EPOX EP-7KXA User Manual

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Manual Revision 3.1

January 28, 2000

EP-7KXAEP-7KXA

EP-7KXA

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T able of Contents

Section 1 Introduction

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

Overview

AMD Athlon Processor ...................................... 1-2

S.E.C. Cartridge Terminology ............................. 1-3

Accelerated Graphics Port .................................. 1-4

Hardware Monitoring ..........................................1-4

EP-7KXA Form-Factor....................................... 1-5

I/O Shield Connector .......................................... 1-6

Power-On/Off (Remote) ..................................... 1-6

System Block Diagram........................................ 1-7

Section 2 Features

EP-7KXA Features .............................................. 2-1

Section 3 Installation

EP-7KXA Detailed Layout ................................. 3-2

Easy Installation Procedure

Configure Jumpers .............................................. 3-3

System Memory Configuration .......................... 3-5

Installing Processor ............................................ 3-7

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

External Modem Ring-in Power ON and

Keyboard Power ON Function (KBPO) ............. 3-10

STR (Suspend To RAM) Function ....................... 3-11

Section 4 Award BIOS Setup

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

Advanced BIOS Features ................................................ 4-2

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

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

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

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

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

Frequency/Voltage Control ............................................ 4-21

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

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

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

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......................................................... A-5

Appendix C

Load Setup Defaults ............................................ A-13

Appendix D

GHOST 5.1 Quick Users Guide......................... A-15

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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

Components Checklist

9 A. (1) EP-7KXA mainboard

9 B. (1) EP-7KXA users manual

9 C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable

9 D. (1) ATA-66 Hard drive ribbon cable

9 E. (1) Foldable Retention Module

F. (1) USB Cable (Optional)

9 G. (1) Driver and utility

USERS

MANUAL

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Overview

AMD AthlonTM Processor

The AMD AthlonTM processor is the newest microprocessor in the AMD K86

family of microprocessors. The AMD Athlon processor brings superscalar RISC performance to desktop systems running industry-standard x86 software. This processor implements advanced design techniques such as:

 Three out-of-order, superscalar, pipelined Multimedia Units  Three out-of-order, superscalar, pipelined Integer Units

 Three x86 instruction decoders

 Fixed-sized internal instruction formats (MacroOPs)  72-entry Instruction Control Unit

 AMD 3DNOW!TM technology

 Large L1 and L2 caches and translation lookaside (TLB) structures  Register renaming and data-forwarding

 Dynamic branch prediction

 S2K Interface Technology

The AMD Athlon processor is the first x86 processor ever to incorporate the S2K interface technology to deliver unprecedented system performance. The S2K interface technology is based on the EV6 bus technology from Digital/Compaq and provides 1.6 Gbytes per second bandwidth to the system.

The AMD Athlon Processor utilizes Single Edge Contact (S.E.C.) (Figure 1) cartridge packaging technology. The S.E.C. cartridge utilizes surface mounted core components and a printed circuit board with an edge finger connection. The S.E.C. cartridge package introduced on the AMD Athlon Processor will also be used in future Slot A processors.

The S.E.C. cartridge has the following features: a thermal plate, a cover and a PCB with an edge finger connection. The thermal plate allows standardized heatsink attachment or customized thermal solutions. The thermal plate enables a reusable

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heatsink to minimize fit issues for serviceability, upgradeability and replacement. The full enclosure also protects the surface mount components. The edge finger connection maintains socketabilty for system configuration. The edge finger connector is denoted as Slot A connector in this and other documentation.

S.E.C. Cartridge Terminology

 Processor card

The green PCB (with or without components on it)

 Processor core

The CPU silicon chip on the processor card.

 Cover

The plastic cover on the opposite side from the thermal plate.

 Slot A

The slot that the S.E.C. cartridge plugs into.

 Retention mechanism

Formerly retention module the dual posts, etc. that holds the cartridge in place.

 Thermal plate

The heatsink attachment plate.

 Heat sink supports

The support pieces that are mounted on the mainboard to provide added support for heatsinks.

