Compaq Evo D500 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Technical Reference Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................
1.1 ABOUT THIS GUIDE................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.1.1 ONLINE VIEWING............................................................................................................1-1
1.1.2 HARDCOPY ........................................................................................................................ 1-2
1.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SOURCES ............................................................................ 1-2
1.3 MODEL NUMBERING CONVENTION ................................................................................. 1-2
1.4 SERIAL NUMBER .................................................................................................................... 1-2
1.5 NOTATIONAL CONVENTIONS.............................................................................................. 1-3
1.5.1 VALUES ............................................................................................................................. 1-3
1.5.2 RANGES ............................................................................................................................. 1-3
1.5.3 REGISTER NOTATION AND USAGE ............................................................................ 1-3
1.5.4 BIT NOTATION ................................................................................................................. 1-3
1.6 COMMON ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................ 1-4
CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................
2.1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 FEATURES AND OPTIONS ..................................................................................................... 2-2
2.2.1 STANDARD FEATURES .................................................................................................. 2-2
2.2.2 OPTIONS ............................................................................................................................ 2-3
2.3 MECHANICAL DESIGN...........................................................................................................2-4
2.3.1 CABINET LAYOUTS ........................................................................................................ 2-5
2.3.2 CHASSIS LAYOUTS ......................................................................................................... 2-7
2.3.3 BOARD LAYOUTS ......................................................................................................... 2-10
2.4 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE.................................................................................................... 2-12
2.4.1 PROCESSORS .................................................................................................................. 2-14
2.4.2 CHIPSET........................................................................................................................... 2-16
2.4.3 SUPPORT COMPONENTS.............................................................................................. 2-16
2.4.4 SYSTEM MEMORY ........................................................................................................ 2-17
2.4.5 MASS STORAGE............................................................................................................. 2-17
2.4.6 SERIAL AND PARALLEL INTERFACES ..................................................................... 2-17
2.4.7 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS INTERFACE...................................................................... 2-17
2.4.8 NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER..................................................................... 2-17
2.4.9 GRAPHICS SUBSYSTEM............................................................................................... 2-18
2.4.10 AUDIO SUBSYSTEM...................................................................................................... 2-19
2.5 SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................... 2-19
CHAPTER 3 PROCESSOR/MEMORY SUBSYSTEM.............................................................................
3.1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 PROCESSOR .............................................................................................................................. 3-2
3.2.1 CELERON PROCESSOR................................................................................................... 3-2
3.2.2 PENTIUM III PROCESSOR............................................................................................... 3-3
3.2.3 PROCESSOR UPGRADING.............................................................................................. 3-4
3.3 MEMORY SUBSYSTEM........................................................................................................... 3-5
3.4 SUBSYSTEM CONFIGURATION............................................................................................ 3-8
Compaq Deskpro and Evo Personal Computers
Featuring Intel Celeron and Pentium III Processors
Fifth Edition - March 2002
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