Document Outline

• Contents
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • A
• Figures
• Tables
• About This Manual
  • 1.1 Manual Conventions and Terminology
• Features
  • Table 2–1 AlphaPC 164LX Features 
  • Figure 2–1 AlphaPC 164LX Jumper/Connector/Component Location
  • Table 2–2 AlphaPC 164LX Jumper/Connector/Component List
  • 2.1 Power Requirements
    • Table 2–3 Power Supply DC Current Requirements
  • 2.2 Environmental Requirements
    • Table 2–4 AlphaPC 164LX Motherboard Environmental Requirements
  • 2.3 Physical Parameters
    • 2.3.1 ATX Hole Specification
      • Figure 2–2 ATX Hole Specification
    • 2.3.2 ATX I/O Shield Requirements
      • Figure 2–3 ATX I/O Shield Dimensions
• AlphaPC 164LX Jumper Configuration
  • 3.1 CPU Speed Selection
  • 3.2 Bcache Size Jumpers (CF1 and CF2)
    • Figure 3–1 AlphaPC 164LX Configuration Jumpers
  • 3.3 Boot Option Jumper (CF7)
  • 3.4 Flash ROM Update Jumper (J28)
• AlphaPC 164LX Connector Pinouts
  • 4.1 PCI Bus Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–1 PCI Bus Connector Pinouts (Continued)
  • 4.2 ISA Expansion Bus Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–2 ISA Expansion Bus Connector Pinouts (J30, J31)
  • 4.3 SDRAM DIMM Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–3 SDRAM DIMM Connector Pinouts (J8 through J11) (Continued)
  • 4.4 EIDE Drive Bus Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–4 EIDE Drive Bus Connector Pinouts (J6, J7)
  • 4.5 Diskette (Floppy) Drive Bus Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–5 Diskette (Floppy) Drive Bus Connector Pinouts (J15)
  • 4.6 Parallel Bus Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–6 Parallel Bus Connector Pinouts (J13)
  • 4.7 COM1/COM2 Serial Line Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–7 COM1/COM2 Serial Line Connector Pinouts (J4)
  • 4.8 Keyboard/Mouse Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–8 Keyboard/Mouse Connector Pinouts (J5)
  • 4.9 SROM Test Data Input Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–9 SROM Test Data Input Connector Pinouts (J29)
  • 4.10 Input Power Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–10 Input Power Connector Pinouts (J3)
  • 4.11 Enclosure Fan Power Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–11 Enclosure Fan (+12 V dc) Power Connector Pinouts (J2, J19)
  • 4.12 Speaker Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–12 Speaker Connector Pinouts (J20)
  • 4.13 Microprocessor Fan Power Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–13 Microprocessor Fan Power Connector Pinouts (J18)
  • 4.14 Power LED Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–14 Power LED Connector Pinouts (J24)
  • 4.15 EIDE Drive LED Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–15 EIDE Drive LED Connector Pinouts (J25)
  • 4.16 Reset Button Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–16 Reset Button Connector Pinouts (J21)
  • 4.17 Halt Button Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–17 Halt Button Connector Pinouts (J22)
  • 4.18 Soft Power Connector Pinouts
    • Table 4–18 Soft Power Connector Pinouts (J1)
• Memory and Microprocessor Configuration
  • 5.1 Configuring SDRAM Memory
    • Table 5–1 AlphaPC 164LX SDRAM Memory Configurations
  • 5.2 Upgrading SDRAM Memory
  • 5.3 Increasing Microprocessor Speed
    • 5.3.1 Preparatory Information
    • 5.3.2 Required Tools
    • 5.3.3 Removing the 21164 Microprocessor
    • 5.3.4 Installing the 21164 Microprocessor
      • Figure 5–1 Fan/Heat-Sink Assembly
• Interrupts and ISA Bus Addresses
  • 6.1 Interrupts
    • Table 6–1 ISA Interrupts (Continued)
  • 6.2 ISA I/O Address Map
    • Table 6–2 ISA I/O Address Map
    • 6.2.1 Flash ROM Address Map
• Alpha SRM Console Firmware
  • 7.1 Alpha SRM Console Firmware Conventions
  • 7.2 Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions
  • 7.3 Environment Variables for Alpha SRM Console Commands
    • 7.3.1 Environment Variable Descriptions
      • 7.3.1.1 Architecture-Required Environment Variables
      • 7.3.1.2 System-Defined Environment Variables
  • 7.4 Using the AlphaBIOS Firmware Update Utility to Update the Flash ROM
    • 7.4.1 AlphaBIOS Conventions
      • Table 7–1 AlphaBIOS Keys
    • 7.4.2 Starting the AlphaBIOS
      • Figure 7–1 AlphaBIOS Boot Screen
    • 7.4.3 Installing Alpha SRM Console Using AlphaBIOS Setup Program
      • Figure 7–2 AlphaBIOS Setup Screen
      • Figure 7–3 AlphaBIOS Upgrade Options Screen
      • Figure 7–4 AlphaBIOS Warning Screen
      • Figure 7–5 AlphaBIOS Upgrade SRM Console Screen
      • Figure 7–6 AlphaBIOS Upgrade Complete Screen
  • 7.5 Installing the Tru64 UNIX Operating System
    • 7.5.1 Requirements
• Troubleshooting
  • 8.1 Hardware Startup
  • 8.2 Beep Codes
    • Table 8–1 Beep Codes
  • 8.3 Post Codes
    • Table 8–2 Post Codes (Continued)
  • 8.4 Fail-Safe Booter
• Battery Recycle/Disposal Information
• Support
  • A.1 Customer Support
  • A.2 Supporting Products
    • A.2.1 Memory
    • A.2.2 Thermal Products
    • A.2.3 Power Supply
    • A.2.4 Enclosure
  • A.3 Alpha Documentation
  • A.4 Third–Party Documentation