EPOX EP-MVP3C, EP-MVP3C2 User Manual

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Manual Revision 1.1

October 1, 1999

EP-MVP3CEP-MVP3C

EP-MVP3CEP-MVP3C

EP-MVP3C
EP-MVP3C2EP-MVP3C2

EP-MVP3C2EP-MVP3C2

EP-MVP3C2

ISA/PCI AGP Mainboard with OnboardISA/PCI AGP Mainboard with Onboard

ISA/PCI AGP Mainboard with OnboardISA/PCI AGP Mainboard with Onboard

ISA/PCI AGP Mainboard with Onboard
PCI IDE and Super Multi-I/OPCI IDE and Super Multi-I/O

PCI IDE and Super Multi-I/OPCI IDE and Super Multi-I/O

PCI IDE and Super Multi-I/O

EP-MVP3C/2

User Notice

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Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or
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are both printed on the mainboard itself.

Handling Procedures

Static electricity can severely damage your equipment. Handle the EP-MVP3C/2 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-MVP3C/
2 mainboard that results from failure to follow instruction or failure to observe safety
precautions.

CAUTION

The EP-MVP3C/2 mainboard is subject to

damage by static electricity. Always

observe the handling procedures.

EP-MVP3C/2

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-MVP3C/2 mainboard. (The serial
number is located near the ISA slots at the edge of the board.)

EP-MVP3C/2 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.

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http://www.epox.com
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Thank you for using EPoX mainboards!

Copyright 1999 EPoX Computer Company. All rights reserved.

EP-MVP3C/2

Table of Contents

Section 1 Introduction

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

Overview

Power-On/Off (Remote)................................. 1-2

System Block Diagram ................................... 1-3

Section 2 Features

EP-MVP3C/2 Features.................................. 2-1

Section 3 Installation

EP-MVP3C/2 Detailed Layout ...................... 3-2

Easy Installation Procedure

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

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

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

External Modem Ring-in Power ON and

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

Section 4 Award BIOS Setup

BIOS Instructions ........................................... 4-1

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

BIOS Features Setup ..................................... 4-3

Chipset Features Setup ................................... 4-7

Power Management Setup .............................. 4-9

PNP/PCI Configuration .................................. 4-12

Load Setup Defaults ....................................... 4-14

Integrated Peripherals ..................................... 4-14

Change Supervisor or User Password ............. 4-18

IDE HDD Auto Detection............................... 4-19

HDD Low Level Format................................. 4-21

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EP-MVP3C/2

Save & Exit Setup ......................................... 4-21

Exit Without Saving ......................................... 4-21

Appendix
Appendix A

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

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

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

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

R TC & CMOS RAM Map ............................ A-3

Appendix B

POST Codes ................................................. A-5

Unexpected Errors ......................................... A-8

Appendix C

Load Setup Defaults ...................................... A-9

Appendix D

GHOST 5.1 Quick User’s Guide................... A-11

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IntroductionEP-MVP3C/2

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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

Components Checklist

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ü A. (1) One mainboard
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ü B. (1) One user’s manual
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ü C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable
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ü D. (1) IDE ribbon cables

AT A-66 IDE ribbon cable (EP-MVP3C2 only)

E. (1) PS/2 Mouse connector

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ü F. (1) COM Port/LPT Port Connector
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ü G. (1) Driver and Utility

USERS

MANUAL

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ATX
POWER SUPPLY

EP-MVP3C/2 Board

Power-On/Off (Remote)

The EP-MVP3C/2 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-MVP3C/2 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-MVP3C/2’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.

Case (chassis) Power
ON/OFF button

Figure 4: Simple ATX Power

ON/OFF Controller

J3

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Figure 5: System Block Diagram

System Block Diagram

PAC

PCI Bridge

and memory

controller

VT82C598

VT82C596

I/O Bridge

Socket 7

Processor

100/66 MHz

100/66 MHz

66 MHz

Winbond

83877TF

USB 0

USB 1

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Section 2

FEATURES

EP-MVP3C/2 Features:

• Intel Pentium

®

Processor with MMX technology, AMD K6/K6-2/K6 III, Cyrix

6x86MX/MII, IDT C6 & Rise MP6 operating at 133 ~ 500 MHz with 321 ZIF
socket 7 provides scalability to accept faster Processors in the future. The board
is configured by an Easy-Setting-Dual-Jumper (E.S.D.J.) to match your CPU
clock speed.

