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EP-3C1A

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An optical fiber is used to connect the onboards sound and the MD.

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Page 1: ...Revision 1 0 March 15 2000 EP 3C1A EP 3C1A EP 3C1A EP 3C1A EP 3C1A A Soc A Soc A Soc A Soc A Sock k k k ket 370 Pr et 370 Pr et 370 Pr et 370 Pr et 370 Processor based ocessor based ocessor based oce...

Page 2: ...ut 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 identifica...

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Page 4: ...ATA 66 1 8 Hardware Monitoring 1 8 EP 3C1AForm Factor 1 9 I O Shield Connector 1 10 Power On Off Remote 1 10 System Block Diagram 1 11 Section 2 Features EP 3C1A Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation E...

Page 5: ...upervisor User Password Setting 4 25 Exit Selecting 4 26 Section 5 Driver Installation 820 and Sound Driver Installation 5 1 Section 6 PCI Audio Sound CMI8738 Features 6 1 Section 7 Appendix Appendix...

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Page 7: ...EP 3C1A user s manual C 1 Floppy ribbon cable D 1 ATA 66 Hard drive ribbon cable E 1 PS 2 to AT keyboard connector adapter optional F 1 Driver and Ultility G 1 Digital Audio SPDIF IN OUT Module and a...

Page 8: ...e provided by the powerful Pentium III or later socket 370 architecture processor The Intel 820 chipset architecture removes the requirement for the ISA expan sion bus that was traditionally integrate...

Page 9: ...1 5V AGP interface 3 3V 1X 2X and 1 5V 1X 2X devices also supported Downstream hub link for access to the ICH w w w w w Memory Translator Hub MTH The MTH provides the capability to support SDRAM memor...

Page 10: ...Firmware Hub FWH The FWH component is a key element to enabling a new security and manage ability infrastructure for the PC platform The device operates under the FWH interface and protocol The hardw...

Page 11: ...ith all previous Intel Architecture processors The processor also executes Intel MMX technology instructions for enhanced media and communication performance just as it s prede cessor the Intel Pentiu...

Page 12: ...clip lines up with the socket s attach tabs This will align the fan cable with the PGA370 mark on the 370 pin socket Remember not to damage the thermal interface pad Attach the clip onto the socket s...

Page 13: ...he processor pins Bandwidth Overview Table 1 provides a summary of the bandwidth requirements for the Intel 820 chipset Table 1 Intel 820 platform Bandwidth Summary e c a f r e t n I d e e p S k c o l...

Page 14: ...a tion revision 1 0 by allowing 4X data transfers 4 data samples per clock and 1 5 volt power supply operation The AGP 2 0 interface along with Direct Rambus memory technology allows graphics controll...

Page 15: ...stems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs By integrating more I O down onto the board and better positioning the hard drive and floppy connectors mat...

Page 16: ...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 3C1A s onboard circuit controller that can be controlled by the operating...

Page 17: ...370 Processor MCH Memory Controller Hub MTH Memory Translator Hub ICH I O Controllrer Hub 100MHz DIMM Modules 100 133MHz 66MHz 4X 2X AMR Slot FWH Firm Ware Hub Flash memory LPC I O Winbond 83627HF Se...

Page 18: ...Introduction EP 3C1A Page 1 12 Page Left Blank...

Page 19: ...performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 4 and Ultra DMA 33 66 devices The EP 3C1A supports 5 PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT control scheme which reduces configur...

Page 20: ...s the CPU PWR and Chassis fan Auto stop in sleep mode Supports the onboard standby and blinks in suspend green or STR mode on J2 Power LED Supports the STR Suspend To SDRAM power management by ACPI s...

Page 21: ...Installation EP 3C1A Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 22: ...Installation EP 3C1A Page 3 2 Figure 1 EP 3C1A Detailed Layout...

Page 23: ...fers the flexible FSB selection being capable of running speedy FSB at 133MHz for Intel PIII CuMine CPU upcoming new Cyrix Socket 370 processors Before you get started please read the following quick...

