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Manual Revision 1.0

February 9, 1999

EP-ZX370Y

EP-ZX370Y

EP-ZX370Y

EP-ZX370Y

EP-ZX370Y

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A Mendocino

A Mendocino

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A Mendocino

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Processor based AGP

Processor based AGP

Processor based AGP

Processor based AGP

Processor based AGP

mainboard (100/66MHz)

mainboard (100/66MHz)

mainboard (100/66MHz)

mainboard (100/66MHz)

mainboard (100/66MHz)

Summary of Contents for EP-ZX370Y

Page 1: ...ebruary 9 1999 EP ZX370Y EP ZX370Y EP ZX370Y EP ZX370Y EP ZX370Y A Mendocino A Mendocino A Mendocino A Mendocino A Mendocino Soc Soc Soc Soc Sock k k k ket 370 et 370 et 370 et 370 et 370 Processor ba...

Page 2: ...EP ZX370Y...

Page 3: ...ress tech epox com Record your serial number before installing your EP ZX370Y mainboard the serial number is located near the ISA slots at the edge of the board EPoX EP ZX370Y serial number __________...

Page 4: ...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 Products...

Page 5: ...ailedLayout 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure ConfigureJumpers 3 3 SystemMemoryConfiguration 3 4 DeviceConnectors 3 7 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Function KBPO 3 9 Section 4 Aw...

Page 6: ...Section 5 PCI Sound DriverInstallation 5 1 Section 6 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 Appendix B POST Codes A 5 UnexpectedE...

Page 7: ...nents Checklist A 1 EP ZX370Y mainboard B 1 EP ZX370Y user s manual C 1 Floppy ribbon cable D 1 Hard drive ribbon cables E 1 PS 2 to AT keyboard connector adapter optional F 1 Bus master drivers 1 USD...

Page 8: ...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 the...

Page 9: ...should be a momentary button that is normally open The EP ZX370Y 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 10: ...ion EP ZX370Y Page 1 4 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram PAC PCI Bridge and m em ory controller 443ZX PllX4E I O Bridge 100 66MHz 100 66MHz 66MHz PCI Sound AC 97 Mendocino socket 370...

Page 11: ...GP slot and provides 2 independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 4 and Ultra DMA 33 devices The EP ZX370Y supports 3 PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI IN...

Page 12: ...he 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 Hot key Any key or password...

Page 13: ...Installation EP ZX370Y Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Page 14: ...Intel PIIX4E PCIset Winbond 83977 I Oset COM 1 USB COM 2 Parallel Port USB 1 Top Mouse Top USB 0 Bottom PS 2 Keyboard Bottom DIMM 2 DIMM 1 Bank 0 Bank 1 IDE2 FDD1 IDE1 Secondary IDE Flash Memory for...

Page 15: ...w er O N fu n ction refer to th e section 3 4 JP 13 1 2 E na bled 2 3 D isab le d D efau lt 1 3 J7 W O L W ak e O n L an C on n ector R eserved for N IC N etw ork In terface C ard to W ak e th e Syste...

Page 16: ...ommend using SDRAM DIMM can not mixing with EDO DIMM modules The EDO DIMM only support Mendocino PPGA370 Processor at 66MHz DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz 12ns 100MHz 10ns or 125MHz 8ns bus speed Maximum of...

Page 17: ...memory module DIMMs have 168 pins and two notches that will match with the onboard DIMM socket DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing s...

Page 18: ...3 6 Figure 8 DIMM Module clip before installation Figure 9 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: ...n for the CPU Fan Power J6 Chassis Fan Power A plug in for the chassis Fan Power J7 WOL Wake On Lan Connector PW2 ATX Power Connector 20 pin power connector J2 J3 Chassis Panel Connector Keylock Speak...

Page 20: ...to go into suspend mode when the button is pressed momentarily J2 Section 3 3 Device Connectors continued Speaker Connect to the system s speaker for beeping 1 Speaker 3 GND 2 N C 4 GND Reset Closed t...

Page 21: ...1 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...

Page 22: ...e power supply with 0 72A 720mA in 5 0VSB With our EP ZX370Y 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...

Page 23: ...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 press the...

Page 24: ...size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference When a field is highlighted use direction keys to move the cursor and the Enter key to select the entries in the field can be change...

Page 25: ...ear You should then run an anti virus program to locate the virus Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive The default value is Disabled ROM PCI ISA BIOS...

Page 26: ...ncreasing 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 Enab...

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: ...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 video BIOS t...

Page 30: ...IMM in Pentium II processor at 66MHz only ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A59IPAB CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Auto Configuration Enabled Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled EDO DRAM Timing 60ns Spread Sp...

