HP D315 TABLE OF CONTENTS, CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM OVERVIEW

				Technical Reference Guide
			TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................
1.1		ABOUT THIS GUIDE ................................................................................................................		1-1
1.1.1			ONLINE VIEWING............................................................................................................	1-1
1.1.2			HARDCOPY .......................................................................................................................	1-1
1.2		ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SOURCES.............................................................................		1-2
1.3		MODEL NUMBERING CONVENTION ...................................................................................		1-2
1.3.1			COMPAQ MODEL NUMBERING CONVENTION.........................................................	1-2
1.3.2			hp MODEL NUMBERING CONVENTION......................................................................	1-3
1.4		SERIAL NUMBER .....................................................................................................................		1-3
1.5		NOTATIONAL CONVENTIONS..............................................................................................		1-3
1.5.1			VALUES .............................................................................................................................	1-4
1.5.2			RANGES .............................................................................................................................	1-4
1.5.3			REGISTER NOTATION AND USAGE ............................................................................	1-4
1.5.4			BIT NOTATION AND BYTE VALUES ...........................................................................	1-4
1.6	COMMON ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS.................................................................			1-5
CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................
2.1		INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................		2-1
2.2		FEATURES AND OPTIONS......................................................................................................		2-2
2.2.1			STANDARD FEATURES ..................................................................................................	2-2
2.2.2			OPTIONS ............................................................................................................................	2-3
2.3		MECHANICAL DESIGN ...........................................................................................................		2-4
2.3.1			CABINET LAYOUTS ........................................................................................................	2-4
2.3.2			CHASSIS LAYOUT ...........................................................................................................	2-6
2.3.3			BOARD LAYOUTS ...........................................................................................................	2-7
2.4		SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ......................................................................................................		2-8
2.4.1			AMD ATHLON XP PROCESSOR ..................................................................................	2-10
2.4.2			CHIPSET...........................................................................................................................	2-11
2.4.3			SUPPORT COMPONENTS..............................................................................................	2-11
2.4.4			SYSTEM MEMORY ........................................................................................................	2-12
2.4.5			MASS STORAGE.............................................................................................................	2-12
2.4.6			SERIAL AND PARALLEL INTERFACES .....................................................................	2-12
2.4.7			UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS INTERFACE......................................................................	2-12
2.4.8			NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER.....................................................................	2-13
2.4.9			GRAPHICS SUBSYSTEM...............................................................................................	2-13
2.4.10			AUDIO SUBSYSTEM......................................................................................................	2-14
2.5		SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................................................		2-14

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Featuring the AMD Athlon XP Processor

Second Edition - April 2003