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...supports low power and suspend modes; PCMCIA version 2.01 and JEIDA 4.1 compatible; configuration may include additional memory module; selectable through Setup Memory ROM Video RAM Cache Clock/ calendar Controllers Video Diskette drive Hard disk PCMCIA Interfaces External VGA Parallel 4MB RAM soldered on external monitor 8KB internal; automatic external monitor detection; standard S-bit parallel; EPSON ActionNote 800 Series Front View suspend/resume button 0 / trackpad \ hard disk drive compartment diskette drive * These parts function only with the optional audio card...
...supports low power and suspend modes; PCMCIA version 2.01 and JEIDA 4.1 compatible; configuration may include additional memory module; selectable through Setup Memory ROM Video RAM Cache Clock/ calendar Controllers Video Diskette drive Hard disk PCMCIA Interfaces External VGA Parallel 4MB RAM soldered on external monitor 8KB internal; automatic external monitor detection; standard S-bit parallel; EPSON ActionNote 800 Series Front View suspend/resume button 0 / trackpad \ hard disk drive compartment diskette drive * These parts function only with the optional audio card...
Product Information Guide
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..., D-sub male connector Auto-sensing, 6-pin mini-DIN connector for details on EPSON's support policy LED Panel Name Power Meaning Computer is on Suspend Charge Diskette drive Green -Standby mode; supports lower power consumption LCD Screen Screen type (all installed on the hard disk drive; refer to Software Support Card for a PSI 2-type external keyboard, keypad, or pointing device Standard RJ-11 connector with two buttons Optional internal 14.4 baud send/ receive fax/ modem Volume Control Knob adjusts sound of User's Guide, Windows manual, and other...
..., D-sub male connector Auto-sensing, 6-pin mini-DIN connector for details on EPSON's support policy LED Panel Name Power Meaning Computer is on Suspend Charge Diskette drive Green -Standby mode; supports lower power consumption LCD Screen Screen type (all installed on the hard disk drive; refer to Software Support Card for a PSI 2-type external keyboard, keypad, or pointing device Standard RJ-11 connector with two buttons Optional internal 14.4 baud send/ receive fax/ modem Volume Control Knob adjusts sound of User's Guide, Windows manual, and other...
Product Information Guide
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... removable hard disk drive 0 14.4 internal data fax/ modem 0 16-bit stereo audio card 0 Additional NiMH batteries 0 Extra AC adapter or international AC adapter 0 Adapter for use with the ActionNote 800 series (lightweight AC adapter A882051, international AC adapter A882101, auto adapter A882241, and battery A882291). Major Subassemblies memory module \ LED panel (LED card or audio/LED card under panel) ower converter board Memory Module Installation The computer comes with a higher-performance one. The following table lists the speed and voltage of some of external cache...
... removable hard disk drive 0 14.4 internal data fax/ modem 0 16-bit stereo audio card 0 Additional NiMH batteries 0 Extra AC adapter or international AC adapter 0 Adapter for use with the ActionNote 800 series (lightweight AC adapter A882051, international AC adapter A882101, auto adapter A882241, and battery A882291). Major Subassemblies memory module \ LED panel (LED card or audio/LED card under panel) ower converter board Memory Module Installation The computer comes with a higher-performance one. The following table lists the speed and voltage of some of external cache...
Product Information Guide
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... connect a serial mouse, you need to leave sufficient space on the disk unpartitioned. Press Fn F10 to switch your display from the monitor to the LCD screen or to display on its screen. EPSON ActionNote 800 Series System I/O Address Map Installation/Support Tips Using Low Battery Save to HDD and Instant On 0 The ActionNote 800 series hard disk drive is partitioned at the DOS prompt and press Enter: PHDISK/CREATE 0 If you install a new hard disk drive and want to use the Setup program to disable...
... connect a serial mouse, you need to leave sufficient space on the disk unpartitioned. Press Fn F10 to switch your display from the monitor to the LCD screen or to display on its screen. EPSON ActionNote 800 Series System I/O Address Map Installation/Support Tips Using Low Battery Save to HDD and Instant On 0 The ActionNote 800 series hard disk drive is partitioned at the DOS prompt and press Enter: PHDISK/CREATE 0 If you install a new hard disk drive and want to use the Setup program to disable...
User Manual
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Chapter 4 Ins falling Optional De vices Connecting External Components 4-1 Using an External Monitor 4-3 Using the Serial Port 4-3 Using an External Keyboard or Mouse 4-4 Installing a PC Card 4-4 Removing and Replacing the Hard Disk 4-6 Installing Internal Components 4-12 Removing the Keyboard 4-13 Replacing the Keyboard 4-15 Installing a Memory Module 4-16 Upgrading the Microprocessor 4-18 Replacing the Processor 4-19 Setting the Processor Speed, CPU Type, and Voltage Switches 4-22 Installing the Fax/ Modem 4-24 Connecting a Phone Line 4-26 Chapter 5 Troubleshoofing ...
