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Manual Revision 1.2

September 22, 2000

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User Notice

No part of this product, including the product and software may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of EPoX Computer Company (hereinafter referred to as EPoX) except for documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes.

We provide this manual as is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall EPoX be liable for any loss of profits, loss of business, loss of use or data, interruption of busi- ness or for indirect, special incidental, or consequential damages of any kind, even if EPoX has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product. EPoX may revise this manual from time to time without notice. For updated BIOS, drivers, or product release information you may visit our websites at http://www.epox.com or http://www.epox.com.tw.

Products mentioned in this manual are mentioned for identification purposes only. Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies. The product name and revision

number are both printed on the mainboard itself.

Handling Procedures

Static electricity can severely damage your equipment. Handle the EP-3VWM and any other device in your system with extreme care and avoid unnecessary contact with system components on the mainboard. Always work on an antistatic surface to avoid possible damage to the mainboard from static discharge. Always have the power supply unplugged and powered off when inserting and removing devices within the computer chassis. EPoX assumes no responsibility for any damage to the EP-3VWM mainboard that results from failure to follow instruction or failure to observe safety precautions.

CAUTION

The EP-3VWM mainboard is subject to

damage by static electricity. Always

observe the handling procedures.

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Technical Support Services

If you need additional information, help during installation or normal use of this product, please contact your retailer. Your retailer will have the most current information about your configuration. If your retailer cannot help, you may visit our online technical support website and/or contact our support technicians at the locations listed below.

Record your serial number before installing your EP-3VWM mainboard. (The serial number is located near the ISA slots at the edge of the board.)

EP-3VWM serial number: ____________________________

Contacting Technical Support

EPoX technical support is working hard to answer all of your questions online. From our website you can find answers to many common questions, drivers, BIOS updates, tech notes, and important technical bulletins. If you are still unable to locate the solution you are seeking, you always have the option to contact our

support technicians directly.

North American website (English language)

http://www.epox.com sales@epox.com

support@epox.com

European website (Multi-language)

http://www.epox.nl sales@epox.nl support@epox.nl

info @elito-epox.com

Taiwan website (Chinese language)

http://www.epox.com.tw sales@epox.com.tw support@epox.com.tw

Thank you for using EPoX mainboards!

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T able of Contents

Section 1 Introduction

Components Checklist ........................................ 1-1

Overview

EP-3VWM Form-Factor ..................................... 1-2

I/O Shield Connector .......................................... 1-3

Power-On/Off (Remote)..................................... 1-3

System Block Diagram........................................ 1-4

Section 2 Features

EP-3VWM Features ............................................2-1

Section 3 Installation

EP-3VWM Detailed Layout................................3-2

Easy Installation Procedure

CPU Insertion ...................................................... 3-3

Jumper Settings ................................................... 3-5

System Memory Configuration .......................... 3-6

Device Connectors .............................................. 3-8

Section 4 Award BIOS Setup

Main Menu ........................................................... 4-1

Standard CMOS Setup ......................................... 4-2

Advanced BIOS Features ..................................... 4-3

Advanced Chipset Features ................................. 4-8

Integrated Peripherals ......................................... 4-11

Power Management Setup ................................... 4-15

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup ............................ 4-18

PC Health Status .................................................. 4-20

Frequency Control ............................................... 4-21

Defaults Menu ..................................................... 4-22

Supervisor/User Password Setting ..................... 4-23

Exit Selecting ...................................................... 4-24

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Appendix

Appendix A

Memory Map ....................................................... A-1

I/O Map ................................................................ A-1

Timer & DMA Channels Map ............................. A-2

Interrupt Map ....................................................... A-2

RTC & CMOS RAM Map .................................... A-3

Appendix B

POST Codes......................................................... B-1

Appendix C

Load Setup Defaults ............................................ C-1

Appendix D

GHOST 5.1 Quick Users Guide ......................... D-1

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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

Components Checklist

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The EP-3VWM is designed with MicroATX form factor - the new industry standard of chassis. MicroATX 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. MicroATX 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, etc.) to systems. This will help systems integra- tors 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, manufactur-

ing 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 side-mounted fan, allows direct cooling of the processor and add-in cards making a secondary fan or active heatsink unnecessary in most system applications.

Full length slots

Expandable I/O

5 1/4"

Bay

3 1/2"

Bay

Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features

CPU located near Power Supply

Single chassis fan for system

AT X Power Supply

ATX power connector

Floppy / IDE connectors close to peripheral bays

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Power-On/Off (Remote)

The EP-3VWM has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies. For ATX power supplies that support the Remote On/Off feature, this should be connected to the systems front panel for system Power On/Off button. The systems power On/Off button should be a momentary button that is normally open.

The EP-3VWM has been designed with Soft Off" functions. You can turn Off the system from one of two sources: The first is the front panel Power On/Off button, and the other is the "Soft Off" function (coming from the EP-3VWMs onboard circuit controller) that can be controlled by the operating system such as

Windows® 95/98 or Windows®2000 to shutown the system.

Figure 4: Simple ATX Power ON/OFF Controller

J 3

ATX POWER SUPPLY

Case (chassis) Power

ON/OFF button (J 3)

I/O Shield Connector

The EP-3VWM is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield (figure 3).

