DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION

POWEREDGE 2300

Device Type Mainboard
Processor Pentium II (2)
Processor Speed 333/350/400/450MHz
Chip Set Intel 443BX
Video Chip Set ATI
Maximum Onboard Memory 1GB (SDRAM supported)
Maximum Video Memory 2MB
Cache 256/512KB (located on the Pentium II CPU)
BIOS Dell
Dimensions Unidentified
I/O Options 32-bit PCI slots (6), floppy drive interface, SCSI interface (2), parallel port, PS/2 mouse port, serial ports (2), VGA port, ATX power connector


CONNECTIONS

Purpose

Location

Purpose

Location

ATX power connector ATX IDE interface LED CN11
PS/2 mouse port CN1 CPU fan power connector 1 CN12
Server management bus out CN2 CPU fan power connector 2 CN13
Server management bus in CN3 SCSI port CN14
Serial port CN4 Floppy drive interface CN15
Parallel port CN5 SCSI interface CN16
Serial port CN6 Chassis intrusion switch connector CN17
VGA port CN7 SCSI backplane board connector CN18
CPU fan power connector CN8 System control panel connector CN19
Server management bus connector CN9 32-bit PCI slots PC1 - PC6
Remote asistant card connector CN10 SCSI interface  


USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Function

Label

Position

»

Factory configured - do not alter JP1/Pins 1 & 2 Open
» Factory configured - do not alter JP1/Pins 3 & 4 Open
» Boot password enabled JP1/Pins 13 & 14 Closed

 

Boot password disabled

JP1/Pins 13 & 14

Open

» ISA configuration retained and normal operation

JP1/Pins 15 & 16

Open

  ISA configuration cleared

JP1/Pins 15 & 16

Closed

» Normal system boot enabled

JP1/Pins 17 & 18

Open

  System boot from BIOS expansion card

JP1/Pins 17 & 18

Closed


DIMM CONFIGURATION

Size

Bank 0

Bank 1

Bank 2

Bank 3

64MB

(1) 8M x 64

None

None

None

128MB

(1) 16M x 64

None

None

None

128MB (1) 8M x 64 (1) 8M x 64 None None
192MB (1) 16M x 64 (1) 8M x 64 None None
256MB (1) 32M x 64* None None None
256MB (1) 16M x 64 (1) 16M x 64 None None
256MB (1) 16M x 64 (1) 8M x 64 (1) 8M x 64 None
320MB (1) 16M x 64 (1) 16M x 64 (1) 8M x 64 None
384MB (1) 16M x 64 (1) 16M x 64 (1) 16M x 64 None
428MB (1) 16M x 64 (1) 16M x 64 (1) 16M x 64 (1) 8M x 64
512MB (1) 16M x 64 (1) 16M x 64 (1) 16M x 64 (1) 16M x 64
512MB (1) 32M x 64* (1) 32M x 64* None None
768MB (1) 32M x 64* (1) 32M x 64* (1) 32M x 64* None
1GB (1) 32M x 64* (1) 32M x 64* (1) 32M x 64* (1) 32M x 64*

*Note: 256MB DIMMs supported must be registered SDRAM.


CACHE CONFIGURATION

Note: 256KB/512KB cache is located on the Pentium II CPU.


CPU SPEED SELECTION

Speed

  JP1/Pins 5 & 6 JP1/Pins 7 & 8 JP1/Pins 9 & 10 JP1/Pins 11 & 12

333MHz

Open Open Open Closed

350MHz

Open Open Closed Open

400MHz

Open Closed Open Open

450MHz

Closed Open Open Open