EPOX EP-3VBM+ Manual 

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If you need additional information, help during installation or normal use of this product, please contact your retailer. Your retailer will have the most current informa- tion about your configuration. If your retailer cannot help, you may visit our online technical support website and/or contact our support technicians at the locations listed below. Record your serial number before installing your EP-3VBM+ mainboard. (The serial number is located near the ISA slots at the edge of the board.) EP-3VBM+ serial number: _________________________________ Contacting Technical Support EPoX technical support is working hard to answer all of your questions online. From our website you can find answers to many common questions, drivers, BIOS updates, tech notes, and important technical bulletins. If you are still unable to locate the solution you are seeking, you always have the option to contact our support technicians directly. North American website (English language) http://www.epox.com [email protected] [email protected] European website (Multi-language) http://www.epox.nl [email protected] [email protected] Taiwan website (Chinese language) http://www.epox.com.tw [email protected] [email protected] Thank you for using EPoX mainboards! Copyright 1999 EPoX Computer Company. All rights reserved.

Section 1 Introduction Components Checklist ....................................... 1-1 Overview EP-3VBM+ Form-factor.................................... 1-2 I/O Shield Connector ......................................... 1-3 Power-On/Off (Remote) .................................... 1-3 System Block Diagram ...................................... 1-4 Section 2 Features EP-3VBM+ Features ......................................... 2-1 Section 3 Installation EP-3VBM+ Detailed Layout ............................. 3-1 Easy Installation Procedure CPU Insertion .................................................... 3-3 Jumper Settings.................................................. 3-5 System Memory Configuration .......................... 3-6 Device Connectors ............................................ 3-9 External Modem Ring-in Power On and Keyboard Power On Function (KBPO) ............. 3-11 Section 4 Award BIOS Setup BIOS Instructions .............................................. 4-1 Standard CMOS Setup....................................... 4-2 BIOS Features Setup ......................................... 4-3 Chipset Features Setup ...................................... 4-8 Power Management Setup ................................. 4-11 PNP/PCI Configuration ..................................... 4-15 Load Setup Defaults .......................................... 4-17 Integrated Peripherals........................................ 4-17

Change Supervisor or User Password ............... 4-24 IDE HDD Auto Detection .................................. 4-25 Save & Exit Setup ............................................. 4-27 Exit Without Saving ........................................... 4-27 Section 5 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 ................................. A-3 Appendix B POST Codes...................................................... A-4 Unexpected Errors ............................................. A-7 Appendix C Load Setup Defaults .......................................... A-9 Appendix D GHOST 5.1 Quick User’s Guide ....................... A-11

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standard of chassis. The Micro-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. Micro-ATX defines a double height aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a wide range of onboard I/O. Only the size and position of this aperture is defined, allowing PC manufacturers to add new I/O features (e.g.; TV input, TV output, modem, LAN, etc.) to systems. This will help systems integra- tors differentiate their products in the marketplace, and better meet your needs. • Smaller size promotes a smaller system size. • I/O shield does not need to be retooled in an ATX 2.01 or later. The mainboard should be used in an ATX 2.01 (or later) compliant case. • A smaller power supply cam be used. High integration on mainboard reduces the system costs. Full length slots Expandable I/O 5 1/4" Bay 3 1/2" Bay Figure 1: Summary of MicroATX chassis features CPU located near Power Supply Single chassis fan for system Micro- ATX Power Supply ATX power connector Floppy / IDE connectors close to peripheral bays

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-3VBM+ has been designed with “Soft Off" functions. You can turn Off the system from one of two sources: The first is the front panel Power On/Off button, and the other is the "Soft Off" function (coming from the EP-3VBM+’s onboard circuit controller) that can be controlled by the operating system. Win- dows 95/98 will control this when the user clicks that they are ready to Shutdown the system. Figure 3: Simple ATX Power ON/OFF Controller Case (chassis) Power ON/OFF button (J 3) J 3 I/O Shield Connector The EP-3VBM+ is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield (figure 2). PS/2 Mouse PS/2 KEYBOARD USB port COM1 COM2 parallel port SpeakerLine_in MIC Figure 2: I/O back panel layout Joystick/Midi port

System Block Diagram PAC PCI Bridge and memory controller VT82C693A VT82C686A I/O Bridge 100/66MHz 133/100/66MHz 66MHz AC 97 USB 0,1 USB 2,3 AM R Slot

PGA operating at 500 ~700MHz. The board is configured by an ESSJ (Easy-Setting-Single-Jumper) to match your CPU clock speed. • Designed with VIA Apollo Pro PCIset. • Supports up to 512MB of DRAM (minimum of 8 MB) on board (please see Section 3-2). • EP-3VBM+ will support Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) when using parity SDRAM memory modules. This will detect multiple bit errors and correct 1-bit memory errors. • Supports (1) 16 bit ISA slots, (2) 32 bit PCI slots, (1) AGP slot, (1) AMR slot and provides (2) independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3/4 and Ultra DMA 33/66 devices. The EP-3VBM+ supports (2) PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT# control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging in PCI card(s). • Supports ATAPI (e.g. CD-ROM) devices on both Primary and Secondary IDE interfaces. • Designed with on chip Multi I/O: (1) floppy port, (1) parallel port (EPP, ECP), and (2) serial ports (16550 Fast UART). Note: Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” is also supported • Features Award Plug & Play BIOS. With Flash Memory you can always upgrade to the current BIOS as they are released. (http://www.epox.com/ please visit our Technical Support section for the latest updates). • EP-3VBM+ utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protec tion and longer battery life.

