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Installation

EP-BX5C

Page 3-9

Section 3-4

Device Connectors

Please install the motherboard into the chassis.

Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connec-
tions  (figure 10).

Figure 10

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

Parallel Port

COM1

USB

COM2

J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector

•  Power LED, Speaker, Reset, Turbo LED, HDD LED, IR Conn., Sleep/
   Power_ON

J4:

CPU Fan Power
•  A plug-in for the CPU Fan Power

J6:

Power Supply Fan Monitoring
•  A plug-in for the Power supply so that BIOS can monitor the RPM’s

J8:

Chassis Fan Power
•  A plug-in for the chassis Fan Power

IDE1: Primary IDE Connector

IDE2: Secondary IDE Connector

FDD1: Floppy Controller Connector

PW2: ATX Power Connector

•  20-pin power connector

Содержание EP-BX5C

Страница 1: ...X5C EP BX5C EP BX5C A P A P A P A P A Pentium entium entium entium entium II III Celer II III Celer II III Celer II III Celer II III Celeron on on on on Slot1 Processor based AGP Slot1 Processor based...

Страница 2: ..._______________________ 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 driver...

Страница 3: ...severely damage your equipment Handle the EP BX5C and any other device in your system with care and avoid unneccessary contact with system components on the mainboard Always work on an antistatic surf...

Страница 4: ...1 Section 3 Installation EP BX5C Detailed Layout 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure Configure Settings 3 3 System Memory Configuration 3 5 Installing a Pentium II III Processor 3 8 Device Connectors 3 10...

Страница 5: ...ection 4 26 Save Exit Setup 4 28 Exit Without Saving 4 28 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 Cod...

Страница 6: ...EP BX5C Page Left Blank...

Страница 7: ...ard B 1 EP BX5C user s manual C 1 Floppy ribbon cable D 1 Hard driver ribbon cables E 1 Foldable Retention Module F 1 Heatsink Support Unit Optional G 1 PS 2 to AT keyboard connector adapter optional...

Страница 8: ...e loads on a high speed bus The Pentium II or Pentium III Processor card supports both uni processor and dual processor implementations The Pentium II or Pentium III Processor utilizes Single Edge Con...

Страница 9: ...s names for packaging technology such as PGA or TCP Processor card The green PCB with or without components on it Processor core The silicon on the PLGA package on the PCB Cover The plastic cover on t...

Страница 10: ...uires a tremendous amount of memory and demands ever increasing throughput speed as well As 3D products for the personal computer become more and more popular these demands will only increase This wil...

Страница 11: ...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 their products in t...

Страница 12: ...power On Off button should be a momentary button that is normally open The EP BX5C has been designed with Soft Off functions You can turn Off the system from one of two sources The first is the front...

Страница 13: ...troduction EP BX5C Page 1 7 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...

Страница 14: ...Introduction EP BX5C Page 1 8 Page Left Blank...

Страница 15: ...dules 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 Ultra DMA 33 devices The EP BX5C s...

Страница 16: ...wer Loss Recovery 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 Deskt...

Страница 17: ...Installation EP BX5C Page 3 1 Figure 1 EP BX5C Detailed Layout Section 3 INSTALLATION...

Страница 18: ...D SOFTWARE INC Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled CPU Host PCI Clk 100 33 MHz CPU AGP Clk Ratio Auto CPU Int Clk Ratio x3 CPU Clk Frequency 300 100x3 MHz CPU AGP Clk C...

Страница 19: ...ting memory for use on the EPoX brand motherboard we recommend use only the finest quality modules EPoX would like to stress that using non compliant PC100 SDRAM modules with a 100MHz or higher FSB se...

Страница 20: ...o W ake the System W O L W ake O n L an C onnector J1 SB LIN K C onnector R eserved for C reative SB LIN K Sound Blaster L IN K w ith the Sound Blaster AW E64D PC I Sound C ard to com patible T M T M...

Страница 21: ...B M 4 6 1 x B M 6 5 2 M A R D S O D E B M 2 3 B M 6 1 B M 8 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 1 x B M 6 5 2 M A R D S O D E B M 2 3 B M 6 1 B M 8 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 1 x B M 6 5 2 SDRAM only supports 8 16 32 64 128MB D...

Страница 22: ...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 aft...

Страница 23: ...ed 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 must be kept in your mind that please make...

Страница 24: ...ink and then push forward until it clips into the bottom base figure 7 that is already there figure 9 Figure 8 Figure 7 shows the layout of Slot 1 and the holes for mounting the Heatsink base piece fi...

