Digital Equipment DIGITAL Personal Workstation Upgrade Manual

DIGITAL Personal Workstation
Upgrade Guide

Part Number: EK–DPWST–UP. A01

August 1998

Digital Equipment Corporation
Maynard, Massachusetts

August 1998

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Table of Contents

Reference Document............................................................................................ v

1 The Upgrade .............................................................................. 1–1

Overview................................................................................................................1–1

Kit Components............................................................................................... 1–1

Upgrade Procedures.........................................................................................1–2

Installation.............................................................................................................. 1–3

Prior to Installation .......................................................................................... 1–3

Begin the Installation....................................................................................... 1–4

Removing the Riser Card................................................................................. 1–5

Remove old fan pipe........................................................................................ 1–6

Install new fan pipe.......................................................................................... 1–7

Reinstall Fan Assembly.................................................................................... 1–7

Install new Riser and cables............................................................................. 1–9

A Operating System Considerations..........................................A–1

Introduction........................................................................................................... A–1

OpenVMS.............................................................................................................. A–1

UNIX..................................................................................................................... A–1

Windows NT ......................................................................................................... A–2

Important steps to perform before upgrading - HAL Code............................... A–2

Important steps after upgrading - Device Drivers ............................................ A–2

Procedure to change the CD-ROM device drivers ........................................... A–2

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Figures

Figure 1-1 Unlocking and Removing the System Cover......................................... 1–4

Figure 1-2 Removing the MLB.............................................................................. 1–5

Figure 1-3 Removing Old Fan Pipe........................................................................ 1–6

Figure 1-4 Installing the new Fan Pipe................................................................... 1–7

Figure 1-5 Installing Fan Assembly ....................................................................... 1–8

Figure 1-6 Installing the Memory .........................................................................1–10

Figure 1-7 Installing the New MLB......................................................................1–11

Figure 1-8 Replacing the Speed Button.................................................................1–12

Figure 1-9 Replacing the Cover............................................................................1–13

Tables

Table 1-1 SN-PBXBB Kit List............................................................................... 1–1

Table A–1 Minimum Required Firmware and Software Versions ..........................A–1

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Preface

Welcome

This guide describes how to upgrade your DIGITAL Personal Workstation with the latest
hardware enhancements by replacing the fan pipe, main logic board (MLB) and riser card.

Audience

Field service and other persons wishing to upgrade a DIGITAL Personal Workstation will
find the information in this document helpful.

Organization of the Information

This guide contains information on upgrading DIGITAL Personal Workstation. The
following topics (see the Table of Contents for a detailed listing) are covered:

• The Upgrade provides step-by-step instructions for replacing the main logic board

(MLB) riser card and performing the upgrade.

• Appendix A - Operating Considerations provides additional information related to the

OpenVMS, UNIX and Windows NT operating systems.

Reference Document

This upgrade document will refer to illustrations in your DIGITAL Personal Workstation
User Guide (part number EK-ALMIG-SI). Please have it available for reference.

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Conventions

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This guide uses the following conventions:

Example Description

c:\windows

[Enter] Square brackets surrounding text represent a key on the keyboard.
[Ctrl]+[R] A plus sign indicates that you press both the keys shown at the same

Monos
text. Each operating system has its own specific syntax.

time.
A pointing hand indicates a reference to additional information.

aced text indicates file names, path names, directories, or screen

Abbreviations

This guide uses the following abbreviations:

Abbreviation Meaning

CD Compact disc.
CD-ROM Compact disc read-only memory.
CPU Central processing unit.
DIMM Dual inline memory module.
DMA Direct memory access.
DRAM Dynamic random access memory.
DROM Diagnostic read only memory.
EIDE Enhanced integrated drive electronics.
FDC Floppy disk controller.
flashROM Electrically erasable, rewriteable, nonvolatile memory.
GB A GB suffix to a numerical value indicates size in

example, 1 GB). A gigabyte equals 1,073,741,824 bytes.
IRQ Interrupt request.
ISA Industry-standard architecture.

gigabytes

(for

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Abbreviations

Abbreviation Meaning

Kb A Kb suffix to a numerical value indicates size in kilobits (for example,

KB A KB suffix to a numerical value indicates size in kilobytes (for

LED Light-emitting diode.
MAU Media adapter unit.
Mb An Mb suffix to a numerical value indicates size in megabits (for

MB A MB suffix to a numerical value indicates size in megabytes (for

MHz Megahertz.
MII Media independent interface.
MLB Main logic board.
ns Nanoseconds.
NVRAM Nonvolatile random access memory.
PCI Peripheral component interconnect.
RISC Reduced instruction set computing.
ROM Read only memory.
SCSI Small computer system interface.
SDRAM Synchronous dynamic random access memory.
ZIF Zero Insertion Force

(continued)

512 Kb). A kilobit equals 1024 bits.

example, 640 KB). A kilobyte equals 1024 bytes.

example, 10 Mb). A megabit equals 1,048,576 bits.

example, 550 MB). A megabyte equals 1,048,576 bytes.

Special Notices

This guide uses four kinds of notices to emphasize specific information.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates the presence of a hazard that can cause personal
injury.

CAUTION:

corrupt software.

NOTE: A NOTE gives general information, such as compatibility with other products or
pointers to other information.

HINT: A HINT includes suggestions to make your computing tasks easier.

A CAUTION indicates the presence of a hazard that can damage hardware or

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Additional Information Resources

You may wish to consult the following information resources on your DIGITAL Personal
Workstation which were included in your original your DIGITAL Personal Workstation
documentation kit:

• DIGITAL Personal Workstation User Set Up & Installation Guide (order number EK-

ALMIG-SI. A01) provides detailed user information for the installation, operation, and
maintenance of your DIGITAL Personal Workstation.

For other product-related information, we suggest that you consult our Web site at
http://www.workstation.digital.com/. Your distributor or DIGITAL representative also can
provide you with information on products and services.

Feedback

Our readers' opinions about this guide or any other DIGITAL manual is important to us. If
you have any comments, we'd appreciate your taking the time to send us electronic mail at
[e-mail].

Please reference order number EK-DPWST-UP. A01 in your correspondence about this
manual.

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