Options?
If you have just installed an option card and you’re not getting the kind of results you expected, double-check the following: Is the option card inserted correctly? Did you follow the procedure in the option card manual? If you answer yes to both these ques- tions, you may be able to save a trip back to your dealer by first calling and describing the situation to the sales representative.
Static?
Static electricity might affect your QX-10, causing both diskettes and CMOS memory to lose data.
Static electricity is rarely this powerful but if you were, for in- stance, to turn on a negative ion generator next to your QX-10, you could wipe out CMOS or diskette memory.
Battery Low?
Your CMOS battery can last several weeks with the QX-10 power OFF. However, it is automatically recharged each time you power up the QX-10. When it starts getting low, the real-time clock might start giving you the wrong date and time. Don’t try to change the battery yourself. Take your QX-10 back to your Epson dealer. If you wish, the dealer will save your CMOS RAM contents before installing your new battery.
Hardware Problems? (Least Likely)
Your QX-10 is reliable, so don’t be surprised if you never have any hardware problems. One reason is that the only moving parts are in the disk drives, and nonmoving parts hardly ever malfunc- tion, especially if you are caring for your QX-10 properly.
Furthermore, each time you turn on your QX-10, it gives itself a self-diagnosis. Then, one of four things happens: