27 Figure 6 28 provides an overview of the storage device cabling for reference Tighten the captive screws 1 that secure the storage bay to the chassis b Connect the storage device power cables 2 to the power supply connec tor Connect the diskette drive data cable 3 to the diskette drive connector d Connect the IDE data cable 4 to the CD ROM and hard disk drive con nectors e Place the rear access panel 5 over the opening in the back of the chassis Align the screw holes in the panel with the holes in the chassis f Tighten the six screws that secure the rear access panel to the chassis Figure 6 27 Connecting Storage Device Cabling and Installing the Rear Ac cess Panel ML014449 6 30 Maintaining the System Figure 6 28 Storage Device Cabling gor oo O p E gt MLO14450 Plug the power cord into the system s AC power inlet Power on the system Power on any external devices connected to the system Reboot the system After the system reboots it recognizes the new storage configuration Reconfigure the system s storage devices if necessary by running WINBIOS Setup Section 5 7 explains how to configure hard disk and CD ROM driv
154. int Codes 0 0 0 0 eee eee Figures 1 1 Unpacking the System 0 eee 2 1 AcTypical System 2 ac een e ees 2 2 System SetupataGlance con cee ee 2 3 Installing an Option Module 1 0 0 0 00 eee eee eee 2 4 Front Option Slots isses 9 ERR 2 5 Rear Transition I O Option Slots 0 0 00 00 eee eese 2 6 Converting 3U Option Slots to 6U Option Slots 04 2 7 Removing Filler Panels lesse 2 8 Installing an Option Module lesse eese 2 9 Removing the SBC 2 cec tei e bp 2 10 Setting Front Rear I O Access Jumpers 0 000 000 eee eee eee 2 11 Installing the SBCs o set sea Me Soe ee nte he mr spl 2 12 Marking the Installation Area 2 0 1 ee eens 2 13 Installing the System in a Rack 0 0 0 0 eee ee eee 2 14 Connecting Cables for Rear Access I O 0 0 0 0 0 eee eee eee ee 2 15 Connecting Cables for Front Access I O 0 0 0 2 16 Removing the Power Supply Bay 0 0 00 cee eee eee ee 2 17 Connecting the Power Cord 00 0 0 eee ee 2 18 Powering the System On eccesso eee krenen t eoe e ea E i a 2 19 System Startup Screen Display 0 0 0 0 cece eee eee 2 20 System Configuration Screen Display 000000002 eee ee 2 21 BIOS Version Screen Display eleeelee eere 2 22 System Management Measurement and Status Screen Display 2 23 Booting the Operating System 2 0 0 00 eee
155. is so equipped or provide other means to stabilize the rack e The system is heavy It should be lifted by two people Vorsicht Bevor Sie mit dem Einbau des Systems ins Gestell anfangen e Vergewissern Sie sich da alle Ger te ins Gestell geschoben und gesichert wurden und da kein Ger t deaktiviert ist e Activate Aktivieren Sie den Stabilisatorfu des Gestells falls das Gestell damit versehen ist oder sorgen Sie f r andere Mittel um das Gestell zu stabilisieren e Das System ist schwer und sollte daher von zwei Personen angehoben werden To install the system 1 2 Lift the system into the rack Align the top hole in the chassis mounting flanges with the top U nut installed previously see Section 2 6 2 Fasten the system to the rails with the eight 10 32 1 screws provided in your system kit Four screws should be inserted into the U nuts installed on each rail Setting Up the System 2 17 Figure 2 13 Installing the System in a Rack Bloc 30 0X RM T HI FIAT DIN Bars ee DENISE BM IN cy cya ML014376 2 7 Connecting I O Cables and the Power Cord After you install the system into a rack connect the following Cables for rear access I O Cables for front access I O Power cord 2 7 1 Connecting Cables for Rear I O 2 18 If your system is set up for rear access I O connect the I O cables for devices being used to
156. isabling the video support com pletely if appropriate for your application SBC Functional Components 8 7 The SBC provides 1 MB of onboard video memory for the Cirrus Logic 64 bit VisualMedia Accelerator GD54406 that provides the standard VGA and extended video modes listed in Tables 8 3 and 8 4 Table 8 3 Standard Video Modes wow MESA come Q Ch omes Minen Pc Heriot ere 00 01 16 256 40x25 9x16 360x400 Text 14 31 5 70 02 03 16 256 80x25 9x16 720x400 Text 28 31 5 70 04 05 4 256 40x25 8x8 320x200 Graphics 12 5 31 5 70 06 2 256 80x25 8x8 640x200 Graphics 25 31 5 70 07 mono 80x25 9x16 720x400 Text 28 31 5 70 0D 16 256 40x25 8x8 320x200 Graphics 12 5 31 5 70 OE 16 256 80x25 8x8 640x200 Graphics 25 31 5 70 OF mono 80 25 8x14 640x350 Graphics 25 31 5 70 10 16 256 80x25 8x14 640x350 Graphics 25 31 5 70 11 2 256 80x30 8x16 640x480 Graphics 25 31 5 60 11 2 256 80x30 8x16 640x480 Graphics 31 5 37 9 72 11 2 256 80x30 8x16 640x480 Graphics 31 5 37 9 75 12 16 256 80x30 8x16 640x480 Graphics 25 31 5 60 12 16 256 80x30 8x16 640x480 Graphics 31 5 37 9 72 12 16 256 80x30 8x16 640x480 Graphics 31 5 37 5 75 13 256 256 40x25 8x8 320x200 Graphics 12 5 31 5 70 Some modes are not supported by all CL GD543X controllers Some modes are not supported by all monitors The best quality refresh rate for the monitor type is used automatically Table 8 4 Extended Video Modes wil EA Que UM Due quu Res Rx sewn
157. k device B 2 U Ultra I O controller 8 2 Uncompressed initialization checkpoint codes C 6 Universal serial bus passive release for B 5 Universal serial bus USB control 8 2 keyboard mouse legacy support for B 5 Universal serial bus USB configuring B 5 Universal serial bus USB connectors adjusting jumper for front or rear 2 14 6 8 on rear transition module 3 10 on single board computer SBC 3 7 Universal serial bus USB front rear I O access jumper block 2 14 6 8 Universal serial bus USB I O access jumper 3 8 Universal serial bus USB ports configuring 4 3 functional description of 8 10 Universal serial bus USB support configuring 5 22 configuring for legacy input devices 5 22 configuring passive release for 5 22 Universal serial port USB troubleshooting 7 9 USB Function option 5 22 USB Keyboard Mouse Legacy Support option 5 22 User option 5 14 User password 5 3 B 8 Write back cache changing 5 9 external 3 6 setting 5 8 User defined hard disk drives 5 13 Y Utilities 5 3 Y cable 1 3 V Vibration specifications A 2 Video connector 9 24 on rear transition module 3 10 on single board computer SBC 3 7 Video controller 8 1 8 4 8 7 Video display troubleshooting 7 8 Video modes 8 8 Video monitor configuring 4 2 troubleshooting 7 19 Virus protection 4 2 Volt Fault Alarm option 5 31 B 7 configuring 5 31 Voltage selection switch 2 21 Voltages 2 25 W Wait f
158. l Port DMA Channel option 5 21 Parallel Port IRQ option 5 21 Parallel port mode B 7 Parallel Port Mode option 5 21 Parallel port modes 5 21 Parts 1 2 Passive release for USB 5 22 Password Check option 5 9 B 4 Password protection 4 2 Passwords changing 5 9 setting 5 8 supervisor 5 3 user 5 3 PCI bus 3 7 8 1 8 3 PCI host bridge 8 1 8 4 PCI I O address map 10 1 PCI IDE bus master 5 29 PCI IDE Bus Master option 5 29 B 6 PCI interrupt routing 8 4 PCI latency timer 5 29 B 6 PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks option 5 29 PCI local bus bus master for 5 29 PCI memory address map 10 2 PCI plug and play configuration options 5 3 PCI port offsets See Programmable chip select PCS port off sets PCI to ISA bridge 8 2 8 4 PCI to PCI bridge 8 2 8 4 Index 7 PCS register See Programmable chip select PCS register Performance optimizing 5 7 Peripheral configuration options 5 3 Peripheral devices 3 6 Pin assignments diskette header 9 13 EIDE header 9 11 Ethernet connector 9 20 J4 connector 9 3 J5 connector 9 6 keyboard mouse header 9 15 parallel port connector 9 10 PS 2 keyboard mouse connector 9 16 SCSI connector 9 22 serial port connector 9 18 universal serial bus USB connector 9 19 video connector 9 24 Pin layouts diskette drive header 9 13 EIDE header 9 11 Ethernet connector 9 20 for J4 connector 9 2 J5 connector 9 6 keyboard mouse header 9 15 parallel port connector 9 9 P
159. l option values for optimizing system performance Fac tory default Fail safe Fail safe option values for system stability Figure 5 1 WINBIOS Setup Options Date time Primary master slave storage Secondary master slave as Boo Options Quick boot ARMD emulated USB legacy sequence mouse Display modes Power PCI Peripheral Management Plug and Play p Options Diskette controller Serial ports Parallel port IDE controller SCSI controller Ethernet Options USB function Options Options Enable Enable Green PC PCI latency timer monitor IDE bus master power state DMA channels Power IRQs down modes Reserved keyboard and USB passive storage Diskette devices Storage device release access control DRAM timings S M A R T Boot up num lock Diskette swap and seek PS 2 mouse System keyboard Primary display Password check Boot OS 2 Wait for F1 message Hit Del message nternal cache External cache BIOS cacheable Cnnn 16K shadow Utility Detect IDE Original Optimal Fail safe Hard disk timeout Standby timeout Suspend timeout Slow clock ratio memory address 5 4 Configuring the System controller Voltage fault alarm Voltage limits Intrusion alarm SBC temperature alarm SBC temperature limits MI 14447 5 2 2 Getting Help In addition to
160. le the watch dog interrupt out to interrupt line 11 INT 11 Table 11 5 Enabling the Watchdog Interrupt Step Operation Data Port Put the SMC Ultra I O device into configu Write 055h 390h ration mode Write 055h 390h Index the logical device number Write 007h 390h Set the logical device number to 8 Write 008h 391h Index GP11 Write OE1h 390h Enable GP11 to INT 10 Write OB9h 391h Index GP11 Write OE1h 390h Index activate Write 030h 390h Activate change Write 001h 390h Exit SMC configuration mode Write OAAh 390h To program another interrupt set the upper nibble of this byte to the interrupt number Possible choices are INT 5 059h INT 7 079h INT 9 099h INT 10 OA9h INT 11 OB9h INT 12 0C9h INT14 OE9h and INT 15 OF9h Note To ensure that the interrupt is not used by PCI devices you must reserve the interrupt for the ISA device in with WINBIOS Setup as explained in Section 5 17 4 11 6 System Management 11 5 Using the LM78 System Monitor The LM78 Microprocessor System Hardware Monitor is decoded at the PCS address and uses port offsets 0 to 7 Figure 11 6 shows how the LM78 is con nected for monitoring CPU voltages temperatures and fan speeds Figure 11 6 LM78 Connections See LM78 Specification for circuit information National Semiconductor LM78 INO N Internal ISA Bus DI IN1 EN 3 3 V CPU 5 V 12 V 12V IN2 VCC2DET INS MMX K6 ING FAN1 FAN
161. led Incorrect diskette drive type Loose cable connectors Diskette access requires supervisor password Diskette drive failure Diskette controller failure Diskette ribbon cable failure Diskette write protection is enabled Diskette drive failure Run the application software Format the diskette Try another diskette Slide the write protect switch so the hole is not visible Insert a diskette Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the diskette controller as explained in Section 5 8 1 Run the BIOS setup utility and diskette write protection as explained in Sec tion 5 8 3 Run the BIOS setup utility and select the correct drive type The correct set ting for the factory installed diskette drive is 1 44 MB 3 1 2 See Section 5 8 2 Remove the rear access panel and check that the diskette data and power cables are connected securely Reboot the system and enter the super visor password Afterwards run the BIOS setup utility and set Diskette Access option to User Replace the diskette drive Replace the SBC Replace the cable Run the BIOS setup utility and set the diskette write protection to Disabled Check whether the diskette is write protected Replace the diskette drive 7 18 Troubleshooting System Problems 7 5 Troubleshooting Monitor Problems Table 7 5 lists monitor problems with probable causes and corrective actions to take Table 7 5 Troubleshooting Monitor
162. listed in the table Table 1 1 Package Contents Part Part Name Part Number Cover Letter EK SY233 CL Warranty and Parts Information EK SY233 WI User Manual EK SY233 UM Device driver diskette CompactPCI system Power cord Serial port adaptor cables 2 1 2 Unpacking and Verifying Kit Contents AK RCMKA CA ETCOS AA 17 04793 01 Table 1 1 Package Contents Continued Part Part Name Part Number Parallel port adaptor cable 17 04794 01 Keyboard mouse Y cable 17 04519 01 10 32 X 0 5 truss head screws 8 90 00063 39 DRS O Q A 10 32 U nuts 8 90 07786 00 Antistatic wriststrap 12 36175 01 If your system comes with Windows NT factory installed you will also receive a Windows NT CD ROM Unpacking and Verifying Kit Contents 1 3 2 Setting Up the System This chapter introduces you to and explains how to set up the system Topics include A Typical System System Setup at a Glance Addressing Operating Requirements Installing Option Modules Setting Up the System for Front Access I O Mounting the System into a Rack Connecting I O Cables and the Power Cord Powering On the System Installing Windows NT Booting the Operating System Installing Supplied Device Drivers Considering System Configuration Changes Powering Off the System Restarting the System 2 1 A Typical System Figure 2 1 shows the front view of a typical DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI sys tem
163. llez que des batteries au lithium 3V DC type CR2032 ou quivalent Il est possible que la l gislation en vigueur interdise de jeter les batteries Renseignez vous sur cette l gislation et appliquez l vos vieilles batteries 9 Reinstall the SBC as explained in Section 6 4 2 6 14 Maintaining the System 10 11 12 13 Plug the power cord into the system s AC power inlet Power on external devices connected to the system Power on the system If you were able to record the system s configuration settings in step 1 or if you kept a record of the settings run WINBIOS Setup to reconfigure the sys tem with the previous settings If you do not have a record of the previous set tings load the default optimal BIOS settings as explained in Section 5 2 8 Figure 6 10 Installing the System Battery Clock od Irun Don ML014375 6 8 Removing and Replacing the SBC Rear Transition Module Sections 6 8 1 and 6 8 2 explain how to remove and install the SBC rear transition module Before you remove or install the rear transition module make sure you 1 2 3 Power off external devices connected to the system Pow
164. lor mode settings 2Ah Initializing bus initialization system static and output devices if present See Section C 6 3 for more information 2Bh Passing control to the video ROM for any required configuration before the video ROM test 2Ch All necessary processing before passing control to the video ROM is complete Looking for and passing control to the video ROM 2Dh The video ROM returned control to the BIOS POST Performing processing that is required after the video ROM had control 2Eh Completed post video ROM test processing If the EGA VGA controller is not found performing the display memory read write test 2Fh The EGA VGA controller was not found Starting the display memory read write test 30h The display memory read write test passed Looking for retrace checking 31h The display memory read write test or retrace checking failed Performing the alternate display memory read write test Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes C 7 C 8 Table C 7 Runtime Checkpoint Codes Continued Code Explanation 32h 34h 37h 38h 39h 3Ah 40h 42h 43h 44h 45h 46h 47h 48h 49h 4Bh 4Ch 4Dh 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h The alternate display memory read write test passed Looking for alternate dis play retrace checking Video display checking is complete Setting the display mode The display mode is set Displaying the power on message Initializing the bus input IPL and general device
