EP-8KTA An AMD Soc ket A Pr ocessor Sock Processor based mainboar d (133/100MHz) mainboard Suppor ts PC-133 SDRAM Modules Supports 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 1.
EP-8KTA Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Page Components Checklist ........................................ 1-1 Overview AMD DuronTM & AthlonTM Processors ............. 1-2 Accelerated Graphics Port .................................. 1-3 Hardware Monitoring .......................................... 1-3 EP-8KTA Form-Factor ........................................ 1-4 I/O Shield Connector .......................................... 1-5 Power-On/Off (Remote) .....................................
EP-8KTA Defaults Menu ..................................................... 4-22 Supervisor/User Password Setting ..................... 4-23 Exit Selecting ...................................................... 4-24 Appendix Appendix A Memory Map ....................................................... A-1 I/O Map ................................................................ A-1 Timer & DMA Channels Map ............................. A-2 Interrupt Map ....................................................
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EP-8KTA Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist ü A. (1) EP-8KTA mainboard ü B. (1) EP-8KTA users manual ü C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable ü D. (1) ATA-66 Hard drive ribbon cable E. (1) USB Cable (Optional) F.
Introduction EP-8KTA Overview AMD DuronTM & AthlonTM Processors The AMD Athlon is a seventh-generation micro architecture with an integrated L2 cache, which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a large range of applications, hardware, graphics, and memory technologies. These processors implement advanced design techniques such as: w Socket A (PGA 462) w 200MHz system interface based on the Alpha EV6 bus protocol. w Three out-of-order, superscalar, pipelined Multimedia Units.
EP-8KTA Introduction The AMD Duron processor is derived from the AMD Athlon processor core. It features full-speed, on-chip cache memory, a 200MHz front side system bus, and enhanced 3DNow! technology. Although both processors are related, there are key differences. The AMD Athlon processor is targeted at the performance segment, and as such will have more cache memory and higher clock speeds. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.
Introduction EP-8KTA EP-8KTA Form-Factor The EP-8KTA is designed with ATX form factor - the new industry standard of chassis. ATX form factor is essentially a Baby-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.
EP-8KTA Introduction I/O Shield Connector The EP-8KTA is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield (figure 3). Joystick/Midi port parallel port PS/2 Mouse USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 COM2 Speaker Line_in MIC Figure 3: I/O back panel layout Power-On/Off (Remote) The EP-8KTA 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.
Introduction EP-8KTA System Block Diagram AMD Socket A Processors 133/100MHz 4X 66MHz PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller VT8363 133/100MHz AC 97 VT82C686A I/O Bridge USB 0,1 USB 2,3 Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-6
EP-8KTA Features Section 2 FEATURES EP-8KTA Features: EP-8KTA is based on the AMD Socket A Processors operating at 600 ~ 1GHz on Socket A. Designed with VIA KT133 AGPset. Supports up to 768MB of DRAM (minimum of 32 MB) on board (please see Section 3-2). EP-8KTA will support Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) when using parity SDRAM memory modules. This will detect multiple bit errors and correct 1-bit memory errors.
Features EP-8KTA 4 USB ports provided, 2 ports are onboard and another 2 USB ports as optional. Built-in ATX 20-pin power supply connector. Software power-down when using Windows® 95/98 or Windows®2000. Supports ring-in feature (remote power-on through external modem, allows system to be turned on remotely). Resume by Alarm - Allows your system to turn on at a preselected time.
EP-8KTA Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Page 3-1
Installation EP-8KTA EP-8KTA Detailed Layout Figure 1 Page 3-2
EP-8KTA Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. 3-2. 3-3. 3-4. 3-5 3-6. CPU Insertion Jumper Settings System memory Configuration Device Connectors External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) STR Function Section 3-1 CPU Insertion CPU Insertion: (use AMD AthlonTM as reference) Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever. Figure 2 Step 2 Insert the processor.
Installation EP-8KTA Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever. Figure 4 Step 4 Thermal conductive and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are must a to avoid CPU overheat and burned.
EP-8KTA Installation Section 3-2 Jumper Settings The EP-8KTA motherboard was designed with very few jumpers to make your installation faster and easier. SW1: CPU Vcore Voltage Selection SW1 ON 1 23 45 6 SW1 Pin6 OFF = Vcore adjustable by switch ON = Vcore auto detected 1 2 3 4 5 CPU Vcore (V) OFF OFF OFF OFF ON 1.30 ON OFF OFF OFF ON 1.35 OFF ON OFF OFF ON 1.40 ON ON OFF OFF ON 1.45 OFF OFF ON OFF ON 1.50 ON OFF ON OFF ON 1.55 OFF ON ON OFF ON 1.