Figure 3: I/O back panel layout

parallel port

MIC

Joystick/Midi port

USB port

COM1

VGA1

Speaker

Line_in

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

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Figure 5: System Block Diagram

System Block Diagram

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Section 2

FEA TURES

EP-3VWM Fea tures:

 EP-3VWM is based on the Socket 370 Processors including PPGA & FC-

PGA operating at 300 ~ 800MHz.

 Designed with VIA VT8601 AGPset.

 Supports up to 512MB of DRAM (minimum of 32 MB) on board (please

see Section 3-2).

 Supports (3) 32 bit PCI slots, (1) 16 bit ISA slot, (1) AMR slot and provides

(2) independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3/4 and Ultra DMA 33/66 devices. The EP-3VWM supports (3) 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 on chip 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

 Features Award Plug & Play BIOS. With Flash Memory you can always

upgrade to the current BIOS as they are released. (http://www.epox.com/ please visit our Technical Support section for the latest updates).

 EP-3VWM utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental

protection and longer battery life.

 Supports the (4) Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports, 2 ports as standard,

another 2 ports as option. For USB devices such as keyboard, mouse and speakers etc.

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

 Software power-down when using Windows® 95/98 or Windows®2000.

 Supports ring-in feature (remote power-on through external modem,

allows system to be turned on remotely).

 Resume by Alarm - Allows your system to turn on at a preselected time.

 Power Loss Recovery - In the event of a power outtage your system will

automatically turn itself back on without user intervention.

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

 Built-in WOL (Wake-up On Lan) Connector.

 Built-in AC97 PCI Audio.

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Section 3

INSTALLATION

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EP-3VWM Detailed Layout

Figure 1

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Easy Installation Procedure

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

3-1. CPU Insertion

3-2. Jumper Settings

3-3. System memory Configuration

3-4. Device Connectors

Section 3-1 CPU Insertion

CPU Insertion

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 mis- oriented 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.

Note: Intels reference design thermal solution is an active heatsink; an extruded alumi-

num heatsink based and a fan attached to the top on the fin array. (See Figure 5)

Figure 4

Figure 5

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Section 3-2 Jumper Settings

The EP-3VWM motherboard was designed with very few jumpers to make your installation faster and easier.

CMOS Clear JP1 = 1-2 Normal (Default)

= 2-3 Clear CMOS

JP1

JP22

On Board Codec Audio JP22= 1-2 : Enable (Default)

= 2-3 : Disable

JP23 JP24

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3-22-12-13-2X5.3

3-23-23-22-1X4

3-22-13-22-1X5.4

3-23-22-12-1X5

3-22-12-12-1X5.5

2-13-23-23-2X6

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2-13-22-13-2X7

2-12-12-13-2X5.7

2-13-23-22-1X8

2-12-12-12-1X2

JP20 JP18 JP19

JP21

CPU Frequency Ratio Select

JP3 Power Loss Recovery

JP3 = 1-2 Disabled

= 2-3 Enabled

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Section 3-3 System Memory Configuration

Memory Layout

The EP-3VWM supports (2) PC100 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs is for SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM) only.

 DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns) or

125MHz (8ns) bus speed.

 If you use both 50ns and 60ns memory you must configure

your BIOS to read 60ns.

 When using Synchronous DRAM we recommend using the

4 clock variety over the 2 clock.

Figure 6 and Table 1 show several possible memory configuration.

* SDRAM only supports 32, 64, 128, 256MB DIMM modules. * We recommend to use PC100 Memory Module for bus speed between

66MHz and 100MHz.

* Using non-compliant memory with higher bus speed (over clocking) may

severely compromise the integrity of the system.

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DIMM Module Installation

Figure 7 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMM memory module.

DIMMs have 168-pins and two notches that will match with the onboard DIMM socket. DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down (figure 8) until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 9).

Figure 7

Figure 9

DIMM Module clip after installation

To remove the DIMM module simply press down both of the white clips on either side and the module will be released from the socket.

Figure 8

DIMM Module clip before installation

CENTER KEY ZONE (3.3 V DRAM)

LEFT KEY ZONE

(UNBUFFERED)

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Section 3-4 Device Connectors

J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector

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

J4: CPU Fan

 A plug-in for the CPU Fan Power

J5: Chassis Fan

 A plug-in for the chassis Fan Power

J6: Power Fan

 A plug-in for the Power Supply Fan Power

J7: WOL (Wake On Lan) Connector

IDE1: Primary IDE Connector (White color)

IDE2: Secondary IDE Connector (Black color)

FDD1: Floppy Controller Connector

PW2: ATX Power Connector

 20-pin power connector

CD_IN: CD Audio Connector

VCD_IN: AUX Audio Connector

Figure 10

parallel port

MIC

Joystick/Midi port

USB port

COM1

VGA1

Speaker

Line_in

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

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GND

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+Data

MODEM_IN: Telephony Connector

 Pin1(Audio_in), Pin2/Pin3(GND), Pin4(Mic-out to Modem)

COM2: RS232 COM2 Connector

USB2: USB port header pins for adding two additional USB ports.

