EPOX BX5 User Manual

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Introduction EP-BX5Page 1-4The L2 cache (TagRAM, PBSRAM) components keep standard industry names.The Pentium® II or Pentium® III Processor is the firs

IntroductionEP-BX5Page 1-5EP-BX5 Form-FactorThe EP-BX5 is designed with ATX form factor - the new industry standard ofchassis. The ATX form factor is

Introduction EP-BX5Page 1-6I/O Shield ConnectorThe EP-BX5 is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/Oshield (figure 3).ATXPOWE

IntroductionEP-BX5Page 1-7Figure 5: System Block DiagramSystem Block DiagramPentium II or ProcessorPentium III PACPCI Bridge and memory controller

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FeaturesEP-BX5Page 2-1Section 2FEATURESEP-BX5 Features:• EP-BX5 is based on the Pentium® II or Pentium® III Processor operatingat 233 ~ 400MHz (66MHz)

Features EP-BX5Page 2-2• EP-BX5 utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protection and longer battery life.• Supports the Universal Se

InstallationEP-BX5Page 3-1Section 3INSTALLATION

Installation EP-BX5Page 3-2Figure 1EP-BX5 Detailed Layout

InstallationEP-BX5Page 3-3Easy Installation ProcedureEasy Installation ProcedureThe following must be completed before powering on your new system:3-1

EP-BX5User NoticeNo part of this product, including the product and software may be reproduced,transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system,

Installation EP-BX5Page 3-4Note: Based on the implementation of the Intel 440BX AGPset, the EP-BX5is able to provide multiple front side bus (FSB) fre

InstallationEP-BX5Page 3-5J7Reserved for NIC (Network Interface Card) to Wake the System.W OL (Wake On Lan) ConnectorJ1 SB-LINK ConnectorReserved for

Installation EP-BX5Page 3-6yromeMlatoT1MMID)1/0knaB(2MMID)3/2knaB(3MMID)5/4knaB(4MMID)7/6knaB(BM652=mumixaM*MARDS/ODE,BM23,BM61,BM8,BM821,BM461xBM652e

InstallationEP-BX5Page 3-7DIMM Module InstallationFigure 3 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMMmemory module.DIMMs hav

Installation EP-BX5Page 3-8Section 3-3Installing a Pentium® II/III/Celeron ProcessorThe EP-BX5 uses the Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot for a Pentium®

InstallationEP-BX5Page 3-9Now we need to secure the heatsink with the top half of the support (figure 9).Take the top piece of the support and slide i

Installation EP-BX5Page 3-10Section 3-4Device ConnectorsPlease install the motherboard into the chassis.Now that your motherboard is installed you are

InstallationEP-BX5Page 3-11Device Connectors (continued)(This is connected to the power button on the case. Using the Soft-Off by Pwr-BTTN feature, y

Installation EP-BX5Page 3-12Section 3-5External Modem Ring-in PowerON and Keyboard Power ONFunctions (KBPO)On the basis of bounded functions in I/O ch

InstallationEP-BX5Page 3-13Notes:1. Intel ATX version 2.0 specification has recommended you use the powersupply with 0.72A(720mA) in 5.0VSB. With our

EP-BX5Technical Support ServicesIf you need additional information, help during installation or normal use of thisproduct, please contact your retaile

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BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-1Section 4AWARD BIOS SETUPBIOS InstructionsAward’s ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program which allows user tomodify the basic sy

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-2The menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need toreconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-3NOTE: If the hard disk Primary Master/Slave and Secondary Master/Slaveare set to Auto, then the hard disk size and model will be aut

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-4You should then run an anti-virus program to locate the virus. Keep in mind thatthis feature protects only the boot sector, not the

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-5Boot Sequence: This category determines which drive is searched first by the O/S(Operating System). The default is A,C,SCSI.The fo

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-6Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): This is the number of characters that will berepeated by a keyboard press. The default is 6.6: 6 cha

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-7HDD S.M.A.R.T capability: Enabled SMART hard drive functions for compat-ible hardware. The default is Disabled.Enabled: S.M.A.R.T f

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-8Figure 4: Chipset Features SetupAuto Configuration: This selects predetermined optimal values of the chipsetparameters. The defa

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-9EDO CASx# MA Wait State: This allows the option to insert an additional waitstate before the assertion of the first CASx# for page

EP-BX5Table of ContentsSection 1 IntroductionComponents Checklist ... 1-1OverviewPentium® II or Pentium® III Processor

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-10System BIOS Cacheable: This allows you to copy your BIOS code from slowROM to fast RAM. The default is Disabled.Enabled: The opt

