IBM PC 300PL manual

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    Technical Information Manual PC 300PL Personal Computer Types 6584 and 6594[...]

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    Note Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information under Appendix E, “Notices and trademarks” on page 42. First Edition (October 1999) The following paragraph does not apply to the United Kingdom or any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACH[...]

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    Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Terminology usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Output protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Connector description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Chapter 5. System software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Contents v[...]

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    Figures 1. Memory configurations for 133 MHz FSB ................................ 5 2. Video subsystem resources ........................................ 8 3. Supported VGA video modes ....................................... 9 4. Serial port assignments ........................................... 1 0 5. Parallel port assignments ...................[...]

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    Preface This Technical Information Manual provides information for the IBM  PC 300  Types 6584 and 6594. It is intended for developers who want to provide hardware and software products to operate with these IBM computers and provides an in-depth view of how these IBM computers work. Users of this publication should have an understanding of c[...]

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    When numerical modifiers such as K, M, and G are used, they typically indicate powers of 2, not powers of 10. For example, 1 KB equals 1 024 bytes (2 10 ), 1 MB equals 1 048 576 bytes (2 20 ), and 1 GB equals 1 073 741 824 bytes (2 30 ). When expressing storage capacity, MB equals 1 000 KB (1 024 000). The value is determined by counting the number[...]

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    Chapter 1. System overview Chapter 1. System overview PC 300PL Types 6584 and 6594 are computer systems designed to provide state-of-the-art computing power with room for future growth. Major features The major features are:  An Intel  Pentium  III microprocessor with MMX  technology, streaming single instruction multiple data (SIMD) ex[...]

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    Chapter 1. System overview  Expansion Desktop – Four drive bays – Four PCI expansion slots Tower – Six drive bays – Six PCI expansion slots  PCI I/O bus compatibility  EnergyStar compliance (some models only)  3.5-inch, 1.44 MB diskette drive  Input/output features – One 25-pin, parallel port with Extended Capabilities Port[...]

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    Chapter 1. System overview Wake on Ring All models can be configured to turn on the computer after a ring is detected from an external or internal modem. The menu for setting the Wake on Ring feature is in the Configuration/Setup Utility program. Two options control this feature:  Serial Ring Detect: Use this option if the computer has an extern[...]

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    Chapter 2. System board features Chapter 2. System board features This section includes information about system board features. For an illustration of the system board, see “System board, Types 6584 and 6594” on page 13. Pentium III microprocessor with MMX technology PC 300PL Types 6584 and 6594 come with an Intel Pentium III microprocessor. T[...]

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    Chapter 2. System board features System memory The system memory interface is controlled by the Intel 820 chip set. Rambus dynamic random access memory (RDRAM) is standard. The maximum amount of addressable system memory is 1 GB. For memory expansion, the system board provides two Rambus inline memory module (RIMM) connectors. The system board also[...]

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    Chapter 2. System board features PCI bus The fully synchronous 33 MHz PCI bus originates in the chip set. Features of the PCI bus are:  Integrated arbiter with multitransaction PCI arbitration acceleration hooks  Zero-wait-state, microprocessor-to-PCI write interface for high-performance graphics  Built-in PCI bus arbiter with support for [...]

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    Chapter 2. System board features Features provided by USB technology include:  Support for hot-pluggable devices  Support for concurrent operation of multiple devices  Suitability for different device bandwidths  Support for up to five meters length from host to hub or from hub to hub  Guaranteed bandwidth and low latencies appropria[...]

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    Chapter 2. System board features The video subsystem supports all video graphics array (VGA) modes and is compliant with super video graphics array (SVGA) modes and Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) 1.2. Some enhanced features include:  Video subsystem on a chip, including 2D, 3D, and a video port  66 MHz AGP system bus interface[...]

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    Chapter 2. System board features Figure 3. Supported VGA video modes Mode (hex) Display mode Screen resolution Colors Buffer start (hex) Dot clock (MHz) Sweep rate (kHz) Refresh rate (Hz) 00 Text 40 x 25 characters 2 B8000 28.322 31.5 70 01 Text 40 x 25 characters 16 B8000 28.322 31.5 70 02 Text 80 x 25 characters B/W B8000 28.322 31.5 70 03 Text 8[...]

