Epson Apex 386-40 User Manual

KEEN-3336/4030

Personal Computer

User’s Manual

Edition 1.1

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Documentation design and writing by: Hazel Chen, Nena Tsai, Patty Lee, and Alan Patterson.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

Radio Frequency Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and it not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communica-

tions.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Any special accessories needed for compliance must be specified in the instruction manual. Warning: A shielded-type power cord is required in order to meet FCC emission limits and

also to prevent interference to nearby radii and t&vision reception. It is essential that only the attached power cord be used.

Use only shielded cables to connect I/O devices to this computer.

You am cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party

responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate the equipment.

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparautus as set out in the radii interference regulations of the Canadian

Department of Communication. Le Présent appareil numérique n'émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites

applicables aux apparels numériques de Class B preescrites dans le réglement sur le

brouillage radiélectrique édicté parte Ministére des Communications du Canada.

Warning

• Your warranty be voided if you open your system unit case up to reconfigure the system.

• If you wish to reconfigure the computer at any time, ensure that the power is turned OFF before changing any hardware settings, such as DIP switches or jumpers.

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What’s Inside

Here’s what you’ll find in this manual:

About This Manual

Chapter 1—

concepts of your system.

Chapter 2 —

upgrade your system.

Chapter 3 —

MS-DOS functions and the BIOS setup program.

Chapter 4 —

and basic functions.

Chapter 5 —

cedures and provides directions for additional help.

Chapter 6 —

your system and shows you how to install disk drives.

Chapter 7 —

“System Overview”, gets you acquainted with the basic

"Setting Up Your System”,

shows you how to set up or

‘Operating Your System: shows you

"Keyboard”, explains the keyboards features, layout

“Troubleshooting”, covers simple troubleshooting pro-

“Appendix”,

"Glossary": explains some microcomputer terms.

provides some technical specifications for

the basics of the

How to use this manual

For the advanced user

If you are an experienced PC user and do not want to upgrade your

system now and you want to start using your personal computer as quickly as possible, refer to the Quick Start section at the beginning of chapter one.

Quick Start

hardware.

will provide you all the information you need to set up the

For the beginner

Chapter 1 gives you the basic information you need to use this system. Chapter 2 provides greater detail on the hardware and on how to upgrade your system. Your system is quite simple to set up. However if you are unsure of yourself, find an experienced PC hand to help out.

Chapter 1 System Overview

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1-1 Introduction

Operating System

1-2 QuickStart 1-3 Features 1-4 Specifications

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1-5 Example of a System Configuration 1-6 SystemUnit

1-7 Control Panel

Reset Button

Turbo Button

Indicator Lights Keylock

System Power Switch

1-8 Rear Panel

Keyboard Connector Power Cord Connector Display Port Power Voltage Setting

1-9 Other Peripherals 1-10 Disk Drives

Floppy Disk Drives

Copy Protection

Hard Disks

1-11 Keyboard 1-12 Maintaining Your Equipment

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Setting Up Your System

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2-1 Unpacking Your Main System 2-2 Configuration

Restrictions

BoardLayout

lnstallling Processor Installing Numeric Coprocessor ROM Installation

Main Memory Configuration Total 32-bit Memory Switch Settings Video Selection

2-3 Jumper Options and Connectors

Functions of Connectors and Jumpers Jumpers for Cache and Main Memory Configuration

2-4 Factory Default Settings 2-5 Connection to Power Supply

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Chapter 3 Operating Your System

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3-1 An Introduction to DOS

System Messages

3-2 DOS Operations

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DOS

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Starting MS-DOS

Formatting Disks

Banking up Your Diskettes and Files Deleting your Diskettes and Files Finding Out What Is on a Disk

3-3 Hard Disk Drive Format

Step 1

— Prefomatting Step 2 — Step3 — Format

3-4 Helpful Hints

Partitioning

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3-5 BIOS Utility and Setup 3-6 System BIOS

