Epson ActionPC 7300 Product Information Manual

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hard disk
access light
SPEED light
POWER light
(HDD)
I
diskette drive
AC outlet
voltage
mouse
switch
RESE
button
option'
slots
EPSON ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series (including ActionTower 8400)
RESET
drive bays
button
POWER
button
VGA
serial 1 Gal2
printer
(parallel
device)
drive bays
VGA monitor
printer (parallel
device)
serial 2
serial 1
mouse
keyboard
AC inlet
voltage selector switch
AC outlet
10/30/95
ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series

Computer Specifications

CPU and Memory
586 or upgradable 486-class processor
32-bit CPU
Green PC
Energy Star compliant, low-power
standby, doze, and suspend modes for the
energy saver
CPU, hard disk drive, and video signals
sent by the computer to the monitor; select
time-out periods in SETUP; in a standard
configuration of one hard disk drive and
one diskette drive, system consumes less
than 30 Watts in standby mode
Fast and slow processor speeds available;
System speed
fast is the speed of the processor and slow
is 8 MHz; from the MS-DOS prompt,
speed selectable by pressing
(slow) or Ctrl Alt + (fast).
8MB RAM standard using SIMMs;
Memory
expandable to 128MB using 1,2,4,8,16,
and 32MB SIMMs; SIMMs must be
tin-plated, 72-pin, 32-bit, fast-page mode
type with access speed of 70ns or faster
128KB Phoenix* system BIOS, video BIOS,
ROM
and SETUP code located in a flash
memory device on system board
1MB DRAM on main system board;
Video RAM
expandable to 2MB using two 512KB,
40-pin, SOJ flat pack video DRAM chips
Supports shadowing of system and video
Shadow RAM
BIOS ROM into RAM; shadowing
selectable in SETUP program
8 or 16KB of internal cache in the
Cache
processor; supports 128KB, 256KB, 512KB,
or 1MB of external cache with 32K x 8,64K
or 128K x 8,15ns or 20ns SRAM DIP
x 8,
chips and a 32K x 8 or 64K x 8 tag chip
Math coprocessor built into the processor
Math
on all DX and Intel Pentium OverDrive
coprocessor
processors
Real-time clock, calendar, and CMOS
Clock/ calendar
RAM socketed on main system board with
integrated lithium battery
Controllers
Provides PCI caching, memory and
PCI Chipset
control for the PCI bus, and the
two-channel PCI IDE interface; integrated
PCI bridge translates CPU bus cycles to
PCI bus cycles and CPU-to-PCI memory
write cycles to PCI burst cycles
(including ActionTower 8400) - 1
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  • Page 1: Computer Specifications

    EPSON ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series (including ActionTower 8400) hard disk access light RESET Computer Specifications SPEED light POWER light drive bays button (HDD) CPU and Memory 586 or upgradable 486-class processor 32-bit CPU Green PC Energy Star compliant, low-power standby, doze, and suspend modes for the...
  • Page 2 EPSON ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series (including ActionTower 8400) Video Cirrus Logic GD5430 high-performance Mass Storage Slimline GUI accelerator controller supports Internal mount: resolutions up to 1024 x 768 in 256 colors One 3.5-inch wide, one-inch high drive Externally accessible mounts: with 1MB of video DRAM; 1280 1024 One 3.5-inch wide, one-inch high drive...
  • Page 3: Power Supply

    EPSON ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series (including ActionTower 8400) Power Supply 200 Watt, UL/TUV/CSA listed, fan-cooled Type Input ranges 100-120 VAC or 200-240 VAC; switch-selectable Maximum +5 VDC at 20 Amps, -5 VDC at 0.5 Amp output +12 VDC at 8 Amps, -12 VDC at 0.5 Amp...
  • Page 4: System Board Components

    EPSON ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series (including ActionTower 8400) System Board Components The diagram below illustrates the components on the system board for the ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series (including ActionTower 8400). The table following it describes these components. parallel serial 1 serial 2...
  • Page 5: Simm Installation

    EPSON ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series (including ActionTower 8400) SIMM configurations SMC FDC 37C665 parallel port super I/O diskette U32, U34 1 Soldered standard Video RAM U33, U13, U25 1 UMC UM8666, CMD PCI0640B, UMC UM8881 PCI chipset Cirrus Logic GD5430 VGA controller...
  • Page 6: External Cache

    EPSON ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series (including ActionTower 8400) SIMM configurations (continued) External Cache 1 Bank 0 IBank 1 IBank 1 I Bank 3 1 Total You can install 128KB, 256KB, 512KB, or 1MB of external cache with 32K x 8, 64K x 8, or 128K x 8 15ns or 20ns, SRAM DIP chips and one 32K x 8 or 64K 8 15ns or 20ns tag chip.
  • Page 7: Hard Disk Drive Information

    EPSON ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series (including ActionTower 8400) Hard Disk Drive Information DMA Assignments The following table lists parameters for hard disk drives Level Assigned device qualified for use in the computer. DMAO Reserved A v a i l a b l e...
  • Page 8: Connector Pin Assignments

    EPSON ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series (including ActionTower 8400) System l/O Address Map Keyboard and mouse connector pin assignments (J3 and J10) Signal Signal Data clock Ground HDD LED assignments (J7) connector pin IPin ]Signal Pin I Signal 1 White lRed Connector Pin Assignments...
  • Page 9 EPSON ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series (including ActionTower 8400) IDE drive connector assignments (J2 and J5) ISA option slot connector pin assignments Ground Ground IOCHRDY* BALE *Active low logic Option card board connector assignments riser Active low logic SIMM socket connector pin assignments...
  • Page 10: Tested Operating Environments

    EPSON ActionPC/ActionTower 7000 series (including ActionTower 8400) Installing Option Cards Tested Operating Environments If you are installing a video adapter card, make sure you disable the built-m VGA controller by setting JPl5 to 2-3. The following operating environments have been tested for compatibility with the system.

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