DEC AlphaPC 164 Manuale utente

AlphaPC 164 Motherboard

User’s Manual

Revision/Update Information: This document supersedes the AlphaPC 164

Motherboard User’s Manual, Revision A.

January 1997

Printed in U.S.A.

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Contents

1 About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 Document Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 Features of the AlphaPC 164 Motherboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.1 Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.2 Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.3 Physical Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 AlphaPC 164 Jumper Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.1 Memory Bus Width Jumper (J1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.2 System Clock Divisor Jumpers (IRQ3 Through IRQ0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.3 Bcache Size Jumpers (CF1 and CF2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.4 Bcache Speed Jumpers (CF4 and CF5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.5 Mini-Debugger Jumper (CF6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.6 Boot Option Jumper (CF7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.7 Flash ROM Update Jumper (J31). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4 AlphaPC 164 Connector Pinouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

5 Configuring and Upgrading DRAM Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

5.1 Configuring DRAM Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

5.2 Upgrading DRAM Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

6 Interrupts and ISA Bus Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

6.1 Interrupts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

6.2 ISA I/O Address Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

6.3 Flash ROM Address Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

7 Windows NT ARC Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

7.1 Firmware Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

7.2 Firmware Menu Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

7.3 Firmware Menu Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

7.4 Firmware Menu Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

7.4.1 Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

7.4.2 Supplementary Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

7.4.3 Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

7.4.4 Manage Boot Selection Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

7.4.5 Machine Specific Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

7.5 Using the Disk Partition Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

7.6 Using the Firmware Update Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

7.7 Installing the Windows NT Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

7.7.1 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

7.7.2 Before Installing Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

7.7.3 Starting Windows NT Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

8 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

8.1 Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

8.2 Post Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

8.3 Fail-Safe Booter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

9 Battery Recycle/Disposal Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

10 Ordering Associated Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figures

1 AlphaPC 164 Jumper/Connector/Component Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 AlphaPC 164 Configuration Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Tables

1 AlphaPC 164 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2 AlphaPC 164 Jumper/Connector/Component List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3 Power Supply DC Current Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4 AlphaPC 164 Motherboard Environmental Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

5 Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) Bus Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

6 ISA Expansion Bus Connector Pinouts (J33, J35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

7 DRAM SIMM Connector Pinouts (J5 Through J12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

8 IDE Drive Bus Connector Pinouts (J13, J14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

9 Diskette Drive Bus Connector Pinouts (J18). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

10 Parallel Bus Connector Pinouts (J16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

11 COM1/COM2 Serial Line Connector Pinouts (J4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

12 Keyboard/Mouse Connector Pinouts (J15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

13 SROM Test Data Input Connector Pinouts (J32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

14 Input Power Connector Pinouts (J3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

15 Enclosure Fan (+12 V dc) Power Connector Pinouts (J2, J22). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

16 Speaker Connector Pinouts (J23). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

17 Microprocessor Fan Power Connector Pinouts (J21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

18 Power LED Connector Pinouts (J27). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

19 IDE Drive LED Connector Pinouts (J28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

20 Reset Button Connector Pinouts (J24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

21 Halt Button Connector Pinouts (J25). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

22 AlphaPC 164 DRAM Memory Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

23 Memory Upgrade Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

24 ISA Interrupts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

25 ISA I/O Address Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

26 Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

27 Post Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

About This Manual 1

1 About This Manual

This manual describes the AlphaPC 164 motherboard, a module for computing

systems based on the Digital Semiconductor 21164 Alpha microprocessor and the

companion Digital Semiconductor 21172 core logic chipset. It describes the features

of the motherboard and how to set the configuration jumpers. The manual is intended

for users of the AlphaPC 164 motherboard to assist them in installing the

motherboard and populating it with memory modules and peripheral cards.

1.1 Document Conventions

The following conventions are used in this document.

Caution: Cautions indicate potential damage to equipment, software, or data.

Note: Notes provide additional information about a topic.

