Summary of NetVista

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    Ibm netvista™ technical information manual a20 type 6269 a40 types 6568, 6578, 6648 a40p types 6569, 6579, 6649.

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    Ibm netvista™ technical information manual a20 type 6269 a40 types 6568, 6578, 6648 a40p types 6569, 6579, 6649.

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    Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the information in appendix e, “notices and trademarks,” on page 53. Note first edtion (june 2000) © copyright international business machines corporation, 2000. All rights reserved. Note to u.S. Government users — documentat...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 v contents preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vii chapter 1.System overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 major features . ....

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    Vi netvista™ netvista technical information manual advanced power management (apm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 advanced configuration and power interface (acpi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 flash update utility program . . . . . . . . ...

  • Page 9: Preface

    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 vii preface this technical information manual provides information for the ibm ® netvista™ computer. The manual is intended for developers who want to provide hardware and software products to operate with this ibm computer. It provides an in-depth view of how this ibm com...

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  • Page 11: Chapter 1. System Overview

    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 1 chapter 1. System overview netvista computer systems 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 (...

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    2 netvista™ technical information manual — drive bays – small form factor desktop model: three drive bays – desktop model: four drive bays — adapter slots – small form factor desktop model: two peripheral component interconnect (pci) expansion slots – desktop model: three pci expansion slots and one...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 3 chapter 2. System board features this section includes information about system board features. System board layout for the netvista a40 and a40p computer the system board might look slightly different from the one shown. Note: a diagram of the system board, including sw...

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    4 netvista™ technical information manual riser card layout for the small form factor desktop model computer the riser card might look slightly different from the one shown. Note: a diagram of the system board, including switch and jumper settings, is attached to the computer cover. Þ 1Ý pci connecto...

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    Chapter 2. System board features 5 microprocessor features the netvista computer comes with an intel pentium iii or celeron microprocessor. The microprocessor, which has an attached heat sink, plugs directly into a connector on the system board. Pentium iii microprocessor with mmx technology the fea...

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    6 netvista™ technical information manual chip set control a40 and a40p models use the intel 815e chip set. The intel 815e chip set is the interface between the microprocessor and the following: • memory subsystem • pci buses • ide bus master connection • usb ports • system management bus (smbus) • e...

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    Chapter 2. System board features 7 pci bus the fully synchronous 32-bit 33 mhz pci bus originates in the chip set. Features of these pci buses are: • integrated arbiter with multitransaction, pci-arbitration, acceleration hooks • zero-wait-state, microprocessor-to-pci write interface for high-perfor...

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    8 netvista™ technical information manual features provided by usb technology include: • support for hot-pluggable devices • support for concurrent operation of multiple devices • suitability for different device speeds • support for cable length of up to five meters (16 ft. 5 in) from host to hub or...

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    Chapter 2. System board features 9 parallel port integrated into the system board is support for ecp, epp, and standard parallel port (spp) modes. The modes of operation are selected through the configuration/setup utility program with the default mode set to spp. The ecp and epp modes are compliant...

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    10 netvista™ technical information manual • two uart serial ports • fan tacit monitoring • midi/joystick port (a20 models only) • pc99 compliance • advanced configuration and power interface (acpi) compliance video subsystem the netvista computer comes with one of the following graphics adapters: • ...

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    Chapter 2. System board features 11 features of the nvidia 4x agp adapter the nvidia 4x agp adapter is a 2d/3d video adapter with 16 mb sdram that includes: • agp 4x interface • 128-bit twin-texel architecture (tnt2 m64) • 16 mb sdram frame buffer with 64-bit interface • 64 mb frame buffer supportin...

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    12 netvista™ technical information manual the following connectors are available on the integrated audio controller: • line/headphone out connector for connecting headphones or powered speakers. To hear audio from the adapter you must connect headphones or a set of speakers to the line out port. The...

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    Chapter 2. System board features 13 the netvista computer has a 3-pin connector on the system board that provides the auxiliary 5 volts (aux5) and wake-up signal connections. Some wake on lan adapters have two connectors: a 3-pin, right-angle header for aux5, and a 2-pin straight connector for the w...