Страница 25: ...rt COM1 USB COM2 J2 J3 Chassis Panel Connector Power LED Speaker Reset Turbo LED HDD LED IR Conn Sleep Power_ON J4 CPU Fan Power A plug in for the CPU Fan Power J6 Power Supply Fan Monitoring A plug i...

Страница 26: ...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...

Страница 27: ...ease check JP4 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 tu...

Страница 28: ...SB 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 JP4 at the position 2 3 t...

Страница 29: ...ossible 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...

Страница 30: ...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 cur...

Страница 31: ...p message for the selected item Figure 3 BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning During and after the system boots up any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will h...

Страница 32: ...The default is Enabled Enabled This activates the processor s internal cache thereby increasing performance Disabled This deactivates the processor s internal cache thereby lowering performance Exter...

Страница 33: ...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 10 key pad Off The keypad acts like the cursor...

Страница 34: ...noop This field controls the ability of a primary PCI VGA controller to share a common palette When a snoop write cycles with an ISA video card The default is Disabled Enabled If an ISA card is connec...

Страница 35: ...BIOS EP BX5C Page 4 7 Report No FDD For WIN95 This option allows BIOS to indicate whether WIN95 is with FDD or not The Default value is Yes NO Report No FDD for WIN95 YES Report FDD for WIN95...

Страница 36: ...urst Wait State for 50ns EDO DRAM 60ns Inserts urst Wait State for 60ns Fast Page Mode EDO DRAM 4 3 Chipset Features Setup Choose the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display f...

Страница 37: ...mance 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 insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete a...

Страница 38: ...er 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 defaul...

Страница 39: ...ons cycles The default is Enabled Enabled Select enabled to support PCI 2 1 specification Disabled Disabled AGP Aperture Size The amount of system memory that the AGP card is allowed to share The defa...

Страница 40: ...ent 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 2A69KNMG...

Страница 41: ...Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer Video Off After Tells you what time frame that th...

Страница 42: ...eatures The default is Disabled Enabled Your monitor s power features will be included in power management Disabled Your monitor s power features will not be included in power management Soft Off by P...

Страница 43: ...lt is Enabled Enabled The system will turn on at the preset time Disabled The system can not have this function Reload Global Timer Events These options allow the user to reset the global power featur...

Страница 44: ...card are all PNP cards BIOS will assign the interrupt resource automatically PNP OS Installed NO Slot 1 Use IRQ No Auto Resources Controlled By Manual Slot 2 Use IRQ No Auto Reset Configuration Data D...

Страница 45: ...llows the user to specify what IRQ will ne assigned to PCI devices in the chosen slot Options available Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 The default are auto Used MEM base addr The Used MEM base addr CB0...

Страница 46: ...ing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Esc Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KNMG INTEGRATED PERI...

Страница 47: ...etting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode IDE Primary 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 o...

Страница 48: ...ct one of these various functions as Power On Method for their requirement The default value in this selection is Hot Key Ctrl F1 Hot Key User can press Control Key Ctrl and Function Key from F1 to F1...

Страница 49: ...le Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8H IRQ4 COM4 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8H IRQ3 Disabled Disable Onboard SMC CHIP s Serial port 2 Onboard Parallel port This field allows t...

Страница 50: ...BIOS EP BX5C Page 4 22 ECP Mode Select This field sets what EPP mode variation to use EPP1 9 Sets EPP1 9 EPP1 7 Sets EPP1 7...

Страница 51: ...se the SENSOR CPU SPEED SETTING in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen This menu allows to choose the correct CPU speed to match your CPU installed Figure 8 Sensor and CPU Speed Set...

Страница 52: ...AGP clock frequency information No option Display only CPU Vcore Voltage The default is 0 00V Options 0 00V 0 05V 0 10V and 0 20V minor increase to CPU working voltage CPU Vcore Voltage The default i...

Страница 53: ...he user wishes to change the default password the SETUP UTILITY will display a message and ask for a confirmation Confirm Password 3 After pressing the Enter key ROM password if the option was not use...

Страница 54: ...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...

Страница 55: ...Bytes 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...

Страница 56: ...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 11 Save Exit Setup The SAVE EXIT SETUP option...

Страница 57: ...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 MA...

Страница 58: ...nel 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 def...

Страница 59: ...annel 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 regist...

Страница 60: ...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...

Страница 61: ...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...

Страница 62: ...OS 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 test...

Страница 63: ...oppy 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 4E If there is any erro...

Страница 64: ...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 table 62 1 Setup daylight...

Страница 65: ...rrupted LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KNMG CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC Load SETUP Default Y N Y STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET F...

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