EPOX EP-MVP4F, EP-MVP4A2 User Manual

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Manual Revision 1.0

August 9, 1999

EP-MVP4FEP-MVP4F

EP-MVP4F

ISAISA

ISA

/PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP/PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP

/PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP

VGA, PCI Audio, PCI IDE and SuperVGA, PCI Audio, PCI IDE and Super

VGA, PCI Audio, PCI IDE and Super Multi-I/OMulti-I/O

Multi-I/OMulti-I/O

Multi-I/O

EP-MVP4F

User Notice

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

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

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

number are both printed on the mainboard itself.

Handling Procedures

Static electricity can severely damage your equipment. Handle the EP-MVP4F 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-MVP4F mainboard that results from failure to follow instruction or failure to observe safety precautions.

CAUTION

The EP-MVP4F mainboard is subject to

damage by static electricity. Always

observe the handling procedures.

EP-MVP4F

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-MVP4F mainboard. (The serial number is located near the PCI slots at the edge of the board.)

EP-MVP4F serial number: _________________________________

Contacting Technical Support

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

North American website (English language)

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

European website (Multi-language)

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

Taiwan website (Chinese language)

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

Thank you for using EPoX mainboards!

EP-MVP4F

Table of Contents

Section 1 Introduction

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

Overview

EP-MVP4F Form-factor ............................................1 - 2

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

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

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

Section 2 Features

EP-MVP4F Features ..................................................2-1

Section 3 Installation

EP-MVP4F Detailed Layout ...................................... 3 -1

Easy Installation Procedure

Configure DIP Switch ................................................3-3

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

Device Connectors ..................................................... 3-7

Section 4 Award BIOS Setup

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

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

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

Chipset Features Setup............................................... 4-8

Power Management Setup.......................................... 4 -11

PNP/PCI Configuration .............................................4-14

Load Setup Defaults ................................................... 4-16

Integrated Peripherals ................................................4-16

Sensor and CPU Speed Setup..................................... 4-21

Change Supervisor or User Password ....................... 4-23

IDE HDD Auto Detection .......................................... 4-24

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Save & Exit Setup ....................................................... 4-26

Exit Without Saving.................................................... 4-26

Section 5 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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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) ATA-66 IDE ribbon cable

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ü E. (1 ) COM Port Connector

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ü F. (1) Driver and utility

USER’S

MANUAL

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EP-MVP4F Form Factor

The EP-MVP4F is designed with MicroATX form factor - the new industry standard of chassis. The MicroATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT baseboard rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply. With these changes the processor is relocated away from the expansion slots, allowing them all to hold full length add-in cards. MicroATX defines a double height aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a wide range of onboard I/O. Only the size and position of this aperture is defined, allowing PC manufacturers to add new I/O features (e.g.; TV input, TV output, joystick, modem, LAN, etc.) to systems. This will help systems 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. Mainboard could be used in an ATX 2.01-compliant.

• A smaller power supply cam 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 Micro ATX chassis features

CPU located near Power Supply

Single chassis fan for system

Micro ATX Power Supply

ATX power connector

Floppy / IDE connectors close to peripheral bays

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Case (chassis) Power ON/OFF button

ATX POWER SUPPLY

Figure 4: Simple ATX Power

ON/OFF Controller

Power-On/Off (Remote)

The EP-MVP4F 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-MVP4F 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-MVP4F’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.

I/O Shield Connector

The EP-MVP4F is equipped with an I/O back panel.Please use the appropriate I/O shield (figure 3).

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

COM1 VGA1

parallel port

Speaker

Joystick/Midi

USB port

Line_in

MIC

Figure 3

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Figure 5: System Block Diagram

System Block Diagram

PAC

PCI Bridge

and memory

controller

VT82C501

socket 7

Processor

100/66 MHz

CRT

VT82C686A

I/O Bridge

USB 0 USB 1

AC97

CODEC

AMR Slot

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Section 2

FEATURES

EP-MVP4F Features:

• Intel Pentium® Processor, Pentium Processor with MMX technology,

AMD K6/K6-2/K6 III, Cyrix 6x86MX/MII, IDT C6/Winchip, and Rise mp6 series operating at 133 ~ 500MHz with 321 ZIF socket 7 provides scalability to accept faster Processors in the future.

