Epson Apex 386SX-16 User Manual
PEER-1630
16MHz 386SX™ SYSTEM
U
ser’s
Manual
PEER-1630
Personal Computer
User’s
Manual
Edition
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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 if 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 inter-
ference 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 radio and
television 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 are 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 apparatus as set out in the radio interference regula-
tions of the Canadian Department of Communication.
Le Présent appareil numérique n’émet
dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de
pas de bruits
radioélectriques
Class B
preescrites dans le règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté parle
Ministère des
Communications
du
Canada.
Warning
Reconfiguring
•
To
keep the computer from being damaged, NEVER recon-
figure the board while the power is ON.
•
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.
Note
When you see an error message on the screen after turning the
power on, check the following:
•
Be sure the jumper and switch settings are correct.
•
Make sure your BIOS configuration is correct.
•
The non-rechargeable battery supplying power to your COMS
RAM may be dead. If so, contact your local service center for
assistance.
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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 System Unit
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 Disks
Hard Disks
1-11 Keyboard
1-12 Maintaining Your Equipment
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Chapter 2
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2-1 Motherboard
386SX CPU
Math Coprocessor
Chip Insertion
Jumpers
Onboard System Memory Size
ROM BIOS chips
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OPERATING YOUR SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
3-1 An lntroduction to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Loading DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3-2 DOS Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Starting MS-DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Formatting Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Backing up Your Diskettes and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Deleting Your Diskettes and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Finding Out What is on Your Disk
3-3 Hard Disk Drive Format
Step 1 — Preformat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Step 2 — Partition
Step 3 — Format
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3-4 Helpful Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3-5 System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Entering the Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Running the Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
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Chapter 4
KEYBOARD
4-1 Keyboard Layout
4-2 Getting Acquainted with Your Keyboard
4-3 Keyboard Tilt Adjustment
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Numeric Keypad
Mode Indicator Lights
Special Keys
QWERTY keys
Cursor Keys
Key Combinations
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Chapter 5
TROUBLESHOOTING
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5-1 Command Problems
5-2 System Error Messages
Examples of System Error Messages
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Chapter 6
APPENDIX
6-1 Disk Drives
6-2 Hard Disk Drive Format
6-3 Entering 16MHz Turbo Mode
6-4 Software
6-5 Quick Reference for Jumper Functions
6-6 Moving Your Computer and Peripherals
6-7 Technical Information
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5.25” Disk Drives
3.5” Disk Drives
Preformat
Partition
Format
Software Turbo Switch
Hardware Turbo Switch
Alternate Use of Both Switches
Shadow RAM Enable
EMS Driver Setup
Short Move
Long Move
Microprocessor
Protected Virtual Address Mode ..................
Real Address Mode
System Timers
System Interrupts
ROM Subsystem
RAM Subsystem
Direct Memory Access
DMA Channel
I/O Channel Slots
Math Coprocessor Control
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GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
VII
Chapter 1
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
List of Figures
Figure 1-1: Quick Start
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: ON/OFF Switch (l/O Switch) in OFF Position
Figure 1-7: Rear Panel
Figure 1-8: Connecting the Keyboard Cable
Figure 1-9: System Power Cord
Figure 1-1 0: Two Kinds of Display Connectors
Figure 1-11: Voltage Switch
Figure 1-12: System Unit Connected to Peripherals
Figure 1-1 3: Installing Floppy and Hard Disk Drives
Figure 1-1 4: Copy Protection for 3.5” Floppy Disk
Figure 1-1 5: Copy Protection for 5.25” Floppy Disk
Figure 1-16: Keyboard
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SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM
Figure 2-1: Motherboard Layout
Figure 2-2: The Location of W9, 80386SX, and 80387SX
Figure 2-3: Chip Insertion
Figure 2-4: An Example of Three-Pin Jumper Setting
Figure 2-5: RAM Banks & Jumpers for Bank Selection
Figure 2-6: 512 KB Total Onboard System Memory
