EP-MVP4G ISA/PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP VGA PCI Audio, PCI IDE and Super Multi-I/O 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 6.
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EP-MVP4G Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Page Components Checklist ................................... 1-1 Overview Power-On/Off (Remote) ................................. 1-2 System Block Diagram ................................... 1-3 Section 2 Features EP-MVP4G Features ..................................... 2-1 Section 3 Installation EP-MVP4G Detailed Layout ......................... 3-2 Easy Installation Procedure Configure Jumpers .........................................
EP-MVP4G HDD Low Level Format ............................... 4-24 Save & Exit Setup .......................................... 4-24 Exit Without Saving ......................................... 4-24 Appendix Appendix A Memory Map ................................................. A-1 I/O Map ......................................................... A-1 Timer & DMA Channels Map ......................... A-2 Interrupt Map ................................................. A-2 RTC & CMOS RAM Map .............
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EP-MVP4G Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist ü ü ü ü ü ü A. (1) One mainboard B. (1) One user’s manual C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable D. (1) IDE ribbon cables E. (1) COM Port Connector F.
Introduction EP-MVP4G Power-On/Off (Remote) The EP-MVP4G 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-MVP4G has been designed with “Soft Off" functions.
EP-MVP4G Introduction System Block Diagram socket 7 Processor 100/66 MHz CRT PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller VT82C501 100/66 MHz AC97 CODEC ~ ~ ~ VT82C686A I/O Bridge USB 0, 1 USB 2, 3 Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-3
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EP-MVP4G Features Section 2 FEATURES EP-MVP4G Features: • Intel Pentium® Processor, Pentium Processor with MMX technology, AMD K5/K6, Cyrix 6x86L/6x86MX & idt C6 operating at 133 ~ 450 MHz with 321 ZIF socket 7 provides scalability to accept faster Processors in the future. • Designed with VIA MVP4 AGPset. • Supports up to 768 Mega of DRAM (minimum of 16 MB) on board, You can use 168-pin DIMM x 3.
Features EP-MVP4G • Resume by Alarm - Allows your system to turn on at a preselected time. • Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM (System Management Mode). • Supports Keyboard power ON function (KBPO). • Supports USDM software to offer motherboard various status. • Supports the CPU and Chassis fan Auto stop in sleep mode. • Built-in WOL (Wake On Lan) Connector. • Built-in Sound Blaster/DirectSound AC97 Audio. • Built-in AGP 2D/3D Graphics Accelerator.
EP-MVP4G Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Page 3-1
Installation EP-MVP4G EP-MVP4G Detailed Layout JP4 SOCKET 7 Bank 0 (Bottom) USB 1 Bank 1 Keyboard Bank 2 CPU FAN (Top) PS/2 (Top) USB 0 (Bottom) Parallel Port VGA COM 1 J6 Secondary IDE COM2 AUX1 Game Port CD1 Chassis FAN ON VIA VT8501 DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 USB J4 1 Mouse IDE1 IDE2 J3 POWER_ON/OFF PCI Slot #1 PCI Slot #2 5 IR CONN. VIA PCI Slot #3 1 5 VT82C686A PCI Slot #4 U SB CO N N .
EP-MVP4G Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. 3-2. 3-3. 3-4. Configure Jumpers to match your hardware Install memory chips Device Connectors External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) Section 3-1 Configure Jumpers We design this motherboard with the fewest jumpers to make your install fast and easy.
Installation EP-MVP4G SW1: CPU Vcore Selection SW 1 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 5 CPU 5 V c o re ON O N O N 1 .8 V O N O N O N O N 2 .0 V ON 2 .1 V ON 2 .2 V 2 .3 V ON ON ON 2 .4 V ON 2 .8 V 2 .9 V ON ON 3 .2 V ON ON JP3: CPU Speed Selection Pentium/MMX AMD K5/K6 IDT-C6 JP3 Multiplier 166MHz 2.
