EPOX AMD Socket et A Processor based AGP (8X) mainboard User Manual

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Manual Revision 1.0
March 28, 2003
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POST Port Frequently Asked Questions
Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems, and solutions. For more detailed information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix D in this manual.
PO ST CODE Problem Soluti on
FFh or CFh 1.BIOS chip inserted
incorrectly
2. Incorrect BIOS update
version
3. M ainboard problem
4. Add-on card inserted
incorrectly.
1. Reinsert the BIOS
chip
2. Download the correct
BIOS version update
from the manufacturer's
Web site.
3. Replace mainboard
4. Remove and replace the
add-on card
C1h - C5h 1. Memory module
inserted incorrectly
2. M em ory compatibility
problem
3. M emory m odule
damaged
1. Reinsert memory
module
2. Replace memory
with correct type
3. Replace memory
module
2Dh 1. Error occured in VGA
BIOS
2. VGA card inserted
incorrectly
1. Replace VGA card
2. Reinsert the VGA
card
26h Overclock error Clear CMOS or press the insert
key to power on the system
07h - 1 2 h 1. Init keyboard
controller error
2. RTC error
1. Ensure that the keybo ard and
mouse are connected
correctly.
2. Replace the RTC battery.
Table of Contents
Section 1 Introduction
Package Contents ................................................ 1-1
Overview
AthlonTM Processors ............................................ 1- 2
Chipset Overview................................................. 1-3
Accelerated Graphics Port .................................. 1-4
Ultra ATA66/100/133 ............................................ 1- 4
LAN (Optional)..................................................... 1- 4
Hardware Monitoring ........................................... 1- 4
IEEE 1394 (Optional) ............................................. 1- 5
Serial ATA (Optional) ........................................... 1- 5
Mainboard Form-Factor ....................................... 1- 6
I/O Shield Connector .......................................... 1-7
Power-On/Off (Remote) ..................................... 1-7
System Block Diagram........................................ 1-8
Section 2 Features
Mainboard Features ............................................. 2-1
Section 3 Installation
Mainboard Layout ............................................... 3- 2
Easy Installation Procedure
CPU Insertion ...................................................... 3-3
Jumper Settings ................................................... 3-5
System Memory Configuration ............................ 3- 6
Expansion Slots .................................................... 3- 8
Device Connectors ............................................... 3- 10
STR (Suspend To RAM) Function....................... 3- 17
CPU Overheating Protection ................................ 3- 18
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Section 4 Award BIOS Setup
BIOS Instructions................................................. 4-1
Standard CMOS Setup ......................................... 4-2
Advanced BIOS Features..................................... 4-3
Advanced Chipset Features ................................ 4-7
Integrated Peripherals .......................................... 4-11
Power Management Setup ................................... 4-17
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup .............................. 4-20
PC Health Status .................................................. 4-22
Power BIOS Features............................................ 4-24
Defaults Menu ..................................................... 4-25
Supervisor/User Password Setting ...................... 4-26
Exit Selecting ........................................................ 4-27
Section 5 Driver Installation
Easy Driver Installation ........................................5-1
C-Media Audio Configuration Brief Guide........... 5-2
Appendix Appendix A
Update Your System BIOS ................................... A-1
Appendix B
EEPROM BIOS Remover ......................................B-1
Appendix C
GHOST 7 Quick Users Guide (Optional) ................. C-1
Appendix D
POST Codes (Optional) ......................................... D-1
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Section 1
INTRODUCTION
Package Contents
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A.Mainboard
B. Users manual
C. Floppy disk drive cable
D. HDD drive cable or round cable
E. CD and diskette (drivers and
utilities)
F. Game & COM port cable
G. I/O Shield
Deluxe Pack Items
H. S-ATA data and power cable
I. IEEE 1394 two ports cable
Other Optional Items
J. USB2.0 port cable
K. S/PDIF Module
If you need the other optional item, please contact dealer for assistance.
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AthlonTM Processors
The AMD AthlonTM is a seventh-generation micro architecture with an integrated L2 cache, which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a large range of applications, hardware, graphics, and memory technologies. These processors implement advanced design techniques such as:
!"Socket A (PGA 462)
! 266/333/400MHz system interface based on the Alpha EV6 bus protocol.
!" Three out-of-order, superscalar, pipelined Multimedia Units.
