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Содержание KP6-LA

Страница 1: ...ions are subject to change without notice Manual Revision 1 2 August 15 1997 KP6 LA KP6 LA KP6 LA KP6 LA KP6 LA A Pentium A Pentium A Pentium A Pentium A Pentium II Processor based II Processor based II Processor based II Processor based II Processor based AGP mainboard AGP mainboard AGP mainboard AGP mainboard AGP mainboard ...

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Страница 3: ...l number __________________________ BIOS Upgrades Please use either our Web Site or BBS for current BIOS Upgrades Internet Access http www epox com sales epox com tech epox com Modem Access 886 2 218 0997 Taiwan 31 182 618451 The Netherlands You can access this number via a Hayes compatible modem with a 2 400 to 28 800 baud rate The following setup format is required 8 Data Bits No Parity 1 Stop B...

Страница 4: ...r in 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 mentioned in this manual are mentioned for identification purposes only Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies ...

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Страница 7: ... LA Form Factor 1 6 I O Shield Connector 1 7 Power On Off Remote 1 7 SystemBlockDiagram 1 8 Section 2 Features KP6 LA Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation KP6 LA Detailed Layout 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure ConfigureJumpers 3 3 SystemMemoryConfiguration 3 5 InstallingaPentium IIProcessor 3 9 DeviceConnectors 3 11 Section 4 Award BIOS Setup BIOSInstructions 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup 4 2 BIOS Featur...

Страница 8: ... Password 4 23 IDEHDDAutoDetection 4 24 HDD Low Level Format 4 26 Save Exit Setup 4 26 ExitWithoutSaving 4 27 Section 5 DMI DMI Access 5 1 Section 7 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 UnexpectedErrors A 8 Appendix C LoadSetupDefaults A 9 ...

Страница 9: ... manual ü ü ü ü ü C 1 Floppy ribbon cable ü ü ü ü ü D 2 Hard drive ribbon cables ü ü ü ü ü E 1 PS 2 to AT keyboard connector adapter ü ü ü ü ü F 1 Retention Module ü ü ü ü ü G 1 Heatsink Support Unit ü ü ü ü ü H 1 Bus master drivers 1 DMI option 1 LDCM option USERS MANUAL KP6 LA B A E C D F G Top Half Bottom Half H EPoX C D Rom or ...

Страница 10: ... technology The S E C cartridge allows the L2 cache to remain tightly coupled to the processor while maintaining flexibility when implementing high perfor mance processors into OEM systems The second level cache is performance optimized and tested at the cartridge level The S E C cartridge utilizes surface mounted core components and a printed circuit board with an edge finger connection The S E C...

Страница 11: ... into just as the Pentium Pro processor uses Socket 8 Retention mechanism Formerly retention module the dual posts etc that holds the cartridge in place Thermal plate The heatsink attachment plate Heat sink supports The support pieces that are mounted on the mainboard to provide added support for heatsinks Figure 1 Pentium II Processor CPU with S E C Cartridge Processor Printed Circuit Board Therm...

Страница 12: ...clude features such as CPU temperature voltage and fan RPM s Desktop Management Interface DMI DMI or Desktop Management Interface is a BIOS level method for monitoring specific BIOS related hardware features It allows the BIOS to collect and store information specific to the system so that vendors and system integrators will have greater access to information regarding system configuration and des...

Страница 13: ...r parts the Client and the Administrator LDCM can gather system configuration data by using the standard DMI interface It can also gather other important information such as IRQ assignment memory allocation hard disk space and the disposition of other hardware components The LDCM Administrator has all of the above features plus a set of advanced features Computers that are running the Client and t...

Страница 14: ...ors differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs By integrating more I O down onto the board and better positioning the hard drive and floppy connectors material cost of cables and add in cards is reduced By reducing the number of cables and components in the system manufacturing time and inventory holding costs are reduced and reliability will increase By using an op...

Страница 15: ... Off button should be a momentary button that is normally open The KP6 LA 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 function coming from the KP6 LA s onboard circuit controller that can be controlled by the operating system Windows 95 will control this when the user cl...

Страница 16: ...Introduction KP6 LA Page 1 8 Figure 5 System Block Diagram System Block Diagram ...

Страница 17: ... errors and correct 1 bit memory errors Supports 3 16 bit ISA slots 4 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 KP6 LA supports 4 PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging in PCI card s Supports ATAPI e g CD ROM devi...

