Epson ACTIONPC 7000, ENDEAVOR 486I, ACTIONTOWER 7000 User Manual

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SPEED light POWER light
AC outlet
voltage switch
hard disk access light (HDD)
/
serial 1 serial 2
drive bays
RESET button

Computer Specifications

CPU and Memory

32-bit CPU Green PC
energy saver
System speed
Memory
ROM
Upgradable 486-class processors Energy Star compliant, low-power
standby, doze 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 standby mode
Fast and slow processor speeds available; fast is the speed of the processor and slow is 8 MHz; from MS-DOS applications, speed selectable by keyboard command
4 or 8MB RAM standard using SIMMs; expandable to 128MB using 1, 2, 4, 8, 16,
and 32MB SIMMs; SIMMs must be tin-plated, 72-pin, 32-bit, fast-page mode type with access speed of 70ns or faster
128KB Phoenix system BIOS, video BIOS,
and SETUP code located in Flash ROM on
main system board
POWER button
RESET button
option slots
Video RAM
POWER light
SPEED light
hard disk
\
+
access light
WV
drive bays
Shadow RAM
Cache
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Math
coprocessor
/
/
VGA monitor
\
,
printer (parallel device)
serial 2
serial 1 mouse
keyboard
AC inlet
voltage selector switch
AC outlet
Clock/calendar

Controllers

PCI Chipset
1MB DRAM on main system board;
expandable to 2MB using two 512KB, 40-pin, SOJ flat pack video DRAM chips
Supports shadowing of system and video
BIOS ROM into RAM; video shadowing
selectable in SETUP program
8KB of internal cache in the processor;
supports 128, 256, or 512KB of external
cache with 32K x 8, 64K x 8, or 128K x 8,
15ns 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 socketed on main system board with
integrated lithium battery
Provides PCI caching, 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
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Video
Diskette
Hard disk

Interfaces

Monitor
Parallel
Serial

Keyboard

Mouse

Option slots
Speaker
Cirrus Logic GD5430 high-performance GUI accelerator controller supports resolutions up to 1024 x 768 in 256 colors with 1MB of video DRAM; 1280 x 1024 with 2MB of video DRAM
Controller on main system board supports up to two diskette drives or one diskette/ combo diskette and one tape drive
Two PCI, ATA-2 compatible two-channel, local bus IDE interfaces on main 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-sensing and enhanced IDE functions
Energy Star compliant video interface for fixed or multi-frequency monitor built into system board; 15-pin, D-shell connector
One standard, multimode parallel interface built into main system board; supports S-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 main system board; 16C550-compatible; 9-pin, D-shell connectors
PS/2™ compatible keyboard interface built into main system board; 6-pin, mini DIN
connector
PS/2 compatible mouse interface built
into main system board; 6-pin, mini DIN
connector
Connector card with five I/O expansion
slots; three ISA compatible (8.33 MHz bus
speed), two PCI compatible (33 MHz bus
speed)
Internal

Mass Storage

Slimline
Internal mount:
One
3l!-inch
wide, one-inch high drive
Externally accessible mounts:
One
3%inch
and two
wide, one-inch high drive
5l!-inch
Tower
Front internal mount:
One
3l!-inch
wide, one-inch high drive
Rear internal mounts:
Two 3%-inch wide, one-inch high drives or one
3l!-inch
wide, full-height drive
Externally accessible mounts:
Two
3%inch
Diskette drive types
and two
3%-inch
storage capacity;
5l!-inch
diskette drive, 720KE or 1.44ME
360KB or 1.2MB storage capacity; or combination
3l&inch/PCMCIA diskette drive
Hard disk drive types
51/4-inch
or 3%-inch form factor hard disk
drive(s), up to half-height size; maximum
of four drives
Other devices
Half-height tape drive, CD-ROM drive, optical drive, PCMCIA card reader, or other storage device; with mounting frames
Keyboard
Detachable, two-position height; 101 or 102 sculpted keys; country-dependent 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
during boot User and Supervisor level passwords
available for system boot or diskette access
Virus protection
Write protection feature for the hard disk
drive boot sector

Physical Characteristics

Dimension Width Depth Height Weight
Slimline
16.8 inches (427 mm)
15.8 inches (401 mm)
4.4 inches (112 mm)
18.2 lb (8.3 kg) with one diskette drive, without keyboard
wide, half-height drives
wide, one-inch high drives
wide, half-height drives
51/4-inch
3Q-inch/5l/4-inch
diskette drive,
5l/4-inch,
or
or
3l!-inch
Del
7.1 inches (181 mm)
16.2 inches (413 mm)
13.2 inches (337 mm)
20.6 lb (9.3 kg) with one diskette drive, without keyboard
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Power Supply