!"Three out-of-order, superscaler, pipelined Integer Units.
!"Fixed-sized internal instruction formats (MacroOPs).
!"72-entry Instruction Control Units.
!"AMD enhanced 3DNow! technology
!" L1 and L2 caches.
!"Dynamic branch prediction.
Socket A is the name for AMDs new socketed interface designed to support AMD AthlonTM processors. This innovation is made possible by integrating the L2 cache memory on chip with the processor. Socket A will help enable smaller enclosures, and ultimately result in a wider variety of solutions in the market.
The AthlonTM processors in the Socket A format continue to deliver the ultimate performance for cutting-edge applications. Both bring to desktop systems running industry-standard x86 software superscalar RISC performance. Being provided in the Socket A format they are the worlds most powerful x86 processors. They easily deliver the highest integer, floating-point, and 3D multimedia performance for applications running on x86 platforms around.
It features full-speed, on-chip cache memory, a 266/333/400MHz front side system bus, and enhanced 3DNow! technology. The AMD AthlonTM processor is targeted at the performance segment, and as such will have more cache memory and higher clock speeds.
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Chipset Overview
This board is designed with nVidia chipset, nForce2TM SPP as North Bridge and nForce2TM MCP as South Bridge. NVIDIA® has developed the next generation System Platform Processor (SPP) nForce 2, to provide the highest­performance, fullest-featured system architecture for the AMD Athlon XP Processor. The second generation System Platform Processor works together with the second generation of the NVIDIA Media Communication Processor, the MCP.
The nForce2 was architected specifically for the AMD AthlonXP Processor. NVIDIAs patent-pending DASP (Dynamic Adaptive Speculative Pre-Processor) technology intelligently predicts and prefetches requests from the AMD Athlon XP Processor to boost system performance beyond its nominal speed grade.
The nForce2 SPP delivers twice the bandwidth by implementing the new NVIDIA DualDDR Memory Architecture speed to DDR 400 memories. This generation System Platform Processor also implements the AGP 8× interface, HyperTransport Link, and is fully compliant with industry standard power manage­ment specifications such as ACPI 2.0 and PCI Power Management Interface (PMI) Spec 1.1.
The NVIDIA® nForce MCP Media and Communications Processor (MCP) provides a highly integrated, high-performance, low-cost PC2001-compliant peripheral controller that supports NVIDIA processor bridge functionality for next-generation PCs. No other single-device controller provides all the function­ality of NVIDIAs MCP.
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Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.)
Typically, 3D graphics rendering requires a tremendous amount of memory, and demands ever increasing throughput speed as well. As 3D products for the personal computer become more and more popular, these demands will only increase. This will cause a rise in costs for both end users and manufacturers. Lowering these costs as well as improving performance is the primary motivation behind AGP. By providing a massive increase in the bandwidth available between the video card and the processor, it will assist in relieving some of these pressures for quite sometime.
The board provides the AGP 3.0 interface. The AGP interface can support external AGP slot (1.5V only) with AGP 8X/4X and Fast Write Transactions. The AGP Interface Specification revision 3.0 enhances the functionality of the original AGP Interface Specification by allowing 8X data transfers (8 data samples per clock) and
1.5 volt (Power supply) operation. Supports Maximum AGP interface bandwidth 2. 1GB/s. (1.5 volt AGP Card supports only).
Ultra ATA/66/100/133
The MCP provides two independent ATA133 IDE controllers, supporting standard programmable input/output (PIO) and Direct Memory Access (DMA) mode operations, as well as UltraDMA-133/100/66/33 standards for a maximum data transfer rate of 133MBps per channel.
LAN (Optional)
The motherboard mounts the LAN chipset. It allows the mainboard to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub.
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your system operations and status. The features include CPU temperature, voltage and RPM of fan.
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IEEE1394 (Optional)
IEEE 1394 is a high-speed serial bus developed by Apple Instruments that allows users to connect up to 63 devices to the serial bus on a PC. IEEE is sometimes called the IEEE 1394 standard, the i.Link connector, FireWire, and the High Performance Serial Bus (HPSB).
IEEE 1394 provides transfer rates up to 400Mbits/sec. IEEE 1394 provides enhanced PC connectivity for consumer electronics audio/video (A/V) appliances, storage peripherals, portable devices such as digital cameras, and inter-PC communications.