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    14 netvista™ technical information manual the following illustration shows the connector panel for the netvista small form factor desktop model computer. Þ 1Ý mouse connector Þ 2Ý usb connector 2 Þ 3Ý parallel connector Þ 4Ý serial connector Þ 5Ý power connector Þ 6Ý ethernet connector Þ 7Ý audio li...

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    Chapter 2. System board features 15 the following illustration shows the connector panel for the netvista desktop model computer. Þ 1Ý power connector Þ 2Ý mouse connector Þ 3Ý usb connector 2 Þ 4Ý parallel connector Þ 5Ý serial connector 2 (midi/joystick connector for some models) Þ 6Ý audio line/h...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 17 chapter 3. Physical specifications this section lists the physical specifications for the netvista computer. The netvista small form factor desktop model has two 32-bit pci expansion slots and three drive bays. The netvista desktop model computer has three 32-bit pci ex...

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    18 netvista™ technical information manual physical specifications — a40 and a40p desktop model dimensions height: 140 mm (5.5 in.) width: 425 mm (16.7 in.) depth: 425 mm (16.7 in.) weight minimum configuration as shipped: 9.4 kg (20 lb) maximum configuration: 11.3 kg (25.0 lb) environment air temper...

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    Chapter 3. Physical specifications 19 physical specifications — a20 desktop model dimensions height: 140 mm (5.5 in.) width: 425 mm (16.7 in.) depth: 425 mm (16.7 in.) weight minimum configuration as shipped: 9.4 kg (20 lb) maximum configuration: 11.3 kg (25.0 lb) environment air temperature: system...

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  • Page 31: Chapter 4. Power Supply

    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 21 chapter 4. Power supply the netvista small form factor desktop model computer uses a 110-watt power supply. The netvista desktop model computer uses a 155-watt power supply. The power supply provides power for the pentium iii microprocessor, core chip set, and pci adapt...

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    22 netvista™ technical information manual note: the total combined 3.3 v and 5 v power must not exceed 100 watts. Note: the total combined 3.3 v and 5 v power must not exceed 65 watts. Component outputs the power supply provides separate voltage sources for the system board and internal storage devi...

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    Chapter 4. Power supply 23 an overload that is placed on any dc output (between outputs or between an output and dc return) latches all dc outputs into a shutdown state, with no damage to the power supply. If this shutdown state occurs, the power supply returns to normal operation only after the fau...

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  • Page 35: Chapter 5. System Software

    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 25 chapter 5. System software this section briefly describes some of the system software included with the computer. Bios the netvista computer uses the ibm bios, which is stored in flash eeprom). Some of the features of the bios are: • pci support in accordance with pci b...

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    26 netvista™ technical information manual 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 config...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 27 chapter 6. System compatibility this chapter discusses some of the hardware, software, and bios compatibility issues that must be considered when designing application programs for the computer. Hardware compatibility the functional interfaces are compatible with the fo...

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    28 netvista™ technical information manual following processing occurs to maintain compatibility with the irq2 used by ibm computer products: 1. A device drives the interrupt request active on irq2 of the channel. 2. This interrupt request is mapped in hardware to irq9 input on the second interrupt c...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 29 appendix a. Connector-pin assignments the following figures show the pin assignments for various system board connectors. External connectors the following information shows the pin assignments for external connectors. Monitor connector usb port connectors table 10. Mon...

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    30 netvista™ technical information manual keyboard and mouse connectors serial connector table 12. Keyboard connector-pin assignments pin signal i/o pin signal i/o 1 data i/o 4 +5 v dc 2 reserved i/o 5 clock i/o 3 ground 6 reserved i/o table 13. Mouse connector-pin assignments pin signal i/o pin sig...

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    Appendix a. Connector-pin assignments 31 parallel connector ethernet connector table 15. Parallel connector-pin assignments pin signal i/o pin signal i/o 1 strobe# i/o 14 auto fd xt# o 2 data bit 0 i/o 15 error# i 3 data bit 1 i/o 16 init# o 4 data bit 2 i/o 17 slct in# o 5 data bit 3 i/o 18 ground ...

