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June 22, 2000

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EP-3S1A

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Page 1: ...notice Manual Revision 1 0 June 22 2000 An Intel 815 series chipset based An Intel 815 series chipset based An Intel 815 series chipset based An Intel 815 series chipset based An Intel 815 series chipset based Soc Soc Soc Soc Sock k k k ket370 mainboar et370 mainboar et370 mainboar et370 mainboar et370 mainboard d d d d EP 3S1A EP 3S1A EP 3S1A EP 3S1A EP 3S1A ...

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Page 4: ...ock Diagram 1 8 Section 2 Features EP 3S1A Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation EP 3S1A Detailed Layout 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure CPU Insertion 3 3 Jumper Settings 3 5 System Memory Configuration 3 6 Device Connectors 3 8 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Function KBPO 3 12 STR Suspend To RAM Function 3 14 Section 4 Award BIOS Setup Main Menu 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup 4 3 Ad...

Page 5: ... Password Setting 4 26 Exit Selecting 4 27 Section 5 815 Series VGA and Sound Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation 5 1 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 Appendix C Load Optimized Defaults A 13 Appendix D GHOST 5 1 Quick User s Guide A 15 ...

Page 6: ...EP 3S1A Page Left Blank ...

Page 7: ...ü ü ü B 1 EP 3S1A user s manual ü ü ü ü ü C 1 Floppy ribbon cable ü ü ü ü ü D 1 ATA66 Hard drive ribbon cable ü ü ü ü ü E 1 RS 232 9 PIN ribbon cable F 1 PS 2 to AT keyboard connector adapter optional ü ü ü ü ü G 1 Onboard Graphic and Sound Driver H 1 AIMM Card optional USER S MANUAL EP 3S1A B A F C D E G or H ...

Page 8: ...ing the potential for reducing costs of processor retention and cooling solutions Like the Intel Celeron proces sors that utilize S E P P the Intel Celeron processors that use P P G A feature a P6 microarchitecture based core processor on a single sided substrate without BSRAM componentry The Intel Celeron processor at 700 667 633 600 566 533 500 466 and 433 MHz Includes Intel MMX tm media enhance...

Page 9: ...ns are attached directly to the back of the processor core package without the use of a thermal plate or heat spreader The Coppermine processor like the Intel Celeron Intel Pentium II and Pentium III in the P6 family processor implement a Dynamic Execution micro architecture a unique combination of multiple branch prediction data flow analysis and speculative execution This enable these processors...

Page 10: ...MCH features Intel R graphics technology and software drivers using Direct AGP integrated AGP to create vivid 2D and 3D effects and images The 82815 series chip feature integrated Hardware Motion Compensation to improve soft DVD video quality The Inte R 82815 series chipset use Intel R Dynamic Video Memory Technol ogy D V M T is an architecture that offers breakthrough performance for the motherbo...

Page 11: ...By reusing existing system resources this feature adds flexibility improves sound and modem quality The 82802 Firmware Hub FWH 4MB stores system BIOS and video BIOS eliminating a redundant nonvolatile memory component In addition the 82802 contains a hardware Random Number Generator RNG The Intel R RNG provides truly random numbers to enable fundamental security building blocks supporting stronger...

Page 12: ...he size and position of this aperture is defined allowing PC manufacturers to add new I O features e g TV input TV output modem LAN etc to systems This will help systems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs Smaller size promotes a smaller system size I O shield does not need to be retooled in an ATX 2 01 or later Mainboard could be used in an ATX 2...

Page 13: ...open The EP 3S1A 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 and the other is the Soft Off function coming from the EP 3S1A s onboard circuit controller that can be controlled by the operating system such as Windows 95 98 System will be turn off automatically after you click the START button and ...

Page 14: ...Introduction EP 3S1A Page 1 8 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram ...

Page 15: ...Module or AIMM Card Supports up to 512 MB of DRAM minimum of 32 MB on board You can use 168 pin DIMM x 3 It will run Synchronous DRAM memory SDRAM at 100MHz 133MHz Integrated 2D 3D Graphics Engine H W Motion Compensation Engine 230MHz DAC and 4MB Display Cache AC 97 2 1 Audio CODEC onboard for enables the software Audio Supports 5 32 bit PCI slots provides 2 independent high performance PCI IDE in...

