Installation / support tips, Power, Installing floppy disk drives – Pengo Computer Accessories EQUITY SERIES COMPUTER 386SX User Manual

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EQUITY 386SX

Installation/Support Tips

Power

The Equity

a power supply

is switchable

between

for USA and Canadian

and

for

in other countries. The voltage switch is located at

the rear of the CPU between the AC inlet and the AC
outlet.

below)

voltage

not changed between

the AC inlet and the AC outlet. If the CPU is

for

in order to function in Europe, only

peripherals

for use at

should be

plugged into the

hard disk

CPU SPEEO

Installing Floppy Disk Drives

When installing a floppy disk drive as drive
remember to set the drive select jumper to the
second position and attach the pas&through

Equity Series Computers

connector on the

cable

If the

not

normally, make

in SETUP.

that any

been installed correctly.

Installing Hard Disk Drives

It is recommended that

a

AT-type hard

disk controller be used in the

you are installing

a

that cannot make use

of the internal hard

remember to

the

hard disk

controller when

such

a

you are having

in formatting the

option In

setup

When

an

expanded memory

board, do not list the memory under the
memory

in SETUP. That

option is for EXTENDED memory ONLY.

a hard

disk drive, be sure to

for the

type which fits the

you are installing.

Adding Memory Modules

The total amount of memory must be one of

the following: 1 MB,

12MB or 14MB.

Memory banks must be filled with one size
SIMM. You cannot mix SIMM types in one
bank.

The rest of the

accept

only 1 MB

The

SIMM sockets

must be filled before using any of the 1 MB
sockets.

Software Problems

When installing a copy-protected software
package on the Equity 888% first try the

EQ386SX-5

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