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BASIC PRECAUTIONS SX/DX

 

The 486SX/DX-WinBook is built and designed to be a rugged notebook computer. However, we suggest
that when transporting the notebook, pack it into a briefcase or a notebook carrying case. In this way, the
plastic shell will be less liable to become scratched or damaged during transportation. In addition, please
note the following points: 

Do not subject the 486SX/DX-WinBook to excessive shocks or severe vibration. The hard disk
drive installed in the system was designed to be shock resistant, but within reason. 

Do not place heavy objects on top of the 486SX/DX-WinBook. 

Do not place the 486SX/DX-WinBook near to any heat source or subject it to extreme
temperature changes. 

The recommended operating environment for the WinBook is 50º F to 95º F (10º C to 35º C).
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BASIC PRECAUTIONS SX/DX file:///C|/test/HtmlHelp/TechhelpBASIC_PRECAUTIONS_SXDX.html

Summary of Contents for SX DX

Page 1: ..._______17 IC Cards _______________________________19 Hard Disk Drives _________________________20 Chapter 4 Using the Keyboard ___________________21 The Typewriter Keys ______________________22 Hot Ke...

Page 2: ...______________52 Chapter 8 BIOS Setup Program ___________________54 Standard Settings __________________________56 Preferences Menu __________________________60 VGA Menu ______________________________...

Page 3: ...k is IBM AT and MS DOS compatible and can run most software designed for use on IBM AT systems in an MS DOS environment including Windows and Windows applications The four models in the 486SX DX Winbo...

Page 4: ...udes an integrated 80487 math coprocessor This provides more processing power for arithmetic intensive applications such as some graphics and data base programs Generally speaking with the exception o...

Page 5: ...uding hard and floppy disk drives and an IC card unit see below the battery and all connectors Mainboard The mainboard is contained within the main system unit and is not visible to the user The mainb...

Page 6: ...xels dots by 480 pixels The monochrome versions come with a built in monochrome VGA compatible LCD also with a resolution of 640 pixels dots by 480 pixels These displays take the place of the monitor...

Page 7: ...e AC adapter and charger SX DX 1 4 3 One AC power cable 4 One battery pack 5 3 5 VGA Driver Utility PCMCIA program diskettes 6 One dual keyboard cable adapter 7 486SX DX WinBook User s Manual If any o...

Page 8: ...ive Microsoft Windows is a graphical user interface GUI which takes over many of the functions of the operating system and is loaded on top of MS Dos Your system comes with Windows 3 1 pre loaded on t...

Page 9: ...WinBook so you are looking at the rear of the system Locate the power socket according to the diagram below Figure 2 1 Locating the Power Adapter Socket Plug the cable attached to the power adapter in...

Page 10: ...lightly further back or forward according to your preference The special hinge of the LCD allows you to position the SX DX 2 2 screen at any angle and it will stay fixed at that angle Usually to obtai...

Page 11: ...ating the Power ON OFF Switch Press the switch and the Power ON LED indictor on the top of your 486SX DX WinBook will illuminate The backlight of the LCD screen will also come on and the system will t...

Page 12: ...on the current lighting conditions and is important for obtaining the clearest possible image If nothing appears on the LCD screen when you turn on your computer it may be because the brightness cont...

Page 13: ...nd LED on the LCD screen will illuminate To resume simply press the Suspend switch again and the display will be returned exactly as it was before The Suspend switch allows you to save power without h...

Page 14: ...hat the Power LED also functions as a battery low indicator When the battery power is low the Power LED will flash 5 FDD LED The FDD Floppy Disk Drive LED will illuminate whenever data is being read f...

Page 15: ...ey 10 Caps Lock LED The Caps Lock LED refers to the Caps Lock key on the 486SX DX WinBook s keyboard On a conventional keyboard this LED is usually situated on the keyboard itself When illuminated the...

Page 16: ...e In this chapter we give a brief introduction to the use of floppy disk drives and diskettes hard disks and IC cards for those of you who are new to computing If you are an experienced computer user...

