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Power Macintosh 8600/
9600 & WS 9650
Power Macintosh 8600/200, 8600/250, 8600/300,
9600/200, 9600MP/200, 9600/233, 9600/300,
9600/350, WS 9650/233, and WS 9650/350
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K Service Source Basics Power Macintosh 8600/9600 & WS 9650
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Basics Overview - 1 Overview The Power Macintosh 8600, 9600, and Workgroup Server 9650 computers share the same housing. These systems feature a chassis design that allows you to access the logic board and its components (including the plug-in microprocessor card) simply by removing the side access panel. This flexible design makes these systems easy to service and upgrade.
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Basics Overview - 2 Features of the Power Macintosh 8600/200 include • 200 MHz PowerPC™ 604e microprocessor card with built-in FPU • 32 MB of DRAM, expandable to 512 MB using 168-pin, 70 ns, 64-bit EDO* DRAM DIMMs • 256K Level 2 cache • 2 MB VRAM, expandable to 4 MB • 2 GB hard drive • Two SCSI DMA buses supporting up to eight SCSI devices and transfers up to 10 MB/s (internal bus only) • Three PCI expansion slots • 24-bit video input/output support • Built-in AAUI and 10BASE-T Ethernet
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Basics Overview - 3 • Support for Open Transport networking • Mac™ OS system software 7.5.5 Features of the Power Macintosh 8600/250 and 8600/300 include • 250 or 300 MHz PowerPC™ 604e microprocessor card with built-in FPU • 32 MB of DRAM, expandable to 512 MB using 168-pin, 70 ns, 64-bit EDO* DRAM DIMMs • 1 MB of Inline Cache • 2 MB VRAM, expandable to 4 MB • 4 GB hard drive • Integrated Iomega Zip drive • Two SCSI DMA buses supporting up to eight SCSI devices and transfers up to 10 M
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Basics Overview - 4 • Two high-speed GeoPort serial ports • CD-ROM drive at 24x-speed • CD-quality stereo sound in/out • Support for Open Transport networking • Mac™ OS system software 7.6.1 Features of the Power Macintosh 9600/200, 9600/200MP, and 9600/233 include • 200 MHz PowerPC™ 604e processor or multiprocessor card or 233 MHz PowerPC 604e processor card with built-in FPU • 32 MB of DRAM, expandable to 768 MB using 168-pin, 70 ns, 64-bit EDO* DRAM DIMMs • 512K Level 2 cache • 4 MB
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Basics Overview - 5 • Six PCI expansion slots • 24-bit video input/output support • Built-in AAUI and 10BASE-T Ethernet • Two GeoPort serial ports • CD-ROM drive at 12x-speed • CD-quality stereo sound in/out • Support for Open Transport networking • Mac™ OS system software 7.5.5 Features of the Power Macintosh 9600/300 and 9600/350 include • A 300 or 350 MHz PowerPC™ 604e microprocessor card with built-in FPU • 64 MB of DRAM, expandable to 768 MB using 168-pin, 70 ns, 64-bit EDO* DRAM
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Basics Overview - 6 • Integrated Iomega Zip drive • Two SCSI DMA buses supporting up to eight SCSI devices and transfers up to 10 MB/s (internal bus only) • Six PCI expansion slots • 24-bit video input/output support • Built-in AAUI and 10BASE-T Ethernet • Two high-speed GeoPort serial ports • CD-ROM drive at 24x-speed • CD-quality stereo sound in/out • Support for Open Transport networking • Mac™ OS system software 7.6.1 Features of the Workgroup Server 9650/233 and 9650/350 include •
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Basics Overview - 7 • 512K or 1 MB Level 2 cache • 4 MB VRAM on video card • One or two 4 GB Ultra Wide hard drive(s) • Three SCSI channels: one internal Ultra Wide SCSI-3 (up to 40 MB/s); one internal Fast SCSI-2 (10 MB/s); one external SCSI-1 (5 MB/s) • Six PCI expansion slots • Built-in AAUI and 10BASE-T Ethernet • Two GeoPort serial ports • CD-ROM drive at 12x or 24x speed • CD-quality stereo sound in/out • Mac™ OS system software 7.6.1 and Apple RAID 1.5 *While these computers ship w
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Basics Configurations - 8 Configurations The Power Macintosh 8600/200 comes standard with • 200 MHz PowerPC 604e microprocessor card • 32 MB of DRAM • 2 MB of VRAM • 256K Level 2 cache DIMM • 2 GB hard drive • AppleCD 1800i 12x CD-ROM • Zip drive The Power Macintosh 8600/250 and 8600/300 come standard with • 250 or 300 MHz PowerPC 604e microprocessor card • 32 MB of DRAM • 2 MB of VRAM • 1 MB of Inline Cache
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Basics Configurations - 9 • 4 GB hard drive • Integrated Iomega Zip drive • AppleCD 24x CD-ROM drive The Power Macintosh 9600/200, 9600/200 MP, and 9600/233 come standard with • 200 or 233 MHz PowerPC 604e microprocessor card • 32 MB of DRAM • 4 MB of VRAM • 512K Level 2 cache • 4 GB hard drive • AppleCD 1800i 12x CD-ROM drive The Power Macintosh 9600/300 and 9600/350 come standard with • 300 or 350 MHz PowerPC 604e microprocessor card • 64 MB of DRAM • 8 MB of VRAM
