Intergraph TDZ 2000/ExtremeZ User manual

TDZ 2000/ExtremeZ
Late-Breaking News
April 1999
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General
Powering Down the System
If you use the “Power down the computer” option in the Automatic Shutdown Utility, you must
press the Standby button to turn off system power.
Matrox Millennium G200 AGP Graphics
If your system was delivered with an installed Matrox Millennium G200 AGP video display
adapter, you can combine G200 with Matrox Millennium II PCI video display adapters for multi-
screen configurations. If you must reinstall G200 driver software, use the MILL2DRVNT or
MILL2DRVW95 driver software, as appropriate. For more information, see the Matrox document
delivered with the system.
Microsoft IntelliMouse
If a Microsoft IntelliMouse shipped with your system, it will function as a standard two-button
mouse until you install the IntelliPoint software. This software (MSMOUSEDRV) is delivered with
the system in InterSite Version Manager or on a backup diskette. See theREADME.TXT file
delivered with this software for more information.
Operating System Support for USB Peripherals
Your system includes Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports to which you can connect USB
peripherals. Windows NT 4.0 does not currently support USB peripherals. Microsoft will add
support for USB peripherals to a future Windows NT release.
Default Disk Drive Formatting and Partitioning
Your system’s primary system disk drive and any additional disk drives were formatted and
partitioned before shipment. In Explorer or My Computer, you can right-click a disk drive and
click Properties to display the drive’s partition size and file system format. To view partition and
format information for all disk drives, you can use Disk Administrator. See the operating system
documentation and Help for more information on these tools.

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System BIOS
Please note the following items related to the system BIOS:
♦The troubleshooting information in the System Setup document contains a list of beep codes
and associated error messages. You can disregard these codes and messages, as they are not
used by the TDZ 2000. If your system powers on but does not display any video, check for
proper installation of the memory modules and the video display adapter.
♦The BIOS Setup options Floppy Access Control and IDE Hard Disk Access Control (used to
write-protect these devices) have no effect under Windows NT. Windows NT does not use
the BIOS for peripheral device access.
♦Immediately after installing a Symbios SCSI adapter card, you must run the Symbios SCSI
Configuration Utility (PCI_CFG.EXE) to disable SCAM on the SCSI adapter card, and to
change the Adapter Boot Order to include the SCSI adapter card. The correct boot order is as
follows:
Boot Order Bus / Device Description
0 0 / 60 Internal SCSI channel
1 0 / 61 External SCSI channel
2 Varies / Varies Symbios SCSI adapter card
The bus and device numbers for the card depend on the slot in which the card is installed.
Your System Setup document may not have information on BIOS power management options.
Select Power Management in the BIOS Setup main menu to display these options.
Option Notes
Power Management/APM Set this option to Enabled to enable the chipset power
management and APM (Advanced Power Management)
features. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The Fail-Safe
and Optimal settings are Disabled. Do not enable this
parameter unless you fully understand the function of each of
the following parameters.
Green PC Monitor Power State This option specifies the power state that the green PC-
compliant video monitor enters when the BIOS places it in a
power saving state after the specified period of display
inactivity has expired. The settings are Off, Standby, Suspend,
or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe settings are Standby.
Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power state that the video subsystem
enters when the BIOS places it in a power saving state after the
specified period of display inactivity has expired. The settings
are Standby, Suspend or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe
settings are Disabled.

