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P R 5 H a r d w a r e C o n f i g u r a t i o n
This section describes how to configure the PR5 main-
board hardware in more detail than the Configuration
Quick Reference at the beginning of this section. It is in-
tended for users who are less familiar with computer
hardware. If your PR5 is already installed in a system you
will not need much of this information unless you need
to reconfigure your system.
This section covers all the standard features on the board
plus the upgrade options. Since you are more likely to
need the upgrade options, they come first. The section is
organized as follows
•
CPU Options & Installation
•
System Memory Configuration
•
Level 2 Cache Options
•
Onboard Connectors
•
DIP Switch and Jumper Summary
The information in this section augments the Configura-
tion Quick Reference. So these sections provide additional
detail, with some review.
CPU Options & Installation
The PR5 supports a wide assortment of CPU chips from
various manufacturers. It is also designed to provide as
much upgradability as current information on future CPUs
allows. We must note, however, that only the CPUs listed
in the manual have been certified to work with the PR5.
Related Terminology
To make it easier to understand the information this sec-
tion you may want to review the following terms.
Clock
You' ll see this term used in several ways. Here it
doesn' t refer to keeping time and is not the clock
that keeps the date and time setting for the sys-
tem. The mainboard relies on the system clock to
provide digital timing pulses at a constant fre-
quency. The signal the clock generates synchro-
nizes all operations on the board. This " clock fre-
quency" , or the number of signals per second is
what we usually think of as the clock " speed" of
the system.
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