Numbering: All numbers are decimal or hexadecimal unless otherwise indicated. In

case of ambiguity, a subscript indicates the radix of nondecimal numbers. For

example, 19 is a decimal number, but 1916 and 19A are hexadecimal numbers.

Extents: Extents are specified by a single number or a pair of numbers in angle

brackets (< >) separated by a colon (:), and are inclusive. For example, bits <7:3>

specify an extent including bits 7, 6, 5, 4, and 3. Multiple bit fields are shown as

extents.

the right (low-order) and increasing to the left (high-order).

Signal Names: All signal names are printed in boldface type. Signals whose names

originate in an industry-standard specification, such as PCI or IDE, are printed in the

case used in the specification (usually uppercase). Active low signals have either a

pound sign “#” appended, or a “not” overscore bar (for example: SDONE,

DEVSEL#, and RESET).

Italic Type: Italic type emphasizes important information and indicates complete

titles of documents.

2About This Manual

Terms: The following terms are used in this document:

This term... Refers to...

Microsoft Windows NT installation guide The Microsoft Windows NT Workstation

Installation Guide and the Windows NT

Server Installation Guide.

Windows NT The Microsoft Windows NT Workstation and

the Windows NT Server operating systems.

Features of the AlphaPC 164 Motherboard 3

2 Features of the AlphaPC 164

Motherboard

This section lists the AlphaPC 164 motherboard features and shows the location of

major components, connectors, and jumpers.

AlphaPC 164 Features

The AlphaPC 164 motherboard uses a Digital Semiconductor 21164 Alpha

microprocessor and companion Digital Semiconductor 21172 core logic chipset.

Table 1 lists the features of the AlphaPC 164 motherboard. Figure 1 shows the board

outlines, and identifies the location of jumpers, connectors, and major components.

Table 2 lists and defines these items. Refer to Section 4 for connector pinouts. Refer

to Section 3 for jumper configurations.

Table 1 AlphaPC 164 Features

Feature Description

Microprocessor Digital Semiconductor 21164 Alpha microprocessor (64-bit RISC)

Chipset Digital Semiconductor 21172 core logic chipset, consisting of one

control chip and four data chips, that provides an interface to system

memory and the PCI bus

DRAM memory 16-MB to 512-MB memory array -- One bank of either 4 (128-bit)

or 8 (256-bit) commodity, 36-bit, 70-ns SIMMs

Caching

L1 Icache 8-KB, direct-mapped, instruction cache on the CPU chip

L1 Dcache 8-KB, direct-mapped, data cache on the CPU chip

L2 Scache 96-KB, three-way, set-associative, write-back, unified instruction

and data cache on the CPU chip

L3 backup cache Onboard 1-MB, direct-mapped, synchronous SRAM backup cache

with 128-bit data path

I/O and miscellaneous support 32-bit and 64-bit, 33-MHz PCI

Four dedicated PCI expansion slots (two 64-bit)

PCI/IDE control (CMD646)

Intel 82378ZB PCI-to-ISA bridge chip

Two dedicated ISA expansion slots

SMC FDC37C935 combination chip provides control for diskettes,

two UARTs with modem control, parallel port, keyboard, mouse,

and time-of-year clock

1-MB flash ROM

Firmware Windows NT ARC firmware

4Features of the AlphaPC 164 Motherboard

Figure 1 AlphaPC 164 Jumper/Connector/Component Location

MK-2306-35

Cache SRAM (L3)

U15

U34 U35

U41

U25

U22

U48

U29

U21

U49 U50

U40

U51

U52

U39

U36

J30 J31 J35 J33

J28

3113 14

1512

20 11

10 1

View from edge

U18

U14

U10

U16 U17

U11 U12

U6 U7

J25

J27

J21

J22

J23

J24

J32

J29

J26

J20

J19

J18

J13

J14

J16

J15

J1 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 J10 J11 J12 J2

39 40 39 40

Top: Mouse

Bottom: Keyboard

Top: COM1

Bottom: COM2

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