Apple POWERBOOK 17-INCH Bedienungsanleitung

P ow erBo ok G 4 1 7-inch (Legacy) 2003-03-0 1[...]

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C ontents Introduction Introduction to P owerBook G4 1 7-inch 9 Organization of This Document 9 Chapter 1 Overview of P owerBook G4 1 7-inch 11 P owerBook G4 1 7-inch Fea tures 11 Appearance 12 Peripher al Devices 14 System Software 14 Open Firmwar e 14 Computer Iden tification 14 P ower Saving F eatures 15 Chapter 2 Architecture 17 Block Diagram a[...]

Chapter 3 Devices and P or ts 25 USB P or ts 25 USB Connectors 25 USB Storage Devices 26 Fir eWire P or ts 26 Fir eWire 400 Connector 26 Fir eWire 800 Connector 27 Booting from a Fir eWire Device 29 T arget Disk Mode 29 Ethernet P or t 29 Internal Modem 30 AirP or t Extreme 31 Data Security 31 AirP or t Extreme Hardware 32 AirP or t Extreme Softwar[...]

Appendix A Supplemental Refer ence Documents 59 Apple T echnical Notes 59 3D Graphics 59 P owerPC G4 Microprocessor 59 V elocity Engine (AltiV ec) 60 Mac OS X 60 I/O Kit 60 Open Firmwar e 60 RAM Expansion Modules 61 PC Card Manager 61 A T A Devices 62 USB Interface 62 Fir eWire Interface 62 Digital Visual Inter face 63 Wireless Networks 63 Bluetoot[...]

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F igures and T able s Chapter 1 Overview of P owerBook G4 1 7-inch 11 Figur e 1-1 F ront view of the computer 13 Figur e 1-2 Side views showing I/O ports 13 Chapter 2 Architecture 17 Figur e 2-1 Block diagram 17 T able 2-1 Buses supported by the Intrepid IC 19 Chapter 3 Devices and P or ts 25 Figur e 3-1 USB T ype A p ort 25 Figur e 3-2 6-pin Fir e[...]

Chapter 4 Expansion F eatures 53 Figur e 4-1 Removing RAM expansion slot cov er 53 T able 4-1 Sizes of RAM expansion modules and devic es 55 T able 4-2 T ypes of DRAM devices 56 8 Legacy Document | 2003-03-0 1 | © 2003 Apple Computer , Inc. All Rights Reser ved . FIGURES AND T ABLES[...]

Important: The informa tion in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new developmen t. Links to downloads and other re sources may no longer be v alid. This developer not e is a technical description of the P owerBook G4 1 7-inch computer . The note provides information about the computer’ s internal design, input-output f eatures,[...]

1 0 Organization of This Document Legacy Document | 2003-03-0 1 | © 2003 Apple Computer , Inc. All Rights Reser ved . INTRODUCTION Introduction to P owerBook G 4 1 7-inch[...]

This chapter outlines the f eatures of the P owerBook G 4 1 7-inch computer . P ow erB ook G 4 1 7-inch F eature s Here is a list of the featur es of the P owerBook G4 1 7-inch computer . Each feature is described in a later chapter , as indicated . ● Pr ocessor The computer has a P owerPC G4 microprocessor running at a clock s peed of 1 GHz. For[...]

● CardBus slot The comput er has a CardBus slot that accepts one T ype I or T ype II PC Card or a CardBus Card . For mor e information, see “CardBus Slot” (page 57). ● USB ports The comput er has two USB 1 . 1 por ts for an external keyboard, a mouse , and other USB devices , described in “USB P orts” (page 25). ● Fir eWire ports The [...]

Figur e 1-1 Fr ont view of the computer Figur e 1-2 Side views showing I/O ports Appearance 1 3 Legacy Document | 2003-03-0 1 | © 2003 Apple Computer , Inc. All Rights Reser ved . CHAPTER 1 Over view of P owerBook G4 1 7-inch[...]

P er ipheral Device s Included with the computer are a 65 W Apple P or table P ower Adapter , an S-video-to-composite cable, and a DVI-to-VGA cable. In addition to the se devices, the f ollowing peripheral devices are a vailable separat ely : ● The P owerBook G 4 Rechargeable Battery is available as an additional or replac ement battery . ● The[...]

Asset management software that reports the kind of computer it is running on can obtain the value of the model propert y from the IOSer vice plane of the IORegistry . For the P owerBook G4 1 7-inch computer , the value of the model property is PowerBook5,1. P ower Sa ving F eature s The P owerBook G 4 1 7-inch computer has sever al profiles to sav [...]

