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EPE-1814V2NAR 

EPE 全长主板带 VGA 和双千兆 LAN 

EPE Full-size Motherboard with VGA and 

Double Gigabit LAN 

Version:C00

Summary of Contents for EPE-1814V2NAR

Page 1: ...EPE 1814V2NAR EPE 全长主板带 VGA 和双千兆 LAN EPE Full size Motherboard with VGA and Double Gigabit LAN Version C00 ...

Page 2: ...y read the users manual before handling the product 2 For the board which is not ready to be installed please put it in the anti static packaging 3 Before taking the board out from anti static packaging please put your hand on grounded metal object for a while about 10 seconds to discharge static 4 Please wear static protective gloves when holding the board and always hold the board by edges 5 Bef...

Page 3: ...em Memory 2 Video Function 2 Network Function 2 Audio Function 3 Power Feature 3 Expansion Bus 3 Watchdog Function 3 I O Connector 3 Chapter 2 Installation 4 Product Outline 4 Locations of Connectors 5 Motherboard Structure 6 Jumper Setting 7 Audio Connector 7 Video Connector 8 LAN Port 8 Serial Port 9 Parallel Port 9 IDE Connector 10 SATA Connector 11 ...

Page 4: ... Fan Connector 15 Install the CPU 16 Install the CPU Cooling Fan 16 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 19 Overview 19 BIOS Parameter Setup 19 Basic Function Setting for BIOS 20 The System Resource Managed by BIOS under x86 Platform 37 Chapter 4 Install the Driver 41 Appendix 42 Watchdog Programming Guide 42 Digital I O Programming Guide 44 Way and Steps for RAID Installation 47 ...

Page 5: ...th shared memory up to 352MB on board two DDR3 memory slots support dual channel DDR3 800 1066MHz up to 4GB eight USB2 0 ports four on motherboard and the other four are educed via the carrier two RS 232 COMs one parallel port two Gigabit LAN ports four SATA connectors two on motherboard and the other two are educed via the carrier one IDE connector one PS 2 keyboard and mouse connector one 8 bit ...

Page 6: ... Celeron 400 series CPU 800 1066 1333MHz FSB Not support Intel Core 2 Extreme Pentium 4 Pentium D and Celeron D series CPU Chipset Intel G41 Intel ICH7R System Memory Provide two 240 Pin DDR3 memory slots support DDR3 800 1066MHz Un buffered non ECC memory up to 4GB Video Function Intel G41 North Bridge chip integrates VGA display with maximum resolution up to 2048 X 1536 75Hz Network Function Pro...

Page 7: ...one PCIE x4 four USBs two SATAs SMBUS and four PCI master expansions Watchdog Function Ø Support 255 levels programmable by minute or second Ø Support watchdog interrupt or reset system I O Connector Ø One parallel port Ø Two COMs COM1 supports Wake up function Ø One IDE connector Ø Four SATA connectors two of which are educed via carrier support RAID0 1 5 and 10 Ø Eight USB2 0 ports four of which...

Page 8: ...Chapter 2 Installation 4 EPE 1814V2NAR Chapter 2 Installation Product Outline 338 6 129 7 175 16 6 23 8 6 8 6 5 4 14 7 3 8 120 10 5 H3 H1 H5 H10 H7 H9 H8 H4 H2 H6 Unit mm ...

Page 9: ...Chapter 2 Installation EPE 1814V2NAR 5 Locations of Connectors FP1 FP3 FP2 CPUFAN1 PWR1 SYSFAN1 JCC1 KM1 VGA1 LAN2 LAN1 AUDIO1 IDE1 LPT1 COM2 COM1 USB1 USB2 SATA1 SATA2 DIMM2 DIMM1 GPIO1 ...

Page 10: ... SPI Flash G41 Connector PATA Port EPE SPI RTL8111D PCI E Port 6 Keyboard PCI E x4 DMI PCI E x4 PCI E Port5 Display Interface CH B USB 2 0 USB PORT 0 3 USB PORT 4 7 L PC Bu s PCI E x16 Connector PCI BUS RTL8111D VGA COM2 GMCH HDA Audio Connector HDA SATA3 4 LAN2 RJ45 CH A DIMM1 COM1 USB 2 0 FSB Bus ICH7R LPC SIO Hardware Monitor DIMM2 Mouse Fan Control ...

Page 11: ... battery on board Clear CMOS will restore original settings factory default The steps are listed as follows 1 Turn off the computer and unplug the power cable 2 Instantly short circuit JCC1 3 Turn on the computer 4 Follow the hint on screen to enter BIOS setup when starting the computer load optimized defaults 5 Save and exit Please setup as follows JCC1 Setup Function 1 2 Open Normal Default 1 2 ...