Installation JP3 Power Loss Recovery JP3 = 1-2 Disabled = 2-3 Enabled 1 JP13 1 JP14 Page 3-6 1 EP-8KTA Keyboard Power-ON Function JP13 = 1-2 Disabled (Default) = 2-3 Enabled CPU Host Clock Select JP14 = 1-2 100MHz = 2-3 133MHz
EP-8KTA Installation Section 3-3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The EP-8KTA supports (3) PC133 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs is for SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) only. DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns) or 125MHz (8ns) bus speed. 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.
Installation EP-8KTA 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 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 4) until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 5). LEFT KEY ZONE (UNBUFFERED) CENTER KEY ZONE (3.
EP-8KTA Installation Section 3-4 Device Connectors parallel port PS/2 Mouse Joystic/Midi USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 COM2 Speaker Line_in MIC Figure 7 J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector Power_LED, Speaker, Reset, Sleep, Turbo LED and HDD LED J4: CPU Fan Power A plug-in for the CPU Fan Power J5: SYS Fan Power A plug-in for the Power Supply Fan Power J6: Chassis Fan Power A plug-in for the chassis Fan Power J7: WOL (Wake On Lan) Connector IDE1: Primary IDE Connector (White Color) IDE2: Se
Installation EP-8KTA AUX1: Auxiliary Line_IN Connector Pin1(Left Line_IN), Pin2/Pin3(GND), Pin4(Right Line-IN) MODEM1: Telephony Connector Pin1(Audio_in), Pin2/Pin3(GND), Pin4(Mic-out to Modem) USB2: USB port header pins for adding two additional USB ports. VCC 6 1 GND -Data +Data +Data -Data GND VCC 5 10 USB port header pin descriptions.
EP-8KTA 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).
Installation EP-8KTA 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 COM1 or COM2, the EP-8KTA mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.
EP-8KTA Installation 3-6 STR (Suspend To RAM) Function The EP-8KTA supports the STR power management state by maintaining the appropriate states on the SDRAM interface signals. The power source must be kept alive to the SDRAM during STR (ACPI S3). Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) provides more Energy Saving Features for operating systems that supporting Instant ON and QuickStartTM function. 1.
Installation EP-8KTA d. You must push the Power button connected with onboard J3 pin to wake up you system (not to click to mouse or press keyboard to wake up the system). Just pushing Power button, your system will quickly back to the last screen for you. The LED Indicator for ACPI Status table shown below will guide you and give you a reference for ACPI status on this mainboard.
EP-8KTA BIOS Section 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP Main Menu Awards 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.
BIOS EP-8KTA 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.
EP-8KTA 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 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.
BIOS EP-8KTA 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. 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.
EP-8KTA BIOS First /Second/Third/Other Boot Device: The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The choice: Floppy, LS120, HDD, SCSI, CDROM, Disabled. Swap Floppy Drive: This will swap your physical drive letters A & B if you are using two floppy disks. The default is Disabled. Enabled: Floppy A & B will be swapped under the O/S. Disabled: Floppy A & B will be not swapped.
BIOS EP-8KTA 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: 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.
EP-8KTA BIOS D8000 - DBFFF Shadow: DC000 - DFFFF Shadow: These categories determine whether ROMs from option cards will be copied into RAM. This will be in 16K byte or 32K byte units, and the size will depend on chipset of the option card. Enabled: Optional shadow is enabled. Disabled: Optional shadow is disabled.
BIOS EP-8KTA 4-3 Advanced Chipset Features Choose the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu. Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5 DRAM Timing: This value in this field is set by the system board manufacturer, depending on whether the board has paged DRAMs or EDO (extended data output) DRAMs. The Choice: Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5. SDRAM Cycle length: This setting defines the CAS timing parameter of the SDRAM in terms of clocks. The default is 3.
EP-8KTA BIOS Memory Hole : 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. 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.
BIOS EP-8KTA K7 CLK_CTL Select: Use this item to specify the clock control for ramp rate. Select default for a defaulted time value, and optimal for optimum time value which depends on different CPU ratio. The choice: Default, Optimal OnChip USB/USB2: USB Connector (Port 0-1)/(Port 2-3). The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 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.
EP-8KTA BIOS 4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals Note: If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector, then you will need to set Onboard Primary PCI IDE: Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE: Disabled Note: The Onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches (45 cm.). OnChip IDE Channel0: The default value is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE primary port. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE primary port. OnChip IDE Channel1: The default is Enabled.
BIOS EP-8KTA 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. 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. Secondary Master PIO: The default is Auto.
EP-8KTA BIOS Init Display First: If two video cards are used (1 AGP and 1 PCI) this specifies which one will be the primary display adapter. The default is PCI Slot. PCI Slots: PCI video card will be primary adapter. AGP: AGP video card will be primary adapter. 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.
