Epson ActionPC 2600 Installation and operation manual

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Computer Specifications
‘VGA
monitor
CPU and Memory
32-bit CPU
Green PC
energy saver
Upgradable 486-class processor
Energy Star compliant, low-power doze,
sleep, and suspend modes for the CPU,
hard disk drive, and video signals sent by
the computer to the monitor; select
time-out periods in SETUP; in a standard
configuration of one hard disk drive and
one diskette drive, system consumes less
than 30 Watts in sleep mode
System speed Fast and slow system clock speeds
available; fast is the speed of the processor
and slow is 8 MHz; from MS-DOS, speed
selectable by keyboard command
Memory
ROM
Video RAM
Shadow RAM
Cache
Math
coprocessor
Clock/calendar
Controllers
PCI Chipset
Video
Diskette
Hard disk
4MB RAM (ActionPC 2600) or 8MB RAM
(ActionPC 5500, 4MB on system board);
expandable to 132MB; two SIMM sockets;
SIMMs must be tin-plated, 72-pin, 32-bit,
fast-page mode type with access speed of
70ns or faster
1MB flash ROM BIOS, video BIOS, and
SETUP code located in flash ROM on
system board; 128KB subsystem BIOS
ROM
512KB or 1 MB DRAM on system board;
expandable to 2MB using additional
512KB, 40-pin, SOJ flat pack video DRAM
chips
Supports shadowing of system and video
BIOS ROM into RAM and in SETUP
program
At least 8KB of internal cache in the
processor; supports 128 or 256KB of
external cache with 32K x 8, 15 or 20ns
SRAM DIP chips and a 32K x 8 tag chip
Math coprocessor built into the processor
on all DX and Intel Pentium OverDrive.
processors
Real-time clock, calendar, and CMOS
RAM soldered on system board with
integrated Lithium battery
Provides postwrite buffers, memory and
control for the PCI bus, and the
two-channel PCI IDE interface; integrated
PCI bridge translates CPU bus cycles to
PCI bus cycles and CPU-to-PCI memory
write cycles to PCI burst cycles
Trident 9440AGI high-performance PCI
local bus GUI accelerator controller
supports resolutions up to 1024 x 768
in 256 colors with 1MB of DRAM;
1280 x 1024 in 256 colors with 2MB of
DRAM
Controller on system board supports up
to two diskette drives or one diskette and
one tape drive
Two PCI, ATA-2 compatible two-channel,
PCI local bus IDE interfaces on system
board support up to four IDE devices (two
on each channel); CD-ROM drives cannot
be connected to the same channel as hard
disk drives; BIOS provides hard disk
auto-detection and enhanced IDE
functions, and supports PIO modes 0-4
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Interfaces
Monitor
Parallel
Serial
Keyboard
Mouse
Option slots
Speaker Internal
Mass Storage Internal mount:
Diskette drive
types
Hard disk drive
types
Other devices
Energy Star compliant video interface
built into system board for fixed or
multifrequency monitor; 15-pin, D-shell
connector
One standard, multimode parallel
interface built into system board; supports
&bit unidirectional, 16-bit bidirectional,
and EPP/ECP (Enhanced Parallel
Port/Extended Capability Port) modes;
25-pin, D-shell connector; operation
controllable by SETUP program and
jumpers
Two high-speed RS-232C, programmable,
asynchronous interfaces built into system
board; 16C550 compatible; 9-pin, D-shell
connectors
PS/2 compatible keyboard interface built
into system board; 6-pin, mini DIN
connector
PS/2”’ compatible mouse interface built
into system board; 6-pin, mini DIN
connector
Connector card with three 16-bit ISA
compatible (8.33 MHz bus speed) and one
32-bit PCI compatible (25/33 MHz bus
speed) I/O expansion slots; three slots are
available-the 32-bit slot and one 16-bit slot
are shared
One 3.5-inch wide, one-inch high drive
Externally accessible mounts:
Two 5.25-inch wide, half-height drives
3.5-inch diskette drive, 720KB, 1.44MB, or
2.88MB storage capacity; 5.25-inch diskette
drive, 360KB or 1.2MB storage capacity;
or combination 3.5-inch/5.25-inch or
combination 3.5-inch/PCMCIA diskette
drive