Page 12: ...K LAN Port The board provides two 10 100 1000Mbps Ethernet ports LILED and ACTLED are the two LED indicators beside Ethernet ports which respectively show the activity and transmitting status of LAN Please refer to the status descriptions for each LED LAN1 LAN2 ACTLED Green LAN Activity Indicator LILED Dual Color Y G LAN Speed Indicator Green 1000Mbps Blink Data Transmitting Yellow 100Mbps Off No ...

Page 13: ...8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND 10 NA Parallel Port The board provides one standard 2 13Pin parallel port Pin Distance 2 54 mm it could connect with peripheral devices with parallel port according to requirements The pin definitions are as follows LPT1 Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 STB 2 AFD 3 PD0 4 ERR 5 PD1 6 INIT 7 PD2 8 SLIN 9 PD3 10 GND 11 PD4 12 GND 13 PD5 14 GND 15 PD6 16 GND 17 PD7 18 GND 19 AC...

Page 14: ...IDE and PIO mode The pin definitions are as follows IDE1 Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 RESET 2 GND 3 D7 4 D8 5 D6 6 D9 7 D5 8 D10 9 D4 10 D11 11 D3 12 D12 13 D2 14 D13 15 D1 16 D14 17 D0 18 D15 19 GND 20 Key 21 DREQ 22 GND 23 IOW 24 GND 25 IOR 26 GND 27 IORDY 28 GND 29 DACK 30 GND 31 IRQ 32 NC 33 DA1 34 ATA66_DET 35 DA0 36 DA2 37 CS1 38 CS3 39 LED 40 GND ...

Page 15: ... 6 RX 7 GND Hot swap of SATA Hard Disk Notices for Hot swap of SATA Hard Disk 1 The hard disk shall support SATA 2 0 and use 15 pin SATA hard disk power connector 2 The driver of chipset shall support the hot swap of SATA hard disk 3 Hot swap of SATA hard disk with the operating system is forbidden when system is power on Please carry out hot plug as follows improper operation may destroy the hard...

Page 16: ... SATA power connector white into the power adapter Step 2 Please connect the SATA data cable to the SATA connector on the board Step 3 Please connect the 15 pin SATA power connector black to the SATA hard disk Step 4 Please connect the SATA data cable to the SATA hard disk ...

Page 17: ...wer connector black from the SATA hard disk USB Port The board supports eight USB ports four of which are educed out via carrier The board provides two sets of standard USB ports Pin Distance 2 54 mm which could educe out four USB ports The pin definitions are as follows USB1 2 Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 5V 2 5V 3 USB1_Data 4 USB2_Data 5 USB1_Data 6 USB2_Data 7 GND 8 GND 9 NA 10 GND ...

Page 18: ...2 7 DIO_IN3 8 DIO_OUT3 9 GND 10 NC Keyboard and Mouse Connector Keyboard and mouse connector KM1 Pin Signal Name 1 KB_DATA 2 MS_DATA 3 GND 4 5V 5 KB_CLK 6 MS_CLK Status Indicating and Controlling Connectors FP1 FP2 and FP3 are used to connect with the function button or indicators on front panel of the chassis ATX Power Switch and Hard Disk Indicator Connector Pin Distance 2 54 mm FP1 Pin Signal N...

Page 19: ... Power Connector Pin Distance 4 20 mm PWR1 Pin Signal Name 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V Fan Connector The CPU card provides two sets of standard fan sockets Pin Distance 2 50 mm Pay attention as following three issues when using the fan sockets Ø The current for fan shall not be over 700 mA 12V Ø Please confirm that the fan cable complies with the socket cable Power cable usually red is in the middle p...

Page 20: ...N1 Pin Signal Name 1 GND 2 12V 3 FAN_IO 4 FAN_PWM FAN_IO Fan Speed Impulse Output FAN_PWM Fan Speed PWM Control Install the CPU Please install the CPU as follows Refer to the figure below Ø Aim the concave of the CPU at the heave mark on the CPU socket then put the CPU in the socket Ø After the CPU is installed properly cover the CPU via the upper cover of the CPU socket then fasten the CPU with h...

Page 21: ...e to the fan socket on the CPU card Note 1 It is recommended to use cooling fan authenticated by Intel before installing the fan smear the heat sink compound on the surface between CPU and the fan cooling fin to improve the heat dissipation performance always check whether the fan is operating normally to ensure the heat dissipation within the chassis When holding a board please hold the edge inst...

