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Manual Revision 2.1

July 22, 1999

EP-6ZXM

A P

A Pentium

entium

II or P

II or Pentium

entium

III

Slot1 Processor based AGP

mainboard (100/66MHz)

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Page 1: ...P 6ZXM EP 6ZXM EP 6ZXM EP 6ZXM 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...

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...

Page 3: ...__________________________ Contacting Technical Support EPoX technical support is working hard to answer all of your questions online From our website you can find answers to many common questions dri...

Page 4: ...Section 3 Installation EP 6ZXM Detailed Layout 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure Configure Jumpers 3 3 System Memory Configuration 3 5 Installing a Pentium II III Processor 3 8 Device Connectors 3 10 Ex...

Page 5: ...ound Driver Installation 5 1 Section 6 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 5 Unexpected Errors A 8...

Page 6: ...EP 6ZXM Page Left Blank...

Page 7: ...ard B 1 EP 6ZXM user s manual C 1 Floppy ribbon cable D 1 Hard driver ribbon cables E 1 Foldable Retention Module F 1 Heatsink Support Unit Optional G 1 PS 2 to AT keyboard connector adapter optional...

Page 8: ...a high speed bus The Pentium II or Pentium III Processor card supports both uni processor and dual processor implementations The Pentium II or Pentium III Processor utilizes Single Edge Contact S E C...

Page 9: ...s names for packaging technology such as PGA or TCP Processor card The green PCB with or without components on it Processor core The silicon on the PLGA package on the PCB Cover The plastic cover on t...

Page 10: ...uires a tremendous amount of memory and demands ever increasing throughput speed as well As 3D products for the personal computer become more and more popular these demands will only increase This wil...

Page 11: ...of this aperture is defined allowing PC manufacturers to add new I O features e g TV input TV output joystick modem LAN etc to systems This will help systems integrators differentiate their products...

Page 12: ...a momentary button that is normally open The EP 6ZXM 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 the button...

Page 13: ...on EP 6ZXM Page 1 7 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram Pentium II or Processor Pentium III PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller 443ZX PllX4E I O Bridge 100 66MHz 100 66MHz 66MHz PCI So...

Page 14: ...Introduction EP 6ZXM Page 1 8 Page Left Blank...

Page 15: ...odules Supports 1 16 bit ISA slots 3 32 bit PCI slots 1 AGP slot and provides 2 independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 4 and Ultra DMA 33 devices The EP 6ZXM...

Page 16: ...ports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM System Management Mode Supports Desktop Management Interface DMI facilitating the manage ment of desktop computers hardware and software components and peripherals whe...

Page 17: ...Installation EP 6ZXM Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 18: ...Installation EP 6ZXM Page 3 2 Figure 1 EP 6ZXM Detailed Layout...

Page 19: ...ers to make your installa tion fast and easy The following will 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...

Page 20: ...sing only the finest quality modules EPoX would like to stress that using non compliant PC100 SDRAM modules with a 100MHz or higher FSB severely compromises the integrity of the system Note 1 AUTO CPU...

Page 21: ...IMM together EDO DIMM can only be used with the 66MHz FSB We recommend using at least 125MHz 8ns SDRAM DIMM at the 100MHz or higher FSB as timing becomes more critical at these higher speeds DIMM SDRA...

Page 22: ...R KEY ZONE 3 3 V DRAM 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 6 5 2 m u m i x a M M A R D S O D E B M 2 3 B M 6 1 B M 8 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 M A R D S O D E...

Page 23: ...3 7 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 socket Figure 4 DIMM Module...

Page 24: ...lled 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 screws One thing must be kept in your mind that please ma...

Page 25: ...ink and then push forward until it clips into the bottom base figure 7 that is already there figure 9 Figure 8 Figure 7 shows the layout of Slot 1 and the holes for mounting the Heatsink base piece fi...

Page 26: ...s Fan Power A plug in for the chassis Fan Power J7 WOL Wake On Lan Connector PW1 ATX Power Connector 20 pin power connector J2 J3 Chassis Panel Connector Keylock Speaker Reset Sleep Turbo LED and HDD...

Page 27: ...sec delay mode there is a special feature to 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...

Page 28: ...ase 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 seconds to tu...

Page 29: ...e the power supply with 0 72A 720mA in 5 0VSB With our 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 0 1 100...

Page 30: ...Installation EP 6ZXM Page 3 14 Page Left Blank...

Page 31: ...sible for 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 p...

Page 32: ...e of hard disk drive installed floppy drive type and display type Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference When a field is highlighted use direction keys to move the c...

Page 33: ...item Figure 3 BIOS Features Setup ROMPCI ISABIOS 2A69KPAB BIOSFEATURESSETUP AWARDSOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled Ex...

Page 34: ...ble the virus warning CPU Internal Cache This controls the status of the processor s internal cache area The default is Enabled Enabled This activates the processor s internal cache thereby increasing...

Page 35: ...On Self Test POST BIOS will deter mine 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 tracks The default is Enabled Enabled T...