BIOS EP-8KTA Onboard Parallel port: This field allows the user to configure the LPT port. The default is 378H / IRQ7. 378H: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 378H and IRQ7. 278H: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 278H and IRQ5. 3BCH: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7. Disabled: Disable Onboard Winbond Chips LPT port. Onboard Parallel Port Mode: This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode. The default is Normal. Normal: Standard mode.
EP-8KTA BIOS 4-5 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 its absolutely necessary. Figure 6: Power Management Setup ACPI Function: This option allows you to select ACPI Function. The default is Enabled. Enabled: Support ACPI function for new O.S Disabled: No Support ACPI function.
BIOS EP-8KTA User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode. ACPI Suspend Type: This item allows you to select S1(POS) or S3(STR) function. The choice: S1(POS), S3(STR). PM controlled by APM: This option shows weather or not you want the Power Management to be controlled the Advanced Power Management (APM). The default is Yes.
EP-8KTA BIOS Soft-Off by PWRBTN: Use this to select your soft-off function. The default is Delay 4 sec. 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 Suspend Mode. State After Power Failure: This field lets you determine the state that your PC returns to after a power failure.
BIOS EP-8KTA 4-6 PNP/PCI Configuration 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. Figure 7: 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.
EP-8KTA 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. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: Leave this field at Disabled. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Assign IRQ For USB: This item allows BIOS to assign whether IRQ is with USB or not.
BIOS EP-8KTA 4-7 PC Health Status 31oC/87oF 0oC/32oF 6135 RPM 0 RPM 1.62V 3.20V 3.22V 5.01V 12.12V Current CPU Temperature: This is the current temperature of the CPU. Current System Temperature: This is the Current temperature of the system. 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/3.3V Stand by). 3.3V, 5V, 12V: The voltage level of the switch power supply.
EP-8KTA BIOS 4-8 Frequency/Voltage Control DRAM Clock : The item will synchronize/asynchronize DRAM operation clock. Host Clock: DRAM has same working clock with CPU host bus. 2/3 Host: DRAM running with lower operation clock. Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk: 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.
BIOS EP-8KTA 4-9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations.
EP-8KTA BIOS 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differences between are: supervisor password : can enter and change the options of the setup menus. user password : just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.
BIOS EP-8KTA 4-11 Exit Selecting Save & Exit Setup Pressing on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is restarted again.
Appendix EP-8KTA Appendix A A-1 MEMORY MAP Address Range [00000-7FFFF] [80000-9FBFF] [9FC00-9FFFF] Size 512K 127K 1K [A0000-C7FFF] [C8000-DFFFF] 160K 96K [E0000-EEFFF] [EF000-EFFFF] 60K 4K [F0000-F7FFF] [F8000-FCFFF] [FD000-FDFFF] [FE000-FFFFF] 32K 20K 4K 8K Description Conventional memory Extended Conventional 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 & C
Appendix [2F8-2FF] [360-36F] [378-37F] [3B0-3BF] [3C0-3CF] [3D0-3DF] [3F0-3F7] [3F8-3FF] EP-8KTA SERIAL port 2. NETWORK ports. PARALLEL port 1. MONOCHROME & PARALLEL port adapter. EGA adapter. CGA adapter. FLOPPY DISK controller. SERIAL port 1. A-3 TIMER & 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.
Appendix EP-8KTA 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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 & CMOS RAM MAP RTC & CMOS: 00 Seconds. 01 Second alarm. 02 Minutes. 03 Minutes alarm. 04 Hours. 05 Hours alarm. 06 Day of week. 07 Day of month. 08 Month. 09 Year. 0A Status register A. 0B Status register B. 0C Status register C. 0D Status register D.
Appendix 16 17 18 19-2d 2E-2F 30 31 32 33 34-3F 40-7F A-4 EP-8KTA Base memory high byte. Extension memory low byte. Extension memory high byte. Reserved for extension memory low byte. Reserved for extension memory high byte. DATE CENTURY byte. INFORMATION FLAG. Reserve. Reserved for CHIPSET SETTING DATA.
Appendix EP-8KTA Appendix B B-1 POST CODES For BIOS 6.0 Code POST (hex) CFh C0h C1h C3h C5h 0h1 02h 03h 04h 05h 06h 07h 08h 09h 0Ah DESCRIPTION Test CMOS R/W functionality. Early chipset initialization: - Disable shadow RAM - Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) - Program basic chipset registers Detect memory - Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. - Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow RAM.
Appendix 0Ch 0Dh 0Eh 0Fh 10h 11h 12h 13h 14h 15h 16h 17h 18h 19h 1Ah 1Bh 1Ch 1Dh 1Eh 1Fh 20h 21h 22h 23h B-2 EP-8KTA 3. Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips. Reserved Reserved Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R/Wable or not. If test fails, keep beeping the speaker. Reserved Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R/W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD & DMI support. Reserved Use walking 1s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry.
