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Appendix

EP-MVP4A2

A-13

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 backup file.

Summary of Contents for EP-MVP4A2

Page 1: ...4A2 EP MVP4A2 EP MVP4A2 EP MVP4A2 ISA ISA ISA ISA ISA PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP PCI Mainboard with Onb...

Page 2: ...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 identificati...

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...

Page 4: ...asy Installation Procedure Configure DIP Switch 3 3 System Memory Configuration 3 5 Device Connectors 3 7 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Function KBPO 3 9 Section 4 Award BIOS S...

Page 5: ...hout Saving 4 26 Section 5 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 Appendix C L...

Page 6: ...EP MVP4A2 Page Left Blank...

Page 7: ...e 1 1 Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist A 1 One mainboard B 1 One user s manual C 1 Floppy ribbon cable D 1 ATA 66 IDE ribbon cable E 1 COM Port Connector F 1 Driver and utility USER S MANUA...

Page 8: ...ize and position 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...

Page 9: ...ormally open The EP MVP4A2 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 button and the other is the Soft Off...

Page 10: ...MVP4A2 Page 1 4 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller VT82C501 VT82C686A I O Bridge Socket 7 Processor 100 66 MHz 100 66 MHz USB 0 1 USB 2 3 AC97 COD...

Page 11: ...PIO Mode 3 4 and Ultra DMA 33 66 devices The EP MVP4A2 supports 5 PCI Bus Mas ter slots and a jumperless PCI INT control scheme which reduces configu ration confusion when plugging in PCI card s Suppo...

Page 12: ...motely Resume by Alarm Allows your system to turn on at a preselected time Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM System Management Mode Supports USDM software to offer motherboard various status Built i...

Page 13: ...Installation EP MVP4A2 Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 14: ...Installation EP MVP4A2 Page 3 2 Figure 1 EP MVP4A2 Detailed Layout...

Page 15: ...unction KBPO Section 3 1 Configure Jumpers We design this motherboard with the fastest jumpers to make your install fast and easy Note The jumpers as depicted as shown Figure 1 in their correct physic...

Page 16: ...366 300MHz PR366 100MHz 200MHz PR266 200MHz 66MHz 3X PR300 225MHz 75MHz 250MHz PR333 266Mhz 83MHz PR400 PR380 95MHz 300MHz PR433 PR400 100MHz 233MHz PR300 233MHz 66MHz 3 5X PR333 75MHz PR400 83MHz 333...

Page 17: ...s using Figure 2 SDRAM only supports 8 16 32 64 128MB DIMM modules We recommend to use PC100 Memory Module for bus speed between 66MHz and 100MHz DIMM 1 DIMM 2 Bank 0 1 Bank 2 3 DIMM 3 Bank 4 5 Synchr...

Page 18: ...installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down figure 4 until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 5 Figure 3 Figure 5 DIMM Module clip af...

Page 19: ...nector Power_LED Speaker Reset Power_ON OFF Turbo LED and HDD LED IR Connector J4 CPU Fan Power A plug in for the CPU Fan Power J6 Chassis Fan Power A plug in for the chassis Fan Power J7 WOL Wake On...

Page 20: ...stem is in 4 sec delay mode there is a special feature to make the system to go into suspend mode when the button is pressed momentarily J2 Speaker Connect to the system s speaker for beeping 1 Speake...

Page 21: ...k with it Step 1 Please check JP4 at the position 2 3 after you finished the system installation Step 2 You can enjoy the Keyboard Power ON function KBPO by pressing any 2 key and BUTTON only to turn...

Page 22: ...Installation EP MVP4A2 Page 3 10 Page Left Blank...

Page 23: ...e 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 Del...

Page 24: ...d time type 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...

Page 25: ...a help message for the selected item Figure 3 BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5LHPA9 BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache...

Page 26: ...plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning CPU Internal Cache This controls the status of the processor s internal cache area The default is Enabled Enabled This...

Page 27: ...The BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note BIOS can not tell the difference between 720K 1 2MB and 1 44MB drive types as they are all 80 tracks Boot Up NumLock St...

Page 28: ...Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but the access to Setup will be denied if the incorrect password is not entered at the prompt PCI...

Page 29: ...enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow CC000 CFFFF Shadow D0000 D3FFF Shadow D4000 D7FFF Shadow D8000 DBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow These categories determine whether ROMs from...

Page 30: ...when PBSRAMs are installed Pipelining improves system performance The Choice Enabled Disabled ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5LHPA9 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Bank 0 1 DRAM Timing SDRAM Fast OnChip...

Page 31: ...that the cache controller is enabled The Choice Enabled Disabled Memory Hole You can reserve this memory area for the use of ISA adaptor ROMs The default is Disabled Enabled This field enables the ma...

Page 32: ...me Buffer Size Specify the size of system memory to allocate for video memory from 1 MB to 8 MB The Choice NA 2MB 4MB 8MB OnChip USB Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB c...

Page 33: ...function is disabled Max saving Maximum power savings Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode Min saving Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5LHPA9 PO...

Page 34: ...o Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer MODEM Use...

Page 35: ...any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which has been powered down LPT COM When set to On default any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has b...

Page 36: ...d manually You can set which IRQ X and DMA X are assigned to PCI ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards Auto If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards BIOS will assign the interrupt resource automatically...

Page 37: ...on the PCI bus where possible make use of the high performance PCI bust protocol in which graeater amounts of data are transferred at a single command The Choice Enabled Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write...

Page 38: ...field may not appear and it does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled The Choice Enabled Disabled ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5LHPA9 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC OnChip ID...

Page 39: ...IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Primary Slave PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessin...

Page 40: ...floppy drive interface controller Disabled Disable the Onboard floppy drive interface controller Onboard Serial Port 1 This field allows the user to configure the 1st serial port The default is Auto...

Page 41: ...rallel port mode The default is ECP EPP Normal Standard mode IBM PC AT Compatible bidirectional parallel port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port mode ECP Extended Capabilities Port mode EPP ECP ECP Mode EPP M...

Page 42: ...tion MPU 401 MPU 401 function enabled disabled MPU 401 I O Address Built in MPU 401 compatible MIDI I O port selection 300 303H 310 313H 320 323H 330 333H default FM Port 388 38BH Frequency modulation...

Page 43: ...D SETUP Figure 9 Sensor And CPU Speed Setup Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When enabled the motherboard will automatically disable the clock source for a DIMM socket which does not have a module in it Same...

Page 44: ...The system will not turn off the CPU fan during suspend mode Current System Temp This is the Current temperature of the system Current CPU Temperature This is the current temperature of the CPU Curre...

Page 45: ...d 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 u...

Page 46: ...3 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 sector...

Page 47: ...aBytes 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 Som...

Page 48: ...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 11 Save Exit Setup The SAVE EXIT SETUP option...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...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 51: ...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 52: ...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 53: ...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 54: ...IOS 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 tes...

Page 55: ...Values 42 Initialize floppy 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...

Page 56: ...skipped 2 Set the boot 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 ta...

Page 57: ...orrupted STANDARD CMOS SETUP SENSOR AND CPU SPEED SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURA ETU...

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Page 59: ...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 60: ...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 61: ...EP MVP4A2 A 13 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 62: ...x EP MVP4A2 A 14 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 63: ...pendix EP MVP4A2 A 15 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 64: ...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 65: ...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 66: ...Appendix EP MVP4A2 A 18 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 67: ...ndix EP MVP4A2 A 19 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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