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Device Connectors (continued)

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

IR Connector

1. VCC 4. GND

2. NC 5. IRTX

3. IRRX

Power On/Off

Speaker -

Connect to the system's speaker for beeping

1. Speaker 3. GND

2. N/C 4. GND

Reset - Closed to restart system.

Power LED - Power LED connector

1. Power LED(+) 4. NC

2. N/C 5. GND

3. GND

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Section 4

AWARD BIOS SETUP

Main Menu

Awards ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data will be stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system, such as hard drive replacement or a device is added.

It is possible for the CMOS battery to fail, this will cause data loss in the CMOS only. If this does happen you will need to reconfigure your BIOS settings.

To enter the Setup Program :

Power on the computer and press the <Del> key immediately, this will bring you into the BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY.

Figure 1: CMOS Setup Utility

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The menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction key ) to the item and pressing the Enter key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function. When a selection is made, the menu of the selected item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters.

4-1 Standard CMOS Setup

Choose Standard CMOS Setup in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu (Figure 2). The Standard CMOS Setup allows the user to configure system settings such as the current date and time, type of hard disk drive installed, floppy drive type, and display type. Memory size is auto-detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference. When a field is highlighted (use direction keys to move the cursor and the <Enter> key to select), the entries in the field can be changed by pressing the <PgDn> or the <PgUp> key.

Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup

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NOTE: If the hard disk Primary Master/Slave and Secondary Master/

Slave are set to Auto, then the hard disk size and model will be

auto-detected.

NOTE: The Halt On: field is used to determine when to halt the system

by the BIOS if an error occurs.

NOTE: Floppy 3 Mode support is a mode used to support a special 3.5

drive used in Japan. This is a 3.5 disk that stores only 1.2 MB,

the default setting for this is disabled.

4-2 Advanced BIOS Fea tures

Selecting the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu. This menu shows all of the manufacturers default values for the EP-3VWM.

Pressing the [F1] key will display a help message for the selected item.

Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup

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Virus Warning: During and after the system boots up, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system and an error message will appear.

You should then run an anti-virus program to locate the virus. Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector, not the entire hard drive. The default value is Disabled.

Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning

message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector.

Disabled: No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the

boot sector.

Note: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table

can trigger the virus warning message. If you plan to run such a

program, we recommend that you first disable the virus warning.

CPU Internal Cache: This controls the status of the processors internal cache area. The default is Enabled. Enabled: This activates the processors internal cache thereby increasing

performance.

Disabled: This deactivates the processors internal cache thereby lowering

performance.

External (L2) Cache: This controls the status of the external (L2) cache area. The default is Enabled. Enabled: This activates the motherboards L2 cache thereby increasing

performance.

Disabled: This deactivates the motherboards L2 cache thereby lowering

performance.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking: This control if the CPUs L2 Cache will support Error Checking and Correcting (ECC). The default is Disabled. Enabled: Enables ECC support for the CPUs L2 cache. Performance will

decrease 2% ~ 4%.

Disabled: Disables ECC support for the CPUs L2 cache.

Processor Number Feature: Pentium III or later CPU new feature. The default

is Enabled.

Enabled: Processor serial number readable. Disabled: Processor serial number disabled.

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Quick Power On Self Test: This category speeds up the Power On Self Test (POST). The default is Enabled.

Enabled: This setting will shorten or skip of the items checked during POST. Disabled: Normal POST.

First /Second/Third/Other Boot Device: The BIOS attempts to load the operat-

ing system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The choice: Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD, SCSI, CDROM, Disabled.

Swap Floppy Drive: This will swap your physical drive letters A & B if you are using two floppy disks. The default is Disabled.

Enabled: Floppy A & B will be swapped under the O/S. Disabled: Floppy A & B will be not swapped.

Boot Up Floppy Seek: During Power-On-Self-Test (POST), BIOS will deter-

mine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. Only 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2MB and 1.44MB are all 80 tracks. The default is Enabled. Enabled: The BIOS will search the floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or

80 tracks.

Disabled: The BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track

number.

Note: BIOS can not tell the difference between 720K, 1.2MB and 1.44MB

drive types as they are all 80 tracks.

Boot Up NumLock Status: This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots. The default is On.

On: The keypad acts as a 10-key pad. Off: The keypad acts like the cursor keys.

Gate A20 Option: This refers to the way the system addresses memory above

1MB (extended memory). The default is Fast. Normal: The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard controller or chipset

hardware.

Fast: The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method.

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Typematic Rate Setting: This determines the keystrokes repeat rate. The default is Disabled.

Enabled: Allows typematic rate and typematic delay programming. Disabled: The typematic rate and typematic delay will be controlled by the

keyboard controller in your system.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): This is the number of characters that will be repeated by a keyboard press. The default is 6.

6: 6 characters per second. 8: 8 characters per second.

10: 10 characters per second. 12: 12 characters per second.

15: 15 characters per second. 20: 20 characters per second.

24: 24 characters per second. 30: 30 characters per second.

Typematic Delay (msec): This setting controls the time between the first and the second character displayed by typematic auto-repeat. The default is 250.

250: 250 msec.

500: 500 msec.

750: 750 msec.

1000: 1000 msec.