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This chapter describe s the architecture of the P owerBook G4 1 7-inch computer . I t includes information about the major components on the main logic board: the micropr ocessor , the other main ICs, and the buses that connect them to each other and to the I/O interfaces. Block Diagram and Buses This section is an overview of the major ICs and bus[...]

Main ICs and Buses The architecture of the P owerBook G 4 1 7-inch computer is designed ar ound the Po werPC G4 microprocessor and Intrepid IC that con tains the memor y controller and I/O device c ontroller . The P owerPC G4 microprocessor is connected to the Intrepid IC b y a MaxBus bus. The bus clock speed is 1 67 MHz. Other buses that connect w[...]

Le vel 2 Cache The data storage f or the L2 cache consists of 256 KB of fast static RAM that is built into the micropr ocessor chip along with the cache controller and tag st orage. The built-in L2 cache runs at the same clock speed as the microproce ssor . Le vel 3 Cache The data storage f or the L3 cache is 1 MB of DDR SRAM running at a clock spe[...]

Syst em RAM The memory subsystem in the P owerBook G4 1 7-inch computer suppor ts two slots for 3 33 MHz DDR (PC2700) SO-DIMMs (small-outline dual inline memory modules). The data bus to the RAM and DIMM is 64 bits wide, and the memory inter face is synchronized to the MaxBus bus interface at 1 67 MHz. See “RAM Expansion Slots” (page 53). Boot [...]

● support for 6 4 MB of DDR video memor y with 1 28-bit int er face ● 2D and 3D graphics acceleration ● transform accelera tion ● lighting acceleration ● video acceleration ● support for MPEG decoding ● support for video mirror mode ● support for dual-display mode ● S-video output for a T V monitor The interface between the graphi[...]

The DB-DMA system pro vides a scatter-gather proc ess based on memor y resident data structure s that describe the data transfers . The DMA engine is enhanced to allow bursting of data file s for improved performance. Interrupt Support The Intrepid IC has an in terrupt controller (MPIC) that handles in terrupts generated within the IC as well as ex[...]

The internal modem is a separa te module that contains the data pump IC and the int er face to the telephone line (DAA). F or more information about the modem, see “Internal Modem ” (page 30). Sound Circuitr y The sound circuitry , called Snapper , is connected to the Intrepid IC by a standar d IIS (inter-IC sound) bus. The Intrepid IC pro vide[...]

T wo antennas are built into the c omputer ’ s case. T o improv e reception, a diversity module between the antennas and the card measure s the signal strength from both antennas and selects the stronger signal for AirP or t Extreme. AirP or t Extreme is based on the IEEE draft specification of the 802. 1 1g standard . The card transmits and rece[...]

This chapter describes both the built-in I/O de vices and the por ts for connecting external I/O devices. Each of the following sections describes an I/O port or device. USB P or ts The P owerBook G 4 1 7-inch computer has two external USB v1 . 1 ports that can be used to connect additional I/O devices such as a USB mouse , printers, scanners , and[...]

The P owerBook G 4 1 7-inch computer supports all four data transfer types defined in the USB specifica tion. USB devices can pro vide a remote wakeup function for the computer . The USB root hub in the computer is set to support remote wakeup whenever a device is attached to the bus . USB Storage Devic es Class drivers are software componen ts tha[...]

Figur e 3-2 6-pin Fir eWire connector T able 3-2 Pin assignments on the 6-pin F ireWire connector Description Signal name Pin Unregulated DC; 1 2.8 V P ower 1 Ground return for pow er and inner cable shield Ground 2 T wisted-pair B, differential signals TPB- 3 T wisted-pair B, differential signals TPB+ 4 T wisted-pair A, differential signals TP A- [...]

Note: F ireWire adapter cables are not included with the comput er . The 9-pin F ireWire 800 connector is shown in F igure 3-3 (page 28). Its connec tor signals and pin assignments are shown in T able 3-3 (page 28). Figur e 3-3 9-pin Fir eWire 800 connector T able 3-3 Signals on the 9-pin F ireWire 800 connector Description Signal name Pin T wisted[...]

Booting from a F ireWire Device The P owerBook G 4 1 7-inch computer can boot from a F ireWire storage devic e that implements SBP-2 (Serial Bus Prot ocol) with the RBC (reduced block commands) command set. Detailed information is a vailable from Developer T echnical Support at dts@apple.com. T arget Disk Mode One option at boot time is to put the [...]