• Designed with VIA MVP4 AGPset.

• Supports up to 256 MB of DRAM (minimum of 8 MB) on board, You can use 168-pin DIMM x 2. (please see Section 3-2).

• Supports (2) 32 bit PCI slots, (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-MVP4F supports (2) 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 lntegrated Multi I/O: (1) floppy port, (1) parallel port (EPP , ECP), and (2) serial ports (16550 Fast UART). Note: Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” is also supported

• Features Award Plug & Play BIOS. With Flash Memory you can always upgrade to the current BIOS as they are released. (http://www.epox.com please visit our Technical Support section for the latest updates)

• EP-MVP4F utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protection and longer battery life.

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

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• 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 USDM software to offer motherboard various status.

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

• Built-in Sound Blaster Compatible/DirectSound AC97 Audio.

• Built-in AGP 2D/3D Graphics Accelerator.

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Section 3

INSTALLATION

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Figure 1

EP-MVP4F Detailed Layout

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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

Section 3-1

Configure Jumpers

We design this motherboard with the fastest jumpers to make your install fast and easy.

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

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1234

NOzHM66

NOzHM57 NONOzHM38 NONOzHM09

NONOzHM59 NONONOzHM001 NONONOzHM501 NONONOzHM511

1WS

UPC

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6CTDI/xiryC/DMA

UPC

reilpitluM

2pihCniWTDI

567

NOX2 NONOX5.2

NOX3

X5.3 NONOX4 NONONOX5.4

NONOX533.2

NOX5.566.2

JP2: CPU Vcore Voltage Selection

SW1: CPU Speed Selection

2PJerocVUPC 7-1V0.2 8-2V2.2 9-3V4.2

01-4V8.2 11-5V9.2 21-6V2.3

SW1

2.0V

2.2V

2.4V

2.8V

2.9V

3.2V

JP2

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* Reserved

CPU Type SW1

CPU

Bus

Clock

CPU

Multiplier

Pentium/MM X

AMD K6/K6-2/K6III

IDT-C6

Cyrix /IBM

6x86MX/MII

IDT Winchip 2 Rise MP6

1234567

166MHz PR200 ON ON ON 66MHz

2.5X

PR233 ON ON ON 75MHz PR266 233MHz ON ON ON ON 83MHz

PR300 *PR333 ON ON ON ON 95MHz 250MHz PR366 300MHz *PR366 O N ON ON ON ON 100MHz 200MHz PR266 200MHz ON ON 66MHz

PR300 225MHz ON ON 75MHz 250MHz PR333 266Mhz ON ON ON 83MHz

PR400 *PR380 ON ON ON 95MHz 300MHz *PR433 *PR400 ON ON ON ON 100MHz 233MHz PR300 233MHz ON 66MHz

3.5X

PR333 ON 75MHz

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

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

4.5X

450MHz ON ON ON ON ON ON 100MHz 333MHz ON ON ON 66MHz

5X475MHz ON ON ON ON 95MHz

*500MHz 266MHz ON ON ON ON ON 100MHz

366MHz ON ON 66MHz

5.5X

*550MHz 300MHz ON ON ON ON 100MHz

W O L (Wakup On Lan) Connector Reserved for N IC (N etwork Interface Card) to Wake the System.

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Section 3-2

System Memory Configuration

Memory Layout

The EP-MVP4F supports (2) 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.

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

• If you use both 50ns and 60ns memory you must configure your BIOS to read 60ns.

• When using Synchronous DRAM we recommend using the 4 clock variety over the 2 clock.

Figure 2 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations using

yromeMlatoT

1MMID

)1/0knaB(

2MMID

)3/2knaB(

BM821= mumixaM

*MARDS/ODE

,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821

enoN

BM652= mumixaM

*MARDS/ODE

,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821

*MARDS/ODE

,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821

DIMM 1

DIMM 2

Bank 0/1

Bank 2/3

-Synchronous

-EDO

Figure 2

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

66MHz and 100MHz.

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

Device Connectors

Please install the motherboard into the chassis.