Page 16: ... remote power on through external modem allow system to be turned on remotely Resume by Alarm Allow your system to turn on according to setup schedule in the BIOS Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM System Management Mode Supports Hot key Any key or password Keyboard power ON function KBPO Supports the CPU and Chassis fan Auto stop in the sleep mode Supports the System Power LED PANEL blinks in th...

Page 17: ...Installation EP 3S1A Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION ...

Page 18: ...Installation EP 3S1A Page 3 2 Figure 1 EP 3S1A Detailed Layout ...

Page 19: ...o RAM Function Section 3 1 CPU Insertion CPU Insertion Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever Figure 2 Step 2 Insert the processor Ensure proper pin 1 orientation by aligning the FC PGA corner marking with the socket corner closest to the actuation arm tip The pin field is keyed to prevent mis oriented insertion Don t force processor into socket If it does not go in easily check for...

Page 20: ...se the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever Note Intel s reference design thermal solution is an active heatsink an extruded alumi num heatsink based and a fan attached to the top on the fin array See Figure 5 Figure 4 Figure 5 ...

Page 21: ...3 Clear CMOS JP13 Keyboard Power ON Function JP13 1 2 Enabled 2 3 Disabled Default 1 ReservedFor Cyrix CPU 1 1 JP10 JP11 CPU Type Select Reserved 0 1 P J 1 1 P J t c e l e S e p y T U P C 2 1 2 1 t l u a f e D U P C l e t n I 3 2 3 2 U P C s r e h t O z H M 0 0 1 3 2 2 1 U P C s r e h t O z H M 3 3 1 ...

Page 22: ... 1 show several possible memory configurations SDRAM only supports 32 64 128 256MB DIMM modules We recommend to use PC100 Memory Module for bus speed FSB between 66MHz 100MHz and PC133 Memory for bus speed FSB between 100MHz 133MHz Using non compliant memory with higher bus speed over clocking may severely compromise the integrity of the system y r o m e M l a t o T 1 M M I D 1 0 k n a B 2 M M I D...

Page 23: ... installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down figure 8 until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 9 Figure 7 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 be released from the socket Figure 8 DIMM Module clip before installation CENTER...

Page 24: ...ower A plug in for the chassis Fan Power J7 WOL Wake On Lan Connector COM2 RS232 COM2 Connector PW1 ATX Power Connector 20 pin power connector IDE1 Primary IDE Connector IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector FDD1 Floppy Controller Connector CD IN CD Audio_IN Connector Pin1 CD_IN_Left Pin2 Pin3 CD_Reference Pin4 CD_IN_Right AUX_IN Auxiliary Line_IN Connector Pin1 Left Line_IN Pin2 Pin3 GND Pin4 Right Line I...

Page 25: ... c V r e w o P e l b a C 2 e t i h W a t a D a t a D 3 n e e r G a t a D a t a D 4 k c a l B d n u o r G d n u o r G e l b a C 5 k c a l B d n u o r G d n u o r G e s a C 6 k c a l B d n u o r G d n u o r G e s a C 7 k c a l B d n u o r G d n u o r G e l b a C 8 n e e r G a t a D a t a D 9 e t i h W a t a D a t a D 0 1 d e R c c V r e w o P e l b a C USB port header pin descriptions 1 VCC VCC GND ...

Page 26: ...hoose either Instant Off turns system off immediatly or 4 sec delay you need to hold the button down for 4 seconds before the system turns off When the system 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 Turbo LED indicator LED ON when higher speed is selected IDE LED indicator LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard d...

Page 27: ...ear Panel AIMM Card AGP Connector Note The AIMM card for Intel 815 chipset M B s AGP slot only The AIMM Card optional AMR1 Connector w The EP 3S1A supports one AMR1 connector to provide a Modem Code MC or an Audio Modem Codec AMC configuration Note the AMR1 connector supports Modem Riser Card MR Modem Code MC or Audio Modem Code AMC at Secondary only ...

Page 28: ...t Step 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 to turn it off affter counting memory as soon as you turn it on Step 3 You can enjoy the Keyboard Power ON function KBPO by pressing any 1 key Hot key Ctrl F1 F2 F12 Password A maximum of 5 cha...

Page 29: ...VSB 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 100mA is still applicable to your system by placed JP13 at the position 2 3 to disable this feature 2 We recommended you use the power supply with 1 0A in 5 0VSB Because this supported PCI 2 1 specification for remote power on and wake up function ...

