EP-BX5 USER MANUAL
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1. m Q 1 m A gt NON dd dt nd nd R mmm n DR A M NN AS 1 EP BX5 mainboard EP BX5 user s manual Floppy ribbon cable Hard driver ribbon cables Foldable Retention Module Heatsink Support Unit Optional PS 2 to AT keyboard connector adapter optional Bus master drivers USDM USER S MANUAL EP BX5 B Bottom Half F Page 1 1 Introduction EP BX5 Overview Pentium Il or Pentium Ill Processor The Pentium II or Pentium III Processor The Pentium III Processor as 300 100MHz 350 100MHz 400 100MHz 450 100MHz 500 100MHz and 550 100MHz speed with 512K L2 cache Versions is the follow on to the Pentium Processor The Pentium II or Pentium III Processor like the Pentium Pro processor implements a Dynamic Execution micro architecture a unique combination of multiple branch prediction data flow analysis and speculative execution This enables the Pentium II Processor to deliver higher performance than the Pentium processor while maintaining binary compatibility with all previous Intel architecture processors A significant feature of the Pentium II or Pentium III Processor from a system perspective is the built in direct multiprocessing support In order to achieve multiprocessing and maintain the memor2. Installation EP BX5 Detailed Layout Easy Installation Procedure Contiseute Settitlg tad System Memory Configuration Installing a Pentium II III Processor Device CONNECTION nee External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Function KBPO Award BIOS Setup BIOS Instr ctiolls uoto o oo ben Standard CMOS Setup BIOS Features Setup its Chipset Features Setup Power Management Setup PNP PCI Configuration Load Setup Defaults Integrated Peripherals ua is Sensor and CPU Speed Setting EP BX5 Section 5 Change Supervisor or User Password 4 26 IDE HDD Auto Detection 4 27 Save de Exit Setup 4 29 Exit Without Saving uuu nasa 4 29 Appendix Appendix A Memory Map lata eat A 1 TOMA u nn Mens A Timer amp DMA Channels Map A 2 Interr pt MAD ca A 2 RIC amp CNOSRAMNMIAII RKGICFDIIIAIIUIIAISN IAIO Y A 3 Appendix D POS TC OG CS m A 5 Unexpected ENOS ed rebate sese Sus A 8 Appendix C Load Setup Default ocana A 9 Appendix D GHOST 5 1 Quick User s Guide A 11 EP BX5 Page Left Blank EP BX5 Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist SN NN SK S
3. 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 Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Note Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning CPU Internal Cache This controls the status of the processor s internal cache area 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 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 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This controls if the CPU s L2 cache will support error Checking and correcting ECC The default is Disabled Enabled Enabled ECC support for CPU s L2 cache Performance will decrease 2 4 Disabled Disabled ECC support for CPU s L2 cache Quick Po
4. EP BAS A Pentium Il Ill Celeron Slot1 Processor based AGP mainboard 100 66MHz TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders These specifications are subject to change without notice Manual Revision 2 1 August 16 1999 EP BX5 User Notice No part of this product including the product and software may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of EPoX Computer Company hereinafter referred to as EPoX except for documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes We provide this manual as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall EPoX be liable for any loss of profits loss of business loss of use or data interruption of business or for indirect special incidental or consequential damages of any kind even if EPoX has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product EPoX may revise this manual from time to time without notice For updated BIOS drivers or product release information you may visit our websites at http www epox com or http www epox com tw Products mentioned in this manual are mentioned for identif
5. 3 IRRX KeyLock Keyboard lock switch amp Power LED connector 1 Power LED 4 KeyLock 2 N C 5 GND 3 GND Speaker Connect to the system s speaker for beeping Speaker 3 GND 2 N C 4 GND Reset Closed to restart system Page 3 11 Installation EP BX5 Section 3 5 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions KBPO On the basis of bounded functions in I O chipset the two serial ports are able to support the External Modem Ring in Power ON function Once users connect the external modem to COMI or COMO the mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host s dial up control Exclusive Keyboard Power ON Function To innovate a unique feature to benefit users we devoted the easiest and most convenient way to turn on your system based on the the ATX power supply How to work with it Step 1 Please check JP4 at the position 1 2 after you finished the system installation JP4 Keyboard Power ON Function Selection DE 1 2 Enabled 2 3 Disabled Default 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 F 1 F2 F12 Password A maximum of 5 charac ters can be entered and BUTTON only to turn on your system Please refer
6. 4 168 pin DIMMs Dual In line Memory Module The DIMMs can be either EDO Extended Data Out or SDRAM Synchronized DRAM We recommend not mixing SDRAM DIMM and EDO DIMM together EDO DIMM can only be used with the 66MHz FSB We recommend using at least 125MHz 8ns SDRAM DIMM at the 100MHz or higher FSB as timing becomes more critical at these higher speeds DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz 12ns 100MHz 10ns or 125MHz Sns bus speed Figure 2 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations using DIMM 1 M1 Bank 0 1 DIMM 2 M2 Bank 2 3 DIMM 3 M3 Bank 4 5 DIMM 4 M4 Bank 6 7 Total Memory 256MB Maximum 512MB Maximum 768MB Maximum 1GB Maximum DIMM 1 Bank 0 1 Figure 2 DIMM 2 Bank 2 3 EDO SDRAM EDO SDRAM SMB 16MB 32MB EDO SDRAM SMB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB x 1 Table 1 DIMM 3 Bank 4 5 EDO SDRAM 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB x 1 EDO SDRAM 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB x 1 Synchronous SDRAM or EDO DIMM DIMM 4 Bank 6 7 SDRAM only supports 8 16 32 64 128MB DIMM modules Using non compliant memory with higher bus speed over clocking may severely compromise the integrity of the system Page 3 6 EP BX5 Installation DIMM Module Installation Figure 3 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMM memory module DIMMs have 168 pins and two notches tha
7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Auto Configuration Enabled EDO DRAM Speed Selection 60ns EDO CASx MA wait state 2 EDO RASx Wait State al SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay 13 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time ae SDRAM CAS Latency Time Auto SDRAM Precharge Control Disabled DRAM Data Integrity Mode Non ECC System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video RAM Cacheable Enabled 8 Bit I O Recovery Time 1 16 Bit I O Recovery Time ET Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Passive Release Enabled E di pides M oet Delay co Transqeuon ADS FS Old Values Shift cc AGP Aperture Size MB 64 F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup Auto Configuration This selects predetermined optimal values of the chipset parameters 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 speed of the DRAM installed in your system The default is 60ns This item is for EDO DIMM in Pentium II processor at 66MHz only SOns Faster Burst Wait State for 50ns EDO DRAM 60ns Inserts urst Wait State for 60ns Fast Pag
