HD25-I PCI 2.5" Carrier Card  Mount a 2.5" HD on a PCI Card!
   HD25-I Setup

8364 External Connectors
8364 Planar (-NUS version)
   8364 Memory (256MB max)
   PCI Riser
8364 Video
HD Power Connector
   HD Power Connector Pinout
Mounting IDE HD
Maximum Drive Size (CF and IDE!)
Configuration for Hard Drive Boot (from Unal Z)
Mounting a CF MicroDrive in CF Slot (Cold Steel to the rescue!)
   W98SE Setup Issues
   Preparing MicroDrive for Use Under W98SE
   Thoughts on the FW82371EB PCI-ISA Xcelerator
   Thoughts on the PC87309 SuperI/O Plug and Play Chip
Clear Administrator Password and CMOS
Create Recovery Compactflash Card
Change AC Voltage
Remove PSU

8364 Planar Outline NUS version

 

J11 Hardfile Power connector mates with a Molex 43025-0400
J16 Hard File Connector is a standard .1" pitch 40 pin IDE port.

U8, 9 SGRAM HYB39S16320TQ-5.5
U10 PC87309IBW Super IO
U12 IS61LV256-12J TAG Ram 32k x 8
U13 IS61LV6464-6TQ L2 Cache 64k x 64

Planar is marked Lite On 20V0. FRU 41L5339 and P/N 41L5342

Built-in Ethernet, GD82559, is Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter.

8364 Memory (256MB max)
Known as 168 pin SDRAM, PC100, 100MHZ Non-Parity (NP). Unbuffered. CL2

 32MB SDRAM DIMM (OPT P/N 01K1136) 01K1146 
 64MB SDRAM DIMM (OPT P/N 22p0848)  (01K1147) 22P0884 
 64MB SDRAM DIMM Kingston KTM1136/64
128MB SDRAM DIMM (OPT P/N 22p0851)  (01K1148) 22P0885 
128MB SDRAM DIMM Kingston KTM1136/128

8364 PCI Riser P/N 94H1052

S3 Trio3d stuff, via Internet archive HERE
*  Enhanced 128-bit graphics engine
* Integrated 230 MHz RAMDAC and programmable dual-clock synthesizer
* Enhanced S3® Streams Processor for hardware-assisted high-quality video playback of two video streams against a graphics background
* S3 Local Peripheral Bus/Video Interface Port for direct interface to live video and MPEG-2 peripherals
* 3.3V core logic with 5V tolerant I/O 

E13Z45US.EXE
S3 Trio3D Windows 9x Driver
Ver  4.11.01.2206-2.62.22 Tool Kit ver (s3dtkw.dll)  6.00.01 Refresh Rate util ver 2.01.22
NOTE: Set display to "STANDARD DISPLAY ADAPTER (VGA)" before applying this updated driver. The system will have used the default "PCI VGA Display Adapter" which does not work with the S3 Trio3D drivers.

Colors    Resolution  Refresh
4\8\16\32 640 x 480   60,72,75,85
4\8\16\32 800 x 600   56,60,72,75,85
4\8\16\32 1024 x 768  43,60,70,75,85
8\16      1152 x 864  60,70,75,85
  32      1152 x 864  60,70
8\16      1280 x 1024 43,60,75,85
8\16      1600 x 1200 49,60,75,85 

43025-0400  Molex Micro-Fit 3.0 Connectors RECEPTACLE 4P DUAL ROW In Digi-Key and Mouser. 

Micro-Fit 3.0 Terminal - Uses female terminal 43030-00xx, in tin or gold.

Hard File Connector Pinout
   Look at the receptacle with the system right side up.

Mounting IDE Drive
Aron says:
   The best way I found to mount a laptop hard drive in these is to screw the drive to one of the 2.5"-to-3.5" mounting rails, then use a wire tie to hold the rail-and-drive assembly to the crossbar in the 8364.  Just make sure the extra tie part doesn't project above the bar or you could find it difficult to open up the case again (BTDT).

P.P.S. The service manual is in the EPRM .  It'll tell you most of what you want to know. 