5.25-inch or 3.5-inch form factor hard disk
drive(s), up to half-height size; maximum
of two drives
Half-height tape drive, CD-ROM drive,
optical drive, PC card reader, or other
storage device; 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch with
mounting frames
Keyboard
Mouse
SETUP
Program
System security
Virus protection
Detachable, two-position height; 101,102,
or 104 sculpted keys; countrydependent
main typewriter keyboard;
numeric/cursor control keypad; four-key
cursor control keypad; 12 function keys
Detachable, two-button, PS/2 compatible
Stored in ROM; accessible by pressing Del
during boot
Password available for system boot or for
access to SETUP program
Detects when an attempt is made to write
to the boot sector of a hard disk drive or to
format a cylinder, head, or sector of a hard
disk drive
Physical Characteristics
1 Dimension 1 Measurement
Width
Depth
Height
Weight
14.8 inches (370 mm)
16.5 inches (412 mm)
4.8 inches (120 mm)
16.7 lb (7.5 kg) with one diskette drive, without
1 keyboard
Power Supply
Type
150 Watt, UL/TUV/CSA listed, fan-cooled
Input ranges 115 VAC or 230 VAC; switch-selectable
Maximum +5 VDC at 18 Amps, -5 VDC at 0.3 Amp
output +12 VDC at 4 Amps, -12 VDC at 0.3 Amp
Frequency 47 to 63 Hz
Cables Two to system board, five to mass
storage devices
Option slot power limits
Output voltage (VDC) I+5 Volts I-5Volts
1
+I2 volts
I-12 volts
For all slots
1 14 Amps IO.3 Amp 13.6 Amps IO.3 Amp
Environmental Requirements
Condition
Temperature
1 Operating range
141°t0950F
1 Storage range
l-4’to140°F
Humidity
(non-condensing)
Altitude
(5° to 35° C)
(-20° to 60° C)
20% to 60% 10% to 95%
-330 to 9,900 ft -330 to 39,600 ft
(-100 to 3,000 m) (-100 to 12,000 m)
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System Board Components
The diagram below illustrates the components on the ActionPC 2600/ActionPC 5500 board.
The table following it describes these components.
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System board components
Jumper Settings
Miscellaneous jumper settings
* Default setting
Parallel port ECP mode DRQ jumper settings
Function JP30
JP31
DRQ1 (DAK#1) 1-2 1-2
2-3* 2-3*
l Default setting
Cache jumper settings
cache size JP19 JP20
JP21
0KB
1-2 1-2
1-2
128KB 2-3 1-2 1-2
256KB 1-2 2-3 2-3
CPU type jumper settings
Intel or
AMD
CPU type
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Intel
JP1
3-4 3-4. 3-4 3-4
5-6
1-2
1-2 1-2 1-2
2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3
1-2 11-2 12-3 11-2
CPU voltage jumper settings
1-2 11-2 12-3
Open 1 Open 12-3
CPU voltage
3.3V
3.45V
5.0V
JP15-16*
Open
Open
1-2
JP17-18*
1-2
1-2
Open
JP36*
2-3
1-2
Open
l Default setting depends on installed processor
CPU clock jumper settings
CPU clock speed JP24
25 MHz
2-3
33 MHz
1-2’
l Default setting
JP25
2-3
1-2*
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SIMM Installation
External Cache
By installing SIMMs, you can increase the amount of
memory up to 132MB
There are two SIMM sockets on the system board, and each
can contain one memory module. You can install 1MB, 2MB,
4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, and 64MB SIMMs. The sockets are
labeled on the system board.
The following table shows the recommended SIMM
configurations. Do not install SIMMs in any other
configuration.
SIMM configurations
You can install 128KB or 256KB of external cache with
32K x 8 15ns or 20ns, SRAM DIP chips and one 32K x 8 15ns
tag chip.
You must install cache in one of the configurations in the
table below (each bank contains four cache memory sockets).
Cache memory configurations
BANK 0 BANK 1Tag SRAM
U8, 9, 10,11 U12,13,14,15
U18 Total cache
32K x 8, 28-pin None 32K x 8, 28-pin 128KB
32K x 8, 28-pin 32K x 8, 28-pin 32K x 8, 28-pin 256KB
Processor Upgrades
The computer’s processor can be upgraded by replacing the
existing processor with a faster one. The following table lists
supported processors and voltages.