Chapter 4 Ins falling Optional De vices Connecting External Components 4-1 Using an External Monitor 4-3 Using the Serial Port 4-3 Using an External Keyboard or Mouse 4-4 Installing a PC Card 4-4 Removing and Replacing the Hard Disk 4-6 Installing Internal Components 4-12 Removing the Keyboard 4-13 Replacing the Keyboard 4-15 Installing a Memory Module 4-16 Upgrading the Microprocessor 4-18 Replacing the Processor 4-19 Setting the Processor Speed, CPU Type, and Voltage Switches 4-22 Installing the Fax/ Modem 4-24 Connecting a Phone Line 4-26 Chapter 5 Troubleshoofing ...
User Manual
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... Series notebook computers provide exceptional speed, display quality, and flexibilityall delivered by connecting an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, and printer. With the optional ActionPortTM Replicator, you can quickly switch from portable to quickly and easily add a fax/ modem, flash RAM, local area network (LAN), or other software, you use your computer like the internal audio card and fax/ modem, you can extend the capabilities of program and data files you will create...
... Series notebook computers provide exceptional speed, display quality, and flexibilityall delivered by connecting an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, and printer. With the optional ActionPortTM Replicator, you can quickly switch from portable to quickly and easily add a fax/ modem, flash RAM, local area network (LAN), or other software, you use your computer like the internal audio card and fax/ modem, you can extend the capabilities of program and data files you will create...
User Manual
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.... Press Enter. If you turn on your password. Press Enter. Keep trying until you are changing your password installation. 8. Press Enter. If you have entered the password correctly twice in a row.) You see a message confirming your password, type the new password. Press any key to Disabled. You see only squares on the screen. 6. Type the password again and press Enter. (If you enter an incorrect password, you want to remove the password. 5. Highlight the Password option...
.... Press Enter. If you turn on your password. Press Enter. Keep trying until you are changing your password installation. 8. Press Enter. If you have entered the password correctly twice in a row.) You see a message confirming your password, type the new password. Press any key to Disabled. You see only squares on the screen. 6. Type the password again and press Enter. (If you enter an incorrect password, you want to remove the password. 5. Highlight the Password option...
User Manual
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... letter on Numeric Alphabetic Num Lock off . The following table summarizes the functions of the embedded numeric keypad. Embedded numeric keys Keys pressed by pressing Fn plus the key. With Num Lock mode off, you to turn Num Lock mode (and its indicator light) on the main keyboard. Press Num Lock to enter numbers and symbols from a keypad arrangement on and off Alphabetic Numeric Using Your Computer 2-5
... letter on Numeric Alphabetic Num Lock off . The following table summarizes the functions of the embedded numeric keypad. Embedded numeric keys Keys pressed by pressing Fn plus the key. With Num Lock mode off, you to turn Num Lock mode (and its indicator light) on the main keyboard. Press Num Lock to enter numbers and symbols from a keypad arrangement on and off Alphabetic Numeric Using Your Computer 2-5
User Manual
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... resolution for your LCD screen, your hard disk drive. Note Your ActionNote is configured to display in standard VGA resolution on your display. You can use ChipsCPL to switch your display between displaying on the LCD, the CRT, or on an external monitor. To run the utility, select its icon in the Windows Control Panel. Using Video Drivers and Utilities Your system includes high-resolution video display drivers for Windows installed on your display will have to scroll up to 1024...
... resolution for your LCD screen, your hard disk drive. Note Your ActionNote is configured to display in standard VGA resolution on your display. You can use ChipsCPL to switch your display between displaying on the LCD, the CRT, or on an external monitor. To run the utility, select its icon in the Windows Control Panel. Using Video Drivers and Utilities Your system includes high-resolution video display drivers for Windows installed on your display will have to scroll up to 1024...
User Manual
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... you install special drivers or software before the card works correctly. You can obtain the latest information on available PC card drivers by checking the Epson America Forum on CompuServe. Using Your Computer 2-21 Installing Additional PC Card Drivers and Utilities While the ActionNote is executed when you load the network operating system. Then press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot your PC card to see if you need to install...
... you install special drivers or software before the card works correctly. You can obtain the latest information on available PC card drivers by checking the Epson America Forum on CompuServe. Using Your Computer 2-21 Installing Additional PC Card Drivers and Utilities While the ActionNote is executed when you load the network operating system. Then press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot your PC card to see if you need to install...
User Manual
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... use the Setup program to adjust any of your data on the computer. For details, see if you need to configure the port to change the default display mode at a variety of the serial device you connect. Installing Optional Devices 4-3 Your system automatically detects the external monitor and displays your LCD and/ or external monitor. Your computer's default setting for instructions. Using an External Monitor When you connect an external monitor, make sure you turn it on before you turn on its screen. If you connect a serial mouse...