8. 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 PARALLEL port 2 EP BX5 Appendix FLOPPY DISK SMC CHIP PARALLEL port 1 RTC clock Available Available Available PS 2 Mouse MATH coprocessor Onboard HARD DISK IDE1 channel Onboard HARD DISK IDE1 channel A 5 RTC amp CMOS RAM MAP RTC amp 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 OB Status register B OC Status register C OD Status register D OE Diagnostic status byte OF 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 A 3 A 4 Appendix EP BX5 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 DATE CENTURY byte 33 INFORMATION FLAG 34 3F Reserve 40 7F Reserved for CHIPSET SETTING DATA EP BX5 Appendix Appendix B B 1 POST CODES ISA POST codes are typically output to I O port address 80h POST hex 01 02 CO 03 04 05 06 07 08 CI ES 08 09 0A OB DESCRIPTION Reserved Turn off OEM specific cache shadow 1 Initialize
9. Slot 1 connector in this and other documentation Page 1 2 EP BX5 Introduction The entire enclosed product is called the Pentium II or Pentium III Processor The packaging technology and each of the physical elements of the product are referred to using accurate technical descriptions This allows clear reference to the products as just a processor This is the model used in past packaging tech nologies like PGA TCP PQFP DIP etc S E C Cartridge Terminology Pentium II or Pentium III Processor The new enclosed card packaging technology is called a Single Edge Contact cartridge This is similar to previous names for packaging technology such as PGA or TCP Processor card The green PCB with or without components on it e Processor core The silicon on the PLGA package on the PCB e Cover The plastic cover on the opposite side from the thermal plate Slot 1 The slot that the S E C cartridge plugs 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 attach ment plate Heat sink supports The support pieces that are mounted on the Pentium II Processor Pentium III Processor mainboard to provide in an S E C C Package in an S E C C 2 Package added support for heatsinks Figure 1 Pentium II III Processor CPU with S E C C or S E C C 2 Pack
10. 1 NA No wait state 4 4 wait states 3 3 wait states 2 2 wait states 1 1 wait states 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 Page 4 10 EP BX5 BIOS Passive Release This option allows access from the CPU to PCI bus to be active during passive release Otherwise the arbiter only accepts another PCI master access to local DRAM The default is Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Delayed Transaction This option allows the chipset to use its embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions 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 default is 64 4 4MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 8 SMB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 16 16MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 32 32MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 64 64MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 128 128MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 256 256MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card Page 4 11 BIOS EP BX5 4 4 Power Management Se
11. 7 assigned to These settings allow DMA s to be reserved for Legacy ISA device use exclusively or be available for use with PNP devices These options are only displayed if Resources Controlled By is set to manual Slot 1 to Slot 4 Use IRQ No This settings allows 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 amp 15 The default are auto Used MEM base addr The Used MEM base addr CB00 CC00 DOOO D400 D800 DCOO 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 with these two functions users can define where the used memory address is located and its length of the legacy area that 1s 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 DOOOH D3FFFH is occupied by ISA legacy cards and thus BIOS will not assign this region for PnP ISA and PCI cards The default is N A 4 6 Load Setup Defaults The LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly This function will be necessary only when the system CMOS data is corrupted Page 4 17 BIOS EP BX5 4 7 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCIISA BIOS 2A69KPAG INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SO
12. EISA registers EISA BIOS only 2 Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices includes DMA controller 8237 Programmable Interrupt Controller 8259 Programmable Interval Timer 8254 RTC chip Reserved 1 Keyboard Controller Self Test 2 Enable Keyboard Interface Reserved Verifies CMOS s basic R W functionality Auto detection of onboard DRAM amp Cache Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000 FFFFF shadow RAM so that POST will go faster Test the first 256K DRAM OEM specific cache initialization if needed 1 Initialize the first 32 interrupt vectors with corresponding Interrupt handlers Initialize INT numbers from 33 120 with Dummy Spurious Interrupt Handler Issue CPUID instruction to identify CPU type Early Power Management initialization OEM specific Verify the RTC time is valid or not Detect bad battery Read CMOS data into BIOS stack area PnP initializations including PnP BIOS only Assign CSN to PnP ISA card D tU N A 5 Appendix EP BX5 Create resource map from ESCD 5 Assign IO amp Memory for PCI devices PCI BIOS only 0C Initialization of the BIOS Data Area 40 ON 40 FF OD 1 Program some of the Chipset s value according to Setup Early Setup Value Program 2 Measure CPU speed for display amp decide the system clock speed 3 Video initialization including Monochrome CGA EGA VGA If no display device fou
13. PnP DMA 1 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 3 assigned to PCVISA PnP Esc Quit V gt Select Item DMA 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP F1 Help PU PD Modify DMA 6 assigned to PCI ISA PnP F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color DMA 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 6 PCI Configuration Setup PNP OS Installed Do you have a PNP OS installed on your system The default is No Yes Select if you are using a PNP OS No Select if your OS does not support PNP Resources Controlled By Who controlled the system PNP PCI resources The default is Manual Manual PNP Card s resources will be controlled manually You can set which IRQ X and DMA X are assigned to PCI ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards BIOS will assign the interrupt resource automatically Auto Page 4 16 EP BX5 BIOS 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 system and they were recorded into ESCD Extended System Configuration Data you can set this field to Enabled in order to clear ESCD IRQ 3 to IRQ 15 assigned to These settings allow IRQ s to be reserved for Legacy ISA device use exclusively or be available for use with PNP devices These options are only displayed if Resources Controlled By is set to manual DMA 0 to DMA
14. Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Load Setup Defaults Except Standard COMS SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS A 9 Appendix EP BX5 Page Left Blank A 10
15. at the edge of the board EP BX5 serial number 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 drivers BIOS updates tech notes and important technical bulletins If you are still unable to locate the solution you are seeking you always have the option to contact our support technicians directly North American website English language http www epox com sales epox com support epox com European website Multi language http www epox nl sales epox nl support epox nl Taiwan website Chinese language http www epox com tw sales 9 epox com tw support epox com tw Thank you for using EPoX mainboards Copyright 1999 EPoX Computer Company All rights reserved Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 EP BX5 Table of Contents Introduction Components Checklist Overview Pentium II or Pentium III Processor S E C Cartridge Terminology Accelerated Graphics Port Hardware Monitoring EP BX5 Form Factor 0000sseeeeseeeeeeeeeee UO Shield Connector Power On Off Remote System Block Diagram Features EP BX5 Features
