User`s manual

4.3 Starting Windows NT ARC Firmware

If you plan to install the Windows NT operating system on your Alpha PCI

64–275, turn off the power to the Alpha PCI 64–275, and proceed with the

following hardware conﬁguration procedure:

1. Connect the keyboard cable to connector J33.

2. Connect the mouse cable to connector J34.

3. If you will be using any SCSI devices, such as a SCSI CD-ROM drive or

hard disk, install the SCSI controller in any free PCI or ISA slot. Then

connect the drives, being sure only the last drive connected to the cable is

terminated, or use a cable terminator if the last drive does not have SCSI

bus termination capability. Follow the drive manufacturer’s installation

instructions to set each drive on the bus to a unique ID number and each

drive except the last to non-terminated. The primary drive on the bus

shold be a hard drive.

4. If you will be using one or more IDE CD-ROMs, hard drives, or other IDE

devices, attach your IDE cable to connector J26 in the proper orientation.

An IDE hard drive should be conﬁgured as the primary device on the IDE

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

5. 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.

6. Verify that the jumper from J16-2 to J16-3 is inserted, allowing the ﬂash

ROM to be written. If the Windows NT ARC Firmware is unable to write

to ﬂash ROM, it will print the

device error

message and stop.

7. Turn on the power to the Alpha PCI 64–275, and verify that the debug

monitor conﬁguration messages displayed are accurate. If the debug

monitor does not start or if a conﬁguration problem is noted, review your

hardware conﬁguration and then proceed to the next step.

8. The ﬁrmware contained in the serial ROM on your Alpha PCI 64–275

determines which ﬁrmware image is loaded from the ﬂash ROM at power-

up. At this point, you want the serial ROM to load the Windows NT ARC

Firmware so you can proceed with installing Windows NT on your Alpha

PCI 64–275.

The serial ROM ﬁrmware uses a value stored in the nonvolatile RAM of

the real-time clock to determine which ﬁrmware image to load.