System Board; System Controls And Storage Device Bays - NEC POWERMATE VE - SERVICE MANUAL 08-1996 Service Manual

1-2 Technical Information
Figure 1-1 shows front panel features and locations of the accessible storage devices in a
desktop system. Multimedia systems come with a CD-ROM reader installed in the top
accessible device bay.
System Controls
and Lamps
Figure 1-1 System Controls and Storage Device Bays

SYSTEM BOARD

Key features of the system board include the following:
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Intel Pentium 100- or 133-MHz Pentium processor, depending on system
configuration
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16-KB internal dual write-back cache integrated on the processor
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256-KB synchronous pipeline burst secondary cache
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system Setup program built into the BIOS
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flash ROM for fast economical BIOS upgrades
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integrated input/output (I/O) controller with keyboard, diskette drive, and hard
disk drive controllers. Supports two serial ports and a parallel port.
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PCI local bus for fast data transfer
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support for Intel OverDrive™ processors
3 1/2-Inch
Diskette Drive
5 1/4-Inch Accessible
Device Bays
3 1/2-Inch Internal
Hard Drive Bay
(behind panel)
Power Button