16. integrity Mode Use this option to configure the type of DRAM in your system The default is Non ECC Non ECC If your memory is Non ECC choose this option ECC If your memory is ECC memory choose this option Page 4 9 BIOS EP BX5 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 C0000h to C7FFFh The default is Enabled Enabled Enables the Video BIOS Cacheable to speed up the VGA Performance Disabled Will not use the Video BIOS Cacheable function Video RAM Cacheable This option allows the CPU to cache read writes of the video RAM The default is Enabled Enabled This option allows for faster 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 default is 1 NA No wait state 8 8 wait states I 1 wait states 2 2 wait states 3 3 wait states 4 4 wait states 5 5 wait states 6 6 wait states 7 7 wait states 16 Bit I O Recovery Time 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
17. time Disabled The system can not have this function 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 Disable 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 Parallel Port The default is Disable Page 4 15 BIOS 4 5 PNP PCI Configuration EP BX5 The PNP PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI ISA IRQ signals when various PCI ISA cards are inserted in the PCI or ISA slots WARNING Conflicting IRQs may cause the system to not find certain devices ROM PCIISA BIOS 2A69KPAG PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PNP OS Installed NO Slot 1 Use IRQ No Auto Resources Controlled By Manual Slot 2 Use IRQ No Auto Reset Configuration Data Disabled Slot 3 Use IRQ No Auto Slot 4 Use IRQ No Auto IRQ 3 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 4 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Used MEM base addr N A IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 10 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 11 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 12 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 14 assigned to PCI AISA PnP IRQ 15 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 0 assigned to PCI ISA
18. to the BIOS Integrated peripherals setup for detail Page 4 23 The BIOS Default is keyboard Hot key lt Ctrl gt lt F1 gt to turn on the system Your system will be turned on automatically after releasing the keys To power off you system you can use the Soft OFF function under Windows 95 Page 3 12 EP BX5 Installation aS GOR Notes 1 Intel ATX version 2 0 specification has recommended you use the power supply with 0 72A 720mA in 5 0VSB With our mainboard the 5 0VSB standby power only has to be gt 0 1A 100mA then you can enjoy this unique benefit However the ATX power supply which is lt 0 1 100mA is still applicable to your system by placed JP4 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 3 13 Installation EP BX5 Page Left Blank Page 3 14 EP BX5 BIOS Section 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS Instructions Award s ROM BIOS provides a built in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters The modified data will be stored in a battery backed CMOS so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off In general the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is p
19. 16 x no Sector 63 X nO per sector 512 528 Megabytes Page 4 27 BIOS EP BX5 If user set his HDD to NORMAL mode the maximum accessible HDD size will be 528 Megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that LBA Logical Block Addressing mode A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck The number of cylinders heads amp 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 amp 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 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 IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support in some cases user do not want LBA The Award BIOS provides another alternative to support these kinds of LARGE mode CYLS HEADS SECTOR MODE 1120 16 59 NORMAL 560 32 59 LARGE BIOS tricks DOS or other OS that the number of cylinders is less than 1024 by dividing it by 2 At the same time the number of heads is multiplied by 2 A reverse transformation process will be made inside INT 12h in order to access the right HDD address Maximum HDD size no Cylinder 1024 x no Head
20. 32 x no Sector 63 x bytes per sector 512 1 GigaByte Page 4 28 EP BX5 BIOS Note To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs there must be some software involved All the software is located in the Award HDD Service Routine INT 13h It may fail to access a HDD with LBA LARGE mode selected if you are running under an 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 eee ee EULSEMR The SAVE amp EXIT SETUP option will bring you back to the boot up procedure with all the changes you just recorded in the CMOS RAM 4 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 Page 4 29 BIOS EP BX5 Page Left Blank Page 4 30 EP BX5 Appendix A 1 MEMORY MAP Address Range 00000 7FFFF 80000 9FBFF 9FC00 9FFFF A0000 C7FFF C8000 DFFFF E0000 EEFFF EF000 EFFFF F0000 F7FFF F8000 FCFFF FD000 FDFFF FE000 FFFFF A 2 1 0 MAP 000 01F 020 021 022 023 040 05F 060 06F 070 07F 080 09F OAO OBF OCO ODF OFO OFF 1FO 1F8 278 27F 2B0 2DF Size 512K 127K 1K 160K 96K 60K 4K 32K 20K 4K SK Appendix A Description Conventional memory Extended Conventiona
21. 62 5 PCI VGA Act Monitor Use this option if your monitor has advanced power saving features 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 PWR BTTN Use this to select your soft off function The default is Instant Off Instant Off Turns off the system instantly Delay 4 Second Turns off the system after a 4 second delay If momentary press of button the system will go into Suspend Mode Press the power botton again to take system out of Sus pend Mode CPUFAN Off In Suspend This option is used to set if the CPU fans will turn off furing suspend mode The default is Enabled Enabled The system will turn off the CPU fans furing suspend mode Disabled The system will not turn off the CPU fans furing suspend mode Poweron by Ring This option is used to set the remote ring in feature This option is only available when Power Loss Recovery is Enabled The default is Enabled Page 4 14 EP BX5 BIOS Enabled The system can use remote ring in to wake the system up Disabled The system cannot use remote ring in to wake the system up Resume by Alarm This option allows you to have the system turn on at a preset time each day or on a certain day This option is only available when Power Loss Recovery is Enabled The default is Enabled Enabled The system will turn on at the preset
22. Current POWER FAN Speed The current POWER fan speed in RPMs Current CPU FAN Speed The current CPU fan speed in RPMs Current Chassis FAN Speed The current chassis fan speed in RPMs CPU V The voltage level of the CPU Vcore Vio Vtt 5V 5V 12V 12V 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 Management BIOS and ACPI compliant operating system The default is 60 C 140 F Options available are 60 C 140 F to 75 C 167 F in increments of 5 C Page 4 25 BIOS EP BX5 4 9 Change Supervisor or User Password To change the password choose the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD or USER PASSWORD option from the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu and press Enter NOTE Either Setup or System must be selected in the Security Option of the BIOS FEATURES SETUP menu 1 If CMOS is 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 password is given 2 Ifthe CMOS is corrupted or the option was used earlier and the 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 opt
23. FTWARE INC IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled UART Mode Select Normal IDE Primary Master PIO Auto UART2 Duplex Mode Half IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto RxD TxD Active Hi Lo IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IR Transmitting delay Enabled IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto Parallel Port Mode ECC ECP IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto ECP Mode Use DMA 3 IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto EPP Mode Select EPP1 7 IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto PWRON After PWR Fail Off On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Init Display First PCI Slot POWER ON Function Hot Key KB Power ON Password Enter Esc Quit V gt Select Item Hot Key Power ON Ctrl F1 Fl Help PU PD Modify KBC Input Clock 12MHz F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Onboard FDC Controller Enabled F7 Load Setup Defaults Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 Disabled Figure 7 Integrated Peripherals Note If you do not use the onboard IDE connectors then you will need to set Onboard Primary PCI IDE Disabled and Onboard second ary PCI IDE Disabled The onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches 45cm 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 Bl