Page 17: ...rive installed in your 486SX DX Winbook is a 1 44M drive In order to be able to take advantage of the full 1 44M capacity high density diskettes must be used Such diskettes are marked 2HD The WinBook...

Page 18: ...it All diskettes must first be formatted before they can be used to store data If you insert an unformatted diskette into a floppy disk drive you will get an error message when you try to write to th...

Page 19: ...slot that is situated next to the power switch on the left side of the 486SX DX WinBook When inserted into the unit when the power is on you will hear two beeps Two beeps will also be heard when the c...

Page 20: ...her capacity hard disk drives are also available Taking Care of Hard Disk Drives Since the disks in a hard disk drive are unmovable there is no risk of damage as with floppy diskettes The drives thems...

Page 21: ...onal PC keyboard and contains all the same functions The layout however is slightly different If you are familiar with a conventional PC keyboard you will soon get used to the 486SX DX WinBook keyboar...

Page 22: ...e on the page But a computer recognizes a space as a character and treats it accordingly Thus especially in programming or when entering commands the presence or absence of a space can make a lot of d...

Page 23: ...d returns the cursor to the left hand side of the screen In MS DOS and most other software packages the Enter key must be pressed to execute a command The Control Ctrl Key The Ctrl key is always used...

Page 24: ...Control Keys The next group of keys is mainly used to control the movement of the cursor about the screen The Cursor Up Cursor Down Cursor Left and Cursor Right are used by most software packages to...

Page 25: ...arely used but may be assigned some special function in some software Note that the PrtScn SysRq key has no action when in Windows The Scroll Lock Key The Scroll Lock key is a toggle key When engaged...

Page 26: ...division sign the key becomes the P key becomes minus and the 0 key becomes multiplication sign With Num Lock on the numeric keypad is especially convenient for users who frequently need to use the k...

Page 27: ...een images between normal contrast mode and automap contrast mode In automap contrast mode your computer optimizes the contrast automatically for certain applications software that runs in text mode C...

Page 28: ...nown as a cold boot Sometimes when you are using your computer it will hang which means that the display will freeze and nothing you type on the keyboard seems to have any effect This is a fairly unco...

Page 29: ...stomed to using MS DOS and other programs Please note that we have only explained a few of the most commonly used key combinations here and for further details you should refer to your MS DOS user s m...

Page 30: ...viated description of what the program does For the rest of this manual we shall refer to it simply as DOS since there are operating systems available from other companies besides Microsoft DOS is als...

Page 31: ...press Enter and the following will appear Current time is 18 12 51 26 Enter new time SX DX 5 2 Press Enter again and the DOS prompt will appear on your screen as below A The DOS prompt tells you that...

Page 32: ...DOS user s manual At this stage the important point is to understand how the letter of the DOS prompt indicates the disk drive currently being addressed 2 of 2 3 2 99 12 32 PM LOADING DOS SX DX file C...

Page 33: ...and name assuming your DOS diskette is inserted in the disk drive currently displayed in the DOS prompt For example if you loaded DOS from your a drive then to load a program from the DOS diskette you...

Page 34: ...ram as shown below C WIN ENTER Windows will then be loaded from the C drive and you can begin using this program What command you have to issue to load a certain program will of course depend on which...

Page 35: ...any free bytes remain on the diskette or disk The DIR command can be used for floppy diskettes or hard disk drives The DIR command can also be used to find information on one particular file Suppose y...

Page 36: ...onger there If the file had been in the A drive you could have executed it as follows C DEL A LETTER TXT Enter C Obviously care should be taken when using the DEL command to ensure that you do not acc...

Page 37: ...the version of DOS you are using TYPE Type a File to the Screen The TYPE command is used to view the contents of a file on your screen It can only be used to view text files not program files Text fil...

Page 38: ...s Enter The FORMAT command will count through the heads and cylinders on your screen and when the procedure is finished the following will be displayed Format Complete 1457664 bytes total disk space 1...

Page 39: ...available on the diskette It also tells you that your PC has a total of 655 360 bytes of memory and that currently 566 192 of those bytes are free The CHKDSK command can also be used to check the con...