Страница 18: ...ilt in ATX 20 pin power supply connector Software power down when using Windows 95 Supports ring in feature remote power on through external modem allows system to be turned on remotely Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM System Management Mode Supports Desktop Management Interface DMI facilitating the management of desktop computers hardware and software components and peripherals whether they ar...

Страница 19: ...Installation KP6 LA Page 3 1 Section 3 INSTALLATION Real Picture of Motherboard ...

Страница 20: ...ntel PIIX4 PCIset Win bond 8 3 9 7 7 I Os et Flash Memory for BIOS LM79 Hardware Monitor COM 1 USB COM 2 P a r a llel Por t USB 1 Top Mouse Top USB 0 Bottom PS 2 Keyboard Bottom JP2 JP3 J14 J15 JP5 Infrar ed JP6 JP7 20 0 MHz 26 6MHz 30 0 MHz 33 0 MHz Default 23 3MHz JP8 JP12 JP10 JP11 JP9 DIMM Voltage Chassis Power Clear CMOS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J5 1 J8 J7 CPU Fan Power CPU Heat Sensor ing Chip Power Su...

Страница 21: ...Jumpers EPoX designs all motherboards with the fewest jumpers to make your install fast and easy The following will describe all of the jumpers that you are required to set before moving on to step 3 2 Note The jumpers as depicted as shown Figure 1 in their correct physi cal orientation BIOS Voltage Setting JP2 JP3 1 2 5V Flash Default 2 3 12V Flash 1 1 JP2 JP3 CMOS Clear JP5 1 2 Run Mode Default ...

Страница 22: ...ection JP8 1 2 200MHz 3 4 233MHz Default 5 6 266MHz 7 8 300MHz 9 10 330MHz 11 12 Reserved 13 14 Reserved 15 16 Disable E S S J 1 2 15 16 JP8 JP9 JP10 JP11 JP12 Reserved CPU Processor Selections JP9 Reserved JP10 Reserved JP11 Reserved JP12 Reserved ...

Страница 23: ...00MHz 10ns or 120MHz 8ns bus speed You may mix EDO SDRAM DIMM modules If you use both 50ns and 60ns memory you must configure your BIOS to read 60ns When using Synchronous DRAM we recommend using the 4 clock variety over the 2 clock Fast Page Mode DRAM FPM is not supported by the LX AGPset Only EDO and SDRAM are supported Figure 2 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations using both ...

Страница 24: ... B M 8 B M 4 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 B M 2 3 2 X O D E B M 6 1 B M 8 B M 4 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 B M 2 3 2 X B M 8 6 7 m u m i x a M M A R D S O D E B M 2 3 B M 6 1 B M 8 B M 6 5 2 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 1 X M A R D S O D E B M 2 3 B M 6 1 B M 8 B M 6 5 2 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 1 X M A R D S O D E B M 2 3 B M 6 1 B M 8 B M 6 5 2 B M 8 2 1 B M 4 6 1 X e n o N e n o N B M 8 6 7 m u m i x a M M A R D S O D E B M 2 3 B M...

Страница 25: ...nd what they should look like on your DIMM 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 straight down figure 6 until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 7 Figure 5 SIMM Release Clip CENTER KEY ZONE 3 3 V DRAM LEFT KEY ZONE UNBUFFERED ...

Страница 26: ... 3 8 Figure 6 DIMM Module clip before installation Figure 7 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 ...

Страница 27: ...ur components ready we can start The attach mount bridges four screws mounted on the motherboard are pre installed for easy setup Place the Pentium II Retention Mechanism over the attach mount bridges Make sure to line up the notch on the Retention Module figure 8 with the tab on the Slot 1 Socket Figure 8 After placing the retention mechanism over the Slot 1 Socket use a 2 Phillips head screw dri...

Страница 28: ... Now we need to secure the heatsink with the top half of the support figure 11 Take the top piece of the support and slide it into the bottom fin figure 11 on the heatsink and then push forward until it clips into the bottom base figure 9 that is already there figure 11 CPU Cartr idge SLOT 1 Large Hole for Heat Sink Base Small Hole for Heat Sink Base Figure 10 Figure 11 Top half of the support Bot...

Страница 29: ...ply Fan Monitoring A plug in for the Power supply so that BIOS can monitor the RPM s J9 ATX Power Connector 20 pin power connector J10 Chassis Panel Connector Keylock Speaker Reset Turbo Sleep G LED and HDD LED J11 Primary IDE J12 Secondary IDE J13 Floppy Controller J14 Chassis Fan Power A plug in for the chassis Fan Power J15 Chassis open monitoring A plug in to monitor the chassis Figure 12 1234...

