CSS Laboratories SBP-205, User Manual

Page 1: ...CSS Laboratories Single Board Computer SBP 205 User Guide...

Page 2: ...rights reserved ProRack MaxPro and SBP 205 are trademarks of CSS Laboratories Inc All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies Published by CSS Laboratories Inc 1641 McGaw Avenue Irvin...

Page 3: ...Drive FDD 8 Universal Serial Bus USB 8 Processor Cooling Fan CPU Fan 9 Memory 9 Memory Guidelines 9 Installing and Removing Memory 10 Processor 11 Processor Overview 11 Installing and Removing a Proc...

Page 4: ...ting Tools 23 Troubleshooting by Direct Inspection 24 Troubleshooting Using System Utilities 24 Troubleshooting Tables 25 Section 4 Technical References 32 SBP 205 General Specifications 32 Memory Con...

Page 5: ...The PCI Local Bus is fully compliant with the PCI Local Bus 2 1 specifications Peripheral Support The SBP 205 supports a full complement of peripherals including Diskette EIDE up to four EIDE drives a...

Page 6: ...essor s Connectors Jumper switches Figure 1 SBP 205 Cache Memory The SBP 205 provides an internal 64 bit wide non blocking second level L2 cache supporting 256KB running at full CPU speed The cache mo...

Page 7: ...Multiple Branch Prediction Data Flow Analysis and Speculative Execution Multi transaction system bus Dual Independent Bus Architecture which allows data access from either bus simultaneously or in par...

Page 8: ...DE connector IDE2 Secondary IDE connector USB1 USB0 Universal Serial Bus 1 USB2 USB1 Universal Serial Bus 2 FDD Diskette drive connector LPT1 Parallel port Mouse PS 2 mouse connector Keyboard PS 2 key...

Page 9: ...se The 6 pin PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors are keyed for proper installation PS 2 Keyboard Connector Pin Assignments Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Keyboard Data 4 5 Vdc 2 Not Used 5 Clock 3 Gro...

Page 10: ...a 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17...

Page 11: ...17 PD7 5 PD1 18 Ground 6 INIT 19 ACK 7 PD2 20 Ground 8 SLIN 21 BUSY 9 PD3 22 Ground 10 Ground 23 PE 11 PD4 24 Ground 12 Ground 25 SLCT 13 PD5 26 Not Used Serial Ports COM1 COM2 The SBP 205 features tw...

Page 12: ...DX 9 Ground 10 FDM00 11 Ground 12 FDDS01 13 Ground 14 FDDS004 15 Ground 16 FDM01 17 MSEN1 18 FDDIR 19 Ground 20 FDSTEP 21 Ground 22 FDWD 23 Ground 24 FDWE 25 Ground 26 FDTRK0 27 MSEN0 28 FDWPD 29 Grou...

Page 13: ...AM PC 133 can be installed in one or both DIMM sockets Minimum memory size is 64MB maximum total memory size is 512MB Memory size and speed can vary between sockets Select 168 pin DIMM sizes as detail...

Page 14: ...PORTANT NOTE It should not be necessary to remove the single board computer from the passive backplane or the system chassis in order to remove or install memory modules However it is very important t...

Page 15: ...network operating system With dual processors installed the two CPUs function symmetrically Processor Overview The SBP 205 processor mounts in the 370 socket An on board heat sink is mounted on the b...

Page 16: ...rackmount system has been fully set up by CSS Laboratories before delivery The passive backplane and single board computer s have been installed and configured at the factory Typically no single boar...

Page 17: ...er to remove the SBC Refer to the MaxPro ProRack User Guide for removal procedures 4 Remove the DIMMs from the installed SBC See Installing and Removing Memory for procedures 5 Remove the processor fr...

Page 18: ...processor bus frequency and to clear CMOS contents Jumper Switches Overview The Pentium III processor uses a clock multiplier to match the processor core frequency with the speed of the processor bus...

Page 19: ...f Jumpers with more than two pins are described by numbering the pins Each of the SBP 205 jumpers has the number 1 stamped on the board next to that jumper s pin number one The jumper cap placed over...

Page 20: ...ccompanied your system 3 Locate the jumper switches you wish to set 4 Temporarily remove any adapters or connectors that restrict your access to the jumper switches 5 If necessary temporarily remove t...

Page 21: ...an AMI BIOS with built in CMOS setup for system parameters peripheral management and PCI bridge and interrupt steering The MaxPro tower servers and ProRack rackmount systems with the SBP 205 installe...

Page 22: ...owing topics These are Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Power Management Setup PCI Plug and Play Setup Peripheral Setup Setting Up CMOS Standard Setup The Standard Setup...

