System board features – PACKARD BELL MH4000 User Manual

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Features

System Board Features

The board set includes the system board, one memory
board, and two processor boards. Figures 2-3, 2-4, and
2-5 show the major components on the system board,
processor board, and memory board, while the following
summarizes the board set features.

Board set summary

Feature description

Multiple processor
support

Two processor sockets; up to two Pentium Pro microprocessors
on each processor board.

Upgradable memory

Sixteen DIMM sockets on the memory board, supporting up to
4 GB memory using 256 MB DIMMs.

Add-in board support

Four dedicated EISA bus slots and six dedicated 32-bit PCI
slots on the system board.

SCSI controller

Two onboard SCSI-2; ultra wide SCSI channel and narrow
SCSI channel support (PCI-based).

BIOS

Flash memory-based BIOS (Basic Input/Output System ) and
Setup utilities.

Video

Integrated super VGA controller ships with 1 MB of video
memory. For optional 1 MB of video memory, two onboard
upgrade sockets (512 KB each) are available that increases
total video memory size to 2 MB.

External device
connectors

Onboard connectors for two serial ports, parallel port, narrow
SCSI port, PS/2-compatible keyboard and mouse, and VGA
monitor.

Clock

Real-time clock/calendar (RTC).

System hardware
monitoring

Detects chassis intrusion and contains sensors for temperature,
voltage, and fan failure.

Configuration
utilities

System Configuration Utility (SCU) and SCSISelect Utility.

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