Page 40: ...a very user friendly operating system and the average user will never use many of the commands provided Indeed many of these commands will be fairly unintelligible to people unfamiliar with programmi...

Page 41: ...ect a PS 2 mouse directly to the external keyboard port Extended VGA Drivers with an External CRT Monitor SX DX Note that if you connect an external CRT monitor you may wish to load one of the extende...

Page 42: ...WinBook supports the connection of a wide range of commonly used devices just as is possible with a conventional desktop PC Devices include serial and parallel printers a mouse or scanner or any other...

Page 43: ...the external keyboard socket Now turn your 486SX DX WinBook on again When an external keyboard is connected you may use either the internal keyboard or external keyboard to input data as both will be...

Page 44: ...86SX DX WinBook If you have a multi frequency SX DX 6 2 monitor this probably supports both digital and analog modes If you wish to connect such a monitor to the 486SX DX WinBook you must configure th...

Page 45: ...must ensure that you use your mouse software to configure the mouse as being connected to COM1 How to Connect a Mouse By way of an example we describe here the simple procedure for connecting a mouse...

Page 46: ...pter Such adapters are available at any good computer store If you need to purchase such an adapter make sure that the 9 pin connector on the adapter is female Having obtained an adapter plug this ont...

Page 47: ...e be connected to the parallel port on your 486SX DX WinBook Provided with the printer should be a printer cable Connect the matching connector on this cable to your printer and secure it in place wit...

Page 48: ...e of additional disk drives The connector for the external docking station is situated behind the right hand cover on the rear panel The whole notebook should be plugged in to the docking station via...

Page 49: ...ry on a custom memory module Memory expansion modules supporting 8MB 16MB and 32MB are also available Increasing the memory will greatly enhance the performance of programs that use large amounts of m...

Page 50: ...o save the battery for use when power is not available The supplied AC adapter can be plugged into any power source from 90 volts to 240 volts since it is auto adjustable When you turn on your system...

Page 51: ...attery is installed the battery cover should always be replaced The battery will provide at least two hours of usage before it will need to be recharged If you run the POWER EXE program more than two...

Page 52: ...he battery is kept fully charged To obtain the best performance and prolong battery life you should continue to charge the battery for a further 30 minutes after the full charge indicator has flashed...

Page 53: ...power management status For more information on the program see the user s manual or type HELP POWER at the DOS prompt SX DX 7 4 2 of 2 3 2 99 12 50 PM CHARGING THE BATTERY SX DX file C test HtmlHelp...

Page 54: ...menu of the setup program will appear on your screen as shown below Fig 8 1 The BIOS Setup Program Main Screen SX DX 8 1 Use the cursor left right keys to move between the menu names at the top of th...

Page 55: ...eatures to ensure maximum power saving when running off the battery Defaults Allows you to restore default settings Exit Allows you to save your settings and exit the BIOS setup program SX DX 8 2 2 of...

Page 56: ...n your 486SX DX WinBook You may set the COM port as COM1 COM3 or COM2 COM4 COM Port A refers to the external serial port on your 486SX DX WinBook You may configure this port as COM1 or COM3 with a cho...

Page 57: ...Fig 8 4 Setting the LPT Port Address SX DX 8 4 Diskette Drive Use the Diskette Drive item to define the floppy disk drive type By default the 486SX DX WinBook is set for a 1 44MB A drive and no B driv...

Page 58: ...Select Standard for a standard fixed disk type and enter the relevant type number The number of cylinders heads etc will be displayed according to the hard disk drive type selected Select Custom if y...

Page 59: ...None Video Display The Video Display item should be set as VGA Display to take full advantage of the 486SX DX WinBook s VGA compatible LCD display Fig 8 7 Selecting the VGA Video Display SX DX 8 6 4...

Page 60: ...the numeric keypad will be enabled at boot up This is particularly useful when using an external keyboard Boot Speed Use this item to set the computer in fast or normal speed at boot up Select Fast Cl...