Page 22: ...ur screws on cooling fin with the cooling fin bracket Notes 1 Do not tighten the screws at H1 and H3 until the four screws on cooling fin are well contacted with the rivet holder of the cooling fin bracket 2 When tightening the four screws on cooling fin tighten them in diagonal sequence instead of one at a time or the screws at the same side ...

Page 23: ...even incorrect BIOS parameter setting will decrease the system operating capability and make the system operating unstably even unable to operate normally BIOS Parameter Setup Prompt message for BIOS setting may appear once powering on the system At that time inefficient at other time press the key specified in the prompt message usually Del to enter BIOS setting When the BIOS setting in CMOS is d...

Page 24: ...imized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Data Hard Disk Type u Standard CMOS Features Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Fri Jan 12 2007 Time hh mm ss 1 19 9 18 17 IDE Channel 0 Master None IDE Channel 0 Slave None IDE Channel 1 Master None IDE Channel 1 Slave None IDE Channel 2 Master None IDE Cha...

Page 25: ...ave IDE Channel 2 Master and IDE Channel 3 Master indicate that the motherboard integrates four sets of IDE channels on board channel 0 and channel 1 could connect with two devices master slave channel 2 and channel 3 could connect with one IDE master device respectively When there is no IDE device detected it will show None if there are IDE devices detected it will show the name of the device IDE...

Page 26: ...xtended CHS In early times by adding transmission in BIOS layer the hard disk addressing exceeds the bottleneck of 512M LBA option abandons the specifications of column channel and sector and takes sector as unified addressing for all the hard disks To choose this option it requires both the BIOS and hard disk to support LBA mode Auto means that system will decide the way of accessing the hard dis...

Page 27: ... error and continues self inspection All But Keyboard during POST phase skip the inspection for keyboard Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory u Advanced BIOS Features Advanced BIOS Features CPU Feature Press Enter Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Virus Warning Disabled CPU L3 Cache Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Hard Disk Second Boot Device CDROM Third Boot Devic...

Page 28: ...CPU frequency and voltage therefore it could adjust the status of the processor more accurately than C1E Native Mode applied in the OS supporting ACPI completely such as WINXP and VISTA Default SMM Mode applied in the traditional OS such as WIN2000 l Limit CPUID MaxVal This option could be enabled to support the maximum limitation function of CPUID in former operating system so as to prevent CPU f...

Page 29: ...nology Disabled Default Enabled l Core Multi Processing Multi core processor If it is disabled only one core is operating Disabled Enabled Default Ø Hard Disk Boot Priority When the host is connected with several hard disks choose this option press Enter and you ll see the hard disk list the hard disk at the top of the list is the one to be boot using pagedown and pageup to adjust the sequence Boo...

Page 30: ... floppy disk driver USB FDD floppy disk driver of USB port USB ZIP take USB ZIP as the first boot device USB CDROM CD ROM of USB port Legacy LAN take the network card as boot devices Disabled disable this function Ø Second Boot Device Second boot device Ø Third Boot Device Third boot device Ø Boot other Device This option is used to boot the computer by other devices when the foresaid devices cann...

Page 31: ...ssing the key for several times via this option Ø Typematic Delay Msec If Typematic Rate Setting is set to Enabled then you may set to press certain key and then regard as pressing this key repeatedly after certain time delay via this option the unit is ms Ø Security Option When chosen system it will prompt to enter password when booting when chosen setup it will prompt to enter password when ente...

Page 32: ... Default u Advanced Chipset Features Advanced Chipset Features Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Disable MCHBAR MMIO Enabled VT d Disabled VGA Setting PEG Onchip VGA Control On Chip Frame Buffer Size DVMT Mode Total GFX Memory PAVP Mode Item Help Menu Level Ø Memory Hole At 15M 16M By enabling this function users may reserve this portion of the address space 15M 16M for ISA device therefore the syst...

Page 33: ... are 32MB Default 64M and 128MB Ø DVMT Mode Dynamic Video Memory Technology By enabling this function users may assign system memory to integrated video card dynamically Disabled Enabled Default Ø Total GFX Memory Under Windows XP the maximum value of GFX memory is based on the size of the system memory For example the system memory is 1GB the maximum GFX video memory 512MB 128MB Default 256MB Ø P...

Page 34: ... Item Help Menu Level If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support l IDE HDD Block Mode By enabling this function it could transmit data from several sectors in one interrupt All of the main stream hard disks support this function and it is recommended to set it to Enabled Disabled Enab...