Page 24: ...tion Don t force processor into socket If it does not go in easily check for mis orientation and debris Make sure the processor is fully inserted into the socket on all sides Step 3 Close the socket b...

Page 25: ...068xh 733EB1 733 133 256 ATC2 068xh The table listing all Coppermine processor identification Notes 1 B 133MHz System Bus Frequency E Processor with Advanced Transfer Cache CPUID 068xh 2 ATC Advanced...

Page 26: ...Select 1 JP7 On Board PCI Sound JP7 1 2 Enabled PCI Sound Default 2 3 Disabled PCI Sound yrix CPU JP13 Keyboard Power ON Function JP13 1 2 Enabled 2 3 Disabled Default 1 0 1 P J 1 1 P J e p y T U P C...

Page 27: ...64 128 256MB DIMM modules Using non compliant memory with higher bus speed over clocking may severely compromise the integrity of the system DS Double Side Memory Module SS Single Side Memory Module...

Page 28: ...installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down figure 8 until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 9 Figure 7 Figure 9 DIMM Module clip aft...

Page 29: ...onitor the RPM s J6 Chassis Fan Power A plug in for the chassis Fan Power J7 WOL Wake On Lan Connector PW1 ATX Power Connector 20 pin power connector IDE1 Primary IDE Connector IDE2 Secondary IDE Conn...

Page 30: ...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...

Page 31: ...ors continued The EP 3C1A supports one AMR1 connector to provide a Modem Code MC or an Audio Modem Codec AMC configuration Note the AMR1 connector supports Modem Riser Card MR Modem Code MC or Audio M...

Page 32: ...h the momentary switch J3 PW ON to turn on your system and then push again and hold for more than 4 seconds to turn it off affter counting memory Step 3 You can enjoy the Keyboard Power ON function KB...

Page 33: ...ction Enable and ACPI Suspend Type S3 STR in the Power Management Setup menu c Then please type the following before installing the Windows 98 Drive Setup p j If Windows 98 was installed in your syste...

Page 34: ...Blinking OFF c It saves and keeps all on screen data including any executed applications to SDRAM d You must push the Power button connected with onboard J3 pin to wake up you system not to click to m...

Page 35: ...Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub menu Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen Setup Ite...

Page 36: ...include Voltage Fan speed CPU temperature Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default...

Page 37: ...Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each cat egory includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to high light the item and then use the PgUp or PgDn keys to sel...

Page 38: ...ribed in Table 3 Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A Drive B None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Select the type of floppy disk drive install...

Page 39: ...A Page 4 5 IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu Figure 2 IDE Primary Maste...

Page 40: ...heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Capacity Auto Display your disk drive size Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk gi...

Page 41: ...bled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to ap...

Page 42: ...e quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choice Floppy LS ZIP...

Page 43: ...the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but acc...

Page 44: ...ngs have been chosen be cause they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while u...

Page 45: ...r system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choice Enabled Disabled Video RAM Cacheable This option allows the CPU to cache read writes of the...

Page 46: ...tems 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 6...

Page 47: ...DE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 M...

Page 48: ...Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for a...

Page 49: ...rl F10 Ctrl F11 and Ctrl F12 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install and in FDC or the...

Page 50: ...hanced Parallel Port mode ECP Extended Capabilities Port mode EPP ECP ECP Mode EPP Mode EPP Mode Select This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I O chip options EPP1 9 EPP1 7...

Page 51: ...se ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Man agement ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select S1 POS or S3...

Page 52: ...anges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and hori...

Page 53: ...PowerOn By Ring This option is used to set the remote ring in and Wake on LAN WOL features The choice Enabled Disabled CPU THRM Throttling Select the CPU THRM Throttling rate The choice 25 0 37 5 50 0...

Page 54: ...Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfig...

Page 55: ...rned off Current System Temp This is the Current temperature of the system Current CPU Temperature This is the current temperature of the CPU each of the sub menu that follows this field a sub menu is...