Security Option: This category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup, or just to Setup. The default is Setup. System: The system will not boot and the access to Setup will be denied if the

correct password is not entered at the prompt.

Setup: The system will boot; but the access to Setup will be denied if the

incorrect password is not entered at the prompt.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: Some operating systems require special handling. Use this option only if your system has greater than 64MB of memory. The default is Non-OS2. OS2: Select this if you are running the OS/2 operating system with greater

than 64MB of RAM.

Non-OS2: Select this for all other operating systems and configurations.

Video BIOS Shadow: This option allows video BIOS to be copied into RAM.

Video Shadowing will increase the video performance of your system. The default is Enabled.

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Enabled: Video shadow is enabled. Disabled: Video shadow is disabled.

C8000 - CBFFF Shadow: CC000 - CFFFF Shadow: D0000 - D3FFF Shadow: D4000 - D7FFF Shadow:

D8000 - DBFFF Shadow: DC000 - DFFFF Shadow:

These categories determine whether ROMs from option cards will be copied into RAM. This will be in 16K byte or 32K byte units, and the size will depend on chipset of the option card.

Enabled: Optional shadow is enabled. Disabled: Optional shadow is disabled.

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Bank 0/1, 2/3 DRAM Timing: This value in this field is set by the system board manufacturer. The default is SDRAM Fast. The Choice: SDRAM Fast, SDRAM Normal.

SDRAM Cycle length: This setting defines the CAS timing parameter of the SDRAM in terms of clocks. The default is 3.

2: Provides faster memory performance.

3: Provides better memory compatibility.

Bank Interleave: The item allows you to set how many banks of SDRAM support in your mainboard. The Choice: 2 Bank, 4 Bank, Disabled.

Memory Hole : You can reserve this memory area for the use of ISA adaptor ROMs. The default is Disabled.

4-3 Advanced Chipset F ea tures

Choose the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu.

Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup

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Enabled: This field enables the main memory (15~16MB) to remap to ISA BUS.

Disabled:Normal Setting.

Note: If this feature is enabled you will not be able to cache this memory segment.

System BIOS Cacheable: This allows you to copy your BIOS code from slow ROM to fast RAM. The default is Disabled. Enabled: The option will improve system performance. However, if any program

writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

Disabled: System BIOS non-cacheable.

Video BIOS Cacheable: This option copies the video ROM BIOS to fast RAM

(C0000h to C7FFFh). The default is Enabled.

Enabled: Enables the Video BIOS Cacheable to speed up the VGA Performance. Disabled: Will not use the Video BIOS Cacheable function.

Video RAM Cacheable: This option allows the CPU to cache read/writes of the

video RAM. The default is Enabled.

Enabled: This option allows for faster video access. Disabled: Reduced video performance.

Frame Buffer Size: Video Frame Buffer shared with SDRAM size selectable 4M

or 8M.

AGP Aperture Size: The amount of system memory that the AGP card is allowed to share. The default is 64.

4: 4MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 8: 8MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 16: 16MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 32: 32MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 64: 64MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 128: 128MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card.

OnChip USB: USB Connector (Port 0-1).

The choice Enabled, Disabled.

OnChip USB2: USB Connector (Port 2-3). The choice Enabled, Disabled.

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USB Keyboard Support: This controls the activation status of an optional USB keyboard that may be attached. The default is disabled.

Enabled: Enable USB keyboard support. Disabled: Disable USB keyboard support.

OnChip Sound: Turn on/off onchip sound device.

OnChip Modem: Turn on/off onchip software modem device.

CPU to PCI Write Buffer: When enabled, up to four D words of data can be

written to the PCI bus without interruting the CPU. When disabled, a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive the data. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI Dynamic Bursting: When Enabled, data transfers on the PCI bus, where possible, make use of the high-performance PCI bust protocol, in which graeater amounts of data are transferred at a single command. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI Master 0 WS Write: When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are command with zero wait states. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI Delay Transaction: The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI #2 Access #1 Retry: This item allows you enabled/disable the PCI #2 Access #1 Retry. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Memory Parity/ECC Check: If the DRAM chip in your system support Parity/ ECC check, select Enabled.

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4-4 Integrated P eripherals

Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals

Note: If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector, then you will need to set Onboard

Primary PCI IDE: Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE: Disabled

Note: The Onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches (45

cm.).

OnChip IDE Channel0: The default value is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE primary port. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE primary port.

OnChip IDE Channel1: The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE secondary port. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE secondary port.

IDE Prefetch Mode: Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its

faster drive accesses. If uou are getting disk drive errors, change the setting to omit the drive interface where the errors occur. Depending on the configuration of your IDE subsystem, this field may not appear, and it does not appear when the Internal PCI/IDE field, above, is Disabled. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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Primary Master PIO: The default is Auto. Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE

HDD Accessing mode.

Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode.

Primary Slave PIO: The default is Auto. Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave PCI IDE

HDD Accessing mode.

Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode.

Secondary Master PIO: The default is Auto. Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Master PCI

IDE HDD Accessing mode.

Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode.

Secondary Slave PIO: The default is Auto. Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Slave PCI

IDE HDD Accessing mode.

Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode.

Primary Master UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for

the hard drive. The default is Auto.

Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting. Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode.

