Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product EP-3VCA2 EPoX Computer
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EP-3VCA2 T able of Contents Section 1 Introduction Components Checklist ........................................ 1 - 1 Overview EP-3VCA2 Form-Factor ..................................... 1 - 2 I/O Shield Connector .....................................
EP-3VCA2 Save & Exit Setup ................................................ 4-25 Exit W ithout Saving ............................................. 4-25 Appendix Appendix A Memory Map ....................................................... A-1 I/O Map .
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Introduction EP-3VCA2 Page 1-1 Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist ü ü ü ü ü A . ( 1 ) EP-3VCA2 mainboard ü ü ü ü ü B. ( 1 ) EP-3VCA2 user s manual ü ü ü ü ü C. ( 1 ) Floppy ribbon cable ü ü ü ü ü D. ( 1 ) A T A-66 Hard drive ribbon cable E .
Introduction EP-3VCA2 Page 1-2 EP-3V CA2 F or m-Factor The EP-3VCA2 is designed with A TX form factor - the new industry standard of chassis. A TX form factor is essentially a Baby-A T baseboard rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply .
Introduction EP-3VCA2 Page 1-3 P o wer-On/Off (Remote) The EP-3VCA2 has a single 20-pin connector for A TX power supplies. For A TX 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-3VCA2 Page 1-4 Figur e 5: System Block Diagram System Block Diagram PA C PCI Bridge and me mory cont roller VT82C694X 133/ 100/6 6MHz 133/ 100/6 6MHz 66MHz 4X AGP Bu s AGP S lot Sock e.
Features EP-3VCA2 Page 2-1 Section 2 FEA TURES EP-3V CA2 F ea tures: EP-3VCA2 is based on the Socket 370 Processors including PPGA & FC- PGA operating at 300 ~ 800MHz. Designed with VIA Apollo Pro 133A PCIset. Supports up to 768MB of DRAM (minimum of 8 MB) on board (please see Section 3-2).
Features EP-3VCA2 Page 2-2 4 USB ports are provided, 2 ports are onboard and another 2 USB ports, as option, need USB an cable on USB2 position. The onboard VT82C686A chip provides the means for connecting PC peripherals such as; keyboards, joysticks, telephones, and modems.
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-1 Section 3 INST ALLA TION.
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-2 EP-3VCA2 Detailed Layout Figure 1.
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-3 Easy Installa tion Procedur e The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. CPU Insertion 3-2. Jumper Settings 3-3. System memory Configuration 3-4. Device Connectors 3-5 External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) 3-6.
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-4 Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever. Note: Intels reference design thermal solution is an active heatsink; an extruded alumi- num heatsink based and a fan attached to the top on the fin array.
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-5 2 W S U P C e r o c V 12 3 4 56 O T U A N ON ON ON O V 6 . 1 N ON ON ON ON O V 5 6 . 1 N ON ON O V 7 . 1 N ON ON ON O V 5 7 . 1 N ON ON ON O V 8 . 1 N ON ON ON ON O V 5 8 . 1 N ON ON ON ON O V 0 . 2 N ON ON ON ON ON O V 5 0 .
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-6 JP4 Keyboard Power-ON Function JP4 = 1-2 Disabled (Default) = 2-3 Enabled 1 JP5 Power Loss Recovery JP5 = 1-2 Disabled = 2-3 Enabled 1 JP6 STR Function JP6 = 1-2 Disable.
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-7 Section 3-3 System Memor y Configur ation Memor y Layout The EP-3VCA2 supports (3) PC133 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs is for SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM). DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns) or 125MHz (8ns) bus speed.
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-8 DIMM Module Installation Figure 7 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.
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-9 Section 3-4 De vice Connector s J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector Power LED, Speaker, Reset, Turbo LED, HDD LED, IR Conn.
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-10 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.
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-11 De vice Connector s (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).
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-12 Section 3-5 Exter nal Modem Ring-in Po wer ON and K eyboar d Po wer 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.
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-13 3-6 STR (Suspend T o RAM) Function The EP-3VCA2 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).
Installation EP-3VCA2 Page 3-14 ACPI Onboards LE D Status Indicator T able Status Onboards LED Location Plug in the A TX Power Core Power ON J3(PW-ON ) Green Mode (S1) STR (S3) Shutdown (So ft-OF F) (S5) LED1 (Red LED) OFF ON ON ON OFF J2 PW_LED OFF ON Bli nking OFF OFF c.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-1 Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu A ward 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.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-2 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 .
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-3 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.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-4 V irus W arning : 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. Y ou should then run an anti-virus program to locate the virus.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-5 Quick Power On Self T est : This category speeds up the Power On Self T est (POST). The default is Enabled. Enabled : This setting will shorten or skip of the items checked during POST.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-6 T ypematic 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.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-7 Enabled : V ideo shadow is enabled. Disabled : V ideo 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-3VCA2 Page 4-8 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.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-9 DRAM Page-Mode: The item will active or inactive chipset page registers. Enabled : Page-Mode Enabled. Disabled : No page registers update and non Page-Mode operation. Memory Hole : Y ou can reserve this memory area for the use of ISA adaptor ROMs.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-10 AGP-4X Mode : Chipset AGP Mode support. Options: x1 , x2 and x4. 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.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-11 4-4 Inte gr ated P eripherals Figur e 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.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-12 of your IDE subsystem, this field may not appear, and it does not appear when the Internal PCI/IDE field, above, is Disabled. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. Primary Master PIO: The default is Auto. Auto : BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-13 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.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-14 UAR T 2 Mode : This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O chip. The Choice: Standard, ASKIR, HPSIR. IR Function Duplex : This item allows you to select the IR function when you select the UAR T2 Mode is ASKIR.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-15 Onboard Legacy Audio: Legacy Audio enabled/disabled. Sound Blaster: Sound Blaster compatible device enabled/disabled. SB I/O Base Address: Sound Blaster I/O resource selection. SB IRQ Select: Legacy audio device IRQ selection. SB DMA Select: Sound Blaster DMA channel selection.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-16 4-5 P o wer 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 .