• Designed with VIA MVP3 AGPset.

• Supports up to 384 MB of DRAM (minimum of 16 MB) on board, You can

use 168-pin DIMM x 3. It will automatically detect Extended Data Output
(EDO) DRAM at 66MHz only or Synchronous DRAM memory (SDRAM) at
66MHz or 100MHz (please see Section 3-2).

• Supports (2) 16 bit ISA slots, (4) 32 bit PCI slots, (1) AGP slot and provides

(2) independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting
PIO Mode 3/4 and Ultra DMA 33/66(for EP-MVP3C2 only) devices.
The EP-MVP3C/2 supports (4) PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI
INT# control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging in
PCI card(s).

ATA-66 HDD T ested & Recommended: WD AC-313000
for EP-MVP3C2 IBM DJNA-370910

Fujitsu Mpd3043AT
Quantum CR8400AT

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

interfaces.

• Designed with Winbond W83877TF 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.

• Built-in ATX 20-pin and AT 12-Pin power supply connector .

• Features Award Plug & Play BIOS. W ith Flash Memory you can always

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

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• EP-MVP3C/2 utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protection

and longer battery life.

• 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.

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

• Supports Keyboard power ON function (KBPO).

• Supports USDM software to offer motherboard various status.

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

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

• Built-in SB-LINK Header for Creative Blaster

®

compatible A WE64D PCI Bus

Sound Card.

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Section 3

INSTALLATION

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Figure 1

EP-MVP3C/2 Detailed Layout

AGP SLOT

PCI Slot #2

VIA

VT82C598

J7

WOL

J1

1

IDE1IDE2

FDD1

DIMM 1

DIMM 2

Bank 1

Bank 0

DIMM 3

Bank 2

PCI Slot #1

J2

RESET

SPK

KEYLOCK

POWER_ON

1

J3

IR CONN.

+

+

5

1

1

5

JP5

1

1

JP4

POWER_ON

JP3

2 1

28 27

PCI Slot #3

PCI Slot #4

ISA Slot #1

BIOS

1

JP1

J4

CPU FAN

J6

CHASSIS FAN

J8

SB_Link

1

2

5

6

USB CONN.

19

816

ISA Slot #2

PW1

PW2

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Easy Installation Procedure

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

3-1. Configure Jumpers
3-2. System Memory Configuration
3-3. Device Connectors
3-4. External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON

Functions (KBPO)

Section 3-1

Configure Jumpers

We design this motherboard with the fewest jumpers to make your install fast and
easy.
The following will describe all of the jumpers that you are required to set before
moving on to step 3-2.

Note: The jumpers as depicted as shown (Figure 1) in their correct physical
orientation.

J7 W O L (Wake O n Lan) Connector

R eserved for N IC (N etw ork Interface C a rd) to
Wake the System.

1-2 - R un Mode (Default)
2-3 - C lear CMOS (m omentarily)

JP1 CMO S C lear

1

3

J8 SB-LINK H eader

R e s er v ed for Cre a tiv e S B - L I N K (S o u n d Bla ste r
LINK ) with the Sound B laster AWE64D PCI
Sound Card to C ompatible DO S gam es and
Multime d ia a pplica tio n s.

TM

TM

JP4

D isab led(Defa ult)
Enabled

K ey bo ard P o w er -O N fun ction (refer to the section 3-5 )
1-2 ­2-3 -

3

1

JP5 DIMM C lock Selection

1-2 - D IM M = A G P
2-3 - D IM M = C PU

3

1

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1234

ON

5

1WS

UPC

erocV

1234 5

NONONOV8.1
NONONONOV0.2

NOV1.2

NOV2.2

NONOV3.2

NOV4.2

NOV8.2

NONOV9.2

NONOV2.3

SW1: CPU Vcore Voltage Selection

JP3: CPU Speed Selection

JP3

27

28

21

100MH z

11 2MHz

95MH z
83MH z

75MH z
66MH z

5.5X
5X

4.5X
4X

3.5X
3X

2.5X
2X

ESDJ

CPU Ty p e

CPU

Bus

Clock

CPU

Multiplier

Pentium/MMX

AMD K6/ K6 - 2 / K6 I II

IDT-C6

Cyrix /IBM

6x86MX/MII

IDT Winchip 2 Rise MP6

166MHz PR200 66MHz

2.5X

PR233 75MHz
PR266 233MHz 83MHz

PR300 *PR333 95MHz
250MHz PR366 300M Hz *PR36 6 100MHz
200MHz PR266 200M Hz 66MHz