Primary Slave UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for the

hard drive. The default is Auto.

Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting. Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode.

Secondary Master UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for

the hard drive. The default is Auto.

Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting. Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode.

Secondary Slave UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for

the hard drive. The default is Auto.

Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting. Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode.

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Init Display First: If two video cards are used (1 AGP and 1 PCI) this specifies which one will be the primary display adapter. The default is PCI Slot.

PCI Slots: PCI video card will be primary adapter. AGP: AGP video card will be primary adapter.

IDE HDD Block Mode: IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks

of sectors rather than a single sector at a time. The default is Enabled.

Enabled: Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode. Provides higher HDD transfer rates. Disabled: Disable IDE HDD Block Mode.

Onboard FDD Controller: This controls the state of the onboard floppy

controller. The default value is Enabled.

Enabled: Enable the Onboard VIA686A Chipss floppy drive interface controller. Disabled: Disable the Onboard VIA686A Chips floppy drive interface controller.

Onboard Serial Port 1: This field allows the user to configure the 1st serial

port. The default is Auto.

AUTO: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is Auto adjusted. COM1: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8H/IRQ4. COM2: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8H/IRQ3. COM3: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8H/IRQ4. COM4: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8H/IRQ3. Disabled: Disable Onboard SMC CHIPs Serial port 1.

Onboard Serial Port 2: This field allows the user to configure the 2nd serial port.

The default is Auto.

AUTO: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is Auto adjusted. COM1: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8H/IRQ4. COM2: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8H/IRQ3. COM3: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8H/IRQ4. COM4: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8H/IRQ3. Disabled: Disable Onboard SMC CHIPs Serial port 2.

UART 2 Mode: This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function

of onboard I/O chip. The Choice: Standard, ASKIR, HPSIR.

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Onboard Parallel port: This field allows the user to configure the LPT port. The default is 378H / IRQ7.

378H: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 378H and IRQ7. 278H: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 278H and IRQ5. 3BCH: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7. Disabled: Disable Onboard Winbond Chips LPT port.

Onboard Parallel Port Mode: This field allows the user to select the parallel

port mode. The default is Normal.

Normal: Standard mode. IBM PC/AT Compatible bidirectional parallel port. EPP: Enhanced Parallel Port mode. ECP: Extended Capabilities Port mode. EPP+ECP: ECP Mode & EPP Mode.

ECP Mode USE DMA: This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for

the ECP mode. The default is DMA3.

DMA1: This field selects the routing of DMA1 for the ECP mode. DMA3: This field selects the routing of DMA3 for the ECP mode.

Parallel Port EPP Type: This item allows you to determine the IR transfer

mode of onboard I/O chip. The Choice: EPP1.9, EPP1.7.

Onboard Legacy Audio: Legacy Audio enabled/disabled.

Sound Blaster: Sound Blaster compatible device enabled/disabled.

SB I/O Base Address: Sound Blaster I/O resource selection.

SB IRQ Select: Legacy audio device IRQ selection.

SB DMA Select: Sound Blaster DMA channel selection.

MPU-401: MPU-401 function enabled/disabled.

MPU-401 I/O Address: Built-in MPU-401 compatible MIDI I/O port selection:

300-303H

310-313H

320-323H

330-333H (default)

Game Port (200-207H): Built-in joystick port support disabled/enabled(default).

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4-5 Po wer Management Setup

Choose the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless its absolutely necessary.

Figure 6: Power Management Setup

ACPI Function: This option allows you to select ACPI Function. The default is Enabled.

Enabled: Support ACPI function for new O.S Disabled: No Support ACPI function.

You can only change the content of Doze Mode, Standby Mode, and Suspend Mode when the Power Management is set to User Define.

Power Management: Use this to select your Power Management selection. The default is User define.

Disabled: The system operates in NORMAL conditions (Non-GREEN), and

the Power Management function is disabled.

Max. saving: Maximum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode. Min. saving: Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode.

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User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power

saving mode.

PM controlled APM: This option shows weather or not you want the Power Management to be controlled the Advanced Power Management (APM). The default is Yes.

Ye s: APM controls your PM No: APM does not control your PM

Video Off Option: Tells you what time frame that the video will be disabled

under current power management settings. The default is Standby.

Standby: Video powers off after time shown in standby mode setting. Doze: Video powers off after time shown in doze mode setting. Suspend: Video powers off after time shown in suspend mode setting. N/A: Video power off not controlled by power management.

Video Off Method: This option allows you to select how the video will be

disabled by the power management. The default is V/H Sync + Blank V/H Sync + Blank: System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization

ports and writes blanks to the video buffer.

DPMS: Select this option if your monitor supports the Display

Power Management Signaling (DPMS) standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values.

Blank Screen: System only writes blanks to the video buffer.

MODEM Use IRQ: Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the

modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system. Default is IRQ 3.

N/A: No IRQ is used. 3: IRQ 3 4: IRQ 4 5: IRQ 5 7: IRQ 7 9: IRQ 9 10: IRQ 10 11: IRQ 11

Soft-Off by PWRBTN: Use this to select your soft-off function.

The default is Delay 4 sec. Instant Off: Turns off the system instantly.