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Option Notes
Hard Disk Power Down Mode This option specifies the power conserving state that the hard
disk drive enters after the specified period of hard drive
inactivity has expired. The settings are Disabled, Standby, or
Suspend. The Optimal and Fail-Safe settings are Disabled.
Hard Disk Time Out This option specifies the length of a period of hard disk drive
inactivity. When this length of time expires, the system enters
power-conserving state specified in the Hard Disk Power
Down Mode option. The settings are Disabled, 1 min.
(minute), 2 min, 3 min., 4 min., 5 min., 6 min, 7 min., 8 min., 9
min., 10 min., 11 min., 12 min., 13 min., 14 min, and 15 min.
The Optimal and Fail-Safe settings are Disabled.
Standby Time Out This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity
while in the Full On power state. When this length of time
expires, the system enters the Standby power state. The
settings are Disabled, 4 msec, 8 msec, 12 msec, 16 msec, up to
508 msec, in increments of 4 msec. The Optimal and Fail-Safe
settings are Disabled.
Suspend Time Out This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity
while in the Standby power state. When this length of time
expires, the system enters the Suspend power state. The
settings are Disabled, 4 msec, 8 msec, 12 msec, 16 msec, up to
508 msec, in increments of 4 msec. The Optimal and Fail-Safe
settings are Disabled.
Chassis Fans
The System Reference may contain incorrect information on Chassis Fan 1 and Chassis Fan 2.
Please note the correct information:
Chassis Fan Location System Board Connector
Chassis Fan 1 Bottom front J54
Chassis Fan 2 Top rear J5
Disk Drive Delayed Start
Hard disk drives draw an extra amount of power when the system is first powered on. The power
supply can support up to two hard disk drives powering on (spinning up) at once. If you use more
than two hard disk drives in a system, you must activate the delayed start feature on the additional
hard disk drives. Doing this forces these drives to pause before spinning up, allowing the power

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supply to finish starting the first drives. See the disk drive documentation or the disk drive label
for information on activating delayed start.
Windows NT 4.0
Ethernet Network Setup and Configuration
On a system equipped with an Ethernet network adapter, note the following:
♦Network adapter driver software is preinstalled. Operating system Setup no longer prompts
you to install networking.
♦Core network software and the NetBEUI network protocol are preinstalled. If you want to
connect the system to another type of network (such as TCP/IP), you must add the appropriate
network protocol using the Network applet in the Control Panel. Reinstall the appropriate
Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack software after making such changes, as recommended by
Microsoft.
Enabling PC Card Hard Disk Operation
Intergraph Computer Systems has found a resource conflict that keeps a PC Card hard disk (ATA
or AT type) from being configured by Windows NT. To work around this conflict and enable
operation of a PC Card hard disk in a PC Card adapter, you must edit the Windows NT Registry.
WARNING Be careful when making changes in the Registry. Any mistakes or incorrect
changes may cause serious operating system problems, and you may have to
reinstall the operating system. If the system becomes unusable after you have
modified the Registry, restart the system and try to use the Last Known Good
configuration option to undo the damage. See Windows NT documentation for
more information on the Last Known Good configuration option.
To enable PC Card hard disk operation:
1. Start the Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE) to open the Registry.
2. Open the following subkey in the Registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Pcmcia
3. From the Edit menu, select Add Value.
4. In the Value Name box, type InterruptMask.
5. In the Data Type box, select REG_DWORD; then select OK.
6. In the Data box, type F347.
7. Under Radix, select Hex; then select OK.

