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Features EP-V370APage 2-2• EP-V370A utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protectionand longer battery life.• Supports the Universal
InstallationEP-V370APage 3-1Section 3INSTALLATION
Installation EP-V370APage 3-2Figure 1EP-V370A Detailed LayoutAGP SLOTISA Slot #1ISA Slot #2BatteryATX Power InputWinbond83877I/OsetUSB 1(Top)Mouse(Top
InstallationEP-V370APage 3-3Easy Installation ProcedureEasy Installation ProcedureThe following must be completed before powering on your new system:3
Installation EP-V370APage 3-4Section 3-2System Memory ConfigurationMemory LayoutThe EP-V370A supports (3) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module).
InstallationEP-V370APage 3-5DIMM Module InstallationFigure 5 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMMmemory module.DIMMs h
Installation EP-V370APage 3-6Figure 6DIMM Module clip before installationFigure 7DIMM Module clip after installationTo remove the DIMM module simply p
InstallationEP-V370APage 3-7Section 3-3Device ConnectorsPlease install the motherboard into the chassis.Now that your motherboard is installed you are
Installation EP-V370APage 3-8Power On/Off - This is connected to the power button on the case.Using the Soft-Off by Pwr-BTTN feature, you can choose e
InstallationEP-V370APage 3-9Section 3-4External Modem Ring-in PowerON and Keyboard Power ONFunctions (KBPO)On the basis of bounded functions in I/O ch
EP-V370AUser NoticeThe product name and revision number are both printed on the mainboarditself.Handling ProceduresStatic electricity can severely dam
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BIOSEP-V370APage 4-1Section 4AWARD BIOS SETUPBIOS InstructionsAward’s ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program which allows user to modifythe basic
BIOS EP-V370APage 4-2The menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need toreconfigure. The selection is made by moving the curs
BIOSEP-V370APage 4-3NOTE: The “Halt On:” field is used to determine when to halt the systemby the BIOS if an error occurs.NOTE: Floppy 3 Mode support
BIOS EP-V370APage 4-4Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing awarning message to appear when anything attempts to access th
BIOSEP-V370APage 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-V370APage 4-6hardware.Fast: The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method.Typematic Rate Setting: This determines the k
BIOSEP-V370APage 4-7uses the RAMDAC of the PCI card.Disabled: Disables the VGA card Palette Snoop function.OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: Some operat
BIOS EP-V370APage 4-84-3 Chipset Features SetupChoose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITYmenu to display following menu.Figure 4:
BIOSEP-V370APage 4-9Memory Hole at 15M-16M: You can reserve this memory area for the use ofISA adaptor ROMs.The default is Disabled.Enabled: This fi
EP-V370ATable of ContentsSection 1 IntroductionComponents Checklist ... 1-1OverviewEP-V370A Form-Factor ...
BIOS EP-V370APage 4-104-4 Power Management SetupChoose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITYto display the following screen. This men
BIOSEP-V370APage 4-11PM controlled APM: This option shows weather or not you want the PowerManagement to be controlled the Advanced Power Management
BIOS EP-V370APage 4-12Doze Mode: The “Doze” mode timer starts to count when no “PM events” haveoccurred.Suspend Mode: This function works only when
BIOSEP-V370APage 4-134-5 PNP/PCI ConfigurationThe PNP/PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI/ISA IRQsignals when various PCI/ISA
BIOS EP-V370APage 4-14Reset Configuration Data: This setting allows you to clear ESCD data.The default is DisabledDisabled: Normal Setting.Enabled: If
BIOSEP-V370APage 4-154-7 Integrated PeripheralsFigure 8: Integrated PeripheralsNote: If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector, then you will need
BIOS EP-V370APage 4-16Onchip IDE Second Channel:The default is Enabled.Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE secondary port.Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE seco
BIOSEP-V370APage 4-17Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting.Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode.Secondary Master UDMA: This
BIOS EP-V370APage 4-18Onboard Serial Port 2: This field allows the user to configure the 2nd serial port.The default is Auto.AUTO: Enable Onboard Seri
BIOSEP-V370APage 4-19Power On Method: There are “Button Only”, “Hot Key” and “Any key” can bechosen by this field that allows users to select one of t
EP-V370ASave & Exit Setup ... 4-26Exit Without Saving ... 4-27Section
BIOS EP-V370APage 4-203. After pressing the [Enter] key (ROM password if the option was not used)or current password (user-defined password), the user
BIOSEP-V370APage 4-211024, 16 & 63no. Cylinder (1024)x no. Head ( 16)x no. Sector ( 63)x no. per sector ( 512)528 MegabytesIf user set his HDD to
BIOS EP-V370APage 4-22INT 12h in order to access the right HDD address!Maximum HDD size:no. Cylinder (1024)x no. Head ( 32)x no. Sector ( 63)x bytes p
AppendixEP-V370AA-1Appendix A:A-1 MEMORY MAPAddress Range Size Description[00000-7FFFF] 512K Conventional memory[80000-9FBFF] 127K Extended Convention
Appendix EP-V370AA-2[3D0-3DF] CGA adapter.[3F0-3F7] FLOPPY DISK controller.[3F8-3FF] SERIAL port 1.A-3 TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAPTIMER MAP:TIMER Cha
AppendixEP-V370AA-314 Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel.15 Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel.A-5 RTC & CMOS RAM MAPRTC & CMOS:00 Seconds.01 Seco
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AppendixEP-V370AA-5Appendix B:B-1 POST CODESISA POST codes are typically output to I/O port address 80h.POST (hex) DESCRIPTION01-02 Reserved.C0 Turn o
Appendix EP-V370AA-60C Initialization of the BIOS Data Area. (40:ON - 40:FF)0D 1. Program some of the Chipset's value according to Setup.(Early
AppendixEP-V370AA-73E 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 o
IntroductionEP-V370APage 1-1Section 1INTRODUCTIONComponents Checklistüüüüü A. (1) EP-V370A mainboardüüüüü B. (1) EP-V370A user’s manualüüüüü C. (1) Fl
Appendix EP-V370AA-861 1. Try to turn on Level 2 cache.Note: If L2 cache is already turned on in POST 3D, this part will beskipped.2. Set the boot
AppendixEP-V370AA-9Appendix CNOTE:The "LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" function loads the system default data directly from ROM andinitializes the asso
Introduction EP-V370APage 1-2EP-V370A Form-FactorThe EP-V370A is designed with ATX form factor - the latest industry standard ofchassis. The ATX form
IntroductionEP-V370APage 1-3I/O Shield ConnectorThe EP-V370A is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/Oshield (figure 3).Powe
Introduction EP-V370APage 1-4Figure 5: System Block DiagramSystem Block DiagramPACPCI Bridge and memory controller VT82C691VT82C596I/O Bridge100/66M
FeaturesEP-V370APage 2-1Section 2FEATURESEP-V370A Features:• EP-V370A is based on the Mendocino Processor operating at 300 ~433MHz on PGA370. The boa
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