Figure 1: AMD Athlon Processor with S.E.C.C.

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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.

Hardware Monitoring

Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your systems operations and status. The features include CPU temperature, voltage and RPM of fan.

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EP-7KXA Form-Factor

The EP-7KXA is designed with ATX form factor - the new industry standard of chassis. 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, etc.) to systems. This will help systems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace, and better meet your needs.

 Smaller size promotes a smaller system size.

 I/O shield does not need to be retooled in an ATX 2.01 or later. The

mainboard should be used in an ATX 2.01 (or later) compliant case.

 A smaller power supply can be used. High integration on mainboard

reduces the system costs.

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-7KXA 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-7KXA 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-7KXAs onboard circuit controller) that can be controlled by the operating system. Windows 95/98 will control this when the user clicks that they are ready to Shutdown 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-7KXA is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield (figure 3).

Figure 3: I/O back panel layout

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

USB port

COM1 COM2

parallel port

Speaker

Line_in

MIC

Joystick/Midi

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Figure 5: System Block Diagram

System Block Diagram

PAC

PCI Bridge

and memory

controller

VT8371

133/100MHz

66MHz

AMD Athlon

Processor

VT82C686A

I/O Bridge

USB 0,1 USB 2,3

AMR Slot

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Section 2

FEATURES

EP-7KXA Fea tures:

 EP-7KXA is based on the AMD Athlon Processor operating at 500 ~ 800MHz

on SlotA.

 Designed with VIA KX133 AGPset.

 Supports up to 768MB of DRAM (minimum of 8 MB) on board (please

see Section 3-2).

 EP-7KXA will support Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) when using

parity SDRAM memory modules. This will detect multiple bit errors and correct 1-bit memory errors.

 Supports (1) 16 bit ISA slots, (5) 32 bit PCI slots, (1) 4X AGP 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-7KXA 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 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.

 EP-7KXA utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental

protection and longer battery life.

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 4 USB ports are provided, 2 ports are onboard and another 2 USB ports, as

option, need USB a cable on USB1 position. The onboard VT82C686A 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,

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).

 Supports Keyboard power ON function (KBPO).

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

 Built-in WOM (Wake-up On Modem) Connector.

 Built-in AC97 PCI Audio.

 Supports STR (Suspend to RAM) function.

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Section 3

INSTALLATION

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Figure 1

EP-7KXA Detailed Layout

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Easy Installation Procedure

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

3-1. Jumper Settings 3-2. System memory Configuration 3-3. Install Processor 3-4. Device Connectors 3-5. External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON

Functions (KBPO)

3-6. STR (Suspend To RAM) Function

Section 3-1 Jumper Settings

The EP-7KXA motherboard was designed with very few jumpers to make your install fast and easy.

JP3: CPU Host Clock Selection

3PJKCOLCUPC 2-1zHM001 3-2zHM331*

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SW1: CPU Vcore Voltage Selection

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JP1 CMOS Clear

JP1 = 1-2 Normal (Default)

= 2-3 Clear CMOS

JP5 Power Loss Recovery

JP5 = 1-2 Disabled

= 2-3 Enabled

JP4 Keyboard Power-ON Function

JP4 = 1-2 Disabled (Default)

= 2-3 Enabled

JP2 STR Function

JP2 = 1-2 Disabled

= 2-3 Enabled

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Section 3-2 System Memory Configuration

Memory Layout

The EP-7KXA supports (3) PC133 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs can be either SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM) or VC SDRAM (Virtual Channel SDRAM).

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

125MHz (8ns) bus speed.

 When using Synchronous DRAM we recommend using the

4 clock variety over the 2 clock.

Figure 2 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations.

* SDRAM only supports 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB DIMM modules. * We recommend to use PC100 Memory Module for bus speed 100MHz and

PC133 Memory for bus speed over 100MHz.

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

severely compromise the integrity of the system.

DIMM 1 DIMM 2

Bank 0/1

Bank 2/3

DIMM 3

Bank 4/5

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*MARDS

,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM652,BM821

Figure 2

Table 1

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DIMM Module Installation

Figure 3 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 4) until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 5).