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Delay 4 Second : Turns off the system after a 4 second delay. If momentary

press of button, the system will go into Suspend Mode. Press the power botton again to take system out of Suspend Mode.

VGA: When set to On (default), any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which has been powered down.

LPT & COM: When set to On (default), any event occurring at a COM(serial)/ LPT (printer) port will awaken a system which has been powered down.

HDD & FDD: When set to On (default), any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive port will awaken a system which has been powered down.

PCI Card: When set to On (default), any event occurring to the DMA controller will awaken a system which has been powered down.

Wake Up On LAN/Ring: When set to Enabled, any event occurring to the Modem Ring will LAN awaken a system which has been powered down.

RTC Alarm Resume: When set to Enable rtc alarm resume, you could set the date (of month) and timer (hh:mm:ss), any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down.

Primary INTR: When set to On (default), any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down.

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4-6 PNP/PCI Configuration

The PNP/PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI/ISA IRQ signals when various PCI/ISA cards are inserted in the PCI or ISA slots.

WARNING: Conflicting IRQs may cause the system to not find certain devices.

Figure 7: PCI Configuration Setup

PNP OS Installed: Do you have a PNP OS installed on your system. The default is No.

Ye s: Select if you are using a PNP OS. No: Select if your OS does not support PNP.

Resources Controlled By: Who controlled the system PNP/PCI resources.

The default is Auto. Manual: PNP Cards resources will be controlled manually. You can set which

IRQ-X and DMA-X are assigned to PCI/ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards.

Auto: If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards, BIOS will assign the

interrupt resource automatically.

Reset Configuration Data: This setting allows you to clear ESCD data. The default is Disabled

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Disabled: Normal Setting. Enabled: If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the system and they were

recorded into ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data), you can set this field to Enabled in order to clear ESCD.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: Leave this field at Disabled. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Assign IRQ For USB: This item allows BIOS to assign whether IRQ is with USB or not. If you have not connect the USB device. Can release the IRQ for other device. The default is Enabled.

Enabled: Provides IRQ for USB device. Disabled: Release IRQ for other device.

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4-7 PC Health Status

Current CPU Temperature: This is the current temperature of the CPU.

Current System Temperature: This is the Current temperature of the system.

Current CPU FAN Speed: The current CPU fan speed in RPMs.

Current Chassis FAN Speed: The current chassis fan speed in RPMs.

CPU(V): The voltage level of the CPU(Vcore/Vtt).

3.3V, 5V, 12V: The voltage level of the switch power supply.

31oC/87oF 0oC/32oF

6135 RPM 0 RPM

1.62V

3.20V

3.22V

5.01V

12.12V

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4-8 Frequency/Voltage Control

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk: When enabled the motherboard will automatically disable the clock source for a DIMM socket which does not have a module in it. Same applies for PCI slots. The default is Enabled.

Enabled: Enables this option. Disabled: Disables this option.

Spread Spectrum : The default is Enabled.

Enabled: Enables this option. Disabled: Disables this option.

CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI): Allows the external clock to be modified depending upon what FSB has been selected. Should not be used to clock proces- sor faster than it was designed for. The default is Default.

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4-9 Defaults Menu

Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to:

Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N

Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-perfor- mance system operations.

Load Optimized Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to:

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N

Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal perfor- mance system operations.

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4-10 Supervisor/User Passw ord Setting

You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differences between are:

supervisor password : can enter and change the options of the setup menus. user password : just can only enter but do not have the right to change the

options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

ENTER PASSWORD:

Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The pass- word typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password. To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the password. A message will confirm the password will be disabled. Once the pass- word is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED.

When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration. Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted. This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer. You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option (see Section 3). If the Security option is set to System, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to Setup, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup.

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4-11 Exit Selecting

Save & Exit Setup

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:

Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS  a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selec- tions stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is restarted again.

Exit Without Saving

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:

Quit without saving (Y/N)? Y

This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change. The previous selections remain in effect. This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer.

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A-1 MEMORY MAP

Address Range Size Description [00000-7FFFF] 512K Conventional memory [80000-9FBFF] 127K Extended Conventional memory [9FC00-9FFFF] 1K Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is

installed [A0000-C7FFF] 160K Available for Hi DOS memory [C8000-DFFFF] 96K Available for Hi DOS memory and adapter

ROMs [E0000-EEFFF] 60K Available for UMB [EF000-EFFFF] 4K Video service routine for Monochrome &

CGA adaptor [F0000-F7FFF] 32K BIOS CMOS setup utility [F8000-FCFFF] 20K BIOS runtime service routine (2) [FD000-FDFFF] 4K Plug and Play ESCD data area [FE000-FFFFF] 8K BIOS runtime service routine (1)

A-2 I/O MAP

[000-01F] DMA controller.(Master) [020-021] INTERRUPT CONTROLLER.(Master) [022-023] CHIPSET control registers. I/O ports. [040-05F] TIMER control registers. [060-06F] KEYBOARD interface controller.(8042) [070-07F] RTC ports & CMOS I/O ports. [080-09F] DMA register. [0A0-0BF] INTERRUPT controller.(Slave) [0C0-0DF] DMA controller.(Slave) [0F0-0FF] MATH COPROCESSOR. [1F0-1F8 ] HARD DISK controller. [278-27F] PARALLEL port 2. [2B0-2DF] GRAPHICS adapter controller.

