EP-BX6 A P entium ® II/III/Celer on Pentium II/III/Celeron Slot1 Processor based AGP mainboar d (100/66MHz) mainboard 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.
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EP-BX6 Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Page Components Checklist ................................... 1-1 Overview Pentium® II or Pentium® III Processor .......... 1-2 S.E.C. Cartridge Terminology ........................ 1-3 Accelerated Graphics Port ............................. 1-4 Hardware Monitoring ..................................... 1-4 EP-BX6 Form-Factor ..................................... 1-5 I/O Shield Connector ..................................... 1-6 Power-On/Off (Remote) .....
EP-BX6 Sensor and CPU Speed Setting ...................... 4-23 Change Supervisor or User Password ........... 4-26 IDE HDD Auto Detection .............................. 4-27 Save & Exit Setup ........................................... 4-29 Exit Without Saving ........................................ 4-29 Section 5 Appendix Appendix A Memory Map .................................................. A-1 I/O Map ........................................................... A-1 Timer & DMA Channels Map ........
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EP-BX6 Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist ü A. (1) EP-BX6 mainboard ü B. (1) EP-BX6 user’s manual ü C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable ü D. (1) Hard driver ribbon cables ü E. (1) Foldable Retention Module F. (1) PS/2 to AT keyboard connector adapter (optional) G.
Introduction EP-BX6 Overview Pentium® II or Pentium® III Processor The Pentium® II or Pentium® III Processor (The Pentium® III Processor as 400/ 100MHz, 450/100MHz speed above 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.
EP-BX6 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 technologies like PGA, TCP, PQFP, DIP, etc. S.E.C.
Introduction EP-BX6 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 references to “Pentium® II Processor,” “Pentium® II or Pentium® III Processor/Slot 1 processor” or “Pentium III Processor” will apply to both the Pentium® II Processor desktop processors. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.
EP-BX6 Introduction EP-BX6 Form-Factor The EP-BX6 is designed with ATX form factor - the new industry standard of chassis. The 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.
Introduction EP-BX6 I/O Shield Connector The EP-BX6 is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield (figure 3). Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard USB COM1 COM2 Figure 3: I/O back panel layout Power-On/Off (Remote) The EP-BX6 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.
EP-BX6 Introduction System Block Diagram P e n tium II or P e n tium III P roce ssor 100/66MHz 66MHz PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller 443BX 100/66MHz PllX4E I/O Bridge Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-7
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EP-BX6 Features Section 2 FEATURES EP-BX6 Features: • EP-BX6 is based on the Pentium® II or Pentium® III Processor operating at 233 ~ 400MHz (66MHz) or 300 ~ 600MHz (100MHz) on Slot 1. There are no jumper setting for CPU Speed Setup but detected automatically through the BIOS. • Designed with Intel’s 82443 BX AGPset. • Supports up to 768MB of SDRAM (minimum of 8 MB) on board, You can use 168-pin DIMM x 3.
Features EP-BX6 • EP-BX6 utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protec tion and longer battery life. • 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. • Supports ring-in feature (remote power-on through external modem, allow system to be turned on remotely).
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Installation EP-BX6 Easy Installation Procedure Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. Configure Jumpers 3-2. System memory Configuration 3-3. Install Pentium® II/III/Celeron Processor 3-4. Device Connectors 3-5. External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) 3-6.
Installation CPU Type EP-BX6 External Clock Slot1 Type Pentium II 66 Pentium III or Celeron 100 S370+Convert Card Ratio 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 Note: Based on the implementation of the Intel 440BX AGPset, the EP-BX6 is able to provide multiple front side bus (FSB) frequencies for Slot 1 processors and memory operations. The mainboard's FSB is easily selected by BIOS Setup listed above to match the FSB required by your processor.
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Installation EP-BX6 Section 3-2 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The EP-BX6 supports (3) 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.
Installation EP-BX6 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.
Installation EP-BX6 Section 3-3 Installing a Pentium® II/III Processor The EP-BX6 uses the Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot for a Pentium® II/III processor packaged in an SEC cartridge. The SEC slot is not compatible with other non-Pentium® II/III processors. Please have ready the following list of components so that we may install the processor onto the motherboard. 1. 2. Pentium® II/III processor heat sink Intel Pentium® II/III Processor OK, now that you have all of your components ready, we can start.
EP-BX6 Installation cable will be shipped with the boxed processor to draw power from a power header on the mainboard’s J4. 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 Cartridge 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.
Installation EP-BX6 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 connections (figure 7). Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard USB COM1 COM2 Figure 7 J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector • Power LED, Speaker, Reset, Turbo LED, HDD LED, IR Conn.
Installation EP-BX6 Device Connectors (continued) Power On/Off J3 1 (This is connected to the power button on the case. Using the SoftOff 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-BX6 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 mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.
EP-BX6 Installation 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 > = 0.1A (100mA) then you can enjoy this unique benefit. However, the ATX power supply which is < 0.1 (100mA) is still applicable to your system by placed JP4 at the position 2-3 to disable this feature. 2. We recommended you use the power supply with 1.0A in 5.0VSB. Because this supported PCI 2.