Signal definition Signal name Pin Not used – 4 Not used – 5 Receive (negativ e lead) RXN 6 Not used – 7 Not used – 8 T able 3-5 Signals for 1 000Base-T operation Signal definition Signal name Pin T ransmit and receive data 0 (positive lead) TRD+(0) 1 T ransmit and receive data 0 (negativ e lead) TRD–(0) 2 T ransmit and receive data 1 (pos[...]

● fax modem bit rates up t o 1 4.4 Kbps The modem is connected to an internal USB port and is a vendor-specific USB device . The modem driver controls the modem hardw are and presents a virtual serial por t to the operating system and applications . Applications that bypass the opera ting system ’ s modem driver and communicate dir ec tly with [...]

● The AirP or t Ex treme Base Station can authenticat e users by their unique Ethernet IDs, prev enting unauthorized computers from logging in to your network. Network administrat ors can take advantage of RADIUS compatibility , used for authenticating users ov er a remote server . Smaller networks can offer the same security using a local look-u[...]

● object push —enables the transfer of files between Bluet ooth devices F or more information on Bluetooth technology , refer to “Bluetooth ” (page 63). Bluetooth and AirP or t Ex treme share the antennas in the P owerBook G4 1 7-inch computer ’ s display housing . Hard Disk Drive The P owerBook G 4 1 7-inch computer has an internal har d[...]

Figur e 3-4 Maximum dimensions of the internal hard disk Hard Disk C onnec tor The internal hard disk has a 48-pin connector that carries both the A T A signals and the power f or the drive. The connector has the dimensions of a 50-pin connector , but with one row of pins remo ved, as sho wn in F igure 3-5 (page 35). The remaining pins are in two g[...]

Figur e 3-5 Hard disk connector and location Signal Assignments T able 3-6 (page 35) shows the signal assignments on the 44-pin por tion of the hard disk connector . A slash (/) at the beginning of a signal name indicates an active-lo w signal. T able 3-6 Pin assignments on the A T A hard disk connector Signal name Pin number Signal name Pin number[...]

Signal name Pin number Signal name Pin number CSEL 28 IORDY , /DDMARDY , DSTROBE 27 GROUND 30 /DMACK 29 /IOCS1 6 3 2 INTRQ 3 1 /PDIAG, /CBLID 34 /DA1 3 3 /DA2 36 /DA0 3 5 /CS1 38 /CS0 37 GROUND 40 /DASP 39 +5V MO TOR 42 +5V L OGIC 4 1 Reserved 4 4 GROUND 43 /IOCS1 6 is not used; see T able 3-7 (page 36). A T A Signal Descriptions T able 3-7 (page 3[...]

Signal description Signal name I/O data write strobe . /DIOW Used by the host to initia te a DMA transfer in res ponse to DMARQ. /DMACK Strobe for Ultra DMA da ta transfers to host. DSTROBE Ultra DMA data ready . /HDMARDY Strobe for Ultra DMA da ta transfers from host. HSTROBE I/O ready; when driven low by the drive , signals the CPU to insert wait[...]

Writing s peed Reading speed (maximum) Media type – 24x (CA V max) CD or CD-ROM The Apple SuperDrive write s to DVD-R 4.7 gigabyte General Use media. These discs are pla yable in most standard DVD players and c omputer DVD-ROM drives. F or a list of players tested b y Apple for playability , refer to http://www .apple.com/dvd/compatibility/ F or [...]

The P owerBook G 4 1 7-inch computer has a fiber-optic backlit keyboard and ambient light sensors that con trol the brightness of the displa y and the keyboard back lighting. In lo w light, the computer automatically illuminates the backlit keyboard and lowers the dis play brightness. As light le vels increase, the dis play brightness is re-adjuste[...]

F igure 3-7 (page 40) and F igure 3-8 (page 41) include duplicate versions of some keys in order t o show their alternate modes of opera tion. In some cases, the alternate key captions sho wn in the figures do not appear on the keyboard. F or the ac tual appearance of the keyboard , refer to F igure 3-6 (page 39). Figur e 3-7 Alternate operations o[...]

Figur e 3-8 Embedded numeric keypad operation Keyboard 4 1 Legacy Document | 2003-03-0 1 | © 2003 Apple Computer , Inc. All Rights Reser ved . CHAPTER 3 Devices and P or ts[...]

