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Manual Revision 3.2

July 23, 1999

EP-BX3

A P

A Pentium

entium

II or P

II or Pentium

entium

III

Slot1 Processor based AGP

mainboard (100/66MHz)

Summary of Contents for EP-BX3

Page 1: ...EP BX3 EP BX3 EP BX3 EP BX3 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 A...

Page 2: ...EP BX3...

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 driv...

Page 4: ...hout 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 identifi...

Page 5: ...mote 1 7 SystemBlockDiagram 1 8 Section 2 Features EP BX3 Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation EP BX3DetailedLayout 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure ConfigureJumpers 3 3 SystemMemoryConfiguration 3 5 In...

Page 6: ...Password 4 24 IDE HDD Auto Detection 4 25 Save Exit Setup 4 27 Exit Without Saving 4 27 Appendix Appendix A Memory Map A 1 I O Map A 1 Timer DMAChannelsMap A 2 InterruptMap A 2 RTC CMOS RAM Map A 3 A...

Page 7: ...d B 1 EP BX3 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...

Page 8: ...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 Figure 1 cartridge packaging technology Th...

Page 9: ...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 processor uses Socket 8 Retention mechanism Formerly...

Page 10: ...e and more popular these demands will only increase This will cause a rise in costs for both end users and manufacturers Lowering these costs as well as improving performance is the primary motivation...

Page 11: ...Introduction EP BX3 Page 1 5 Page Right Blank...

Page 12: ...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 material...

Page 13: ...f button should be a momentary button that is normally open The EP BX3 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...

Page 14: ...ntroduction EP BX3 Page 1 8 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram Pentium II or Processor Pentium III PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller 443BX PllX4E I O Bridge 100 66MHz 100 66MHz 66MH...

Page 15: ...errors and correct 1 bit memory errors Supports 2 16 bit ISA slots 5 32 bit PCI slots 1 AGP slot and provides 2 independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 4 and...

Page 16: ...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 Inte...

Page 17: ...Installation EP BX3 Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 18: ...Bottom IDE2 Secondary IDE IDE1 FDD1 CPU Cartridge SLOT 1 J7 WOL DIMM 2 DIMM 1 Bank 0 Bank 1 DIMM 3 Bank 2 Flash Memory for BIOS J5 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 5 COM 1 COM 2 COM 2 USB PS 2 ESDJ JP3...

Page 19: ...the ESDJ that you are required to set before moving on to step 3 2 Note The ESDJ as depicted as shown Figure 1 in their correct physical orientation JP 13 D efault K eyboard Pow er O N function refer...

Page 20: ...the CPU speed Furthermore one thing you may need to bear in mind before the CPU installation it is anyway our advice to use JP3 and set up right speed of Slot1 processor at any time Note 1 AUTO CPU Bu...

Page 21: ...6MHz not support Pentium III Processor at 100MHz We recommend when installed the 100MHz Pentium III Processor using DIMM SDRAM must be 125MHz 8ns bus speed If used 100MHz 10ns SDRAM may be critical ti...

Page 22: ...ssing 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: ...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 be...

Page 24: ...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 screws One thing m...

Page 25: ...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 S...

Page 26: ...ke On Lan Connector J8 SB LINK Connector 5 PIN Header for Creative Blaster AWE64D PCI Sound Card PW2 ATX Power Connector 20 pin power connector J2 J3 Chassis Panel Connector Keylock Speaker Reset Slee...

Page 27: ...m 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 to...

Page 28: ...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 seconds t...

Page 29: ...e power supply with 0 72A 720mA in 5 0VSB With our EP BX3 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...

Page 30: ...Installation EP BX3 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: ...tem 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 Ext...

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 Th...

Page 36: ...00 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 acces...

Page 37: ...o 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 vi...

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: ...ce 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 and...

Page 40: ...r 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 default...

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 D...

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 in...

Page 43: ...ving 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 t...

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: ...er 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 Turn...

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: ...CI 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: ...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 D...

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: ...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 computer...

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: ...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 3...

Page 53: ...ss 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 port...

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: ...ytes 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 BX3 Page 4 28 Page Left Blank...

Page 59: ...FFF 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 60: ...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 INT...

Page 61: ...ter 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 62: ...Appendix EP BX3 A 4 Page Left Blank...

Page 63: ...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 initializa...

Page 64: ...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 65: ...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 I...

Page 66: ...tion 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 configurati...

Page 67: ...corrupted LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROMPCI ISABIOS 2A69KPAB CMOSSETUPUTILITY AWARDSOFTWARE INC Load SETUP Default Y N Y STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEAT...

Page 68: ...o complete BIOS setting 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...

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