April 1, 1997 DIGITAL Personal Workstation README.TXT This README.TXT is intended for the Digital Personal Workstation user. Its purpose is to provide information and any corrections to the user documentation. ------------------- System Restoration ------------------- For instructions on reinstalling Windows NT or Digital's Factory Installed Software on your computer's hard disk, refer to the CD-INFO.TXT file located in the root directory on the Digital Backup CD-ROM disk that was supplied with your computer. nsion enables PolyCenter/AssetWORKS and Microsoft SMS to read DMI information and report DMI data to applications. * An applet with the ClientWORKS browser that allows users to update some information reported by the ClientWORKS application to both local and remote users. You can start this applet by double clicking the "Set ClientWORKS Information" icon. You can now enter your user name, phone number location, asset tag and chassis serial number. This information is stored for later retrieval either locally or remotely. * REGISTRY.MIF, which allows the ClientWORKS browser to report information found in either the Windows 95 or Windows NT registry. Before using ClientWORKS, be sure to read the ClientWORKS README.TXT in the ClientWORKS folder. The following subsections discuss important information you should know about ClientWORKS. Notes on the ClientWORKS Editor In certain instances when accessing a remote node using the neighborhood version of the editor, you may find that selecting a node may take much longer than expected. This condition is normally due to processing taking place at the remote end. Eventually the remote node does respond. When viewing a group that contains attributes that are listed as unsupported, the editor does not display the unsupported column. As a result, the attribute data aligns under the wrong heading. This problem does not exist in any of the supplied MIFs, but may occur if you install externally provided MIFs. In certain situations, ill behaved instrumentation can hang the service layer causing the ClientWORKS browser to return an error. Thereafter, each time you access the service layer, the browser appears to browse forever. In this case, shutdown the browser and service layer manually by either rebooting (under Windows 95) or stopping and restarting the service layer (under Windows NT). Normal functionality is then restored. Make sure to note the group and attribute you were accessing when the error occurred and report it to the appropriate vendor. Notes on Registry Instrumentation Initializer If you select the Registry Instrumentation Initializer from the Digital grouping, the following message displays after the ClientWORKS Registry Instrumentation Initializer executes: "Regci failure - The Registry MIF is not installed" The message is not signifying a problem. You should read the ClientWORKS README.TXT in the ClientWORKS group. See the section on "Installing the Registry MIF." Making ClientWORKS Data Visible through SNMP ClientWORKS comes with SNMP subagents that make your computer visible to an SNMP console. Specifically, the ClientWORKS subagents provide HRMib support (RFC1514). Although these subagents are pre-installed, they are disabled in the factory installed software. Before you can enable them, you must first install TCP/IP, which is part of Windows 95. To install TCP/IP, follow the Windows 95 help instructions for installing a network protocol. Once you have installed TCP/IP, you must install the Microsoft SNMP Master Agent as follows: 1. From Start, select Settings. 2. From Settings, select Control Panel. 3. From Control Panel, select Networks icon. The Network Property Sheets appears. 4. From the Configuration tab, click on Add. The Select Network Component Type dialog box appears. 5. Double-click on Service. The Select Network Service dialog box appears. 6. Click on Have Disk. The Install From Disk Dialog appears. 7. Type C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS Press OK. The Open dialog box appears. 8. Select Snmp.inf and click OK. The Install from Disk screen is displayed. 9. Choose OK and follow the instructions displayed on your screen. Your system is now visible through a remote SNMP. -------------------------- CD-ROM Drive Destinations -------------------------- If your system came with a factory installed CD-ROM, the factory installed software sets the CD-ROM to drive D in Windows 95 and Windows NT. ---------------------------------- Hardware Detection and Windows 95 ---------------------------------- When Hardware Detection is run during Windows 95 Setup, Windows 95 creates an "Unknown Device" if Power Management is turned OFF. Although you can remove the "Unknown Device," you can leave it without experiencing any problems. -------------------------- PC Care (Windows 95 only) -------------------------- When you run PC Care on Windows 95, you cannot minimize the tests. You can only minimize the current test. ------------------------------------- Norton Diagnostics AHA-15x SCSI Card ------------------------------------- Your system may hang or stop if you run the Norton Diagnostics program, NDIAGS.EXE version 8.0 for DOS with an AHA-154x SCSI card on your system. To avoid the problem, do not run NDIAGS.EXE if you have an AHA-154x installed. Alternatively, load the AHA-154x driver before running NDIAGS.EXE. ----------------- German Acoustics ----------------- Acoustics - Declared values per ISO 9296 and ISO 7779 Venturis FX-2 Product Idle Operate Idle Operate -------- ---- ------- ---- ------- Venturis FX-2 5133, 5150, 5166, 5166MMX, 5200MMX Low Profile with: 0 x HDD 4.9 4.9 41 41 1 x 1.2 GB IDE HDD 5.0 5.2 41 42 1 x 2.1 GB IDE HDD 5.0 5.1 42 42 1 x 3.2 GB IDE HDD 5.0 5.1 42 42 Venturis FX-2 5150, 5166, 5166MMX, 5200MMX Short Tower with: 0 x HDD 4.8 4.8 31 31 1 x 2.1 GB IDE HDD 4.8 5.0 31 33 1 x 3.2 GB IDE HDD 4.8 4.9 31 32 (Current values for specific configurations are available from Digital representatives. 1 B = 10 dBA.) --------------------------- Changing the Boot Sequence --------------------------- Some legacy (non Plug and Play) devices, such as SCSI hard drive controllers with bootable ROM installed, are able to gain control over the boot process and initiate a boot sequence of their own. In this case, there is no consistent way for the BIOS to regain control if the device fails to boot. --------------------------- Memory Configurations --------------------------- In the Memory Configurations table in Chapter 4 of the System Reference manual, it is stated that you may populate the DIMM sockets with two 64MB DIMMs and one 128MB DIMM to equal a total memory capacity of 256MB. This is incorrect. 256MB may only be achieved by using two 128MB DIMMs in sockets J7 and J6. Socket J5 must be left empty when installing 256MB of memory. ______________________________________ Copyrights Windows NT and 95 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.