Hard Disk Preformat System Utilities Password

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3-7 Setup Program

Entering the Setup Program

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Running the Setup Program

Shadow RAM Exiting the Program

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Chapter 4 Keyboard

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4-1 Keyboard Layout 4-2 Getting Acquainted with Your Keyboard

Function Keys Numeric Keypad Mode Indicator Lights Special Keys QWERTY Keys Cursor Keys Key Combinations

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5-1 Troubleshooting Procedures 5-2 System Error Messages 5-3 Examples of System Error Messages

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Appendix

6-1 Disk Drives

6-2 Technical Information

6-3 Shadow RAM 6-4 Entering 33/40MHz Cache Mode

6-5 Quick Reference for Jumper Settings

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Floppy Disk Drives Hard Disk Drives

386 Microprocessor Math Coprocessor Memory Subsystem

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Chapter 1 System Overview

List of Figures

Figure 1-1: QuickStart Figure 1-2: System Configuration Figure 1-3: System Unit Case Figure 1-4: Front Panel Figure 1-5: Keylock and Two Security-lock Keys Figure 1-6: Rear Panel Figure 1-7: Connecting the Keyboard Cable Figure 1-8: System Power Cord Figure 1-9: Two Kinds of Display Connectors Figure 1-10: Voltage Switch Figure 1-11: Power Cord Specifications

Figure 1-12: System Unit Connected to Peripherals Figure 1-13: Installing Floppy and Hard Disk Drives Figure 1-14: Floppy Disk Specifications Figure 1-15: Copy Protection for 3.5” Floppy Disk Figure 1-16: Copy Protection for 5.25” Floppy Disk Figure 1-17: Keyboard

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Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System

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Figure 2-5: The Four-switch DIP SW1 Figure 2-6: Figure 2-7: Figure 2-8: Figure 2-9: Factory Defautt Settings Figure 2-10: Figure 2-11:

Unpacking Your Main System Motherboard Layout Coprocessor Installation SIMM-type DRAM

SW1-4 Switch Settings

An Example of Three-pin Jumper Setting

DRAM Configurations

Connecting to a Power Supply Power Supply Pinouts

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Figure 3-1: Figure 3-2: Calculator Figure 3-3: Key Functions of Calculator

Initial Screen

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Keyboard

Figure 4-1 : Figure 4-2: Function Keys Figure 4-3: Numeric Keypad Figure 4-4: Functions of Numeric Keypad Keys Figure 4-5: Indicator Lights Figure 4-6: Special Keys Figure 4-7: Functions of Special Keys Figure 4-8: QWERTY Keys Figure 4-9: Functions of Special QWERTY Keys Figure 4-10: Cursor Keys Figure 4-11: Special Functions Figure 4-12: Adjustment of Keyboard Angles

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Figure 6-1: Figure 6-2: Installing the Floppy Disk Drives Figure 6-3: Connecting a Floppy Disk Drive Figure 6-4: Figure 6-5: Figure 6-6: Fasten the Brackets on a Hard Disk Drive Figure 6-7: Connecting a Hard Disk Drive Figure 6-8: Figure 6-9: Figure 6-10:

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Fasten the Brackets on a Floppy Disk Drive

Connecting a Floppy Disk Drive to an FDC Card Cables for Disk Drives

Connecting a Hard Disk to an HDC Card Shadow RAM Shadow RAM Control Port

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Chapter 1

System Overview

Chapter 1: System Overview

This chapter covers:

the basics of your system

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the system’s features and specifications

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control panel features and connectors outside the case how to maintain your computer

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lf you are an experienced user who wants to get to work as soon as possible, the Quick provides you all the information you need to set up the hardware.

If you want to upgrade your hardware later, read Chapter 2. If you want to gain a more thorough understanding of your computer,

read the entire manual. Note:

Start section at the beginning of this chapter

You may refer to the terminology.