Using the Fn Key Pre ssing the Fn key affects three sets of keys: the function k eys F1–F1 2, the embedded numeric k eypad , and certain modifier keys. ● It toggles the function keys between their control-button opera tion and their F1–F1 0 func tions, as shown in T able 3-9 (page 42) and Figure 3-7 (page 40). ● It selec ts the embedded num[...]

Con trol button Key name Increase keyboard illumination F1 0 The Embedded Keypad A certain group of alphanumeric keys can also func tion as an embedded keypad. The user selects this mode by using the Fn key or the Num Lock key . Figur e 3-8 (page 41) shows the keys mak ing up the embedded keypad and T able 3-1 0 (page 43) lists them. T able 3-1 0 E[...]

Alternate function Ke y name Windows key Command Menu key (for conte x tual menus) Enter Home Left arrow P age up Up arrow P age down Down arrow End R ight arrow F lat-P anel D ispla y The P owerBook G 4 1 7-inch computer has a built-in, wide-screen, 1 00 dpi, color flat-panel dis play with a resolution of 1 440 by 900 pixels and measure s 1 7 inch[...]

External M onitors The computer has a Digital Visual Interface (DVI) por t for connecting to flat panel displa ys, a VGA monitor , or projection devices. The DVI c onnec tor supports DVI-equipped displays and projectors. A DVI-to-VGA adapter is included for use with analog monitors . With a DVI-to-ADC adapter , available separ ately , the P owerBoo[...]

Fr ame rate Picture size (pixels) 85 Hz 1 920 b y 1 200 85 Hz 1 920 b y 1 4 40 7 5 Hz 2048 by 1 5 36 Note: T able 3-1 3 (page 45) lists the most common resolutions; additional re solutions are possible. When the flat-panel displa y and an external video monitor are operating at the same time, the sy stem allocates enough video memory for each to su[...]

Figur e 3-9 DVI-I connector T able 3-1 5 Main signals on the DVI-I connector Signal name Pin Signal name Pin TMDS Data3+ 1 3 TMDS Data2– 1 +5V P ower 1 4 TMDS Data2+ 2 Ground for +5V P ower 1 5 TMDS Data2/4 Shield 3 Hot Plug Detect 1 6 TMDS Data4– 4 TMDS Data0– 1 7 TMDS Data4+ 5 TMDS Data0+ 1 8 DDC Clock 6 TMDS Data0/5 Shield 1 9 DDC Data 7 T[...]

algorithm also provides r obust clock recovery for greater skew toler ance with longer cables or low-cost short cables. F or additional information about TMDS, see the reference s shown in “Digital Visual Inter face” (page 63). External V ideo P or t The P owerBook G 4 1 7-inch computer has a video port that provides S-video output to a P AL or[...]

Pixel depth Picture size 24 bpp 640 by 480 24 bpp 60 Hz NTSC only 7 20 by 480 24 bpp 50 Hz P AL only 720 by 5 76 24 bpp 800 by 600 24 bpp 83 2 by 624 24 bpp 1 024 by 768 Sound Syst em The sound system f or the Po werBook G4 1 7-inch computer suppor ts stereo sound output and input, av ailable simultaneously . The sound circuitr y handles audio data[...]

Built-in Microphone The built-in microphone is located a t the bottom of the left speaker grill. The sound signal from the built-in microphone goe s through a dedicated preamplifier that raise s its nominal 30 mV level to a nominal 1 50 mV (peak-to-peak) signal to the sound circuitry . That signal level assure s good quality digitizing without driv[...]

Internal Speakers The computer has two in ternal speakers, one on either side of the keyboard . The computer turns off the sound signals to the speakers when an external device is actively connected to the sound output jack and during power management. Digitizing Sound The sound circuitry digitizes and records sound as 44. 1 kHz 1 6-bit samples. If[...]

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This chapter describe s the expansion features of the P owerBook G4 1 7-inch computer ’ s RAM expansion slots and the CardBus slot. RAM Expansion Slots The computer has two RAM expansion slots tha t accommodate standard SO (small outline) DIMMs using DDR SDRAM devices. One slot ma y is occupied by factor y-installed SO-DIMM. The slots are accessi[...]

Mechanical Design of DDR RAM SO-DIMMs The RAM expansion modules used in the P owerBook G 4 1 7-inch computer are PC2 700 DDR33 3 RAM SO-DIMMs, as defined in the JEDEC specifications. The mechanical characteristics of the RAM expansion SO-DIMM are given in the JEDEC specifica tion for the DDR SO-DIMM. The specification number is JEDEC JESD95 . T o o[...]