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-17 Min. saving : Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode. User define : Allows user to define PM T imers parameters to control power saving mode. ACPI Suspend T ype : This item allows you to select S1(POS) or S3(STR) function.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-18 Soft-Off by PWRBTN : Use this to select your soft-off function. The default is Instant Off. Instant Off : T urns off the system instantly . Delay 4 Second : T urns off the system after a 4 second delay . If momentary press of button, the system will go into Suspend Mode.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-19 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. W ARNING: Conflicting IRQ s may cause the system to not find certain devices.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-20 Resources Controlled By : Who controlled the system PNP/PCI resources. The default is Auto. Manual : PNP Card s resources will be controlled manually . Y ou can set which IRQ-X and DMA-X are assigned to PCI/ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-21 4-7 PC Health Status Current CPU T emperature : This is the current temperature of the CPU. Current System T emperature: This is the Current temperature of the system. Curr ent CPU F AN Speed : The current CPU fan speed in RPMs.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-22 4-8 F requency/V oltage Contr ol DRAM Clock : The item will synchronize/asynchronize DRAM operation clock. Host Clock: DRAM has same working clock with CPU host bus.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-23 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 <Enter> on this item .
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-24 4-10 Super visor/User Passw ord Setting Y ou can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The dif ferences 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.
BIOS EP-3VCA2 Page 4-25 4-11 Exit Selecting Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> 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.
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Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-1 Appendix A A-1 MEMOR Y MAP Address Range Size Description [00000-7FFFF] 512K Conventional memory [80000-9FBFF] 127K Extended Conventional memory [9FC00-9FFFF] 1 K Extended BIOS d.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-2 [2F8-2FF] SERIAL port 2. [360-36F] NETWORK ports. [378-37F] P ARALLEL port 1. [3B0-3BF] MONOCHROME & P ARALLEL port adapter . [3C0-3CF] EGA adapter. [3D0-3DF] CGA adapter. [3F0-3F7] FLOPPY DISK controller. [3F8-3FF] SERIAL port 1.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-3 6 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP). 7 P ARALLEL port 1. 8 R TC clock. 9 A vailable. 1 0 A vailable. 11 A vailable. 1 2 PS/2 Mouse. 1 3 MA TH coprocessor . 1 4 Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel. 1 5 Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel. A-5 RT C & CMOS RAM MAP R TC & CMOS: 0 0 Seconds.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-4 1 6 Base memory high byte. 1 7 Extension memory low byte. 1 8 Extension memory high byte. 19-2d 2E-2F 3 0 Reserved for extension memory low byte. 3 1 Reserved for extension memory high byte. 3 2 DA TE CENTUR Y byte. 3 3 INFORMA TION FLAG.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-5 Appendix B B- 1 POST CODES ISA POST codes are typically output to I/O port address 80h. POST (hex) DESCRIPTION 01-02 R eserved. C 0 T urn of f OEM specific cache, shadow . 0 3 1. Initialize EISA registers (EISA BIOS only). 2. Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices includes.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-6 - Create resource map from ESCD. 5. Assign IO & Memory for PCI devices. (PCI BIOS only) 0 C Initialization of the BIOS Data Area. (40:ON - 40:FF) 0 D 1. Program some of the Chipset's value according to Setup. (Early Setup V alue Program) 2.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-7 2. Program all onboard super I/O chips (if any) including COM ports, LPT ports, FDD port ... according to setup value. 33-3B R eserved. 3 C Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility. 3 D 1. Initialize Keyboard. 2. Install PS2 mouse.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-8 5. Program parity according to Setup setting. 6. Power Management Initialization. - Enable/Disable global PM. - APM interface initialization. 5 3 1. If it is NOT a PnP BIOS, initialize serial & parallel ports. 2. Initialize time value in BIOS data area by translate the R TC time value into a timer tick value.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-9 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.
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Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-11 Appendix D D-1 GHOST 5.1 Quick User’ s Guide Installation is very easy . Y ou 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.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-12 Disk T o Disk (Disk Cloning) 1. Select the location of the Source drive . 2. Select the location of the Destination drive . 3. When cloning a disk or restoring the backup, set the required partition size as shown in the following figure.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-13 4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Y es to start. Disk T o Image (Disk Backup) 1. Select the location of the Source drive.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-14 Disk From Image (Restore Backup) 1. Select the Restore file. 2. Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored. 3. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-15 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.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-16 2. Select the first partition to be backed up. This is usually where the operating system and programs are stored. There are 3 partition functions: 1 . Partition T o Partition (partition cloning) 2 . Partition T o Image (partition backup) 3 .
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-17 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.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-18 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.
Appendix EP-3VCA2 A-19 4. Select the partition to be restored. 5. Select Y es to start restoring. Check This function checks the hard disk or backup file for backup or restoration error due to F A T or track error .
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