IBM PC 300PL Types 6862 Technical document

Technical Information Manual
PC 300PL Types 6862 and 6892
PC 300GL Types 6275 and 6285

IBM Technical Information Manual
PC 300PL Types 6862 and 6892
PC 300GL Types 6275 and 6285

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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Terminology Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Chapter 1. System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Major Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Other Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Wake on LAN .................................................. 3
Wake Up on Ring ................................................ 3
Alert on LAN ................................................... 3
Asset ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Network Enablement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2. System Board Features ...................................... 4
Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Pentium II Microprocessor with MMX Technology ............................. 4
Chip Set Control .................................................. 4
L2 Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PCI Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
IDE Bus Master Interface ........................................... 6
PCI-to-ISA Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
USB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Integrated AGP S3 TRIO 3D SVGA (Super Video Graphics Array) ................... 8
Video Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Audio Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Audio Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Input/Output Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Diskette Drive Interface ............................................. 10
Serial Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Parallel Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Keyboard and Mouse Ports .......................................... 11
Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Real-Time Clock and CMOS .......................................... 12
Flash EEPROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Riser Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Physical Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System Board, Types 6862/6892 and 6275/6285 .............................. 14
System Board Switches .............................................. 14
Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Riser Card, Type 6285/6892 .......................................... 16
Riser Card, Type 6275/6862 .......................................... 17
Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connector Panel, Types 6275/6862 ..................................... 18
Connector Panel, Types 6285/6892 ..................................... 18
Chapter 3. Physical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Desktop Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Tower Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SCSI Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cabling Requirements for Wake on LAN Adapters ............................. 23
Chapter 4. Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PC 300GL Type 6275 and PC 300PL Type 6862 ............................. 24
PC 300GL Type 6285 and PC 300PL Type 6892 ............................. 25
Component Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Output Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connector Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 5. System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Plug and Play .................................................... 28
POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuration/Setup Utility Program ....................................... 29
Advanced Power Management (APM) ...................................... 29
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) ........................... 29
Flash Update Utility Program ........................................... 29
Diagnostic Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 6. IBM System Management Tools ................................. 30
Components of IBM System Management Tools ............................... 30
DMI Service Provider .............................................. 30
DM BIOS Instrumentation ........................................... 30
IBM PC System Monitor (LM80) ....................................... 31
IBM AssetCare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
IBM Alert On LAN ................................................ 36
IBM SMART Reaction Client .......................................... 37
SMART Reaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
IBM SMART Reaction ............................................. 39
How SMART Reaction responds to a potential problem .......................... 39
SMART Reaction Restore process ...................................... 40
Critical data mirroring .............................................. 40
Intel LANDesk Client Manager ........................................ 41
Advanced Configuration and Power Interfaces (ACPI) ............................ 41
Wake on LAN .................................................... 41
Wake on LAN components ........................................... 42
How Wake on LAN works ........................................... 42
Definition of the Wake-up Frame ....................................... 42
IBM LANClient Control Manager version 2.0 (LCCM) ............................. 43
System deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Flashing the CMOS or BIOS .......................................... 45
Installing software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
LCCM New Client Scenario .......................................... 46
Low-level management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 7. System Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Hardware Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Hardware Interrupts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Diskette Drives and Controller ......................................... 50
Hard Disk Drives and Controller ........................................ 51
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Software Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Software Interrupts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Machine-Sensitive Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Appendix A. Connector Pin Assignments .................................. 52
AGP Monitor Port Connector ........................................... 52
Memory Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
ISA Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
PCI Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
IDE Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Diskette Drive Connector ............................................. 58
Power Supply Connector ............................................. 59
Modem/Ring Wakeup and Wake on LAN Connectors ............................. 59
Alert on LAN Connector .............................................. 60
RFID Connector (Asset ID) ............................................ 60
Fan Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
USB Port Connectors ............................................... 60
Mouse and Keyboard Port Connectors ..................................... 61
Serial Port Connectors ............................................... 61
Parallel Port Connector .............................................. 61
Monitor Port Connector .............................................. 63
Ethernet Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Appendix B. System Address Maps ..................................... 64
System Memory Map ............................................... 64
Input/Output Address Map ............................................ 64
DMA I/O Address Map ............................................... 66
PCI Configuration Space Map .......................................... 67
Appendix C. IRQ and DMA Channel Assignments ............................ 68
Appendix D. Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
POST Error Codes ................................................. 69
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Appendix E. Notices and Trademarks .................................... 70
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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Figures
1. Memory Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2. Serial Port Assignments .......................................... 10
3. Parallel Port Assignments ......................................... 11
4. Riser Card Characteristics ......................................... 13
5. Microprocessor Speed (Switches 1-4) .................................. 14
6. ROM Recovery (Switch 5) ......................................... 15
7. System Board Ethernet Control (Switch 6) ................................ 15
8. Privileged Access Password Control (Switch 7) ............................. 15
9. Floppy Device Access (Switch 8) ..................................... 16
10. Clear CMOS Request Jumper (J9) .................................... 16
11. Power Input Requirements ......................................... 24
12. Power Output (145 Watt) .......................................... 24
13. Power Output (200 Watt) .......................................... 25
14. System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
15. Keyboard Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
16. Auxiliary Device Port ............................................ 26
17. ISA-Bus Adapters (Per Slot) ........................................ 26
18. PCI-Bus Adapters (Per Slot) either/or ................................... 26
19. USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
20. Internal DASD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
21. Enhanced Asset Information Area ..................................... 33
22. Device Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
23. Serialization Information Area Header .................................. 35
24. User Information Area Header ....................................... 35
25. Configuration Information Area Header .................................. 35
26. 5.25-Inch Diskette Drive Reading, Writing, and Formatting Capabilities ............... 50
27. 3.5-Inch Diskette Drive Reading, Writing, and Formatting Capabilities ................ 50
28. AGP Monitor Port Connector Pin Assignments ............................. 52
29. System Memory Connector Pin Assignments .............................. 52
30. ISA Connector Pin Assignments ...................................... 54
31. PCI Bus Connector ............................................. 56
32. PCI Connector Pin Assignments ...................................... 56
33. IDE Connector Pin Assignments ...................................... 58
34. Diskette Drive Connector Pin Assignments ................................ 58
35. Power Supply Connector Pin Assignments ................................ 59
36. J13 Modem/Ring Wakeup Connector Pin Assignments ........................ 59
37. J22 Wake on LAN Connector Pin Assignments ............................. 59
38. J12 Alert on LAN Connector Pin Assignments .............................. 60
39. J5 Asset ID Connector Pin Assignments ................................. 60
40. J14 Front Fan Connector Pin Assignments ............................... 60
41. USB Port Connector Pin Assignments .................................. 60
42. Mouse and Keyboard Port Connector Pin Assignments ........................ 61
43. Serial Port Connectors Pin Assignments ................................. 61
44. Parallel Port Connector Pin Assignments ................................. 61
45. Monitor Connector Pin Assignments ................................... 63
46. Ethernet Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
47. Pin Assignments for the Ethernet Connector ............................... 63
48. System Memory Map ............................................ 64
49. I/O Address Map ............................................... 64
50. DMA I/O Address Map ........................................... 66
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51. IRQ Channel Assignments ......................................... 68
52. DMA Channel Assignments ........................................ 68
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Preface
This Technical Information Manual provides information for the IBM PC 300PL (Types 6862 and 6892)
and PC 300GL (Types 6275 and 6285). 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 computer architecture and
programming concepts.
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