IBM Personal Computer Family Service Information Manual
The IBM Personal Computer Family Service Information Manual (SIM), form number SA38-0037-00, First Edition (January 1989), is IBM's one-volume collection of "the most frequently used service-related maintenance and reference information" for its pre-PS/2 personal computers. It obsoletes SR28-0280-02. The scan also contains Technical Newsletter SN27-0786-00 of 21 July 1989, which replaced pages 4-15/16, 17-1 to 17-4, 18-27/28 and 18-47/48. The PDF has 384 pages.
IBM's preface says the SIM "is not required to service the Personal Computer family of products" and was made available as a convenience. It was ordered as Bill of Forms 2481, together with the Advanced Diagnostic diskettes for the 5150, 5155 and 5160 (version 2.25, SA38-0033) and for the 5162 and 5170 (version 2.07, SA38-0034), the service summary cards (SA38-0035, SA38-0036), a printer supplement (SA38-0040), tabs and binder.
Contents
[edit | edit source]Page numbers are the manual's own.
| Chapter | Page |
|---|---|
| 1. General information: safety inspection guide, diskettes, media and drive compatibility, static-sensitive devices | 1-1 |
| 2. 4860 PCjr | 2-1 |
| 3. 5140 PC Convertible | 3-1 |
| 4. 5150 PC: 5150/5160-based system diagnostic tips, switch settings | 4-1 |
| 5. 5155 Portable | 5-1 |
| 6. 5160 PC XT: switch settings, memory option switches, DunsPlus, XT/370 (6-17) | 6-1 |
| 7. 5161 Expansion Unit | 7-1 |
| 8. 5162 PC XT Model 286 | 8-1 |
| 9. 5170 Personal Computer AT, including the AT/370 (9-26) | 9-1 |
| 10. 3270 PC products: 3270 PC, 3270 PC AT, PC/G, PC/GX, 5279/5278 and 5379/5378 displays and attachment units, 3270 error codes | 10-1 |
| 11. TEMPEST products | 11-1 |
| 12. Industrial products (5531, 7531, 7532, 7552 and others) | 12-1 |
| 13. 5126 Technician Terminal | 13-1 |
| 14. Personal Computer/Series 1 | 14-1 |
| 15. Display units (4863, 5151, 5153, 5154, 5175, 5272, 4055) | 15-1 |
| 16. Additional I/O (3363 optical drive, 5173, 5178, 5841 modem, 6157 tape, plotters, 8228) | 16-1 |
| 17. PC family options and adapters: compatibility tables | 17-1 |
| 18. Personal Computer parts catalogue | 18-1 |
| 19. Engineering Change Announcements (ECAs) | 19-1 |
| 20. Advanced Diagnostic diskettes; 21. Service summary cards | 20-1, 21-1 |
| Part number index; index | X-1, X-3 |
Figures a repairer can use
[edit | edit source]- 5160 power supply (p. 6-2): a 130 W switching supply giving 15 A at +5 V (±5 %), 4.2 A at +12 V (±5 %), 300 mA at -5 V (±10 %) and 250 mA at -12 V (±10 %), with overvoltage and overcurrent shutdown; 120 V and 220/240 V versions, both fused. The system board takes about 2 to 4 A of +5 V, leaving about 11 A for adapters. +12 V is intended for the internal diskette drive and 10 MB fixed disk, and -5 V for the diskette adapter's phase-locked loop.
- 5160 model chart (p. 6-2): the PC/370-P, PC/370-M and PC/3277-EM cards appear only in Models 568, 588 and 589, the XT/370.
- XT/370 (p. 6-17): a 5160 with 256 KB on the system board, the PC/370-P processor card in slot 4 and the 512 KB PC/370-M memory card in slot 3; older units may have a PC/3277EM card for 3277-2 emulation.
- 3270 PC family (chapter 10): the 5371 system unit is based on a 5160; the 5278 display attachment unit takes its power from the 5279 display, and the 5379 display from the 5378 unit. The parts catalogue states that all base system parts for the 3270 XT products are the same as 5160 XT base parts.
- ECA037 (chapter 19): a plug adapter kit that cures connector incompatibility when replacement CRT/yoke assemblies and amplifier cards are fitted to the 5379 Model C01 display.
What this manual does not contain
[edit | edit source]It is a FRU-level manual: there are no schematics, no board-level parts lists and no component values.
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