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EP-3VBA

Technical Support Services

If you need additional information, help during installation or normal use of this
product, please contact your retailer.  If your retailer can not help, you may E-
Mail us with any questions at the following address [email protected]

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

EPoX EP-3VBA  serial number:

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BIOS Upgrades

Please use either our Web Site or BBS for current BIOS Upgrades.

Internet Access

http://www.epox.com
http://www.epox.com.tw
[email protected]
[email protected]

Modem Access

886-2-2247-2742 (Taiwan)
31-182-618451 (The Netherlands)

You can access this number via a Hayes-compatible modem with a 2,400 to
28,800 baud rate.  The following setup format is required:

8 Data Bits, No Parity, 1 Stop Bit.

If your modem is unable to connect at higher baud rates, try connecting at
2,400 baud before contacting Technical Support.

Thank you for using EPoX mainboards!

© Copyright 1998 EPoX Computer Company. All rights reserved.

Summary of Contents for EP-3VBA

Page 1: ...on 2 0 April 26 1999 EP 3VB EP 3VB EP 3VB EP 3VB EP 3VBA A A A A ISA PCI AGP Mainboard with Onboard ISA PCI AGP Mainboard with Onboard ISA PCI AGP Mainboard with Onboard ISA PCI AGP Mainboard with Onb...

Page 2: ..._________________________ BIOS Upgrades Please use either our Web Site or BBS for current BIOS Upgrades Internet Access http www epox com http www epox com tw sales epox com tech epox com Modem Access...

Page 3: ...the manual or product EPoX may review this manual from time to time without notice For updated BIOS drivers or product release information you may visit EPoX s home page at http www epox com Products...

Page 4: ...led Layout 3 1 Easy Installation Procedure Configure DIP Switch 3 3 System Memory Configuration 3 4 Device Connectors 3 7 External Modem Ring in Power On and Keyboard Power On Function KBPO 3 9 Sectio...

Page 5: ...xit Without Saving 4 27 Section 5 Appendix Appendix A Memory Map A 1 I O Map A 1 Timer DMA Channels Map A 2 Interrupt Map A 2 RTC CMOS RAM Map A 3 Appendix B POST Codes A 4 Unexpected Errors A 7 Appen...

Page 6: ...EP 3VBA Page Left Blank...

Page 7: ...P 3VBA Page 1 1 Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist A 1 EP 3VBA mainboard B 1 EP 3VBA user s manual C 1 Floppy ribbon cable D 1 Hard drive ribbon cables E 1 Driver and utility USERS MANUAL EP...

Page 8: ...tegrators differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs By integrating more I O down onto the board and better positioning the hard drive and floppy connectors material co...

Page 9: ...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 3VBA s onboard circuit controller that can be controlled b...

Page 10: ...P 3VBA Page 1 4 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller VT82C693 VT82C686A I O Bridge 100 66MHz 100 66MHz 66MHz AC 97 Pentium II socket 370 Processor US...

Page 11: ...2 independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 4 and Ultra DMA 33 66 devices The EP 3VBA supports 4 PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT control scheme wh...

Page 12: ...ndows 95 98 Supports ring in feature remote power on through external modem allows system to be turned on remotely Resume by Alarm Allows your system to turn on at a preselected time Power Loss Recove...

Page 13: ...Installation EP 3VBA Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 14: ...Installation EP 3VBA Page 3 2 Figure 1 EP 3VBA Detailed Layout...

Page 15: ...fast and easy The following will describe all of the DIP Switch that you are required to set before moving on to step 3 2 Note The DIP Switch as depicted as shown Figure 1 in their correct physical o...

Page 16: ...and DIMM SDRAM only supports 8 16 32 64 128 256MB DIMM modules Table 1 DIMM 1 DIMM 2 B ank 0 B ank 1 Synchronous ED O DIMM 3 B ank 2 y r o m e M l a t o T 1 M M I D 0 k n a B 2 M M I D 1 k n a B 3 M M...

Page 17: ...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 un...

Page 18: ...tallation EP 3VBA Page 3 6 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 sock...

Page 19: ...er Reset J3 Turbo LED HDD LED IR Conn Sleep Power_ON 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 Connector IDE1 Primary IDE IDE2 Se...

Page 20: ...n 4 sec delay mode we has added a special feature to make the system go into suspend mode when the button is pressed momentarily J2 Device Connectors continued Speaker Connect to the system s speaker...