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    Chapter 2 . System board features   Microphone for connecting a microphone. Super input/output controller Control of the integrated input/output (I/O) and diskette drive controllers is provided by a single module. This module, which supports Plug and Play, controls the following features:  Diskette drive interface  Seria l port  Para[...]

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    Chapter 2. System board features The default setting for the parallel port is Parallel 1. The system board has one connector for the parallel port. For information on the connector pin assignments, see “Parallel port connector” on page 34. Keyboard and mouse ports The keyboard and mouse subsystem is controlled by a general purpose 8-bit microco[...]

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    Chapter 2. System board features Real-time clock and CMOS The real-time clock is a low-power clock that provides a time-of-day clock and a calendar. The clock settings are maintained by an external battery source of 3 V dc. The system uses 242 bytes of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) memory to store data. The CMOS memory is erased if[...]

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    Chapter 2. System board features System board, Types 6584 and 6594 Riser card layouts The PC 300PL Personal Computer uses a riser card for expansion. The riser card contains expansion slots that connect the adapters to the peripheral component interconnect (PCI) and industry standard architecture (ISA) buses and connectors for the integrated drive [...]

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    Chapter 2. System board features Some desktop models have a riser card with two PCI slots, one ISA slot, and one shared PCI/ISA slot. The following illustration shows the location of the slot on the PCI/ISA riser card. PC 300PL — tower model The following illustration shows the riser card on the tower model. Recovery jumper The recovery jumper on[...]

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    Chapter 2. System board features Connector panel Each connector for a features that is integrated into the system board can be identified by an icon directly below the connector. A connectors provided by an adapter might not have an identifying icon. For pin-out details on connectors, see Appendix A, “Connector pin assignments” on page 25. The [...]

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    Chapter 3. Physical specifications Chapter 3. Physical specifications This section lists the physical specifications for the PC 300PL Types 6584 and 6594. The PC 300PL Personal Computer desktop model has four expansion slots and four drive bays. The PC 300PL Personal Computer tower model has six expansion slots and six drive bays. Note: This comput[...]

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    Chapter 3. Physical specifications PC 300PL — tower Dimensions  Height: 492 mm (19.4 in.)  Width: 200 mm (7.9 in.)  Depth: 445 mm (17.5 in.) Weight  Minimum configuration as shipped: 15 kg (33 lb)  Maximum configuration: 17.3 kg (38 lb) Environment  Air temperature: – System on: 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) – System off: 10[...]

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    Chapter 4. Power supply Chapter 4. Power supply The power-supply requirements are supplied by 145-watt PC 300PL Personal Computer power supply. The power supply provides 3.3-volt power for the Pentium microprocessor and core chip set and 5-volt power for PCI adapters. Also included is an auxiliary 5-volt (AUX 5) supply to provide power to power-man[...]

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    Chapter 4. Power supply Component outputs The power supply provides separate voltage sources for the system board and internal storage devices. The following figures show the approximate power that is provided for specific system components. Many components draw less current than the maximum shown. Note: For each PCI connector, the maximum power co[...]

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    Chapter 4. Power supply Note: Some adapters and hard disk drives draw more current than the recommended limits. These adapters and drives can be installed in the system; however, the power supply will shut down if the total power used exceeds the maximum power that is available. Output protection The power supply protects against output overcurrent[...]

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    Chapter 5. System software Chapter 5. System software This section briefly describes some of the system software included with the computer. BIOS The computer uses the IBM basic input/output system (BIOS), which is stored in flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM). Some features of the BIOS are:  PCI support in accorda[...]

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    Chapter 5. System software Configuration/Setup Utility program The Configuration/Setup Utility program provides menus for selecting options for devices, I/O ports, date and time, system security, start options, advanced setup, and power management. More information on using the Configuration/Setup Utility program is provided in PC 300PL User Guide [...]

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    Chapter 6. System compatibility Chapter 6. System compatibility This chapter discusses some of the hardware, software, and BIOS compatibility issues for the computer. See the Compatibility Report for a list of compatible hardware and software options. Hardware compatibility This section discusses hardware, software, and BIOS compatibility issues th[...]