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[2F8-2FF] SERIAL port 2. [360-36F] NETWORK ports. [378-37F] PARALLEL port 1. [3B0-3BF] MONOCHROME & PARALLEL port adapter. [3C0-3CF] EGA adapter. [3D0-3DF] CGA adapter. [3F0-3F7] FLOPPY DISK controller. [3F8-3FF] SERIAL port 1.

A-3 TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP

TIMER MAP: TIMER Channel 0 System timer interrupt. TIMER Channel 1 DRAM REFRESH request. TIMER Channel 2 SPEAKER tone generator. DMA CHANNELS: DMA Channel 0 Available. DMA Channel 1 Onboard ECP (Option). DMA Channel 2 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP). DMA Channel 3 Onboard ECP (default). DMA Channel 4 Cascade for DMA controller 1. DMA Channel 5 Available. DMA Channel 6 Available. DMA Channel 7 Available

A-4 INTERRUPT MAP

NMI : Parity check error. IRQ (H/W): 0 System TIMER interrupt from TIMER 0. 1 KEYBOARD output buffer full. 2 Cascade for IRQ 8-15. 3 SERIAL port 2. 4 SERIAL port 1. 5 PARALLEL port 2.

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6 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP). 7 PARALLEL port 1. 8 RTC clock. 9 Available. 10 Available. 11 Available. 12 PS/2 Mouse. 13 MATH coprocessor. 14 Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel. 15 Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel.

A-5 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP

RTC & CMOS: 00 Seconds. 01 Second alarm. 02 Minutes. 03 Minutes alarm. 04 Hours. 05 Hours alarm. 06 Day of week. 07 Day of month. 08 Month. 09 Year. 0A Status register A. 0B Status register B. 0C Status register C. 0D Status register D. 0E Diagnostic status byte. 0F Shutdown byte. 10 FLOPPY DISK drive type byte. 11 Reserve. 12 HARD DISK type byte. 13 Reserve. 14 Equipment type. 15 Base memory low byte.

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16 Base memory high byte. 17 Extension memory low byte. 18 Extension memory high byte. 19-2d 2E-2F 30 Reserved for extension memory low byte. 31 Reserved for extension memory high byte. 32 DATE CENTURY byte. 33 INFORMATION FLAG. 34-3F Reserve. 40-7F Reserved for CHIPSET SETTING DATA.

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B-1 POST CODES

For BIOS 6.0 Code

POST (hex) DESCRIPTION

CFh Test CMOS R/W functionality. C0h Early chipset initialization:

- Disable shadow RAM

- Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below)

- Program basic chipset registers

C1h Detect memory

- Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC.

- Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) C3h Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM C5h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000

shadow RAM.

0h1 Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address

1000:0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch. 04h Reserved 05h 1. Blank out screen

2. Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1. Clear 8042 interface

2. Initialize 8042 self-test 08h 1. Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977

series Super I/O chips.

2. Enable keyboard interface. 09h Reserved 0Ah 1. Disable PS/2 mouse interface (optional).

2. Auto detect ports for keyboard & mouse followed by

a port & interface swap (optional).

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3. Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I/O

chips. 0Ch Reserved 0Dh Reserved 0Eh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R/W-

able or not. If test fails, keep beeping the speaker. 0Fh Reserved 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R/W

codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD & DMI

support. 11h Reserved 12h Use walking 1s algorithm to check out interface in

CMOS circuitry. Also set real-time clock power status,

and then check for override. 13h Reserved 14h Program chipset default values into chipset. Chipset

default values are MODBINable by OEM customers. 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early_Init_Onboard_Generator switch. 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type

(Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686). 19h Reserved 1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table. If no special specified, all

H/W interrupts are directed to PURIOUS_INT_HDLR

& S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. 1Ch Reserved 1Dh Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch. 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix (notebook platform) 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization (notebook platform) 22h Reserved 23h 1. Check validity of RTC value: e.g. a value of 5Ah is an

invalid value for RTC minute.

2. Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack. If CMOS

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checksum fails, use default value instead.

3. Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP use. If ESCD is valid, take into consideration of the ESCDs legacy information.

4. Onboard clock generator initialization. Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI & DIMM slots.

5. Early PCI initialization:

- Enumerate PCI bus number

- Assign memory & I/O resource

- Search for a valid VGA device & VGA BIOS, and put it into C000:0.

24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h 1. Program CPU internal MTRR (P6 & PII) for 0-640K

memory address.

2. Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU.

3. Program early chipset according to CMOS setup. Example: onboard IDE controller.

4. Measure CPU speed.

5. Invoke video BIOS.

2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved 2Dh 1. Initialize multi-language

2. Put information on screen display, including Award title, CPU type, CPU speed .

2Eh Reserved 2Fh Reserved 30h Reserved 31h Reserved 32h Reserved 33h Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I/O

chips.

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34h Reserved 35h Reserved 36h Reserved 37h Reserved 38h Reserved 39h Reserved 3Ah Reserved 3Bh Reserved 3Ch Test 8254 3Dh Reserved 3Eh Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1. 3Fh Reserved 40h Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. 41h Reserved 42h Reserved 43h Test 8259 functionality. 44h Reserved 45h Reserved 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double

word of each 64K page.