EP-MVP4G Installation Section 3-2 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The EP-MVP4G supports (3) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs can be either EDO (Extended Data Out) or SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM). The DIMMs may be installed using just one chip. • • We recommend using SDRAM DIMM can not mixing with EDO DIMM modules. DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (-12ns), 100MHz (-10ns) or 125MHz (-8ns) bus speed. • No Registered DIMM support.
Installation EP-MVP4G 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 6) until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 7). LEFT KEY ZONE (UNBUFFERED) CENTER KEY ZONE (3.
EP-MVP4G Installation Figure 4 DIMM Module clip before installation 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.
Installation EP-MVP4G Section 3-3 Device Connectors Please install the motherboard into the chassis. Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connections (figure 6).
EP-MVP4G Installation Section 3-3 Device Connectors (continued) 1 Reset - Closed to restart system. J2 Speaker - Connect to the system's speaker for beeping 1. Speaker 3. GND 2. N/C 4. GND 1 5 Power LED connector 1. Power LED(+) 2. N/C 3. GND 1 IR Connector 1. VCC 2. NC 3. IRRX 5 J3 + + 4. NC 5. GND 4. GND 5.
Installation EP-MVP4G 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-MVP4G mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.
EP-MVP4G 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-MVP4G 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-MVP4G BIOS 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. 4-2 BIOS Features Setup Selecting the “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu.
BIOS EP-MVP4G 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.
EP-MVP4G BIOS 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. 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 1.44MB are all 80 tracks. The default is Enabled.
BIOS EP-MVP4G 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-MVP4G BIOS Video BIOS Shadow: This option allows video BIOS to be copied into RAM. Video Shadowing will increase the video performance of your system. The default is Enabled. Enabled: Video shadow is enabled. Disabled: Video shadow is disabled. C8000 - CBFFF Shadow: CC000 - CFFFF Shadow: D0000 - D3FFF Shadow: D4000 - D7FFF Shadow: D8000 - DBFFF Shadow: DC000 - DFFFF Shadow: These categories determine whether ROMs from option cards will be copied into RAM.
BIOS EP-MVP4G 4-3 Chipset Features Setup Choose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LHPA9) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
EP-MVP4G BIOS Sustained 3T Write: This item allow you to enable or disable direct map write back / write through secondary cache. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. Cache R/CPU W Pipeline: This item allows you to enable/disabled the cache timing. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. Video BIOS Cacheable: When enabled. The Video BIOS cache will cause access to video BIOS addressed at C0000H to C7FFFH to be cached, if the cache controller is also enabled The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.
BIOS EP-MVP4G 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. Frame Buffer Size: Specify the size of system memory to allocate for video memory, from 1 MB to 8 MB. The Choice: NA, 2MB, 4MB, 8MB.
EP-MVP4G BIOS 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 (2A5LHPA9) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
BIOS EP-MVP4G 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 synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer.
EP-MVP4G BIOS Delay 4 Second : Turns off after a 4 second delay. If momentary press of button, the system will go into Suspend Mode. Press again to take system out of Suspend Mode. PWRON After PW-Fail: The system will stay of or power on after a power interrupte. The default is Fomer-Status. Fomer-Status: Stay off or power on depend on system safe shut-down or power fail. ON: System always power on after a power interrupte. OFF: System always stay off after a power interrupte.
BIOS EP-MVP4G 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 IRQ’s may cause the system to not find certain devices. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LHPA9) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
EP-MVP4G BIOS 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. CPU to PCI Write Buffer: When enabled, up to four D words of data can be written to the PCI bus without interruting the CPU. When disabled, a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive the data.
BIOS EP-MVP4G 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(2A5LHPA9) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
EP-MVP4G BIOS IDE HDD Block Mode: IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time. The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode. Provides higher HDD transfer rates. Disabled: Disable IDE HDD Block Mode. Onchip IDE Channel: The default value is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE primary port. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE primary port. Onchip IDE Channel: The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE secondary port.
