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BIOS

EP-68LXR

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x222:  Use of this option may cause conflicts with some system
configurations.
x333:  This is used for standard system configurations.

DRAM Data Integrity Mode:  Use this option to configure the type of DRAM in
your system.
The default is Non-ECC.

Non-ECC:  If your memory is Non-ECC memory, choose this option.
ECC:  If your memory is ECC memory, choose this option.

CPU-To-PCI IDE Posting:  This option allows the computer to post write cycles
from the CPU to the PCI IDE interface.  IDE accesses are posted in the CPU to
PCI buffers, for cycle optimization.
The default is Enabled.

Enabled:  Enabled
Disabled:  Disabled

System  BIOS Cacheable:  This allows you to copy your BIOS code from slow
ROM to fast RAM.
The default is Disabled.

Enabled:  The option will improve system performance. However, if any
program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.
Disabled:  System BIOS non-cacheable.

Video BIOS Cacheable:  This option copies the video ROM BIOS to fast RAM
(C0000h to C7FFFh).
The default is Enabled.

Enabled:  Enables the Video BIOS Cacheable to speed up the VGA
Performance.
Disabled:  Will not use the Video BIOS Cacheable function.

Video RAM Cacheable:  This option allows the CPU to cache read/writes of the
video RAM.
The default is Enabled.

Enabled:  This option allows for faster video access.
Disabled:  Reduced video performance.

Summary of Contents for EP-68LXR

Page 1: ...ecifications are subject to change without notice Manual Revision 2 3 June 25 1998 EP 68LXR EP 68LXR EP 68LXR EP 68LXR EP 68LXR APentium APentium APentium APentium APentium IIProcessorbasedAGPmainboar...

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Page 3: ...in 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 Produc...

Page 4: ...lockDiagram 1 6 Section 2 Features EP 68LXR Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation EP 68LXRDetailedLayout 3 1 Easy Installation Procedure ConfigureDIPSwitch 3 2 SystemMemoryConfiguration 3 3 InstallingaP...

Page 5: ...HDD Low Level Format 4 27 Save Exit Setup 4 27 ExitWithoutSaving 4 27 Section 5 DMI DMI Access 5 1 Section 7 Appendix Appendix A Memory Map A 1 I O Map A 1 Timer DMAChannelsMap A 2 InterruptMap A 2 R...

Page 6: ...mainboard B 1 EP 68LXR user s manual C 1 Floppy ribbon cable D 1 Hard drive ribbon cable E 1 Heatsink Support Unit optional F 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector G 1 Bus master drivers H 1 COM Port LPT Port Connec...

Page 7: ...technology The S E C cartridge allows the L2 cache to remain tightly coupled to the processor while maintaining flexibility when implementing high perfor mance processors into OEM systems The second...

Page 8: ...into just as the Pentium Pro processor uses Socket 8 Retention mechanism Formerly retention module the dual posts etc that holds the cartridge in place Thermal plate The heatsink attachment plate Hea...

Page 9: ...he 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 various aspects of your systems ope...

Page 10: ...should be a momentary button that is normally open The EP 68LXR 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...

Page 11: ...Introduction EP 68LXR Page 1 6 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller 443LX 443EX PIIX4 PIIX4E I O Bridge...

Page 12: ...dent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 4 and Ultra DMA 33 devices The EP 68LXR supports 3 PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT control scheme which reduces...

Page 13: ...llows system to be turned on remotely Resume by Alarm Allows your system to turn on at a preselected time Power Loss Recovery In the event of a power outtage your system will automatically turn itself...

Page 14: ...lot 1 ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 AT Power Input Intel 443LX 443EX PCIset CPU Cartridge SLOT 1 J6 Chassis FAN J5 Power Fanr J4 CPU FAN EP 6 8 LXR Secondary IDE Battery Flash Memory for BIOS RESET SPEAKER KE...

Page 15: ...ssor 3 4 Device Connectors Section 3 1 Configure DIP Switch EPoX designs all motherboards with a DIP Switch to make your install fast and easy The following will describe all of the DIP Switch that yo...