165. lot and only 3U slots remain Convert the 3U slots to 6U slots Section 6 9 3 Do you need a 3U slot and all front slots are 6U Convert front slots 6 7 and 8 to 3U slots Section 6 9 4 No Remove the filler panel Section 6 9 5 Install the option module Are you installing a replacement option module Section 6 9 6 Yes Install a filler panel Section 6 9 7 Done j ML014446 Caution Take care when handling the option modules Circuit boards are sensitive to and can be damaged by electrostatic discharge ESD To avoid damag ing an option module take appropriate precautions when handling it Maintaining the System 6 19 Vorsicht Seien Sie vorsichtig beim Umgang mit Erweiterungsmodulen Gedruckte Schaltungen reagieren empfindlich auf elektrostatische Entladung und k nnen durch elektrostatische Entladung sogar besch digt werden Treffen Sie die erforderlichen Vorsichtsma nahmen damit die Erweiterungsmodule nicht besch digt werden 6 9 1 Identifying Slots for the Option Modules 6 20 Figures 6 14 and 6 15 show the system s available option slots with filler panels removed Identify the slots in which you intend to install the option modules The SBC must occupy slot 1 on the front side of the CompactPCI backplane as factory installed The remaining slots are available for application specific option modules Note The only
166. ltage setting is correct Table 7 2 lists the power supply requirements Caution The voltage selection switch must match the voltage supplied by your power outlet In North America 115 volts is common In other countries 230 volts is common Ensure that the voltage selection switch is set to the correct voltage If it is not set correctly you can damage your system 7 4 Troubleshooting System Problems Vorsicht Der Spannungsw hlschalter mu mit Netzspannung bereinstimmen In Nordamerika ist eine Netzspannung von 115 Volt in anderen L ndern dagegen 230 Volt blich Vergewissern Sie sich daf der Spannungsw hlschalter auf die richtige Netzspannung eingestellt ist Das System kann besch digt werden wenn die Netzspannung nicht richtig eingestellt ist Table 7 2 Power Supply Requirements Power Supply Votage Setting 100 120 Vac 7 0A 50 60 HZ 115 V 220 240 Vac 3 5A 50 60 HZ 230 V Note Current ratings are maximum with a fully loaded system and do not include a monitor or terminal Warning Make sure the system is disconnected from the main power supply before installing or removing any system components ACHTUNG Vergewissern Sie sich vor dem Ein oder Ausbau von Systemkomponenten daf die Stromzufuhr zum System unterbrochen ist Troubleshooting System Problems 7 5 7 4 Troubleshooting Your System This section will help you troubleshoot the following types of problems e System
167. ltage selection switch must match the voltage supplied by your power outlet In North America 115 volts is common In other countries 230 volts is common Ensure that the voltage selection switch is set to the correct voltage If it is not set correctly you can damage your system Setting Up the System 2 5 2 6 Vorsicht Der Spannungsw hlschalter mu mit Netzspannung bereinstimmen In Nordamerika ist eine Netzspannung von 115 Volt in anderen L ndern dagegen 230 Volt blich Vergewissern Sie sich daf der Spannungsw hlschalter auf die richtige Netzspannung eingestellt ist Das System kann besch digt werden wenn die Netzspannung nicht richtig eingestellt ist Table 2 2 Power Supply Requirements Power Supply Votage Setting 100 120 Vac 7 0A 50 60 HZ 115 V 220 240 Vac 3 5A 50 60 HZ 230 V Note Current ratings are maximum with a fully loaded system and do not include a monitor or terminal Warning Make sure the system is disconnected from the main power supply before installing or removing any system components ACHTUNG Vergewissern Sie sich vor dem Ein oder Ausbau von Systemkomponenten da die Stromzufuhr zum System unterbrochen ist Setting Up the System 2 4 Installing Option Modules The DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system comes ready for you to plug in option modules needed to customize the system for your application The system offers three 3U and four 6U Compact PCI option
168. lue to Enabled or Disabled as appropriate Exit the Option window Go cu su obe Em Exit the Advanced Setup window Configuring the System 5 14 5 Controlling the Location of the Contents of ROM You can control the location of the contents of the 16 KB ROM beginning at named memory locations If no adaptor ROM is using a named ROM area the area is made available to the local bus To configure the location for a named memory location 1 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window 2 Select one of the following named memory locations C000 16K Shadow C400 16K Shadow C800 16K Shadow CC00 16K Shadow D000 16K Shadow D400 16K Shadow D800 16K Shadow DCO00 16K Shadow 3 Select one of the following option values To Select Write the contents of addresses CO00h to C7FFFh to the same Enabled addresses in system RAM for faster execution Write the contents of the named ROM area to the same address in sys Cache tem RAM for faster execution and allow the associated address space to be read from and written to cache memory optimal default Not copy ROM to RAM the contents of the ROM cannot be copied Disabled to system RAM fail safe default Exit the Option window 5 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each option as appropriate Exit the Advanced Setup window Note For the Intel Hx chipset the E000h page is used as ROM during the POST but shadowing is disabled and the ROM CS signal is
169. m boot parameters 5 15 Do you want the system allow sufficient time for an IDE hard disk drive check during 5 15 1 the boot process Do you want the system to prompt you to press the Delete key to invoke WINBIOS dur ing the boot process Do you want to specify the sequence of devices from which the system is to try booting 5 15 2 Do you want to disable the arrow keys on the numeric keypad during a system boot 5 15 3 Identifying Configuration Requirements Table 4 1 Identifying Configuration Requirements Continued Questions See Section Do you want to disable the Hit Del if you want to run Setup message that is dis 5 15 5 played during a system boot Do you want to disable the Press F1 to continue message when an error occurs during a system boot Display Modes Do you want to suppress standard BIOS boot messages during a system boot 5 16 Do you want to force the display mode to be the mode currently being used by the BIOS during ROM initialization Plug and Play Features Do you want to enable the system s plug and play features 5 17 Do you need to adjust the PCI latency timer 5 17 2 Do you need to disable the bus master capabilities of the IDE controller on the PCI 5 17 3 local bus Do you need to allocate an IRQ line for a PCI device 5
170. mal SMI default Enable temperature monitoring through the NMI NMI 7 8 Exit the Option window If you selected Disabled in step 3 skip to step 7 Specify a minimum hysteresis temperature value and a maximum tempera ture threshold in degrees C by selecting and adjusting the values of options Min C and Max C Exit the Option window Exit the Peripheral Setup window 5 19 Updating the BIOS Flash At some point you might have a need to upgrade the system s BIOS flash This section explains the update procedure To get the latest version of the BIOS flash upgrade files send an electronic mail request to compactPCI digital com Note Follow the steps for updating the flash ROM carefully If you do not com plete the procedure correctly you can render the system unusable until the boot ROM or SBC is replaced To update the system s Flash BIOS 1 Copy the binary BIOS image to a diskette and rename the file AMI BOOT ROM Insert the diskette into the diskette drive Power on the system Hold the Ctrl and Home keys down simultaneously immediately after power ing on the system do not wait for video Hold the keys down until the diskette drive access light comes on The light indicates the update has started The BIOS is automatically updated within approximately three minutes The diskette drive access light stays lit and the video screen stays blank during the update Remove the diskette
171. mpactPCI system See System Dimensions system 3 1 Direct memory access DMA channels 3 6 Disk capacity 5 12 Index 4 Diskette controller configuring 5 17 B 6 Diskette drive 2 2 3 3 access control 5 18 access control option for B 4 configuration settings for B 3 configuring 4 3 5 17 installing 6 28 removing 6 28 seek operation on system boot 5 18 seek option for B 4 specifying capacity of 5 17 swapping option for B 4 troubleshooting 7 18 Diskette drive headers 9 13 Diskette drives ARMD devices emulated as 5 19 swapping 5 18 Diskette header 3 10 Diskette interface 8 10 Display mode initial B 4 Display Mode at Add On ROM Init option 5 28 B 4 Display modes configuring 4 4 5 28 Display monitor configuring 5 10 Displays screen system startup 2 23 DMA Channel n option 5 31 DMA channels 10 3 B 6 specifications of A 3 Documentation 1 2 DRAM data integrity mode 5 24 DRAM speed option 5 23 DRAM timings B 5 Drivers 1 2 E EIDE hard drive headers 9 10 EISA bus BIOS error messages C 4 Emission values acoustic 3 2 Enclosure 2 2 3 1 specifications of A 1 Enhanced Parallel Port EPP mode 5 21 EPP Version option 5 21 B 7 Error messages 7 21 C 1 C 2 BIOS responding to 7 21 for EISA BIOS C 4 ISA bus C 5 Ethernet connector 9 20 on rear transition module 3 10 on single board computer SBC 3 7 setting jumper for front or rear 2 14 6 8 troubleshooting 7 9 Ethernet
172. mpressed code in shadow RAM at address E000 0000h The initialization code is copied to segment 0 and control will be transferred to segment 0 Control is in segment 0 Checking if the Ctrl Home key combination was pressed and verifying the system BIOS checksum If either Ctrl Home was pressed or the system BIOS checksum is bad jumping to checkpoint code EOh Otherwise continue to checkpoint code D7h Passing control to the interface module Decompressing the main system BIOS runtime code Passing control to the main system BIOS in shadow RAM C 6 2 Runtime Checkpoint Codes C 6 Runtime checkpoint codes are uncompressed in shadow RAM at address F0000h Table C 7 lists the runtime checkpoint codes in order of execution Table C 7 Runtime Checkpoint Codes Code Explanation 03h 05h 06h 07h 08h OBh OCh The NMI is disabled Checking for a soft reset or a power on condition The BIOS stack has been built Disabling cache memory Uncompressing the POST code Initializing the CPU and the CPU data area Calculating the CMOS checksum Performing any required initialization before the keyboard BAT command is issued The keyboard controller input buffer is free Issuing the BAT command to the keyboard controller Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes Table C 7 Runtime Checkpoint Codes Continued Code Explanation OEh The keyboard controller BAT command result is verified Performing any nec es
173. n Manager DIM 1 Onboard system devices 2 ISA devices 3 EISA devices 4 ISA plug and play devices 5 PCI devices Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes Numerics 1st Boot Device option 5 27 2nd Boot Device option 5 27 32 bit mode 5 15 5 16 B 2 3rd Boot Device 5 27 5 2331 8 CompactPCI system See System A AC power inlet 3 3 Acoustic noise emission values 3 2 Adapter cables 1 2 Adapter cards legacy 5 30 Address mapping 10 1 Addressing specifications A 3 Advanced configuration options 5 3 Agency approvals A 2 Air filter 3 3 Air flow 3 14 A 2 Air flow deflector 3 15 Air flow plenum 3 15 Air inlet 3 3 3 15 Air outlet 3 15 Altitude specifications A 2 AMIBIOS See BIOS Anti virus configuration option 5 3 Anti virus option B 8 Anti virus protection enabling 5 10 setting 5 8 ARMD devices Index configuring 4 3 ARMD emulated as options B 3 ARMD option BIOS options ARMD 5 15 ATAPI removable media devices 5 19 Auto option 5 14 B Backplane 3 3 3 4 specifications of A 1 Backplane connectors 3 4 Battery 3 8 Beep codes lt Default gt See Blink codes BIOS blink codes C 1 error messages C 2 EISA bus C 4 errors reported by C 1 identification string for 2 23 recalling settings of 2 26 set up as cacheable B 5 shadowing 4 3 shadowing to system memory 5 24 specifications of A 4 version of 2 24 BIOS error messages responding to 7 21 BIOS error reporting 7 21 BIOS flash
174. n anti virus software Replace the SBC Replace the cable Replace the SCSI device Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the diskette controller as explained in Section 5 8 1 Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the diskette drive as explained in Sec tion 5 8 2 Enter your user password If a supervi sor password is required see the sys tem supervisor or system manager Run the BIOS setup utility and select the correct drive type The correct set ting for the factory installed diskette drive is 1 44 MB 3 1 2 See Section 5 8 2 Run the BIOS setup utility and set the proper boot sequence See Section 5 15 2 Use a bootable diskette Insert a diskette that contains the cor rect startup files Insert a bootable diskette Try another diskette Remove the rear access panel and check that the diskette cable is con nected to the diskette connector on the rear transition module If the cable is attached to the correct connector make sure the connection is secure See the system supervisor or system manager Enter your user password Table 7 3 Troubleshooting System Problems Continued Problem Possible Cause Action No response to keyboard commands Keyboard keys type incor rectly No response to mouse activ ity Mouse sticks Keyboard is password protected Keyboard is not connected Keyboard is connected to the mouse port System halted Keyboard failure Keyboard mou
175. n used and did it work correctly Have changes to hardware or updates to software been made recently If so are the revision numbers compatible with the system See the DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI System Warranty and Parts Information What is the state of the system Is the operating system running If the operating system is down and you are not able to bring it up try to diagnose the problem by using the diagnostic blink codes listed in Sec tion C 1 If the operating system is running use operating system environment diagnostic tools and exercisers 7 2 Basic Troubleshooting Tips Most computer system failures result from incorrect installation improper config uration or incompatible application software or hardware The following trouble shooting tips can help you solve most system problems Troubleshoot one problem at a time and make only one change at a time For example if the hard disk drive fails to boot do not try all suggested corrective actions at once Start with one suggestion such as checking the cables After securing the cables try rebooting the system If it does not work try another suggestion Look for abnormal LED behavior For example make sure the power LED lights when you power on the system and that the drive access indicators light when using the diskette hard disk or CD ROM drive If power on self test POST errors appear on the monitor screen run WIN BIOS Setup and correct the problems id
176. nd Replacing the SBC Rear Transition Module 6 15 6 8 1 Removing the SBC Rear Transition Module 00 0000 6 16 6 8 2 Installing the SBC Rear Transition Module 0 eese 6 17 6 9 Installing and Replacing Front and Rear Option Modules 6 18 6 9 1 Identifying Slots for the Option Modules lees 000000005 6 20 6 9 2 Removing Option Modules 0 0 00 cee eee es 6 21 6 9 3 Converting 3U Option Slots to 6U Option Slots 000 6 22 6 9 4 Converting 6U Option Slots to 3U Option Slots 2c2cneeeeeenen 6 23 6 9 5 Removing Filler Panels 0 0 0 cee cee eee 6 24 6 9 6 Installing an Option Module 0 0 cee ee eee 6 25 6 97 Installing Filler Panels RESI Ree rete Se FERRE 6 25 6 10 Removing and Replacing Storage Devices llle 6 26 6 10 1 Removing the Storage Bay 6 0 0 es 6 26 6 10 2 Removing a Device from the Storage Bay llle esee 6 28 6 10 3 Installing a Storage Device 1 0 2 0 0 eee es 6 28 6 10 4 Reinstalling the Storage Bay 0 cee eee eee 6 29 6 11 Removing and Replacing the Power Supply Unit 00 6 31 6 11 1 Removing the Power Supply Unit 0 0 00 ee eee eee 6 31 6 11 2 Installing a Power Supply Unit 00 0 0 eee eee eee 6 32 Troubleshooting System Problems 7 1 Questions to Consider 7 1 7 2 Basic Troublesh
