Epson ACTIONPC 5000 User Manual

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speed light
power light
power light
hard disk
hard disk
diskette drive
AC outlet
inlet
power
option skits
drive bays
drive bays
reset button
reset button
I
button
MOUSE
COM2
VGA
power light
speed light
hard disk
access light
drive bays
PARALLEL
COM1
MOUSE
Km
AC Inlet
A C & l e t \ voltage switch
NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000
Computer Specifications
CPU and Memory
32-bit CPU
486SX/25 or /33; SX2/50 or /66;
DX/33, /40, or /50; DX2/50 or /66;
DX4/75 or /100; or Pentium™OverDrive™
processor
Energy Star compliant, low-power,
Green PC
energy saver
standby mode for the hard disk drive and
video signals
monitor; select timeout periods in SETUP;
in a standard
disk drive and one diskette drive,
consumes less than 30 watts in standby
mode
System speed
Fast and slow processor speeds available;
fast is the speed of your processor and
slow is 8 MHz; 0 wait state memory access
at fast speed
Press
Ctrl Alt
Memory
4MB or 8MB RAM standard on a SIMM;
expandable to 64MB using 1MB, 2MB,
4MB, 8MB, 16MB, and 32MB SIMMs;
SIMMs must be tin-plated, 72-pin, 32-bit
or 36-bit, fast-page mode type with an
access speed of 70ns or faster
ROM
128KB Phoenix@ system BIOS, video BIOS,
and SETUP program located in EPROM
on main system
Video RAM
1MB DRAM on main system board;
expandable to 2MB using eight,
4 x 4 x 256, 20-pin DIP chips
Shadow RAM
Supports shadowing of system and video
BIOS ROM into RAM
Memory
Supports relocation of 256KB of memory
relocation
from A0000h to BFFFFh and D0000h to
EFFFFh to extended
8/94
NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 - 1
by the computer to the
sent
of one hard
configuration
and - to select slow speed or
Ctrl Alt
and + to select fast speed
board
memory
system

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  • Page 1 COM1 Memory MOUSE relocation AC Inlet 8/94 NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 - 1 486SX/25 or /33; SX2/50 or /66; DX/33, /40, or /50; DX2/50 or /66; DX4/75 or /100; or Pentium™OverDrive™ processor Energy Star compliant, low-power, standby mode for the hard disk drive and...
  • Page 2 Optional 10-pin game port interface on system board; can control joy-stick port functions with the addition of a port connector 2 - NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 Option slots Action PC: Connector card with five 16-bit, ISA compatible expansion slots; three full-length and two half-length;...
  • Page 3: Major Subassemblies

    ActionTower +12 volts -12 votts Storage range -4° to 140°F 1 (-20° to 60° C) 10% to 90% I drive bays 8/94 NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 - 3 option card power SIMM connector sockets supply board drive mounting...
  • Page 4: System Board Components

    NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 System Board Components The diagram below illustrates the components on the ActionPC 5000/ActionTower 5000 system board. The table following it describes these components. nrnnnnnnn mm CN16 mmcmn CN18 4 - NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000...
  • Page 5: Jumper Settings

    VGA jumper function Enable on-hoard VGA Disable on-board VGA PS/2 mouse jumper settings Jumper function Enable PS/2 mouse support Disable PS/2 mouse support 8/94 NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 - 5 Open Open Open Open (not used for 5-Volt processor)
  • Page 6: Simm Installation

    20-pin, DIP chips. For the memory to work properly, you must install one chip in each of the empty video memory sockets (U34 through U41) on the system board. 6 - NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 Video resolutions, colors, and refresh rates Memory...
  • Page 7: Hard Disk Drive Types

    Hard disk drive options for high-capacity, 1-inch IDE drives Select 1 or none for the precomp value. If neither of these options are available, select the maximum available precomp value. 8/94 NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 - 7...
  • Page 8: System Memory Map

    Cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA5 Reserved (16-bit) DMA6 Resewed (16-bit) DMA7 Resewed (16-bit) Hardware Interrupts 8 - NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 System Memory Map FFFFFFFFFh System BIOS ROM: 64KB Duplicated from 0F0000h FFFFF0000h Resewed for system board: 64KB Duplicated from 0E0000h...
  • Page 9: Connector Pin Assignments

    Data Ground VGA port connector pin assignments (CN15) Game port connector pin assignments (CN7) Power supply connector pin assignments (CN1) I Signal 8/94 NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 - 9 Signal Signal ground Signal ground Signal Clock [Pin I Signal...
  • Page 10 +12 VDC A31 SA3 A 2 G r o u n d A32 SA2 B 2 + 5 V D C 10 - NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 Option card riser board connector pin assignment: (S1) (continued) Signal Step Write...
  • Page 11: Tested Operating Environments

    * The ActionTower is certified as workstation and file server; the ActionPC is certified as a workstation. The system has also been Novell tested and approved. As new environments become available, these also will be tested. 8/94 NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 - 11...
  • Page 12: Information Reference List

    3. Set jumper CN3 back to position 2-3 to enable the password function. 4. Run SETUP to enter a new password, if desired. 12 - NEW EPSON ActionPC 5000, ActionTower 5000 8/94 Installing Option Cards If you are installing a video adapter card that doesn’t support VGA, make sure you disable the built-in VGA by removing jumpers J20 and J21.

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