Figure 3

Figure 5

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 4

DIMM Module clip before installation

CENTER KEY ZONE (3.3 V DRAM)

LEFT KEY ZONE

(UNBUFFERED)

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Section 3-3 Installing Processor

The EP-7KXA uses the Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot for a AMD Athlon processor packaged in an SEC cartridge.

Please have ready the following list of components so that we may install the processor onto the motherboard.

1. AMD Athlon processor heat sink

2. AMD Athlon Processor

OK, now that you have all of your components ready, we can start.

First, please refer to figure 6 below, and follow the direction to lift up the foldable AMD Athlon Retention Mechanism. This pre-installed device is designed for you to install AMD Athlon CPU more easier and to avoide any damage on the board due to overtightening the four screws.

One thing must be kept in your mind that please make sure to lift upright the foldable parts of the Retention module to fit and install CPU properly.

Figure 6

Now we are going to install the heatsink support base piece onto the motherboard. There is both a large and small hole so that the base will only fit in one direction. This piece needs to be pushed into the holes firmly until it is seated.

Now we are ready to install the SEC Cartridge (AMD Athlon Processor) into the Retention Module. The SEC Cartridge is mounted by sliding the SEC Cartridge into the Retention Module and letting it slide all the way down. Once it reaches the bottom make sure you press firmly on SEC cartridge to firmly secure into the Slot A Socket.

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Section 3-4 Device Connectors

Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connections (figure 7).

Figure 7

J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector

 Power_LED, Speaker, Reset, Sleep, Turbo LED and HDD LED

J4: CPU Fan Power

 A plug-in for the CPU Fan Power

J5: Power Supply Fan Monitoring

 A plug-in for the Power Supply Fan Power

J6: Chassis Fan Power

 A plug-in for the chassis Fan Power

J7: WOL (Wake On Lan) Connector J8: WOM (Wake On Modem) Connector JV1: Reserved JV2: Reserved IDE1: Primary IDE Connector IDE2: Secondary IDE Connector FDD1: Floppy Controller Connector PW1: ATX Power Connector

 20-pin power connector

CD1: CD Audio Connector AUX1: AUX Audio Connector MODEM1: Telephony Connector

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

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

USB port

COM1

COM2

parallel port

Speaker

Line_in

MIC

Joystic/Midi

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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 3-5 External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Po wer ON Functions (KBPO)

On the basis of bounded functions in I/O chipset, the two serial ports are able to support the External Modem Ring-in Power ON function. Once users connect the external modem to COM1 or COM2, the EP-7KXA mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.

Exclusive Keyboard Power ON Function

To innovate a unique feature to benefit users, we devoted the easiest and most convenient way to turn on your system based on the the ATX power supply.

How to work with it

Step 1: Please check JP4 at the position 2-3 after you finished the system

installation.

Step 2: You can enjoy the Keyboard Power ON function (KBPO) by pressing any

key and BUTTON only to turn on your system. Your system will be turned

on automatically, after releasing the keys. To power off you system, you can use the Soft-OFF function under Windows 95/98.

Notes: ATX version 2.0 specification has recommended you use the power

supply with 0.72A(720mA) in 5.0VSB. With our EP-7KXA mainboard, the 5.0VSB standby power only has to be > = 0.72A (720mA) then you can enjoy this unique benefit. However, the ATX power supply which is < 0.72A (720mA) is still applicable to your system by placed JP4 at the position 1-2 to disable this feature.

JP4 Keyboard Power-ON Function Selection

1-2 : Disabled (default) 2-3 : Enabled

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3-6 STR (Suspend To RAM) Function

The EP-7KXA supports the STR power management state by maintaining the appropriate states on the SDRAM interface signals. The power source must be kept alive to the SDRAM during STR (ACPI S3). Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) provides more Energy Saving Features for operating systems that support OS such as Instant ON and QuickStartTM function.