IEEE 1394 supports hot swapping, multiple speeds on the same bus, and isochro­nous data transfer providing much needed bandwidth for multimedia operations.
Serial ATA (Optional)
The evolutionary serial ATA interface replaces the standard parallel ATA physical storage interface. The serial ATA specification provides scalability and allows future enhancements to the computing platform. Serial technology overcomes performance limits of parallel interface architecture, meeting the escalating need for faster data throughput in servers and storage devices.
Serial ATA is backward compatible with current software and runs on existing architecture without modification. The serial ATA interface cable requires lower voltages and uses smaller cable connectors, providing ease of installation. You can easily upgrade storage devices that are compatible with the serial ATA interface specification. Serial ATA supports all ATA and ATAPI devices, including high capacity removable devices, optical devices, tape storage devices, and zip drives.
Serial ATA is completely software compatible with parallel ATA, requiring no modification to your operating system.
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Mainboard Form-Factor
The board is designed with ATX form factor - the latest industry standard of chassis. The ATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT baseboard rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply. With these changes the processor is relocated away from the expansion slots, allowing them all to hold full length add-in cards. ATX defines a double height aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a wide range of onboard I/O. Only the size and position of this aperture is defined, allowing PC manufacturers to add new I/O features (e.g.; TV input, TV output, joystick, modem, LAN, audio, etc.) to systems. This will help systems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace, and better meet your needs.
By integrating more I/O down onto the board and better positioning the
hard drive and floppy connectors material cost of cables and add-in cards is reduced.
By reducing the number of cables and components in the system, manufac-
turing time and inventory holding costs are reduced and reliability will increase.
By using an optimized power supply, it's possible to reduce cooling costs
and lower acoustical noise. An ATX power supply, which has a side­mounted fan, allows direct cooling of the processor and add-in cards making a secondary fan or active heatsink unnecessary in most system applications.
Expandable I/O
Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features
CPU
Single chassis fan for system
Floppy / IDE connectors
5 1/4"
Bay
3 1/2"
Bay
ATX Power Supply
PCI slots
AGP slot
ATX 12V power connector
ATX power connector
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I/O Shield Connector
The board is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield (figure 3).
Power-On/Off (Remote)
The board has 20-pin ATX and 4-pin ATX12V connectors for power supplies (Figure 4). For power supplies that support the Remote On/Off feature, this should be connected to the mainboard front panel PW_ON connector for the computer power On/Off button. The board has been designed with Soft Off" function. You can turn off the system two ways: pressing the front panel power On/Off button, using the "Soft Off" function (incorporated in the mainboards onboard circuit controller) that can be controlled by an operating system such as Windows®ME/2000/98SE/XP.
Note: For maintaining the DDR SDRAM power during STR (ACPI S3) function, it is
strongly recommend to use ATX power supplies that have a +5VSB current of (>=)
1A (1000mA). Please check the 5VSBs specification that has been printed on the
ATX power supplys outer case.
Note: The board requires a minimum of 250 Watt ATX power supply to operate. Your
system configuration (amount of memory, add-in cards, peripherals, etc.) may
exceed the minimum power requirement but to ensure that adequate power is
provided, use a 300 Watt (or greater) ATX power supply.
Figure 3: I/O back panel layout
USB2.0 ports
Parallel Port
PS/2
Mouse
PS/2
Keyboard
RJ45 LAN
(Optional)
Mic-in/Center&Subwoofer (Pink)
Line-out/Front out (Green)
Line-in/Rear out (Blue)
PW-ON
Case (chassis) Power ON/OFF button (PW-ON)
POWER SUPPLY
12V 4-pin
20-pin
Figure 4: Simple ATX power ON/OFF controller
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Figure 5: System Block Diagram
System Block Diagram
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Section 2
FEATURES
Mainboard Features
Processor
!
Supports 462-pin SocketA for AMD Athlon XP and Barton processors with 266/333/400MHz Front Side Bus
- Athlon XP (1500+ to 2800+) with 266/333MHz Front Side Bus,
- Barton (2500+ to 3000+) with 333/400MHz Front Side Bus
Chipset
!
nVidia AGPset (nForce2-128 SPP + MCP)
Main Memory
!
Three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets for 64-bit, Unbuffered, Single/
Double-side and Non-ECC DDR-200/266/333/400 DIMMs
!
