Document Outline

• FRONT MATTER
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
  • OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
  • OPERATING SYSTEMS AND OTHER SOFTWARE
  • VGA UTILITIES
  • HOW TO USE THE MANUAL
  • WHERE TO GET HELP
• CHAP-1 SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM
  • CHOOSING A LOCATION
  • REMOVING THE PROTECTOR CORD
  • CONNECTING A MONITOR
    • USING THE VGA INTERFACE
    • USING A DISPLAY ADAPTER CARD
  • CONNECTING A PRINTER OR OTHER DEVICE
    • USING THE PARALLEL INTERFACE
    • USING THE SERIAL INTERFACE
  • CONNECTING THE KEYBOARD
  • CONNECTING THE MOUSE
  • CONNECTING THE POWER CORD
  • TURNING ON THE COMPUTER
    • TURNING OFF THE COMPUTER
• CHAP-2 RUNNING THE SETUP PROGRAM
  • STARTING THE SETUP PROGRAM
    • SELECTING OPTIONS
  • SETTING THE DATE AND TIME
  • SETTING THE DISKETTE DRIVE(S)
  • SETTING THE HARD DISK DRIVE(S)
    • HARD DISK DRIVE TYPES
  • SETTING THE PRIMARY DISPLAY TYPE
  • SETTING THE KEYBOARD TEST FUNCTION
  • SETTING THE SHADOW RAM
  • SETTING THE CPU CLOCK SPEED
  • EMS SIZE
  • SETTING THE PASSWORD
    • CHANGING OR DELETING A PASSWORD
  • SETTING THE BUILT-IN INTERFACES
    • SETTING THE PARALEL INTERFACE
    • SETTING THE SERIAL INTERFACE
    • SETTING THE DISK DRIVE CONTROLLERS
  • SAVING YOUR SETTINGS
• CHAP-3 USING YOUR COMPUTER
  • INSTALLING MS-DOS OR ANOTHER OPERATING SYSTEM
  • SPECIAL KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD
  • STOPPING A COMMAND OF A PROGRAM
  • RESETTING THE COMPUTER
  • USING A PASSWORD
  • USING DISKS AND DISK DRIVES
    • HOW DISKS STORE DATA
    • TYPES OF DISKETTE DRIVES
    • CARING FOR DISKETTES AND DISKETTE DRIVES
    • WRITE-PROTECTING DISKETTES
    • USING A SINGLE DISKETTE DRIVE SYSTEM
    • INSERTING AND REMOVING DISKETTES
    • FORMATTING DISKETTES
    • MAKING BACKUP COPIES
    • USING A HARD DISK DRIVE
• CHAP-4 ENHANCING SYSTEM OPERATIONS
  • USING AUTOEXEC.BAT AND OTHER BATCH FILES
  • CHANGING THE PROCESSOR SPEED
    • ENTERING KEYBOARD COMMANDS
    • USING THE ESPEED PROGRAM
  • USING EXPANDED MEMORY BEYOND 640KB
    • MODIFYING THE CONFIG.SYS FILE
  • USING THE VGA UTILITIES
• CHAP-5 ACCESSING INTERNAL COMPONENTS
  • REMOVING THE COVER
  • REMOVING THE SUBASSEMBLY
  • REPLACING THE SUBASSEMBLY
  • REPLACING THE COVER
• CHAP-6 INSTALLING AND REMOVING OPTIONS
  • CHANGING THE JUMPER SETTINGS
    • SETTING THE JUMPERS
  • REPLACING THE BATTERY
  • INSTALLING AN OPTION CARD
  • REMOVING AN OPTION CARD
  • ADDING MEMORY MODULES
    • INSTALLING MEMORY MODULES
    • REMOVING MEMORY MODULES
  • INSTALLING A MATH COPROCESSOR
  • REMOVING A MATH COPROCESSOR
  • POST-INSTALLATION SETUP FOR MEMORY CARDS
  • POST-INSTALLATION SETUP
• CHAP-7 INSTALLING AND REMOVING DISK DRIVES
  • USING THE CORRECT DRIVE BAY
  • HOW TO USE THIS CHAPTER
  • SETTING THE HARD DISK DRIVE JUMPERS
    • CHANGING JUMPER SETTINGS
  • INSTALLING A HARD DISK IN THE VERTICAL POSITION
    • REMOVE THE MOUNTING FRAMES FROM THE DRIVE
    • REMOVING AND ATTACHING THE MOUNTING PLATE
    • INSTALLING THE DRIVE
  • REMOVING A HARD DISK FROM THE VERTICAL POSITION
  • INSTALLING OR REMOVING A DRIVE IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION
    • INSTALLING A DRIVE IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION
    • REMOVING A DRIVE FROM THE HORIZONTAL POSITION
• APPENDIX-A SPECIFICATIONS
  • CPU AND MEMORY
  • CONTROLLERS
  • INTERFACES
  • POWER SUPPLY
  • MASS STORAGE
  • KEYBOARD
  • ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
  • PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
  • SYSTEM MEMORY MAP
• APPENDIX-B PERFORMING SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS
  • STARTING THE DIAGNOSTICS PROGRAM
  • THE MAIN MENU SCREEN
  • SETTING THE RUN TIEM PARAMETERS
    • ERROR LOGGING
  • SELECTING DIAGNOSTIC TEST
    • SELECTING MULTIPLE TESTS
  • RUNNING THE TESTS
  • MEMORY DIAGNOSTICS
  • HARD DISK DIOGNOSTICS
    • HARD DISK PARAMETERS
    • HARD DISK FORMAT
    • MEDIA ANALYSIS
    • PERFORMANCE TEST
    • SEEK TEST
    • READ/VERIFY TEST
    • CHECK TEST CYLINDER
    • FORCE BAD TRACKS
    • HARD DISK ERROR MESSAGES
  • FLOPPY DISK DIOGNOSTICS
    • PERFOMING THE TESTS
    • FLOPPY DISK ERROR MESSAGES
  • MISCELLANEOUS DIAGNOSTICS
    • PRINTER ADAPTER TEST
    • COMMUNICATOR ADAPTER TEST
  • EXITING SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS
• APPENDIX-C TROUBLESHOOTING
  • IDENTIFYING YOUR SYSTEM
  • ERROR MESSAGES
  • THE COMPUTER WON'T START
  • THE COMPUTER DOES NOT RESPOND
  • PASSWORD PROBLEMS
    • ACCESSING YOUR CURRENT PASSWORD
  • KEYBOARD PROBLEMS
  • MONITOR PROBLEMS
  • DISKETTE PROBLEMS
  • DISKETTE DRIVE PROBLEMS
  • HARD DISK PROBLEMS
    • INSTALLING THE DRIVE
    • PREPARING THE DRIVE
    • ACCESSING DATA ON THE DRIVE
  • SOFTWARE PROBLEMS
  • PRINTER PROBLEMS
  • OPTION CARD PROBLEMS
  • MOUSE PROBLEMS
  • MEMORY MODULE PROBLEMS
  • BATTERY PROBLEMS
  • MATH COPROCESSOR PROBLEMS
• GLOSSARY
• INDEX