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Manual Revision 1.4

June 15, 1998

EP-61BXA-M

A Pentium

II or Deschutes

Slot1 Processor based AGP

mainboard (100/66MHz)

Summary of Contents for EP-61BXA-M

Page 1: ...A M EP 61BXA M EP 61BXA M EP 61BXA M EP 61BXA M A Pentium A Pentium A Pentium A Pentium A Pentium II or Deschutes II or Deschutes II or Deschutes II or Deschutes II or Deschutes Slot1 Processor based...

Page 2: ...EP 61BXA M...

Page 3: ...serial number __________________________ BIOS Upgrades Please use either our Web Site or BBS for current BIOS Upgrades Internet Access http www epox com sales epox com tech epox com Modem Access 886 2...

Page 4: ...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 5: ...Shield Connector 1 7 Power On Off Remote 1 7 SystemBlockDiagram 1 8 Section 2 Features EP 61BXA M Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation EP 61BXA MDetailedLayout 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure Configur...

Page 6: ...rvisor or User Password 4 23 IDEHDDAutoDetection 4 24 HDD Low Level Format 4 26 Save Exit Setup 4 26 ExitWithoutSaving 4 27 Section 5 DMI DMI Access 5 1 Section 7 Appendix Appendix A Memory Map A 1 I...

Page 7: ...BXA M user s manual C 1 Floppy ribbon cable D 1 Hard drive ribbon cables E 1 Foldable Retention Module F 1 Heatsink Support Unit Optional G 1 PS 2 to AT keyboard connector adapter optional H 1 Bus mas...

Page 8: ...es Processor card supports both uni processor and dual processor implementations The Pentium II or Deschutes Processor utilizes Single Edge Contact S E C Figure 1 cartridge packaging technology The S...

Page 9: ...plastic cover on the opposite side from the thermal plate Slot 1 The slot that the S E C cartridge plugs into just as the Pentium Pro processor uses Socket 8 Retention mechanism Formerly retention mo...

Page 10: ...n the bandwidth available between the video card and the processor it will assist in relieving some of these pressures for quite sometime Hardware Monitoring Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor...

Page 11: ...Introduction EP 61BXA M Page 1 5 Page Left Blank...

Page 12: ...elp systems 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 connecto...

Page 13: ...r On Off button should be a momentary button that is normally open The EP 61BXA M has been designed with Soft Off functions You can turn Off the system from one of two sources The first is the front p...

Page 14: ...troduction EP 61BXA M Page 1 8 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram Pentium II or Deschutes Processor PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller 443BX PllX4E I O Bridge 100 66MHz 100 66MHz 66M...

Page 15: ...ple bit errors and correct 1 bit memory errors Supports 3 16 bit ISA slots 4 32 bit PCI slots 1 AGP slot and provides 2 independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3...

Page 16: ...ry In the event of a power outtage your system will automatically turn itself back on without user intervention Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM System Management Mode Supports Desktop Management I...

Page 17: ...Installation EP 61BXA M Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 18: ...I Oset Flash Memory for BIOS COM 1 USB COM 2 Parallel Port USB 1 Top Mouse Top USB 0 Bottom PS 2 Keyboard Bottom JP1 Chassis FAN J5 PWR FAN Bank 0 Bank 1 Bank 2 IDE2 FDD1 IDE1 Secondary IDE POWER_ON O...

Page 19: ...describe all of the jumpers that you are required to set before moving on to step 3 2 Note The jumpers as depicted as shown Figure 1 in their correct physi cal orientation JP13 K eyboard Power O N fun...

Page 20: ...ver no matterwhatkindofSlot1processoryouinstalled itshouldcomewithrightmemory modules for normal and stable operation For example if you install a Deschutes processor you should use the SDRAM module w...

Page 21: ...66MHz not support Deschutes Processor at 100MHz We recommend when installed the 100MHz Deschutes Processor using DIMM SDRAM must be 125MHz 8ns bus speed If used 100MHz 10ns SDRAM may be critical timi...

Page 22: ...essing straight down figure 6 until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 7 Figure 3 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 I D 2 k n a B B M 8 6 7 m u m i x a M M A...

Page 23: ...e 3 7 Figure 6 DIMM Module clip before installation Figure 7 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...

Page 24: ...tium II Retention Mechanism This pre installed device is designed for you to install Pentium II CPU more easier and to avoide any damage on the board due to overtightening the four screws One thing mu...

Page 25: ...e it into the bottom fin figure 11 on the heatsink and then push forward until it clips into the bottom base figure 9 that is already there figure 11 CPU Cartridge SLOT 1 Large Hole for Heat Sink Base...

Page 26: ...Power supply so that BIOS can monitor the RPM s J6 Chassis Fan Power A plug in for the chassis Fan Power J7 WOL Wake On Lan Connector J8 SB LINK Connector 5 PIN Header for Creative Blaster AWE64D PCI...

Page 27: ...stem go into suspend mode when the button is pressed momentarily J2 Section 3 4 Device Connectors continued Speaker Connect to the system s speaker for beeping 1 Speaker 3 GND 2 N C 4 GND Reset Closed...

Page 28: ...ep 1 Please check JP13 at the position 1 2 after you finished the system installation Step 2 Push the momentary switch J3 PW ON to turn on your system and then push again to hold for more than 4 secon...

