Kingston TechnologyKTM609/16Memory Expansionfor IBM PS/2 Model 50,50z, 55sx, 60, and 65sx
Page 1: ...Kingston Technology KTM609 16 Memory Expansion for IBM PS 2 Model 50 50z 55sx 60 and 65sx...
Page 2: ...ev D1 Kingston Technology Corporation KTM 609 16 Memory Expansion Board for IBM PS 2 Models 50 50z 55sx 60 and 65sx Installation Guide Kingston Technology Corporation 17600 Newhope Street Fountain Val...
Page 3: ...be repair or replacement as provided below In no event will KTC be liable for damages lost revenue lost wages lost savings or any other incidental or consequential damages arising from purchase use or...
Page 4: ...Installation 6 Installation Overview 6 Updating Your Backup Copy of the Reference Diskette 6 Running the INSTALL Program 7 Hardware Installation 9 Installing the SIMM Modules 9 Installing the KTM 609...
Page 5: ...difying CONFIG SYS 29 Installing the Driver 29 Testing the Kingston EMS Driver 30 Command Line Options 30 Appendix C Troubleshooting 32 Error Messages 32 Working With QEMM 50 60 Memory Manager 36 List...
Page 6: ...product for many years to come The information in this manual will guide you through the process of placing the memory modules on the circuit board installing the circuit board inside your computer an...
Page 7: ...Memory Modules SIMMs can be plugged into the SIMM sockets on the KTM 609 16 board and can be combined in a wide variety of memory configurations The KTM 609 16 board can be installed in any 16 bit ex...
Page 8: ...eneral Information 3 KTM 609 16 Installation Guide Rev D1 Kingston Technology Corporation Figure 2 KTM609 16 Type II 4MB soldered 3 SIMM Sockets Figure 3 KTM609 16 Type III 8MB soldered 2 SIMM Sockets...
Page 9: ...ng Materials Kingston memory boards are shipped in an anti static plastic bag inside a cushioned box which protects them from shock and static electricity that could cause severe damage to the memory...
Page 10: ...allocated as Extended since Windows and OS 2 can address all added memory directly Also if your PS 2 has a 386SX microprocessor or higher it is best to allocated all added memory as Extended If Expand...
Page 11: ...s Expanded install the Kingston EMS driver Now you re finished STOP HERE Updating Your Backup Copy of the Reference Diskette It is recommended that you never use your original IBM Reference diskette w...
Page 12: ...you are running OS 2 opening a DOS window will satisfy this requirement If you use an operating system that cannot emulate DOS boot your system from a DOS diskette The following steps show you how to...
Page 13: ...SYS EMS Driver onto a Working Disk F3 Change Existing EMS Driver Parameters F4 Exit and Back to DOS 4 Select F1 to copy the Kingston Option files to your backup Reference Diskette Now that you have up...
Page 14: ...itional SIMM modules Type III has 8MB soldered and two additional sockets for adding SIMM memory modules All three board types support up to 16MB of memory KTM 609 16 Board Soldererd Memory SIMM Socke...
Page 15: ...on Guide Rev D1 SIMM Socket Locations Total Memory on Board MB P1 P2 P3 P4 16 4 4 4 4 15 N A 14 4 4 4 2 13 4 4 4 1 12 4 4 4 11 4 4 2 1 10 4 4 2 9 4 4 1 8 4 4 7 4 2 1 6 4 2 5 4 1 4 KTM 609 16 4 4 3 2 1...
Page 16: ...p over either end of the module Figure 4 Installing the SIMM Modules 3 If you have another SIMM to install plug the next highest capacity SIMM in socket P2 on the KTM 609 16 board Use the same techniq...
Page 17: ...done STEP 1 Turn power off from the computer Disconnect any cables from the unit STEP 2 Open the chassis Choose any available 16 bit expansion slot Remove the expansion slot bracket STEP 3 Place the...
Page 18: ...r If your PS 2 runs older software applications such as Lotus 123 Ver 2 x or WordPerft 5 x for DOS you should allocate the new Kingston memory as Expanded EMS memory This entails using an EMS driver K...
Page 19: ...e System Kingston Technology Corporation KTM 609 16 Installation Guide Rev D1 1 Insert your backup Reference diskette onto which you ve already copied the files from the Kingston Option diskette into...
Page 20: ...ure the system Y N Press N for No Running automatic configuration may set some of the adapters back to their default hardware settings Just say NO to automatic configuration 6 From the main menu selec...
Page 21: ...ill see all the Kingston memory Note Because Expanded paged memory requires an EMS driver to manage the paging the amount of memory you allocated as Expanded will not appear until you load the Kingsto...