Страница 30: ...esume switch Closed to enter sleep mode a keystroke or mouse movement will instantly wake up the system Power Saving LED indicator LED ON when system is in any power saving mode IDE LED indicator LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard disks is activate KeyLock Keyboard lock switch Power LED connector 1 Power LED 4 Keylock 2 N C 5 GND 3 GND JP9 Power On Off 1 JP7 1 S e c t i o n 3 4 Device Connectors con...

Страница 31: ... is turned off In general the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay un changed unless there is a configuration change in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is possible 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 pr...

Страница 32: ...ion parameters 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup Choose Standard CMOS Setup in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 The Standard CMOS Setup allows the user to configure system settings such as the current date and 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 t...

Страница 33: ...ers to change system related parameters in the displayed menu This menu shows all of the manufacturer s default values for the KP6 LA Pressing the F1 key will display a help 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 halt the system and an error ...

Страница 34: ...creasing 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 Enabled Enabled This activates the motherboard s L2 cache thereby increasing performance Disabled This deactivates the motherboard s L2 cache thereby lowering performance Quick Power On Self Test This cate...

Страница 35: ...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 10 key pad Off The keypad acts like the cursor keys Boot UP System Speed This controls the initial system speed of the computer The default is High High This setting sets the computer into normal ope...

Страница 36: ...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 Setup or just to Setup The default is Setup System The system will not boot and the access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but t...

Страница 37: ... option allows video BIOS to be copied into RAM Video Shadowing will increase the video performance of your system The default is Enabled Enabled Video shadow is 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 option cards will be copied into RAM ...

Страница 38: ...s The default is Enabled Enabled This enables auto configuration and provides the option to select predefined timing modes Disabled This allows the user to specify DRAM timing parameters Note If you exceed the performance characteristics of memory in your system it will result in lockups crashes and other problematic system operations EDO DRAM Speed Selection This value must correspond to the spee...

Страница 39: ...ability EDO RAS Precharge Time The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before EDO DRAM refresh If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and the EDO DRAM may fail to retain data The default is 4 3 Time equals 3 host clocks 4 Time equals 4 host clocks EDO DRAM Read Burst B E F This setting will allow you to set the timing for burst mo...

Страница 40: ...he default is Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled System BIOS Cacheable This allows you to copy your BIOS code from slow ROM to fast RAM The default is Disabled Enabled The option will improve system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Disabled System BIOS non cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable This option copies the video ROM BIOS to fast RAM ...

Страница 41: ...tes Memory Hole at 15M 16M You can reserve this memory area for the use of ISA adaptor ROMs The default is Disabled Enabled This field enables the main memory 15 16MB to remap to ISA BUS Disabled Normal Setting NOTE If this feature is enabled you will not be able to cache this memory segment Passive Release This option allows access from the CPU to PCI bus to be active during passive release Other...

Страница 42: ...freshed The default is Fast Fast Provides faster memory performance Slow Provides better memory compatibility SDRAM 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 and the SDRAM may fail to retain data The default is Fast Fast Provides faster memory performance Slo...

Страница 43: ...U V The voltage level of the CPU 4 4 Power Management Setup Choose the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals In general these parameters should not be changed unless it s absolutely necessary Figure 5 Power Management Setup You can only change the content of Doze Mode Stan...

Страница 44: ...ou 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 the video buffer DPMS Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Stan dards Association VESA Use the software supplied for y...

Страница 45: ...CPU at a slow working speed The screen will be blanked out Suspend Mode This 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 1 hour HDD Power Down HDD Standby timer can be set from 1 to 15 minute s VGA Active Monitor Use this option if your monitor ...

Страница 46: ...re Reload Global Timer Events These options allow the user to reset the global power features timer if any of the enabled events occur IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI The default is Enable Primary IDE 0 The default is Disable Primary IDE 1 The default is Disable Secondary IDE 0 The default is Disable Secondary IDE 1 The default is Disable Floppy Disk The default is Disable Serial Port The default is Enable Paral...

Страница 47: ...ources will be controlled 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 Reset Configuration Data This setting allows you to clear ESCD data The default is Disabled Disabled Normal Setting Enabled If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the syst...

Страница 48: ...h requested memory space below 1M address Now with these two functions users can define where the used memory address is located and its length of the legacy area that is used by the legacy device to avoid the memory space conflict For example if you select D000 for Used MEM base addr and 16K for Used MEM Length that means the address region D000H D3FFFH is occupied by ISA legacy cards and thus BI...