177. ng Up the System Table 2 1 Environmental Requirements Continued Condition Requirement Shock Operating Nonoperating Vibration Operating Nonoperating Air circulation Up to a 10 G peak 1 G and 10 ms 3 ms duration Up to 40 G peak and 30 ms 5 to 16 Hz 0 020 in 0 5 mm DA 16 to 200 Hz 0 25 G peak 2 5 m s2 200 to 500 to 200 Hz 0 1 G peak 1 0 m s2 16 to 200 Hz 0 25 G peak 2 5 m s2 5 to 16 Hz 0 020 in 0 5 mm DA Vertical axis excitation e Up to 1 03 G rms overall from 5 to 300 Hz e Power spectral density up to 0 0024 g2 Hz at 5 Hz increasing at 8 dB octave to 0 015 g2 Hz at 10 Hz e Hltup to 0 015 g2 from 10 to 50 Hz with 8 d octave roll off from 50 to 300 Hz Longitudinal and lateral axis excitation e Up to 0 698 G rms overall from 5 to 200 Hz e Power spectral density 0 00211 g2 Hz at 5 Hz increasing at 8 dB octave to 0 007 g2 Hz at 10 Hz e Flat 0 007 g2 from 10 to 50 Hz with 8 db octave roll off from 50 to 200 Hz Allow a minimum clearance of 7 62 cm 3 inches at the rear of the system to allow for air exhaust and cable egress Allow 7 62 cm 3 inches at the front for system access and air intake 2 3 2 Power Requirements The voltage of your system was set at the factory to the voltage indicated on the yellow label over the AC inlet After removing the label verify that the voltage setting is correct Table 2 2 lists the power supply requirements Caution The vo
178. ng and Checking Your Kit explains how to unpack and verify kit contents e Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System introduces you to and explains how to set up your system e Chapter 3 Getting Familiar with Your System describes primary system components xiii Part II System Configuration e Chapter 4 Identifying Configuration Requirements helps you identify system configuration requirements e Chapter 5 Configuring Your System explains how to configure your system using the WINBIOS Setup utility Part III Maintenance and Troubleshooting e Chapter 6 Maintaining Your System explains how to install and replace sys tem components e Chapter 7 Troubleshooting System Problems explains how to troubleshoot system problems This chapter lists system problems with possible causes and corrective actions Part IV SBC and RTM Technical Description Chapter 8 SBC Functional Components describes the functional components associated with the DIGITAL CompactPCI 5 2331 SBC e Chapter 9 Connectors and Headers describes the DIGITAL CompactPCI 5 2331 SBC and rear transition module connectors and headers e Chapter 10 System Address Mapping and Interrupts discusses system address mapping and system interrupts e Chapter 11 System Management describes and explains how to use watch dog timer and system monitoring features Part V Appendixes e Appendix A Specifications lists product specifications e Appendix B BIOS O
179. ng the 3U option slots to 6U option slots To convert the slots complete the following steps Refer to Figure 2 6 as necessary 1 Remove the filler panel that is above the three 3U slots see Section 2 4 2 2 Remove the filler panels for the three 3U slots see Section 2 4 2 3 Remove the eight screws 1 on the left side of the chassis that attach the 3U option card supports and brackets to the chassis 4 Remove the 3U option card supports and brackets 2 Store the filler panels supports brackets and screws for possible future use Setting Up the System 2 9 Figure 2 6 Converting 3U Option Slots to 6U Option Slots ML014305 2 4 3 Removing Filler Panels After you identify the option slots to be used remove the slot filler panels as shown in Figure 2 7 1 Loosen the captive screws 1 that attach the filler panel to the chassis 2 Remove the panel 3 Store the filler panel for possible future use Figure 2 7 Removing Filler Panels MLO14304 2 10 Setting Up the System 2 4 4 Taking Antistatic Precautions When handling circuit boards and associated internal computer components use an antistatic wriststrap or wear isolation gloves Caution Circuit boards and associated system components are sensitive to and can be damaged by electrostatic discharge ESD
180. nitialization after the coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended key board keyboard ID and Num Lock key Issuing the keyboard ID command Displaying soft errors The soft error display completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate The keyboard typematic rate is set Programming the memory wait states Memory wait state programming is complete Clearing the screen and enabling parity and the NMI NMI and parity are enabled Performing any initialization required before pass ing control to the adapter ROM at address EOOOh Initialization before passing control to the adapter ROM at address EO00h is complete Passing control to the adapter ROM at address EOOOh Returned from the adapter ROM at address E000h Performing required initial ization after the E000h option ROM has control Initialization after EO00h option ROM control completed Displaying the sys tem configuration Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes Table C 7 Runtime Checkpoint Codes Continued Code Explanation ABh Building the multiprocessor table if necessary ACh Uncompressing the Device Initialization Manager DIM data and initializing the DIM POST BOh Displaying the system configuration Blh Copying code to specific areas 00h Copying code to specific areas is complete Passing control to the boot loader at INT 19h C 6 3 Bus Checkpoint Codes The system BIOS passes control to different buses at various checkpoints Table C
181. ns 8 6 8 10 Video Controller cs ha tink oo ak ERR REN Meee ln Rte eee eS 8 7 8 11 Ultra WO Controller 2 2 22 052 ERR Bi ei OS ua 8 10 8 111 Diskette Interface esset rer na Br ER e RS eis 8 10 8 11 2 Parallel Port ote tete e Here eret ere eee dns 8 10 8311 3 Serial Porta 2 ee ee Pete le Oe OE AN ee Re CRIT IRE AER 8 10 S LTAUSB Ports 20 arena ie 8 10 8 11 5 Keyboard Mouse Interface 00 0 0 cee 8 11 8 12 LM78 System Monitor 0 eh 8 11 Connectors and Headers 9 1 Connectors and Headers 0 0 eras 9 1 9 2 JA CompactPCI I O Connector 0 e 9 2 9 3 JS CompactPCI VO Connector 00 cece eee 9 5 9 4 Parallel Port Connector and Header ccc ccc ccc eee nn eee 9 9 9 5 EIDE Hard Drive Headers 1 0 ce eee ra 9 10 9 6 Diskette Drive Headers 0 0 cee teen ras 9 13 9 7 Keyboard Mouse Header llle 9 14 9 8 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connectors leen 9 15 9 9 Senial Port Connectors na ev Sk Se ee ae ee E COE SUL SC e CER CR 9 17 9 10 Universal Serial Bus Port Connectors llle eee 9 19 9 11 Ethernet Connectors 0 0 ha 9 20 9 12 SCST Conn ctots eure Red ren 9 21 9 13 Video Connectors x cuneo eed a EU UST aE AE RR 9 24 9 14 SIMM Connectors 0 rae 9 25 System Address Mapping and Interrupts 10 1 PCLI O Address Map eR ER See Bee En 10 1 10 2 Memory Address Map 00 cece eee e cnet a 10 2 10 3 DMA Channel Assignments 10 3 1
182. ntil bits 4 3 are activated Pos sible delay values include 000 17 8 milliseconds 001 71 1 milliseconds 010 284 milliseconds 011 1 14 seconds 100 4 55 seconds 101 18 22 seconds 110 72 8 seconds 111 291 seconds 11 3 2 Watchdog Strobe Register The watchdog strobe register at port OBh is a read write register A write operation to the register sets the watchdog timer to the value of the watchdog delay that is programmed in the watchdog register A read of the register can acquire the status of a watchdog flag bit The watchdog timer sets this bit when the timer reaches zero To reset this flag you must clear the watchdog timer by setting the clear watchdog bit in the watchdog register Figures 11 2 and 11 3 show the register definitions for write and read operations Figure 11 2 Watchdog Strobe Register Write 07 00 MLO14503 System Management 11 3 Figure 11 3 Watchdog Strobe Register Read 07 04 03 02 01 00 Hardware Version Number Reserved Watchdog Flag Reserved ML014504 11 3 3 FPGA Index Register 11 4 The FPGA register at port offset ODh includes a 3 bit index field that determines which functional FPGA registers are accessible from the FPGA data register The index is reset to zero following any data port access or after a reset This feature helps to protect registers that control important option module operations Figure 11 4 shows the FPGA inde
183. o color or monochrome as appropriate and power the system on Replace the SBC Replace the SBC Replace the SBC Power off the system remove the rear access panel and check the diskette drive cable connections Replace the rear access panel and power on the system Power off the system remove the rear access panel and check the IDE disk drive cable connections Replace the rear access panel and power on the system Replace the SBC Replace the SBC Use another boot diskette and follow the instructions that appear on the monitor screen Unlock the keyboard C 3 Table C 2 Error Messages Continued Message Explanation Action Keyboard error KB Interface error No ROM Basic Off board parity error On board parity error Parity error The keyboard has a timing problem An error exists in the keyboard con nector The BIOS cannot find a valid bootable sector on either drive A or C A parity error occurred in memory installed on an adapter card in an expansion slot The message format is as follows OFF BOARD PARITY ERROR ADDR xxxx The xxxx is the hexadecimal address where the error occurred A parity error occurred in DRAM memory The message format is as fol lows ON BOARD PARITY ERROR ADDR xxxx The xxxx is the hexadecimal address where the error occurred A parity error exists in memory at an unknown address Run the BIOS setup utility and make sure
184. o or more items Select one of the items unless the items are optional I 1 You must specify one and only one of the enclosed items a b c You must specify the enclosed items together arg You can repeat the preceding item one or more times UNPREDICTABLE and UNDEFINED This manual uses the terms UNPREDICTABLE and UNDEFINED Their mean ings are different and must be carefully distinguished UNPREDICTABLE results or occurrences do not disrupt the basic operation of the processor The processor continues to execute instructions in its normal man ner In contrast UNDEFINED operations can halt the processor or cause it to lose information Special Notices Warning This section lists special notes that are used in this manual A warning indicates the presence of a hazard that can cause personal injury if the hazard is not avoided ACHTUNG xvi Eine Warnung weist auf eine Gefahr hin die zu Personensch den f hren kann wenn die betreffende Gefahr nicht gemieden wird Caution A caution indicates the presence of a hazard that might cause damage to hardware or might corrupt software Vorsicht Dieser Hinweis macht Sie auf eine Gefahr aufmerksam die zu Sch den an der Hardware f hren oder die Software zerst ren kann Note A note emphasizes important information Abbreviations The following abbreviations are used in this manual Abbreviation Meaning BIOS Basic input output sy
185. o the outward position 4 Slide the module out of the chassis Maintaining the System Figure 6 11 Removing the SBC Rear Transition Module MLO14387 6 8 2 Installing the SBC Rear Transition Module To install the SBC rear transition module complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 12 as necessary T Place the top and bottom edges of the module in the card guides 1 of the chassis for slot 1 Check that the injector ejector levers 2 of the two handles are in the outward position Slide the module into the chassis until you feel resistance approximately 1 4 inch short of full insertion Simultaneously move the injector ejector levers of the two handles to the inward position Verify that the module is seated properly Tighten the two captive screws 3 behind the handles which secure the module to the chassis Connect the storage device cabling and install the rear access panel as shown in Figure 6 12 a Connect the diskette drive data cable to the diskette drive connector 4 on the rear transition module b Connect the IDE data cable to the IDE connector 5 on the rear transition module c Place the rear access panel over the opening in the back of the chassis d Tighten the six screws that secure the rear access panel 6 to the chassis Maintaining the System 6 17
186. odule 3 10 on single board computer SBC 3 8 J5 CompactPCI connector on rear transition module 3 10 on single board computer SBC 3 7 Jumper blocks 2 14 6 8 Jumpers for specifying I O access 3 8 K Keyboard 8 11 Index 6 configuring 4 2 configuring a system without 5 11 troubleshooting 7 7 7 15 using to navigate BIOS 5 6 Keyboard connector 3 7 3 10 Keyboard mouse header 9 14 Keyboard mouse interface 8 11 Keyboard mouse Y cable 1 3 L L1 internal cache 5 23 L2 secondary cache 5 23 Language option 5 4 LBA mode 5 15 5 16 B 2 B 9 LEDs 3 7 as an aid when troubleshooting 7 1 speaker LED 7 21 status 2 25 Level 2 cache 5 23 8 3 Lithium battery See Battery LM78 system management features See System management LM78 system monitor 8 2 8 11 11 1 connections of 11 7 Mechanical specifications A 4 Memory 3 6 3 8 6 10 8 1 8 3 address map for 10 2 cache 5 23 configuring 4 3 5 23 data integrity of 5 24 external cache B 5 installing 6 11 internal cache B 5 requirements for 3 8 6 10 reserving for legacy ISA adapter cards B 6 shadowing B 5 shadowing BIOS to 5 24 specifications of A 3 speed of 5 23 troubleshooting 7 10 valid configurations of 3 8 6 10 Memory connectors 9 25 Message bar 5 2 MFM hard disk drives 5 13 Modes 32 bit 5 15 5 16 B 2 block 5 15 5 16 B 2 B 9 DRAM data integrity 5 24 Enhanced Parallel Port EPP option 5 21 Extended Ca
187. of the window Messages that appear in this bar describe the items on which you click within the window You can use a keyboard or mouse to point and click configuration categories and navigate through pop up option menus 5 2 WINBIOS Basics Sections 5 2 1 through 5 2 7 introduce you to WINBIOS Setup by discussing the following e Configuration categories Section 5 2 1 e How to get help Section 5 2 2 5 2 Configuring the System e How to use the mouse Section 5 2 3 e How to use the keyboard Section 5 2 4 e Automatic option selection Section 5 2 5 e How to start WINBIOS Setup Section 5 2 6 e Howto exit WINBIOS Setup Section 5 2 7 How to use default WINBIOS settings Section 5 2 8 5 2 1 Configuration Categories Table 5 1 lists the categories of configuration information that you can set The categories are represented as icons in the four windows that appear within the WINBIOS main menu Figure 5 1 shows how you can maneuver through the setup windows Table 5 1 WINBIOS Setup Configuration Categories Category Allows You to Set Setup Window Standard Primary and secondary master and slave IDE device options date and time and diskette device options Advanced System performance options quick boot ATAPI removable media device ARMD as a diskette or hard disk drive boot sequence initial and ROM initialization display mode diskette and hard disk access control hard disk S M A R T boot Num Lo
188. off each time the system boots Specifies whether diskette drives A and B can be swapped Specifies whether diskette drive A is to per form a seek operation at system boot Enables or disables support for a PS 2 type mouse Specifies whether error messages are to be dis played if a keyboard is not attached to the sys tem Specifies the type of video display being used Specifies whether to prompt for a password on every system boot or only when running WIN BIOS Setup Not applicable The system boots Windows NT Table B 1 Setup Options Continued Wait For F1 If Error Disabled Specifies whether the BIOS is to prompt and Enabled wait for the user to press F1 before continu ing when an error occurs Hit DEL Message Display Disabled Specifies whether the BIOS is to display the Enabled Hit DEL if you want to run Setup message when the system boots Internal Cache Disabled Disables or enables the system s internal cache WriteBack to operate in write back mode For optimal per formance keep this setting in write back mode The fail safe default is Disabled Note The system s internal cache is integral to the CPU External Cache Disabled Disables or enables the system s external cache Enabled For optimal performance enable caching The fail safe default is Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Disables or enables system BIOS caching Enabled This increases system performance because t
