Options, Static, Battery low – Epson QX-10 User Manual

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Options?

If you have just installed an option card and you’re not getting

the kind of results you expected, double-check the following: Is

the option card inserted correctly? Did you follow the procedure

in the option card manual? If you answer yes to both these ques-

tions, you may be able to save a trip back to your dealer by first

calling and describing the situation to the sales representative.

Static?

Static electricity might affect your QX-10, causing both diskettes

and CMOS memory to lose data.

Static electricity is rarely this powerful but if you were, for in-

stance, to turn on a negative ion generator next to your QX-10, you

could wipe out CMOS or diskette memory.

Battery Low?

Your CMOS battery can last several weeks with the QX-10 power

OFF. However, it is automatically recharged each time you power

up the QX-10. When it starts getting low, the real-time clock might

start giving you the wrong date and time. Don’t try to change the

battery yourself. Take your QX-10 back to your Epson dealer. If you

wish, the dealer will save your CMOS RAM contents before in-

stalling your new battery.

Hardware Problems? (Least Likely)

Your QX-10 is reliable, so don’t be surprised if you never have

any hardware problems. One reason is that the only moving parts

are in the disk drives, and nonmoving parts hardly ever malfunc-

tion, especially if you are caring for your QX-10 properly.

Furthermore, each time you turn on your QX-10, it gives itself

a self-diagnosis. Then, one of four things happens:

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