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-11Passive Release: This option allows access from the CPU to PCI bus to beactive during passive release. Otherwise, the arbiter on

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-124-4 Power Management SetupChoose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY todisplay the following screen. This menu

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-13User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control powersaving mode.PM controlled APM: This option shows weather

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-14Doze Mode: The “Doze” mode timer starts to count when no “PM events” haveoccurred.Standby Mode: When the standby mode timer time

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-15Enabled: The system can use remote ring-in to wake the system up.Disabled: The system cannot use remote ring in to wake the system

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-164-5 PNP/PCI ConfigurationThe PNP/PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI/ISA IRQsignals when various PCI/ISA c

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-17Reset Configuration Data: This setting allows you to clear ESCD data.The default is DisabledDisabled:Normal Setting.Enabled: If you

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-184-7 Integrated PeripheralsFigure 7: Integrated Peripherals Note: If you do not use the onboard IDE connectors, then you wil

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-19IDE Primary Slave PIO: The default is Auto.Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave PCIIDE HDD Accessing mode

EP-BX5Change Supervisor or User Password ... 4-26IDE HDD Auto Detection ...4-27Save & Exit Setup ...

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-20On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE: This option turns on/off the onboard secondaryIDE. The default is Enabled.Enabled: This activates the

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-21KBC input clock: This sets the keyboard clock value. The default is 12 MHz.Options: 6, 8, 12, 16 are the available choices.Onboard

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-22Onboard Parallel port: This field allows the user to configure the LPT port.The default is 378H / IRQ7.378H: Enable Onboard LPT po

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-234-8 Sensor & CPU Speed SettingAuto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk: When enabled the motherboard will automaticallydisable the clock source

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-24CPU/AGP Clk Ratio: The default is Default.Default: If the CPU host bus selects above 83.3Mhz, AGP will run clock at2/3 CPU’sIf th

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-25Source: A, Master, Slave - Select the source of binary code to updateTarget: Master, Slave - Select the target to writeGo: Enter -

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-264-9 Change Supervisor or User PasswordTo change the password, choose the “SUPERVISOR PASSWORD or USERPASSWORD” option from the CMO

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-27 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE Primary Master

BIOS EP-BX5Page 4-28If user set his HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible HDD size willbe 528 Megabytes even though its physical size may be grea

BIOSEP-BX5Page 4-29 Note: To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be somesoftware involved. All the software is located in the Award HDDSer

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AppendixEP-BX5A-1Appendix AA-1 MEMORY MAPAddress Range Size Description[00000-7FFFF] 512K Conventional memory[80000-9FBFF] 127K Extended Conventional

AppendixEP-BX5A-2[2F8-2FF] SERIAL port 2.[360-36F] NETWORK ports.[378-37F] PARALLEL port 1.[3B0-3BF] MONOCHROME & PARALLEL port adapter.[3C0-3CF]

AppendixEP-BX5A-36 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP).7 PARALLEL port 1.8 RTC clock.9 Available.10 Available.11 Available.12 PS/2 Mouse.13 MATH coprocessor.14 Onb

AppendixEP-BX5A-416 Base memory high byte.17 Extension memory low byte.18 Extension memory high byte.19-2d2E-2F30 Reserved for extension memory low by

AppendixEP-BX5A-5Appendix BB-1 POST CODESISA POST codes are typically output to I/O port address 80h.POST (hex) DESCRIPTION01-02 Reserved.C0 Turn off

AppendixEP-BX5A-6- Create resource map from ESCD.5. Assign IO & Memory for PCI devices. (PCI BIOS only)0C Initialization of the BIOS Data Area. (

AppendixEP-BX5A-72. Program all onboard super I/O chips (if any) includingCOM ports, LPT ports, FDD port ... according to setup value.33-3B Reserved.

AppendixEP-BX5A-86. Power Management Initialization.- Enable/Disable global PM.- APM interface initialization.53 1. If it is NOT a PnP BIOS, initial

AppendixEP-BX5A-9Appendix CNOTE:The "LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" function loads the system default data directlyfrom ROM and initializes the associ

IntroductionEP-BX5Page 1-1Section 1INTRODUCTIONComponents Checklistüüüüü A. (1) EP-BX5 mainboardüüüüü B. (1) EP-BX5 user’s manualüüüüü C. (1) Floppy r

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Introduction EP-BX5Page 1-2OverviewPentium® II or Pentium® III ProcessorThe Pentium® II or Pentium® III Processor (The Pentium® III Processor as 300/1

IntroductionEP-BX5Page 1-3The entire enclosed product is called the Pentium® II or Pentium® III Processor.The packaging technology and each of the phy