189. oftware programmable 2 level watchdog timer 17 8 ms to 291 sec that drives interrupt 11 configurable NMI or system reset Monitor microcontroller for backplane voltage SBC temperature user definable alarm on IRQ 11 Guarded rest switch on front panel Front panel LEDs power OK green speaker output amber alarm red link green activity amber disk activity green 6U x 8HP wide 233 mm x 160 mm x 61 mm Conforms to PICMG CompactPCI 2 0 and PCI SIG 2 1 specifi cations 40 W without cache or DRAM 5 V 5 5 A dual DC DC for split voltage Pentium 12 VO 1A 12V0 0A 43 3 V 3 0 A MTBF gt 100 000 hours 25 degrees C MIL HDBK 217F FCC Class A CE Mark Nonoperating conditions tested with unit in its shipping container A 4 Specifications B BIOS Option Summary Tables B 1 through B 4 summarize the BIOS menu options that are available through the Setup Security Utility and Default WINBIOS windows Factory optimal default settings appear in bold type Optimal and fail safe defaults are the same unless noted otherwise BIOS Option Summary B 1 Table B 1 Setup Options Options Settings Comments Standard Pri Master Configure the system s hard disk drives Pri Slave All options except Type apply to IDE drives Sec Master Sec Slave Type Not Installed Secondary Select a value in the range 43 to 46 for an MFM Master and Secondary device Select User for a SCSI MFM RLL Slave ARLL
190. on 2 0 PCI to PCI Bridge Architecture Specification Revision 1 0 Latest Product Information and Updates You can access product information and download the latest BIOS device drivers and software updates over the Internet from http www digital com oem xviii Part Getting Started Part I introduces the DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system and consists of the following chapters e Chapter 1 Unpacking and Verifying Kit Contents e Chapter 2 Setting Up the System e Chapter 3 Getting Familiar with the System 1 Unpacking and Verifying Kit Contents This chapter explains how to unpack and verify DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system kit contents Topics include e Unpacking the System e Verifying Kit Contents 1 1 Unpacking the System The DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system is shipped in a single box as shown in Figure 1 1 Before removing the contents of the box verify that the order num bers on the labels on the box match the numbers for the product you ordered If the order numbers do not match contact your area DIGITAL Customer Support Center If the order numbers do match remove all items from the box and store the original packing material in case a factory return is necessary Figure 1 1 Unpacking the System ML014509 Unpacking and Verifying Kit Contents 1 1 1 2 Verifying Kit Contents Table 1 1 lists the contents of the system kit Verify that the material you unpacked matches the contents
191. ons before and while performing system maintenance pro cedures Section 6 2 1 discusses power supply precautions and Section 6 2 2 dis cusses antistatic precautions 6 2 1 Taking Power Supply Precautions Before removing any enclosure panels CompactPCI modules filler panels or removable bays or trays take the following power supply precautions l Power off external devices connected to the system 2 Power off the system 3 Unplug the power cord from the system s AC power inlet Maintaining the System 6 1 Warning Make sure the system is disconnected from the main power source before installing or removing any system components ACHTUNG Vergewissern Sie sich vor dem Ein oder Ausbau von Systemkomponenten da die Stromzufuhr zum System unterbrochen ist After you complete the maintenance procedure reverse these steps to restore power 6 2 2 Taking Antistatic Precautions When handling circuit boards and associated internal computer components use an antistatic wriststrap or wear isolation gloves Caution Circuit boards and associated system components are sensitive to and can be damaged by electrostatic discharge ESD To avoid damaging boards or components take appropriate precautions when handling them Vorsicht Gedruckte Schaltungen und dazu geh rende Systemkomponenten reagieren empfindlich auf elektrostatische Entladung und k nnen durch elektrostatische Entladung sogar besch dig
192. ooting Tips 2 ce cece eee ten eee e eens 7 1 7 3 Checking that Requirements are Met 0 0 0c e eee eee 7 2 7 3 1 Environmental Requirements usuusu nu cece cee es 7 3 1 3 2 Power Requirements sre lebe ir tee pU Lee whew ane he 7 4 7 4 Troubleshooting Your System 1 0 0 eee cee eens 7 6 7 4 1 Troubleshooting System Problems l l eee eee 7 7 7 4 2 Troubleshooting Storage Device Problems 00 000000005 7 16 7 5 Troubleshooting Monitor Problems 0 00 c cece eee 7 19 7 5 1 Troubleshooting Network Interface Problems 00000 7 20 7 6 Responding to Blink Codes and Error Messages lee esee 7 20 7 6 1 Responding to Blink Codes lseeeeeeeee ee 7 21 7 6 2 Responding to Error Messages lees 7 21 Part IV SBC and RTM Technical Description vi SBC Functional Components 8 1 Functional Component Overview 00 0 eee e 8 1 8 2 Intel Pentium Processor with MMX Technology 0 00 00 eee eene 8 2 8 3 Mem ty code Les RR RARE HG TEA Ae AER ELE DENTES Deu Dens 8 3 S4 Eevel 2 Cache s osa metn ee pnt ber bat uber ates ORE E Rer porta wg 8 3 85 Flash ROM ots Seo be REI MADURAS een len 8 3 8 6 Local PCI Bus and Bridges eero oaii a En E ete 8 3 8 7 Clocks and Timets oor ub ERR Eee ERR TES 8 5 8 8 Ethernet Controller eraser nenne et Bar been EP APER wees 8 5 8 9 Ultra SCSI Controller o o cece eee E e nee n ee
193. or lt F1 gt If Error option 5 27 Wait For F1 If Error option B 5 Watchdog interrupt 11 6 Watchdog register 11 2 Watchdog strobe register 11 2 11 3 Watchdog timer 3 7 8 5 11 1 checking the status of 11 6 controlling the mode and delay of 11 2 delay of 11 3 enabling 11 5 modes of 11 3 resetting 11 5 resetting the delay of 11 6 restarting 11 3 setting mode and delay of 11 6 using 11 5 Weight 3 1 Width 3 1 WINBIOS Setup See BIOS setup utility Windows NT installing 2 26 Write precompensation 5 12 Write precompensation hard disk B 2 Index 11
194. or the 3 3 V power If the power supply goes out side the specified limits a fault can be gener ated Configure the positive and negative limits for the CPU core voltage If the power supply goes outside the specified limits a fault can be gen erated Configure the positive and negative limits for the 5 V power If the power supply goes out side the specified limits a fault can be gener ated BIOS Option Summary B 7 Table B 1 Setup Options Continued 12V Alarm Min Max 12V Alarm Min Max Intrusion Alarm SBC Fan n Alarm Nominal Fan Speed SBC Temp Alarm SBC Temp Alarm Min C Max C n 10 n 10 n 10 n 10 Disabled SMI NMI Disabled SMI NMI n rpm 4000 rpm Disabled SMI NMI nn C 00 C nn C 55 C Configure the positive and negative limits for the 12 V power If the power supply goes out side the specified limits a fault can be gener ated Configure the positive and negative limits for the 12 V power If the power supply goes out side the specified limits a fault can be gener ated Disables or enables the intrusion alarm If enabled and an intrusion occurs a fault can be generated Disables or enables the tachometer input alarm for fan 1 2 or 3 Configures the nominal fan speed If the fan speed falls below the specified speed a fault can be generated Disables or enables the temperature alarm Configures the lower and upper limits f
195. or ESDI drive If you enter User you 1 to 46 must configure all disk drive options manually User Primary Master For IDE drives you can select Auto for auto Auto matic device detection and configuration ARMD Primary Slave ARMD LBA Large Mode Off Turn this mode On for any device between 528 On MB and 8 4 GB in size Block Mode Off Increases the transfer size from 512 bytes per On interrupt to 64 KB 32 Bit Mode Off The PCI bus supports 32 bit data transfers On PIO Mode Auto The programmable input output PIO mode 0 600 ns represents the timing cycles between IDE drives 1 383 ns and the programmable IDE controller You 2 240 ns should set the PIO mode at the highest value 3 180 ns that the system allows To use PIO mode 4 the 4 120 ns IDE cable cannot exceed 15 inches long Cyl Specifies the number of cylinders Hd Specifies the number of heads WP Specifies the number of cylinders that have their write timing changed Sec Specifies the number of sectors Size Specifies the capacity of the device in MB Date Time Date day mmm dd yyyy Sets the system data and time Time hh mm ss B 2 BIOS Option Summary Table B 1 Setup Options Continued Floppy A Not Installed B Configures the system s diskette drives Floppy B 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 A 2 88 MB 3 1 2 Advanced Quick Boot Disabled Powers on to flash ROM within five seconds Enabled The fail safe default is Disabled
196. or off timer has powered the monitor off The monitor is not powered on The monitor cable is installed incor rectly Monitors are connected to both the front and rear access video connectors The required video driver is not installed Monitor failure Video controller failure A serial port cable is installed incor rectly Serial port cables are connected to both the front and rear access serial ports The serial ports are disabled in the BIOS setup Serial port failure Controller failure The parallel port cable is installed incorrectly Parallel port cables are connected to both the front and rear access parallel ports The parallel port is disabled or is not configured correctly in the BIOS setup Parallel port failure Controller failure Troubleshooting System Problems Adjust the brightness and contrast con trols Press the Shift key to reactivate the monitor Power on the monitor Check all monitor cable connections Disconnect one of the monitors Install the required video drivers Try another monitor Replace the SBC Check all serial port cable connections Disconnect serial devices from the front or rear serial ports Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the serial ports as explained in Section 5 11 Try the other serial port If the second port fails replace the CPU module or rear transition module as appropriate Replace the SBC Check all p
197. or or was received from the target SCD lt 15 0 gt SCSI data lines SCDPH Provides odd parity for SCD lt 15 8 gt Connectors and Headers 9 23 Table 9 23 SCSI Connector Signal Definitions Continued Signal Definition SCDPL Provides odd parity for SCD lt 7 0 gt SEL Driven after a successful arbitration to select as an initiator or reselect as a target SREQ A target will assert REQ to indicate that a byte is ready or is needed by the target SRST Interpreted as a hard reset TERMPWR Termination power 9 13 Video Connectors A 15 pin standard D video connector resides on the front panel of the SBC J17 and front panel of the rear transition module You can connect a video device to either a front or rear connector but not both Figure 9 12 shows the pin layout for the video connector Table 9 24 lists the connector pin assignments Table 9 25 defines the signals associated with the pins Note An asterisk in a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Figure 9 12 Video Connector Pin Layout ML014500 Table 9 24 Video Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 15 MID3 10 DACVSS 5 DACVSS 14 VSYNC 9 NC 4 MID2 13 HSYNC 8 DACVSS 3 BLUE 12 MIDI 7 DACVSS 2 GREEN 11 MIDO 6 DACVSS 1 RED 9 24 Connectors and Headers Table 9 25 Video Connector Signal Definitions Signal Definition BLUE Blue signal DACVSS Shielded ground wire GREEN Green sign
198. or tem perature monitoring in degrees C If the temper ature goes outside the specified limits a fault can be generated Table B 2 Security Options Fields that are filled in automatically if the system auto detects an installed hard disk drive Options Settings Comments Supervisor Password 6 alphanumeric Specifies a supervisor password characters User Password 6 alphanumeric Specifies a user password The supervisor pass characters word must be set before a user password can be set Anti Virus Disabled Disables or enables anti virus protection Enabled Enable this option if you want the BIOS to issue a warning when a program or virus issues a Disk Format command or tries to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive B 8 BIOS Option Summary Table B 3 Utility Options Options Settings Comments Detect IDE PIO Mode Auto The programmable input output PIO mode 0 to 4 represents the timing cycles between IDE drives and the programmable IDE controller You should set the PIO mode at the highest value that the system allows To use PIO mode 4 the IDE cable cannot exceed 15 inches long Block Mode Off Increases the transfer size from 512 bytes per On interrupt to 64 KB LBA Mode Off Turn this mode On for any device between 528 On MB and 8 4 GB in size Language English Table B 4 Default Options Options Settings Comments Original No Returns the system configuration to the values Yes set at
199. or the J5 connector as seen from the rear of the SBC Table 9 3 lists the connector pin assignments Table 9 4 defines the signals associated with the pins Note An asterisk in a signal name indicates that the signal is active low Connectors and Headers 9 5 Figure 9 2 J5 Connector Pin Layout J4 oa J 1 1 EDCBAZ O0000000000000000000000m O0000000000000000000000 oOO0O0000000000000000000 oOO0O0000000000000000000 oO00000000000000000000 oO000000000000000000000 oOO00000000000000000000 MLO14490 Table 9 3 J5 Connector Pin Assignments Row F E D C B A Z 22 GND SPKR OC VCC DIAG OC GND PBRESET GND 21 GND AUXCLK AUXDAT vcc KBDCLK KBDDAT GND 20 GND GND vcc GND 19 GND UDATAO UDATAO vcc GND STB GND 18 GND Vcc GND UDATAI UDATAI AFD GND 17 GND PDO ERR PD1 INIT PD2 GND 16 GND SLIN PD3 PD4 PD5 PD6 GND 15 GND PD7 ACK BUSY PE SLCT GND 14 GND DTRa GND RIa CTSa RTSa GND 13 GND TXDa DSRa RXDa VCC DCDa GND 12 GND DTRb VCC RIb CTSb RTSb GND 11 GND TSCb DSRb RXDb GND DCDb GND 10 GND DSKCHG HDSEL RDATA WPROT TRO GND 9 GND _WGATE WDATA STEP DIR MTRI GND 8 GND DS0 DS1 MTRO INDEX DRVDENSI GND 9 6 Connectors and Headers Table 9 3 J5 Connector Pin Assignments Continued Row F E D C B A Z 7 GND DRVDENSO DASP DAI CS3FX CSIFX GND 6 GND DA2 DAO PDIAG GND IOCS16 GND 5 GND DIOR DMACK DIOW IORDY DMARQ GND 4 GND INTRQ DD15 GND DDO DD 14 GND 3 GND DDI DD13 DD2
200. ot access the CD ROM drive Error message reading drive x Power is on but CD ROM drive LED shows no activity Device drivers are not installed Drive does not contain a disk Drive tray is open Onboard IDE interface is disabled in the BIOS setup CD ROM drive failure IDE ribbon cable failure CD ROM drive does not contain a disk or the drive tray is open CD ROM drive failure IDE ribbon cable failure Troubleshooting System Problems Install the correct device drivers Insert a disk Close the drive tray Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the onboard IDE controller as explained in Section 5 7 2 Replace the CD ROM drive Replace the cable Insert a disk and close the drive tray Remove the rear access panel and make sure the IDE data cable and CD ROM drive power cable are connected securely The IDE cable must be con nected to the IDE connector on the rear transition module Replace the cable 7 17 Table 7 4 Troubleshooting Storage Device Problems Continued Problem Possible Cause Action CD ROM disk is spinning but CD ROM drive is idle Target diskette drive cannot read or write data Target diskette drive does not format diskettes Application software is not running Diskette is not formatted Diskette is worn or damaged Diskette is write protected Diskette drive is empty Onboard diskette controller is dis abled Diskette write protection is enab