Page 56: ...B The voltage level of the switch power supply Shutdown Temperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system requires ACPI to be...

Page 57: ...led CPU Host AGP PCI Clock The mainboard is designed to set the CPU Host AGP PCI clock at jumperfree This item allows you to select the CPU Host speed and PCI clock speed by Enter key If default is me...

Page 58: ...box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal perfor mance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press...

Page 59: ...the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the pass word is dis...

Page 60: ...urn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Wit...

Page 61: ...systems Microsoft Windows 95 OSR 2 1 and Windows 98 oper ating systems Step 2 To Click the Intel 810 and 820 INF Installation Utility This installer will install updated INF files onto the target mach...

Page 62: ...ing the software for it then the dialog box shown Click Next button to go on 6 Click on Specify a Locations button to specify drivers path Ex D cmi win95_98 drv 7 When CMI8738 C3DX PCI Audio Device fo...

Page 63: ...ble Synthesizer supports Direct Music l l l l l Digital Audio SPDIF IN OUT Optional Up to 24 bit stereo 44KHz sampling rate voice playback recording Full duplex playback and recording 120dB audio qual...

Page 64: ...LINE_IN Connect with the audio output port of stereo or nomal line in Turn on or turn off by 4SPK in the Audio Rack Appc MIC Connect with the Microphone Mono LINE_OUT Output to speakers with the ampl...

Page 65: ...device drivers in your current system 1 Power off your system install the PCI sound card audio cable speaker microphone and insert driver CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Turn on the computer and enter the...

Page 66: ...on screen instructions to re install the hardware If you want to completely remove the drivers you can also run the un install proce dure as described previously Remove the sound card from the slot an...

Page 67: ...re in such as D NT40 DRV 6 Select C Media CM8738 item and press OK button 7 Select proper I O value 8 Press OK button 9 Restart the system when being asked 10 Now you have already installed the PCI Au...

Page 68: ...Audio Rack Introduction By means of a user friendly interface as easy as operating your home stereo system this PCI audio rack provides you with the control over your PC s audio functions including t...

Page 69: ...ding Audio Rack Components To remove or add a component from the display click on the component s button on the Control Center s Button Bar or toggle it off MIDI Player Wave Player and CD Player CD Pl...

Page 70: ...gnal type the control slider controls the loudness whereas the horizontal slider controls the balance between the two speakers The mute button temporarily stops input or output without changing slider...

Page 71: ...gured to play their audio output through the PC s audio hardware l l l l l 4SPK Turn on or turn off the Rear speakers effect l l l l l Surround Turn on or turn off the 3D surround sound effect l l l l...

Page 72: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 3C1A Page 6 10 MP3 Player MP3 player can play both wave files and MP3 files MP3 player while the loop function enables The settings window while one of the SPDIF functions is enable...

Page 73: ...out jack of the audio adapter and then connect rear pair speakers to Line in Rear jack of the audio adapter The original Line in can be moved to Aux in 2 The positions of the speakers Put your speake...

Page 74: ...al Audio Demos of this audio adapter When the helicopter flies behind you the rear speakers will work DEMO1 Present to you the complete 4 speaker surround sound effect DEMO2 Present to you the sound e...

Page 75: ...UT OPTICAL SPDIF I O from Mainboard sJX2 SPDIF OUT OPTICALOUT OPTICAL IN If you got the noise signal from CD ROM digital output Please press Diagnose button in PCI Audio Applica tions Audio Environmen...

Page 76: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 3C1A Page 6 14 An optical fiber is used to connect the onboard s sound and the MD EP SPDIF1...

Page 77: ...d EP 3C1A Page 6 15 The application program setup please install CMI8738 application program first When the connection is done please go to the Start menu and select PCI Audio Applications Audio Envir...

Page 78: ...eted there will be an infrared signal coming from the SPDIF OUT of the optical fiber of the sound card Please note that signal beam may cause severe damage to the eyes For your safety please point the...