Page 61: ...e system does include an internal hard disk drive Heat Regulation The system does not support this feature so no check mark should appear next to this item Modular Clock This refers to a hardware feat...

Page 62: ...provided to improve the display of certain programs on the LCD screen SX DX 8 9 Text Mode Monochrome Models Only Select either Normal or Reverse for text mode In Normal mode programs running in text...

Page 63: ...Some DOS programs may not work correctly in this mode and may be displayed incorrectly For these programs either disable this mode in setup or use Ctrl Alt F8 to temporarily change this 2 of 2 3 2 99...

Page 64: ...icker from memory than from the ROM chips You should enable this item as indicated by the check mark alongside the item Shadow Video BIOS Use this item to shadow the video BIOS which will enhance over...

Page 65: ...ent Screen SX DX 8 11 The screen is divided into three areas Controls System Options and Devices Select the controls menu to adjust the settings displayed in the Controls window as detailed below Cont...

Page 66: ...an audible alarm at the time set If you enable the alarm you will then be required to enter the time at which you wish the alarm to be issued Enabling this item will cause the system to automatically...

Page 67: ...system is turned completely off This mode is convenient for long term storage and conserves battery life When the system is turned back on the memory contents are restored from disk automatically and...

Page 68: ...Ctrl Alt P hot key from DOS you will be returned to DOS Note The Ctrl Alt P hot key is not available from Windows DEFAULTS MENU Use this menu to recall all default BIOS settings You should then check...

Page 69: ...ions should be taken to ensure that the system remains in good working order In this chapter we make some recommendations as to how to achieve the most reliable performance for the longest possible ti...

Page 70: ...owing points Do not subject the 486SX DX WinBook to excessive shocks or severe vibration The hard disk drive installed in the system was designed to be shock resistant but within reason Do not place h...

Page 71: ...ide of the assembly To do this follow the instructions below 1 Insert a paper clip safety pin or other small printed object into one of the two holes located on the retainment ring which surrounds the...

Page 72: ...Figure 9 1 Cleaning the Trackball 2 of 2 3 2 99 12 56 PM CLEANING THE 486SX DX WINBOOK SX DX file C test HtmlHelp TechhelpCLEANING_THE_486SXDXWINBOOK_SXDX html...

Page 73: ...problems POWER PROBLEMS I can boot up the computer but cannot run my software as the screen freezes This may occur infrequently when running the 486SX DX WinBook from the battery and when the battery...

Page 74: ...ad from the monitor Check that the monitor is an analog VGA compatible model Digital monitors such as standard monochrome CGA or EGA models will not work with the external video outlet on the 486SX DX...

Page 75: ...that all applications which ship with the WinBook e g the Windows Terminal program come pre configured with the modem at COM3 TRACKBALL PROBLEMS Why is the trackball cursor movement no longer smooth a...

Page 76: ...get the PCMCIA slot to work Please refer to the additional documentation on using PCMCIA cards with your WinBook SX DX 9 8 4 of 4 3 2 99 12 56 PM PROBLEM SOLVING SX DX file C test HtmlHelp TechhelpPR...

Page 77: ...to the industry standards EXTERNAL VGA MONITOR CONNECTOR Pin No Signal 1 Red Signal 2 Green Signal 3 Blue Signal 4 NC 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 NC 10 Ground 11 NC 12 NC 13 Horizontal Sync...

Page 78: ...ONNECTOR Pin No Signal 1 Strobe 2 9 Data 0 7 10 Ack 11 Busy 12 PE 13 SLCT 14 Auto Feed 15 Error 16 Init 17 SLCTIN 18 25 Ground EXTERNAL KEYBOARD CONNECTOR Pin No Signal 1 PS 2 Data 2 Keyboard Data 3 G...

Page 79: ...4 5V 5 PS 2 Clock 6 Keyboard Clock 3 of 3 3 2 99 12 57 PM APPENDIX A CONNECTOR PINOUTS SX DX file C test HtmlHelp TechhelpAPPENDIX_A_CONNECTOR_PINOUTS_SXD html...

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