Sun Microsystems 3400 User manual

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Sun 3400 CPU Board
Installation Manual
Part No: Part Number: 800-2399-11
Revision A
of 15 May 1989

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Sun
3400
CPU
Board
Installation
Manual

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CAUTION
This equipment generates, uses,
and
can radiate radio frequency energy
and
if
not installed
and
used in accor-
dance with the instructions manual, maycause interference to radio communications.
It
has
been tested
and
found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuantto Subpart J
of
Part
15 ofFCC Rules,
which
are
designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial
environment. Operation
of
this equipmentin a residential
area
is likely to cause interference in which case the
user
at
his own expense will
be
required to take whatever measures may be required to correctthe interfer-
ence.
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatusset
out in the Radio Interference Regulations
of
the Canadian Department
of
Communications.
Le present appareil numerique
n'emet
pas de
bruits
radioelectriques depassant les limites applicables
aux appareils numeriques
de
la
classe A prescrites dans le Reglement
sur
le brouillage radioelectrique
edicte
par
le ministere des Communications
du
Canada.
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WARNING
There is a Lithium Battery, MatsushitaElectric Type No. BR2325, located on the SunCPU Board. This battery
is NOT a customer replaceable
part.
The battery
is
marked
as
follows:
''Warning-
Replace batterywith
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC,PANASONIC,
or
RA
YOV
AC
Part
No.
BR2325 only."
The battery may explode
if
mistreated.
Do
not dispose
of
the batteryin fire.
Do
not disassemble
it
or
recharge
it.
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Contents
Chapter 1 General Description
.......................................................................................
3
General Description
of
the Sun
3400
CPU
Board
..................................
3
Chapter 2
Board
Removal and Installation
...........................................................
7
2.1.
Tools Needed for Board Removal and Installation
......................................
7
2.2.
Replacing Your Current
CPU
Board with a New
CPU
Board
................
.
7
8
8
8
Handling Boards
and
Components
....................................................................
.
2.3. Removing the Old
CPU
Board
...............................................................................
..
Cautions Concerning the Springfingers
.........................................................
..
Removing a
Board........................................................................................................
10
Preparing a Board for Return to Sun
.................................................................
10
Obtaining a Replacement Board from Sun
....................................................
10
2.4.
Installing a New
3400
CPU Board
........................................................................
10
Inspecting Boards
.........................................................................................................
10
Installing Chips on a
Board.....................................................................................
10
Configuring a New
CPU
Board
..............................................................................
11
Installing the New
CPU
Board
11
Chapter
3
Cabling
3.1. Connecting the Keyboard and the Mouse
........
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3.2. Connecting the Ethernet Transceiver Cable
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3.3. Connecting the Monitor
.......................
..
3.4.
Null Modem Cables
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Standard Serial Cables
..............................................................................................
.
18
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3.5. Connecting a Printer, Modem,
or
Tenninal
....................................................
.
18
Connecting a Printer to Your Sun 3400
CPU
Board
.................................
.
18
Connecting a Modem to your Sun 3400
CPU
Board
................................
.
19
Connecting a Tenninal to Your Sun 3400
CPU
Board
............................
. 20
Chapter 4
Power-Up
and
Self-Test
...........................................................................
..
23
4.1. Conventions Used in This Chapter
.......................................................................
. 23
The Diagnostic Switch
..............................................................................................
. 24
The Reset Switch
.........................................................................................................
. 24
4.2. Power-up and Self-tests
.............................................................................................
..
24
Memory Tests
...............................................................................................................
..
24
General Infonnation about the Diagnostic LEDs
......................................
. 25
Diagnostic Interpretation
of
LED
Patterns
.....................................................
..
25
Faults Detected During Self-test
.......................................................................
..
26
Console Display
...........................................................................................................
..
27
Normal Display
......................................................................................................
..
Blank Display
..........................................................................................................
..
27 )
27
4.3. Setting
EEPROM
Values
...............................................................................................
. 28
High Resolution Monitor
...................................................................................
.
28
Appendix A
3400
CPU
Board
Connector
Pinouts
and
Serial
Port
Signals
......................................................................................................
..
33
Serial Port Signals
..................................................................................................
. 35
Appendix B
Customer
Service
Repairs
...................................................................
.
41
B.1. Removing the
CPU
Board from the System
....................................................
.
41
Workstation Power-Down
....................................................................................
..
41
Attaching the Wrist Strap
.......................................................................................
..
41
CPU
Board Removal
....................................................................................................
. 42
B.2. Preparing the Board for Return to Sun
..............................................................
. 42
Removing the
ID
PROM ..............................................................................................
42
Removing the Data Ciphering Protocol Chip Set
.....................................
. 43
Sending the
CPU
Board in for Repair
................................................................
. 43
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B.3. Installing
the
ID
PROM
and
Other Chips
.............................................................
43
Appendix C
Power
Consumption Tables
................................................................
47
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Tables
Table 4-1 CPU Board LED Interpretation
.......................................................................
26
Table
A-1
Pinout
of
Keyboard/Mouse Connector
.......................................................
33
Table A-2 Pinout
of
Serial Ports A and B Connectors
..............................................
34
Table A-3 Pinout
of
Ethernet Connector
..........................................................................
34
Table A-4 Pinout
of
Monochrome Video Connector
.................................................
35
Table A-5 Description
of
Serial Port Signals
.................................................................
36
Table
C-1
Sun 3400 CPU Board PowerConsumption
.............................................
47
Table C-2 Sun 3400 CPU Board Power Consumption
.............................................
48
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Figures
Figure 3-1
Sun
3400 CPU Board (Backplate) Edge Connectors.........................
15
Figure 3-2 Null Modem Cable
Pin
Arrangement.........................................................
17
Figure 3-3 Standard Serial Cable
Pin
Arrangement
...................................................
18
Figure A-1 A Typical DTE/DCE
Configuration...........................................................
35
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