Page 23: ...atches the installed diskette drive Scroll through the drive types by using the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard Date Time Enter the new values as necessary Setting Up CMOS Advanced Setup Item H...

Page 24: ...Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optional Defaults Figure 10 Advanced CMOS Setup Second Page Setting Up CMOS Advanced Chipset Setup The chipset has been pre configured but Advanced Chipset Setup gives you two pa...

Page 25: ...er management Configuring PCI Plug and Play Use the PCI Plug and Play Setup to define attributes of the PCI bus portion of the SBP 205 Item Help PNP OS Installed Reset Configuration Data Resources Con...

Page 26: ...Auto Auto Auto Enabled Disabled PCI Slot Enabled BUTTON ONLY Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save Esc E...

Page 27: ...ProRack into the same electrical circuit with a noisy electric motor such as a blender or a vacuum cleaner Ground yourself by touching the system case before touching any hardware or software This di...

Page 28: ...ing Next answer this question Have you installed any new hardware or software since the system was last working properly If you have just added any new hardware or software then remove the software or...

Page 29: ...rs will usually reassign IRQs and I O addresses and often will resolve the conflict and the problem Windows NT does not provide direct control of device resource allocations or hardware conflict infor...

Page 30: ...e the problem inspect the P1 and P2 power connector on the passive backplane Also inspect the other power connectors such as the Auxiliary P1 and P2 connectors and terminal lugs if they are in use Mak...

Page 31: ...is turned on and that the contrast and brightness are properly adjusted 4 Make sure that the monitor cable is properly connected to the system unit 5 If these steps don t resolve the problem have the...

Page 32: ...and power connector are properly seated in their slots on the SBP 205 Refer to Connectors to make sure it s in the right slot 3 Use the system utilities troubleshooting steps to make sure that the por...

Page 33: ...he problem persists and there are no other system problems have the adapter serviced or replaced DISKETTE DRIVE PROBLEMS HANDLING The diskette drive isn t working the in use light stays on or the syst...

Page 34: ...rmination information and procedures All SCSI devices must be properly terminated CSS Laboratories terminates the last SCSI cable end with an active terminator If none of the above solutions resolve d...

Page 35: ...hat the problems are caused by the software itself by answering some questions Does the system have the memory required to run the software Refer to the program manual for memory requirements Is the m...

Page 36: ...s one bank of memory Up to 512 MB total memory 2 x 256MB Either standard SDRAM or PC 133 SDRAM ECC supported Bus Interface ISA and PCI Local Bus compatible PCI Local Bus Interface Fully compliant with...

Page 37: ...tors 1 parallel port header to connector PS 2 keyboard rear connector PS 2 mouse rear connector 2 USB ports headers to connectors BIOS Features AMI BIOS including Advanced CMOS setup for system parame...

Page 38: ...ocessor has 2 controllers that supply a total of 16 IRQs The following chart shows IRQ assignments in order of decreasing priority System Interrupts IRQ Function NMI Parity error IRQ0 Reserved interva...

Page 39: ...5 IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 and IRQ7 can be redirected to PCI add in boards The PCI standard has a 4 IRQ limitation Some PCI add in boards do not require IRQs Some can share an IRQ with another board of the same...

Page 40: ...onnected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help CSS Laboratories Inc is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this...

Page 41: ...circuit board or framework that supports other circuit boards devices and the interconnections among devices and provides power and data signals to supported devices BIOS Basic Input Output System A v...

Page 42: ...tion and function of another Typically a controller is a circuit board installed inside the computer to which external devices such as monitors printers or disk drives are connected CPU Central Proces...

Page 43: ...Enhanced IDE is a hardware interface standard for disk drive designs that house control circuits in the drives themselves It allows for standardized interfaces to the system bus while providing for a...

Page 44: ...ice that emits light when electricity passes through it LUN Stands for Logical device or drive Unit Number A device named by the logic of a software system regardless of its physical relationship to t...

Page 45: ...Array Of Independent Disks A data storage method in which data along with information used for error correction is distributed among two or more hard disk drives in order to improve performance and r...

Page 46: ...printers and disk drives and provides resources to computers functioning as workstations on the network Single Board Computer A computer that occupies only one circuit board usually with no capacity...

Page 47: ...r switches 2 13 14 15 16 17 Jumper Switches 14 15 16 K Keyboard 1 4 5 17 19 27 33 34 M Maintenance 23 Memory 1 2 9 10 11 17 28 31 32 34 37 38 39 41 Installing and Removing 10 13 28 Microprocessor See...

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