DDR SDRAM Devices The DDR SDRAM devices used in the RAM expansion modules must be self-r efresh type devices for opera tion from a 2.5 V power supply . The speed of the DDR SDRAM device s must be 1 67 MHz or higher . The devices ar e programmed to operate with a CAS lat enc y of 2.5 or 3. At the se CAS latencies, the acc ess time from the clock tra[...]

Note: The P owerBook G4 1 7-inch computer does not use memory interleaving , so installing two SO-DIMMs of the same size does not re sult in any per formance gain. Addre ss Multiplexing Signals A[0] – A[1 2] and BA[0] – BA[1] on each R AM SO-DIMM make up a 1 5-bit multiplex ed address bus that can suppor t several diff erent types of DDR SDRAM [...]

CardBus Slot The CardBus slot acc epts one T ype I or T ype II card. The slot supports both 1 6-bit PC Cards and 3 2-bit CardBus Cards. T he card can be removed and replac ed while the computer is operating . Note: The CardBus slot does not pro vide 1 2 V power . F or information about the CardBus and the PC Car d, ref er to the CardBus DDK and the[...]

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F or more information about the technologies men tioned in this developer note, y ou may wish to consult some of the following ref erences. F or information about older models of Macintosh computers , refer to the dev eloper notes archive a t http://developer .apple.com/documen tation/HardwareDrivers/index.html Apple T echnical Notes Apple T echnic[...]

V elocity Engine (AltiV ec) V elocity Engine is Apple’ s name for the AltiV ec vector processor in the P owerPC G4 microprocessor . Apple provides support for developers who ar e star ting to use the V elocity Engine in their applications. Documentation, developmen t tools, and sample code are a vailable on the W orld Wide W eb , at http://develo[...]

TN1 062: Open F irmware, P ar t II, available at http://developer .apple.com/t echnotes/tn/tn1 062.html TN1 044: Open Firmware , Part III, available at http://developer .apple.com/t echnotes/tn/tn1 044.html Other T echnical Notes provide additional information about Open F irmware on the Macintosh. TN2000: PCI Expansion ROMs and Y ou, at http://dev[...]

A T A Devices A T A (A T Attachment), also ref erred to as integra ted drive electronics (IDE), is a standard interface used with storage device s such as hard disk drives. F or more information on A T A, refer to the follo wing Apple website at http://developer .apple.com/documen tation/Hardware/DeviceManagers/ata/ata.html A T A Manager 4.0 suppor[...]

http://shop .ieee.org/store Y ou may also find useful inf ormation at the 1 394 Tr ade Association ’ s website: http://www . 1 394ta.org/ Digital V isual Int er face F or information about transition minimized diff erential signaling ( TMDS) used with digital video monitors, see the specification, Digital Visual Interface DVI Revision 1 .0, a vai[...]

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Here a lists of abbreviations used in this dev eloper note. Abbrevia tions and Standard Units Standard units of measure used in this note include: megabytes MB amperes A megabits per second Mbps decibels dB megabits Mbits gigabytes GB megahertz MHz her tz Hz millimeters mm k ilobytes KB nanoseconds ns k ilograms kg volts V kiloher tz kHz volts dire[...]

application-specific integr ated circuit ASIC A T attachment A T A column address str obe, a memory control signal CAS compact disc CD compact disc read-only memory CD-ROM central pr ocessing unit CPU cathode ray tube , a video display device CRT data access adapt er (a telephone line inter face) DAA digital-to-analog con ver ter DA C display data [...]

International Organiza tion for Standardization ISO Joint Electron Device Engineering Council JEDEC level 1 or first lev el, a typ e of CPU cache L1 level 2 or second lev el, a type of CPU cache L2 level 3 or third lev el, a type of CPU cache L3 light emitting diode LED Macintosh Operating S ystem Mac OS Medium Dependent Interface MDI Medium Depend[...]

Small Outline Dual Inline Memor y Module SO-DIMM Serial Presenc e Detec t, a fea ture of the SO-DIMM SPD transition minimized differ ential signaling TMDS Universal Serial Bus, an industry-standard expansion bus USB positive supply voltage (v oltage for collectors) VC C 68 Other Abbreviations Legacy Document | 2003-03-0 1 | © 2003 Apple Computer ,[...]