24. Ist serial port The default is 3FS IRQ4 AUTO Enable Onboard Serial port I and address is Auto adjusted COMI Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3 F8H IR Q4 COM2 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8H IRO3 COMS3 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3ESH IRQ4 COMA Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2ESH 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 Disabled AUTO Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is Auto adjusted COMI Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8H IRO4 COM2 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8H IRO3 COMS3 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3ESH IRQ4 COM4 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2ESH IRQ3 Disabled Disable Onboard SMC CHIP s Serial port 2 UART Mode Select The mode of the IR Controller The default is Normal RxD TxD Active This field configures the receive and transmit signals gener ated from the IR port The default is Hi Lo when UART Mode Select is not set to Normal Options Hi Hi Hi Lo Lo Hi and Lo Lo IR Transmitting delay This default is Enabled when UART Mode Select is not set to Normal Options Enabled and Disabled Page 4 21 BIOS EP BX5 Onboard Parallel port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port The default is 378H IRQ7 378H Enable Onboard LPT port and addres
25. Key Ctrl F1 Hot Key User can press Control Key Ctrl and Function Key from F1 to F12 individually to power on the system The interval between Ctrl key and function Key F1 F12 must be short Anykey Press anykey to power on the system Button Only This power on method is controlled by J3 pw on Use Power On Button to power on the system Password User can Power On the System by password the password can be entered from I to 5 characters The maximum of password is 5 characters If user forget lost the password please go into BIOS setting to change the Power On Method or keyin another words as password instead of original One 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 F6 Ctrl F9 Ctrl F10 Ctrl F11 and Ctrl F12 Page 4 20 EP BX5 BIOS KBC input clock This sets the keyboard clock value The default is 12 MHz Options 6 6 12 16 are the available choices Onboard FDC Controller This controls the state of the onboard floppy controller The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable the Onboard Winbond Chips s floppy drive interface controller Disabled Disable the Onboard Winbond Chip s floppy drive interface controller Onboard Serial Port 1 This field allows the user to configure the
26. R and Chassis fan Auto stop in the sleep mode Supports the System Power LED PANEL blinks in the sleep mode Built in WOL Wake On Lan Connector Page 2 2 EP BX5 Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION LLOC AA l E PEP LEBER EEE EBB ELE EENE E i mn Page 3 1 Installation EP BX5 EP BX5 Detailed Layout mic mU m D e 0 0 0 0 0 0 e e Om 0 eee e e e olele er _ CPU Cartridge Slot 1 a m E O J4 CPU FAN JP2 3TH THERMAL JP1 BEN Chassis Intrusion CHASSIS FAN n mu O T c es Intel PIIX4E PCliset N Winbond 83977 l Oset n SB LINK JP5 CLEAR CMOS Battery ISA Slot 1 Master BIOS PWR FAN ISA Slot 2 J6 ean Figure 1 Page 3 2 gt POWER_GN OFF TB LED gt HD LED gt IR CONN r KeyLock SPK gt RESET EP BX5 Installation Easy Installation Procedure Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 Configure Jumpers System
27. age Page 1 3 Introduction EP BX5 i aaa aaa aaa a The L2 cache TagRAM PBSRAM components keep standard industry names The Pentium II or Pentium III Processor is the first product to utilize the S E C cartridge technology and Slot 1 connector Unless otherwise noted any refer ences to Pentium II Processor Pentium II or Pentium III Processor Slot 1 processor or Pentium III Processor will apply to both the Pentium II Proces sor desktop processors Accelerated Graphics Port AGP or A G P Typically 3D graphics rendering requires 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 will cause a rise in costs for both end users and manufacturers Lowering these costs as well as improving performance is the primary motivation behind AGP By providing a massive increase in the bandwidth available between the video card and the processor it will assist in relieving some of these pres sures for quite sometime Hardware Monitoring Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your systems operations and status The features include CPU temperature voltage and RPM of fan Page 1 4 EP BX5 Introduction EP BX5 Form Factor The EP BX5 is designed with ATX form factor the new industry standard of chassis The ATX form factor is essentially a Ba
28. al setting Disabled 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 setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode On Chip Primary PCI IDE This option turns on off the onboard primary IDE The default is Enabled Enabled This activates the primary PCI IDE Disabled This disable sthe primary PCI IDE and frees up the resource Page 4 19 BIOS EP BX5 On Chip 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 disable sthe secondary PCI IDE and frees up the resource 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 Init Display First If multiple video cards are used this specifies which bus will be the primary display adapter The default is PCI Slot PCI Slot PCI Video card will be primary adapter AGP AGP Video card will be primary adapter Power On Function There are Button Only Hot Key and Any key can be chosen by this field that allows users to select one of these various functions as Power On Method for their requirement The default value in this selection is Hot
29. by AT baseboard rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply With these changes the processor is relocated away from the expansion slots allowing them all to hold full length add in cards ATX defines a double height aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a wide range of onboard I O Only the size 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 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 The mainboard should be used in an ATX 2 01 or later compliant case Asmaller power supply can be used High integration on mainboard reduces the system costs Expandable I O Single chassis fan for system MicroATX ATX power connector Full length slots CPU located near Power Supply Flo IDE iu 3 1 2 5 1 4 close to Bay Bay peripheral bays Figure 2 Summary of ATX chassis features Page 1 5 Introduction EP BX5 I O Shield Connector The EP BX5 is equipped with an I O back panel Please use the appropriate I O s
30. 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 to move the cursor and the Enter key to select the entries in the field can be changed by pressing the lt PgDn gt or the lt PgUp gt key ROM PCIISA BIOS 2A69KPAG STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Wed Apr 17 1996 Time hh mm ss 14 30 50 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP__ LANDZONE _ SECTORS MODE Primary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Primary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 O Auto Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Base Memory i 640K Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Extended Memory 31744K Video EGA VGA Other Memory 384K Halt On All Errors Total Memory 32768K ESC Quit V gt Select Item PU PD Modify F1 Help Shift F2 Change Color Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Page 4 2 EP BX5 BIOS NOTE If the hard disk Primary Master Slave and Secondary Master Slave are set to Auto then the hard disk size and model will be auto detected NOTE The Halt On field is used to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if an error occurs NOTE Floppy 3 Mode support is a mode used to
