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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................
1.1 ABOUT
THIS
GUIDE ................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.1.1 ONLINE VIEWING............................................................................................................1-1
1.1.2 HARDCOPY....................................................................................................................... 1-1
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 AND BYTE VALUES ........................................................................... 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 INTEL PENTIUM 4 PROCESSOR.................................................................................. 2-14
2.4.2 CHIPSET........................................................................................................................... 2-15
2.4.3 SUPPORT COMPONENTS.............................................................................................. 2-15
2.4.4 SYSTEM MEMORY ........................................................................................................ 2-16
2.4.5 MASS STORAGE............................................................................................................. 2-16
2.4.6 SERIAL AND PARALLEL INTERFACES..................................................................... 2-16
2.4.7 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS INTERFACE...................................................................... 2-16
2.4.8 NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER..................................................................... 2-16
2.4.9 GRAPHICS SUBSYSTEM............................................................................................... 2-17
2.4.10 AUDIO SUBSYSTEM...................................................................................................... 2-18
2.5 SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................... 2-18
CHAPTER 3 PROCESSOR/MEMORY SUBSYSTEM.............................................................................
3.1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 PENTIUM
4
PROCESSOR......................................................................................................... 3-2
3.2.1 PROCESSOR OVERVIEW................................................................................................ 3-2
3.2.2 PROCESSOR UPGRADING.............................................................................................. 3-4
3.3 MEMORY
SUBSYSTEM........................................................................................................... 3-5
3.4 SUBSYSTEM
CONFIGURATION............................................................................................ 3-8
Compaq Evo and Workstation Personal Computers
Featuring the Intel Pentium 4 Processor
Second Edition - January 2003
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