User`s manual
3 Additional Hardware Requirements
Before turning on the power to your Alpha PCI 64–275, you must provide the
following components. The components needed depend upon the intended use
of the Alpha PCI 64–275 board.
• A 275-W industry-standard PC power supply that includes a +3.3 V dc
output
• A terminal or a serial line connection to another system running a terminal
emulation package
You may want to provide a system enclosure that will accept a baby-AT-size
motherboard (optional).
The following additional components are required to install the Windows NT
operating system on the Alpha PCI 64–275:
• A PS/2 compatible 101-key keyboard
• A PS/2 compatible mouse
• A supported PCI or ISA bus graphics card, cables, and a compatible
monitor
• A supported PCI or ISA bus SCSI controller and cables
• An IDE or SCSI CD–ROM drive
• An IDE or SCSI hard drive
For more information about hardware requirements and for the location of
board connectors and jumpers, see the Alpha PCI 64–275 User’s Manual and
the Alpha PCI 64–275 Design Guide.
Refer to the Alpha PCI 64–275 Windows NT Installation Guide and the
Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List
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for Windows NT to determine which
SCSI controllers and graphics cards are supported.
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To obtain the Hardware Compatibility List, contact Microsoft’s Customer Service
representatives at 1–800–426–9400. You can also access CompuServe Information
Systems in Library 1 of the WINNT forum (GO WINNT) or Library 17 of the
MSWIN32 forum (GO MSWIN32).
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