Type Input ranges
Maximum output
Frequency 50 to 60 Hz Cables
Option slot power limits
Output voltage (VDC)
200 Watt, UL/TUV/CSA listed, fan-cooled 100-120 VAC or 200-240 VAC;
switch-selectable +5 VDC at 20 Amps, -5 VDC at 0.5 Amp
+12 VDC at 8 Amps, -12 VDC at 0.5 Amp
Two to main system board, five to mass storage devices; for more than five devices, Y cables can be installed on the existing cables
1 +5 Volts
1 -5 Volts

Environmental Requirements

Condition Temperature
Humidity
+
(non-condensing) Altitude
1 Operating range 141°t0900F
-330 to
9,900 ft
1 Storage range I-4’
to 140° F
-330 to
39,600 ft
CPU type jumper settings

Jumper Settings

Miscellaneous jumper settings
Function
I
Enables on-board l/O controller Disables on-board l/O controller
4
Selects 5V flash ROM Selects 12V flash ROM EPROM
I
Enables PCI IDE controller Disables PCI IDE controller Clears CMOS memory (resets SETUP values to factory defaults) Normal CMOS values
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,,,,
* Default setting
Parallel port ECP mode DRQ jumper settings
Function JP8 JP18 DRQ1 (DACK1)* DRQ4 (DACK3) 2-3
* Default setting
Enables on-board VGA controller Disables on-board VGA controller
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1-2
2-3
1-2
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System Board Components

The diagram below illustrates the components on the ActionPC 7000/ActionTower 7000/Endeavor 486i board. The table following it describes these components.
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System board components
Connector
J1 J3 PS/2 mouse connector J4 Serial 2 port connector J5 Serial 1 port connector J6 Printer (parallel) port connector J7 J9 Power connector J10 J12 Diskette drive connector J13 Primary IDE connector J14 J15 J21
S1
U2 U4, U14, U20, UMC UM82C865, UMC UM8886, CMD PCl0640B, U21 U5
U8 U9, U10 Soldered standard Video RAM U11 U12 Phoenix system and video BIOS chip U16, U18 Video DRAM expansion sockets U22 U23-27, U35-37
1 U30
PS/2 keyboard connector
15-pin DIN type VGA connector
VGA feature connector
Secondary IDE connector HDD LED connector Pins 2-3: Turbo LED connector Pins 9-10: Hardware reset connector Pins 11-13: Power LED connector Pins 17-20: Speaker connector Riser card slot; default settings of PCI AD Select are AD12 and AD13 AMIKEY-2 keyboard controller
UMC UM8881 PCI chipset SMC FDC 37C665 parallel port super l/O diskette controller Cirrus Logic GD5430 VGA controller
Dallas DS 12887 real-time clock chip
CPU External cache memory sockets Cache tag RAM chip
SIMM configurations

SIMM Installation

The computer comes with 4 or 8MB of memory using SIMMs. By installing additional SIMMs, you can increase the amount of memory up to 128MB.
There are four SIMM sockets on the main system board, and each can contain one memory module. You can install 1MB, 2MB, 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, and 32MB SIMMs. The sockets are labeled on the main system board.
The following table shows the recommended SIMM configurations. Do not install SIMMs in any other configuration.
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SIMM configurations (continued)
Bank0 Bank1 Bank2 Bank3 (SIM1) Type (SIM2) Type (SIM3) Type (SIM4) Type
16MB Single 16MB Single 8MB Double ­16MB Single 16MB Single 16MB Single ­16MB Single 16MB Single 8MB 16MB Single 16MB Single 16MB Single 16MB Single 64MB 16MB Single 16MB Single 32MB Double ­16MB Single 16MB Single 32MB Double 32MB 32MB
Double -
32MB
Double - 32MB Double ­Double 32MB Double 32MB Double 1MB Double 32MB Double 2MB Double 32MB Double 2MB Double 2MB Double 68MB
*
If you install SlMMs in both Bank 0 and Bank 1 or Bank 2 and Bank 3, SIMM types must match.
Double -
Double 8MB Double 48MB
Single 1MB Double -
Total memory
40MB 48MB
64MB
Double 96MB
32MB 64MB 64MB
Single 66MB
66MB
Use only tin-plated, 32-bit, 72-pin, fast-page mode SIMMs that operate at an access speed of 80ns or faster. Be sure all the SIMMs operate at the same speed.

