EPOX BX5 Instructions Manual

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Manual Revision 2.1

August 16, 1999

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FEATURES

BX5 Features:

•BX5 is based on the Pentium® II or Pentium® III Processor operating
at 233 ~ 400MHz (66MHz) or 300 ~ 550MHz (100MHz) on Slot 1.
There are no jumper setting for CPU Speed Setup but detected automati­cally through the BIOS.

•Designed with Intel’s 82443 BX AGPset.

•Supports up to 1 GB of SDRAM (minimum of 8 MB) on board, You can
use 168-pin DIMM x 4. It will automatically detect Extended Data Output
(EDO) DRAM at 66MHz only or Synchronous DRAM memory (SDRAM)
at 66MHz or 100MHz (please see Section 3-2).

•BX5 will not support Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) when using
paritys DRAM memory modules.

•Supports (2) 16 bit ISA slots, (5) 32 bit PCI slots, (1) AGP slot and provides
(2) independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting
PIO Mode 3/4 and Ultra DMA 33 devices. The BX5 supports (5) PCI
Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT# control scheme which reduces
configuration confusion when plugging in PCI card(s).

•Supports ATAPI (e.g. CD-ROM) devices on both Primary and Secondary
IDE interfaces.

•Designed with Winbond W83977TF/EF Multi I/O: (1) floppy port, (1)
parallel port (EPP, ECP), and (2) serial ports (16550 Fast UART).
Note: Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” is also supported.

•Includes a PS/2 mouse connector.

•Allows use of a PS/2 keyboard.

•Features Award Plug & Play BIOS. With Flash Memory you can always
upgrade to the current BIOS as they are released. (http://www.

2themax.com

please visit our Technical Support section for the latest updates).

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•BX5 utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protec
tion and longer battery life.

•Supports the Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. The onboard PIIX4E
chip provides the means for connecting PC peripherals such as; keyboards,
joysticks, telephones, and modems.

•Built-in ATX 20-pin power supply connector.

•Software power-down when using Windows® 95/98.

•Supports ring-in feature (remote power-on through external modem,
allow system to be turned on remotely).

•Resume by Alarm - Allow your system to turn on at a preselected time.

•Power Loss Recovery - In the event of a power outage your system will
automatically turn itself back on without user intervention.

•Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM (System Management Mode).

•Supports Desktop Management Interface (DMI) facilitating the manage­ment of desktop computers, hardware and software components and
peripherals, whether they are stand-alone systems or linked into networks.
(optional)

•Supports Hot key, Any key or password Keyboard power ON function
(KBPO).

•Supports USDM software to allow the status monitoring of various aspects
of the system when using Windows® 95/98 or Windows® NT 4.0.

•Supports the CPU, PWR and Chassis fan Auto stop in the sleep mode.

•Supports the System Power LED (PANEL) blinks in the sleep mode.

•Built-in WOL (Wake On LAN) Connector.

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Figure 1

BX5 Detailed Layout

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Easy Installation Procedure

Easy Installation Procedure

The following must be completed before powering on your new system:

Configure Jumpers
System memory Configuration

Device Connectors

Configure Settings

The following will describe all of the setting that you are required to set before
moving on to step 2.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A69KPAG)

SENSOR & CPU SPEED SETTING

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk : Enabled
Spread Spectrum Modulated : Disabled

CPU Host/PCI Clk : Default
CPU/AGP Clk Ratio : Default
CPU Int Clk Ratio : x3

CPU Clk Frequency : 300(100x3) MHz
CPU:AGP (Clk:Clk) : 3:2 (100:66)

CPU Vcore Voltage : +0.10V
CPU Vcore Voltage : 2.10V

** BIOS Writer Utility **
Checksum Error Detect : Both
Source : A:
Target : Mater
Go : Enter

CPU Warning Temperature : Disabled
Extended JP2 Temperature : 0

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Current POWER FAN Speed :4900 RPM
Current CPU FAN Speed :4900 RPM
Current CHASSIS FAN Speed : 4900 RPM
Vcore : 2.10V Vtt(V) : 1.55V
Vio(V) : 3.47V +5V :5.02V
+12V : 12.40V -12V : -11.95V

-5V : -5.50V VBAT (V) : 3.44V
5VSB (V) : 5.08V
Shutdown Temperature : 60

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Esc:Quit : Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color
F7 :Load Setup Defaults

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Note:Based on the implementation of the Intel 440BX AGPset, the BX5

is able to provide multiple front side bus (FSB) frequencies for Slot 1
processors and memory operations. The

motherboard's FSB is easily se-

lected by BIOS Setup listed above to match the FSB required by your
processor. When using the 100MHz FSB (or higher) you must use
PC100 (or better) compliant SDRAM.

Memory is an important component of any motherboard. When
selecting memory for use on the

2theMax brand motherboard we

recommend use only the finest quality modules. 2theMax would like to
stress that using non-compliant PC100 SDRAM modules with a
100MHz (or higher) FSB severely compromises the integrity of the
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Using non-compliant memory with higher bus speed (over clocking)
may severely compromise the integrity of the system.

System Memory Configuration

Memory Layout

The BX5 supports (4) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The
DIMMs can be either EDO (Extended Data Out) or SDRAM (Synchronized
DRAM).

• We recommend not mixing SDRAM DIMM and EDO DIMM together.

• EDO DIMM can only be used with the 66MHz FSB.

• We recommend using at least 125MHz (-8ns) SDRAM DIMM at the 100MHz
(or higher) FSB as timing becomes more critical at these higher speeds.

• DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (-12ns), 100MHz (-10ns) or 125MHz (­8ns) bus speed.

Figure 2 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations using

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Table 1

DIMM 1 (M1)

DIMM 2 (M2)

DIMM 3 (M3)

DIMM 4 (M4)

Bank 0/1

Bank 2/3
Bank 4/5

Bank 6/7

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Device Connectors

Please install the motherboard into the chassis.

Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connec­tions (figure 10).

Figure 10

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

Parallel Port

COM1USB

COM2

J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector

• Power LED, Speaker, Reset, Turbo LED, HDD LED, IR Conn., Sleep/
Power_ON

J4: CPU Fan Power

• A plug-in for the CPU Fan Power

J6: Power Supply Fan Monitoring

• A plug-in for the Power supply so that BIOS can monitor the RPM’s

J8: Chassis Fan Power

• A plug-in for the chassis Fan Power

IDE1: Primary IDE Connector
IDE2: Secondary IDE Connector
FDD1: Floppy Controller Connector
PW2: ATX Power Connector

• 20-pin power connector

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Device Connectors (continued)

(This is connected to the power button on the case. Using the Soft­Off by Pwr-BTTN feature, you can choose either Instant Off (turns
system off

immediately), or 4 sec delay (you need to hold the button

down for 4 seconds before the system turns off). When the system is
in 4 sec delay mode, there is a special feature to make the system to
go into suspend mode when the button is pressed momentarily.)

Turbo LED indicator - LED ON when higher speed is selected
IDE LED indicator - LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard disks

is activate

J3

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IR Connector

1. VCC 4. GND

2. NC 5. IRTX

3. IRRX

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Power On/Off

J2

Speaker -

Connect to the system's speaker for beeping

1. Speaker 3. GND

2. N/C 4. GND

Reset - Closed to restart system.

KeyLock - Keyboard lock switch & Power LED connector

1. Power LED(+) 4. KeyLock

2. N/C 5. GND

3. GND

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