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- Page 1 Installing the A4979A PMC Graphics Card HP Part No. A4979-90602 Edition E1098 Printed in U.S.A.
- Page 2 © Hewlett-Packard Co. 1998 Printing History First Printing: July 1998 Latest Printing: October 1998 UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. NOTICE The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. HEWLETT-PACKARD MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FIT- NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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Introduction Introduction The A4979A PMC graphics card is designed to be used with the Model 744 single board computer (SBC) only. You may install up to four PMC graphics card in one system. HP-UX 10.20 ACE supports up to four graphics dis- plays. -
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Country Response Center (in North America you may call 800-633-3600) or through the WWW at: http://us-support.external.hp.com . 2 Your system must be running Workstation ACE (1998 06) for HP-UX 10.20 or later. 3 If you are connecting a monitor that does not have an EVC-style connec- tor, you will need HP’s A4168A adapter cable. - Page 5 Prerequisites The internal components of your system are susceptible to CAUTION: mechanical and electrostatic shock. To prevent such damage from occurring, observe the following precautions during the installation procedure. • Stand on a static-free mat • Wear a static-grounding wrist strap to ensure that any accumulated electrostatic charge discharges from your body to ground.
- Page 6 Procedure Procedure NOTE: If you need to update your Model 744 board computer’s firmware or operating system as instructed in Prerequisites, update now before completing the procedure. NOTE: If you are installing four PMC cards onto a Model 744 that has onboard graphics, you will need to disable the onboard graphics (directions are later in the procedure).
- Page 7 Procedure 1 If this PMC card is being installed in a system that is already in use, before shutting down the operating system, log in as superuser or root and enter the following command in a terminal window: rm /dev/crt* 2 Stop any application programs, then shut down your system.
- Page 8 Procedure O-Ring Gasket PMC Graphics Card Bezel blank Site 2 Site 1 Bridge Adapter Figure 1 Installing a PMC Card onto the Bridge Adapter...
- Page 9 Procedure O-Ring Gasket PMC Graphics Card Bezel blank Site 4 Site 3 Expansion Adapter Figure 2 Installing a PMC Card onto the Expansion Adapter...
- Page 10 Procedure 9 If you are using both the PMC bridge and expansion adapters, connect them together, making sure that the connector and bezels are properly aligned, as shown in Figure 3. Ensure that the interboard connector seats properly by applying pressure to the top of the expansion board and to the bottom of the bridge board at the interboard connector.
- Page 11 Procedure 10 Install the PMC bridge adapter (as shown in Figure 4) or the bridge adapt- er with expansion adapter (as shown in Figure 5) onto the SBC. Align the GSC connector first, then the tabs on the front panel, and push the boards together.
- Page 12 Procedure Bridge Adapter with Expansion Adapter GSC Connector Tabs (4) Connector Screws (4) Front Bezel Screws (4) Figure 5 Installing the Bridge Adapter with the Expansion Adapter onto the SBC CAUTION: When installing the board computer and PMC adapter(s) into a Model 748 industrial system, to properly seat the assembly in the card cage you must push down slightly on the assembly for the last 2.5 cm (one inch) of travel in order to compress the EMI gasket on the card cage.
- Page 13 Procedure CAUTION: Do not tighten any captive screws until each captive screw has been started to be threaded into its hole. 12 Engage all captive screws before tightening each screw of the board com- puter and PMC adapter(s). See Figure 6. Captive Screws Rotate Ejector Handles toward center of cards...
- Page 14 Procedure 16 Use the following command at the Main Menu prompt to configure the monitor for your PMC graphics card: co mo pmc n tt where n is the PMC card site number, and tt is the monitor type number. 17 You can use the following command to get a full list of the valid monitor types: co mo list...
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