3X

PR300 225MHz 75MHz
250MHz PR333 266Mhz 83M Hz

PR400 *PR380 95MHz
300MHz * PR433 *PR400 100MHz
233MHz PR300 233M Hz 66MHz

3.5X

PR333 75MHz

*PR400 83MHz
333MHz * PR466 *PR433 95MHz
350MHz * PR500 *PR466 100MHz
266MHz * PR333 266MHz 66MHz

4X

*PR400 75MHz
333MHz * PR466 83MHz
380MHz * PR533 95MHz
400MHz *PR550 100MHz
300MHz 66MHz

4.5X

450MHz 100MHz
333MHz 66MHz

5X475MHz 95MHz

*500MHz 266MHz 100MHz

366MHz 66MHz

5.5X

*550MHz 300MHz 100MHz

* Reserved

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Section 3-2

System Memory Configuration

Memory Layout

The EP-MVP3C/2 supports (3) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The
DIMMs can be either EDO (Extended Data Out) or SDRAM (Synchronized
DRAM). The DIMMs may be installed using just one chip.

• W e r ecommend using SDRAM DIMM can not mixing

with EDO DIMM modules.

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

• No Registered DIMM support.

Figure 2 and T able 1 show several possible memory configurations using

* SDRAM only supports 8, 16, 32, 64, 128MB DIMM modules.

Table 1

DIMM 1

DIMM 2

Bank 0/1
Bank 2/3

-Synchronous

-EDO

DIMM 3

Bank 4/5

yromeMlatoT

1MMID

)1/0knaB(

2MMID

)3/2knaB(

3MMID

)5/4knaB(

BM821=
mumixaM

*MARDS/ODE

,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821,BM46

enoNenoN

BM652=
mumixaM

*MARDS/ODE

,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821,BM46

*MARDS/ODE

,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821,BM46

enoN

BM483=
mumixaM

*MARDS/ODE

,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821,BM46

*MARDS/ODE

,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821,BM46

*MARDS/ODE

,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821,BM46

Figure 2

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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 6) until it fits tightly into the
DIMM socket (figure 7).

Figure 3

CENTER KEY ZONE
(3.3 V DRAM)

LEFT KEY ZONE

(UNBUFFERED)

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Figure 4

DIMM Module clip before installation

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.

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Section 3-3

Device Connectors

Please install the motherboard into the chassis.

Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connections
(figure 1).

J1: PS/2 mouse connector
J4: CPU Fan Power

• A plug-in for the CPU Fan Power

J6: Chassis Fan Power

• A plug-in for the chassis Fan Power

J7: WOL (Wake On Lan) Connector
J8: SB-LINK Connector

• 5-PIN Header for Creative Blaster

®

AWE64D PCI Sound Card.

PW1: AT Power Connector

• 12-pin power connector

PW2: ATX Power Connector

• 20-pin power connector

J2,J3:Chassis Panel Connector

• Keylock, Speaker, Reset, Sleep, Turbo LED and HDD LED

IDE1:Primary IDE Connector
IDE2:Secondary IDE Connector
FDD1:Floppy Controller Connector

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Section 3-3

Device Connectors (continued)

J2

Speaker - Connect to the system's speaker for beeping

1. Speaker 3. GND

2. N/C 4. GND

Reset - Closed to restart system.

