Epson ActionPC 2600, ActionPC 5500 Product Information Guide

EPSON ActionPC 2600, ActionPC 5500

AC outlet

/

//

keyboard

(SPEED)
light

hard disk drive

/

(HDD) light

diskette

mouse serial 1

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drive

serial

Memory

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

ROM

1MB flash ROM BIOS, video BIOS, and

SETUP code located in flash ROM on

system

board; 128KB subsystem BIOS

WER

button

Video RAM

ROM

512KB or 1 MB DRAM on system board;
expandable to 2MB using additional
512KB, 40-pin, SOJ flat pack video DRAM
chips

Shadow RAM

Supports shadowing of system and video
BIOS ROM into RAM and in SETUP
program

Cache

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

\

2

printer

‘VGA

monitor

Clock/calendar

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

Computer Specifications

CPU and Memory

32-bit CPU
Green PC

energy saver

System speed

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

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

Controllers

PCI Chipset

Video

Diskette

Hard disk

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

Mass Storage

Diskette drive
types

Hard disk drive
types

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
Port/Extended Capability Port)
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”’

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

Internal

Internal mount:
One
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

(Enhanced

Parallel

modes;

compatible mouse interface built

3.5-inch

wide,

one-inch high drive

Keyboard

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

Mouse
SETUP

Program

System security

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

Virus protection

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

Width
Depth
Height
Weight

1

Measurement

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

Input ranges

Maximum
output

Frequency

Cables Two to

Option slot power limits

Output voltage (VDC) I+5 Volts

For all slots

150 Watt, UL/TUV/CSA listed, fan-cooled
115 VAC or 230 VAC; switch-selectable
+5 VDC at 18 Amps, -5 VDC at 0.3 Amp

+12 VDC at 4 Amps, -12 VDC at 0.3 Amp

47 to 63 Hz

system

board, five to mass

storage devices

1

14 Amps

I-5Volts1+I2

IO.3

Amp

volts

13.6

Amps IO.3 Amp

Environmental Requirements

Condition
Temperature

Humidity
(non-condensing)

Altitude

1

Operating range

141°t0950F

(5° to 35° C)

20% to 60% 10% to 95%

-330 to 9,900 ft
(-100 to 3,000 m)

1

Storage range

l-4’to140°F

(-20° to 60° C)

-330 to 39,600 ft
(-100 to 12,000 m)

I-12

volts

Other devices

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

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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

CPU type jumper settings

Intel or

AMD

3-4

1-2
2-3

JP1

3-4.
5-6
1-2
2-3 2-3 2-3

CPU type

Intel

3-4

3-4

1-2 1-2

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1-2

11-2 12-3

Open 1 Open

12-3

Miscellaneous jumper settings

* Default setting

Parallel port ECP mode DRQ jumper settings

Function
DRQ1 (DAK#1) 1-2

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Default setting

JP30

2-3* 2-3*

Cache jumper settings

cache size JP19

0KB

128KB 2-3

256KB

1-2 1-2

1-2

JP20

1-2
2-3

JP31

1-2

JP21
1-2
1-2
2-3

1-2

11-2 12-3 11-2

CPU voltage jumper settings

CPU voltage

3.3V

3.45V

5.0V

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Default setting depends on installed processor

JP15-16*
Open
Open
1-2

JP17-18*
1-2
1-2
Open

CPU clock jumper settings

CPU clock speed JP24
25 MHz
33 MHz

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Default setting

2-3

1-2’

JP36*
2-3

1-2
Open

JP25
2-3

1-2*

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SIMM Installation

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

External Cache

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
U8, 9, 10,11

32K x 8, 28-pin
32K

x

8, 28-pin

BANK 1

U12,13,14,15
None
32K x 8, 28-pin 32K x 8, 28-pin

Tag SRAM
U18

32K x 8, 28-pin

Total cache

128KB

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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If you install SlMMs In both Bank 1 and

I64MB I4MB

Bank 2, SIMM types

I132MB

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.

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

Resolution requirements color
640x480

800x600

1024x768 1MB

1280x1024

*Non-Interlaced and interlaced
**Interfaced

Memory
1MB

1MB
1MB

1MB

1MB
1MB
1MB

1MB
1MB

2MB

16
256 60/70/87
65K

16.8M (True

Color)

16

256

65K

16

256

16

256 43.5

Refresh
rates (Hz) Remarks

60

60/72/75/87 16 bits/pixel
60

60/75
60/75
56/60
60/70/75/87 8bits/pixel*
60/70/75/87
60/87

8 bits/pixel*
8 bits/pixel

24 bits/pixel

8

bits/pixel

8

bits/pixel

16 bits/pixel

8

bits/pixel*

4

bit planes”

8

bits/pixel*

Hard Disk Drive Types

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.