Page 31: ...SDRAM CAS Latency Time This setting defines the CAS timing parameter of the SDRAM in terms of clocks The default is 3 2 Provides faster memory performance 3 Provides better memory compatibility Syste...

Page 32: ...ime This function allows you to set the wait state that is added to an 16 bit ISA instruction originated by the PCI bus The default is 2 NA No wait state 4 4 wait states 3 3 wait states 2 2 wait state...

Page 33: ...ccessable by the AGP card Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Allows you to stop DIMM PCI Clock drive when the DIMM site or PCI Slot are not plug This item may help reduce EMI The default is Enabled Enabled Prov...

Page 34: ...elect ACPI Function The default is Enabled Enabled Support ACPI function for new O S Disabled No Support ACPI function ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A59IPAB POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC ACPI Function...

Page 35: ...you 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 th...

Page 36: ...s 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 from 1 minute up to...

Page 37: ...when Power Loss Recovery is Enabled The default is Enabled Enabled The system will turn on at the preset time Disabled The system can not have this function Date of month Alarm This is how you set th...

Page 38: ...interrupt resource automatically Reset Configuration Data This setting allows you to clear ESCD data The default is Disabled ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KPA9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PNP OS I...

Page 39: ...base addr The Used MEM base addr CB00 CC00 D000 D400 D800 DC00 and Used MEM Length 8K 16K 32K 64K are used to support some specific ISA Legacy cards with requested memory space below 1M address Now w...

Page 40: ...f sectors rather than a single sector at a time The default is Enabled ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KPA9 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto IDE Pri...

Page 41: ...t the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode IDE Primary Slave PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboar...

Page 42: ...abled The hard drive will run in normal mode IDE Secondary Slave 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 s...

Page 43: ...IDE and frees up the resource OnBoard Secondary PCI IDE This option turns on off the onboard secondary IDE The default is enabled Enabled This activates the secondary PCI IDE Disabled This disables th...

Page 44: ...ller The default is Normal IrDA Support a Serial Infrared Inferface IrDA ASKIR Support a Sharp Serial Infrared Interface formats Normal The IRRX and IRTX pins of IR function in normal condition Onboar...

Page 45: ...corrupted or the option was not used a default password stored in the ROM will be used The screen will display the following message Enter Password Press the Enter key to continue after the proper pas...

Page 46: ...rd BIOS supports 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 cyli...

Page 47: ...aBytes which is obtained by the followingformula 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 48: ...interleave number of the hard disk drive you wish to perform a low level format on You may select from 1 to 8 Check the documentation that came with the drive for the correct interleave number or sel...

Page 49: ...tion l InstallingtheDS XGDeviceDriverSoftware l AdjustingtheDS XGMixerControlSettings In order to properly install the DS XG device driver to your computer please follow the sections contained in this...

Page 50: ...iver Installation ThissectionexplainshowtoverifyiftheDS XGdevicedriverandsoftwarewere installedsuccessfully ToseeiftheDS XGdevicedriverhasbeeninstalledsuccessfully completethefollowingsteps 1 Clickthe...

Page 51: ...theVolumeofAudioDevices ThissectionexplainshowtousetheWindowsstandardvolumecontroltoadjustthe volumeofaudiodevicesinyourcomputer 1 ClickontheSpeakericonlocatedinthebottomrightmostcorneroftheWindows ta...

Page 52: ...showninFigure3 2below Figure3 2 TheVolumeControlwindow 5 TheAdvancedControlforMicrophonewindowwillnowappearasshownin Figure3 3below AdjusttheBassandTrebleasdesiredbydraggingtheslide barshorizontally I...

Page 53: ...salready startedandtheVolumeControlwindowisalreadydisplayed Ifthisnotthe case refertoSection3 1forthenecessarystepstoreachthisstage 1 Toaccessthevolumecontrolforrecordingdevice clickonOptionsinthemenu...

Page 54: ...ettings InordertoproperlyinstalltheDS XGdevicedrivertoyourcomputer pleasefollowin orderthesectionscontainedinthisguide 2 Installing the DS XG Device Driver Software Thissectioncontainstheproceduresfor...

Page 55: ...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 56: ...d 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 I...

Page 57: ...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 58: ...Appendix EP ZX370Y A 4 Page Left Blank...

Page 59: ...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 60: ...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 61: ...r 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 62: ...ration 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 configura...

Page 63: ...s corrupted LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROMPCI ISABIOS 2A69KPA9 CMOSSETUPUTILITY AWARDSOFTWARE INC Load SETUP Default Y N Y STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FE...

Page 64: ...the screen becomes blank or the system locks up after above Setting which means the CPU you are using is unable to over clock Please refer to the followings to recover the CPU clock frequency Step 1 P...

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