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8. Exit from the Registry Editor.
9. Restart the system.
Installing the Adaptec SCSI Controller Driver
If you reinstall Windows NT 4.0 on a system with an optional Adaptec SCSI controller, be sure to
reinstall the driver for the SCSI controller (2940SCSIDRV) from backup diskette during Setup.
To install the 2940SCSIDRV driver during Setup:
1. When prompted, press Sto bypass detection of mass storage devices.
2. When prompted, press Sto specify a mass storage device other than those listed.
3. When prompted, select Other from the list of devices presented.
4. Follow the prompts to install the driver from the 2940SCSIDRV backup diskette. When
presented with a list of Adaptec SCSI controllers, select the entry for Windows NT 4.0.
Windows 95
CAUTION Intergraph Computer Systems does not fully certify Windows 95 on the TDZ 2000,
and does not ship Windows 95 installed on the TDZ 2000. The following basic
information is provided as a courtesy for customers who attempt to install Windows
95 on a TDZ 2000. Intergraph Computer Systems provides no further support for
such installations, and customers assume full responsibility for supporting such
installations.
Installing Windows 95
During installation of Windows 95, after all files have been copied from the Windows 95 CD-
ROM, the system restarts. After this, Setup may prompt you to load various device drivers. If this
happens, cancel the loading of these drivers
After completing Setup, install these system software products in the order given:
♦W95SR2.1, a supplement of Windows 95 Service Release 2.1 that includes support for
Universal Serial Bus (USB).
♦PIIX4W95, a software patch that enables Windows 95 to recognize the PIIX4 controller on the
TDZ 2000 system board. You must install PIIX4W95 to enable Windows 95 to detect the
system’s primary and secondary IDE controllers, and to use the system’s CD-ROM drive.
NOTE If you do not have backup diskettes containing these products, you can get them
from the Support pages on the World Wide Web(http://www.intergraph.com/ics) or
from the Intergraph Bulletin Board Service (1-205-730-8786).

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After installing PIIX4W95, the system restarts several times. During these restarts, Windows 95
detects various hardware devices in the system. If you are prompted to load any device drivers,
load only the PCI Standard Host CPU Bridge and the Intel 82371AB PCI Bus Master IDE
Controller. Cancel the loading of any other drivers. These other drivers require files that are on
the Windows 95 CD-ROM, which cannot be accessed at this time.
Once Windows 95 has detected the system’s primary and secondary IDE controllers, you should
no longer cancel the loading of any other drivers, and let Windows 95 search the CD-ROM for any
needed files.
Using the CD-ROM Drive in MS-DOS Mode
Intergraph Computer Systems has discovered a problem you may encounter if you try to install
Windows 95 on a TDZ 2000. If the system has a Panasonic CD-ROM drive, you cannot use the
CD-ROM drive by default when the system is in MS-DOS mode. This occurs because of the way
Windows 95 handles real-mode and protected-mode drivers as it starts.
This problem does not occur in a TDZ 2000 that has a Sony CDU611 CD-ROM drive. To identify
the installed CD-ROM drive, go to Start/Settings/Control Panel/System/Device Manager/
CD-ROM. Device Manager identifies the Panasonic CD-ROM drive as a Matshita CR-585
CD-ROM drive.
To enable MS-DOS mode access to the Panasonic CD-ROM drive:
1. Edit the system’s CONFIG.SYS file, adding these two lines at the beginning of the file:
DEVICE=C:\ATAPIMGR.SYS
DEVICE=C:\SR_ASPI.SYS /D:CDIDE001 /Q
2. Edit the system’s AUTOEXEC.BAT file, adding this line at the beginning of the file:
MSCDEX.EXE /D:CDIDE001 /M:10
3. Copy the following files from the BOOTSYM95 diskette (delivered with the system) to the root
directory of the system drive (usually C:\ ):
ATAPIMGR.SYS
SR_ASPI.SYS
4. Restart the system to make the changes take effect.
Be sure to remove or comment out these changes if you no longer want to run the system in
MS-DOS mode.
Using a PC Card Adapter
Intergraph Computer Systems has discovered a problem you may encounter if you try to install
Windows 95 on a TDZ 2000. If you want to use a PC Card adapter on a system running Windows

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95, you must disable the use of Hardware Monitor on the system. To do this, run the BIOS Setup
program, and set the H/W Monitor, Primary I/O Port parameter in the Chipset menu to Disabled.
See the System Setup document for information on running the BIOS Setup program and changing
BIOS settings.
Conflicting Device Messages in Device Manager
On a TDZ 2000 equipped with the Advanced Graphics Port (AGP) version of Millennium II
graphics, you may see messages in Device Manager about conflicting devices. In the Matrox
Millennium II AGP entry, under Resources, error messages related to memory ranges used by the
PCI Standard PCI-to-PCI Bridge may display. This does not affect operation of AGP Millennium
II graphics.

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