31. d acts like the cursor keys Gate A20 Option This refers to the way the system addresses memory above IMB extended memory The default is Fast Normal The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard controller or chipset hardware Fast The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method Typematic Rate Setting This determines the keystrokes repeat rate The default is Disabled Enabled Allows typematic rate and typematic delay programming Disabled The typematic rate and typematic delay will be controlled by the keyboard controller in your system Page 4 5 BIOS EP BX5 Typematic Rate Chars Sec This is the number of characters that will be repeated by a keyboard press The default is 6 6 6 characters per second 8 characters per second 10 10 characters per second 12 12 characters per second 15 15 characters per second 20 20 characters per second 24 24 characters per second 30 30 characters per second Typematic Delay msec This setting controls the time between the first and the 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 boo
32. e Mode EDO DRAM Page 4 8 EP BX5 BIOS EDO CASx MA Wait State This allows the option to insert an additional wait state before the assertion of the first CASx for page hit cycle The default is 2 I Inserts one wait state 2 Inserts two wait states EDO RASx Wait State This allows the option to insert an additional wait state before RAS is asserted for row misses 1 Inserts one wait state 2 Inserts two wait states SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This allows the option to insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when SDRAM is written to read from or refreshed The default is 3 2 Provides faster memory performance 3 Provides slower memory performance 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 and the SDRAM may fail to retain data The default is 3 2 Provides faster memory performance 3 Provides better memory compatibility SDRAM CAS Latency Time This setting defines the CAS timing parameter of the SDRAM in terms of clocks The default is Auto 2 Provides faster memory performance 3 Provides better memory compatibility Auto CAS Latency Time programming depend on information read from DRAM SPD SDRAM Precharge Control The default is Disabled Enabled Enabled the option Disabled Disabled the option DRAM Data
33. eady turned on in POST 3D this part will be skipped 2 Set the boot 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 saving according to Setup value 2 Program the NUM Lock typematic rate amp 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 system B 2 Unexpected Errors POST hex DESCRIPTION BO If interrupt occurs in protected mode Bl Unclaimed NMI occurs 0 A 8 EP BX5 Appendix Appendix C NOTE The LOAD 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 ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGPAA CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT PNP PCI CONFIGURA ETUP Load SETUP Default Y N Y INTEGRATED PERIPH SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC QUIT 4 gt SELECT ITEM F10
34. eatures Award Plug amp Play BIOS With Flash Memory you can always upgrade to the current BIOS as they are released http www epox com please visit our Technical Support section for the latest updates Page 2 1 Features EP BX5 K EP BX5 utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protec tion and longer battery life e Supports the Universal Serial Bus USB connector The onboard PIIX4E chip provides the means for connecting PC peripherals such as keyboards joysticks telephones and modems Built in ATX 20 pin power supply connector Software power down when using Windows 95 98 e Supports ring in feature remote power on through external modem allow system to be turned on remotely Resume by Alarm Allow your system to turn on at a preselected time Power Loss Recovery In the event of a power outtage your system will automatically turn itself back on without user intervention e Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM System Management Mode Supports Desktop Management Interface DMI facilitating the manage ment of desktop computers hardware and software components and peripherals whether they are stand alone systems or linked into networks optional Supports Hot key Any key or password Keyboard power ON function KBPO e Supports USDM software to allow the status monitoring of various aspects of the system when using Windows 95 98 or Windows NT 4 0 e Supports the CPU PW
35. entium III Celeron S370 Convert Card Note Based on the implementation of the Intel 440BX AGPset the EP BX5 is able to provide multiple front side bus FSB frequencies for Slot 1 processors and memory operations The mainboard s FSB is easily se lected by BIOS Setup listed above to match the FSB required by your processor When using the 100MHz FSB or higher you must use PC100 or better compliant SDRAM Memory is an important component of any motherboard When selecting 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 severely compromises the integrity of the system JP1 Chassis Case intruder detect oon JP2 The 3th Thermal Connector JP4 Keyboard Power ON function DI JP4 1 2 Enabled 2 3 Normal Default Page 3 4 EP BX5 Installation JP4 Keyboard Power ON function D JP4 1 2 Enabled 2 3 Normal Default JP5 CM OS Clear 1 JP1 1 2 Normal D efault ERIS 2 3 Clear CMOS momentarily J1 SB LINK Connector Reserved for Creative SB LINK Sound Blaster LINK with the Sound Blaster AW E64D PCI Sound Card to compatible J7 W OL Wake On Lan Connector EN Reserved for NIC Network Interface Card to Wake the System Page 3 5 Installation EP BX5 Section 3 2 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The EP BX3 supports
36. hat time frame that the video will be disabled under current power management settings The default is Standby Standby Video powers off after time shown in standby mode setting Doze Video powers off after time shown in doze mode Setting Suspend Video powers off after time shown in suspend mode setting N A Video power off not controlled by power management MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Default is 3 N A No IRQ is used 3 IRO 3 4 IRO 4 5 IRO 5 7 IRO 7 9 IRO 9 10 IRQ 10 11 IRQ 11 This Mainboard supports HDD Power Down Doze and Standby power saving functions when using the Intel Pentium II Processor The default is Disabled Page 4 13 BIOS EP BX5 Doze Mode The Doze mode timer starts to count when no PM events have occurred Standby Mode When the standby mode timer times out it will enter the standby mode and retain 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 Throttle Duty Cycle Sets how much performance will be lost during a power management mode Default 1s
37. he support Figure 9 Page 3 9 Installation EP BX5 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 Parallel Port PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard USB COMI COM2 Figure 10 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 e 20 pin power connector Page 3 10 EP BX5 Installation Device Connectors continued This is connected to the power button on the case Using the Soft Off by Pwr BTTN feature you can choose 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 Power On Off Turbo LED indicator LED ON when higher speed is selected IDE LED indicator LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard disks is activate IR Connector 1 VCC 4 GND 2 NC 5 IRTX
