Technical Reference Guide
Compaq Deskpro EN Series of Personal Computers
Net PC and Small Form Factor Models
First Edition - June 1998
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CHAPTER 7 POWER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION..................................................................7-1
7.1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................7-1
7.2 POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY/CONTROL..........................................................................7-1
7.2.1 POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY.....................................................................................7-2
7.2.2 POWER CONTROL.......................................................................................................7-3
7.3 POWER DISTRIBUTION......................................................................................................7-5
7.3.1 3.3/5/12 VDC DISTRIBUTION......................................................................................7-5
7.3.2 LOW VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION................................................................................ 7-6
7.4 SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION..................................................................................................... 7-7
CHAPTER 8 BIOS ROM ..................................................................................................................8-1
8.1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................8-1
8.2 BOOT/RESET FUNCTIONS.................................................................................................8-2
8.2.1 BOOT BLOCK...............................................................................................................8-2
8.2.2 QUICKBOOT.................................................................................................................8-2
8.2.3 SILENTBOOT ............................................................................................................... 8-2
8.2.4 RESET...........................................................................................................................8-2
8.3 MEMORY DETECTION AND CONFIGURATION..............................................................8-3
8.4 DESKTOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ...............................................................................8-4
8.4.1 SYSTEM ID................................................................................................................... 8-6
8.4.2 SYSTEM INFORMATION TABLE...............................................................................8-6
8.4.3 EDID RETRIEVE........................................................................................................ 8-13
8.4.4 DRIVE FAULT PREDICTION..................................................................................... 8-13
8.4.5 SYSTEM MAP RETRIEVAL....................................................................................... 8-14
8.4.6 FLASH ROM FUNCTIONS......................................................................................... 8-15
8.4.7 POWER BUTTON FUNCTIONS................................................................................. 8-15
8.4.8 ACCESSING CMOS.................................................................................................... 8-16
8.4.9 ACCESSING CMOS FEATURE BITS.........................................................................8-16
8.4.10 SECURITY FUNCTIONS............................................................................................ 8-18
8.5 PNP SUPPORT.................................................................................................................... 8-19
8.5.1 SMBIOS....................................................................................................................... 8-20
8.6 POWER MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS ............................................................................ 8-21
8.6.1 INDEPENDENT PM SUPPORT .................................................................................. 8-21
8.6.2 ACPI SUPPORT........................................................................................................... 8-21
8.6.3 APM SUPPORT........................................................................................................... 8-22
8.7 USB LEGACY SUPPORT ................................................................................................... 8-24
8.8 BIOS UPGRADING.............................................................................................................8-24
APPENDIX A ERROR MESSAGES AND CODES......................................................................... A-1
A.1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................A-1
A.2 POWER-ON MESSAGES..................................................................................................... A-1
A.3 BEEP/KEYBOARD LED CODES........................................................................................ A-1
A.4 POWER-ON SELF TEST (POST) MESSAGES.................................................................... A-2
A.5 PROCESSOR ERROR MESSAGES (1
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A.6 MEMORY ERROR MESSAGES (2
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A.7 KEYBOARD ERROR MESSAGES (30
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A.8 PRINTER ERROR MESSAGES (4
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A.9 VIDEO (GRAPHICS) ERROR MESSAGES (5
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