Page 29: ...e power supply with 0 72A 720mA in 5 0VSB With our EP 61BXA M mainboard the 5 0VSB standby power only has to be 0 1A 100mA then you can enjoy this unique benefit However the ATX power supply which is...

Page 30: ...Installation EP 61BXA M Page 3 14 Page Left Blank...

Page 31: ...r 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...

Page 32: ...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 change...

Page 33: ...pear You should then run an anti virus program to locate the virus Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive The default value is Disabled ROM PCI ISA BIOS...

Page 34: ...ncreasing 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 Enab...

Page 35: ...nce 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...

Page 36: ...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...

Page 37: ...WIN95 This option allows BIOS to indicate whether WIN95 is with FDD or not The Default value is NO NO Report No FDD for WIN95 YES Report FDD for WIN95 Video BIOS Shadow This option allows video BIOS t...

Page 38: ...M in Pentium II processor at 66MHz only ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A59IPAB CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Auto Configuration Enabled Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled EDO DRAM Timing 60ns Spread Spec...

Page 39: ...SDRAM CAS Latency Time 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 Syste...

Page 40: ...Time This function allows you to set the wait state that is added to an 16 bit ISA instruction originated by the PCI bus The default is 2 NA No wait state 4 4 wait states 3 3 wait states 2 2 wait stat...

Page 41: ...ccessable by the AGP card Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Allows you to stop DIMM PCI Clock drive when the DIMM site or PCI Slot are not plug This item may help reduce EMI The default is Enabled Enabled Prov...

Page 42: ...de when the Power Management is set to User Define ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A59IPAB POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management User Define Reload Global Timer Events PM Control by APM Yes IRQ...

Page 43: ...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 opti...

Page 44: ...nstalled The timer starts to count when System Standby mode timer is timed out and no PM Events are occurring Valid range is from 1 minute up to 1 hour HDD Power Down HDD Standby timer can be set from...

Page 45: ...Enabled The default is Enabled Enabled The system will turn on at the preset time Disabled The system will not turn on until you turn it on Date of month Alarm This is how you set the date that the sy...

Page 46: ...our ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards BIOS will assign the interrupt resource automatically ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KPA9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PNP OS Installed NO PCI IDE IRQ Map...

Page 47: ...es The default value is PCI AUTO This will allow the system to automatically config ure the IDE devices Used MEM base addr The Used MEM base addr CB00 CC00 D000 D400 D800 DC00 and Used MEM Length 8K 1...

Page 48: ...D PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Onboard Parallel Mode ECP EPP IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto ECP Mode Ise DMA 3 IDE S...

Page 49: ...Disable IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard Primary PCI IDE The default value is Enabled Enabled Enables Onboard IDE primary port Disabled Disables Onboard IDE primary port Onboard Secondary PCI IDE The defaul...

Page 50: ...o The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode IDE Primary Slave UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is...

Page 51: ...its resources KBC input clock This sets the keyboard clock value The default is 12 MHz Options 6 8 12 16 are the available choices Onboard FDC Controller This controls the state of the onboard floppy...

Page 52: ...and IRTX pins of IR function in normal condition Onboard Parallel port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port The default is 378H IRQ7 378H Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 378H an...

Page 53: ...ters The maximum of password is 5 characters If user forget lost the password please go into BIOS setting to change the Power On Method or keyin another words as password instead of original one 4 8 C...

Page 54: ...TO DETECTION utility The BIOS will Auto detect the hard disk size and model on display during POST Figure 8 IDE HDD Auto Detection NOTE HDD Modes The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes NORMAL LBA LARGE N...

Page 55: ...ector 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 followingformula no Cylinder 1024 x no Head 255 x...

Page 56: ...under an Operating System which replaces the whole INT 13h UNIX operating systems do not support either LBA or LARGE and must utilize the Standard mode UNIX can support drives larger than 528MB 4 10 H...

Page 57: ...ing you back to the boot up procedure with all the changes you just recorded in the CMOS RAM 3 12 Exit Without Saving The EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option will bring you back to normal boot up procedure wit...

Page 58: ...BIOS EP 61BXA M Page 4 28 Page Left Blank...

Page 59: ...uration and to diagnose and resolve problems The computer s BIOS will detect and record as much information as it is able to and will store that information in a special location in the BIOS The DMI c...

Page 60: ...DMI Access EP 61BXA M Page 5 2 Page Left Blank...

Page 61: ...FCFFF 20K BIOS runtime service routine 2 FD000 FDFFF 4K Plug and Play ESCD data area FE000 FFFFF 8K BIOS runtime service routine 1 A 2 I O MAP 000 01F DMA controller Master 020 021 INTERRUPT CONTROLLE...

Page 62: ...d ECP Option DMA Channel 2 FLOPPYDISK SMCCHIP DMA Channel 3 Onboard ECP default DMA Channel 4 Cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA Channel 5 Available DMA Channel 6 Available DMA Channel 7 Available A 4 I...

Page 63: ...ister 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 memor...

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Page 65: ...c 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 08 Test the first 256K DRAM 09 OEM specific cache initiali...

Page 66: ...n 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 b...

Page 67: ...r 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 51 Reserved 52 1...

Page 68: ...ration 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 configura...

Page 69: ...s corrupted LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROMPCI ISABIOS 2A69KPA9 CMOSSETUPUTILITY AWARDSOFTWARE INC Load SETUP Default Y N Y STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FE...

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