Glossary chapter for definitions of computer

1-1 Introduction

This manual will guide you through the setup of your computer and provide the information necessary to tailor the system to fit your needs.

lf you are a novice, you will have your computer up and running with a minimum of fuss. You will also gain valuable handson experience by following the easy step-by-step instructions. If you are an advanced user, you will appreciate the affordable power of this system.

The 386-based mainboard provides superlative performance and complete compatibility with software written for the Intel ‘86 family of CPUs.

The system uses a cache memory subsystem providing a small amount of fast memory (SRAM) and a large amount of slow memory

(DRAM).

-fast enough to support burst cycles and to complete bus cycles with no wait states. The cache memory provides high performance at a cost approaching that of DRAM.

Quality, flexibility, and functionality are the key design features of your system. This system provides optimum performance at an affordable price.

Operating System

Your computer uses the MS-DOS® operating system. For more details on this operating system, please refer to the Microsoft® MS-DOS

User’s Guide system.

This system is configured to so that all system memory is fast

and

User’s

Reference.

This manual is included with your

Chapter 1: System Overview

1-2 Quick Start

If you are an experienced user anxious to start using your computer, observe the figure below to set up your personal computer. You will still

want to use this manual later as a reference book.

Note:

Save all packing materials in case you need to ship or resell your

computer in the future.

Figure 1-1:

Quick Start

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1-3 Features

386-33140 microprocessor with 80387-33140 or Weitek 3167 numeric coprocessor optional

Use of the DTK DA315 and DA342 chipset

Dual speed, 33/40MHz cache support in ultra-high speed. Emulation without cache is enabled in low speed. Software

or hardware switches toggle between high and low speeds.

l/2/4/5/8 MB 32-bit DRAM onboard

Direct-mapped high-speed SRAM cache memory support: 64KB

Write-back cache update for O-wait state memory-write operations

DTK, or AMI BIOS support

Shadow HAM function for BIOS and video

One 32-bit memory expansion slot for the PEI-307 32-bit memory expansion card, expanding 32-bit memory up to

16MB

Six 16-bit AT compatible l/O slots

Two a-bit AT compatible l/O slots

AT bus speed —

KEEN-3336: 8MHz KEEN-4030: 10MHz

DALLAS DS1287 chip to maintain system configuration and

real-time clock setting

Keyboard and speaker attachments

Seven DMA channels

16-level interrupt

Three programmable timers

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• System performance rate:

KEEN-3336

Landmark (V. 1 .14): 53.7 ~ 53.9 Power Meter MIPS (V. 1.7): 8.0MIPS Norton SI (V. 6.0): 35.4

KEEN-4030

Landmark (V. 1.14): 65.1 Power Meter MIPS (V. 1.7): 9.4MIPS

Norton SI

1-4 Specifications

• CPU — 386 microprocessor, 33/40MHz

• RAM

• ROM — 64KB legal BIOS

• Expansion slots -Six 16-hit slots and two 8-bit slots

• Power Size

• Options —

(V. 6.0): 42.9

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Subsystem of 1 MB, 2MB, 4MB, SMB,and 8MB

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165mm X 150mm X 150mm

Math coprocessor 80387-33140

Weitek 3167

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1-5 Example of a System Configuration

The basic system is pictured below. You may choose peripherals and upgrades for the system as your needs require. Even if your system is different from the one pictured, if should operate in the same basic

manner.

Figure 1-2: System Configuration

Note:

The illustrations of the system in this manual may look different from your system; however, their main features should be the same.

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1-6 System Unit

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The system unit may house a motherboard, disk drives, a power and optional expansion cards.

Power Button

Reset Button

Figure 1-3:

System Unit Case

supply

1-7 Control Panel

Chapter 7: System Overview

The control panel provides several useful functions which are explained below. You are likely to use the front panel frequently, so let’s start there.

Reset Button

The reset button allows you to restart the system without turning the

power off. lf you encounter any problems while using unfamiliar software, you can

always restart quickly from the RAM test stage by pressing the reset button. Note, however, that any data which have not been saved to disk will be lost.