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Basics Configurations - 10 • 1 MB of Inline Cache • 4 GB hard drive • Integrated Iomega Zip drive • AppleCD 24x CD-ROM drive The Workgroup Server 9650/233 comes standard with • 233 MHz PowerPC 604e microprocessor card • 64 MB of DRAM • 4 MB of VRAM • 512K Level 2 cache • 4 GB Ultra Wide hard drive • AppleCD 1800i 12x CD-ROM drive In addition, there are three solution bundles for the WS 9650/ 233: • Application Server Solution • AppleShare Server Solution • Apple Internet Server Solution
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Basics Configurations - 11 The Workgroup Server 9650/350 comes standard with • 350 MHz PowerPC 604e microprocessor card • 64 MB of DRAM • 4 MB of VRAM • 1 MB Level 2 cache • Two 4 GB Ultra Wide hard drives • AppleCD 24x-speed CD-ROM drive In addition, there are three solution bundles for the WS 9650/ 350: • Application Server Solution • AppleShare Server Solution • Apple Internet Server Solution
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Basics PowerPC 604e Microprocessor - 12 PowerPC 604e Microprocessor The Power Macintosh 8600 and 9600 Series and Workgroup Server 9650 computers feature the PowerPC 604e RISC microprocessor. The PowerPC 604e microprocessor is installed via a card that plugs into the logic board, allowing for maximum flexibility with future upgrades. Features of the microprocessor include • Full RISC processing architecture • Parallel processing units: one load-store unit, two integer units, one complex
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Basics Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) - 13 Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) The Power Macintosh 8600 and 9600 Series and Workgroup Server 9650 computers offer a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) expansion bus. Because the PCI bus is an industry standard, most existing PCI 2.0-compliant cards (with the addition of a Mac OS-specific software driver) will work in these computers. PCI offers significantly higher performance than the NuBus architecture used in previo
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Basics Dual In-Line Memory Modules (DIMMs) - 14 Dual In-Line Memory Modules (DIMMs) The computers in this manual ship with extended data output (EDO) DRAM dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs) instead of DRAM SIMMs. Whereas SIMMs have 72 pins, DIMMs have 168 pins. The extra pins provide a 64-bit data path, compared to a 32-bit data path for SIMMs. In addition, DIMMs do not have to be installed in pairs like the SIMMs on earlier Macintosh models. (However, to take advantage of memory
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Basics Dual In-Line Memory Modules (DIMMs) - 15 Important: The Power Macintosh 8600 Series computers also use VRAM DIMMs (112-pin 70 ns or faster) instead of VRAM SIMMs. The VRAM SIMMs used in earlier Power Macintosh models are not compatible. Note: While the Power Macintosh 8600 and 9600 Series and Workgroup Server 9650 computers ship with EDO DIMMs, the computers’ memory controller treats EDO DIMMs like fast-paged (FPM) DIMMs. You can therefore use either EDO or fast-paged DI
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Basics Memory Configurations - 16 Memory Configurations The Power Macintosh 8600 logic board has eight DRAM DIMM slots, each with a 64-bit data bus. You can increase the computers’ DRAM to a total of 512 MB using 5-volt, 64-bit-wide, 168-pin, extended data output (EDO) or fast-paged mode (FPM), 70 ns DIMMs. The Power Macintosh 9600 and Workgroup Server 9650 logic board has 12 DRAM DIMM slots, each with a 64-bit data bus. You can increase the computers’ DRAM to a total of 768 MB us
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Basics Memory Configurations - 17 wish to take advantage of the computer’s interleaving capability, which provides maximum performance, you must install the DIMMs in matching pairs and in paired slots. Note: Memory interleaving allows the computer to read or write to its memory while other memory reads or writes are occurring, thus providing for faster performance. For a pair of DIMMs to function as a single 128-bit wide pair, they must be the same type and size. Note: DIMMs purc
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Basics Memory Configurations - 18 DRAM, VRAM, cache slots VRAM DIMM slots DRAM DIMM slots* B4 slot Bank 1 slot B3 slot Bank 2 slot B2 slot Bank 1 slot B1 slot Bank 2 slot A4 slot A3 slot A2 slot A1 slot (front of computer) Figure: PM 8600 Series DRAM DIMM Slots