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    32 netvista™ technical information manual midi/joystick connector the external midi/joystick connector attaches to the system board through a signal cable that connects to an internal connector on the system board. The following illustration shows the external connector. Internal connectors the foll...

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    Appendix a. Connector-pin assignments 33 ide connectors 6 data rate 0 23 ground 7 ground 24 write enable# o 8 index# 25 ground 9 reserved 26 track0# i 10 motor enable 0# o 27 ground 11 ground 28 write protect# i 12 drive select 1# o 29 ground i 13 ground 30 read data# i 14 drive select 0# o 31 groun...

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    34 netvista™ technical information manual memory connectors 15 data bus bit 1 i/o 35 sa0 o 16 data bus bit 14 i/o 36 sa2 o 17 data bus bit 0 i/o 37 cs0# o 18 data bus bit 15 i/o 38 cs1 o 19 ground 39 active# i 20 key (reserved) 40 ground table 19. Ide connector-pin assignments pin signal i/o pin sig...

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    Appendix a. Connector-pin assignments 35 23 vss 65 dq21 107 vss 149 dq53 24 nc 66 dq22 108 nc 150 dq54 25 nc 67 dq23 109 nc 151 dq55 26 vcc 68 vss 110 vcc 152 vss 27 /we 69 dq24 111 /cas 153 dq56 28 dqmb0 70 dq25 112 dqmb4 154 dq57 29 dqmb1 71 dq26 113 dqmb5 155 dq58 30 /s0 72 dq27 114 nc 156 dq59 3...

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    36 netvista™ technical information manual 16 md12 i/o 72 md27 i/o 128 cke0 n/a 17 md13 i/o 73 vdd n/a 129 s3# i 18 vdd n/a 74 md28 i/o 130 dqmb6# i 19 md14 i/o 75 md29 i/o 131 dqmb7# i 20 md15 i/o 76 md30 i/o 132 a15 i 21 nc i/o 77 md31 i/o 133 vdd n/a 22 nc i/o 78 ground n/a 134 nc n/a 23 ground i/...

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    Appendix a. Connector-pin assignments 37 32-bit pci connectors 54 ground n/a 110 vdd n/a 166 sa1 o 55 md16 i/o 111 cas# n/a 167 sa0 o 56 md17 i/o 112 dqmb4# i 168 vdd n/a table 21. System memory connector pin input/output pin signal name i/o pin signal name i/o pin signal name i/o table 22. Pci conn...

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    38 netvista™ technical information manual a25 address/data 24 i/o b25 +3.3 v dc a26 idsel o b26 c/be 3# i/o a27 +3.3 v dc b27 address/data 23 i/o a28 address/data 22 i/o b28 ground a29 address/data 20 i/o b29 address/data 21 i/o a30 ground i/o b30 address/data 19 a31 address/data 18 i/o b31 +3.3 v d...

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    Appendix a. Connector-pin assignments 39 32-bit pci connector with integrated ethernet extension table 23. 64-bit pci connector-pin assignments pin signal i/o pin signal i/o a1 trst# o b1 − 12 v dc a2 +12 v dc b2 tck o a3 tms o b3 ground a4 tdi o b4 tdo i a5 +5 v dc b5 +5 v dc a6 inta# i b6 +5 v dc ...

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    40 netvista™ technical information manual a31 address/data 18 i/o b31 +3.3 v dc a32 address/data 16 i/o b32 address/data 17 i/o a33 +3.3 v dc b33 c/be 2# i/o a34 frame# i/o b34 ground a35 ground b35 irdy# i/o a36 trdy# i/o b36 +3.3 v dc a37 ground b37 devsel# i/o a38 stop# i/o b38 ground a39 +3.3 v ...

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    Appendix a. Connector-pin assignments 41 power supply connectors a69 ee_din b69 ee_cs a70 nc b70 nc i/o a71 nc b71 nc a72 nc b72 nc a73 nc b73 nc table 23. 64-bit pci connector-pin assignments pin signal i/o pin signal i/o table 24. Power supply (p1) connector-pin assignments pin signal name pin sig...

