Seanix Epson ActionNote 900 User Manual

EPSON ActionNote 900 Series

1MB DRAM supports resolutions up to

640 X 480 in 256 colors on LCD and up to

1024 X 768 in 256 colors or 800 x 600 in

64K colors on external monitor

Front View

Video RAM

16KB internal write-back cache;

256KB external; both can be enabled/

disabled in Setup

Cache

Real-time clock, calendar, and CMOS

RAM; backed up by internal battery

Clock/calendar

Controllers

Chips and Technology® 65545 video

controller; 32-bit local bus interface to

the microprocessor; supports enhanced

video modes on an external monitor;

supports resolutions from 640 X 480 in

256 colors on the LCD and up to 1024 X

768 in 256 colors on an external monitor;

automatic external monitor detection;

simultaneous display with LCD screen

using Fn F10 command or software

Video

Rear Panel and Left Side

security

Built-in super I/O controller for one

internal 3.5-inch diskette drive; supports

720KB and 1.44MB formats

Diskette drive

Hard disk

Built-in super I/O controller has

interface to one 2.5-inch, IDE internal

hard disk drive; automatically

recognizes and configures drives up to

19 mm high that support the IDE or

EIDE interface

keyboard or

mouse port

Built-in Vadem® VG-468 controller for

two stacked slots; supports two Type I

or II cards, or one Type III; PCMCIA

version 2.01 and JEIDA 4.1 compatible;

supports low power and suspend

modes; supports hot insertion (including

ExCA® standards); register compatible

with Intel® 82365SL

PC Card

Notebook Specifications

CPU and Memory

5x86 QFP CPU on L2 cache

CPU

daughterboard; CPU includes 16KB of

write-back unified data and instruction

cache and integrated math coprocessor

Fast and slow speed selectable in Setup

System speed

Memory

8MB RAM soldered on the system

board; expandable up to 24MB using a 4,

8, or 16MB memory expansion module.

128KB Flash ROM device containing the

system and video BIOS and Setup

program code. The BIOS is shadowed in

DRAM for faster access

ROM

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Power Sources

Infrared Specifications

AC Power Adapters

Operating

IrDA^TM-compliant

Specification

Compatibility

COM

COM1

COM2 (default)

30° radius

Operating Range

Operating Distance

3.3 ft

(1m)

Up to 115.2 Kbps

Speed

LED Panel

Name

Power

Meaning

con

Green-Computer is on

Flashing green-Very low battery; system is

about lo power down

Suspend

Charge

Green-Standby mode; press any key to

return to full power

Flashing green-Suspend mode; press

Suspend/Resume button to return to full power

Rechargeable 12 Volt NiMH battery;

current regulation by thermistor; battery

life with power savings, 4-6 hours.

Battery

Orange-battery is charging normally

Green-battery is fully charged

Flashing orange-battery is not installed

correctly or is damaged

Caution

Use only the adapters and replacement batteries designed for

use with the ActionNote 900 series (lightweight AC adapter

A882051, international AC adapter A882101, auto adapter

A882241. and battery A882291).

Computer is accessing the diskette drive

Diskette

drive

Hard disk

drive

Computer is accessing the hard disk drive

Environmental Requirements

PCMCIA

PC card is inserted

Non-operating

-4° to 140° F

(-20° to 60° C)

Num Lock Num Lock is on, which activates the

5% to 95%

embedded numeric keypad

-200 to 30,000 ft

-200 to 12,000 ft

Altitude

Caps Lock is on

Scroll Lock is on

Caps

Lock

(-67 to 4,000 m)

(-67 to 9,000 m)

35 dB at 1 meter

(maximum)

N/A

Acoustical noise

Scroll

Lock

Caution

When traveling by airplane, take the computer into the

passenger compartment to prevent it from being stored in an

unpressurized storage compartment. Avoid exposing the

computer to extreme changes in temperature.