Figure 2-7: 640 KB Total Onboard System Memory
Figure 2-8: 1 MB Total Onboard System Memory
Figure 2-9: 1.5MB Total Onboard System Memory
Figure 2-10: 2MB Total Onboard System Memory (1)
Figure 2-11: 2MB Total Onboard System Memory (2)
Figure 2-12: 3MB Total Onboard System Memory
Figure 2-13: 4MB Total Onboard System Memory
Figure 2-14: 5MB Total Onboard System Memory
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Figure 2-15: Installing ROM
Figure 2-16 : Unpacking your Main System
Figure 2-17: Connecting to a Power Supply
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OPERATING YOUR SYSTEM
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Figure 3-1: Initial Screen
Figure 3-2: “Set Up System Configuration” Screen
Figure 3-3: “Preformat Hard Disk” Screen
Figure 3-4: Calculator
Figure 3-5: “NEAT Chip Setup Configuration” Screen
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KEYBOARD
Figure 4-1 : Keyboard Layout
Figure 4-2: Function Keys
Figure 4-3: Numeric Keypad
Figure 4-4: Indicator Lights
Figure 4-5: Special Keys
Figure 4-6: QWERTY Keys
Figure 4-7: Cursor Keys
Figure 4-8: Adjustment of Keyboard Angles
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APPENDIX
Figure 6-1: Installing a 5.25” Disk Drive
Figure 6-2: Screwing the 5.25” Disk Drives
Figure 6-3: Connecting a Floppy Disk Drive
Figure 6-4: Connecting a Floppy Disk Drive to an FDC Card
Figure 6-5: Connecting a Hard Disk Drive
Figure 6-6: Connecting a Hard Disk to a FDC Card
Figure 6-7: Cables for Disk Drives
Figure 68: Installing a 3.5” Disk Drive
Figure 6-9: Screwing a 3.5” Disk Drive
Figure 6-10: 62-Pin Expansion Bus I/O Channels
Figure 6-11: 32-Pin Expansion Bus I/O Channels
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List of Tables
Chapter 1
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Table 1-1: Power Cord Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Table 1-2: Floppy Disk Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 2
SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM
Table 2-1: Math Coprocessor Jumper W9
Table 2-2: Settings of Jumper Wl-W6
Table 2-3: Total Onboard System Memory Size
Table 2-4: Jumper Settings for Different Types of BIOS
Table 2-5: Power Supply Pinouts
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KEYBOARD
Table 4-1: Functions of Numeric Keypad Keys
Table 4-2: Functions of Special Keys
Table 4-3: Functions of Special QWERTY Keys
Table 4-4: Special Functions
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Chapter 6
APPENDIX
Table 6-1: Channel 0
Table 6-2: Channel 1
Table 6-3: Channel 2
Table 6-4: Interrupt-Level Assignments
Table6-5: DMA Channels
Table 6-6: I/O Hex Address
Table 6-7: DMA Channels 3 Through 0
Table 6-8: DMA Channels 7 Through 5
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XI
What’s Inside
Here’s what you’ll find in this manual:
Chapter 1 —“System Overview”, gets you acquainted with the basic
concepts of your system.
Chapter 2 —“Setting Up Your System”, shows you how to install or
upgrade your system.
Chapter 3 —“Operating Your System”, shows you the basics of
MS-DOS functions and the system setup program.
About This Manual
Chapter 4
and basic functions.
Chapter 5
procedures and provides directions for additional help.
Chapter 6
your system.
Chapter 7
— “Keyboard”, explains the keyboard’s features, layout
— “Troubleshooting”, covers a simple troubleshooting
—
“Appendix”, provides some technical specifications for
—
“Glossary”, explains some microcomputer terms.
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How to Use this
For
the advanced
If you are an experienced PC user and do not want to upgrade your
system now and you want to start using the personal computer as
soon as possible, refer to the Quick Start section at the beginning of
chapter one.
Quick
hardware.
Manual
Start will
user
provide you all the information you need to set up the
For the
Chapter
system. Chapter
beginner
1
gives you the basic information you need to use this
2
provides greater detail on the hardware and on
how to upgrade your system. The system is quite simple to set up.
However if you are unsure of yourself, find an experienced PC hand
to help out.
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System Overview
This chapter covers:
the basics of your system
n
the system’s features and specifications
n
n
control panel features and connectors outside of the
case
how to maintain your computer
n
If 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
LATION.
If you want to gain a more thorough understanding of your computer,
read the entire manual.
Note: You may refer to the
puter terminology.
Start
section at the beginning of this chapter
2,
INSTAL-
“Glossary” section
for definitions of com-
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Chapter
1:
System Overview
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 your
computer.
Figure
1-1:
Quick Start
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1-3
Features
The
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motherboard includes the following features:
Intel
80386SX-16
bit external data bus and a
Intel
80387SX-16
Use of C&T’s
Switchable between
microprocessor
24-bit
coprocessor optional
CS8221
PC/AT-compatible chip set.