KeyLock - Keyboard lock switch & Power LED connector

1. Power LED(+) 4. KeyLock

2. N/C 5. GND

3. GND

1

1

1

(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

J3

1

+

+

IR Connector

1. VCC 4. GND

2. NC 5. IRTX

3. IRRX

1

Power On/Off

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Notes:

1.Intel ATX version 2.0 specification has recommended you use the power supply
with 0.72A(720mA) in 5.0VSB. With our EP-MVP3C/2 mainboard, the 5.0VSB
standby power only has to be > = 0.2A (200mA) then you can enjoy this
unique benefit. However, the ATX power supply which is < 0.2 (200mA) is still
applicable to your system by placed JP4 at the position 1-2 to disable this
feature.

Section 3-5

External Modem Ring-in Power

ON and Keyboard Power 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-MVP3C/2 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 2

key, 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.

JP4 K eyboard P ower-O N Function Selection

1-2 :
2-3 :

Dis a b le d ( De fa u lt)
Enabled

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Section 4

AWARD BIOS SETUP

BIOS Instructions

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

STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEPA9)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

ESC : QUIT : SELECT ITEM
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

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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

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.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LEPA9)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

ESC : Quit : Select Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F1 : Help (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Wed, Apr 17 1996
Time (hh:mm:ss) : 14 : 30 : 50

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE
Primary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Primary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Secondary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Secondary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B : None
Floppy 3 Mode Support : Disabled
Video : EGA/VGA
Halt On : All, But Keyboard

Base Memory : 640K
Extended Memory : 31744K
Other Memory : 384K

Total Memory : 32768K

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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 BIOS Features Setup

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-MVP3C/2.

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

Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup

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.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LEPA9)

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled
CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled
External Cache : Enabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled
Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled D0000-D3FFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Sequence : A, C, SCSI D4000-D7FFF Shadow : Disabled
Swap Floppy Drive : Disable D8000-DBFFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek : Enabled DC000-DFFFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Up NumLock Status : On Diskette Access For : A ll
Gate A20 option : Fast
Memory Parity/ECC Check : Disabled
Typematic Rate Setting : Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) : 6
Type matic Delay (Msec) : 250
Security Option : Setup
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : Disabled
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB : Non-OS2

Esc : Quit : Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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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.

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.

Boot Sequence: This category determines which drive is searched first by the O/S
(Operating System).
The default is A,C,SCSI.

The following is your list of options:
[A, C, SCSI] - [C, A, SCSI] - [C, CD-ROM, A] - [CD-ROM, C, A]
[D, A,CD-ROM],[E, A, CD-ROM] - [F, A, CD-ROM] - [SCSI, A, C]
[SCSI C, A] - [C Only]

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.

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

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.

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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.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: This field controls the ability of a primary PCI VGA
controller to share a common palette (When a snoop write cycles) with an ISA video
card.
The default is Disabled.

Enabled: If an ISA card is connected to a PCI VGA card via the VESA
connector, and that ISA card connects to a VGA monitor, then that ISA card
uses the RAMDAC of the PCI card.
Disabled: Disables the VGA card Palette Snoop function.

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.

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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.

4-3 Chipset Features Setup

Choose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY
menu to display following menu.

Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup

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CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

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Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing : SDRAM Fast Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk : Enabled
Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing : FP/EDO Fast Spread Spectrum : Disabled
Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing : FP/EDO Fast CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI) : Default
SDRAM Cycle length : 3 CPU Warning Temp. : Disabled
SDRAM Bank interleave : Disabled Current CPU Temp. : 37

°C/98°

DRAM Page-Mode : Enabled Current System Temp. : 25°C/77°
DRAM Read Pipeline : Enabled Current CPU Fan Speed : 0 RPM
DRAM Fast Decoding : Enabled Current Chasiss Fan Speed : 0 RPM

Current POWER FAN Speed : 0 RPM
Cache Rd+CPU Wt Pipeline : Disabled CPUcore:2.20 V CPUI/O : 3.52 V
Cache Timing : Fastest + 5V :4.99V +12V :12.09V

-12V :-12.04V -5V :-5.12V
Video BIOS Cacheable : Enabled
System BIOS Cacheabled : Enabled
Memory Hole AT 15Mb Addr. : Disabled
AGP Aperture Size : 64M

Esc : Quit : Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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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.

SDRAM Bank Interleave: The default value is Disabled.

Disabled : Normal Setting.
2 Bank/4 Bank: SDRAM 2 or 4 Bank Interleave.