EP-8KTA 24h 25h 26h 27h 28h 29h 2Ah 2Bh 2Ch 2Dh 2Eh 2Fh 30h 31h 32h 33h Appendix checksum fails, use default value instead. 3. Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP use. If ESCD is valid, take into consideration of the ESCDs legacy information. 4. Onboard clock generator initialization. Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI & DIMM slots. 5. Early PCI initialization: - Enumerate PCI bus number - Assign memory & I/O resource - Search for a valid VGA device & VGA BIOS, and put it into C000:0.
Appendix 34h 35h 36h 37h 38h 39h 3Ah 3Bh 3Ch 3Dh 3Eh 3Fh 40h 41h 42h 43h 44h 45h 46h 47h 48h 49h 4Ah 4Bh 4Ch 4Dh 4Eh 4Fh 50h B-4 EP-8KTA Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Test 8254 Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1. Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. Reserved Reserved Test 8259 functionality. Reserved Reserved Reserved Initialize EISA slot Reserved 1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. 2.
EP-8KTA 51h 52h 53h 54h 55h 56h 57h 58h 59h 5Ah 5Bh 5Ch 5Dh 5Eh 5Fh 60h 61h 62h 63h 64h 65h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch Appendix Reserved Test all memory (clear all extended memory to 0) Reserved Reserved Display number of processors (multi-processor platform) Reserved 1. Display PnP logo 2. Early ISA PnP initialization - Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device. Reserved Initialize the combined Trend Anti-Virus code. Reserved (Optional Feature) Show message for entering AWDFLASH.
Appendix 6Dh 6Eh 6Fh 70h 71h 72h 73h 74h 75h 76h 77h 78h 79h 7Ah 7Bh 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 7Fh 80h 81h 82h 83h B-6 EP-8KTA 1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices. 2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO. Reserved 1. Initialize floppy controller 2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. Reserved Reserved Reserved (Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if : - AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive.
EP-8KTA 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 90h 91h 92h 93h 94h 95h 96h FFh Appendix Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 1. USB final Initialization 2. NET PC: Build SYSID structure 3. Switch screen back to text mode 4. Set up ACPI table at top of memory. 5. Invoke ISA adapter ROMs 6. Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7. Initialize APM 8. Clear noise of IRQs. Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti-Virus code 1. Enable L2 cache 2. Program boot up speed 3.
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Appendix EP-8KTA Appendix C NOTE: The "LOAD Optimized 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.
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EP-8KTA Appendix Appendix D D-1 GHOST 5.1 Quick User’s Guide Installation is very easy. You only need to copy the Ghost5 folder or Ghost.exe to your hard disk. The current market version is for single Client, so the LPT and NetBios portions will not be explained further. Description of Menus Ghost clones and backs up Disk and Partition.
Appendix EP-8KTA There are 3 hard disk functions: 1. Disk To Disk (disk cloning) 2. Disk To Image (disk backup) 3. Disk From Image (restore backup) Important! 1. To use this function, the system must have at least 2 disks. Press the Tab key to move the cursor. 2. When restoring to a destination disk, all data in that disk will be completely destroyed. Disk To Disk (Disk Cloning) 1. Select the location of the Source drive. 2. Select the location of the Destination drive. 3.
EP-8KTA Appendix 4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start. Disk To Image (Disk Backup) 1. Select the location of the Source drive. 2. Select the location for storing the backup file.
Appendix EP-8KTA 3. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start. Disk From Image (Restore Backup) 1. Select the Restore file. 2. Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored.
EP-8KTA Appendix 3. When restoring disk backup, set the required partition size as shown in the following figure. 4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start.
Appendix EP-8KTA There are 3 partition functions: 1. Partition To Partition (partition cloning) 2. Partition To Image (partition backup) 3. Partition From Image (restore partition) Partition To Partition (Partition Cloning) The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition. Refer to disk cloning for the operation method. Partition To Image (Partition Backup) 1. Select the disk to be backed up. 2. Select the first partition to be backed up.
EP-8KTA Appendix 3. Select the path and file name for storing the backup file. 4. Is the file compressed? There are 3 options: (1) No: do not compress data during backup (2) Fast: Small volume compression (3) High: high ratio compression. File can be compressed to its minimum, but this requires longer execution time. 5. During confirmation, select Yes to start performing backup.
Appendix Partition From Image (Restore Partition) 1. Select the backup file to be restored. 2. Select the source partition. 3. Select the disk to be restored.
EP-8KTA Appendix 4. Select the partition to be restored. 5. Select Yes to start restoring. Check This function checks the hard disk or backup file for backup or restoration error due to FAT or track error.