Physical Dimensions

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Optional Equipment

Major Subassemblies

4 MB, 8MB or 16MB snap-in memory expansion module

1.2 GB user-removable hard disk drive

LED panel audio/LED

card under panel

memory module

I Additional NiMH batteries

Extra AC adapter or international AC adapter

Adapter for an automobile cigarette lighter

External battery charger

I External keyboard

I External numeric keypad

PCMCIA Type I, II, and III cards including flash RAM,

SRAM, modem, fax/modem, LAN, and hard drive cards

ActionPort Replicator

L2 cache board

board

Portable CD-ROM player

IrDA

interface

Kensington MicroSaver Security Lock

Carrying cases

Memory Module Installation

The computer comes with 8MB of memory soldered on the

system board. It includes a single memory module socket in

which you can install an additional 4, 8 or 16MB memory

module. Run the Setup program to check the amount of

memory installed.

System Board Components

PCMCIA SLOT

FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

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Serial port connector (J2)

Pin Signal

Data Terminal 7

System board components

Pin Signal

Request to Send

Carder Detect 4

Ready

Signal Ground 8

Receive Data 5

Transmit Data 6

Clear to Send

Ring indicator

Data Set Ready

VGA connectorfor an external monitor (J3)

Signal

Ground

Signal

Red

Green

Blue

Horizontal Sync

Vertical Sync

Ground

Power converter board connector (22-pin male) (J17’)

Connector Pin Assignments

Parallel port connector (J1)

Pin No.

Signal Name

AUTO FEED XT

ERROR

INIT

Signal Name

constant voltage from AC adapter

SLCT IN

GND

Power converter board connector (14-pin male) (J16)

Signal Name

Description

Pin No.

GND

Constant voltage from AC adapter

Output pin to drive the orange LED

To power on DC/DC converter

Reserved

1 to 4

GND

CHGLED

SWITCH

PWRON

GND

ACK

BUSY

No connection

GND

No connection

PRT SEL

PWROFF

GND

To power off DC/DC converter

Ground

SLCT

11 to 14

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External keyboard/mouse connector (J7)

HDD I DE connector (J23)

Signal

AUX-DATA

Signal

AUX-CLK

Signal

GND

+5 v

Pin No.

Signal Name

RESET DRV

GND

Signal Name

GND

IOWR

IDE D7

GND

Microphone connector (J8)

IORD

Signal

AGND

MICIN

Signal

BMIC

Signal

MICIN

SD8

GND

SD6

IOCHRDY

IRQ14

SD9

SD5

IOCS16

lrDA connector (J15)

Signal

GND

DSR2

VCC5

SPK

Pin No.

Signal

Pin No.

TRIS

GND

PTS2

VCC5

DCD2

SOUT2

DTR2

MIC

SPK

GND

SD14

SD0

VCC5

GND

SD15

GND

VCC5

Memory module connector (J10)

Speaker connector (J18)

Signal

Signal Pin

GND 19

Signal

MA10

MD16

GND

SPK

FDD connector (J22)

Pin No.

Signal Name

VCC5

Signal Name

GND

INDEX

VCC5

WDATA

GND

WGATE

GND

DR0

VCC5

TRK0

DSKCHG

MEDIA0

MTR0

GND

WRTPRT

RDATA

HDSEL

DIR

STEP

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Main board connector to power converter (J17)

Pin Signal

ADPR

GND

DOCKON

VCC5

SUSHDD

CLKOFF

DOCKPLG

ADPTR

DOCK PR

DCCK PR

VCC3

GND

12V

SWON

GND

VCC3

VCC5

CHAR ID

Touchpad connector (J19)

Pin Signal

Signal

MCLK

Pin Signal

Signal

MCLK

TBDIS

Z8PO0

Z8PO1

VCC5

TBDIS

Z8PO0

Z8PO1

VCC5

GND

MDATA

Internal keyboard connector (J20)

Signal

Z8PO1

GND

Signal

P31

Signal

P37

Signal

P34

P36

P33

P30

P32

P35

Z8PO0

Internal keyboard connector (J21)

Pin Signal

SPDSEL0

DAC2

SPDSEL2

MA10

TKA3B

TURBO

RESVGA

Daughterboard connector (JP2)

Pin Signal Pin Signal

Pin Signal

MA2

MA3

MA4

MA5

MA6

MA7

MA8

DTYWE

KRMWEA

KTOE

KRMWEB

CLKOFF

TKA3A

MA9

KRMOEA

KRMOEB

DIRTY

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Port Replicator connector (J6) (continued)