Page 35: ...ransmitting mode of the master hard disk in IDE channel 1 The differences between Ultra DMA and common DMA are under Ultra DMA mode data are transmitted both in rising edge and descending edge of the clock under the same time frequency its speed is twice that of DMA Disabled Auto BIOS Automatic Detection Selection Default l IDE Primary Slave UDMA The same as above l On Chip Secondary PCI IDE This ...

Page 36: ... software data or OS that can support legacy version Disabled Default Enabled Ø Super IO Device Super IO Device OnBoard FDC Controller Enabled OnBoard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 OnBoard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 OnBoard Parallel Port 3F8 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Normal Item Help Menu Level l OnBoard FDC Controller Used to enable floppy disk driver controller l OnBoard Serial Port 1 Set the address and IRQ...

Page 37: ... 1 0 Controller USB 2 0 Controller USB Storage Function USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting Item Help Menu Level Enable or Disable Universal Host Controller Interface for Universal Serial Bus l USB 1 0 Controller This option is used to select whether to enable USB1 0 controller l USB 2 0 Controller This option is used to select whether to enable USB2 0 controller l USB Storage Function Enable to ...

Page 38: ...specified time first Disabled Default Enabled u PnP PCI Configurations PnP PCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Slot Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Item Help Menu Level Ø Init Display First This option is used to select whether to use on board video card or PCI video card when system boots PCI Slot PCI slot external video car...

Page 39: ...Default Reserved Ø PCI VGA Palette Snoop The function of this option is that when two palettes are adopted on ISA and PCI bus respectively and the colors display abnormally please set this option to Enabled Disabled Default Enabled u PC Health Status PC Health Status System Temperature 34 93 CPU Temperature 38 100 SYSFAN1 Speed 2136 RPM CPUFAN1 Speed 2136 RPM Vcore 1 28v V5 0 5 05v V12 0 12 09v VB...

Page 40: ...all hardware u Set Supervisor Password Set Supervisor Password u Set User Password Set User Password u Save Exit Setup When you ve finished all the modification and want to cover the former parameters you may implement this option the new parameter will be saved in the CMOS storage To implement this option choose this option and press Enter press Enter again to exit u Discard Changes and Exit If y...

Page 41: ...rupt controller Most motherboards above P4 level support APIC and provide more than 16 interrupt sources like IRQ16 IRQ23 some others can have up to 28 interrupt sources such has motherboard supporting PCI X However relevant OS are required to enable that function and currently only the OS above Windows 2000 could support that function u IO Port Address There is 64K for the system I O address spac...

Page 42: ...ral PS 2 Keyboard 061h System speaker 062h 063h Carrier Resource 064h Standard 101 102 Key or Microsoft Natural PS 2 Keyboard 065h 06Fh Carrier Resource 070h 071h Real Time Clock NMI 072h 07Fh Carrier Resource 080h Carrier Resource 081h 083h DMA Controller 2 084h 086h Carrier Resource 087h DMA Controller 3 088h Carrier Resource 089h 08Bh DMA Controller 4 08Ch 08Eh Carrier Resource 08Fh DMA Control...

Page 43: ...h 37Fh LPT1 3B0h 3BBh Intel R Q965 Q963 Express Chipset Family 3C0h 3DFh Intel R Q965 Q963 Express Chipset Family 3F0h 3F5h Standard Floppy Disk Controller 3F6h Master IDE dual FIFO 3F8h 3FFh COM1 400h 41Fh Intel R 82801G ICH8 Family SMBus Controller 27DA 480h 4BFh Carrier Resource 4D0h 4D1h Carrier Resource 800h 87Fh Carrier Resource B00h B0Fh Carrier Resource B10h B1Fh Carrier Resource A79h ISAP...

Page 44: ...nterrupt through the distribution of BIOS or OS The diagram below shows parts of the interrupt distribution under X86 platform but it does not show the interrupt source occupied by the PCI devices Level Function IRQ0 System Timer IRQ1 Standard 101 102 Key or Microsoft Keyboard IRQ2 Programmable Interrupt Controller IRQ3 COM 2 IRQ4 COM 1 IRQ5 Parallel Port 2 IRQ6 Standard Floppy Disk Controller IRQ...

Page 45: ...Chapter 4 Install the Driver EPE 1814V2NAR 41 Chapter 4 Install the Driver Please refer to the equipped CD for the driver program of this product and it is omitted here ...

