Adding Option Boards - Intergraph StudioZ RAX System Reference Manual

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9. Close the system.
10. Restart the system. The total installed memory displays at the blue Windows NT boot screen.
NOTE If the total expected memory does not display, ensure all the SIMMs are installed in the correct sockets
and fully seated in the sockets. If the SIMMs are properly installed, then one or more SIMMs are faulty.
Obtain replacement SIMMs.

Adding Option Boards

This section describes how to install option boards. The following paragraphs provide some
information about the design of Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), non-compliant PCI,
Industry Standard Architecture (ISA), and Plug-n-Play (PnP) option boards, and how it relates to
installing and configuring them.
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PCI boards contain configuration registers that define resource information to the system during
startup. PCI boards do not require manual system configuration when installing the board. The
system BIOS detects the board's presence during startup and reads information from the board's
configuration registers to assign the necessary system resources. The system's PCI slots are
limited to 25 Watts power dissipation per the Peripheral Component Interconnect Specification .
Installed PCI boards must draw less than 25 Watts of power. Also, the total power consumed by
all PCI boards in the system should be less than 180 Watts.
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Non-compliant PCI boards mechanically comply with the Peripheral Component Interconnect
Specification, but do not contain configuration registers that allow the system to automatically
assign the necessary resources. These boards install in PCI slots, but you assign system resources
manually (using the SCU) before installing the board. In this regard, they are like ISA boards, as
described below.
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ISA boards do not contain registers that define the resource information to the system during
startup. Therefore, you must run the SCU to define the board to the system before installing the
ISA board. This reserves system resources for the board and prevents conflicts with ISA option
boards already installed. Refer to "Assigning Resources for Option Boards" on page 105.
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PnP boards are ISA boards that contain configuration registers like PCI boards. During startup,
the system BIOS automatically detects the installed board and assigns the necessary system
resources. Since PnP boards are ISA-based boards, they must be installed in the ISA slots.
The following table shows the required and recommended slots for installing Intergraph option boards.
Board
Description
InterSite Server Monitor
AMI RAID Controller
Ethernet
Token Ring
FDDI, dual-attach
FDDI, single-attach
100 base-T Fast Ethernet
100 base-VG Fast Ethernet
PCI IKON Plotter I/F
NOTE All PCI option boards sold by Intergraph fully comply with the Peripheral Component Interconnect
Specification, 2.1.
Sales Level Required
Part Number Slot
FINF026 Any ISA
FINF917 PCI 4-7
FINF846 Any PCI
FINF855 Any PCI
FINF853 Any PCI
FINF854
FINF852 Any PCI
FINF832 Any PCI
FPLT841 Any PCI
Recommended
Slot
n/a
n/a
PCI 1-3
PCI 1-3
PCI 1-3
PCI 1-3
PCI 1-3
PCI 1-5