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Introduction

EP-6CXA2C

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Ultra ATA/66

The ICH provides two channel Ultra ATA/66 Bus Master IDE controller, that

support Ultra ATA/66 protocols, perfect for such demanding applications as real-

time video, multimedia, and high performance operating system. A new IDE cable

is required for Ultra ATA/66. This cable is an 80 conductor cable; however the

connectors are, of course, backwards compatible with ATA/33.

Hardware Monitoring

Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your systems

operations and status. The features include CPU temperature, voltage and RPM of

fan.

Summary of Contents for EP-6CXA2C

Page 1: ...CXA2C EP 6CXA2C EP 6CXA2C A P A P A P A P A Pentium entium entium entium entium II or P II or P II or P II or P II or Pentium entium entium entium entium III III III III III Slot1 Processor based AGP...

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Page 4: ...ng 1 4 EP 6CXA2C Form Factor 1 5 I O Shield Connector 1 6 Power On Off Remote 1 6 System Block Diagram 1 7 Section 2 Features EP 6CXA2C Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation EP 6CXA2C Detailed Layout 3...

Page 5: ...ts Menu 4 24 Supervisor 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 Appe...

Page 6: ...EP 6CXA2C Page Left Blank...

Page 7: ...6CXA2C mainboard B 1 EP 6CXA2C user s manual C 1 Floppy ribbon cable D 1 Hard drive ribbon cables E 1 Foldable Retention Module F 1 Continuity Modules optional G 1 PS 2 to AT keyboard connector adapte...

Page 8: ...ns on SIO SCK is the clock of the side band bus and SIO is the bidirectional data signal of the side band bus w w w w w Continuity Module C RIMM A RIMM module that does not have any memory devices on...

Page 9: ...mory Module w w w w w RSL Rambus Signal Level is the name of the signaling technology used by Rambus w w w w w SC242 The connector that is the S E C Cartridge 2 plugs into just as the Pentium Pro proc...

Page 10: ...ge of the high performance provided by the powerful Pentium III or later SC242 architec ture processor The Intel 820 chipset architecture removes the requirement for the ISA expan sion bus that was tr...

Page 11: ...ess to the ICH w w w w w I O Controller Hub ICH The I O controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system Additionally it integrates may I O functions The ICH integrates...

Page 12: ...ions The Pentium II or Pentium III Processor utilizes Single Edge Contact S E C Figure 1 cartridge packaging technology The S E C cartridge allows the L2 cache to remain tightly coupled to the process...

Page 13: ...cessor core The silicon on the PLGA package on the PCB Cover The 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 p...

Page 14: ...de the memory bandwidth necessary to obtain optional performance from the Pentium III or later SC242 processor as well as a high performance AGP graphics controller The MCH RDRAM interface supports 30...

Page 15: ...ifi cation 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 cont...

Page 16: ...real time video multimedia and high performance operating system A new IDE cable is required for Ultra ATA 66 This cable is an 80 conductor cable however the connectors are of course backwards compat...

Page 17: ...p 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 connectors...

Page 18: ...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 6CXA2 s onboard circuit controller that can be controlled by the oper...

Page 19: ...Pentium II or Processor Pentium III MCH Memory Controller Hub ICH I O Controllrer Hub 300 356 400MHz RIMM Modules 100 133MHz 66MHz 4X 2X AMR Slot FWH Firm Ware Hub Flash memory LPC I O Winbond 83627HF...

Page 20: ...Introduction EP 6CXA2C Page 1 14 Page Left Blank...

Page 21: ...iguration options are set by the BIOS setup Supports Universal AGP connector for 1X 2X or 4X AGP Card Supports 5 32 bit PCI slots 1 AGP slot and provides 2 independent high performance PCI IDE interfa...

Page 22: ...fer motherboard various status on Windows 95 98 Supports the CPU PWR and Chassis fan Auto stop in sleep mode Supports the onboard standby and blinks in suspend green or STR mode LED D11 Supports the S...

Page 23: ...Installation EP 6CXA2C Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 24: ...Installation EP 6CXA2C Page 3 2 Figure 7 EP 6CXA2C Detailed Layout...

Page 25: ...ion 3 1 Configure Jumpers We have designed this mainboard with the fewest jumpers as possible to make your installation fast and easy The following will describe all of the jumpers that you are requir...

Page 26: ...pports 300 400MHz 100MHz FSB or 266 356 400MHz 133MHz FSB operation The CPU Host AGP PCI clock and RDRAM Bus Frequency are selected using the Frequency Voltage Control option in the CMOS SETUP Utility...

Page 27: ...MM modules l The EP 6CXA2C supports a maximum of 32 devices on a RDRAM channel A Channel os defined as the three RIMM Slots on the motherboard added together Thus the motherboard has one channel See F...

Page 28: ...i b M 6 5 2 B G 1 Table 2 Maximum memory support on EP 6CXA2C with RDRAM populated on a channel The figure 10 below shows the RSL interconnections between 820 MCH and one RDRAM channel This figure de...

Page 29: ...1 B M 2 1 5 M M I R M M I R K O 2 3 B G 1 B M 4 2 0 1 e h t r o y t p m e s i t e k c o s M M I R y n A y l r e p o r p t o n s i e l u d o M M M I R d e t r e s n i m e t s y S e r u l i a F d n a t...

Page 30: ...described in table 3 Note that continuity Modules are required in empty sockets Figure 11 12 and 13 display common installations including an example of a incorrect one see figure 11 RIMM or RDRAM sig...

Page 31: ...Installation EP 6CXA2C Page 3 9 Figure 13 Upgrade Configuration...

Page 32: ...modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down figure 16 until it fits tightly into the RIMM socket figure 17 Figure 15 Figure 16 RIM...