Supported processors
64MB
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I64MB I4MB I132MB
Hard Disk Drive Types
If you install SlMMs In both Bank 1 and Bank 2, SIMM types must match.
Use only tin-plated, 32-bit, 72-pin, fast-page mode SIMMs
that operate at an access speed of 70ns or faster. Be sure all
the SIMMs operate at the same speed.
Your computer comes with a hard disk auto-detection
feature. To use it, select DetectMaster or DetectSlave
from the Utility window in the SETUP program. The system
detects the type of hard disk drive and records the drive’s
parameters.
Video Memory
You can increase the video memory to 2MB by installing
additional 512KB, 40-pin, SOJ flat pack video DRAM chips.
Video resolutions and colors
Hard Disk Drive Information
The following table lists parameters for hard disk drives
qualified for use in the computer.
Hard disk drive parameters
Memory
Resolution requirements color
Refresh
rates (Hz) Remarks
640x480 1MB 16
60
8 bits/pixel*
1MB
256 60/70/87
8 bits/pixel
1MB 65K 60/72/75/87 16 bits/pixel
1MB
16.8M (True 60
24 bits/pixel
Color)
800x600 1MB
16 60/75
8 bits/pixel
1MB
256 60/75
8 bits/pixel
1MB 65K
56/60
16 bits/pixel
1024x768 1MB
1MB
1280x1024 1MB
2MB
16
60/70/75/87 8bits/pixel*
256 60/70/75/87 8
bits/pixel*
16 60/87 4
bit planes”
256 43.5 8
bits/pixel*
*Non-Interlaced and interlaced
**Interfaced
Parameters
Formatted
capacity (MB)
Size, width x
height (in)
Weight (lb)
Cylinders
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Hard disk drive parameters (continued)
Hardware Interrupts
IRQ no. 1 Function
IRQ0
1 Timer output 0
IRQ1 1 Keyboard
IRQ2
1 Cascade to IRQ9
IRQ7
IRQ8
IRQ9
IRQ10
Parallel port 1 (LPT1)
Real-time clock
Available
Available
Available
IRQ11
IRQ12 PS/2 mouse
IRQ13 Math coprocessor
IRQ14 Primary IDE controller
1 IRQ15 1 Secondary IDE controller
System Memory Map
Address range Function
FE0000h-FFFFFFh Shadowed system ROM BIOS
100000h-FDFFFFh System extended memory (128MB maximum)
OEOOOOh-OFFFFFh
System ROM or adapter ROM
OC8000h-0DFFFFh l/O
OAOOOOh
OOOOOOh-09FFFFh
I840KB base memory
I OCOOOOh-OC7FFFh
I Shadowed video ROM BIOS
-0BFFFFh
I Graphics display buffer
IDE hard disk
drive jumper settings
System l/O Address Map
Hex address Assigned device
000-01F
DMA controller 1,8237
020-03F
Interrupt controller 1,8259
022-024
Reserved
040-05F Timer, 8254
060-06F
Keyboard controller, 8242PE
070 - 07F
Real-time dock NMI (non-maskable interrupt)
\080-09F
( DMA page register, 7 4LS612
59
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Interrupt controller 2,82 _
DMA controller 2,8237
Clear math coprocessor
0A0-0BF
0C0-0DF
OF0
DMA Assignments
LOFl
0F8 -0FF
1 Reset math coprocessor
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2F8-- 2FF ISerial port 2
300-31F 1 Prototype card
360-363 Available
368-36B
Available
378 - 37F
Parallel printer port 1
380-38F Available
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System Z/O address map (continued)
VGA port connector pin assignments (VCN1)
Power (SPEED) LED connector pin assignments (CN4)
Pin Signal Pin Signal
1 Pull up 220 3
Ground
2
LED Turbo
HDD LED connector pin assignments (CN3)
Pin ( Signal
IPIll I Signal
1 1 LED power (pull up 220)
12 [ HDD active
Power supply connector pin assignments (CN6)
1 Pin I Signal
lPin 1 Signal
1 NC
7 Ground
2 +5 VDC 8
Ground
3 +12 VDC 9
-5 VDC
4 -12 VDC
10 +5 VDC
Connector Pin Assignments
5 1 Ground 111
1+5VDC
6 I Ground
112 [ +5 VDC
Parallel port connector pin assignments
(CN13)
Diskette drive connector pin assignments (CN10)
** Active low Iogic
Keyboard and mouse connector pin assignments (CN9 and CN8)
Pin Signal
Pin Signal
1 Data 4+5 VDC
2 Reserved 5Clock
3
Ground
6Reserved
*Active low logic
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Option card riser board connector pin assignments ISA option slot connector pin assignments
Pin I Signal 1 Pin 1 Signal 1 Pin 1 Signal 1 Pin 1 Signal
1 lvcc 151 1 IOCHK* 101 1 VCC 151 I RSTDRV