Supports 128-bit dual channel memory architecture
!
Supports up to 3GB memory size
BIOS
!
Flash EEPROM with Award BIOS
- ACPI v2.0 compliant
- S3 (Suspend to DRAM) sleep-state support
- SMBIOS (System Management BIOS)v2.2 compliant
- Supports Power failure recovery
- Capable to waked the computer up from specific states by LAN, Power switch, PME#, RTC alarm, USB, PS2 KB&Mouse, Modem ring on COM#1
Onboard PCI Devices
! 1394 --> Embedded 1394 controller with Agere FW323 for 3 ports
solution
- IEEE-1394a compliant with up to 400Mbps bandwidth
(Optional)
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! LAN --> Embedded 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet controller with
RTL8201BL PHY
Embedded 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet controller with
RTL8101L chip (for high-level model only)
! S-ATA --> Embedded Serial ATA controller with Silicom Image SIL3112A)
for 2 ports solution, up to 1.5Gbs transfer rate
! IDE --> Embedded IDE controller supports 2 IDE ports for up to 4
IDE devices
- Supports ATA-133 with up to 133Mbps bandwidth
Legacy IO Controller
! Winbond W83627HF LPC IO controller with floppy, printer, game,
serial and CIR/SIR interface
Audio
! Six channel audio with analog and digital output using CMI9739A AC97
CODEC
- AC97 v2.2 compliant
- In 2-CH mode, supports Line-In (Blue), Line-Out (Green) and Mic-In (Pink) at rear panel
- In 6-CH mode, supports Rear out (Blue), Front out (Green) and Center&Subwoofer (Pink) at rear panel
- Supports CD-In, Aux-In and S/PDIF-In/Out interface
- Supports Line-out and Mic-In for front panel
Peripheral Interfaces
! PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports (at rear panel) ! One Parallel (printer) port (at rear panel) ! Two RJ45 LAN connector (at rear panel)(Optional) ! Six USB2.0 ports (4 at rear panel) ! One game port ! Two Serial ports
(Optional)
(Optional)
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! One floppy drive interface ! Two IDE interfaces ! Three 1394 interfaces (Optional) ! Two S-ATA interfaces (Optional) ! Three Fan connectors
Front Panel Controller
! Supports Reset & Soft-Off switches ! Supports HDD & Power LEDs ! Supports PC speaker
Expansion Slots
! One AGP slots supporting 1.5v 4X/8X AGP cards
- AGP v3.0 compliant
! Five PCI bus sockets with Bus Master support
- PCI v2.2 compliant
Other Features
! Magic Health  a H/W monitoring software utility, for voltages, tempera-
tures and fan-speeds sensing
! EZ Boot  An easy way let end-user can choose to boot from hard drive,
CD-ROM, floppy, 
! Excellent Over clocking capabilities by
- subtle voltage tuning on CPU, Memory, AGP
- subtle frequency tuning on FSB
!
Supports complete FSB/Memory and FSB/AGP Asynchronous scheme for over-clocking
! P80P for system debugging
! CPU Overheating Protection
Form Factor
! 305 x 245 mm ATX size
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Section 3
INSTALLATION
Installation
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Mainboard Layout
Figure 1
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Easy Installation Procedure
The following must be completed before powering on your new system:
3-1. CPU Installation
3-2. Jumper Settings
3-3. System Memory Configuration
3-4. Expansion Slots
3-5. Device Connectors
3-1 CPU Installation
CPU Insertion: (use AMD AthlonTM as reference)
Step 1
Open the socket by raising the actuation lever.
Figure 2
Step 2
Insert the processor. Ensure proper pin 1 orientation by aligning
the FC-PGA corner marking with the socket corner closest to the actuation arm tip. The pin field is keyed to prevent mis­oriented insertion. Dont force processor into socket. If it does not go in easily, check for mis-orientation and debris. Make sure the processor is fully inserted into the socket on all sides.
Figure 3
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Step 3
Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever.
Figure 4
Figure 5
Step 4
Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheat damage. For more information about installing your CPU, please refer to the AMD website article Socket A AMD processor and Heatsink Installation Guide http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/pdf/23986.pdf.