Installation EP-BX6 3-6 STR (Suspend To RAM) Function The EP-BX6 supports the STR power management state by maintaining the appropriate states on the RDRAM interface signals. The power source must be kept alive to the RDRAM during STR (ACPI S3). Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) provides more Energy Saving Features for operating systems that support OS such as ON and QuickStartTM function. 1.
Installation EP-BX6 c. It saves and keeps all on-screen data including any executed applications to DRAM. 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.
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EP-BX6 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.
BIOS EP-BX6 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-BX6 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 autodetected. 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-BX6 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.
EP-BX6 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] - [C, A, SCSI] - [C, 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] Boot Up Floppy Seek: During Power-On-Self-Test (POST), BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. Only 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2MB and 1.
BIOS 15: 15 characters per second. 24: 24 characters per second. EP-BX6 20: 20 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.
EP-BX6 BIOS 4-3 Chipset Features Setup Choose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A69KPAI) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
BIOS EP-BX6 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 integrity Mode: Use this option to configure the type of DRAM in your system.
EP-BX6 5: 5 wait states 7: 7 wait states BIOS 6: 6 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 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.
BIOS EP-BX6 4-4 Power Management Setup Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it’s absolutely necessary. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KPAI) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
EP-BX6 BIOS 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. 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.
BIOS EP-BX6 This Mainboard supports HDD Power Down, Doze and Standby power saving functions when using the Intel Pentium II Processor. The default is Disabled 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.
EP-BX6 BIOS 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. 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.
BIOS EP-BX6 4-5 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. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A69KPAI) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
EP-BX6 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.
BIOS EP-BX6 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. 4-7 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A69KPAI) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
EP-BX6 BIOS 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. 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.
BIOS EP-BX6 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. 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.
EP-BX6 BIOS 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, CtrlF8, Ctrl-F9, Ctrl-F10, Ctrl-F11, and Ctrl-F12. 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.
BIOS EP-BX6 IR Transmission delay: This default is Enabled (when UART Mode Select is not set to Normal). Options: Enabled and Disabled 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 Chip’s LPT port.
EP-BX6 BIOS 4-8 Sensor & CPU Speed Setting Choose the “SENSOR & CPU SPEED SETTING” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows to choose the correct CPU speed to match your CPU installed. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A69KPAI) SENSOR & CPU SPEED SETTING AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
BIOS EP-BX6 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 bus selects less or equal to 83.3MHz, AGP will run clock same as CPU’s. 3:2 : AGP will run clock at 2/3 CPU’s. 1:1 : 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.
EP-BX6 BIOS 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 100oC/167oF. 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].
BIOS EP-BX6 4-10 IDE HDD Auto Detection The “IDE HDD auto detection” utility is a very useful tool, especially when you do not know which kind of hard disk type you are using. You can use this utility to detect the correct disk type installed in the system automatically. But now you can set HARD DISK TYPE 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.
EP-BX6 BIOS 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 & sectors shown in setup may not be the number physically contained in the HDD.
BIOS Note: EP-BX6 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.
EP-BX6 Appendix 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 & CG
EP-BX6 Appendix [2F8-2FF] [360-36F] [378-37F] [3B0-3BF] [3C0-3CF] [3D0-3DF] [3F0-3F7] [3F8-3FF] 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.
EP-BX6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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 & 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 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.
EP-BX6 Appendix Appendix B B-1 POST CODES ISA POST codes are typically output to I/O port address 80h. POST (hex) DESCRIPTION 01-02 Reserved. C0 Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow. 03 1. Initialize 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. 04 Reserved 05 1. Keyboard Controller Self-Test. 06 2.
Appendix 0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12-13 14 15 16 17 19 1A-1D 1E 1F-29 30 31 32 A-6 EP-BX6 - Create resource map from ESCD. 5. Assign IO & Memory for PCI devices. (PCI BIOS only) Initialization of the BIOS Data Area. (40:ON - 40:FF) 1. Program some of the Chipset's value according to Setup. (Early Setup Value Program) 2. Measure CPU speed for display & decide the system clock speed. 3. Video initialization including Monochrome, CGA, EGA/ VGA If no display device found, the speaker will beep. 1. Test video RAM.
EP-BX6 33-3B 3C 3D 3E 3F-40 BF 41 42 43 45 44 45 46-4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 Appendix 2. Program all onboard super I/O chips (if any) including COM ports, LPT ports, FDD port ... according to setup value. Reserved. Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility. 1. Initialize Keyboard. 2. Install PS2 mouse. 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. Reserved. 1.
EP-BX6 Appendix 53 60 61 62 63 FF 6. Power Management Initialization. - Enable/Disable global PM. - APM interface initialization. 1. If it is NOT a PnP BIOS, initialize serial & parallel ports. 2. Initialize time value in BIOS data area by translate the RTC time value into a timer tick value. Setup Virus Protection. (Boot Sector Protection) functionality according to Setup setting. 1. Try to turn on Level 2 cache. Note: If L2 cache is already turned on in POST 3D, this part will be skipped. 2.
EP-BX6 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(2A69KPAI) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
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EP-BX6 Appendix Appendix D D-1 GHOST 5.1 Quick Users 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-BX6 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-BX6 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-BX6 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-BX6 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-BX6 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-BX6 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-BX6 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.