201. out values that range from 18 milliseconds to 291 seconds The timer is protected from being enabled acci dently You program the timer by using registers in the ISA I O memory map For more information see Chapter 11 8 8 Ethernet Controller The 10 100 Fast Ethernet controller Intel 82558 provides system networking capabilities The controller behaves e Asa bus slave when communicating with the PCI bus to gain access to con figuration and control status registers e Asa bus master when communicating with memory The Ethernet controller handles the following types of cycle termination e Target initiated retry e Abort e Device select abort Target aborted terminations cause an interrupt The physical connection to the network is through an RJ45 Ethernet 10 100 BASE T shielded twisted pair connector which supports a maximum distance between nodes of 100 feet The Ethernet controller supports front access I O through the SBC or rear access I O through a rear transition module By default the SBC is set up for rear access I O If you want to use the connector on the SBC you must set the Ethernet jumper accordingly as explained in Section 6 5 SBC Functional Components 8 5 Caution Be sure to connect an Ethernet cable to only one of the available system Ethernet connectors Powering the system on with cables connected to both connectors can damage your system Vorsicht Vergewissern Sie sich da Sie nur ein Eth
202. p 10 2 Memory Address Map 10 2 PCI memory address space is mapped dynamically each time the system boots or through the operating system by way of plug and play capabilities Regardless of the dynamic mapping legacy memory locations remain constant Table 10 2 shows the memory address map Table 10 2 Memory Address Map Physical Address Range Function 000000 09FFFF Conventional RAM 040000 OBFFFF VGA DRAM 0C0000 0C7FFF VGA ROM 0C8000 ODFFFF Expansion ROM 0E0000 OEFFFF OF0000 OFFFFF System BIOS extensions AMI system BIOS AMIBIOS Typically on the PCI backplane System Address Mapping and Interrupts 10 3 DMA Channel Assignments Table 10 3 lists DMA channel assignments Table 10 3 DMA Channels Channel Function DMA 0 ISA memory refresh DMA 1 Reserved DMA 2 Diskette controller DMA 3 Reserved DMA 4 Cascade for DMA 1 DMA 5 Reserved DMA 6 Reserved DMA 7 Reserved 10 4 System Interrupts Table 10 4 lists system interrupt request IRQ numbers and associated functions Table 10 4 System Interrupts IRQ Function NMI Reports parity and system errors SMI System management ECC APM and so on 0 System timer 1 Keyboard 2 Cascade for IRQs 8 through 15 3 COM 2 serial port 2 4 COM 1 serial port 1 5 Parallel port 2 6 Diskette controller 7 Parallel port 1 8 Real time clock 9 Software redirect to IRQ2 10 Reserved 11 Reserved special fe
203. pabilities Port ECP 5 21 IR Transmission B 7 LBA 5 15 5 16 B 2 B 9 parallel port B 7 PIO 5 16 B 2 B 9 PIO mode 5 15 video 8 8 Monitor SeeVideo monitor Monitor system 11 1 Mounting brackets 3 3 Mouse 8 11 configuring 4 2 configuring PS 2 5 11 troubleshooting 7 7 7 15 types supported 5 5 using to navigate BIOS 5 5 Mouse connector 3 7 3 10 N Network interface troubleshooting 7 20 NMI handler See Non maskable interrupt NMI handler Non maskable interrupt NMI handler C 5 Numeric keypad 5 27 O Onboard Ethernet Controller option 5 20 Onboard FDC option 5 17 Onboard IDE option 5 12 Onboard Parallel Port option 5 21 Onboard PCI SCSI option 5 19 B 7 Onboard Serial Port 1 option 5 20 Onboard Serial Port 2 option 5 20 Online help 5 5 Operating system booting 2 26 installing 2 26 Optimal default option 5 4 Optimal defaults B 9 Option modules configuring 2 27 troubleshooting 7 9 Option slots 2 2 3 3 3 4 converting 6U to 3U 6 23 Original default option 5 4 Original defaults B 9 OS 2 operating system 5 27 P P1 backplane connector 3 4 P2 backplane connector 3 4 P3 backplane connector 3 4 P4 backplane connector 3 4 P5 backplane connector 3 4 Parallel port adapter cable for 1 3 configuring 4 3 5 20 B 7 functional description of 8 10 on rear transition module 3 10 troubleshooting 7 8 Parallel port connector 9 9 on single board computer SBC 3 7 Paralle
204. port or vice versa Conflict exists with another device adapter incorrect IRQ setting Ethernet cable failure Onboard Ethernet controller is dis abled in the BIOS setup Ethernet port failure Ethernet controller failure Contact the system administrator or network coordinator Check all Ethernet cable connections Try the other Ethernet port If neces sary check and reset the Ethernet front rear access select jumper as explained in Section 2 5 Check the BIOS setup or Windows NT settings Contact your system administrator or network coordinator Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the onboard Ethernet controller as explained in Section 5 10 Replace the SBC or rear transition module as appropriate Replace the SBC 7 6 Responding to Blink Codes and Error Messages When you power on your system the BIOS runs power on self test POST rou tines that initialize the system and compares the defined configuration with hard ware that is actually installed The system monitor or terminal displays codes and initialization messages as the POST routines run 7 20 Troubleshooting System Problems The BIOS reports errors with blink codes and error messages A blink code is a series of light blinks on the system s speaker LED Note The BIOS for DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI systems displays blink codes on the speaker LED instead of sounding beep codes because the systems do not include a speak
205. pplication specific option modules Note The only requirement regarding the population of the CompactPCI option slots concerns systems that use only one option module If you use only one option module you can install that module in any slot except slot 2 Slot 2 should be empty If you do install only one option module and you install it in slot 2 the system may experience decreased signal integrity Figure 2 4 Front Option Slots ML014323 The rear transition module RTM must occupy the slot on the back side of the backplane directly opposite the SBC as factory installed Likewise any rear tran sition I O option module that you install must occupy the rear system slot directly opposite the slot in which you installed the front option module counterpart Setting Up the System Figure 2 5 Rear Transition I O Option Slots ML014324 2 4 2 Converting 3U Option Slots to 6U Option Slots If your application requires the use of more than four front GU CompactPCI option slots you have the option of converti
206. problems e Storage device problems e Monitor problems e Network interface problems Within each section a table lists possible problems with probable causes and cor rective actions to take If you are not able to solve a problem after consulting the information in this chapter see the Warranty and Parts Information that shipped with the system for information on how to contact customer support 7 6 Troubleshooting System Problems 7 4 4 Troubleshooting System Problems System problems are usually caused by components being jarred loose during shipping loose cables cables connected to the wrong devices and external device failure Table 7 3 lists system problems with probable causes and corrective actions to take Table 7 3 Troubleshooting System Problems Problem Possible Cause Action No response when the sys tem is powered on Power is on but the fans are not spinning Power is on and a display appears on the monitor screen but the system does not respond to keyboard or mouse input System is not plugged in No power at the power outlet Voltage select switch is set incorrectly Internal system cables are loose SBC components were jarred loose during shipping Pins in a backplane connector are bent or broken Power supply failure SBC failure Fan cables are loose or are not con nected Keyboard or mouse is not connected The keyboard or mouse is connected to the wrong port
207. ption Summary summarizes the BIOS menu options e Appendix C Error Messages and Checkpoint Codes lists the BIOS blink code and error messages and system checkpoint codes Index Conventions xiv This section defines terminology abbreviations and other conventions used in this manual Bit Notation Multiple bit fields can include contiguous and noncontiguous bits contained in angle brackets lt gt Multiple contiguous bits are indicated by a pair of numbers separated by a colon For example lt 9 7 5 2 0 gt specifies bits 9 8 7 5 2 1 and 0 Similarly single bits are frequently indicated with angle brackets For example 27 specifies bit 27 Keyboard Keys The following keyboard key conventions are used throughout this manual Convention Example Control and Alt key sequences are represented as Ctrl x Ctrl C Press Ctrl or Alt while you simultaneously press the x key In plain text key names match the name on the actual key Return key In tables key names match the name of the actual key and appear in Return square brackets Examples Prompts input and output in examples are shown in a monospaced font Interac tive input is differentiated from prompts and system output with bold type For example gt gt gt echo This is a test Return This is a test Ellipsis points indicate that a portion of an example is omitted Names and Symbols The following table lists typogr
208. r SCSI hard disk drive cannot read or write information 7 16 Multiple IDE drives are configured with the same master slave setting in the BIOS setup Multiple SCSI devices are configured with the same SCSI ID numbers Loose or incorrectly installed cables Hard disk drive is not formatted or par titioned correctly IDE drive type is incorrect Onboard IDE interface is disabled in the BIOS setup Hard disk drive failure IDE or SCSI controller failure IDE or SCSI ribbon cable failure Troubleshooting System Problems Run the BIOS setup utility and check for redundancy in the IDE drive mas ter slave settings See Section 5 7 5 Check for and correct redundant SCSI ID numbers SCSI ID numbers are set with a jumper or switch on each device Make sure each device being used is set to a different ID number Valid numbers include 0 to 6 and 8 to 14 SCSI ID 7 is reserved for the SCSI controller Make sure all cables are installed cor rectly Format and partition the hard disk drive as required Run the BIOS setup utility and set the correct drive type See Section 5 7 3 5 7 4 or 5 7 5 for MFM user defined or IDE respectively Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the onboard IDE controller as explained in Section 5 7 2 Replace the hard disk drive Replace the SBC Replace the cable Table 7 4 Troubleshooting Storage Device Problems Continued Problem Possible Cause Action Cann
209. r Setup window by using one of the methods listed in step 2 Note Make note of the password that you enter and keep it in a secure place If you forget or lose the password you must drain CMOS RAM and recon figure the system Exit the User Setup window Decide whether it is sufficient that the system prompt for and check a pass word only when someone attempts to run WINBIOS Setup This is the default level of security if a password has been set If this level of security is sufficient skip to step 12 If it is necessary for the system to also prompt for and check a password each time the system is powered on continue to step 8 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window Select the Password Check option Select the option value Always When set this value causes the system to prompt for and check a password each time the system is powered on and when someone attempts to run WINBIOS Setup The value Setup instructs the system to prompt and check for a password only when WINBIOS Setup is run Exit the Option window Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 4 2 Changing a Password To change a password 1 2 Select the Supervisor or User icon in the Security window as appropriate Enter a 1 to 6 character password in the input field of the Supervisor Setup window by using one of the following methods Type the password on the keyboard Point and click characters on the virtual keyboard Configuring the
210. r a read or write operation 1 2 Set the function index field of the FPGA index register to 03h Write data to or read data from bits 7 0 of the FPGA data register Note After each read or write operation the index value is reset to 00h Thus you must set the function index to 03h before each operation This pre vents accidental use of the watchdog timer 11 4 2 Resetting the Watchdog Timer To reset the watchdog timer after it has been enabled you must set the clear watchdog bit bit lt 7 gt in the watchdog register This clears the timer making it ready for a restart System Management 11 5 11 4 3 Setting the Watchdog Timer Mode and Delay To set the watchdog timer mode and delay write appropriate values to bits 4 3 and 2 0 respectively Section 11 3 1 lists the possible values with correspond ing modes and delays 11 4 4 Resetting the Watchdog Timer Delay To reset the watchdog timer delay to the value programmed in the watchdog regis ter write to the watchdog strobe register 11 4 5 Checking the Status of the Watchdog Timer To check the status of the watchdog timer read bit 2 of the card status and watchdog strobe register 11 4 6 Using the Watchdog Interrupt To use the watchdog interrupt you must enable it through the SMC Ultra I O device The device signal is routed to the GP10 input line which can generate an interrupt Table 11 5 shows a sequence of write operations that enab
211. r information on troubleshooting possible problems Setting Up the System 2 25 2 9 Installing Windows NT If the Windows NT operating system was not factory installed you must acquire a copy of Windows NT Workstation or Window NT Server and install it as explained in the Windows NT documentation Before you begin the installation be sure to e Read the Windows NT readme file on the Windows NT CD ROM e Back up all files currently on the system to a network or a tape storage device e Check all installed hardware network adapter cards video drivers sound cards and so forth against the Windows NT Hardware Compatibility List 2 10 Booting the Operating System If AMIBIOS finds a boot device the BIOS loads the operating system You are prompted to select the Windows NT operating system to be started as shown in Figure 2 23 However if you do not respond within the timeout period or if you press the Enter key the highlighted choice is started automatically Figure 2 23 Booting the Operating System OS Loader V4 00 Please select the operating system to start Windows NT Workstation Version 4 00 Windows NT Workstation Version 4 00 VGA Mode Use and 1 to move the highlight to your choice Press enter to choose Seconds until highlighted choice will be started automatically nn MLO14443 If you allow the countdown to reach zero NTDETECT V4 0 checks system hard ware and then provides you with an opportunity
212. ransi tion module and seven rear I O option slots 3 2 System Backplane 3 4 The system includes an 8 slot CompactPCI backplane The rightmost slot as viewed from the front is the system slot This slot is identified on the backplane with a triangle symbol The system slot handles bus arbitration clock distribution system resets and system configuration This slot also provides shared interrupt lines The seven peripheral option slots are identified with a circle Modules in these slots function as CompactPCI bus masters or slaves The slots support shared interrupts and individual IDSEL lines and logical addresses The backplane connectors Pl through P5 are defined by IEC 917 and IEC 1076 4 101 The high density 5 row connectors employ a pin and socket interconnect mechanism A coding mechanism is available for positive keying A rear panel option is available for applications that need to bring I O through the backplane Connectors P1 and P2 provide access to the PCI bus and connectors P3 P4 and P5 are not bused and are user defined The P1 connector provides 32 bit access The P2 connector used with the P1 connector provides 64 bit bus access Getting Familiar with the System Figures 3 3 and 3 4 show front and rear views of the backplane identifying the slots reserved for the SBC and rear transition modules and populated connector positions Figure 3 3 System Backplane Front View