Page 33: ...modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down figure 16a until it fits tightly into the RIMM socket figure 17a Figure 15a Figure 16a...

Page 34: ...able pentium II III Retention Mechanism This pre installed device is designed for you to install Pentium II III CPU more easier and to avoide any damage on the board due to overtightening the four scr...

Page 35: ...Now we are ready to install the SEC Cartridge Pentium II III Processor into the Retention Module The SEC Cartridge is mounted by sliding the SEC Cartridge into the Retention Module and letting it slid...

Page 36: ...monitor 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 Co...

Page 37: ...o 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 ac...

Page 38: ...ors continued The EP 6CXA2C 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...

Page 39: ...sh 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 K...

Page 40: ...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 system wit...

Page 41: ...ED OFF ON Blanking OFF OFF c It saves and keeps all on screen data including any executed applications to RDRAM d You must push the Power button connected with onboard J3 pin to wake up you system not...

Page 42: ...Installation EP 6CXA2C Page 3 20 Page Left Blank...

Page 43: ...s 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 It...

Page 44: ...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 45: ...n 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 se...

Page 46: ...cribed 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 instal...

Page 47: ...2C 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 Mast...

Page 48: ...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 g...

Page 49: ...US Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Enabl...

Page 50: ...egory speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power up the computer If it is set to Enable BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST Fir...

Page 51: ...e 250 500 750 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied i...

Page 52: ...ings 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...

Page 53: ...deo BIOS resulting in better 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 t...

Page 54: ...y 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 64MB of sys...

Page 55: ...IDE 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...

Page 56: ...E 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 automatic det...

Page 57: ...trl 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 th...

Page 58: ...ed Parallel Port mode ECP Extended Capabilities Port mode EPP ECP ECP Mode EPP Mode ECP Mode Select This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I O chip options EPP1 9 EPP1 7 ECP...

Page 59: ...use 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 60: ...ranges 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 hor...

Page 61: ...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 62: ...any changes to the default settings Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have inst...

Page 63: ...ff Current System Temp This is the Current temperature of the system Windows95 If you set this field to manual choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field a su...

Page 64: ...Vcore Vcc 5V 12V 12V 5V VBAT 5VSB 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 overhe...

Page 65: ...that is 100MHz or 133MHz Note The RDRAM Bus memory time is difference with SDRAM If you set the RDRAM Bus Frequency to be too high then the system will not turn on again no display You can clear CMOS...

Page 66: ...is item allows you to increase the CPU Vcore Voltage 4 9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press Ente...

Page 67: ...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 di...

Page 68: ...turn 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 Wi...

Page 69: ...lder Supported operat ing 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...

Page 70: ...Drivers Installation EP 6CXA2C Page 5 2 Page Left Blank...

Page 71: ...able 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 qua...

Page 72: ...O 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 amp...

Page 73: ...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 74: ...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 a...

Page 75: ...are 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 A...

Page 76: ...e 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...

Page 77: ...iding 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 P...

Page 78: ...ignal 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 slide...

Page 79: ...igured 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...

Page 80: ...CI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C 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 enabl...

Page 81: ...e 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 speak...

Page 82: ...nal 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...

Page 83: ...6CXA2C Page 6 13 Optical Fiber Application in CMI8738 SPDIF OUT MD Onboard s Sound MP3 Player Setup Optical SW Setting OPTICAL IN SPDIF OUT OPTICAL OUT SPDIF IN from CD ROM DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL SPDIF...

Page 84: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C Page 6 14 An optical fiber is used to connect the onboard s sound and the MD EP SPDIF0...

Page 85: ...EP 6CXA2C 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 Envi...

Page 86: ...leted 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 th...

Page 87: ...ay 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 88: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C Page 6 18...

Page 89: ...6 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...

Page 90: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C Page 6 20 The un selected area will be grayed out...

Page 91: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C Page 6 21 The un selected area will be grayed out...

Page 92: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C Page 6 22 The un selected area will be grayed out...

Page 93: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C 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 94: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C Page 6 24 CMI8738 SPDIF IN Portable CD Player Output to CMI8738 Optical Input Setup OPTICAL IN OPTICAL IN OPTICAL OUT...

Page 95: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C Page 6 25 When the connection is done please go to the Start menu and select PCI Audio Applications Audio Environment Setting...

Page 96: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C Page 6 26...

Page 97: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C Page 6 27 Loopback bypass mode setup CD ROM Digital Output to CMI8738 SPDIF IN Setup...

Page 98: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C Page 6 28 When the connection is done please go to the Start menu and select PCI Audio Applications Audio Environment Setting...

Page 99: ...ase 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 th...

Page 100: ...PCI Audio Sound EP 6CXA2C Page 6 30 Page Left Blank...

Page 101: ...e 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 M...

Page 102: ...nnel 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 de...

Page 103: ...hannel 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 regis...

Page 104: ...7 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 INFORMATIONFLAG 34 3F...

Page 105: ...OS 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 R...

Page 106: ...fault 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 SM...

Page 107: ...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...

Page 108: ...Reserved 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 Res...

Page 109: ...for 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...

Page 110: ...t 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 R...

Page 111: ...served 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 in...

Page 112: ...Appendix EP 6CXA2C A 12 Page Left Blank...

Page 113: ...oad 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 Optimize...

Page 114: ...Appendix EP 6CXA2C A 14 Page Left Blank...

Page 115: ...older 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 a...

Page 116: ...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 T...

Page 117: ...EP 6CXA2C 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 bac...

Page 118: ...x EP 6CXA2C 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 t...

Page 119: ...pendix EP 6CXA2C 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 Partitio...

Page 120: ...rtition 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...

Page 121: ...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 requir...

Page 122: ...Appendix EP 6CXA2C 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 123: ...ndix EP 6CXA2C 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 er...

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