Page 46: ... BIOS Setup interface into Reserved The following describes WDT program in C language The steps to program WDT are listed as follows Ø Enter WDT programming mode Ø Set WDT operating mode enable WDT disable WDT 1 Enter WDT Programming Mode define INDEX_PORT 0x2E define DATA_PORT 0x2F outportb INDEX_PORT 0x87 outportb INDEX_PORT 0x87 outportb INDEX_PORT 0x07 outportb DATA_PORT 0x08 outportb INDEX_PO...

Page 47: ...lable range of the interrupt number has been listed in the beginning of this chapter 3 Configure WDT to time by minute second a Time by minute outportb INDEX_PORT 0xf5 outportb DATA_PORT 0x08 b Time by second outportb INDEX_PORT 0xf5 outportb DATA_PORT 0x00 4 Enable Disable WDT a Enable WDT outportb INDEX_PORT 0xf6 outportb DATA_PORT TIME_OUT_VALUE Please replace the constant TIME_OUT_VALUE with t...

Page 48: ...nguage The steps to program digital I O are as follows Ø Initialize digital I O Ø I O programming 1 Initialize Digital I O define BAR 0x400 unsigned char tmp_val outportb BAR 0xbf outportb BAR 0x04 0x40 outportb BAR 0x03 0x03 outportb BAR 0x05 0x0F tmp_val inportb BAR 0x02 0x08 0xeb tmp_val 0x40 outportb BAR 0x02 tmp_val delay 30 tmp_val inportb BAR while tmp_val 0x02 0x02 tmp_val inportb BAR if t...

Page 49: ...ut None void Out_Lev int pin int lev_val unsigned int reg_val outportb BAR 0xbf outportb BAR 0x04 0x40 outportb BAR 0x03 0x01 reg_val inportb BAR 0x05 reg_val lev_val reg_val 0x01 pin 3 reg_val 0x01 pin 3 outportb BAR 0x05 reg_val reg_val inportb BAR 0x02 0x08 0xeb reg_val 0x40 outportb BAR 0x02 reg_val delay 30 reg_val inportb BAR while reg_val 0x02 0x02 reg_val inportb BAR if reg_val 0x04 0 prin...

Page 50: ...ev_val outportb BAR 0xbf outportb BAR 0x04 0x41 outportb BAR 0x03 0x00 reg_val inportb BAR 0x02 0x08 0xeb reg_val 0x40 outportb BAR 0x02 reg_val delay 30 reg_val inportb BAR while reg_val 0x02 0x02 reg_val inportb BAR if reg_val 0x04 0 printf ERROR n return 0 lev_val inportb BAR 0x05 0x01 pin 1 lev_val lev_val 1 0 Get the variable lev_val 1 represents that the input pin is active high while 0 repr...

Page 51: ... press F10 to save setting Please refer to BIOS Setup Guide for detailed information Then enter RAID Configuration Utility Serial ATA RAID volume could be set in the RAID Configuration Utility of Intel RAID Option ROM After showing the above information press Ctrl I to enter RAID Configuration Utility and then press Ctrl I again and the following screen will appear ...

Page 52: ...hoose Option 1 Create RAID Volume and press Enter the following screen will appear Specify a name for the RAID volume within the name field the name could be arbitrary and is only used as a prompt then press TAB or Enter to enter the following field ...

Page 53: ...quired RAID level within the RAID Level field C Press Enter within the Disk field and the following screen will appear Choose the RAID volume you want to create via upper and down arrow key press Enter to complete the selection of this option and enter the next field ...

Page 54: ...fter you ve chosen the HDD via pressing SPACE a green triangle icon will appear before the HDD information As shown in the figure Note When creating Raid0 1 10 two or four HDDs must be chosen E After choosing the appropriate HDD press Enter to enter the next setting interface ...

Page 55: ... based on the operating method of the driver There are some recommended options RAID0 128KB RAID10 64KB RAID5 64KB G Then select the capacity of the volume within the Capacity field The default value of this option is the maximum capacity of the disk chosen H The following screen will appear to let you confirm whether to create RAID volume Press Y to continue I When the title within the red line f...

Page 56: ...t Raid configuration interface the below figure will appear and press Y to confirm Thus the setting is completed and may implement system installation Begin to install Boot from CD ROM when Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears press F6 ...

Page 57: ...P Driver for ICH8R NH82801HR disk to disk A and press Enter Note the board has no floppy disk connector please adopt the IBM USB floppy driver Select in the drop list of the Windows XP Setup screen choose the corresponding south bridge and press Enter ...

Page 58: ...if you want to appoint any additional devices please install now When all the devices are installed press Enter to continue installation Press Enter and it will load all the device files and continue installation Please visit http www evoc com for more information ...

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