2. Program write allocation for AMD K5 CPU.

4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1. Program MTRR of M1 CPU

2. Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU & program CPU with proper cacheable range.

3. Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU.

4. On MP platform, adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical.

4Fh Reserved 50h Initialize USB

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51h Reserved 52h Test all memory (clear all extended memory to 0) 53h Reserved 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors (multi-processor

platform) 56h Reserved 57h 1. Display PnP logo

2. Early ISA PnP initialization

- Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device. 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti-Virus code. 5Ah Reserved 5Bh (Optional Feature) Show message for entering

AWDFLASH.EXE from FDD (optional) 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1. Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO switch.

2. Initialize Init_Onbaord_AUDIO switch. 5Eh Reserved 5Fh Reserved 60h Okay to enter Setup utility; i.e. not until this POST stage

can users enter the CMOS setup utility. 61h Reserved 62h Reserved 63h Reserved 64h Reserved 65h Initialize PS/2 Mouse 66h Reserved 67h Prepare memory size information for function call:

INT 15h ax=E820h 68h Reserved 69h Turn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh Program chipset registers according to items described

in Setup & Auto-configuration table. 6Ch Reserved

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6Dh 1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices.

2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO.

6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1. Initialize floppy controller

2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware.

70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved 73h (Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if :

- AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive.

- ALT+F2 is pressed

74h Reserved 75h Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP,

CDROM.. 76h Reserved 77h Detect serial ports & parallel ports. 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect & install co-processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh 1. Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is

supported.

- If errors occur, report errors & wait for keys

- If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue:

wClear EPA or customization logo. 80h Reserved 81h Reserved 82h 1. Call chipset power management hook.

2. Recover the text fond used by EPA logo (not for full screen logo)

3. If password is set, ask for password.

83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS

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84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85h 1. USB final Initialization

2. NET PC: Build SYSID structure

3. Switch screen back to text mode

4. Set up ACPI table at top of memory.

5. Invoke ISA adapter ROMs

6. Assign IRQs to PCI devices

7. Initialize APM

8. Clear noise of IRQs.

86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti-Virus

code

94h 1. Enable L2 cache

2. Program boot up speed

3. Chipset final initialization.

4. Power management final initialization

5. Clear screen & display summary table

6. Program K6 write allocation

7. Program P6 class write combining

95h 1. Program daylight saving

2. Update keyboard LED & typematic rate

96h 1. Build MP table

2. Build & update ESCD

3. Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h

4. Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick

5. Build MSIRQ routing table.

FFh Boot attempt (INT 19h)

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NOTE:

The "LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS" function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly. This function will be necessary when you accept this mainboard, or the system CMOS data is corrupted.

LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS

Standard CMOS Feature

Advanced BIOS Feature

Advanced Chipset Feature

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configurations

PC Health Status

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ ← → : Select Item

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? Y

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D-1 GHOST 5.1 Quick User’s Guide

Installation is very easy. You only need to copy the Ghost5 folder or Ghost.exe to your hard disk.

The current market version is for single Client, so the LPT and NetBios portions will not be explained further.

Description of Menus

Ghost clones and backs up Disk and Partition.

In which Disk indicates hard disk options

Partition indicates partition options Check indicates check options

Disk

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Disk To Disk (Disk Cloning)

1. Select the location of the Source drive.

2. Select the location of the Destination drive.

3. When cloning a disk or restoring the backup, set the required partition size as shown in the following figure.

There are 3 hard disk functions:

1. Disk To Disk (disk cloning)

2. Disk To Image (disk backup)

3. Disk From Image (restore backup)

Important!

1. To use this function, the system must have at least 2 disks. Press the Tab key to move the cursor.

2. When restoring to a destination disk, all data in that disk will be completely destroyed.

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4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start.

Disk To Image (Disk Backup)

1. Select the location of the Source drive.

2. Select the location for storing the backup file.

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Disk From Image (Restore Backup)

1. Select the Restore file.

2. Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored.

3. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start.

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3. When restoring disk backup, set the required partition size as shown in the following figure.

4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start.

Partition

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2. Select the first partition to be backed up. This is usually where the operating system and programs are stored.

There are 3 partition functions:

1. Partition To Partition (partition cloning)

2. Partition To Image (partition backup)

3. Partition From Image (restore partition)

Partition To Partition (Partition Cloning)

The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition. Refer to disk cloning for the operation method.

Partition To Image (Partition Backup)

1. Select the disk to be backed up.

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3. Select the path and file name for storing the backup file.

4. Is the file compressed? There are 3 options:

(1)No: do not compress data during backup

(2)Fast: Small volume compression

(3) High: high ratio compression. File can be compressed to its minimum,

but this requires longer execution time.

5. During confirmation, select Yes to start performing backup.

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Partition From Image (Restore Partition)

1. Select the backup file to be restored.

2. Select the source partition.

3. Select the disk to be restored.

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4. Select the partition to be restored.

5. Select Yes to start restoring.

Check

This function checks the hard disk or backup file for backup or restoration error due to FAT or track error.

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