Page 79: ...y the music via the MP3 player Please note that in playback if there is no gap longer than three seconds between each track the MD can not recognize the tracks and will record all of them into one It...

Page 80: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 3C1A Page 6 18...

Page 81: ...19 About Recording 24bit Audio Setting 24 bit audio can only be applied to SPDIF IN OUT mode it does not apply to other modes such as the four channels or the analog No sound will be heard while in p...

Page 82: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 3C1A Page 6 20 The un selected area will be grayed out...

Page 83: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 3C1A Page 6 21 The un selected area will be grayed out...

Page 84: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 3C1A Page 6 22 The un selected area will be grayed out...

Page 85: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 3C1A Page 6 23 You can double click this circuit icon to have the following setting box By means of this setting box you can also complete the above mentioned setting procedures...

Page 86: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 3C1A Page 6 24 CMI8738 SPDIF IN Portable CD Player Output to CMI8738 Optical Input Setup OPTICAL IN OPTICAL OUT OPTICAL IN MINIDISC DECK...

Page 87: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 3C1A Page 6 25 When the connection is done please go to the Start menu and select PCI Audio Applications Audio Environment Setting...

Page 88: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 3C1A Page 6 26...

Page 89: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 3C1A Page 6 27 Loopback bypass mode setup CD ROM Digital Output to CMI8738 SPDIF IN Setup...

Page 90: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 3C1A Page 6 28 When the connection is done please go to the Start menu and select PCI Audio Applications Audio Environment Setting...

Page 91: ...se follow these setting procedures Now you can insert the CD into the CD ROM drive then activate C MEDIA CD player and push the play button to do the recording job Please note that you have to set the...

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Page 93: ...CGA adaptor F0000 F7FFF 32K BIOS CMOS setup utility F8000 FCFFF 20K BIOS runtime service routine 2 FD000 FDFFF 4K Plug and Play ESCD data area FE000 FFFFF 8K BIOS runtime service routine 1 A 2 I O MA...

Page 94: ...nel 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 def...

Page 95: ...annel A 5 RTC CMOS RAM MAP RTC CMOS 00 Seconds 01 Second alarm 02 Minutes 03 Minutes alarm 04 Hours 05 Hours alarm 06 Day of week 07 Day of month 08 Month 09 Year 0A Status register A 0B Status regist...

Page 96: ...Extension memory low byte 18 Extension memory high byte 19 2d 2E 2F 30 Reserved for extension memory low byte 31 Reserved for extension memory high byte 32 DATE CENTURY byte 33 INFORMATION FLAG 34 3F...

Page 97: ...S code to DRAM C5h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 F000 shadow RAM 0h1 Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch 04h Re...

Page 98: ...ault values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early_Init_Onboard_Generator switch 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI...

Page 99: ...put it into C000 0 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h 1 Program CPU internal MTRR P6 PII for 0 640K memory address 2 Initialize the APIC for Pentium c...

Page 100: ...eserved 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program write allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Rese...

Page 101: ...or entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO switch 2 Initialize Init_Onbaord_AUDIO switch 5Eh Reserved 5Fh Reserved 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i...

Page 102: ...install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76h Reserved 77h Detect serial ports parallel ports 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect install co processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Re...

Page 103: ...erved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program boot up speed 3 Chipset final initialization 4 Power management final ini...

Page 104: ...Appendix EP 3C1A A 12 Page Left Blank...

Page 105: ...ad Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Appendix C NOTE The LOAD Optimized...

Page 106: ...Appendix EP 3C1A A 14 Page Left Blank...

Page 107: ...lder 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 an...

Page 108: ...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...

Page 109: ...EP 3C1A A 17 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 back...

Page 110: ...ix EP 3C1A A 18 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...

Page 111: ...ppendix EP 3C1A A 19 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...

Page 112: ...tition 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 p...

Page 113: ...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 require...

Page 114: ...Appendix EP 3C1A A 22 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...

Page 115: ...endix EP 3C1A A 23 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 err...

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