Packard Bell 286X M/Board

Specification

• Battery : 3.6 Volts. NiCad "barrel" soldered on motherboard
• BIOS : 2 X 32Kb - Phoenix 3.10.115. To access, Ctrl+Alt+S.
• Cache : N/A
• Clock/Driver : Not removable , soldered on motherboard
• Cover Removal : 1 screw , back left edge at center. 1 screw , back right edge at center
• CPU : 80286-12 MHz. Keyboard switches : (Ctrl)-(Alt)-(+) = 6/12 MHz
• Drive Cavities :
  • 1 x 3 ½ half-height (enclosed)
  • 2 x 5 ¼ half-height (enclosed)
  • 1 x 3 ½ half-height (exposed/vertical)
• I/O Expansion slots : 3 x 16-bit ISA, 1 x 8-bit ISA
• Interfaces :
  • 1 DB-25 Parallel Port
  • 2 RS-232C, DB-9 Serial Port
  • 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port
  • 1 PS/2 Mouse Port
• Keyboard : 101 Key enhanced PS/2
• Power Supply :
  • 100 W : Fuse F4A 250V, switchable 110/220V , 50/60 Hz
  • 120V:3A :60Hz:outlet 1A
  • 220V:1.5A:50Hz:outlet 0.5A
• RAM : Standard on motherboard : 1MB. Maximum on motherboard : 4MB (Use 256Kb/1MB SIMMs 9-bit 100ns).
• Speaker : Piezoelectric soldered on mothboard.
• Video : VGA card on expansion slot. PBVGA Multi or SVGA. 800 x 600 , 16-bit, 256k

Jumpers

1. Parallel Port LPT1 must be set to IRQ7, LPT 2 must be set to IRQ5
2. * Indicates default settings.

Upgrades

• Cache Memory : This system does not support cache memory.
• Maths Co-Processor : An 80287-8 co-processor can be installed, no jumpers need to be changed.
• RAM :
  
  

  Total Memory	SIMMs	Jumpers	Extended Memory
  1MB	Four 256k x 9 (Banks 0 and 1)	J14 ON* J15 ON* J16 ON*	384
  2MB	Two 1MB x 9 (Bank 0)	J14 ON* J15 OFF J16 OFF	1408
  4MB	Four 1MB x 9 (Bank 0 and 1)	J14 ON* J15 OFF J16 OFF	3456

  * Default Setting
  Base Memory = 640 (always)
  J16 OFF Enables 384k Relocation, this is optional
  Recommended SIMM speed is 100ns

• Video Memory : This system is NOT VESA compatible. This system has 256k video memory soldered (not upgradeable).