Page 22: ...ed in reserved high memory 1 Make sure your PS 2 is booted from your standard DOS diskette in drive A or from the hard disk drive C Remove the boot diskette from drive A if necessary and insert the Ki...
Page 23: ...1990 Kingston Technology Corporation Install EMS Driver onto a New Drive and Configure F1 Drive A if system is booted up from floppy diskette F2 Drive C if system is booted up from hard disk 5 Next th...
Page 24: ...INSTALL program now copies the EMS driver from the computer s memory onto the disk you specified as your boot device 7 The next screen asks you to select the memory segment of Reserved High Memory wh...
Page 25: ...hoices now appear on your screen INSTALLATION Version 1 0 C Copyright 1990 Kingston Technology Corporation Install EMS Driver onto a New Drive and Configure F1 A000 Only if MONOCHROME CARD is installe...
Page 26: ...rly installed you are ready to begin using your PS 2 computer system to run programs and applications with the additional memory capacity of the Kingston KTM 609 16 Memory Expansion Board Changing Exi...
Page 27: ...e the existing EMS driver parameters 4 The next screen asks you to select the memory segment of Reserved High Memory where you want to place the paging area Press the function key that corresponds to...
Page 28: ...F1 YES if you would like to update the config sys file F2 NO if you do not want to update the config sys file If you want to proceed press F1 to update the CONFIG SYS file If you think you missed a s...
Page 29: ...memory directly If your PS 2 runs under DOS you can allocate the new Kingston memory as either Extended or Expanded or any combination of the two You may want to review Appendix A Extended vs Expanded...
Page 30: ...exit from the Set Configuration Screen 9 Press the exit key again to return to your system prompt 10 Remove the backup Reference diskette from drive A 11 You are now ready to reboot with the newly con...
Page 31: ...d as Extended 5 Press F10 followed by an Enter to save the configuration information in CMOS memory 6 Press the exit key ESC or F3 depending on version to exit from the Set Configuration screen 7 Pres...
Page 32: ...27 KTM 609 16 Installation Guide Rev D1 Kingston Technology Corporation Appendices...
Page 33: ...ion of memory is also referred to as conventional or base memory The remaining 384KB of addressable memory between 640KB and 1MB is referred to as reserved high memory This area of memory was devoted...
Page 34: ...MB that DOS is able to get to and copies four 16KB pages of data back and forth as needed from the higher areas of memory that DOS cannot get to The EMS acts as a messenger to locate and retrieve the...
Page 35: ...ers You must remove these device drivers before attempting to install the Kingston EMM driver That a standard installation and setup procedure has been carried out before installing the Kingston EMS d...
Page 36: ...ndix B Modifying CONFIG SYS 31 KTM 609 16 Installation Guide Rev D1 Kingston Technology Corporation section later in this appendix If you leave the options out of the command line default values are u...
Page 37: ...hh Specifies the number of handles and names available Handles are the values the memory manager assigns to identify a block of memory requested by an application program Each application that uses Ex...
Page 38: ...and line order determines which statement will take effect FRAME aaaa Specifies the page frame starting address i e a contiguous 64KB segment through which the Expanded memory is mapped The parameter...
Page 39: ...16 Installation Guide Rev D1 memory with the SCAVENGE option In most cases SCAVENGE A000 FFFF is sufficient however some systems may experience problems In cases where problems are encountered specif...
Page 40: ...es you need to review the procedure you used to install the memory modules on the circuit board and the procedure you used to install the circuit board into the computer chassis An equal sign was expe...
Page 41: ...anded paged memory but you have not installed the Kingston EMS driver either with the INSTALL program or by modifying the CONFIG SYS file directly Reboot your computer using the backup Reference diske...
Page 42: ...the Kingston EMS driver is trying to use an interrupt vector already being used by some other driver Check the CONFIG SYS file to make sure no other EMS drivers are being used If you find another driv...
Page 43: ...ddress conflict with another circuit board No working memory can be found EMM aborted Initialization Error Memory Manager NOT Installed This message indicates that no Expanded memory is available The...
Page 44: ...on the Kingston Memory Expansion Board See Installing the SIMM Modules and the steps you took to install the memory board in the computer See Installing the KTM 609 16 Board Make sure the SIMMs are in...
Page 45: ...ev D1 Revision History Revision Level Comment D1 Added Type II and Type III board layouts as follows Type I 0MB soldered 4 SIMM sockets Type II 4MB soldered 3 SIMM sockets Type III 8MB soldered 2 SIMM...