Page 21: ...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 and BUTTON only to turn o...

Page 22: ...Installation EP 3VBA Page 3 10 Page Left Blank...

Page 23: ...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...

Page 24: ...ype 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...

Page 25: ...he BIOS FEATURES SETUP option in the CMOS SETUP UTIL ITY 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...

Page 26: ...ed 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...

Page 27: ...ped 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 trac...

Page 28: ...in your system support parity ECC check select Enabled Typematic Rate Setting This determines the keystrokes repeat rate The default is Disabled Enabled Allows typematic rate and typematic delay progr...

Page 29: ...ideo 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...

Page 30: ...ure 4 Chipset Features Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGPAA CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Bank 0 1 DRAM Timing SDRAM Fast OnChip USB Enabled Bank 2 3 DRAM Timing SDRAM Fast USB Keyboard Support...

Page 31: ...et how many banks of SDRAM support in your mainboard The Choice 2 Bank 4 Bank Disabled DRAM Page Mode The item will active or inactive chipset page registers Enabled Page Mode Enabled Disabled No page...

Page 32: ...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 Video RAM Cacheable Select enabled allows cach...

Page 33: ...olutely necessary Figure 5 Power Management Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGPAA POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC ACPI function Enabled Power Management User Define PM Control by APM Yes Video off...

Page 34: ...ing 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...

Page 35: ...lay 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 Th...

Page 36: ...tem which has been powered down DMA master When set to On default any event occurring to the DMA controller will awaken a system which has been powered down RTA Alarm Resume When set to Enable rta ala...

Page 37: ...PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Disabled AGP Master...

Page 38: ...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 pr...

Page 39: ...and it does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGPAA INTEGRATEDPERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled IDE...

Page 40: ...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 interr...

Page 41: ...e UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode Init Dis...

Page 42: ...OM3 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 UART 2 Mode This item allows you to determin...

Page 43: ...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 Por...

Page 44: ...e 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 ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGPA...

Page 45: ...ck DRAM has same working clock with CPU host bus 2 3 Host DRAM running with lower operation clock CPUFAN Off In Suspend This option is used to set if the CPU fans will turn off during suspend mode The...

Page 46: ...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 us...

Page 47: ...HDD modes NORMAL LBA LARGE NOR MAL 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 sector...

Page 48: ...Bytes 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...

Page 49: ...nterleave number of the hard disk drive you wish to perform a low level format on You may select from 1 to 8 Check the documen tation that came with the drive for the correct interleave number or sele...

Page 50: ...BIOS EP 3VBA Page 4 28 Page Left Blank...

Page 51: ...CMOS setup utility F8000 FCFFF 20K BIOS runtime service routine 2 FD000 FDFFF 4K Plug and Play ESCD data area FE000 FFFFF 8K BIOS runtime service routine 1 A 2 I O MAP 000 01F DMA controller Master 02...

Page 52: ...MA 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 Chan...

Page 53: ...9 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 1...

Page 54: ...c R W functionality C1 Auto detection of onboard DRAM Cache C5 Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000 FFFFF shadow RAM so thatPOST will go faster 08 Test the first 256K DRAM 09 OEM specific cache initializ...

Page 55: ...only 0F DMA channel 0 test 10 DMA channel 1 test 11 DMA page registers test 12 13 Reserved 14 Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2 15 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 16 Test 8259 interrupt mask bit...

Page 56: ...o 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 51 Reserved 52 1 In...

Page 57: ...ation table 62 1 Setup daylight saving according to Setup value 2 Program the NUM Lock typematic rate typematic speed according to Setup setting 63 1 If there is any changes in the hardware configurat...

Page 58: ...Appendix EP 3VBA A 8 Page Left Blank...

Page 59: ...rrupted LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGPAA CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC Load SETUP Default Y N Y STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET F...

Page 60: ...Appendix EP 3VBA A 10 Page Left Blank...

Page 61: ...Notes You must already have Windows 95 98 install on your computer 1 Login windows 95 98 then click My Computer icon Control Panel icon and System icon 2 Before the Driver install into windows 95 98...

Page 62: ...on 6 Key in the driver location ex D Audio Win9x then click OK button You can use the Browse button to find the driver location if you don t know where the driver is 7 Click Finish button 8 The click...

Page 63: ...fter Windows 9x or Windows NT V4 0 was loaded click on My computer icon control panel icon and then the Display icon 2 You should now be in the Display Properties Windows select the Settings tab and c...

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