External Cache

You can install 128KB, 256KB, or 512KB of external cache with 32K x 8, 64K x 8, or 128K x 8 15ns or 20ns, SRAM DIP chips and one 32K x 8 15ns or 20ns tag chip. The computer may already have cache installed.
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 U23, 24, 25, 26 32K x 8, 28-pin 32K x 8, 28-pin 64K x 8, 28-pin 128K x 8, 32-pin

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
BANK 1 U27, 35, 36, 37 None 32K x 8, 28-pin 64K x 8, 28-pin None
Tag SRAM U30 32K x 8, 28-pin 32K x 8, 28-pin 32K x 8, 28-pin 32K x 8, 28-pin
Total cache 128KB 256KB 512KB 512KB

Video Memory

The computer comes with 1MB of video memory. You can increase the video memory to 2MB by installing two 512KB, 40-pin SOJ flat pack video DRAM chips. (You cannot increase video memory by installing just one chip.)
Video resolutions and colors
Resolution 640 x 480
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 1024
* Non-interlaced and interlaced ** Interlaced
Memory
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Refresh
60/72/751 8 bits/pixel
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Hard Disk Drive Types

Your computer comes with a hard disk auto-sensing feature. To use it, select one of the drives you have installed from the Fixed Disk Setup screen. On the screen that appears for that drive, press Enter to select the Autotype Fixed Disk option. The system detects the type of hard disk drive, fills in the drive’s parameters, and sets the remaining options on the screen.
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Hard Disk Drive Information

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

DMA Assignments

Level
DMA0 DMA1 DMA2 DMA3 DMA4 DMA5
DMA6
DMA7
Assigned device
Reserved Available Diskette drive controller Available Cascade from DMA1 to DMA2 Spare Spare Spare

Hardware Interrupts

IRQ no.
IRQO IRQI
IRQI
IRQ2
IRQ2
IRQ3
IRQ3 IRQ4IRQ4
IRQ5IRQ5
IRQ6IRQ6
IRQ7
IRQ7
IRQ8IRQ8 IRQ9IRQ9
IRQIOIRQIO
IRQI 1IRQI 1
IRQ12IRQ12 IRQ13 IRQ14 IRQ15
Function
Timer
output 0
Keyboard
Keyboard
Cascade to
Cascade to
Serial oort
Serial Serial
Serial AvaIlableAvaIlable
Diskette dwe
Diskette dwe
Parallel oort 1
Parallel port 1
Real-time
Real-time AvaIlableAvaIlable AvaIlableAvaIlable
1
AvaIlableAvaIlable
PS12
PS12
Math coprocessor
Primary
Secondary
IRQ9
IRQ9
2
port 2 port 1
port 1
controller
controller
clock
clock
mouse
mouse
IDE controller
IDE controller
IDE hard disk drive jumper settings
Model number
Conner CFS1275A Conner CFS850A Conner CFS540A Conner CFS425A Conner CFS420A
Conner CFS270A Western Digital AC2540 Western Digital AC2420 Western Digital AC2340 Western Digital AC2250
Single drive
C/D jumpered C/D jumpered C/D jumpered C/D jumpered CID jumpered CID jumpered
No
jumpers No Jumpers No jumpers No jumpers

System Memory Map

Address range
FEOOOOh-FFFFFFh IOOOOOh-FDFFFFh
OEOOOOh-OFFFFFh OC8000h.ODFFFFh OCOOOOh-OC7FFFh OAOOOOh-OBFFFFh OOOOOOh-09FFFFh
Function
128KB
dupllcatlon
OEOOOOh-OFFFFFh
System extended memory (128MB 128KB ROM BIOS Adapter ROM BIOS
Video
ROM BIOS 128KB video memory 640KB base
of ROM BIOS stored at
maxlmum)
memorv
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System I/O Address Map