Page 16: ...may be 83MHz 12ns 100MHz 10ns or 120MHz 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...

Page 17: ...le and pressing straight down figure 6 until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 7 Figure 5 SDRAM only supports 8 16 32 64 128MB DIMM modules Table 1 y r o m e M l a t o T 1 M M I D 0 k n a B...

Page 18: ...3 5 Figure 5 DIMM Module clip before installation Figure 6 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 b...

Page 19: ...Retention Mechanism This pre installed device is designed for you to install Pentium II CPU more easier and to avoid any damage on the board due to overtightening the four screws One thing must be kep...

Page 20: ...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 21: ...Turbo LED HDD LED IR Conn Sleep Power_ON J4 CPU Fan Power A plug in for the CPU Fan Power J5 Power Supply Fan Monitoring A plug in for the Power supply so that BIOS can monitor the RPM s J6 Chassis F...

Page 22: ...has added a special feature to make the system go into suspend mode when the button is pressed momentarily J2 Section3 4 Device Connectors continued Speaker Connect to the system s speaker for beepin...

Page 23: ...is turned off In general the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay un changed unless there is a configuration change in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is poss...

Page 24: ...ion 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...

Page 25: ...rs to change system related parameters in the displayed menu This menu shows all of the manufacturer s default values for the EP 68LXR Pressing the F1 key will display a help message for the selected...

Page 26: ...creasing 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 Enabl...

Page 27: ...ce 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...

Page 28: ...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 29: ...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 disab...

Page 30: ...s The default is Enabled Enabled This enables auto configuration and provides the option to select predefined timing modes Disabled This allows the user to specify DRAM timing parameters Note If you e...

Page 31: ...ability EDO RAS Precharge Time The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before EDO DRAM refresh If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplet...

Page 32: ...he default is Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled System BIOS Cacheable This allows you to copy your BIOS code from slow ROM to fast RAM The default is Disabled Enabled The option will improve s...

Page 33: ...tes Memory Hole at 15M 16M You can reserve this memory area for the use of ISA adaptor ROMs The default is Disabled Enabled This field enables the main memory 15 16MB to remap to ISA BUS Disabled Norm...

Page 34: ...freshed The default is Fast Fast Provides faster memory performance Slow Provides better memory compatibility SDRAM Precharge Time The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to ac...

Page 35: ...are information above is not available for a mainboard without NS LM75 LM78 ICs 4 4 Power Management Setup Choose the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen T...

Page 36: ...ou 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...

Page 37: ...ut 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...

Page 38: ...er Loss Recovery is Enabled The default is Enabled Enabled The system will turn on at the preset time Disabled The system will not turn on until you turn it on Date of month Alarm This is how you set...

Page 39: ...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 contro...

Page 40: ...ted IDE devices 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 ME...

Page 41: ...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 yo...

Page 42: ...ard IDE secondary port IDE 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 int...

Page 43: ...hard drive will run in normal mode IDE 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 D...

Page 44: ...board Winbond Chip s floppy drive interface controller Onboard Serial Port 1 This field allows the user to configure the 1st serial port The default is Auto AUTO Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and addre...

Page 45: ...ss is 378H and IRQ7 278H Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 278H and IRQ5 3BCH Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7 Disabled Disable Onboard Winbond Chip s LPT port Parallel Port M...

Page 46: ...shes to change the default password the SETUP UTILITY will display a mes sage and ask for a confirmation Confirm Password 3 After pressing the Enter key ROM password if the option was not used or curr...

Page 47: ...e 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...

Page 48: ...tain 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 N...

Page 49: ...me with the drive for the correct interleave number or select 0 for automatic detection Auto scan bad track This allows the utility to scan first then format by each track Start Press Y to start low l...

Page 50: ...ration 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 co...

Page 51: ...CFFF 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 CONTROLLER...

Page 52: ...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 IN...

Page 53: ...ster 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...

Page 54: ...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 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 bi...

Page 56: ...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 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: ...AD 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...

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