Maximum Drive Size
Martin Etteldorf wrote:
> As the CF slot is just an add-on to the IDE-Controller, everything up to the max. supported disk size should work well. I'm running with 2 GB CF at the moment without any problem, and even the 80 GB disk I used before was working fine.

  I am using a Hitachi 4GB MicroDrive. The full capacity is reported by the BIOS, and it is selectable as a Boot device.

Netvista 8364 BIOS Settings for Hard Drive Boot (and CF)
Unal Z sent this:
Konfig für HDD-Boot:
 Start Options > Startup Sequence > First Startup Device > Hard Disk 0
  Start Options > Automatic Power On Startup Sequence > Enable
  Start Options > Automatic Power On Startup Sequence > First Startup Device > Hard Disk 0
  Start Options > Firmware Selection > WorkSpace On Demand

Once into the BIOS,  look for:
  Devices and I/O Ports >  Network Setup:
    Network Support: Enabled (enables the built-in NIC)
   IDE Devices > IDE Device 0 > enable High Performance and Read Prefetch. They worked with my MicroDrive.

Start Options
   Power On F1/Esc Options: Enabled (or you cannot get into BIOS easily)
   Network Boot: Disabled (also RPL or DHCP) 

Change NS Boot to WSOD. This works in the H4011201 (01/12/01) firmware.

Boot. Eventually, you can hit F5 or any key to continue.
  Choose "Service Aids"
  Choose "Change Firmware Support"
  Choose "BIOS for WorkSpace On Demand"
    The system will just dump you out to the Service Aids screen. F10 and Reboot.
NOTE: I had to hold a key to make it go into the BIOS, but it did.

Mounting a Microdrive in the CF Slot
From Us, the god Emperor of Microchannel:
   I was looking for a simple way to install a 2GB plus drive in the 8364 in a quick manner. Not wanting to diddle with finding a  43025-0400 and creating my own cable, then futzing with lashing a laptop drive to the cross-piece, I settled on using a Compact Flash drive.

   Although Flash drives are cheaper, are silent, and take even less power than a microdrive, the issue of a finite number of write cycles rears up like Leviathan from the depths. So with that in mind, I went to BestBuy during the Veteran's Day sale, and bought a Hitachi 4GB CF MicroDrive (MD4GB-BP), Hitachi Model HMS360604D5CF00 for $140, but with a $90 rebate (talk about delayed gratification!).

   I installed the 4GB MD in a Radio Shack CF to PCMCIA Compact Flash Adapter, 25-936. For you techno-dweebs fretting over CF or CF+, the adapter is wired the same. This particular adapter is over five years old.

   My trusty (if not damn cranky) 760XL fired up and detected the MD. It loaded the standard IDE controller for it. The Hitachi 4GB MD comes pre-formatted to FAT32 (drives 2GB and under are FAT16, 4GB and up are FAT32). I was able to use Format from under My Computer to transfer the system files. I created a setup directory for W98SE, dumped the setup files to it, and then after a bit of a search, dumped VISW98 to the setup directory as well.

   Now things slowed to a full stop. The CF slot in an 8364 is for Type I cards. The MicroDrive is a Type II, which is thicker. It did not fit. After long meditation, I figured out a way to get around the width problem. Simply cut the side out.

   Armed with a small Swiss Army knife, I carefully slit the REARWARD side of the CF slot. The slot is made of thermoplastic, so it's stiff. Once I slit the slot to the base on both sides, I simply pushed the detached web towards the rear of the system and it snapped. It took some wiggling, but the web broke off. Leave the ends alone, for they have the retaining slots that keep things tight. A bit of trimming with a box cutter, and the MD fully seats. 