Page 30: ...ing before installing the Windows 98 Driver Setup p j If the Windows 98 installed in your system without the parameters above please do refer your manual or contact Microsoft for more detail and then upgrade the system to support ACPI function c Restart your system and install 815 VGA driver properly d Getting in to the Advanced of the Power Management icon of Control Panel and selecting the Stand...

Page 31: ...N ON ON OFF J2 PW_LED OFF ON Blinking Blinking OFF d You must push the Power button connected with onboard J3 pin to wake up you system not to click to mouse or press keyboard to wake up the system Just pushing Power button your system will quickly back to the last screen for you The LED Indicator for ACPI Status table shown below will guide you and give you a reference for ACPI status on this mai...

Page 32: ...Installation EP 3S1A Page 3 16 Page Left Blank ...

Page 33: ...s Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub menu Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Section 4 BIOS S...

Page 34: ... include Voltage Fan speed CPU temperature Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable perfor mance for your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for opti mal performance system o...

Page 35: ...n Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each cat egory includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to high light the item and then use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item Figure 1 The Main Menu ...

Page 36: ...cribed in Table 3 Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A Drive B None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Video EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Select the default video device Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All but Disk Key Select the situation in which you wa...

Page 37: ...1A Page 4 5 IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu Figure 2 IDE Primary Master sub menu ...

Page 38: ... heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Capacity Auto Display your disk drive size Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Access Mode Normal LBA Large Auto Choose the access mode for this hard disk The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual Cy...

Page 39: ...abled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition tabl...

Page 40: ...le quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choice Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives you can swap the logical drive name assignments The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Seeks disk drives during b...

Page 41: ...hen you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press En...

Page 42: ...ings have been chosen be cause they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system DRAM Settings This field is no function The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timings have been carefully chosen and should...

Page 43: ... and the DRAM may fail to retain data Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choice 2 3 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may re...

Page 44: ...d to share The default is 64 32 32MB of systems memory accessable by the 815 series AGP 64 64MB of systems memory accessable by the 815 series AGP AGP Graphics Aperture Size MB The amount of system memory that the AGP card is allowed to share The default is 64 32 32MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 64 64MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card Display Cache Frequency If your i...

Page 45: ...rride Select the display cache clock periods control The Choice by CAS LT Override 2 RAS Timing This item controls RAS active to Protegra and refresh to RAS active delay in local memory clocks The Choice Fast Slow RAS Precharge Timing This item controls RAS precharge in local memory clocks The choice Fast Slow ...

Page 46: ...IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR...

Page 47: ...o Codec states The system default is Auto AC97 Modem This item allows you to decide to enable disable the ICH chipset family to support AC97 Modem Select Enable of AC97 Modem item you must be primary Modem Riser Card MR in hardware The choice Auto Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports blo...

Page 48: ... Power On Function is password selected user uses the item to key in password Hot Key Power On Use this option with the above Power On Function to set a combination of keys that can be used to power the system on The default is Ctrl F1 Options Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 Ctrl F10 Ctrl F11 and Ctrl F12 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system ...

Page 49: ...nded Capabilities Port mode EPP ECP ECP Mode EPP Mode EPP Mode Select This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I O chip options EPP1 9 EPP1 7 ECP Mode USE DMA This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode The default is DMA3 DMA1 This field selects the routing of DMA1 for the ECP mode DMA3 This field selects the routing of DMA3 for the ECP mode PWRON A...

Page 50: ...use ACPI Function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Man agement ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select S1 POS or S3 STR function The choice S1 POS S3 STR Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is di rectly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mo...

Page 51: ...ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend ...

Page 52: ...on LAN WOL features The choice Enabled Disabled CPU Thermal Throttling Select the CPU THRM Throttling rate The choice 25 0 37 5 50 0 62 5 75 0 87 5 Resume by Alarm This option allows you to have the system turn on at a present time each day or on a certain day The choice Disabled Enabled PM Events PM events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or...

Page 53: ...set Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot The choice Enabled Disabled Resource controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically ...

Page 54: ...that follows this field a sub menu is preceded by a Ø The choice Auto ESCD Manual PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled Choices are Enabled Disabled INT Pin1 to Pin4 Assignment These settings allow the user 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 4 7 PC Health Status 33o C 91o F 59o C ...