System Memory Map

00000H

0A0000H

0C0000H

0D0000H

0E0000H

0EA000H

0F0000H

100000H

FFE000H

FFFFFFH

640KB base memory

128KB reserved for graphics display area

Reserved

Hardware Interrupts

Reserved

48KB for VGA BIOS

Power Management Utility

64KB for system BIOS

Extended memory

Duplicated code assignment at address 0F0000

DMA Assignments

De vi c e

Cha nne l

DMA0

DMA1

CPU Configuration Information

Available

Sound Card

Diskette Controller

ECP

Swi t c h

Description

DMA2

DMA3

DMA4

DMA5

DMA6

DMA7

S1 CPU Type

Cyrix 5x86 QFP

daughterboard

1, ON

settings for 5x86

QFP

Cascade for DMA CTRL #1

Available

2, OFF

3, OFF

4, ON

Available

Cyrix 5x86 PGA

1, ON

2, ON

3, OFF

4, ON

settings for 5x86

PGA

Available

S2 Speed

(Motherboard speed)

left

center

right

40MHz

33MHz

25MHz

DC board voltage

(on DC board)

left

center

right

3.45V

3.3V

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Installation/Support Tips

System I/O Address Map

Using Low Battery Save to HDD and Instant On

Hexadecimal Address

000-01F

020-03F

040-05F

060-06F

070-07F

080-09F

0A0-0BF

0C0-0DF

0F0

Device

DMA Controller 1

interrupt Controller

Timer/Counter

The ActionNote 900 series hard disk drive is partitioned at

the factory so that these options can be used. A 26MB area

is set aside for the saved data; this ensures that there is

enough space for all memory configurations.

Keyboard Controller

RTC NMI

To prepare the hard disk drive, run the PHDISK utility,

located in the C:\PM directory. You also need to run this

utility if you upgrade your system memory. Type the

following command at the DOS prompt and press Ent e r :

DMA Page Register

Interrupt Controller 2

DMA Controller 2

Clear Math Coprocessor Busy

Reset Math Coprocessor

Math Coprocessor

Available

PHDISk/CREATE

0F1

If you install a new hard disk drive and want to use the

Low Battery Save to HDD or Instant On options, you need

to leave sufficient space on the disk unpartitioned. The

amount of space should equal the system memory plus

2MB. After you run FDISK to partition the drive, you need

to run the PHDISK utility to configure the storage space on

the drive.

0F8-0FF

100-1EF

1F0-1F8

200-207

208-277

278-27F

2F6-2FF

300-31 F

360-36F

378-37F

380-38F

3A0-3AF

3B0-3BF

3C0-3CF

3D0-3DF

3E0-3EF

3F0-3F7

3F8-3FF

2F8-2FF

Hard Disk Drive

Game Port

Sound Card

Parallel Port 2

In Windows 3.1, when the computer is turned on after

using the Low Battery Save to HDD or Instant On options,

the PCMCIA services are not reinitialized. The computer

recognizes SRAM PC cards, but does not recognize most

other PC cards. You must reboot to reinitialize the services.

Serial Port 2

Prototype Card

Reserved

Parallel Port 1

Using an External Monitor

SDLC Bisynohronous 2

Bisynchronous 1

Mono Display Printer Adapter

Reserved

When you connect an external monitor, make sure you turn it

on before you turn on the computer. The ActionNote

automatically detects the external monitor and displays data

on its screen. Press Fn F10 to switch your display from the

monitor to the LCD screen or to display on both screens

simultaneously. Resolutions up to 1024 x 768 in 256 colors

supported.

Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter

PCMCIA Controller

Diskette Drive Controller

Serial Port 1

Using the ActionPoint Touchpad

IrDA Port

If you use an external pointing device connected to the mouse

port, the touchpad is automatically disabled. If you want to

use the touchpad, turn the computer off and then on, and

touch the ActionPoint first

Using a Serial Mouse

If you connect a serial mouse, you must use the Setup

program to disable the built-in touchpad.

Using the IrDA Port

When communicating with another IrDA-equipped device,

such as a printer or computer, ensure that the IrDA ports are

within 3 feet, with no more than a 30-degree angle in a direct

line of sight with no obstructions. See the User’s Guide for

details.

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Information Reference List

Engineering Change Notices

None

Technical Information Bulletins

None

Product Support Bulletins

None