Figure 1-4: Front Panel

Turbo Button

The Turbo button allows you to change the operating speed of the

microprocessor to accommodate software requirements. Some software applications must be run at a slow clock speed.

lndicator Lights

These lights indicate the operation status of your computer. The red LED comes on when the hard disk is being accessed. The green LED is lit when the power is on. The yellow LED comes on when Turbo clock speed is activated.

Keylock

The keylock enables or disables the keyboard. In the unlock mode the keyboard is activated. In the lock mode the keyboard is disabled to deny unauthorized uses access to the computer.

Figure 1-5:

Keylock and Two Security-lock Keys

System Power Switch

The system power switch is located on the control panel. You should always be certain that the power is turned off before

modifying the hardware configuration in any way.

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1-8 Rear Panel

The rear panel has all the connections that lead from the system unit to external peripherals and the power source. Turn off all power

switches before connecting or disconnecting cables/wires! En-

sure that cables/wires are attached to the external device first and connected to the outlet unit later. Turn the system unit power switch off before you plug the power cable into an electrical outlet.

Power Cord Outlet

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Figure 1-6:

Rear Panel

Keyboard Connector

The keyboard supplied with your system can be plugged into sockets in the rear of the case. plug the keyboard cable into the socket as shown below.

Figure 1-7: Connecting the Keyboard Cab&

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Power Cord Connector

The power supply has two receptacles: one supplies power to a monitor; the other connects to the main power source.

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Figure 1-8: System Power Cord

Display Port

You will also need to connect your monitor to the system unit at a female display port in one of the expansion slots as shown on the previous page.

To attach the monitor cable to the video port, plug the cable into the port and screw the cable connector down securely.

Your computer gives you a wide range of video options to meet your needs.

You have a wide choice of the following video standards.

— MGA (Monochrome Graphics Adapter) also referred to as — CGA (Color Graphics his Adapter)

— EGA (Enhanced Graphics Adapter) — VGA

(Video Graphics Adapter)

Your monitor power plug may not fit the system unit’s monitor power outlet.

lf not, connect the monitor cable to a wall electrical outlet.

Refer to the figures below for mono and color display connections.

Ground

Secondary Red

Red

Green

Blue

Secondary Green Secondary Blue

Horizontal sync vertical sync

Figure 1-9:

Red

Green

Blue

MS2

Ground

Two Kinds of Display Connectors

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Power Voltage Setting

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The system unit can run on either 115V or 230V as indicated in the figure below. The voltage setting switch is located above the monitor power outlet. Refer to Figure 1-11 for power cord specifications.

Figure 1-10: Voltage Switch

When you are using the PC in American areas, switch the voltage

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selector switch to 115V and if you are in European countries, switch to 230V. Refer to the figure below for the appropriate specification of the power cord used.

Power Source Cord Specification

115v

230v

230v (U.S.A. only)

Figure 1-11: Power Cord Specifications

UL listed; SVT/SJT type; three-conductor rated 10A, 125V; <15

Appropriate approval listed in that specific country: three -conductor

rated 6A, 250v (HAR).

UL listed; SVT/SJT type; three-conductor rated 6A, 250v<15ft. in length.

in length

To connect other peripherals (printers, modems, etc.), refer to your

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expansion card manuals or peripheral manuals to determine which ports are to be used. You may consult your dealer for more about the expansion cards available for your system. Typical peripherals are shown in the illustration below.

Figure 1-12: System Unit Connected to Peripherals

1-10 Disk Drives

You can install up to six disk drives in the system unit of either with

5.25” or 3.5” sizes. More information about how to install disk drives may be found in Chapter 6.

Figure 1-13: Installing Floppy and Hard Disk Drives

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Contents

Operating System

Quick Start

Reset Button

Turbo Button

Keylock

System Power Switch

Keyboard Connector

Power Cord Connector

Display Port

Power Voltage Setting