38. hield figure 3 Parallel Port PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard USB COMI COM2 Figure 3 I O back panel layout Power On Off Remote The EP BXS has a single 20 pin connector for ATX power supplies For ATX power supplies that support the Remote On Off feature this should be connected to the systems front panel for system Power On Off button The systems power On Off button should be a momentary button that is normally open The EP BXS 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 BX5 s onboard circuit controller that can be controlled by the operating system Windows 95 98 will control this when the user clicks that they are ready to Shutdown the system ATX POWER SUPPLY i B mm Figure 4 Case chassis Power ON OFF button Q J3 PW ON EP BX5 Introduction System Block Diagram Pentium Il or Pentium IIl Processor 100 66MHz PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller 443BX Graphic il PIIXAE Video PCI Slots VO Bridge s USB O USB HDD a ISA Slots BIOS Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 Winbond LPT Port 83C977 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Figure 5 System B
39. ication purposes only Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies The product name and revision number are both printed on the mainboard itself Handling Procedures Static electricity can severely damage your equipment Handle the EP B X5 and any other device in your system with extreme care and avoid unnecessary contact with system components on the mainboard Always work on an antistatic surface to avoid possible damage to the mainboard from static discharge Always have the power supply unplugged and powered off when inserting and removing devices within the computer chassis EPoX assumes no responsibility for any damage to the EP BX5 mainboard that results from failure to follow instruction or failure to Observe safety precautions ala CAUTION G Mis The EP BX5 mainboard is subject to damage by static electricity Always observe the handling procedures EP BX5 Technical Support Services If you need additional information help during installation or normal use of this product please contact your retailer Your retailer will have the most current information about your configuration If your retailer cannot help you may visit our online technical support website and or contact our support technicians at the locations listed below Record your serial number before installing your EP BX5 mainboard The serial number is located near the ISA slots
40. ion was not used or current password user defined password the user can change the password and store new one in CMOS RAM A maximum of 8 characters can be entered Page 4 26 EP BX5 BIOS 4 10 IDE HDD Auto Detection The IIDE 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 to Auto in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP You don t need the IIDE HDD AUTO DETECTION utility The BIOS will Auto detect the hard disk size and model on display during POST ROM PCT ISA BIOS 2A69KPAG CMOS SETUPUTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE Primary Master Select Secondary Slave Option N Skip N OPTIONSSIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTORMODE 2 Y 4310 524 255 14847 63 LBA 1 4310 14848 9 14847 63 NORMAL 3 4310 928 144 14847 63 LARGE Note Some OSes like SCO UNIX must use NORMAL for installation ESC Skip Figure 8 IDE HDD Auto Detection NOTE HDD Modes The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes NORMAL LBA amp 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 amp sectors for NORMAL mode are 1024 16 amp 63 no Cylinder 1024 x no Head
41. k Ratio x3 Current CPU FAN Speed 4900 RPM Current CHASSIS FAN Speed 4900 RPM CPU Clk Frequency 300 100x3 MHz Vcore 2 10V Vtt V 1 55V CPU AGP Clk Clk 3 2 100 66 Vio V 3 47V 5V 5 02V 12V 12 40V 12V 11 95V CPU Vcore Voltage 0 10V 5V 5 50V VBAT V 3 44V CPU Vcore Voltage 2 10V 5VSB V 5 08V Shutdown Temperature 60 C 140 C BIOS Writer Utility Checksum Error Detect Both Source oc AS Target Master Esc Quit pele Item Go Enter Fl Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 6 Sensor and CPU Speed Setting Auto Detect DIMM PCI CIk When enabled the motherboard will automatically disable the clock source for a DIMM socket which does not have a module in it Same applies for PCI slots The default is Enabled Enabled Enables this option Disabled Disables this option Spread Spectrum Modulated The default is Disabled Enabled Enables this option Disabled Disables this option CPU Host PCI Clk The default is Default Default To select CPU host bus clock frequency depend on what CPU user is plug in Else User select desired CPU working frequency Warning Any overclock setting will cause the damage of CPU itself Page 4 23 BIOS EP BX5 CPU AGP Clk Ratio The default is Default Default If the CPU host bus selects above 83 3Mhz AGP will run clock at 2 3 CPU s If the CPU host bu
42. l memory Extended BIOS data area if PS 2 mouse is installed Available for Hi DOS memory Available for Hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs Available for UMB Video service routine for Monochrome amp CGA adaptor BIOS CMOS setup utility BIOS runtime service routine 2 Plug and Play ESCD data area BIOS runtime service routine 1 DMA controller Master INTERRUPT CONTROLLER Master CHIPSET control registers I O ports TIMER control registers KEYBOARD interface controller 8042 RTC ports amp CMOS I O ports DMA register INTERRUPT controller Slave DMA controller Slave MATH COPROCESSOR HARD DISK controller PARALLEL port 2 GRAPHICS adapter controller Appendix EP BX5 2F8 2FF SERIAL port 2 360 36F NETWORK ports 378 37F PARALLEL port 1 3B0 3BF MONOCHROME amp PARALLEL port adapter 3C0 3CF EGA adapter 3DO 3DF CGA adapter 3FO 3F7 FLOPPY DISK controller 3F8 3FF SERIAL port 1 A 3 TIMER amp DMA CHANNELS MAP TIMER MAP TIMER Channel 0 TIMER Channel 1 TIMER Channel 2 DMA CHANNELS DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 2 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 4 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 System timer interrupt DRAM REFRESH request SPEAKER tone generator Available Onboard ECP Option FLOPPY DISK SMC CHIP Onboard ECP default Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available Available A 4 INTERRUPT MAP A 2 NMI Parity check error
43. lock Diagram Page 1 7 Introduction EP BX5 Page Left Blank Page 1 8 EP BX5 Features Section 2 FEATURES EP BX5 Features EP BX5 is based on the Pentium II or Pentium III Processor operating at 233 400MHz 66MHz or 300 550MHz 100MHz on Slot 1 There are no jumper setting for CPU Speed Setup but detected automati cally through the BIOS Designed with Intel s 82443 BX AGPset Supports up to 1 GB of SDRAM minimum of 8 MB on board You can use 168 pin DIMM x 4 It will automatically detect Extended Data Output EDO DRAM at 66MHz only or Synchronous DRAM memory SDRAM at 66MHz or 100MHz please see Section 3 2 e EP BX5 will not support Error Checking and Correcting ECC when using paritys DRAM memory modules 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 BX5 supports 5 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 devices on both Primary and Secondary IDE interfaces e Designed with Winbond W83977TF EF Multi I O 1 floppy port 1 parallel port EPP ECP and 2 serial ports 16550 Fast UART Note Japanese Floppy 3 mode is also supported e Includes a PS 2 mouse connector e Allows use of a PS 2 keyboard F
44. memory Configuration Install Pentium II III Celeron Processor Device Connectors External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions KBPO Section 3 1 Configure Settings The following will describe all of the setting that you are required to set before moving on to step 3 2 ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KPAG SENSOR amp CPU SPEED SETTING AWARD SOFTWARE INC Auto Detect DIMM PCI CIk Spread Spectrum Modulated Enabled Disabled CPU Host PCI Clk Default CPU AGP Clk Ratio Default CPU Int Clk Ratio X3 CPU Clk Frequency 300 100x3 MHz CPU AGP Clk Clk 3 2 100 66 CPU Vcore Voltage 0 10V CPU Vcore Voltage 2 10V BIOS Writer Utility Checksum Error Detect Both Source A Target Mater Go Enter CPU Warning Temperature Extended JP2 Temperature Current CPU Temperature Current System Temperature Current POWER FAN Speed Current CPU FAN Speed Current CHASSIS FAN Speed Vcore 2 10V Vtt V Vio V 3 47V 5V 12V 12 40V 12V 5V 5 50V VBAT V 5VSB V 5 08V Shutdown Temperature Esc Quit F1 Help F5 Old Values F7 Load Setup Defaults Disabled 0 C 32 C 0 C 32 C 09C 329C 4900 RPM 4900 RPM 4900 RPM 1 55V 5 02V 11 95V 3 44V 609C 1409C 4 gt Select Item PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color Page 3 3 Installation EP BX5 CPU Type External Clock Slot1 Type Pentium Il P