Page 36: ...500 msec 750 750 msec 1000 1000 msec Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup or just to Setup The default is Setup System The system will not boot and the acce...

Page 37: ...No FDD For 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 v...

Page 38: ...ISABIOS 2A69KPAB CHIPSETFEATURESSETUP AWARDSOFTWARE INC Auto Configuration Enabled EDO DRAM Timing 60ns EDO CASx MA wait state 2 EDO RASx Wait State 1 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3 SDRAM RAS Precharge Tim...

Page 39: ...nce SDRAM RAS Precharge Time The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before SDRAM refresh If insuffi cient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete an...

Page 40: ...er video access Disabled Reduced video performance 8 Bit I O Recovery Time This function allows you to set the wait state that is added to an 8 bit ISA instruction originated by the PCI bus The defaul...

Page 41: ...of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 128 128MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 256 256MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Allows you to stop...

Page 42: ...effects of an overheating system Requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Management BIOS and ACPI compliant operating system The default is 60 C 140 F Options available are 60 C 140 F to 75 C 167 F in i...

Page 43: ...aving Maximum power savings Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode Min saving Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode User define Allows user to define PM Timers parameters...

Page 44: ...nt values Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer Video Off After Tells you what time frame that the video will be disabled under current power management settings The default is St...

Page 45: ...wer management Disabled Your monitor s power features will not be included in power management Soft Off by PWR BTTN Use this to select your soft off function The default is Delay 4 sec Instant Off Tur...

Page 46: ...preset time Disabled The system can not have this function These options allow the user to reset the global power features timer if any of the enabled events occur IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI The default is Dis...

Page 47: ...PCI card are all PNP cards BIOS will assign the interrupt resource automatically ROMPCI ISABIOS 2A69KPAB PNP PCICONFIGURATION AWARDSOFTWARE INC PNP OS Installed NO Resources Controlled By Manual Reset...

Page 48: ...r to specify what IRQ will be assigned to PCI devices in the chosen slot Options available Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 The defaults are Auto Used MEM base addr The Used MEM base addr CB00 CC00 D000...

Page 49: ...Disabled Disable IDE HDD Block Mode Esc Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KPAB INTEGRATEDPERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC ID...

Page 50: ...D Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode IDE Primary Master UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The compute...

Page 51: ...on There are Button Only Hot Key and Any key can be chosen by this field that allows users to select one of these various functions as Power On Method for their requirement The default value in this s...

Page 52: ...t 1 and address is Auto adjusted COM1 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8H IRQ4 COM2 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8H IRQ3 COM3 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is...

Page 53: ...ess 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 Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel por...

Page 54: ...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 55: ...HDD modes NORMAL LBA LARGE NORMAL 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 sectors...

Page 56: ...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 57: ...he 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 Save Exit Setup The SAVE EXIT SETUP option...

Page 58: ...BIOS EP 6ZXM Page 4 28 Page Left Blank...

Page 59: ...alling the DS XG Device Driver Software l Adjusting the DS XG Mixer Control Settings In order to properly install the DS XG device driver to your computer please follow the sections contained in this...

Page 60: ...xplains how to verify if the DS XG device driver and software were installed successfully To see if the DS XG device driver has been installed successfully complete the following steps 1 Click the Sta...

Page 61: ...ces This section explains how to use the Windows standard volume control to adjust the volume of audio devices in your computer 1 Click on the Speaker icon located in the bottom rightmost corner of th...

Page 62: ...below Figure 5 4 The Volume Control window 5 The Advanced Control for Microphone window will now appear as shown in Figure 5 5 below Adjust the Bass and Treble as desired by dragging the slide bars h...

Page 63: ...nd the Volume Control window is already displayed If this not the case refer to Section 3 1 for the necessary steps to reach this stage 1 To access the volume control for recording device click on Opt...

Page 64: ...stall the DS XG device driver to your computer please follow in order the sections contained in this guide 2 Installing the DS XG Device Driver Software This section contains the procedures for instal...

Page 65: ...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 66: ...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 67: ...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 68: ...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 69: ...ace 07 Reserved 08 Verifies CMOS s basic 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 2...

Page 70: ...OS Data code Part No OEM specific sign on messages Energy Star Logo Green BIOS ONLY CPU brand type speed Test system BIOS checksum Non Compress Version only 0F DMA channel 0 test 10 DMA channel 1 test...

Page 71: ...oppy disk drive controller 43 Initialize Hard drive controller 45 If it is a PnP BIOS initialize serial parallel ports 44 Reserved 45 Initialize math coprocessor 46 4D Reserved 4E If there is any erro...

Page 72: ...up speed according to Setup setting 3 Last chance for Chipset initialization 4 Last chance for Power Management initialization Green BIOS only 5 Show the system configuration table 62 1 Setup daylight...

Page 73: ...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 74: ...Appendix EP 6ZXM A 10 Page Left Blank...

Page 75: ...If screen becomes blank or system can t boot anymore after above setting that means your CPU couldn t be capable of supporting overclock and you have to follow the steps below to recover the CPU clock...

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