User`s manual

3.3 Hardware Conﬁguration

8. If you are using an enclosure, mount the 3.5-in diskette drive, hard drive,

and CD–ROM drive. Refer to the manufacturer’s instructions for installing

these devices.

9. Connect the 3.5-in diskette drive. The 34-pin diskette drive cable goes from

connector J24 on your AlphaPC64 to the diskette drive. The drive should

be connected at the very end of the cable closest to the twist in the cable.

Make sure to insert the connector in the proper orientation so that pin 1

on the cable matches pin 1 on the board header (as indicated on the board).

Attach a power connector to the drive.

10. Attach a SCSI cable to the SCSI controller card and install the card in a

free PCI or ISA connector, depending on the card you are using. Attach

the opposite end of the cable to the CD–ROM drive. If you will be using an

IDE hard drive, attach a SCSI bus terminator at the CD–ROM drive.

If you will be using a SCSI hard drive, daisy-chain a SCSI cable from the

CD–ROM drive to the hard drive. Attach a SCSI bus terminator to the

hard drive. Verify that a unique SCSI ID is assigned to each device you

attach to the SCSI bus.

11. If you will be using an IDE hard drive, attach your IDE cable to connector

J26 in the proper orientation and at the opposite end to your hard drive.

The disk should be conﬁgured as the primary device on the IDE bus. Refer

to the manufacturer’s instructions for setting up the hard drive.

12. Install the graphics card into either a PCI or ISA connector, depending on

the card you are using. Connect the graphics card to a compatible monitor,

following the graphics card manufacturer’s instructions.

13. Connect the keyboard cable to connector J33.

14. Connect the mouse cable to connector J34.

15. Connect a 9-pin serial port adapter cable to the COM1 connector at J32.

Insert the connector in the proper orientation, so that pin 1 on the cable

matches pin 1 on the board header (as indicated on the board).

16. Connect your host system or terminal to the COM1 port by using an

appropriate cable arrangement. Set the host system communications port

or terminal to 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity.

17. Connect miscellaneous items such as, enclosure fans, reset button, speaker,

power indicator, hard drive active indicator (if using an IDE drive),

keyboard lock switch, and so forth.

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