8MHz
Normal mode and
— 32-bit
CPU with a
external address bus
16MHz
mode by either a software switch or a hardware switch
Onboard
battery backup for CMOS configuration table and
real-time clock
RAM subsystem of
3MB, 4MB
and
Eight expansion slots
512KB, 640KB, 1
5MB
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16
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bit slots and two
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Sixteen-level interrupt
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Four-layer mainboard
LIM 4.0
EMS support
Shadow RAM support
Choice of either
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Page/Interleaved DRAM access method support
Power fail detect circuit
Address pipeline support.
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System Overview
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1:
System Overview
Specifications
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CPU —
RAM
ROM
Expansion slots —
Disk Drive(s) —
Power Supply
Options
Intel
80386SX
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RAM subsystem of
3MB, 4MB, 5MB
Cycle Time - 1OOns
— 64KB
legal BIOS
Floppy disk drive:
—
Hard disk drive:
— 200W
—
Math coprocessor
microprocessor,
512KB, 640KB, 1MB, 2MB,
optional
Six
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3.5”
3.5”
half high and
16MHz
and
5.25”
bay
5.25”
bay
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1-5
Chapter
1:
System Overview
Example of a System Configuration
The basic system is pictured below. You may choose peripherals and
upgrades for the system as your needs require.
is different from the one pictured, it should operate in the same basic
manner.
Even if your system
6
Figure
1-2: System
Configuration
1-6 System Unit
The system unit may houses a mainboard, disk drives, a power
supply and other optional expansion cards.
Figure
1-3: System Unit
Case
Chapter
1:
System Overview
7
1-7 Control Panel
Chapter
1:
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.
Figure 1-4:
Front
Panel
Reset Button
The reset button allows you to restart the system without turning the
power off.
If 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.
Turbo Button
The Turbo button allows you to change the running speed of the
microprocessor to accommodate software requirements. Some
software applications must be run at a slow clock speed.
Indicator 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.
8
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 users access to the computer.
Figure
1-5: Keylock
and Two
Security-Lock Keys
Chapter
1:
System Overview
9
System Power Switch
Chapter
1:
System Overview
The system power switch ON/OFF switch is located on the right side
of the case toward the rear.
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Figure 1-6: On/Off
Switch in Off Position
You should always be certain that the power is turned off before
modifying the hardware configuration in any way.
1-8 Rear Panel
Chapter
7 :
System Overview
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
sure that cables/wires are attached to the external device first and
connect to the outlet unit later. Turn the system unit power switch off
before you plug the power cable into an electrical outlet.
connecting or
disconnecting cables/wires! En-
Figure
1-7:
Rear Panel
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Keyboard Connector
The keyboard supplied with your system may be plugged into sockets
in back of the case. The figure below shows how to plug the
keyboard cable into the
socket.
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Figure 1-8: Connecting the Keyboard Cable
1:
System Overview
Power Cord Connector
1:
System Overview
The power supply has two receptacles: one supplies power to a
monitor; the other connects to the main power source.
Yet, if your monitor power plug does not fit the system unit’s monitor
power outlet, you should plug it into a wall electrical outlet.
Figure
1-9:
System Power Cord
Chapter
13
Display Port
1:
You will also need to connect your monitor to the system unit at a
female video 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.
The system 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
Hercules
-
CGA (Color Graphics Adapter)
-
EGA (Enhanced Graphics Adapter)
-
VGA (Video Graphics Adapter)
Refer to the figures below for mono and color display connectors.
Figure 1-10:
Two Kinds of Display
Connectors
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System Overview
Power Voltage Setting
The system unit can run on either
figure below. The voltage setting switch is located above the monitor
power outlet. Refer to Table
Figure
1-11:
When you are using the PC in American areas, switch the voltage
selector switch to
to
230V. Refer to the following table for the appropriate specification
of the power cord used.
Voltage Switch
115V
and if you are in European countries, switch
115V or 230V as
1-1
for power cord specifications.
indicated in the
Power Source
115V
230V
230V (U.S.A
Table
1-1:
only)
Power Cord
Cord Specification
UL
listed;
rated
Appropriate approval listed in that
specific country; three-conductor;
rated
UL
rated 6A, 125V; <16ft.
Specifications
SVT/SJT
10A, 125V; <15ft. in
6A, 250V
listed;
SVT/SJT
Chapter
type; three-conductor
length
type;
three-conductor;
in length
1:
System Overview
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