Hard Disk Drive Information

The following table lists parameters for hard disk drives
qualified for use in the computer.

Hard disk drive parameters

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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

1

IRQ0
IRQ1 1 Keyboard
IRQ2

Timer output 0

1

Cascade to IRQ9

IDE hard disk

drive jumper settings

DMA Assignments

IRQ7
IRQ8
IRQ9
IRQ10
IRQ11
IRQ12
IRQ13
IRQ14

1

IRQ151 Secondary IDE controller

Parallel port 1 (LPT1)

Real-time clock
Available
Available

Available

PS/2 mouse
Math coprocessor

Primary IDE controller

System Memory Map

Address range Function

FE0000h-FFFFFFh

100000h-FDFFFFh
OEOOOOh-OFFFFFh
OC8000h-0DFFFFh l/O

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OCOOOOh-OC7FFFh

-0BFFFFh

OAOOOOh
OOOOOOh-09FFFFh

Shadowed system ROM BIOS
System extended memory (128MB maximum)
System ROM or adapter ROM

I Shadowed video ROM BIOS

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Graphics display buffer

I840KB

base memory

System l/O Address Map

Hex address
000-01F
020-03F
022-024
040-05F
060-06F
070 - 07F

\080-09F

0A0-0BF
0C0-0DF
OF0

LOFl

0F8 -0FF

Assigned device

DMA controller 1,8237
Interrupt controller 1,8259
Reserved
Timer, 8254
Keyboard controller, 8242PE
Real-time dock NMI (non-maskable interrupt)

(

DMA page register, 7

Interrupt controller 2,82 _
DMA controller 2,8237
Clear math coprocessor

1

Reset math coprocessor

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2F8-- 2FF

300-31F

360-363

368-36B

378 - 37F

380-38F

ISerial port 2

1

Prototype card

Available
Available
Parallel printer port 1
Available

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System Z/O address map (continued)

Connector Pin Assignments

Parallel port connector pin assignments

(CN13)

VGA port connector pin assignments (VCN1)

Power (SPEED) LED connector pin assignments (CN4)

Pin Signal
1

Pull up 220

2

LED Turbo

Pin Signal
3

Ground

HDD LED connector pin assignments (CN3)

Pin ( Signal
1

1

LED power (pull up 220)

IPIll I
12

Signal

[

HDD active

Power supply connector pin assignments (CN6)

1

PinI Signal

1

NC

2

+5 VDC

3

+12 VDC

4

-12 VDC

5

1

Ground

6

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Ground

Diskette drive connector pin assignments

lPin 1 Signal

7

Ground

8

Ground

9

-5 VDC

10

+5 VDC

111

1+5VDC

112[ +5 VDC

(CN10)

Keyboard and mouse connector pin assignments (CN9 and CN8)

Pin

Signal

1

Data

2

Reserved 5 Clock

Ground

3

Pin

Signal

4 +5 VDC

6 Reserved

** Active low Iogic

*Active low logic

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Option card riser board connector pin assignments

PinI Signal1 Pin1Signal1 Pin1Signal1 Pin1Signal

1

lvcc

2

Vcc
3 INTA* 53
4 INTC 54
5 PCIRST 55

121 IAD

1511IOCHK*

52 SD7 102 INTB* 152

SD6
SD5
SD4

71 ISA10

1011VCC

103 INTD 153 IRQ9
104 REQ#2 154 -5V
105 Not used 155 DRQ2

1121 IAD

151IRSTDRV

I1711 IRQ6

Vcc

ISA option slot connector pin assignments

1

PinI Signal I Pin1 Signal

15

SA16 40

16

SA15

17

SA14 42

18

SA13 43

119

ISA12

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Active low logic

+12VDC

41

Ground
SMEMW* 67 SA20 92 DACK6*
SMEMR* 68 SA19 93 DR EQ6

144

IlOW’

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Pin I SignalI Pin 1 Signal

65 SA22
66

169

ISA16

PCI option slot connector pin assignments

SA21

90

DACK5*

91

DR EQ5

I941 DACK7*

134

IPAR 11341AD14

43

jAD2

44

IADO 194

I93

ISO9
lSDl0

1143
11441NC

IVCC

I1641 IRQ11

1193

IDRQ6

11941 DAK#7

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Active low logic

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SIMM socket connector pin assignments

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Active low logic

Tested Operating Environments

The following operating environments have been tested for
compatibility with the

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

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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.

system.

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

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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

numeric keypad). Try loading the program at low speed

and then switching to high speed, if possible.

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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.

Ctrl Alt -

(on the

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
boot the computer from a system diskette in drive A.

A: , C

: . Then

Installation/Support Tips

Installing Diskette Drives

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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.

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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