Page 55: ...CPU V The voltage level of the Vtt Vcore Vcc 5V 12V 12V 5V VBAT 5VSB The voltage level of the switch power supply Shutdown Temperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Manage ment BIOS and ACPI compliant operating system The default is Disabled Options available are 60o C 140o F to ...

Page 56: ...free This item allows you to select the CPU Host speed and PCI clock speed by Enter key If default is means the CPU Host speed that depend on the CPU is 100MHz or 133MHz CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU ratio If the CPU ratio is fixed This item was no function Configuration options 3 x 7x 7 5x 8 x CPU Vcore Voltage This item allows you to increase the CPU Vcore Voltage 4 8 Fr...

Page 57: ...g box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal perfor mance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal perfor mance sys...

Page 58: ... the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the pass word is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauth...

Page 59: ...turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This ...

Page 60: ...crosoft Windows 95 OSR 2 1 and Windows 98 operating systems Step 2 To Click the Intel INF Installation Utility This installer will install up dated INF files onto the target machine Supported operating systems Microsoft Windows 95 OSR 2 1 and Windows 98 operating systems This procedure will Re start the system Step 3 To Click the Intel 815 VGA Driver to installation the Graphics resolution Step 4 ...

Page 61: ...Drivers Installation EP 3S1A Page 5 2 Page Left Blank ...

Page 62: ...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 MAP 000 01F DMA controller Master 020 021 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER Master 022 023 CHIPSET control registers I O ports 040 05F TIMER control registers 060 06F KEYBOARD interface controller 8042 070 07F RTC ...

Page 63: ...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 default DMA Channel 4 Cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA Channel 5 Available DMA Channel 6 Available DMA Channel 7 Available A 4 INTERRUPT MAP NMI Parity check error IRQ H W 0 System TIMER interrupt from ...

Page 64: ...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 register 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 65: ...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 INFORMATION FLAG 34 3F Reserve 40 7F Reserved for CHIPSET SETTING DATA ...

Page 66: ...OS code to DRAM C5h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 F000 shadow RAM 0h1 Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips...

Page 67: ...fault values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early_Init_Onboard_Generator switch 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 19h Reserved 1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to PURIOUS_INT_HDLR S W interrupts ...

Page 68: ... put it into C000 0 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h 1 Program CPU internal MTRR P6 PII for 0 640K memory address 2 Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU 3 Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller 4 Measure CPU speed 5 Invoke video BIOS 2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved 2Dh 1 Initializemulti language 2...

Page 69: ...Reserved 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program write allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1 Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adju...

Page 70: ...for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO switch 2 Initialize Init_Onbaord_AUDIO switch 5Eh Reserved 5Fh Reserved 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility 61h Reserved 62h Reserved 63h Reserved 64h Reserved 65h Initialize PS 2 Mouse 66h Reserved 67h Prepare memory size information for ...

Page 71: ...t install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76h Reserved 77h Detect serial ports parallel ports 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect install co processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh 1 Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue wClear EPA or customization logo...

Page 72: ...served 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program boot up speed 3 Chipset final initialization 4 Power management final initialization 5 Clear screen display summary table 6 Program K6 write allocation 7 Program P6 class write combining 95h 1 Program daylight saving 2 Update keyboard LED typematic rate 96h 1 Build MP tab...

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Page 74: ...ed LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1998 Standard CMOS Feature Advanced BIOS Feature Advanced Chipset Feature Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 ...

Page 75: ...Appendix EP 3S1A A 14 Page Left Blank ...

Page 76: ...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 and Partition In which Disk indicates hard disk options Partition indicates partition options Check indicates check options Disk ...

Page 77: ... 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 To use this function the system must have at least 2 disks Press the Tab key to move the cursor 2 When restoring to a destination disk all data in that disk will be completely destroyed ...

Page 78: ...x EP 3S1A A 17 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 ...

Page 79: ...dix EP 3S1A A 18 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 to start ...

Page 80: ...Appendix EP 3S1A A 19 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 Partition ...

Page 81: ...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 partition cloning is a partition Refer to disk cloning for the operation method Partition To Image Partition Backup 1 Select the disk to be backed up ...

Page 82: ...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 requires longer execution time 5 During confirmation select Yes to start performing backup ...

Page 83: ...Appendix EP 3S1A A 22 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 84: ...pendix EP 3S1A A 23 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 error ...

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