213. re all SCSI cable con nections Repartition and reformat your hard disk drive Caution This procedure erases what is currently on your hard disk drive Vorsicht Dieser Vorgang l scht alle Dateien und Programme die sich derzeit auf Ihrer Festplatte befinden Consider repairing the hard disk drive by using a disk drive repair utility You can purchase disk drive repair utilities from a local software supplier If you repartition and reformat your hard disk drive boot from the Win dows NT Setup Disk 1 Follow the instructions on the monitor screen to create a new hard disk boot sector 7 13 Table 7 3 Troubleshooting System Problems Continued Problem Possible Cause Action System does not recognize a SCSI hard disk drive or device System does not boot from a target diskette drive 7 14 A boot sector virus might exist SCSI adapter failure SCSI ribbon cable failure SCSI device failure Onboard diskette controller is dis abled in the BIOS setup Diskette drive is not enabled BIOS setup diskette write option enabled Incorrect diskette drive type Diskette boot option disabled Diskette might not be bootable Diskette does not contain startup files Diskette drive is empty Diskette is worn or damaged Loose cable connections Diskette access requires a supervisor password Diskette access requires a user pass word Troubleshooting System Problems Ru
214. requirement regarding the population of the CompactPCI option slots concerns systems that use only one option module If you use only one option module you can install that module in any slot except slot 2 Slot 2 should be empty If you do install only one option module and you install it in slot 2 the system may experience decreased signal integrity Maintaining the System Figure 6 14 Front Option Slots ML014323 The rear transition module RTM must occupy the slot on the back side of the backplane directly opposite the SBC as factory installed Likewise any rear tran sition I O option module that you install must occupy the rear system slot directly opposite the slot in which you installed the front option module counterpart Figure 6 15 Rear Transition I O Option Slots ML014324 6 9 2 Removing Option Modules To remove an option module complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 16 as necessary Maintaining the System 6 21 1 Loosen the two captive screws 1 that secure the option module to the chas sis 2 Simultaneously move the injector ejector levers 2 of
215. rocess 8 6 Local PCI Bus and Bridges The local PCI bus serves as the base of the I O subsystem connecting all of the system s PCI devices The PCI bus is an industry standard high performance 32 bit bus with multiplexed address and data lines The bus can operate at up to 33 MHz and has a peak bandwidth of 132 MB SBC Functional Components 8 3 The local PCI bus interconnects the processor memory subsystem with compo nents of the I O subsystem which includes integrated peripheral controllers and peripheral expansion modules The I O subsystem consists of the following PCI devices Manufacturer Part en Device Description Number PCI host bridge TXC Intel 82439HX Connects the processor and mem ory subsystems to the PCI bus and each other PCI to ISA bridge Intel 82371 Provides integrated USB and IDE PIIX3 control while connecting the ISA bus components Flash memory LM78 system monitor and Ultra I O to the PCI bus Video controller Cirrus Logic Video controller CLGD5446 Ultra SCSI controller Adaptec AIC 7880 SCSI controller Ethernet controller Intel 82558 Ethernet controller PCI to PCI bridge DIGITAL 21150 Connects the CompactPCI J1 con nector to the PCI bus Extensive buffering and buffer management within bridges ensures maximum efficiency in all three bus environments the host CPU bus PCI bus and ISA bus The PCI host bridge provides a low latency path through which the processor directl
216. s sese en C 5 C 6 Uncompressed Initialization Checkpoint Codes 04 C 6 C 7 Runtime Checkpoint Codes seeeseeeeee eee C 6 C 8 Bus Checkpoint Codes 2 0 0 0 0 eee eh C 11 C 9 Additional Bus Checkpoint Codes 00 0 0 cee eee eee eee C 12 Preface Purpose of this Manual This manual explains how to unpack set up use and maintain your DIGITAL 5 2331 8 CompactPCI system This manual also provides technical details con cerning the system s single board computer SBC components and system address mapping Intended Audience This manual is for anyone who unpacks and sets up uses or maintains a DIGI TAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system The manual addresses the needs of users and system integrators who are designing and building DIGITAL 5 233i 8 Compact PCI systems into specific application systems This manual includes specifica tions and requirements for hardware and mechanical engineers Manufacturing technicians field technicians and support specialists will find this manual useful for configuring systems diagnosing system problems or replacing or installing parts This manual assumes readers have prerequisite knowledge and experience with the following e Basic PC internals e System design e CompactPCI design and specifications Structure of this Manual This manual consists of five parts and an index organized as follows Part I Getting Started e Chapter 1 Unpacki
217. s if present See Section C 6 3 for more information Displaying bus initialization error messages See Section C 6 3 for more infor mation The new cursor position is read and saved Displaying the Hit DEL message Preparing the descriptor tables The descriptor tables are prepared Entering protected mode for the memory test Entered protected mode Enabling interrupts for diagnostics mode Interrupts are enabled if the diagnostics switch is on Initializing data to check memory wraparound at 0 0 Data is initialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and determining the total amount of memory installed The memory wraparound test is complete The total memory calculation is complete Writing patterns to test memory The memory pattern was written to extended memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB of memory The memory patterns were written to base memory Determining the amount of memory below 1 MB The amount of memory below 1 MB was found and verified Determining the amount of memory above 1 MB of memory The amount of memory above 1 MB was found and verified Checking for a soft reset and clearing the memory below 1 MB for the soft reset If this is a power on situation going to checkpoint 4Eh The memory below 1 MB was cleared for a soft reset Clearing the memory above 1 MB The memory above 1 MB was cleared for a soft reset Saving the memory size Going to checkpoint 52h The memory test starte
218. s valid memory configurations To upgrade memory or replace bad SIMMs you need to install and remove SIMMs as explained in Sections 6 6 2 and 6 6 3 Caution Take care when handling SIMMs Circuit boards are sensitive to and can be damaged by electrostatic discharge ESD To avoid damaging the memory modules take appropriate precautions when handling them Vorsicht Seien Sie vorsichtig beim Umgang mit SIMM Modulen Gedruckte Schaltungen reagieren empfindlich auf elektrostatische Entladung und k nnen durch elektrostatische Entladung sogar besch digt werden Treffen Sie die erforderlichen Vorsichtsma nahmen damit die SIMM Module nicht besch digt werden Maintaining the System 6 9 6 6 1 Memory Configurations 6 10 The DIGITAL 5 233i CompactPCI SBC is shipped with at least 32 MB of dynamic random access memory DRAM and supports memory configurations that range from 32 to 256 MB of DRAM This memory is accessible from the CPU and PCI bus You can plug either two or four 36 bit 16 32 or 64 MB SIMMs into the memory connectors on the SBC SIMMs must be 36 bits wide Figure 6 7 shows a typical pair of memory modules Figure 6 7 Pair of Memory Modules MLO14381 When installing memory you must adhere to the following requirements e SIMMs must be installed in pairs That is you must populate the memory banks with one of the following combinations Two slots slot 0 J6 of bank O and slot 1 J7 of
219. s information to reconfigure your system s BIOS The Section 4 2 provides a checklist that will help you identify configuration requirements for your system 4 2 Configuration Checklist The checklist list in this section lists questions that will help you identify configu ration needs for your system Key words appear in bold type to facilitate scanning Section numbers to the right of the questions in the checklist direct you to the related information in Chapters 5 and 6 You can also refer back to the checklist as you read through Chapter 5 Configuring the System Identifying Configuration Requirements 4 1 Table 4 1 Identifying Configuration Requirements Questions See Section Defaults Do you need to set the system configuration back to the factory defaults 5 2 8 Do you want to set all configuration options for optimal system performance Do you want to set all configuration options for stable system operation and possibly sacrifice performance Did you make a mistake while adjusting the system configuration and need to recall the settings that were in effect at the start of the configuration session Date and Time Does the system date and time need to be reset 5 3 Security Do you need to restrict system access to system managers 5 4 1 Do you need to set up user accounts on the system Do you want to disable pas
220. sary initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test OFh Initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test is complete Writing the keyboard command byte 10h The keyboard controller command byte is written Issuing the pin 23 and pin 24 blocking and unblocking commands lih Checking whether the End or Ins keys were pressed when the system was powered on Initializing CMOS RAM if the AMIBIOS POST option to initial ize CMOS RAM in every boot was set in AMIBCP or the End key was pressed 12h Disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 13h The video display is disabled Port B is initialized Initializing the chipset 14h Starting the 8254 timer test 19h The 8254 timer test is complete Starting the memory refresh test 1Ah The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15 second on off time 23h Reading the 8024 input port and disabling the MEGAKEY Green PC feature Making the BIOS code segment writable and performing any necessary config uration before initializing the interrupt vectors 24h The configuration required before interrupt vector initialization is complete Starting interrupt vector initialization 25h Interrupt vector initialization complete Clearing the password if the POST DIAG switch is on 27h Completing initialization required before video mode is set 28h Initialization required before the video mode is set and is complete Configur ing the monochrome and co
221. se controller failure Keyboard failure Mouse is not connected Mouse is connected to the keyboard port System halted Mouse driver is not installed Mouse port is disabled or not config ured correctly in the BIOS setup Mouse failure Keyboard mouse controller failure Dirty mouse ball Enter the keyboard password Power off the system and connect the keyboard Power off the system and connect the keyboard to the keyboard port Reboot the system If available try another keyboard If the new keyboard operates correctly replace the old keyboard Replace the SBC If available try another keyboard If the new keyboard operates correctly replace the old keyboard Power off the system and connect the mouse Power off the system and connect the mouse to the mouse port Reboot the system Install the required mouse driver See your application software documenta tion Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the PS 2 mouse port as explained in Section 5 6 2 If available try another mouse If the new mouse operates correctly replace the old mouse Replace the SBC Remove mouse ball and clean it Troubleshooting System Problems 7 15 7 4 2 Troubleshooting Storage Device Problems Table 7 4 lists storage device problems with probable causes and corrective actions to take Table 7 4 Troubleshooting Storage Device Problems Problem Possible Cause Action IDE o
222. sk B 2 Height 3 1 Help online 5 5 Hit Message Display option 5 27 Hit DEL Message Display option B 5 Humidity specifications A 1 VO address map for 10 1 adjusting jumpers for front or rear 2 14 6 8 configuring 4 3 connecting cables for front access 2 19 connecting cables for rear access 2 18 jumper blocks 2 14 6 8 specifications A 3 V O controller 8 10 11 6 IDE controller channels 5 12 IDE device control 8 2 configuring B 7 IDE devices auto detection of 5 4 troubleshooting 7 16 IDE hard disk drives configuring 5 14 Index 5 IDE primary channel header 3 10 IDE secondary channel header 3 10 IDSEL lines 3 4 Initial Display Mode option 5 28 Initialization checkpoint codes C 6 Installation marking area on rack for 2 15 installing 2 14 6 7 Internal cache configuring 4 3 Internal cache memory 5 23 Internal Cache option 5 23 B 5 Interrupt lines shared 3 4 Interrupt request lines allocating for PCI devices 5 30 Interrupt routing 8 4 Interrupts 10 1 10 3 specifications of A 3 watchdog 11 6 Intrusion 2 25 Intrusion Alarm option 5 32 B 8 Intrusion alert 5 32 8 11 IR Transmission mode B 7 IRQ lines B 6 IRQn option 5 30 IRQs allocating to PCI bus 5 30 ISA adapter cards configuring 5 29 ISA bus error messages C 5 ISA EISA adapter cards configuring 5 30 J J1 CompactPCI connector 3 8 J2 CompactPCI connector 3 8 J4 CompactPCI connector 9 2 on rear transition m
223. slots on the front side of the sys tem and seven rear transition I O option slots 80 mm X 6U on the rear side If you need more than four 6U CompactPCI option slots you have the option of converting the 3U slots to 6U slots Sections 2 4 1 through 2 4 5 explain the steps for installing option modules In summary you need to 1 Identify the slots you intend to use for the options modules 2 Remove the filler panels on the slots you intend to use 3 Convert 3U slots to 6U slots if necessary 4 Take antistatic precautions 5 Install the option modules Figure 2 3 shows a flow diagram indicating procedures you need to complete for the various option maintenance scenarios Figure 2 3 Installing an Option Module Identify the slot for the installation or removal Section 2 4 1 Do you need a front 6U slot and only 3U slots remain No Remove the filler panel Section 2 4 3 Take antistatic precautions Section 2 4 4 Install the option module Section 2 4 5 Convert the 3U slots to 6U Slots Section 2 4 2 ML014524 2 4 1 Identifying Slots for the Option Modules Figures 2 4 and 2 5 show the system s available option slots with filler panels removed Identify the slots in which you intend to install your option modules Setting Up the System 2 7 2 8 The SBC must occupy slot 1 on the front side of the CompactPCI backplane as factory installed The remaining slots are available for a
224. stem CD ROM Compact disc read only memory CPU Central processing unit DMA Direct memory access DRAM Dynamic random access memory EDO Extended data out EIDE Enhanced integrated drive electronics ESD Electrostatic discharge FPM Fast page mode HDD Hard disk drive HP Horizontal pitch IDE Integrated drive electronics VO Input output IRQ Interrupt request ISA Industry standard architecture MMX Multimedia Extension MS DOS Microsoft Disk Operating System OEM Original equipment manufacturer PCI Peripheral components interface PICMG PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group POST Power on self test PSU Power supply unit xvii Abbreviation Meaning ROM Read only memory RTC Real time clock RTM Rear transition module SBC Single board computer SCSI Small computer system interconnect SIMM Single in line memory modules SVGA Super video graphics array TOY Time of year TSR Terminate stay resident USB Universal serial bus Windows NT Microsoft Windows NT environment ZIF Zero insertion force For More Information For more information refer to the following e Your supplier The DIGITAL OEM web site at http www digital com oem e The following documentation DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI System Warranty and Parts Information EK SY233 WI DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI System online help http www digi tal com oem PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2 1 CompactPCI Specification Revisi