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    Chapter 6. System compatibility 4. Waits one I/O delay 5. Enables the interrupt through the Set Interrupt Enable Flag command Hardware interrupt IRQ9 is defined as the replacement interrupt level for the cascade level IRQ2. Program interrupt sharing is implemented on IRQ2, interrupt hex 0A. The following processing occurs to maintain compatibility [...]

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    Appendix A. Connector pin assignments Appendix A. Connector pin assignments The following figures show the pin assignments for various system board connectors. Monitor connector 5 1 10 6 15 11 1 C1 C2 C3 C5 C4 Figure 15. Monitor port connector pin assignments—SVGA Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O 1 Red O 2 Green O 3 Blue O 4 Monitor ID 2 - Not used [...]

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    Appendix A. Connector pin assignments *These are not used on the NumberNine S3 Savage4 AGP card. Memory connectors 1 93 92 184 Figure 17. Monitor port connector pin assignments—DVI MicroCross section Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O C1 Red video out O C2 Green video out O C3 Analog blue O C4 Analog horizontal sync O C5 Video/pixel clock return N/A F[...]

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    Appendix A. Connector pin assignments PCI connectors B2 A1 A2 B62 A62 B1 Figure 18 (Page 2 of 2). System memory connector pin assignments Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal A29 Gnd B29 Gnd A75 RROW1 B75 RROW0 A30 LDQB5 B30 LDQB6 A76 Gnd B76 Gnd A31 Gnd B31 Gnd A77 NC B77 RROW2 A32 LDQB7 B32 LDQB8 A78 Gnd B78 Gnd A33 Gnd B33 Gnd A79 RCTM B7[...]

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    Appendix A. Connector pin assignments Figure 19 (Page 2 of 3). PCI connector pin assignments Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O A15 RST# O B15 Ground NA A16 + 5 V dc (I/O) NA B16 CLK O A17 GNT# O B17 Ground NA A18 Ground NA B18 REQ# I A19 PCI NA B19 + 5 V dc NA A20 Address/data 30 I/O B20 Address/data 31 I/O A21 + 3.3 V dc NA B21 Address/data 29 I/O A22[...]

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    Appendix A. Connector pin assignments *These assignments are for PCI connector slot one only; for all other slots, the signal for pin A40 is SDONE and for pin A41 is SBO#. ISA connectors A1 B1 A31 B31 C1 D1 C18 D18 Note: The ISA connectors are on the riser card. Figure 19 (Page 3 of 3). PCI connector pin assignments Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O A5[...]

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    Appendix A. Connector pin assignments IDE connectors 1 2 40 39 Figure 20 (Page 2 of 2). ISA connector pin assignments Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O B25 IRQ3 I A25 SA6 I/O B26 DACK2# O A26 SA5 I/O B27 TC O A27 SA4 I/O B28 BALE O A28 SA3 I/O B29 +5 V dc NA A29 SA2 I/O B30 OSC O A30 SA1 I/O B31 Ground NA A31 SA0 I/O D1 MEMCS16# I C1 SBHE# I/O D2 IOCS1[...]

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    Appendix A. Connector pin assignments Diskette drive connector Power supply connector Figure 21 (Page 2 of 2). IDE connector pin assignments Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O 9 Data bus bit 4 I/O 29 NC NA 10 Data bus bit 11 I/O 30 Ground NA 11 Data bus bit 3 I/O 31 IRQ I 12 Data bus bit 12 I/O 32 CS16# I 13 Data bus bit 2 I/O 33 SA1 O 14 Data bus bit 1[...]

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    Appendix A. Connector pin assignments Wake on LAN connectors Alert on LAN connectors Tamper detection switch Radio frequency ID Figure 23 (Page 2 of 2). Power supply connector pin assignments Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 +5 V 14 ON/OFF 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 +5 V 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PWR GOOD 18 − 5 V 9 +5 V standb[...]

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    Appendix A. Connector pin assignments SCSI high frequency LED connectors CD audio connector USB port connectors 4 3 2 1 Mouse and keyboard port connectors 6 4 2 1 3 5 Figure 28. SCSI high frequency LED connector pin assignments Pin Description 1 Not connected 2 to LED 3 to LED 4 Not connected Figure 29. CD audio connector pin assignments Pin Descri[...]