45. nd the speaker will beep OE 1 Test video RAM If Monochrome display device found 2 Show messages including Award Logo Copyright string BIOS Data code amp Part No OEM specific sign on messages Energy Star Logo Green BIOS ONLY CPU brand type amp speed Test system BIOS checksum Non Compress Version only OF DMA channel 0 test 10 DMA channel 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 F 29 Reserved 30 Detect Base Memory amp Extended Memory Size 3 1 Test Base Memory from 256K to 640K 2 Test Extended Memory from 1M to the top of memory 32 1 Display the Award Plug amp Play BIOS Extension message PnP BIOS only EP BX5 Appendix 2 Program all onboard super I O chips if any including COM ports LPT ports FDD port according to setup value 33 3B Reserved 3C Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility 3D 1 Initialize Keyboard 2 Install PS2 mouse 3E Try to turn on Level 2 cache Note Some chipset may need to turn on the L2 cache in this stage But usually the cache is turn on later in POST 61h 3F 40 Reserved BF 1 Program the rest of the Chipset s value according to Setup Later Setup Value P
46. ock Mode Provides higher HDD transfer rates Disabled Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Primary Master PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Page 4 18 EP BX5 BIOS IDE Primary Slave PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed 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 IDE Primary Master 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 setting 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 optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode IDE Secondary Master UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optim
47. oide any damage on the board due to overtightening the four screws 3 One thing must be kept in your mind that please make sure to lift upright the foldable parts of the Retention module to fit and install CPU properly Figure 6 Now we are going to install the heatsink support base piece figure 7 onto the motherboard There is both a large and small hole figure 8 so that the base will only fit in one direction This piece needs to be pushed into the holes firmly until it is seated Now we are ready to install the SEC Cartridge Pentium II III Processor into the Retention Module The SEC Cartridge is mounted by sliding the SEC Car tridge into the Retention Module and letting it slide all the way down Once it reaches the bottom make sure you press firmly on SEC cartridge to firmly secure into the Slot 1 Socket Page 3 8 EP BX5 Installation Now we need to secure the heatsink with the top half of the support figure 9 Take the top piece of the support and slide it into the bottom fin figure 9 on the heatsink and then push forward until it clips into the bottom base figure 7 that is already there figure 9 Figure 7 Figure 7 shows the layout of Slot 1 and the holes for mounting the Heatsink base piece figure 6 Motherboard CPU Cartridge SLOT 1 Layout e e Large Hole for Heat Sink Base Small Hole for Heat Sink Base Figure amp Bottom fin Bottom fin of heatsink of heatsink Top half of t
48. option allows you to select ACPI Function The default is Enabled Enabled Support ACPI function for new O S Disabled No Support ACPI function Power Management Use this to select your Power Management selection The default is User define Disabled The system operates in NORMAL conditions Non GREEN and the Power Management 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 Page 4 12 EP BX5 BIOS User define Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode PM controlled APM This option shows weather or not you want the Power Management to be controlled the Advanced Power Management APM The default is Yes Yes APM controls your PM No APM does not control your PM Video Off Method This option allows 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 synchroniza tion 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 Standards Association VESA 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 w
49. 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 press the Del key immediately this will bring you into the BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KPAG CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SENSOR amp SPEED SETTING BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC QUIT My gt SELECT ITEM F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Figure 1 CMOS Setup Utility Page 4 1 BIOS EP BX5 The menu displays all the major selection items Select the item you need to reconfigure The selection is made by moving the cursor press any direction key to the item and pressing the Enter key An on line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function When a selection is made the menu of the selected item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters s orange omo Setup Choose Standard CMOS Setup in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 The Standard CMOS Setup allows the user to
50. rogram 4 2 If auto configuration is enabled program the chipset with pre defined Values 42 Initialize floppy disk drive controller 43 Initialize Hard drive controller 45 If it is a PnP BIOS initialize serial amp parallel ports 44 Reserved 45 Initialize math coprocessor 46 AD Reserved 4E If there is any error detected such as video kb show all error messages on the screen amp wait for user to press lt F1 gt 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 B7 1 Initialize all ISA ROMs 2 Later PCI initializations PCI BIOS only assign IRQ to PCI devices initialize all PCI ROMs 3 PnP Initialzations PnP BIOS only assign IO Memory IRQ amp DMA to PnP ISA devices initialize all PnP ISA ROMs Program shadows RAM according to Setup settings Un E Program parity according to Setup setting A 7 Appendix EP BX5 6 Power Management Initialization Enable Disable global PM APM interface initialization 53 1 If itis NOT a PnP BIOS initialize serial amp parallel ports 2 Initialize time value in BIOS data area by translate the RTC time value into a timer tick value 60 Setup Virus Protection Boot Sector Protection function ality according to Setup setting 61 1 Try to turn on Level 2 cache Note If L2 cache is alr
51. s is 378H and IRQ7 278H Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 278H and IROS 3BCH Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7 Disabled Disable Onboard Winbond Chip s LPT port Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode The default is ECP EPP Normal Standard mode IBM PC AT Compatible bidirectional parallel port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port mode ECP Extended Capabilities Port mode EPP ECP ECP Mode amp EPP Mode ECP Mode USE DMA This field allows the user to select DMAI or DMA3 for the ECP mode The default is DMA3 DMAI This field selects the routing of DMAI for the ECP mode DMA3 This field selects the routing of DMAS for the ECP mode ECP Mode Select This field sets what EPP mode variation to use EPP1 9 Sets EPP1 9 EPP1 7 Sets EPP1 7 Page 4 22 EP BX5 BIOS SS Sensor s cro Speed setting Choose the SENSOR amp 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 ROM PCIISA BIOS 2A69KPAG SENSOR amp CPU SPEED SETTING AWARD SOFTWARE INC Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled CPU Warning Temperature 70 C 1589C Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled Extended JP2 Temperature 09C 329C Current CPU Temperature 09C 329C CPU Host PCI Clk Default Current System Temperature 09C 329C CPU AGP Clk Ratio Default Current POWER FAN Speed 4900 RPM CPU Int CI
