Siemens D981, Technical Manual

Page 1: ...s The meanings of the symbols and fonts used in this manual are as follows Pay particular attention to texts marked with this symbol Failure to observe this warning endangers your life destroys the system or may lead to loss of data i This symbol is followed by supplementary information remarks and tips Texts which follow this symbol describe activities that must be performed in the order shown Th...

Page 2: ...S 1 AGP slot for AGP graphics controller AGP Accelerated Graphics Port 3 PCI slots all with busmaster capability 2 ISA slots 1 ISA PCI lot shared IDE hard disk controller connected to PCI bus for up to four IDE drives e g IDE hard disk drives ATAPI CD ROM drive Real time clock calendar with integrated battery backup Floppy disk controller up to 2 88 Mbytes format Parallel interface ECP and EPP com...

Page 3: ...n Audio Output to Line Level or Amplifier Level Use Line Level if you connect headphones or an active loudspeaker with amplifier to the audio output Use Amplifier Level if you use passive loudspeakers Connector for CD line in Game Midi Voice Modem AUX IN Microphone connector via supplementary board Audio input Line in Loudspeaker connector active passive Socket for wavetable chip SCSI controller A...

Page 4: ...SA 1 ISA 3 ISA 2 PCI 2 PCI 1 PCI 3 PCI 4 4 3 2 1 1 PS 2 mouse port 2 Parallel port 3 MIDI Game port 4 PS 2 keyboard port 5 USB ports 6 Serial port 1 7 Serial port 2 8 Audio port Line out 9 Audio port Line in 10 Audio port Microphone The connectors marked do not have to be present on the system board ...

Page 5: ... the trashcan It must be disposed of in accordance with local regulations concerning special waste The shipped version of this board complies with the requirements of the EEC directive 89 336 EEC with regard to Electromagnetic compatibility Compliance was tested in a typical PC configuration When installing the board refer to the specific installation information in the Operating Manual or Technic...

Page 6: ...serve the following points under all circumstances You must always discharge yourself e g by touching a grounded object before working The equipment and tools you use must be free of static charges Pull out the power plug before inserting or pulling out boards containing ESDs Always hold boards with ESDs by their edges Never touch pins or conductors on boards fitted with ESDs ...

Page 7: ...7 Settings ISA 1 ISA 3 ISA 2 PCI 2 PCI 1 PCI 3 PCI 4 4 3 2 1 OFF OPEN ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Switch 1 must be set to off Switch 2 System BIOS recovery Switch 3 Write protection for floppy disks Switch 4 reserved Switch 5 8 clock frequency ...

Page 8: ...deleted in the floppy disk drive To write and delete floppy disks the write protection in BIOS setup must be disabled in menu Security the field Diskette Write must be set to Enabled on The floppy disk drive is write protected off Read write and delete floppy disks is possible default setting Clock speed switch 5 6 7 and 8 The switches may only be set as specified in the table below for the partic...

Page 9: ... 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Pentium II with heat sink 2 3 locations for main memory DIMM 3 1 optional locations for main memory DIMM 4 Lithium battery 5 Socket for wavetable chip optional 6 3 ISA slots 7 4 PCI slots 8 1 AGP slot The connectors marked do not have to be present on the system board ...

Page 10: ...Random Access Memory You may only use unbuffered 3 3V memory modules Buffered memory modules are not permitted SDRAM memory modules must have a cycle time of 15 ns or less or be designed for a clock frequency of 66 MHz Installing memory modules Flip the holders on each side of the relevant location outwards Insert the memory module into the location At the same time flip the lateral holders upward...

Page 11: ...II in the holder 1 Push the Pentium II down in the holder and press it into the slot until the clamps 2 to the left and right snap into place Set the clock frequency of the new Pentium II using switches 5 to 8 of the switch block If the Pentium II has a fan attach the associated cable to the connector for the processor fan on the system board Removing the Pentium II If the Pentium II has a fan pul...

Page 12: ... wavetable module 12 English A26361 D981 Z120 9 7419 Upgrading the wavetable module If the system board is prepared for upgrading with a single chip wavetable module Crystal CS9236 the upgrade is carried out as shown in the figure ...

Page 13: ...cal battery or a battery type recommended by the manufacturer CR2032 Do not throw lithium batteries into the trashcan It must be disposed of in accordance with local regulations concerning special waste Make sure that you insert the battery the right way round The plus pole must be on the top 1 2 3 Lift the contact 1 a few millimeters and remove the battery from its socket 2 Insert a new lithium b...

Page 14: ...rmination 7 Loudspeaker 8 Floppy disk drive 9 Control panel 1 10 Control panel 1 11 SCSI bus controller 12 System Management I2 C Bus 13 SCSI LED input for SCSI adapter 14 Wake up on LAN 15 ON OFF switch 16 Intrusion plug 17 Infrared receiver IrDA 18 IDE drives 1 and 2 primary 19 IDE drives 3 and 4 secondary 20 Remote on via fax modem 21 AUX Line in AUX input 22 CD Line in Audio input 23 Voice mod...