... use the Setup program to adjust any of your data on the computer. For details, see if you need to configure the port to change the default display mode at a variety of the serial device you connect. Installing Optional Devices 4-3 Your system automatically detects the external monitor and displays your LCD and/ or external monitor. Your computer's default setting for instructions. Using an External Monitor When you connect an external monitor, make sure you turn it on before you turn on its screen. If you connect a serial mouse...
User Manual
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... is installed in your PC card(s). First eject the card, then change the setting of a PC memory card's write-protect switch while the card is not accessing the card. Removing and Replacing the Hard Disk If you want to install a higher capacity hard disk drive in the computer or you can follow the instructions below. use the MS-DOS help utility for instructions on using a LAN card, you replace your hard disk drive, be sure to log out. Your ActionNote supports hard disk drives that...
... is installed in your PC card(s). First eject the card, then change the setting of a PC memory card's write-protect switch while the card is not accessing the card. Removing and Replacing the Hard Disk If you want to install a higher capacity hard disk drive in the computer or you can follow the instructions below. use the MS-DOS help utility for instructions on using a LAN card, you replace your hard disk drive, be sure to log out. Your ActionNote supports hard disk drives that...
User Manual
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... Power button to solve the problem : 1. press any key or the Suspend/ Resume button to adjust the screen display. If it is working and the connections are using Instant On. Troubleshooting 5-7 If the connections are correct for instructions. 2. Use the brightness and contrast controls to resume. Make sure the AC adapter is supplying power to external monitor mode. The computer may have switched your system. AC Adapter Problems If the computer does not work properly with your LCD screen...
... Power button to solve the problem : 1. press any key or the Suspend/ Resume button to adjust the screen display. If it is working and the connections are using Instant On. Troubleshooting 5-7 If the connections are correct for instructions. 2. Use the brightness and contrast controls to resume. Make sure the AC adapter is supplying power to external monitor mode. The computer may have switched your system. AC Adapter Problems If the computer does not work properly with your LCD screen...
User Manual
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... you still have trouble with the trackpad, contact your password, call the EPSON Connection for assistance. 5 - 1 0 Troubleshooting Password Problems If you set a password and you have trouble using it, try again. 2. Make sure the trackpad drivers are loaded. If you have forgotten your Authorized EPSON Servicer or the EPSON Connection for assistance. If you type it incorrectly three times, you type the password and then see Chapter 1 for instructions. 2. See Chapter...
... you still have trouble with the trackpad, contact your password, call the EPSON Connection for assistance. 5 - 1 0 Troubleshooting Password Problems If you set a password and you have trouble using it, try again. 2. Make sure the trackpad drivers are loaded. If you have forgotten your Authorized EPSON Servicer or the EPSON Connection for assistance. If you type it incorrectly three times, you type the password and then see Chapter 1 for instructions. 2. See Chapter...
User Manual
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... Setup are set to use the same memory address or COM port. See Chapter 1 for more information. 5. See Chapter 1 for instructions. 3. See the documentation that came with it to the external keyboard/ mouse port before you must disable the built-in trackpad is automatically disabled when a device is connected to the external keyboard/ mouse port. Is the external device connected properly? Troubleshooting 5 - 1 1 If the device is connected to the computer's serial port, make sure the device and the Serial port option...
... Setup are set to use the same memory address or COM port. See Chapter 1 for more information. 5. See Chapter 1 for instructions. 3. See the documentation that came with it to the external keyboard/ mouse port before you must disable the built-in trackpad is automatically disabled when a device is connected to the external keyboard/ mouse port. Is the external device connected properly? Troubleshooting 5 - 1 1 If the device is connected to the computer's serial port, make sure the device and the Serial port option...
User Manual
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Copy the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to C:\, and copy the Windows .INI files to take effect. If none of your Authorized EPSON Servicer or the EPSON Connection for the changes to the C:\ WINDOWS directory. 6. Be sure to save your changes to both files and then reboot your system for assistance. 5 - 1 8 Troubleshooting Note You can also rename your modified CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and/ or Windows.INI files and then copy backup versions of these solutions solve your problem, contact the card manufacturer or call your original files from the C:\ BACKUP directory.
Copy the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to C:\, and copy the Windows .INI files to take effect. If none of your Authorized EPSON Servicer or the EPSON Connection for the changes to the C:\ WINDOWS directory. 6. Be sure to save your changes to both files and then reboot your system for assistance. 5 - 1 8 Troubleshooting Note You can also rename your modified CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and/ or Windows.INI files and then copy backup versions of these solutions solve your problem, contact the card manufacturer or call your original files from the C:\ BACKUP directory.