1 Pin I Signal IPin 1 Signal I
Pin I Signal I Pin 1 Signal
2 Vcc 52 SD7 102 INTB* 152 Vcc
3INTA* 53 SD6 103 INTD 153 IRQ9
4INTC 54 SD5 104 REQ#2 154 -5V
5PCIRST 55 SD4 105 Not used 155 DRQ2
121 IAD 71 ISA10 1121 IAD I171 1 IRQ6
134 IPAR 11341AD14
I164 1 IRQ11
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43 jAD2 I93 ISO9 1143 IVCC 1193 IDRQ6
44 IADO 194 lSDl0 11441NC 1194 1 DAK#7
15 SA16 40 +12VDC 65 SA22 90 DACK5*
16 SA15 41 Ground 66 SA21 91 DR EQ5
17 SA14 42 SMEMW* 67 SA20 92 DACK6*
18 SA13 43 SMEMR* 68 SA19 93 DR EQ6
119 ISA12 144 IlOW’ 169 ISA16
I94 1 DACK7*
l Active low logic
PCI option slot connector pin assignments
l Active low logic
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SIMM socket connector pin assignments
l Active low logic
Tested Operating Environments
The following operating environments have been tested for
compatibility with the system.
Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 and later
Novell NetWare 3.12 and 4.02
Novell Personal NetWare
IBM OS/2 version 3.0 (Warp)
SC0 Open Desktop
Microsoft Windows 3.1 and later
Microsoft Windows for WorkGroups
Microsoft Windows NT version 3.5 and later
Microsoft Windows 95
l Certified as workstation; tested as file server
Your system has also received Novell’s “Yes, NetWare tested
and approved” certification as a workstation. As new
environments become available, these also will be tested.
Installation/Support Tips
Installing Diskette Drives
Cl Make sure that the drive type has been correctly selected
in the SETUP program.
Ll Make sure that you enable the diskette drive controller in
the SETUP program.
Installing Hard Disk Drives
If you are installing a drive that cannot use the embedded
IDE interface (such as an ESDI drive), it is recommended
that you use a 16-bit, AT-type hard disk controller. If you
install a non-IDE hard disk drive and controller card, you
must use SETUP to disable the built-in IDE hard disk
drive interface.
When installing a hard disk drive, use the autodetection
feature in SETUP to select the correct type for the drive. If
this feature does not produce a match for the drive, you
can define your own drive type by selecting type 47 from
the Master Disk option on the Standard options
window. You can then enter the drive’s parameters
yourself.
Software Problems
Cl When installing a copy-protected software package, first
try the installation at high speed. If this does not work
properly, select low speed by pressing Ctrl Alt - (on the
numeric keypad). Try loading the program at low speed
and then switching to high speed, if possible.
Ll When running a software package that uses a key disk as
its copy-protection method, try loading it at high speed. If
this does not work, load it at low speed.
Installing Option Cards
If you are installing a video adapter card, make sure you
disable the built-in VGA controller by setting jumper VJP1
to 1-2.
Upgrading the Processor
When you replace the processor, you need to check the
settings of several jumpers, as listed on page 4.
Booting Sequence
If you cannot boot the computer from the hard disk, make
sure the booting sequence in SETUP is set to A: , C : . Then
boot the computer from a system diskette in drive A.
Password
If you forget your password, you must discharge your
CMOS memory as follows:
1. Turn off the computer and remove the cover.
2. Disable the password by setting jumper JP28 on the system
board to 1-2.
3. Turn the computer on, leave it on for a few seconds, then
turn it off again.
4. Set jumper JP28 back to 2-3 to select the system board
battery.
5. Turn on the computer and run SETUP to enter a new
password, if desired, and the system configuration.
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Information Reference List
Engineering Change Notices
None.
Technical Information Bulletins
None.
Product Support Bulletins
None.
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