BIOS EP-MVP4G 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. 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.
EP-MVP4G BIOS COM4: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8H/IRQ3. Disabled: Disable Onboard Serial port 1. Onboard Serial Port 2: This field allows the user to configure the 2nd serial port. The default is Auto. AUTO: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is Auto adjusted COM1: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8H/IRQ4. COM2: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8H/IRQ3. COM3: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8H/IRQ4.
BIOS EP-MVP4G Parallel Port EPP Type: This item allows uou to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I/O chip. The Choice: EPP1.9, EPP1.7. 4-9 SENSOR AND CPU SPEED SETUP ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LHPA9) SENSOR AND CPU SPEED SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Spread Spectrum CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI) CPU Fan In Suspend : Enabled : Disabled : Default : Off Current CPU Temp. Current System Temp. Current CPU Fan Speed Current Chassis Fan Speed Vcore : 2.46V 3.3V : 3.58V 12V : 12.
EP-MVP4G BIOS 66MHz FSB options: Default, 66.8, 68.5, 75, and 83MHz. 100MHz FSB options: Default, 100, 103, 112, and 133MHz. CPUFAN Off In Suspend: This option is used to set if the CPU fans will turn off during suspend mode. The default is Enabled. Enabled: The system will turn off the CPU fans during suspend mode. Disabled: The system will not turn off the CPU fan during suspend mode. Current System Temp: This is the Current temperature of the system.
BIOS EP-MVP4G 3. After pressing the [Enter] key (ROM password if the option 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. 4-9 IDE HDD Auto Detection The “IDE HDD auto detection” utility is a very useful tool, especially when you do not know which kind of hard disk type you are using. You can use this utility to detect the correct disk type installed in the system automatically.
EP-MVP4G BIOS The maximum number of cylinders, head & sectors for NORMAL mode are. 1024, 16 & 63 no. Cylinder x no. Head x no. Sector x no. per sector (1024) ( 16) ( 63) ( 512) 528 Megabytes 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.
BIOS Maximum HDD size: no. Cylinder x no. Head x no. Sector x bytes per sector EP-MVP4G (1024) ( 32) ( 63) ( 512) 1 GigaByte 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.
EP-MVP4G Appendix Appendix A A-1 MEMORY MAP Address Range [00000-7FFFF] [80000-9FBFF] [9FC00-9FFFF] [A0000-C7FFF] [C8000-DFFFF] [E0000-EEFFF] [EF000-EFFFF] Size 512K 127K 1K 160K 96K 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 & CGA
Appendix [3D0-3DF] [3F0-3F7] [3F8-3FF] EP-MVP4G 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. SPEAKER tone generator. Available. Onboard ECP (Option). FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP). Onboard ECP (default). Cascade for DMA controller 1. Available.
EP-MVP4G 14 15 Appendix 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. 0E Diagnostic status byte. 0F Shutdown byte. 10 FLOPPY DISK drive type byte. 11 Reserve. 12 HARD DISK type byte. 13 Reserve. 14 Equipment type.
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EP-MVP4G 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 EP-MVP4G 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. 0E 1. Test video RAM. (If Monochrome display device found) 2. Show messages including.
EP-MVP4G 3E 3F-40 BF 41 42 43 45 44 45 46-4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 53 60 Appendix 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. Program the rest of the Chipset's value according to Setup. (Later Setup Value Program) 2. If auto-configuration is enabled, program the chipset with pre-defined Values. Initialize floppy disk drive controller. Initialize Hard drive controller.
Appendix 61 62 63 FF EP-MVP4G 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. 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. 1. Setup daylight saving according to Setup value. 2.
EP-MVP4G 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(2A5LHPA9) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
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EP-MVP4G 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-MVP4G 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-MVP4G 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-MVP4G 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-MVP4G 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-MVP4G 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-MVP4G 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-MVP4G 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.