Memory Hole at 15M-16M: 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.

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.

Current System Temp: This is the Current temperature of the system.
Current CPU Temperature: This is the current temperature of the CPU.
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(Vio/Vcore).
+3.3V,

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

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4-4 Power 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 5: Power Management Setup

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.
User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power
saving mode.

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Power Management : User Define Primary INTR : ON
PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ3 (COM 2) : Primary
Video off Option : Suspend -> Off IRQ4 (COM 1) : Primary
Video off Method : V/H SYNC+Blank IRQ5 (LPT 2) : Primary
MODEM Use IRQ : 3 IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) : Disabled
Soft-off by PWRBTN : Delay 4 Sec IRQ7 (LPT 1) : Primary
** RM Timers ** IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) : Disabled
HDD Power Down : Disable IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) : Primary
Doze Mode : Disable IRQ10(Reserved) : Primary

Suspend Mode : Disable IRQ11(Reserved) : Primary
** RM Events ** IRQ12(PS/2 Mouse) : Primary
VGA : OFF IRQ13(Coprocessor) : Primary
LPT & COM : LPT /COM IRQ14(Hard Disk) : Primary
HDD & FDD : ON IRQ15(Reserved) : Disabled
DMA /master : OFF
Modem Ring Resume : Disabled
RTC Alarm Resume : Disabled

Esc : Quit : Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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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.

Yes: APM controls your PM
No: APM does not control your PM

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.

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.

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

The EP-MVP3C/2 supports HDD Power Down, Doze and Standby power saving
functions when using the Intel Pentium II Processor.
The default is Disabled

Doze Mode: The “Doze” mode timer starts to count when no “PM events” have
occurred.

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Suspend Mode: This function works only when the Pentium II Processor is
installed. The timer starts to count when “System Standby” mode timer is timed out
and no “PM Events” are occurring. Valid range is from 1 minute up to 1 hour.

HDD Power Down: HDD Standby timer can be set from 1 to 15 minute(s).
VGA Active Monitor: Use this option if your monitor has advanced power saving

features.
The default is Enabled

Enabled: Your monitor’s power features will be included in power
management.
Disabled: Your monitor ’s power features will not be included in power
management.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN: Use this to select your soft-off function.
The default is Delay 4 sec.

Instant Off: Turns off instantly.
Delay 4 Second : Turns off after a 4 second delay. If momentary press of

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

Resume by Alarm: This option allows you to have the system turn on at a preset
time each day or on a certain day. This option is only available when Power Loss
Recovery is Enabled.
The default is Enabled.

Enabled: The system will turn on at the preset time.
Disabled: The system will not turn on until you turn it on.

Date (of month) Alarm: This is how you set the date that the system will turn on.
The default is 0.

0: Setting this to 0 will turn the system on everyday at the preset time.
1-31: Represents the day of the month that you need the system to turn on.

Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm: This sets the time that you need the system to turn on.
The deault is 08:00:00.

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4-5 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 6: PCI Configuration Setup

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

Yes: 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 Manual.

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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PNP OS Installed : N o CPU to PCI Write Buffer : Enabled
Resources Controlled By : Manual PCI Dynamic Bursting : Enabled
Reset Configuration Data : Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write : Enabled
ACPI I/O Device Node : Enabled PCI Delay Transaction : Enabled

PCI#2 Access #1 Retry : Disabled
AGP Master 1 WS Write : Enabled
AGP Master 1 WS Read : Disabled

PCI IRQ Actived By : Level
Assign IRQ For USB : Enabled
Assign IRQ For VGA : Enabled

Esc : Quit : Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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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 IDE IRQ Map To: This item allows the user to configure the system for the
type of IDE hard disk controller in use. By default, the BIOS assumes that the hard
drive controller is an ISA device rather than a PCI controller. If you are using a PCI
controller, then you will need to change this to specify which PCI slot has the control­ler and which PCI interrupt (A, B, C, or D) is associated with the connected IDE
devices.

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.