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3-2 Jumper Settings
JCLK:
JCMOS:
Settings: 1-2: Normal (Default) 2-3: Clear CMOS
Clear CMOS data Jumper If the CMOS data becomes corrupted or you forgot the supervisor or user password, clear the CMOS data to reconfigure the system back to the de­fault values stored in the ROM BIOS.
CPU FSB Select Jumper This jumper is used to select the front side bus of the CPU installed on the mainboard.
Settings: 1-2: 100/133 MHz 2-3: 133/166/200 MHz(Default)
Note: Overclocking may result to the CPUs or systems
instability and are guaranteed to provide better system performance.
To CMOS Clear data, please follow the steps below.
1. Turn off the system.
2. Change the jumper from 1-2 to 2-3 position for a few seconds.
3. Replace the jumper on to the 1-2 position.
4. Turn of the system and hold down the <Del> key to enter BIOS setup.
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NOTES:
DIMM#2 & #3 shared same memory bus and DIMM#1 is dedicated for 2
nd
channel memory bus.
We recommend you to use the same color DIMM socket to obtain the best memory performance.
For one DIMM memory configuration, the DIMM can be located on either of DIMM#1 to DIMM#3 in 64-bit mode
In two DIMMs memory configuration, the DIMMs can be located on DIMM#2/#3 and DIMM#1 in 128-bit mode. And keeping these two DIMMs in same type and same size are preferred.
In three DIMMs memory configuration, the DIMMs can be located on all DIMM sockets in 128-bit mode.
Using non-compliant memory with higher bus speeds (overclocking) may
severely compromise the integrity of the system.
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<Table 1>
DDR DIMM 2 (Green)
DDR DIMM 1 (Green)
DDR DIMM 3 (Black)
Bank 0
Bank 1
3-3 System Memory Configuration Memor y Layout
The mainboard accommodates three PC1600/2100/2700/3200 184-pin DIMMs (Dual In­line Memory Modules):
Supports up to 3.0GB of 200/266/333/400MHz DDR SDRAM  Supports up to 3 DDR DIMMs (refer to Table 1)  Supports 64/128/256/512Mb, 1Gb x8 & x16 DRAMs  Supports 128-bit dual channel memory architecture Supports unbuffered and non-ECC DIMMs  Supports configurations defined in the JEDEC DDR DIMM specification
Figure 6 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations.
1 DIMM
(64-bit)
2 DIMMs
(64-bit)
2 DIMMs
(128-bit)
3 DIMMs
(128-bit)
DIMM#1
(Green)
SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS
DIMM#2
(Green)
SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS
DIMM#3
(Black)
SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS SS/DS
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DIMM Module Installation
Figure 7 displays the notch on the DDR DIMM memory module.
DIMMs have 184 pins and one notch that matches with the DDR DIMM socket. DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket and pressing straight down as shown in figure 8 until the white clips close and the module fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 9).
Figure 7 - DIMM notch
Figure 9 - DIMM module clip after installation
To remove the DIMM module press down the white clips and the module is released from the socket.
Figure 8 - DIMM module clips before installation
CENTER KEY ZONE (2.5 V DRAM)
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3-4 Expansion Slots
Installing an Expansion Card
The steps below assume that the mainboard is already installed in the system chassis.
1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to its has been powered down.
2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.
3. Remove the system unit cover.
4. Remove the bracket of the slot that you intend to use. (You need to remove the screw in order to remove the bracket.)
5. Align the card above the slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot.
6. Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed in step 4.
7. Replace the system unit cover.
8. Power on the PC.
9. Enter the BIOS step program to make the necessary settings.
10. Save the settings and restart the PC.
11. Install the software drivers of the expansion cards, if necessary.
AGP Slot
The mainboard is equipped with an AGP slot. Make sure you install a card that supports the 1.5V specification.
PCI Slots
The mainboard is equipped with 5 PCI slots. It supports PCI cards that comply with the PCI specification.
PCI Slots
AGP Slot
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AGP Card Installation Caution
1. AGP card component is blocked by DIMM socket lock.
2. AGP slot lock is not locked.
3. AGP card edge connector is not inserted properly.
1. AGP card component is not blocked by DIMM socket lock.
2. AGP slot lock is locked.
3. AGP card edge connector is inserted properly.
1. AGP slot lock is not locked.
2. AGP card edge connector is not inserted properly.
1. AGP slot lock is locked.
2. AGP card edge connector is inserted properly.
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