52. s selects less or equal to 83 3MHz AGP will run clock same as CPU s 3 25 AGP will run clock at 2 3 CPU s I I AGP will run same as CPU s CPU Int Clk Ratio CPU internal clock frequency Ratio Host bus clock Clock Frequency 300 100x3 MHz Next time system boot CPU clock frequency information No option Display only CPU AGP CIk CIk Next time system boot AGP clock frequency information No option Display only CPU Vcore Voltage The default is 0 00V Options 0 00V 0 05V 0 10V 0 20V 0 30V 0 40V and 0 50V minor increase to CPU working voltage CPU Vcore Voltage The default is 2 00V Next time system boot Vcore Voltage information No option Display only Checksum Error Detect In post session BIOS will check wether or not other one rom checksum is fail The default is Both None No BIOS checksum detect Both When the system boots from Slave BIOS will detect checksum of Master When the system boots from Master BIOS will detect checksum of Slave Master BIOS never detect Slave BIOS checksum Slave BIOS never detect Master BIOS checksum Page 4 24 EP BX5 BIOS Source A Master Slave Select the source of binary code to update Target Master Slave Select the target to write Go Enter Execute Ps Master Master BIOS EEPROM Slave Slave BIOS EEPROM Current CPU Temperature This is the current temperature of the CPU Current System Temp This is the Current temperature of the system
53. support a special 3 5 drive used in Japan This is a 3 5 disk that stores only 1 2 MB the default setting for this is disabled Selecting the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu This menu shows all of the manufacturer s default values for the EP BX5 Pressing the F1 key will display a help message for the selected item ROM PCIISA BIOS 2A69KPAG BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Disabled Processor Number Feature Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Sequence A C SCSI Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Type matic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup PCIVGA a Snoop Disabled ee UE iuba id E OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non 092 El Help PUA Din Modiiy HDD S M A R T capability Disabled ES Id Values Sul Bo Color Report NO FDD For WIN 95 Yes PE oud pee eras 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 message will appear Page 4 3 BIOS EP BX5
54. t but the access to Setup will be denied if the incorrect password is not entered at the prompt PCI VGA Palette Snoop 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 connected to a PCI VGA card via the VESA connector and that ISA card connects to a VGA monitor then that ISA card uses the RAMDAC of the PCI card Disabled Disables the VGA card Palette Snoop function OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Some operating systems require special handling Use this option only if your system has greater than 64MB of memory The default is Non OS2 OS2 Select this if you are running the OS 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM Non OS2 Select this for all other operating systems and configurations Page 4 6 EP BX5 BIOS HDD S M A R T capability Enabled SMART hard drive functions for compat ible hardware The default is Disabled Enabled S M A R T features are available Disabled S M A R T features will not be available Report No FDD For WIN95 This option allows BIOS to indicate whether WINOS is with FDD or not The Default value is Yes NO Report No FDD for WIN95 YES Report FDD for WIN95 Page 4 7 BIOS EP BX5 4 3 Chipset Features Setup Choose the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu ROM PCIISA BIOS 2A69KPAG
55. t 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 4 until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 5 al LEFT KEY ZONE CENTER KEY ZONE UNBUFFERED 3 3 V DRAM Figure 3 VH HE Ubica O TT ibi ibi Figure 4 DIMM Module clip before installation IUDIUUUUU HAUTE Me E Hilli CULL LITE Figure 5 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 Page 3 7 Installation EP BX5 Section 3 3 Installing a Pentium II III Celeron Processor The EP BX5 uses the Single Edge Contact SEC slot for a Pentium H III processor packaged in an SEC cartridge The SEC slot is not compatible with other non Pentium I III processors Please have ready the following list of components so that we may install the processor onto the motherboard 1 Heat sink support top bottom piece 2 Pentium II III processor heat sink 3 Intel Pentium II III Processor OK now that you have all of your components ready we can start First please refer to figure 6 below and follow the direction to lift up the fixed foldable pentium II III Retention Mechanism This pre installed device is designed for you to install Pentium II III CPU more easier and to av
56. tup 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 ROM PCIISA BIOS 2A69KPAG POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC ACPI Function Enabled Reload Global Timer Events Power Management User Define IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Disabled PM Control by APM Yes Primary IDE 0 Disabled Video off Method V H SYNC Blank Primary IDE 1 Disabled Video off After Standby Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Modem Use IRQ 3 Secondary IDE 1 Disabled Doze Mode Disabled Floppy Disk Disabled Standby Mode Disabled Serial Port Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Parallel Port Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Throttle Duty Cycle 62 596 PCI VGA Act Monitor Disabled Soft off by PWR BTTN Instant off CPUFAN Off In Suspend Enabled PowerOn By Ring Enabled T9 M Resume by Alarm Disabled Esc Quit V gt Select Item Fl Help PU PD Modify Wake Up On LAN ee F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color IRQ 8 Break Suspend Disabled F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 5 Power Management Setup You can only change the content of Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode when the Power Management is set to User Define ACPI Function This
57. wer On Self Test This category speeds up the Power On Self Test POST The default is Enabled Enabled This setting will shorten or skip of the items checked during POST Disabled Normal POST Page 4 4 EP BX5 BIOS Boot Sequence This category determines which drive is searched first by the O S Operating System The default is A C SCSI The following is your list of options A C SCSI IC A SCSI IC CD ROM A CD ROM C A D A CD ROM E A CD ROM F A CD ROM SCSI A C SCSI C A C Only Swap Floppy Drive This will swap your physical drive letters A amp B if you are using two floppy disks The default is Disabled Enabled Floppy A amp B will be swapped under the O S Disabled Floppy A amp B will be not swapped Boot Up Floppy Seek During Power On Self Test POST BIOS will deter mine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Only 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2MB and 1 44MB are all 80 tracks The default is Enabled Enabled The BIOS will search the floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Disabled The BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number NOTE BIOS can not tell the difference 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 keypa
58. y and I O bandwidth to support it new system designs are needed For systems with dual processors it is important to consider the additional power burdens and signal integrity issues of supporting multiple 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 Contact S E C Figure 1 cartridge packaging technology The S E C cartridge allows the L2 cache to remain tightly coupled to the processor while maintaining flexibility when implementing high performance 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 cartridge package introduced on the Pentium II Processor will also be used in future Slot 1 processors The S E C cartridge has the following features a thermal plate a cover and a PCB with an edge finger connection The thermal plate allows standardized heatsink attachment or customized thermal solutions The thermal plate enables a reusable heatsink to minimize fit issues for serviceability upgradeability and replacement The full enclosure also protects the surface mount components The edge finger connection maintains socketabilty for system configuration The edge finger connector is denoted as
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