User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- FRONT MATTER
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP 1-SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM
- CHAP 2-RUNNING SETUP AND INSTALLING DRIVERS
- Using SETUP
- Starting the SETUP Program
- Using the System Setup Option
- Using the Fixed Disk Setup Option
- Using the Advanced System Setup Options
- Setting the Boot Options
- Using the Extended Features Options
- Setting the Security and Anti-Virus Options
- Using the Green PC Features
- Exiting SETUP
- Post-SETUP Procedures
- Installing the IDE Drivers
- Installing Video Drivers
- Using SETUP
- CHAP 3-USING YOUR COMPUTER
- CHAP 4-INSTALLING AND REMOVING OPTIONS
- CHAP 5-INSTALLING AND REMOVING DRIVERS
- CHAP 6-TROUBLESHOOTING
- Identifying Your System
- The Computer Will Not Start
- The Computer Does Not Respond
- Keyboard Problems
- Mouse Problems
- Monitor Problems
- Diskette Problems
- Diskette Drive Problems
- Hard Disk Drive Problems
- Password Problems
- Software Problems
- Printer or Scanner Problems
- Option Card Problems
- Memory Module Problems
- Controller Problems
- External Cache Problems
- APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS
- CPU and Memory
- Controllers
- Interfaces
- Mass Storage
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- SETUP Program
- Power Supply
- Option Slot Power Limits
- Physical Characteristics
- Environmental Requirements
- Options Available from EPSON
- Tested Operating Environments
- System Memory Map
- Video Resolutions and Colors
- Hard Disk DriveTypes
- Drive Option Information
- DMA Assignments
- Hardware Interrupts
- System I/O Address Map
- Connector Pin Assignments
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
Index
A
AC inlet, 1-3, 1-7, 6-3
AC outlet, 1-3, 1-5
Advanced Chipset Control options,
2-7
Advanced System Setup options,
2-6-7, 4-22, 6-14
Altitude requirements, A-6
Application programs
compatibility, A-7
copy-protected, 3-11
installing, 2-15
problems, 6-11
requiring slow speed, 3-11
Auto-sensing, hard disk drive, 2-5–6,
6-9, A-3
AUTOEXEC.BAT file, 6-2
Autotype Fixed Disk option, 2-5
B
Back panel, 1-3
Banks
cache, 4-6, 4-20
SIMM socket, 4-6, 4-10–11
Battery, 2-2, 4-7, A-2
BIOS, 2-1, 6-l, A-1
Boot options, 2-8, 3-9, 6-2
Booting system, 1-8-9, 2-2, 2-14,
6-2–3
Bracket
drive, 5-14, 5-6–8, 5-14–15
option slot cover, 4-17–18
Brightness, 6-6
Buttons
diskette release, 3-7–8
power, 1-7–9
RESET, 1-7, 3-9, 3-11, 6-1
C
Cable
diskette drive, 5-2, 5-13–15, 5-19–21
hard disk drive, 5-2, 5-8–12, 5-14–15
monitor, 1-4–5
parallel device, 1-6
power, 1-7, 4-2, 4-4
power supply, 5-10, 5-12-13, 5-19-20
serial device, 1-6
Cache memory
banks, 4-6, 4-20
configuration, 2-6, 4-20, 4-22
external, 2-6, 4-6, 4-20–21, 6-14, A-2
installing, 4-20–21
internal, A-2
jumpers, 4-8, 6-14
location, 4-6
problems with, 6-14
CD-ROM drive, 5-1, 5-15, A-4
Chapter summaries, Intro-4
CHKDSK command, 6-7
Clock, real-time, 2-4, A-2
CMOS RAM, 2-14, A-2
Command prompt, 1-8
COMn port, see Serial ports
CompuServe, Intro-6
CONFIG.SYS file, 2-16, 6-2, 6-8–10
Configuration
changing, 2-14, 2-6–14
files, 4-22, 6-2, 6-10
program, see SETUP program
Connector(s)
diskette drive, 4-6, 5-2, 5-13, 5-19–20
game port, 1-3, 4-6, A-3
hard disk drive, 4-6, 5-4, 5-6, 5-9–11
keyboard, 1-34, A-3
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