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

COM1 VGA1

parallel port

Speaker

Joystick/Midi

USB port

Line_in

MIC

Figure 6

J2: Chassis Panel Connector

• Power LED, Speaker, Reset

J3: Power_ON/OFF, Turbo LED, HDD LED, IR 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 IDE1: Primary IDE Connector IDE2: Secondary IDE Connector FDD1: Floppy Controller Connector PW1: ATX Power Connector

• 20-pin power connector

CD1: CD-ROM Audio_in Connector MODEM1: Telephony Connector

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

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Device Connectors (continued)

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

(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

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

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LHPA9)

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

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LHPA9)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

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 00 0 0 0 0 Auto Primary Slave : Auto 00 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Master : Auto 00 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Slave : Auto 00 0 0 0 0 Auto

Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in. Drive B : None

Video : EGA/VGA Halt On : All, But Keyboard

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

Base Memory : 640K Extended Memory : 392192K Other Memory : 384K

Total Memory : 393216K

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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 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-MVP4F.

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

Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LHPA9)

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 Cyrix 6x86/MII CPUID : Enabled

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 Report No FDD For WIN 95 : Yes

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

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

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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 Enanbled. Enabled: This activates the motherboard’s L2 cache thereby increasing

performance.

Disabled: This deactivates the motherboard’s L2 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.

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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.

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.

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.

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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: 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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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

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.

DRAM Read Pipeline: You may select Enabled fo this field when PBSRAMs

are installed. Pipelining improves system performance. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing : SDRAM Fast OnChip USB : Enabled Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing : SDRAM Fast USB Keyboard Support : Disabled Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing : SDRAM Fast OnChip AGP : Enabled SDRAM Cycle length : 3 OnChip Sound : Enabled DRAM Page-Mode : Enabled OnChip Modem : Disabled DRAM Fast Decoding : Disabled DRAM Read Pipeline : Disabled Sustained 3T Write : Enabled Cache R/CPU W Pipeline : Enabled Cache Timing : Fastest Video BIOS Cacheabled : Enabled System BIOS Cacheabed : Disabled Memory Hole : Disabled Init Display First : PCI Slot Frame Buffer Size : 8 M AGP Aperture Size : 6 4 M Cyrix M2 ADS# delay : Enabled

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

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Sustained 3T Write: This item allow you to enable or disable direct map write back / write through secondary cache. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Cache R/CPU W Pipeline: This item allows you to enable/disabled the cache timing. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Video BIOS Cacheable: When enabled. The Video BIOS cache will cause access to video BIOS addressed at C0000H to C7FFFH to be cached, if the cache controller is also enabled The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

System BIOS Cacheable: As with caching the Video BIOS above, enabling this selection allows accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000HFFFFFH to be cached, provided that the cache controller is enabled. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

Frame Buffer Size: Specify the size of system memory to allocate for video memory, from 1 MB to 8 MB. The Choice: NA, 2MB, 4MB, 8MB.

OnChip USB: Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB peripheral.

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.

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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

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

Enabled: Support ACPI function for new O.S Disabled: No Support ACPI function.You can only change the content of Doze

Mode, Standby Mode, and Suspend Mode when the Power Management is set to ‘User Define’.

Power Management: Use this to select your Power Management selection. The default is User define. Disabled: The system operates in NORMAL conditions (Non-GREEN), and

the Power Management function is disabled.

Max. saving: Maximum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 minute in each

mode.

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

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ACPI function : Enabled Primary INTR : ON Power Management : User Define IRQ3 (COM 2) : Primary PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ4 (COM 1) : Primary Video off Method : V/H SYNC+Blank IRQ5 (LPT 2) : Primary Video off After : Suspend IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) : Primary MODEM Use IRQ : 3 IRQ7 (LPT 1) : Primary Doze Mode : Disable IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) : Disabled Suspend Mode : Disable IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) : Secondary HDD Power Down : Disable IRQ10(Reserved) : Secondary Soft-off by PWRBTN : Delay 4 Sec IRQ11(Reserved) : Secondary PWRON After PW-Fail : Of f IRQ12(PS/2 Mouse) : Primary ** PM Events ** IRQ13 (CoPro) : Disabled VGA : OFF IRQ14 (HDD) : Primary LPT & COM : LPT/COM IRQ15 (Rsv) : Disabled HDD & FDD : NO DMA/master : OFF RTC Alarm Resume : Disabled

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

saving mode.

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

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.

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-MVP4F 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.

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.

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HDD Power Down: HDD Standby timer can be set from 1 to 15 minute(s).