225. supports brackets and screws that were stored away when the slots were converted to 6U slots To convert the slots complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 17 as nece sary 1 Remove any filler panels covering the three left most option slots see Section 6 9 5 2 Remove any 6U options that are in the three left most option slots see Sec tion 6 9 2 3 Align the holes in the 3U option card supports and brackets 2 with the eight holes on the side of the chassis 1 4 Secure the supports and brackets to the chassis by inserting screws into the eight holes 5 Install filler panels over slots that will not be populated see Section 6 9 7 Maintaining the System 6 23 Figure 6 18 Converting 6U Option Slots to 3U Option Slots ML014305 6 9 5 Removing Filler Panels After you identify the option slots to be used remove the slot filler panels as shown in Figure 6 19 1 Loosen the captive screws 1 that attach the filler panel to the chassis 2 Remove the panel 3 Store the filler panel for possible future use Figure 6 19 Removing Filler Panels ML014304 6 24 Maintaining the System 6 9 6 Installing an Option Module To install an option module complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 20 as necessary 1 Place the top and bottom edges of t
226. sword checking Should the system prompt for a password when powered on Should the system prompt for a password to run WINBIOS Setup Do you need to change a password 5 4 2 Do you want to be warned when a program issues a disk format command or attempts 5 4 3 to write to the boot sector or the hard disk drive Video Monitor Is the system set up without a video monitor 5 5 Are you using a CGA 40x25 CGA 80x25 or monochrome monitor Keyboard and Mouse Is the system set up without a keyboard 5 6 1 Is the system set up with a mouse type other than PS 2 5 6 2 Storage 4 2 Are you replacing the system hard disk drive with a different type of hard disk drive 5 7 Are you replacing the system CD ROM drive with a different type of CD ROM drive Are you adding a hard disk or CD ROM drive to the system Do you need to configure a modified frequency modulation MFM hard disk drive 5 7 3 Do you need to configure a user defined SCSI MFM RLL ARLL or ESDI hard 5 7 4 disk drive Do you need to configure an IDE hard disk drive 5 7 5 Identifying Configuration Requirements Table 4 1 Identifying Configuration Requirements Continued Questions See Section Do you need to configure a CD ROM drive 5 7 6 Do you need to restrict a hard disk drive s access control to read only 5 7 7 Do you want to enable hard disk dri
227. t the Advanced Setup window 5 16 Configuring Display Modes You can set the system s initial display mode and the display mode at the time the BIOS POST initializes an optional adapter ROM To specify a display mode 1 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window 2 Select the Initial Display Mode or Display Mode at Add On ROM Init option as appropriate 3 Set the option value as follows For the Option Set the Value to Initial Display Mode BIOS or Silent If you set the option to BIOS the stan dard BIOS boot messages displayed before booting the system appear on the system monitor If you set the option to Silent the standard BIOS boot messages do not appear on the system monitor and the system boots to the operating system immediately Only BIOS error mes sages appear Display Mode at Add On Force BIOS or Keep Current If you set the option to ROM Init Force BIOS the display mode currently being used by AMIBIOS is used If you set the option to Keep Current the current display mode is used 4 Exit the Option window 5 Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 17 Configuring PCI Plug and Play Capabilities WINBIOS Setup plug and play options allow you to e Enable the plug and play features e Set the PCI latency timer e Declare the PCI IDE bus master 5 28 Configuring the System Allocate IRQ lines for PCI devices Specify IRQ lines for legacy ISA adapter cards 5 17 1 Enabling and Disabling PCI Plug
228. t this equipment to comply with the FCC limits for a Class A device DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI System User Manual Copyright O Digital Equipment Corporation 1998 All rights reserved Printed in U S A DEC DECchip DECnet DECpc DIGITAL OpenVMS ThinWire VAX and the DIGITAL logo are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks and Intel486 and MMX are trademarks of Intel Corporation PICMG CompactPCI and the PICMG and CompactPCI logos are trademarks of the PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders Contents Preface Purpose of this Manual 1 0 cece m mh xiii Intended Audience E E EE eee ras xiii Structure of this Manual aer EATEN VR iE ore Ete EU acd s xiii Conventions s esc 02 een ia t qs Ie ERO dg eet I np xiv Special Notices s nine A ete de d bine beds eo epi et e ete ds xvi ADbreViati ONS a ean e a Ae NE RR EAR ES CEN CR xvii For More Information llle hh a xviii Latest Product Information and Updates 0 00 0 cece eee cee ee xviii Part Getting Started Unpacking and Verifying Kit Contents 1 1 Unpacking tbe Systemzc o ese a er EEN te I uie 1 2 Ventying Kit Contents se ae eke Re LSA BS Phe BAER RES 1 2 Setting Up the System 2 1 A Typical System o 2er ba ek i ene oe 2 1 2 2 System Setup at
229. t werden Treffen Sie die erforderlichen Vorsichtsma nahmen damit Schaltplatten oder Systemkomponenten beim Ein und Ausbau nicht besch digt werden In addition to using an antistatic wriststrap or wearing isolation gloves consider the following precautions e Do not allow a circuit board or other component to make contact with non conductors including your clothing 6 2 Maintaining the System Keep loose circuit boards inside or on top of conductive plastic bags Before touching a loose circuit board or component discharge static electric ity 6 3 Maintaining Fan Operation Sufficient air flow is essential for proper system cooling To ensure sufficient air flow you must check the fan tray filter for excessive dust buildup regularly and clean the filter when necessary You can check and clean the filter while the sys tem is powered on or off Section 6 3 1 explains how to clean the fan tray filter To ensure proper cooling you must also ensure that all three fans are fully func tional Section 6 3 2 explains how to replace a fan that fails 6 3 1 Cleaning the Fan Tray Filter To check and clean the filter complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 1 as necessary 1 Loosen the nine thumb screws 1 along the top and bottom edges of the fan tray air inlet grid Grasp the ends of the air inlet grid and remove it from the front of the chassis Warning If you remove the air inlet grid while the system is po
230. tep 13 10 Select the EPP Version option 11 Set the value to 1 7 or 1 9 as appropriate 12 Exit the Option window 13 Select the Parallel Port IRQ option 14 Select one of the following option values To Select Instruct AMIBIOS to select an IRQ line automatically Auto Set the IRQ line to IRQ 5 or IRQ 7 manually 50r7 15 Exit the Option window 16 Select the Parallel Port DMA Channel option Configuring the System 5 21 17 Select one of the following option values To Select Instruct AMIBIOS to select an DMA channel automatically Auto Set the DMA channel manually 0 1 or 3 18 Exit the Option window 19 Exit the Peripheral Setup window 5 13 Configuring USB Support Sections 5 13 1 through 5 13 3 explain how to e Enable and disable USB support e Enable and disable USB support for legacy keyboards and mice e Enable and disable the passive release feature of the USB 5 13 1 Enabling and Disabling USB Support USB support is enabled by default To disable or reenable the support 1 Select the Chipset icon in the Setup window 2 Select the USB Function option 3 Setthe option value to Disabled or Enabled as appropriate 4 Exitthe Option window 5 Exit the Chipset Setup window 5 13 2 Enabling and Disabling USB Support for Legacy Keyboards and Mice USB support for legacy keyboards and mice is enabled by default To disable or reenable the support l Select the Chipset
231. the SBC Figure 3 7 shows the layout and identifies connectors and headers Figure 3 7 Rear Transition Module Layout us Bee MLO14352 The numeric callouts in the figure identify the following key components Getting Familiar with the System 3 9 SCSI connector 68 pin D SVGA connector 15 pin D Bidirectional EPP ECP parallel port 25 pin D Ethernet connector RJ 45 USB connectors PS 2 mouse connector 6 pin mini DIN PS 2 keyboard connector 6 pin mini DIN Serial ports 1 and 2 16550 9 pin D J4 CompactPCI I O connector oO Qo ON OO A CQ Iv J5 CompactPCI I O connector IDE secondary channel header 40 pin 12 IDE primary channel header 40 pin 13 Diskette header 34 pin 14 SCSI header 68 pin 3 6 Option Slots 3 10 The system offers three 3U and four 6U CompactPCI option slots on the front side of the system and seven rear transition I O option slots 80 mm X 6U on the rear side If you need more than four 6U CompactPCI option slots you have the option of converting the 3U slots to 6U slots Figures 3 8 and 3 9 show the system s available option slots The SBC must occupy slot 1 on the front side of the CompactPCI backplane The only requirement regarding the population of the Compa
232. the appropriate connectors on the front panel of the rear transition module Figure 2 15 shows how to connect the 1 oO N O C A CQ Iv Keyboard cable Mouse cable USB cables Shielded twisted pair network cable Serial port cables Parallel port cable Video cable SCSI cable Setting Up the System Figure 2 14 Connecting Cables for Rear Access I O MLO014521 2 7 2 Connecting Cables for Front Access I O If your system is set up for front access I O connect the I O cables for devices being used to the appropriate connectors on the front panel of the SBC Note The serial and parallel port connectors on the SBC require the use of micro D cable adapters provided in your system kit Figure 2 15 shows how to connect the 1 PS 2 keyboard and mouse Y cable USB cables Video cable SCSI cable Parallel port cable adaptor and parallel port cable Serial port cable adaptors and serial port cables N O 0c W Inm Shielded twisted pair network cable Setting Up the System 2 19 Figure 2 15 Connecting Cables for Front Access I O ML014520 2 7 3 Connecting the Power Cord Figure 2 17 shows how to connect the power cord Remove the factory installed yellow sticker that indicates the system s power setting 2 Remove the power supply bay from the chassis to check the voltage setting as shown in Figure 2 16
233. the two handles to the outward position 3 Slide the module out of the chassis Figure 6 16 Removing an Option Module MLO14384 For more information see the documentation supplied with the option module 6 9 3 Converting 3U Option Slots to 6U Option Slots If your application requires the use of more than four front 6U CompactPCI option slots you have the option of converting the 3U option slots to 6U option slots To convert the slots complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 17 as necessary 1 Remove the filler panel that is above the three 3U slots see Section 2 4 2 2 Remove the filler panels for the three 3U slots see Section 2 4 2 3 Remove the eight screws 1 on the left side of the chassis that attach the 3U option card supports and brackets to the chassis 4 Remove the 3U option card supports and brackets 2 Store the filler panels supports brackets and screws for possible future use 6 22 Maintaining the System Figure 6 17 Converting 3U Option Slots to 6U Option Slots ML014305 6 9 4 Converting 6U Option Slots to 3U Option Slots If the system is set up for seven 6U option modules and the application requires the use of 3U option modules you can convert the three left most 6U slots back to 3U slots Note To complete the conversion you will need the
234. tinued Signal Definition BTI Board temperature interrupt input connected to the LM78 system monitor chip that can be driven by an LM75 temperature sensor chip CS1FX Chip select drive 0 and command register block select CS3FX Chip select drive 1 and command register block select DA lt 2 0 gt Drive register and data port address lines DASP Drive active slave present DD lt 15 0 gt Drive data lines bits 15 to 0 DIOR Drive I O read DIOW Drive I O write DMAK Drive DMA acknowledge DMARQ Drive DMA request DRESET Reset signal to drive INTRQ Drive interrupt request IOCS16 Indicates a 16 bit register has been decoded IORDY Indicates drive is ready for I O cycles PDIAG Output generated from drive 1 and monitored by drive 0 Ethernet LEDI 2 Transmit LED3 Link RD Receive lines TD Transmit lines SCSI SCD lt 15 0 gt Data lines ATN 2 Driven as an indicator when a special condition occurs BSY 2 Driven by the initiator as a hand shake during arbitration CD 2 Indicates the command or message phase when asserted and the data phase when deasserted IO 2 Indicates the in direction when asserted and the out direction when deasserted MSG 2 Indicates the message phase when asserted and the com mand or data phase when deasserted SACK 2 An initiator will assert ACK to indicate a byte is ready for or was received from the target SCDPH 2 Provides odd parity for data lines 2SCD lt 15 8 gt
235. tion Onboard IDE interface is disabled in the BIOS setup Hard disk boot sector is missing A boot sector virus might exist IDE hard disk drive is not connected to the correct IDE connector Windows NT is not installed on the IDE hard disk drive IDE hard disk drive is not correctly formatted or the requested partition does not exist 7 12 Troubleshooting System Problems Run the BIOS setup utility to identify the correct drive type See the drive type label on the drive or consult the drive documentation Remove the rear access panel as explained in Section 6 10 Check and secure IDE cable connections Run the BIOS setup utility and enable the onboard IDE controller as explained in Section 5 7 2 Repartition and reformat the hard disk drive as explained in the supplied Win dows NT documentation Caution This procedure erases what is currently on your hard disk drive Vorsicht Dieser Vorgang l scht alle Dateien und Programme die sich derzeit auf Ihrer Festplatte befinden Consider repairing the hard disk drive by using a disk drive repair utility You can purchase disk drive repair utilities from a local software supplier If you repartition and reformat your hard disk drive boot from Windows NT Setup Disk 1 Follow the instructions on the monitor screen to create a new hard disk boot sector Run anti virus software Remove the rear access panel and check that the IDE cable is connected
236. tion 5 6 For information on the keyboard mouse connector see Section 9 8 8 12 LM78 System Monitor The LM78 system monitor resides on the ISA bus and allows you to e Measure and set maximum and minimum thresholds for 43 3 V 45 5 V 12 V 12 V and CPU core voltages e Monitor intrusions e Monitor fan tachometer TACH signals Monitor the SBC temperature and set a maximum temperature threshold and a minimum hysteresis limit Note To use the monitor intrusion feature an external sensor with a rear access I O connector must be installed in the system You can program the LM78 to assert either nonmaskable interrupt NMI or sys tem management interrupt SMI interrupt signals when a monitored event for example when the system crosses a specified threshold occurs These signals are preconfigured to output a logic low based on input to the LM78 device You should enable the SMI interrupt signals for monitoring the SBC temperature To protect the CPU from damage and to ensure reliable operation set the maxi mum temperature threshold to 55 C You configure the server management features with the WINBIOS Setup utility For information on system management see Chapter 11 For information on con figuring the LM78 system management features see Section 5 18 SBC Functional Components 8 11 9 Connectors and Headers This chapter describes the DIGITAL 5 233i CompactPCI single board computer SBC and rear tr