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    42 netvista™ technical information manual wake on lan connector tamper detection switch rfid cd audio connector table 26. Ide device power supply (p5, p6, p7, p8, p9, p10, p11, p12) connector-pin assignments pin signal name pin signal name 1 +12 v dc 3 ground 2 ground 4 +5 v dc table 27. Wake on lan...

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    Appendix a. Connector-pin assignments 43 scsi led connectors table 31. Scsi led connector-pin assignments pin description 1 not connected 2 to led 3 to led 4 not connected.

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 45 appendix b. System address maps the following charts represent how the hard disk stores different types of information. Address ranges and byte sizes are approximate. System memory map the first 640 kb of system board ram is mapped starting at address hex 00000000. A 25...

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    46 netvista™ technical information manual 0070, bits 6:0 6 bits real-time clock, address 0071 1 byte real-time clock, data 0072 1 bit enable nmi 0072, bits 6:0 6 bits rtc address 0073 1 byte rtc data 0080 1 post checkpoint register during post only 008f 1 refresh page register 0080 – 008f 16 dma pag...

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    Appendix b. System address maps 47 dma i/o address map the following figure lists resource assignments for the dma address map. Any addresses that are not shown are reserved. 03e0 – 03e7 8 available 03e8 – 03ef 8 com3 or com4 03f0 – 03f5 6 diskette channel 1 03f6 1 primary ide channel command port 0...

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    48 netvista™ technical information manual 000e channels 0-3, clear mask register (write) 00 – 03 000f channels 0-3, write all mask register bits 00 – 03 0081 channel 2, page table address register 00 – 07 0082 channel 3, page table address register 00 – 07 0083 channel 1, page table address register...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 49 appendix c. Irq and dma channel assignments the following figures list the irq and dma channel assignments. Note: the default settings for com 1 (irq 4), com 2 (irq 3), and lpt 1 (irq 7) can be changed to another irq. Table 35. Irq channel assignments irq system resourc...

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  • Page 61: Appendix D.  Error Codes

    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 51 appendix d. Error codes the netvista user guide and the hardware maintenance manual provide complete lists of error and beep codes. Post error codes post error messages appear when, during startup, post finds problems with the hardware or a change in the hardware config...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 53 appendix e. Notices and trademarks this appendix contains legal notices and trademark information. Notices this information was developed for products and services offered in the u.S.A. Ibm may not offer the products, services, or features discussed in this document in ...

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    54 netvista™ technical information manual trademarks the following terms are trademarks of the ibm corporation in the united states or other countries or both: ibm netvista wake on lan intel, pentium, celeron, and mmx are trademarks of intel corporation in the united states, other countries, or both...

  • Page 65: Bibliography

    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 55 bibliography advanced power management (apm) bios interface specification source: intel corporation at attachment interface with extensions source: intel corporation extended capabilities port specification kit source: microsoft corporation intel microprocessor and peri...

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  • Page 67: Index

    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 57 index a accelerated graphics port (agp) 1, 10, 11 address map dma input/output (i/o) 47 input/output (i/o) 45 system 45 system memory 45 advanced power management (apm) 26 asset security 1 audio controller 1, 11 device drivers 11 subsystem 11 b beep codes 51 bios 25 bus...

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    58 intellistation z pro type 6866 technical information manual i ide bus master 1, 7 cd-rom 1 connector pin assignments 33 interface 7 input power frequency 21 requirements 21 voltage 21 input/output (i/o) address map 45, 47, 48 controller 8 diskette drive 8 dma address map 47, 48 keyboard 9 mouse 9...

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    Index 59 supply 21 supply connector pin assignments 42 q quick reference vii r real-time clock 12 related publications vii s scsi led connector pin assignments 43 serial connector pin assignments 30 short circuit 22 software bios 25 configuration/setup utility program 26 diagnostic program 26 flash ...

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    Ibm part number: printed in the united states of america on recycled paper containing 10& recovered post-consumer fiber..