User Manual
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... programs, 2-8 CPU type switch, 4-22-23 CSALLOC utility, 2-14-15 Customer support, Intro-5 D DC-in port, 1-3-5 Depth, A-6 Dial modifiers, B-4 Disk, saving to automatically Configuring in Setup, 1-12 Preparing new drive, 4-11 Using with PC cards, 2-20-21 Using, 3-3, 3-9-10 Diskette(s) formatting, 5-12 problems, 5-11-12 using, 2-10 write-protecting, 5-12 Diskette drive controller, A-1-2 light, 1-8 problems, 5-12-13 specifications, Intro-2, A-4 using diskettes, 2-10 Display, controlling, 2-4, 2-12, 4-3 Drivers external keyboard/ mouse, 4-4 PC card, 2-20 trackpad, 2-6 video, 2-12, 4-3 E Embedded...
... programs, 2-8 CPU type switch, 4-22-23 CSALLOC utility, 2-14-15 Customer support, Intro-5 D DC-in port, 1-3-5 Depth, A-6 Dial modifiers, B-4 Disk, saving to automatically Configuring in Setup, 1-12 Preparing new drive, 4-11 Using with PC cards, 2-20-21 Using, 3-3, 3-9-10 Diskette(s) formatting, 5-12 problems, 5-11-12 using, 2-10 write-protecting, 5-12 Diskette drive controller, A-1-2 light, 1-8 problems, 5-12-13 specifications, Intro-2, A-4 using diskettes, 2-10 Display, controlling, 2-4, 2-12, 4-3 Drivers external keyboard/ mouse, 4-4 PC card, 2-20 trackpad, 2-6 video, 2-12, 4-3 E Embedded...
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..., iii-vi Screen, see LCD screen Scroll Lock light, 1-8 Security lock, Intro-2, Intro-4 Security, password, 1-15 Serial mouse, 4-3 Serial number, 5-2 Serial port address, 1-13, 4-3 configuring, 1-13, 4-3 location, 1-3 specifications, A-3 using, 4-2-3 Service, Intro-5, Intro-7 SetCOL utility, 2-13 SetVGA utility, 2-13 Setup program audio, 1-13 BIOS and Setup update, 1-11, A-1 changing settings, 1-10-13 CPU speed, 1-11, A-1 exiting, 1-16 external cache, 1-13 fax/ modem, 1-13, 5-16 hard disk drive, 1-11-12, A-4 internal cache, 1-13 parallel port, 1-13 pointing device, 1-13 power management, 1-12...
..., iii-vi Screen, see LCD screen Scroll Lock light, 1-8 Security lock, Intro-2, Intro-4 Security, password, 1-15 Serial mouse, 4-3 Serial number, 5-2 Serial port address, 1-13, 4-3 configuring, 1-13, 4-3 location, 1-3 specifications, A-3 using, 4-2-3 Service, Intro-5, Intro-7 SetCOL utility, 2-13 SetVGA utility, 2-13 Setup program audio, 1-13 BIOS and Setup update, 1-11, A-1 changing settings, 1-10-13 CPU speed, 1-11, A-1 exiting, 1-16 external cache, 1-13 fax/ modem, 1-13, 5-16 hard disk drive, 1-11-12, A-4 internal cache, 1-13 parallel port, 1-13 pointing device, 1-13 power management, 1-12...
User Manual - Fax/Data Modem
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... 5-7 Reserved Kn Buffer Control This command selects whether the modem SRAM is used for voice and fax mode, K0 SRAM buffer disabled. (default when no SRAM is available) K1 SRAM buffer enabled. (default when the SRAM is available on modem board) (default) 2 - I0 Report product code. (default) I1 Firmware version #. I3 Device set name. COMMAND REFERENCE 7 I4 Modem configuration. In Identification/Checksum Option This command causes...
... 5-7 Reserved Kn Buffer Control This command selects whether the modem SRAM is used for voice and fax mode, K0 SRAM buffer disabled. (default when no SRAM is available) K1 SRAM buffer enabled. (default when the SRAM is available on modem board) (default) 2 - I0 Report product code. (default) I1 Firmware version #. I3 Device set name. COMMAND REFERENCE 7 I4 Modem configuration. In Identification/Checksum Option This command causes...
User Manual - PCMCIA Card
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... flash cards, contact your PC card and you may need to read everything in this book, you probably won't need to change any settings. Since EPSON has already pre-installed the PCMCIA software, you 'll find the chapters you 're ready to Use This Manual You do not need support for this release of PCMCIA software. At the end of internation al marketing locations. 2 Introduction If you need to use...
... flash cards, contact your PC card and you may need to read everything in this book, you probably won't need to change any settings. Since EPSON has already pre-installed the PCMCIA software, you 'll find the chapters you 're ready to Use This Manual You do not need support for this release of PCMCIA software. At the end of internation al marketing locations. 2 Introduction If you need to use...