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.

PWRON After PW-Fail: The system will stay of or power on after a power interrupte. The default is OFF. Fomer-Status: Stay off or power on depend on system safe shut-down or power

fail.

ON: System always power on after a power interrupte. OFF: System always stay off after a power interrupte.

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. DMA/master: When set to On (default), any event occurring to the DMA control-

ler will awaken a system which has been powered down. RTC Alarm Resume: When set to Enable rta 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.

Modem Ring Resume: When set to Enabled, any event occurring to the Modem Ring 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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4-5 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 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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PNP OS Installed : No CPU to PCI Write Buffer : Enabled Resources Controlled By : Auto PCI Dynamic Bursting : Enabled Reset Configuration Data : Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write : Enabled

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

Assign IRQ For USB : Enabled Assign IRQ For VGA : Enabled Slot 1 Use IRQ No. : Auto Slot 2 Use IRQ No. : Auto Slot 3 Use IRQ No. : Auto Slot 4 Use IRQ No. : Auto

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.

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.

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.

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

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OnChip IDE Channel0 : Enabled Onboard Parallel Mode :ECP/EPP OnChip IDE Channel1 : Enabled ECP Mode Use DMA : 3 IDE Prefetch Mode : Enabled Parallel Port EPP Type : EPP1.9 IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled Onboard Legacy Audio : Enabled Primary Master PIO : Auto Sound Blaster : Disabled Primary Slave PIO : Auto SB I/O Base Address :220H Secondary Master PIO : Auto SB IRQ Select :IRQ5 Secondary Slave PIO : Auto SB DMA Select :DMA1 Primary Master UDMA : Auto MPU-401 I/O Address : 330-333H Primary Slave UDMA : Auto FM Port (388-38BH) :Disabled Secondary MasterUDMA : Auto Game Port (200-207H) : Enabled Secondary Slave UDMA : Auto

Onboard FDD Controller : Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 : Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 : Auto UART 2 Mode : Standard

Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7

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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.

Onchip IDE Channel: The default value is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE primary port. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE primary port.

Onchip IDE 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.

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

controller. The default value is Enabled.

Enabled: Enable the Onboard floppy drive interface controller. Disabled: Disable the Onboard 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 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 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 LPT port.

Onboard Parallel 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.

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

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

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

Onboard Legacy Audio:

Legacy Audio enabled/disabled.

Sound Blaster:

Sound Blaster compatible device enabled/disabled.

SB I/O Base Address:

Sound Blaster I/O resource selection.

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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)

FM Port (388-38BH):

Frequency modulation port at I/O port 388-38BH enabled/disabled.

Game Port (200-207H):

Built-in joystick port support disabled/enabled(default).

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Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk : Enabled Current CPU Temp. : 35oC/95oF Spread Spectrum : Disabled Current System Temp. : 26oC/78oF CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI) : Default Current CPU Fan Speed : 5080 RPM CPU Fan In Suspend : Off Current Chassis Fan Speed : 0 RPM

Vcore : 2.46V 2.5V : 2.57V

3.3V : 3.58V 5V : 5.15V 12V : 12.12V

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

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Figure 9: Sensor And CPU Speed Setup

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

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

Spread Spectrum : The default is Disabled. Enabled: Enables this option. Disabled: Disables this option.

CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI): Allows the external clock to be modified depend-

ing upon what FSB has been selected. Should not be used to clock processor faster than it was designed for. The default is Default.

66MHz FSB options: Default, 66.8, 68.5, 75, and 83MHz. 100MHz FSB options: Default, 100, 103, 112, and 133MHz.

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

Enabled: The system will turn off the CPU fans during suspend mode. Disabled: The system will not turn off the CPU fan during suspend mode.

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).

+2.5V, +3.3V, +5V, +12V: The voltage level of the switch power supply.

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4-9 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 FEA TURES 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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4-10 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 10: 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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HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE

Primary Master :

Select Secondary Slave Option (N=Skip) : N

OPTIONSSIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTORMODE

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

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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 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.

4-11 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.

4-12 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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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] 3 2K 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 A vailable. 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 A vailable. DMA Channel 6 A vailable. 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 DATA.

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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 DEF AULTS

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LHPA9)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

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

Load Setup Defaults Except Standard COMS SETUP

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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.

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