Page 15: ... IRQ9 IRQ10 0200 0207 0220 022F 0240 024F 0260 026F 0280 028F 0300 0301 0330 0331 0338 038B DMA1 DMA3 DMA5 DMA7 USB controller IRQ11 Mouse controller IRQ12 Numeric processor IRQ13 IDE controller 1 IRQ14 IDE controller 2 IRQ15 Assigned IRQ Interrupts assigned as shipped Possible IRQ Address DMA can be used for your particular application i MPU 401 If you want to use external MIDI devices for exampl...

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Page 17: ...rocessing Unit All the information you require to install the SCSI Utility Software e g drivers for MS DOS Windows 3 x is contained in the User Guide for the SCSI Utility Software EZ SCSI Details of how you install and operate your SCSI device may be found in the associated Manual Setting SCSI addresses IDs Each device which is connected to the ultra wide SCSI controller must be set to a separate ...

Page 18: ...ine into the SCSI bus termination port 1 2 3 5 6 4 1 SCSI bus port controller 2 SCSI line 3 SCSI bus port termination 4 SCSI drive 1 not terminated 5 SCSI drive 2 not terminated 6 SCSI drive 3 not terminated Be sure the ends of the SCSI bus are correctly terminated Connect the SCSI devices to the SCSI connector on the system board by means of the SCSI cable i Only single ended SCSI devices may be ...

Page 19: ...peed menu item to Enabled you may only connect 7 SCSI devices with a maximum cable length of 1 50 m i Only use good quality SCSI lines otherwise you may have transmission problems SCSI Setup The BIOS of the ultra wide SCSI controller includes a menu driven SCSI Setup This program allows you to change almost all of the option settings of the SCSI controller and the connected SCSI devices When you b...

Page 20: ...rking with the keyboard Use the following keys when running the program to make selections Ï Ï to accept a selection VF VF to call the previous menu and to terminate the SCSI setup to reset to the default settings to toggle display between color and monochrome mode Also note the status line at the bottom of the screen Terminating the SCSI setup Depending on the current menu level you can display t...

Page 21: ...byte s Enable disconnection Yes Initiate wide negotiation Yes Send Start Unit Command Yes Include in BIOS Scan Yes Advanced Configuration Options Default setting Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization Enabled Host Adapter BIOS Enabled Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks Boot only Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives 1 Gbyte Enabled Display WUO WUO Message During BIOS Initialization ...

Page 22: ...ata from your SCSI devices Parity checking may not be supported on older SCSI devices You must disable the option in this case Enabled Parity checking is enabled default setting Disabled Parity checking is disabled i If parity checking is disabled this applies to all SCSI devices on the SCSI bus Host Adapter SCSI Termination If the ultra wide SCSI controller is the last device on the SCSI cable it...

Page 23: ...abled this option allows you to specify which LUN to boot from on your boot device 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The ultra wide SCSI controller boots with the displayed LUN default entry 0 SCSI Device Configuration Initiate Sync Negotiation Devices on the SCSI bus including the SCSI controller communicate intelligently with each other Before data is transferred across the bus the sending initiating and receivin...

Page 24: ...ate Wide Negotiation if you do not use any wide SCSI devices or if 8 bit SCSI devices have problems during operation You may have to make settings on your SCSI devices refer to the documentation supplied with your SCSI device Fast SCSI devices including the ultra wide SCSI controller are capable of transferring data to and from the SCSI bus at speeds ranging up to 40 Mbyte s Yes The function is en...

Page 25: ...s the SCSI devices to be activated consecutively This is used if your system power supply is too weak to start several drives simultaneously or for preventing switchon current peaks You may have to make settings on your SCSI devices to enable support for this function see the documentation for the SCSI devices Yes The function is enabled No The function is disabled default entry Include BIOS Scan ...

Page 26: ...ny of the SCSI devices connected to the SCSI bus The SCSI BIOS can be disabled if the SCSI devices can only be operated with additionally loaded drivers This saves 16 Kbytes of system memory as well as time during system startup If you disable the SCSI BIOS you can still call the SCSI Setup with the WUO WUO keys during system startup and modify settings Enabled The SCSI BIOS is enabled default set...

Page 27: ...olled by the BIOS If a removable media device is controlled by the SCSI controller BIOS do not remove the media while the system is switched on Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives 1Gbyte Enabling this option allows drives of up to 8 Gbyte capacity 2 Gbyte partition to be supported under MS DOS 5 0 or higher The SCSI BIOS must be enabled In earlier days it was only possible to use drives with ...