1. To enable the ACPI function and use the STR functionally to save your system energy, you are recommended to confirm the following requirements:

a. In BIOS, please select  ACPI function: Enable and ACPI Suspend Type:

S3(STR) in the Power Management Setup menu.

b. Then, please type the following before installing the Windows® 98:

{Driver}:> Setup /p j

If the Windows® 98 installed in your system without the parameters above, please do refer your manual or contact Microsoft for more detail and then upgrade the system to support ACPI function.

c. Restart your system.

d. Getting in to the Advanced of the Power Management icon of Control

Panel, and selecting the Stand By in the Power Buttons.

2. Getting start with STR function, please click the START button and choose Shut Down icon. Then, select the Stand By option in the Shut Down Windows box to let system go to STR mode.

Here are the differences between STR power saving mode and Green (or Suspend) mode:

a. It is the most advanced Power Management mode

b. It cuts all the power supplied to peripherals except to Memory - max. power

saving

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ACPI Onboard’s LED Status Indicator Table

Status

Onboard’s

LED

Location

Plug in the ATX

Power Core

Power ON

J3(PW-ON)

Green Mode

(S1)

STR (S3)

Shutdown

(Soft-OFF)

(S5)

LED1

(Red LED)

OFF ON ON ON OFF

PW_LED

OFF ON Blinking OFF OFF

c. It saves and keeps all on-screen data including any executed applications to

SDRAM.

d. You must push the Power button connected with onboard J3 pin to wake up

you system (not to click to mouse or press keyboard to wake up the system.)

Just pushing Power button, your system will quickly back to the last screen for you.

The LED Indicator for ACPI Status table shown below will guide you and give

you a reference for ACPI status on this mainboard.

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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 autodetected. 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-7KXA.

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.

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.

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First /Second/Third/Other Boot Device: The BIOS attempts to load the operating 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.

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.

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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.

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

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

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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, 4/5 DRAM Timing: This value in this field is set by the system board manufacturer, depending on whether the board has paged DRAMs or EDO (extended data output) DRAMs. The Choice: Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5.

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.

4-3 Advanced Chipset Features

Choose the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu.

Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup

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DRAM Page-Mode: The item will active or inactive chipset page registers.

Enabled: Page-Mode Enabled. Disabled: No page registers update and non Page-Mode operation.

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

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.

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. 256: 256MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card.

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AGP-4X Mode: Chipset AGP Mode support. Options: x1 , x2 and x4.

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 Peripherals

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

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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.

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.

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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.

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 Auto. 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.

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UART 2 Mode: This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O chip. The Choice: Standard, ASKIR, HPSIR.

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.

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.

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Min. saving: Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode. User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power

saving mode.

ACPI Suspend Type: This item allows you to select S1(POS) or S3(STR) function. The choice: S1(POS), S3(STR).

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

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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. 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.

State After Power Failure: This field lets you determine the state that your PC returns to after a power failure. If set to Off, the PC will not boot after a power failure, if set to On, the PC will restart after a power failure.

CPU FAN In Suspend: This option is used to set if the CPU fans will turn off during suspend mode. The default is Off.

On: The system will turn off the CPU fans during suspend mode. Off: The system will not turn off the CPU fan during 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.

Modem Ring Resume: When set to Enabled, any event occurring to the Modem Ring will 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.

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

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.

Slot 1 to Slot 5 Use IRQ No: These settings allow the user to specify what IRQ will be assigned to PCI devices in the chosen slot. Options available: Auto,3,4,5, 7,9,10,11,12,14 & 15. The defaults are Auto.

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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/Vcache).

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.

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 processor faster than it was designed for. The default is Default.

100/133 Spread Spectrum : The default is Enabled.

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

DRAM Clock : The item will synchronize/asynchronize DRAM operation clock.

Host Clock: DRAM has same working clock with CPU host bus. 2/3 Host: DRAM running with lower operation clock.

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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-performance 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 performance system operations.

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4-10 Supervisor/User Password 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 password 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 password 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)? ;

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 selections 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)? ;

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 checksum fails, use default value instead.

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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.

34h Reserved

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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 51h Reserved

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

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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:

Clear 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 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices

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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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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.

Appendix C

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

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? Y

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Appendix D

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.