Страница 49: ...CI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches 45 cm IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time The default is Enabled Enabled Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Provides higher HDD transfer rates Disabled Disable IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard Primary PCI IDE The default value is Enabled Enabled Enables Onboard IDE primary...

Страница 50: ...d interrupt mode IDE Secondary Master PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode IDE Secondary Slave PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode...

Страница 51: ...ting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode USB Keyboard Support This controls the activation status of an optional USB keyboard that may be attached The default is disabled Enabled Enable USB keyboard support Disabled Disable USB keyboard support OnBoard Primary PCI IDE This option turns on and off the onboard primary IDE The default is enabled Enabled This activates the primary PCI IDE ...

Страница 52: ... is 2F8H IRQ3 COM3 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8H IRQ4 COM4 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8H IRQ3 Disabled Disable Onboard SMC CHIP s Serial port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 This field allows the user to configure the 2nd serial port The default is Auto AUTO Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is Auto adjusted COM1 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8H...

Страница 53: ...rectional parallel port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port mode ECP Extended Capabilities Port mode EPP ECP ECP Mode EPP Mode 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 4 8 Change Supervisor or User Password To change the pas...

Страница 54: ...sword the user can change the password and store new one in CMOS RAM A maximum of 8 characters can be entered 4 9 IDE HDD Auto Detection The IDE HDD auto detection utility is a very useful tool especially when you do not know which kind of hard disk type you are using You can use this utility to detect the correct disk type installed in the system automatically But now you can set HARD DISK TYPE t...

Страница 55: ...vercome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck The number of cylinders heads sectors shown in setup may not be the number physically contained in the HDD During HDD accessing the IDE controller will transform the logical address described by sector head cylinder into its own physical address inside the HDD The maximum HDD size supported by LBA mode is 8 4 GigaBytes which is obtained by the followingformula n...

Страница 56: ...selected if you are running under a Operating System which replaces 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 10 HDD Low Level Format Interleave Select the 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 documentati...

Страница 57: ... KP6 LA Page 4 27 3 12 Exit Without Saving The EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option will bring you back to normal boot up procedure without saving any data into CMOS RAM All old data in the CMOS will not be destroyed ...

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Страница 59: ...ration and to diagnose and resolve problems The computer s BIOS will detect and record as much information as it is able to and will store that information in a special location in the BIOS The DMI configuration utility will allow system integrators to add information that the BIOS cannot detect such as model and brand of motherboard and other components This information cannot be detected by the ...

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Страница 61: ...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 Master 022 023 CHIPSET control registers I O ports 040 05F TIMER control registers 060 06F KEYBOARDinterfacecontroller 8042 070 07F RTC ports CMOS I O ports 080 09F DMA register 0A0 0BF INTERRUPTcont...

Страница 62: ... 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 INTERRUPT MAP NMI Parity check error IRQ H W 0 System TIMER interrupt from TIMER 0 1 KEYBOARD output buffer full 2 Cascade for IRQ 8 15 3 SERIAL port 2 4 SERIAL port 1 5 PARALLELport2 6 FLOPPYDISK SMCCH...

Страница 63: ...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 low byte 16 Base memory high byte 17 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 DATECE...

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Страница 65: ... 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 initialization if needed 0A 1 Initialize the first 32 interrupt vectors with corresponding Interrupt handlers Initialize INT numbers from 33 120 with Dummy Spurious Interrupt Handler 2 Issue CPUID instruction ...

Страница 66: ... 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 bits for channel 2 17 Reserved 19 Test 8259 functionality 1A 1D Reserved 1E If EISA NVM checksum is good execute EISA initialization EISA BIOS only 1F 29 Reserved 30 Detect Base Memory Extended Memory S...

Страница 67: ... 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 Initialize all ISA ROMs 2 Later PCI initializations PCI BIOS only assign IRQ to PCI devices initializeallPCIROMs 3 PnP Initialzations PnP BIOS only assign IO Memory IRQ DMA to PnP ISA devices initiali...

Страница 68: ...ation 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 configuration update the ESCD information PnP BIOS only 2 Clear memory that have been used 3 Boot system via INT 19H FF System Booting This means that the BIOS already pass the control right to the operating sy...

Страница 69: ...AD SETUP DEFAULTS function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly This function will be necessary when you accept this mainboard or the system CMOS data is corrupted LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ...

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