Preparing a MicroDrive for Use Under W98SE
  This is from the angle of using the ThinkPad 760XL with the Texas Instruments TI1130 controller and the APSoft DOS point enabler, UNATA. YMMV.
   First, I recommend that you keep the FDISK and FORMAT of any MicroDrive under DOS. Though you can FDISK and FORMAT under W98SE in the MS-DOS mode, I kept having problems with incorrect available space reported by SCANDISK during W98SE setup.
   Remove the 760XL drive caddy. Go into the BIOS (hold F1 down on boot) and set the startup sequence to just A:. If you add the PCMCIA drive as C: under the BIOS, UNATA will call the MicroDrive in the PCMCIA slot D:.
   Boot from floppy, loading just HIMEM.SYS, UNATA has problems with EMM386.EXE unless you exclude the card I/O space, and it's more of a bother than it's worth. Run FDISK, the MicroDrive shows up as C:, create a partition. I used the entire drive for a partition, and FDISK automatically makes it active. Exit FDISK, reboot. Now do FORMAT /S to format it and transfer the system files. After the format is done, do a DIR C: to see if the system was actually transferred. 
   To see the hidden files, do a DIR /ASH (thanks, UZ!)

  Now that the FDISK and FORMAT are done, Pop the MD from the slot, and shut down. Put the 760XL drive caddy back in. Power up, go into the BIOS and add the C: back. Go into W98SE and then put the MicroDrive back into the slot. When W98SE detects the drive, bring up Windows Explorer and transfer the W98SE setup files to a directory (I prefer 98setup). I recommend that you include VISW98.COM and E13Z45US.EXE as well. 

W98SE Setup Issues
   First, start with a good copy of the W98SE setup disk. My first attempts failed because my collection of W98SE setup files included different versions used by 98lite. I garuntee that having different file versions of EXPLORER.EXE, SHELL32.DLL and others makes the system quite unstable.

  I was able to set up W98SE from the hard drive with only one issue, and that was ScanDisk claiming the drive size was being reported incorrectly. In order to get by ScanDisk, do a SETUP /i.

Further Thoughts on the FB82371EB PCI-TO-ISA/IDE Xcelerator,(PIIX4E)
   In my struggles to get my Hitachi 4GB MicroDrive to act as the sole IDE device in the 8364, I read up on the FW82371EB. It supports Ultra DMA/33, and so does the Hitachi 3K4. The BIOS may be sensitive to drives formatted on other controllers, resulting in a 1962 error, no startable drive.

Further Thoughts on the PC87309IBW Super IO
   I don't know if the BIOS supports this, but the datasheet mentions Serial 2 can support various IR modes.

      There are two different possibilities, WorkSpace On-Demand (WSOD) and Network Station (NS) Boot. With WSOD, all configuration settings are cleared from the BIOS. On NS Boot:, only the administrator password is cleared.

Step #1 Move the jumpers into configuration -2- 
           Note: All systems ship with jumpers installed in configuration  -1-. 

Step #2  Power on the 8364 and wait a few moments. (reconnect power cable to 8364). 
         WSOD - The system LED flashes green at  this time
          NS Boot - There are no system LED indications at this time

Step #3 Power off the system and move the jumpers back into the default configuration -1-. 
           Note: If you do not move the jumpers back, your 8364 may not work properly. 

      Note: Once you create a recovery CompactFlash card for an 8364,  it can only be used to re-flash a series 2800 Network Station. 

Step #1 Insert Compactflash card into the connector, Move the jumpers into configuration -2-. 

Step #2 Power on the 8364.  (reconnect the power cable) 

Wait for the system LED to flash green. 
     Note: If the system LED flashes amber, the image was not created.  Repeat flash, if it does not take, see 'Indicators of Network Station  problems' for problem determination. 

Step #3 Power off the Network Station. Remove the CompactFlash card, Move jumpers back.
        Note:    If you do not move the jumpers back, your 8364 may not function properly. 

Base (Mounting Stand)                41L4981 
Power Supply (115V-230V)   94H1254 

Power Consumption
    Normal power consumption for the 8364, while running applications, ranges from 24 to 28 Watts. During periods of inactivity, the system switches into the suspend state, and power consumption reduces to approximately 18 Watts. Once the system enters the soft-off state, power consumption reduces to approximately 10 Watts. 
      Note: Power consumption may fluctuate or vary from these values, depending on the voltage selection (115V or 230V) of the 8364. 

PSU Fan
  It is a SuperRed CHA6012DS, 12v 0.18A 60mm H x 60 W x 23mm D.