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    Appendix A. Connector pin assignments Serial port connector 1 5 69 Parallel port connector 13 1 25 14 Figure 31 (Page 2 of 2). Mouse port connector pin assignments Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O 5 Clock I/O 6 Reserved NA Figure 32. Keyboard port connector pin assignments Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O 1 Keyboard data I/O 2 Mouse data I/O 3 Ground NA [...]

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    Appendix A. Connector pin assignments Figure 34 (Page 2 of 2). Parallel port connector pin assignments Pin Signal I/O Pin Signal I/O 25 Ground NA Appendix A. Connector pin assignments 35[...]

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    Appendix B. System address maps Appendix B. System address maps System memory map The first 640 KB of system board RAM is mapped starting at address hex 0000000. A 256 byte area and a 1 KB area of this RAM are reserved for BIOS data areas. Memory can be mapped differently if POST detects an error. Input/output address map The following figure lists[...]

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    Appendix B. System address maps Figure 36 (Page 2 of 3). I/O address map Address (Hex) Size Description 0080–008F 16 bytes ICH1, DMA page registers 0090–0091 15 bytes General I/O locations — available to PCI bus 0092 1 byte PS/2 keyboard controller registers 0093–009F 15 bytes General I/O locations 00A0–00A1 2 bytes Interrupt controller 2[...]

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    Appendix B. System address maps DMA I/O address map The following figure lists resource assignments for the DMA address map. Any addresses that are not shown are reserved. Figure 36 (Page 3 of 3). I/O address map Address (Hex) Size Description 0490–0CF7 1912 bytes Available 0CF8–0CFB 4 bytes PCI Configuration address register 0CFC–0CFF 4 byte[...]

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    Appendix B. System address maps PCI configuration space map Figure 37 (Page 2 of 2). DMA I/O address map Address (hex) Description Bits Byte pointer 00CA Channel 6, Transfer Count register 00–15 Yes 00CC Channel 7, Memory Address register 00–15 Yes 00CE Channel 7, Transfer Count register 00–15 Yes 00D0 Channels 4–7, Read Status/Write Comman[...]

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    Appendix C. IRQ and DMA channel assignments Appendix C. IRQ and DMA channel assignments The following figures list the interrupt request (IRQ) and direct memory access (DMA) channel assignments. Figure 38. IRQ channel assignments IRQ System resource NMI Critical system error SMI System management interrupt — power management 0 Reserved (interval [...]

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    Appendix D. Error Codes Appendix D. Error codes A complete list of POST error codes is provided in the PC 300PL User Guide and in the Hardware Maintenance Manual . POST error codes POST error messages appear when POST finds problems with the hardware during power-on or when a change in the hardware configuration is found. POST error messages are 3-[...]

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    Appendix E. Notices and trademarks Appendix E. Notices and trademarks References in this publication to IBM products, programs, or services do not imply that IBM intends to make these available in all countries in which IBM operates. Any reference to an IBM product, program, or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product, p[...]

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    References  Advanced Power Management (APM) BIOS Interface Specification 1.2/ Source: Intel Corporation  AT Attachment Interface with Extensions Source: American National Standard of Accredited Standards Committee  Extended Capabilities Port: Specification Kit Source: Microsoft Corporation  Intel Microprocessor and Peripheral Component [...]

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    Index Index A ACPI 22 address map DMA 38 I/O 36 system memory 36 advanced configuration and power interface 22 advanced power management 22 APM (advanced power management) 22 audio adapter 9 controller 9 device drivers 9 subsystem 9 audio connector pin assignments 33 B beep codes 41 BIOS 21 BIOS data areas 36 bus IDE 6 low pin count (LPC) 7 LPC 7 P[...]

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    Index features (continued) Wake on LAN 2 Wake on Ring 3 flash EEPROM 12 flash update 22 frequency, input power 18 H hard disk drive compatibility 24 controller 24 hardware compatibility 23 hardware interrupts 23 I I/O address map 36 controller 10 diskette drive 10 features 14 keyboard 10, 11 mouse 10, 11 parallel port 10 parallel port assignments 1[...]

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    Index power (continued) output 18 output protection 20 outputs 19 protection, power supply 20 publications, related vii R RAM (random access memory) 36 Rambus dynamic random access memory (RDRAM) 5 random access memory (RAM) 36 RDRAM (Rambus dynamic random access memory) 5 real-time clock 12 references 43 related information vii reserved areas vii [...]