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

PCI

IN TA
IN T B

IN T C
IN T D

Figure 7: T he Com bination of P CI IN T#lines

PCI#5

PCI#4

PCI#3 PCI#2 PCI#1

IN T D
IN TA
IN T B
IN T C

IN T D
IN TA
IN T B
IN T C

IN T C
IN T D
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IN T B

IN T B
IN T C
IN T D
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4-6 Load Setup Defaults

The “LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS” function loads the system default data directly
from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly. This function will be
necessary only when the system CMOS data is corrupted.

4-7 Integrated Peripherals

Figure 8: 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.).

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.

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OnChip IDE Channel0 : Enabled Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7
OnChip IDE Second Channel1 : Enabled Onboard Parallel Mode : ECP / EPP
IDE Prefetch Mode : Enabled ECP Mode Use DMA : 3
IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled Parallel Port EPP Type : EPP1.9
IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto OnChip USB : Enabled
IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto USB Keyboard Support : Disabled
IDE Secondary Master PIO : Auto
IDE Secondary Slave PIO : Auto
IDE Primary Master UDMA : Auto
IDE Primary Slave UDMA : Auto
IDE Secondary Master UDMA : Auto
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA : Auto
IDE Init Display First : PCI Slot

Onboard FDD Controller : Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8/IRQ4
Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8/IRQ3
UART 2 Mode : Standard

Esc : Quit : Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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Onchip IDE First Channel: The default value is Enabled.

Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE primary port.
Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE primary port.

Onchip IDE Second Channel:
The default is Enabled.

Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE secondary port.
Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE secondary port.

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.

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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.

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.

Onboard FDD Controller: This controls the state of the onboard floppy controller.
The default value is Enabled.

Enabled: Enable the Onboard Winbond Chips’s floppy drive interface
controller.
Disabled: Disable the Onboard Winbond 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.

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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 Mode Select: The mode of the IR Controller.
The default is Normal.

IrDA: Support a Serial Infrared Inferface IrDA.
ASKIR: Support a Sharp Serial Infrared Interface formats.
Normal: The IRRX and IRTX pins of IR function in normal condition.

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.

Parallel Port Mode: This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode.
The default is ECP+EPP.

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.

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

4-8 Change Supervisor or

User Password

To change the password, choose the “SUPERVISOR PASSWORD or USER
PASSWORD” option from the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu and press [Enter].

NOTE: Either “Setup” or “System” must be selected in the “Security
Option” of the BIOS FEATURES SETUP menu.

1. If CMOS is corrupted or the option was not used, a default password stored
in the ROM will be used. The screen will display the following message:

Enter Password:
Press the [Enter] key to continue after the proper password is given.

2. If the CMOS is corrupted or the option was used earlier and the user wishes
to change the default password, the SETUP UTILITY will display a mes­sage and ask for a confirmation.

Confirm Password:

3. After pressing the [Enter] key (ROM password if the option was not used) or
current password (user-defined password), the user can change the password
and store new one in CMOS RAM. A maximum of 8 characters can be
entered.

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4-9 IDE HDD Auto Detection

The “IDE HDD auto detection” utility is a very useful tool, especially when you do
not know which kind of hard disk type you are using. You can use this utility to detect
the correct disk type installed in the system automatically. But now you can set
HARD DISK TYPE to Auto in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP. You don’t need
the “IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION” utility. The BIOS will Auto-detect the hard
disk size and model on display during POST.

Figure 8: IDE HDD Auto Detection

NOTE: HDD Modes

The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes : NORMAL, LBA & LARGE NORMAL
mode

Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make
any transformations during accessing.

The maximum number of cylinders, head & sectors for NORMAL mode are.

1024, 16 & 63
no. Cylinder (1024)
x no. Head ( 16)
x no. Sector ( 63)
x no. per sector ( 512)

528 Megabytes

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CMOS SETUP UTILITY

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HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE

Primary Master :

Select Secondary Slave Option (N=Skip) : N

OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE

2 (Y) 4310 524 255 0 14847 63 LBA
1 4310 14848 9 65535 14847 63 NORMAL
3 4310 928 144 65535 14847 63 LARGE

Note: Some OSes (like SCO-UNIX) must use NORMAL for installation

ESC : Skip

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If user set his HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible HDD size will be
528 Megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that!

LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode: A new HDD accessing method to
overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck. The number of cylinders, heads & sectors
shown in setup may not be the number physically contained in the HDD. During
HDD accessing, the IDE controller will transform the logical address described by
sector, head & cylinder into its own physical address inside the HDD. The maximum
HDD size supported by LBA mode is 8.4 GigaBytes which is obtained by the
following formula:

no. Cylinder (1024)
x no. Head ( 255)
x no. Sector ( 63)
x bytes per sector ( 512)

8.4 GigaBytes

LARGE mode: Extended HDD access mode supported by Award Software.
Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support (in some

cases, user do not want LBA). The Award BIOS provides another alternative to
support these kinds of LARGE mode.

CYLS HEADS SECTOR MODE

1120 16 59 NORMAL
560 32 59 LARGE

BIOS tricks DOS (or other OS) that the number of cylinders is less than 1024 by
dividing it by 2. At the same time, the number of heads is multiplied by 2. A reverse
transformation process will be made inside

INT 12h in order to access the right HDD address!
Maximum HDD size:

no. Cylinder (1024)
x no. Head ( 32)
x no. Sector ( 63)
x bytes per sector ( 512)

1 GigaByte

Note: To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be some
software involved. All the software is located in the Award HDD Service

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Routine (INT 13h). It may fail to access a HDD with LBA (LARGE) mode
selected if you are running under an Operating System which replaces the
whole INT 13h.

UNIX operating systems do not support either LBA or LARGE and must utilize the
Standard mode. UNIX can support drives larger than 528MB.

4-10 Save & Exit Setup

The “SAVE & EXIT SETUP” option will bring you back to the boot up procedure
with all the changes you just recorded in the CMOS RAM.

4-11 Exit Without Saving

The “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING” option will bring you back to normal boot up
procedure without saving any data into CMOS RAM.

All old data in the CMOS will not be destroyed.

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AppendixEP-MVP3C/2

A-1

Appendix A

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] 20 K 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 & P ARALLEL 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 A vailable

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.
1 2 PS/2 Mouse.
1 3 MATH coprocessor.
14 Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel.
15 Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel.

A-5 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP

R TC & CMOS:
00 Seconds.
01 Second alarm.
0 2 Minutes.
03 Minutes alarm.
0 4 Hours.
0 5 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
3 0 Reserved for extension memory low byte.
3 1 Reserved for extension memory high byte.
32 DA TE CENTUR Y byte.
33 INFORMA TION FLAG.
34-3F Reserve.
40-7F Reserved for CHIPSET SETTING DA TA.

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Appendix B

B-1 POST CODES

ISA POST codes are typically output to I/O port address 80h.

POST (hex) DESCRIPTION

01-02 Reserved.
C0 Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow.
03 1. Initialize EISA registers (EISA BIOS only).

2. Initialize all the standard devices with default values
Standard devices includes.

- DMA controller (8237).

- Programmable Interrupt Controller (8259).

- Programmable Interval Timer (8254).

- RTC chip.
04 Reserved
0 5 1. Keyboard Controller Self-Test.
06 2. Enable Keyboard Interface.
0 7 Reserved.
0 8 Verifies CMOS's basic R/W functionality.
C1 Auto-detection of onboard DRAM & Cache.
C5 Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000-FFFFF shadow RAM

so that POST will go faster.
0 8 Test the first 256K DRAM.
0 9 OEM specific cache initialization. (if needed)
0A 1. Initialize the first 32 interrupt vectors with correspond

ing Interrupt handlers. Initialize INT numbers from 33-120

with Dummy (Spurious) Interrupt Handler.

2. Issue CPUID instruction to identify CPU type.

3. Early Power Management initialization. (OEM specific)

0B 1. Verify the RTC time is valid or not.

2. Detect bad battery.

3. Read CMOS data into BIOS stack area.

4. PnP initializations including. (PnP BIOS only)

- Assign CSN to PnP ISA card.

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- Create resource map from ESCD.

5. Assign IO & Memory for PCI devices. (PCI BIOS only)
0C Initialization of the BIOS Data Area. (40:ON - 40:FF)
0D 1. Program some of the Chipset's value according to Setup.

(Early Setup Value Program)

2. Measure CPU speed for display & decide the system

clock speed.

3. Video initialization including Monochrome, CGA, EGA/

VGA. If no display device found, the speaker will beep.