237. to 528 MB only even though the operating system sup ports greater than 528 MB Block Mode When set to On enables support for IDE drives that use block mode Block mode increases the performance of data trans fers by increasing the amount of data transferred for each operation Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per inter rupt when block mode is disabled The default is Off 32 Bit Mode When set to On enables support for IDE drives that use a 32 bit data path The default is Off allowing use of a 16 bit data path PIO Mode Specifies the programmed I O PIO mode for an IDE drive This mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode value increases the cycle time decreases Valid values are Auto 0 1 2 3 4 or 5 Modes 3 to 7 are advanced PIO modes Sup port for the I O ready IORD Y signal is required for these modes If you select mode Auto AMIBIOS automatically finds the PIO mode for the drive being configured Note If you choose to set the PIO mode manually by selecting 0 1 2 3 4 or 5 you must make absolutely certain that you are selecting a PIO mode sup ported by the IDE drive 9 Exit the device window 10 Exit the Standard Setup window 5 7 7 Specifying Hard Disk Drive Access Control By default hard disk drives are configured to allow read write access control If necessary you can change this setting to read only access 5 1
238. to the following front view features and components 1 2 3 4 c1 O o o N Q 12 Left and right rack mount brackets A removable fan tray that contains three fans and has a front air inlet and filter Handles attached to the left and right rack mount brackets Removable supports and brackets for converting the three 3U option slots to 6U slots 8 slot CompactPCI backplane and eight front access card cage slots one for the SBC four 6U option slots and three 3U option slots Removable filler panels covering all unused backplane slots Single board computer SBC 3 slot wide air flow plenum containing an air flow director Removable storage bay for CD ROM diskette and hard disk drives 300 W power supply unit PSU in a removeable power supply bay AC On Off power switch AC power inlet Getting Familiar with the System 3 3 Figure 3 2 System Enclosure Rear View MLO14303 The numeric callouts in the figure are keyed to the following rear view features and components 1 Aremovable rear access panel SBC rear transition module Removable filler panels covering all unused backplane slots gt OO I Eight 6U X 80 mm rear access card cage slots one for the SBC rear t
239. tton Single click MB1 on the button Single click MB1 on the small square but ton in the upper left corner of the window Single click MB1 at the beginning of the text Single click MB1 at the end of the text Single click MB1 on each input value Single click MB1 on each input value Configuring the System 5 5 5 2 4 Using the Keyboard You have the option of using a keyboard to navigate through and set option values in the WINBIOS configuration windows Use the keyboard as follows To Press Move to the next window or option field Tab Move to the next option field to the right Right left up or down keyboard arrow left above or below keys keypad arrow keys are not supported Select the value in the current option field Enter Increment a value Shift Decrement a value Close the current window and return to the Esc previous level Return to the previous window Page Up Advance to the next window Page Down Return to the beginning of the text Home Advance to the end of the text End Access a help window Alt H Exit WINBIOS Setup Alt Spacebar Enter alphabetic input in the virtual key Alphabetic keys board not case sensitive Enter numeric input in the virtual keyboard Numeric keys and numeric keypad 5 2 5 Automatic Option Selection AMIBIOS is configured to reflect dependencies between AMIBIOS features and WINBIOS Setup options For example the External Cac
240. using the appropriate utility Load the correct video driver Adjust accordingly Straighten bent connector pins and reconnect Power off the system power on the monitor then power on the system 7 19 Table 7 5 Troubleshooting Monitor Problems Continued Problem Possible Cause Action Monitor fails to switch to high resolution mode Monitor display is not cen tered while loading Windows video drivers Monitor display disappears Required high resolution video driv ers are not installed or are installed incorrectly Monitor type is set incorrectly Screen display is sized incorrectly Correctly install all required high reso lution video drivers See the documen tation supplied with your monitor if necessary Set the correct monitor type Use the monitor controls to size the screen display correctly 7 5 1 Troubleshooting Network Interface Problems Table 7 6 lists network interface problems with probable causes and corrective actions to take Table 7 6 Troubleshooting Network Interface Problems Problem Possible Cause Action Power is on and the LAN address is installed on the system but the system hangs Network does not start Incorrect software is installed or the software is installed incorrectly The Ethernet cable is installed incor rectly The system is set up for front access Ethernet I O and the Ethernet cable is connected to the rear access
241. ve S M A R T options 5 7 8 Are you replacing the system diskette drive with a different type of diskette drive 5 8 Are you adding a diskette drive to the system Do you need to restrict a diskette drive s access control to read only 5 8 3 Do you want to swap diskette drives A and B 5 8 4 Do you want diskette drive A to seek during a system boot 5 8 5 Do you want to emulate an ATAPI removable media device ARMD as a diskette or 5 8 6 hard disk drive Other Peripherals Are you adding a SCSI device to the system 5 9 Are you connecting the system to an Ethernet 5 10 Are you using the system s front or rear Ethernet connector 6 5 Are you connecting a device to a system serial port 5 11 Are you connecting a device to the system parallel port 5 12 Are you connecting a USB to the system 5 13 Are you using the system s front or rear USB connectors 6 5 Are you connecting a legacy keyboard or mouse to a configured USB 5 13 2 Does your application require that the USB operate in passive release mode 5 13 3 Memory Do you want to disable caching for internal or external cache 5 14 2 Do you want to disable system BIOS caching 5 14 4 Do you want to disable shadowing of system ROM 5 14 5 Do you want to shadow system ROM but not allow it to be cached Boot Parameters Do you want to alter the syste
242. ve multiple SIMMs to remove a specific SIMM of interest Apply pressure to the retaining clips 1 at the ends of the SIMM connector until the clips disengage Tip the SIMM until it is at a 45 degree angle 2 Rock the SIMM gently as you remove it from the connector Repeat steps 3 through 5 for other SIMMs being removed Maintaining the System Figure 6 9 Removing a SIMM ML014383 After you remove the SIMMs install new SIMMs if appropriate as explained in Section 6 6 If you are not installing new SIMMs install the SBC as explained in Section 6 4 2 6 7 Replacing the Lithium Battery The system lithium battery runs the system clock and retains configuration infor mation when the system is powered off To replace the battery complete the following steps Refer to Figure 6 10 as nec essary 1 9o c Qv oP 5 qo If the battery is not dead use WINBIOS Setup to check and record the sys tem s configuration settings Power off external devices connected to the system Power off the system Unplug the power cord from the system s AC power inlet Remove t
243. wer the system off for five sec Runs memory tests and clears all onds then back on by pressing terminate stay resident TSR pro the power On Off button on the grams and memory registers front panel of the power supply module Soft boot Press Ctrl Alt Delete Does not run memory tests but clears all TSR programs and memory registers 2 28 Setting Up the System 3 Getting Familiar with the System This chapter introduces you to the DIGITAL 5 233i 8 CompactPCI system by describing primary system components Topics include e System Enclosure e System Backplane e Single Board Computer Memory Modules e Rear Transition Module Option Slots e Storage Bay and Devices e Power Supply Bay e Cooling System 3 1 System Enclosure The system enclosure chassis is a modular CompactPCI system enclosure that weighs approximately 45 pounds 20 4 kg including the SBC rear transition module and storage devices and has the following dimensions Dimension Value Height 15 75 inches 9U Width 19 inches from the outer edges of the rack mount flanges 17 inches from side panel to side panel Depth 12 inches Getting Familiar with the System 3 1 3 2 Table 3 1 lists acoustic noise emission values The values are derived from mea sured emissions and statistically account for sample to sample noise emission variablity The declared values in Table 3 1 are as per ISO 9226 and ISO 7779 Current values for speci
244. wered on use cau tion to ensure that clothing or any other object does not get caught in the fan blades ACHTUNG Seien Sie vorsichtig wenn Sie das Luftzuf hrungsgitter bei eingeschaltetem System entfernen damit Kleidung oder andere Gegenst nde nicht in die Gebl sefl gel geraten Remove the filter 2 from the grid Wash the filter with soap and water and remove any excess water from the fil ter Place the filter across the air inlet grid Place the air inlet grid on the front of the chassis aligning the screw holes Tighten the captive screws to secure the air inlet grid to the chassis Maintaining the System 6 3 Figure 6 1 Removing the Fan Tray Filter re oe 3 own J A JOST MLO14311 6 3 2 Replacing a Fan 6 4 To replace a fan 1 2 3 4 Power off external devices connected to the system Power off the system Unplug the power cord from the system s AC power inlet Remove the fan tray as shown in Figure 6 2 a Loosen the thumb screws along the bottom edge 1 of the fan tray air inlet grid These screws secure the fan tray to the chassis b Slide the fan tray out of the chassis Maintaining the System Figure 6 2 Removing the Fan Tray Si it H 8 Nee i 4 35 Ce ML014312 5 Remove the
245. x register Table 11 4 lists the possible index values and the registers to which they provide access Figure 11 4 FPGA Index Register 07 03 02 00 Don t Care Function Index ML014508 Table 11 4 FPGA Function Index Values Value Provides Access To 00h Reserved 01h Reserved 02h Reserved 03h Watchdog registers 04h Reserved 05h Reserved 06h Reserved 07h Reserved 08h Reserved 09h Reserved OAh Reserved OBh ENUM status and control unsupported OCh ENUM storage unsupported System Management 11 3 4 FPGA Data Register The FPGA data register at port OFh serves as the communication mechanism for the FPGA The function of each bit is dependent on the value set in the function index field of the FPGA index register Figure 11 5 shows the FPGA data register Figure 11 5 FPGA Data Register 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 Data read from or written to the indexed FPGA register ML014506 11 4 Using the Watchdog Timer The watchdog timer is designed for use in critical control applications The timer s function is to stop a program or part of the hardware from going into a run away or locked mode Sections 11 4 1 to 11 4 6 explain how to Enable the watchdog timer Reset the watchdog timer Set the watchdog timer mode and delay Reset the watchdog timer delay Check the status of the watchdog timer Use the watchdog interrupt 11 4 1 Enabling the Watchdog Timer To enable the watchdog timer fo
246. y ISA EISA Adapter Cards 0 000000 00 00005 5 30 5 18 Configuring LM78 System Management Features nuun nunana 00 00 0000 5 31 5 18 1 Configuring Voltage Monitoring Support 0 00 0 002 eee 5 31 5 18 2 Configuring Intrusion Alert Support 0 0 00 0 0 eee eee eee 5 32 5 18 3 Configuring Temperature Monitoring Support 0 000 5 32 5 19 Updating the BIOS Flash ee II 5 33 Part II Maintenance and Troubleshooting Maintaining the System 6 1 What Yo Need iso eth o8 td 22 aa ees REM EL eee oo head 6 1 6 2 Taking Precautions During System Maintenance 0 00 00 esee 6 1 6 2 1 Taking Power Supply Precautions 0 0 0 0 eee eee ee eee 6 1 6 2 2 Taking Antistatic Precautions lile 6 2 6 3 Maintaining Fan Operation lesse e 6 3 6 3 1 Cleaning the Fan Tray Filter 6 3 6 322 Replacing a Pai oro ten See Ro we Eh IN SELOI ERUIT 6 4 6 4 Removing and Installing the SBC 2 eee 6 6 6 4 1 Removing the SBC 1 cece e 6 6 6 42 Installing the SBCs une rn IM NIU PREX 6 7 6 5 Adjusting Jumpers for Front Access I O 1 1 ee eee 6 8 6 6 Upgrading and Replacing Memory 0 0 cece eee eee 6 9 6 6 1 Memory Configurations 0 0 0 eee eh 6 10 6 622 Installing SIMMS ss sa tesa an ra eR Ree 6 11 6 6 3 Removing SIMMS e e cece nee 6 12 6 7 Replacing the Lithium Battery 0 00 00 cece eee eee 6 13 6 8 Removing a
247. y accesses PCI devices mapped in memory or I O address spaces This bridge also provides a high bandwidth path that gives PCI bus masters direct access to main memory Auto configuration support for PCI expansion boards and components simplifies system upgrades and expansion Table 8 1 shows the PCI interrupt routing Table 8 1 PCI Interrupt Routing Component Bus IDSel Device Req Grant INTA INTB INTC INTD Host bridge 0 00h N A PCI to ISA bridge 0 AD18 07h PHOLD Ethernet controller 0 AD31 14h 0 PIRQB Video controller 0 AD30 13h PIRQC PCI to PCI bridge 0 AD29 12h 1 SCSI controller 0 AD28 11h 2 PIRQD Slot 1 1 AD31 OFh 1 0 PIRQD PRIQA PIRQB PIRQC Slot 2 1 AD30 OEh 1 1 PIRQC PIRQD PIRQA PIRQB 8 4 SBC Functional Components Table 8 1 PCI Interrupt Routing Continued Component Bus IDSel Device Req Grant INTA INTB INTC INTD Slot 3 1 AD29 0Dh 1 2 PIRQB PIRQC PIRQD PIRQA Slot 4 1 AD28 OCh 1 3 PIRQA PIRQB PIRQC PIRQD Slot 5 1 AD27 OBh 1 4 PIRQD PIRQA PIRQB PIRQC Slot 6 1 AD26 0Ah 1 5 PIRQC PIRQD PIRQA PIRQB Slot 7 1 AD25 09h 1 6 PIRQB PIRQC PIRQD PIRQA 8 7 Clocks and Timers The DIGITAL 5 2331 CompactPCI SBC includes Table 8 2 Clocks and Timers Clock or Timer Description Time of year TOY Standard TOY clock with battery backup The TOY clock is clock integrated into the SMC Ultra I O controller Watchdog timer Programmable timer that supports four modes and count down time
248. ystem supports PS 2 mice If you are using a mouse type other than PS 2 you should disable PS 2 mouse support To disable or enable PS 2 mouse support 1 Select the Advanced icon in the Setup window 2 Select the PS 2 Mouse Support option 3 Set the option value to Disabled or Enabled as appropriate 4 Exit the Option window 5 Exit the Advanced Setup window 5 7 Configuring Hard Disk and CD ROM Devices Section 5 7 1 provides configuration information for hard disk drives and Section 5 7 2 explains how to enable and disable onboard IDE controller channels Sec tions 5 7 3 through 5 7 6 explain how to configure the following types of storage devices e Modified frequency modulation MFM hard disk drive e User defined hard disk drive SCSI MFM RLL ARLL or ESDI DE hard disk drive CD ROM drive Section 5 7 7 explains how to specify hard disk drive access control Configuring the System 5 11 5 7 1 Disk Configuration Information While configuring a hard disk drive you may need to enter values for the follow ing hard disk drive parameters manually Table 5 2 Hard Disk Drive Parameters Parameter Description Cylinders Cyl Heads Hd Write precompensa tion WP Sectors Capacity MB Sec Size The number of cylinders in the disk drive The number of heads The track number where write precompensation begins The size of a sector gets progressively smaller as the track di

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