Page 28: ...ltiple LUNs Logical Unit Numbers is supported Enabled The SCSI device will be used as the startup drive Disabled The SCSI device will not be used as the startup drive default entry BIOS Support for Bootable CD ROM This option determines for booting from a CD ROM drive The CD ROM must emulate a floppy disk or hard disk drive Enabled It is possible to boot from the CD ROM default entry Disabled It i...

Page 29: ...isk Utilities When you select the SCSI Disk Utilities menu item you are shown a list of all the devices connected to the SCSI bus You are also offered two menus for hard disk drives Verify and Format Disk Verify With Verify you can have a selected hard disk drive checked All defects that are detected will be entered in the existing error list for the hard disk Format Disk With Format Disk a select...

Page 30: ... checking either enabled or disabled on all SCSI devices on the SCSI bus SCSI BIOS messages The following messages can appear during system startup if you have enabled the SCSI BIOS Device connected but not ready The SCSI device connected to the ultra wide SCSI controller is not ready for example because the drive motor for hard disks does not rotate Set Send Start Unit Command to Yes in the SCSI ...

Page 31: ... Assignment address 15 DMA channels 15 interrupt 15 Audio input connector 14 Audio external Ports 4 AUX input connector 14 AUX Line in connector 14 B Battery disposal 5 13 replace 5 13 BIOS System BIOS 8 Ultra Wide SCSI controller 19 BIOS Support Bootable CD ROM 28 Int 13 Extensions 28 Ultra SCSI Speed 29 BIOS Update 8 BIOS Setup floppy disk 8 ...

Page 32: ...mmand Start Unit 25 Connector 14 Control panel connector 14 D Data transfer 23 24 Data transfer rate 24 Default settings SCSI Setup 21 Device ID connector 14 DIMM 9 10 Diskette write protection 8 Display Message 28 DMA 15 Drive capacity 27 E EDO DRAM 10 Enable Disconnection 25 ESD 6 Extended BIOS Translation 27 External port 4 F Fan connector 14 Features 2 Flash BIOS floppy disk 8 Floppy disk driv...

Page 33: ...nnector 14 Initiate Sync Negotiation 23 Initiate Wide Negotiation 24 Internal connectors 14 Interrupt 15 Intrusion plug connector 14 ISA slot 9 K Keyboard port 4 Keys SCSI Setup 20 L Line in ext audio port 4 Line out ext audio port 4 Lithium battery 5 9 13 Logical Unit Number see LUN Loudspeaker connector 14 Low Level Format 29 LUN 23 28 M Main memory 9 upgrading 10 Maximum Sync Transfer Rate 24 M...

Page 34: ... Parallel interface 4 Parity monitor 22 PCI slot 9 Pentium II 9 Pentium II installing removing 11 Ports external 4 internal 14 Power On switch connector 14 Power supply connector 14 Problems SCSI controller 30 Processor 9 clock frequency 8 Processor fan connector 14 PS monitoring connector 14 PS 2 keyboard port 4 PS 2 mouse port 4 R Real time clock module 5 Recycling battery 5 13 Remote on via fax...

Page 35: ...vice 17 16 bit 19 8 bit 19 connecting 18 does not react 30 SCSI Device Configuration 23 SCSI Disk Utilities 29 SCSI ID 17 22 SCSI LED connector 14 SCSI Parity Checking 22 SCSI port 18 50pin 19 68pin 19 SCSI setup 17 19 calling 20 26 deactivating 26 default settings 21 exiting 20 operating 20 saving changes 20 SCSI Utility Software 17 SCSI Bus termination connector 14 SCSI ID priority 17 SDRAM 10 S...

Page 36: ...ation 7 Synchronous data transfer 23 System memory 10 System BIOS recovering 8 System board 4 System fan connector 14 System Management connector 14 T Temperature sensor connector 14 Terminating resistor 18 Termination 18 activated 18 activating 22 deactivated 18 deactivating 22 Transfer rate 24 29 U Ultra SCSI Speed 29 Ultra Wide SCSI controller 17 connectors cables 19 Update system BIOS 8 Upgrad...

Page 37: ...Index A26361 D981 Z120 9 7419 English 37 V Voice modem connector 14 W Wavetable chip 9 12 Wide negotiation see Data transfer Write protection floppy 8 ...

Page 38: ...12 Replacing the lithium battery 13 Connectors and resources 14 Overview of connections 14 Resource table 15 SCSI Setup 17 Setting SCSI addresses IDs 17 Connecting SCSI devices 18 SCSI Setup 19 Starting the SCSI Setup 20 Terminating the SCSI setup 20 Default Settings in the SCSI setup 21 SCSI Bus Interface Definitions 22 Additional Options 23 Boot Device Options 23 SCSI Device Configuration 23 Adv...

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