Hex address
000-01F 020-03F
1 022-024
040-05F 060-06F 070-07F
1 080-09F 1
0A0-0BF 0C0-0DF 0F0
1
OF1
0F8-0FF
1F0-1F8 1E0-1E7
1 200-207 1
278-
27F
2B0-2DF 2E1
1
2E2, 2E3
2F8-2FF
300-31F
360-363
1 368-36B
378-37F 380-38F
390-393
1 3A0-3AF
3B0-3BF 3C0-3CF
3D0-3DF
1 3F0-3F7
3F8
-3FF 6E2, 6E3 790-
793
1
AE2, AE3 Available
B90, B93 EE2, EE3 1390-1393
1
22E1 Available
42E1 63E1
1
82E1 Available
A2E1 C2E1 E2E1
Assigned device
DMA controller 1, 8237
Interrupt controller 1, 8259 Reserved Timer, 8254 Keyboard controller, 8242PE Real-time clock NMI (non-maskable Interrupt)
DMA page register, 74LS612
Interrupt controller 2, 8259 DMA controller 2, 8237 Clear math coprocessor Reset math coprocessor
Math coprocessor Primary hard disk Interface Secondary hard disk Interface
Game I/O
Parallel printer port Alternate enhanced graphics adapter GPIB (adapter 0)
1
Data acquisition (adapter 0)
Serial port 2 Prototype card Available Available Parallel printer port 1 Available Available Available Available Available Available Diskette drive controller Serial port Available Available
Available Available Available
Available Available Available
Available Available Available
2
1
Serial port connector pin assignments (J4 and J5)
Pin
Signal
1
Data carrier detect
2
Receive data
3
Transmit data
4
Data terminal ready
1
Ground
I5
Pin
Signal
6
Data set ready
7
Request to send
8
Clear to send
9
Ring indicator
II
I I
Keyboard and mouse connector pin assignments (J1 and J3)
Pin
Signal
1
Data 4
2
NC 5 Clock
3 Ground 6 NC
Pin
Signal Vcc
VGA port connector pin assignments (J7)
LED connector pin assignments (J21)
Pin
Signal
1
NC
2
Turbo LED (yellow)
3
Turbo LED (white)
4 NC 5 NC 6 NC 7
NC
8
NC
9 Hardware reset (white)
Pin
Signal
11
Power LED (yellow)
12
NC
13
Power LED 14 NC 15 NC 16 NC 17
Speaker 18
NC
(white)
(red)
HDD LED connector pin assignments (J15)
Pin 1 Signal 1
1 Red
1
Pin 1 Signal
Power supply connector pin assignments (J9)2390-2393

Connector Pin Assignments

Parallel port connector pin assignments (J6)
6
Data Data Data Data
4 5 6 7
7 8
9
* Active low logic
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Error * lnit * Selectin * Signal around
24 25
Signal ground Signal ground
Diskette
* All odd-numbered pins are grounds
dke
Pin* 1 Signal 2
1 NC
4 NC 6 NC 8 Index 10 Motor A 12
Drive B 14 Drive A 16 Motor B 18
Direction
connector pin
assignmL&s (112)
22 Write data 24 Write enable 26 Track 0 28 30 Read data 32 34
Write protect
Select header Disk change
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IDE drive connector pin assignments
*Active low logic
and J14)
Option card riser board connector pin assignments
ISA option
* Active low logic
slot connector pin assignments
SIMM socket connector pin assignments
* Active low logic
* Active low logic
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Tested Operating Environments

The following operating environments have been tested for compatibility with the system.
Microsoft® MS-DOS® 3.3 and later Novell® DR DOS® Novell NetWare®* 3.12 and 4.02 Novell Personal NetWare IBM® OS/2® including version 3.0 (Warp) SCO® UNIX® SCO Open Desktop Microsoft Windows 3.0 and later Microsoft Windows for WorkGroups Microsoft Windows NT, including version 3.5
* 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

0
Make sure that the drive type has been correctly selected
in the SETUP program.
0
Make sure jumper JP2 is set to position 1-2 to enable the
diskette drive controller.

Installing Option Cards

If you are installing a video adapter card, make sure you
disable the built-in VGA controller by setting JP50 to 2-3.

Upgrading the Processor

When you replace the processor, you need to check the
settings of several jumpers, as listed on page 3.

Booting Sequence

If you cannot boot the computer from the hard disk, make sure the booting sequence in SETUP is set to A: Then boot the computer from a system diskette in drive A.
then C :

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 JP49 on the main system board to on.
3.
Turn the computer on, leave it on for a few seconds, then turn it off again.
4.
Set jumper JP49 back to off to select the system board battery.
5.
Run SETUP to enter a new password, if desired.

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 set jumper JP25 to on to disable the built-in IDE hard disk drive interface. Also, remove the hard disk drive ribbon connector from the system board.
When installing a hard disk drive, use the auto-sensing feature in SETUP to select the correct type for the drive. If the auto-sensing feature does not produce a match for the drive, you can define your own drive type by selecting User as the type and entering the drive’s parameters.

Software Problems

0
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.
0
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

Information Reference List

Engineering Change Notices
None.
Technical Information Bulletins
None.
Product Support Bulletins
None.

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