0E 1. Test video RAM. (If Monochrome display device found)

2. Show messages including.

- Award Logo, Copyright string, BIOS Data code & Part

No.

- OEM specific sign on messages.

- Energy Star Logo. (Green BIOS ONLY)

- CPU brand, type & speed.

- Test system BIOS checksum. (Non-Compress Version

only)
0F DMA channel 0 test.
10 DMA channel 1 test.
11 DMA page registers test.
12-13 Reserved.
1 4 Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2.
1 5 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1.
1 6 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2.
1 7 Reserved.
1 9 Test 8259 functionality.
1A-1D Reserved.
1E If EISA NVM checksum is good, execute EISA initialization.

(EISA BIOS only)
1F-29 Reserved.
3 0 Detect Base Memory & Extended Memory Size.
3 1 1. Test Base Memory from 256K to 640K.

2. Test Extended Memory from 1M to the top of memory.

32 1. Display the Award Plug & Play BIOS Extension message.

(PnP BIOS only)

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2. Program all onboard super I/O chips (if any) including

COM ports, LPT ports, FDD port ... according to setup value.
33-3B Reserved.
3C Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility.
3D 1. Initialize Keyboard.

2. Install PS2 mouse.

3E Try to turn on Level 2 cache.

Note: Some chipset may need to turn on the L2 cache in

this stage.

But usually, the cache is turn on later in POST 61h.
3F-40 Reserved.
BF 1. Program the rest of the Chipset's value according to Setup.

(Later Setup Value Program)
41 2. If auto-configuration is enabled, program the chipset with

pre-defined Values.
4 2 Initialize floppy disk drive controller.
4 3 Initialize Hard drive controller.
45 If it is a PnP BIOS, initialize serial & parallel ports.
4 4 Reserved.
4 5 Initialize math coprocessor.
46-4D Reserved.
4E If there is any error detected (such as video, kb...), show all

error messages on the screen & wait for user to press <F1>

key.
4F 1. If password is needed, ask for password.

2. Clear the Energy Star Logo. (Green BIOS only)

50 Write all CMOS values currently in the BIOS stack area

back into the CMOS.
5 1 Reserved.
52 1. Initialize all ISA ROMs.

2. Later PCI initializations. (PCI BIOS only)

- assign IRQ to PCI devices.

- initialize all PCI ROMs.

3. PnP Initialzations. (PnP BIOS only)

- assign IO, Memory, IRQ & DMA to PnP ISA devices.

- initialize all PnP ISA ROMs.

4. Program shadows RAM according to Setup settings.

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5. Program parity according to Setup setting.

6. Power Management Initialization.

- Enable/Disable global PM.

- APM interface initialization.

53 1. If it is NOT a PnP BIOS, initialize serial & parallel ports.

2. Initialize time value in BIOS data area by translate the

RTC time value into a timer tick value.
6 0 Setup Virus Protection. (Boot Sector Protection) function

ality

according to Setup setting.
61 1. Try to turn on Level 2 cache.

Note: If L2 cache is already turned on in POST 3D, this

part will be skipped.

2. Set the boot up speed according to Setup setting.

3. Last chance for Chipset initialization.

4. Last chance for Power Management initialization.

(Green BIOS only)

5. Show the system configuration table.

62 1. Setup daylight saving according to Setup value.

2. Program the NUM Lock, typematic rate & typematic

sp eed according to Setup setting.
63 1. If there is any changes in the hardware configuration,

update the ESCD information. (PnP BIOS only)

2. Clear memory that have been used.

3. Boot system via INT 19H.

FF System Booting. This means that the BIOS already pass the

control right to the operating system.

B-2 Unexpected Errors:

POST (hex) DESCRIPTION

B0 If interrupt occurs in protected mode.
B1 Unclaimed NMI occurs.0

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Appendix C

NOTE:

The "LOAD SETUP 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 SETUP DEFAULTS

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LEPA9)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Load SETUP Default (Y/N)? Y

STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT

PNP/PCI CONFIGURA ETUP

INTEGRATED PERIPH SAVING

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

ESC: QUIT :SELECT ITEM

F10:Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 :Change Color

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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.