VT82C686A 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, allows system to be turned on remotely). • Resume by Alarm - Allows your system to turn on at a preselected time. • Power Loss Recovery - In the event of a power outtage your system will automatically turn itself back on without user intervention. • Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM (System Management Mode). • Supports Keyboard power ON function (KBPO). • Built-in WOL (Wake-up On Lan) Connector. • Built-in AC97 PCI Audio.

The EP-3VBM+ is designed for all Socket 370 processors, such as Intel FC-PGA 370 CuMine (Coppermine) 128K/256K processors which are based on 0.18 micro process technology and utilizing the AGTL+ bus architecture at 100 and 133MHz. The EP-3VBM+ has the very few jumpers on board, making your installation faster and easier. In despite of user friendly design, the EP-3VBM+ offers the flexible FSB selection, being capable of running speedy FSB at 133MHz for Intel PIII CuMine CPU & upcoming new Cyrix Socket 370 processors. Before you get started, please read the following quick installation guide with careful. Easy Installation Procedure 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) Section 3-1 CPU Insertion CPU Insertion: (use CuMineTM for reference) Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever. Figure 2

Ensure proper pin 1 orientation by aligning the FC-PGA corner marking with the socket corner closest to the actuation arm tip. The pin field is keyed to prevent mis-oriented insertion. Don’t force processor into socket. If it does not go in easily, check for mis-orientation and debris. Make sure the processor is fully inserted into the socket on all sides. Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever. Note: Intel’s 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. (See Figure 5) Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5

Section 3-2 Jumper Settings JP3: CPU FSB Selection The FSB can be 66, 100 and 133MHz 100MHz 66MHz (Default) 133MHz 1 4 3 6 The CPU frequency with “*” is reserved for future CPU use and hasn’t been approved and tested yet at this moment. Ps: 66MHz for CeleronTM Processor 100/133MHz for CuMineTM (FC-PGA370)/128K/256K Processor Joshua processor * 1 2 3 4 O N 1 W S )z H M ( U P C 1 2 3 4 oit a R z H M 6 6 z H M 0 0 1 z H M 3 3 1 N O N O N O X 4 6 6 2 0 0 4 3 3 5 N O N O X 5 . 4 0 0 3 0 5 4 0 0 6 N O N O X 5 3 3 3 0 0 5 7 6 6 * N O X 5 . 5 6 6 3 0 5 5 3 3 7 * N O N O N O X 6 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 8 * N O N O X 5 . 6 3 3 4 0 5 6 7 6 8 * N O N O X 7 6 6 4 0 0 7 N O X 5 . 7 0 0 5 * 0 5 7 * N O N O X 8 3 3 5 * 0 0 8 * JP1 C lear CO M S 1-2 : Run M ode(default) 2-3 : C lear CM O S JP4 K eyboard Power-O N F unction Selection 1-2 : D isabled 2-3 : Enabled

Memory Layout The EP-3VBM+ supports (2) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs can be either EDO (Enhanced Data Out) or SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM). • DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns) or 125MHz (8ns) bus speed. • If you use both 50ns and 60ns memory you must configure your BIOS to read 60ns. • When using Synchronous DRAM we recommend using the 4 clock variety over the 2 clock. Figure 6 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations using both SIMM and DIMM. * SDRAM only supports 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB DIMM modules. Table 1 Figure 6 DIMM 1 DIMM 2 Bank 0 Bank 1 -Synchronous -ED O y r o m e M la t o T 1 M M I D ) 0 k n a B ( 2 M M I D ) 1 k n a B ( B M 6 5 2 = m u m ix a M * M A R D S / O D E , B M 4 6 , B M 2 3 , B M 6 1 , B M 8 1 X B M 6 5 2 , B M 8 2 1 e n o N B M 2 1 5 = m u m ix a M * M A R D S / O D E , B M 4 6 , B M 2 3 , B M 6 1 , B M 8 1 X B M 6 5 2 , B M 8 2 1 * M A R D S / O D E , B M 4 6 , B M 2 3 , B M 6 1 , B M 8 1 X B M 6 5 2 , B M 8 2 1

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. DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down (figure 8) until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 9). Figure 7 Figure 8 DIMM Module clip before installation LEFT KEY ZONE (UNBUFFERED) CENTER KEY ZONE (3.3 V DRAM)

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.

Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connections (figure 10). J2: Chassis Panel Connector • Power LED, Speaker, Reset J3: Turbo LED, HDD LED, IR Conn., Sleep/Power_ON J4: CPU Fan Power • A plug-in for the CPU Fan Power J6: Chassis Fan Power • A plug-in for the chassis Fan Power J7: WOL Connector IDE1: Primary IDE IDE2: Secondary IDE FDD1: Floppy Controller Connector PW1: ATX Power Connector • 20-pin power connector CD1: CD Audio Connector AUX1:AUX Audio Connector USB Conn.: The third and fourth USB port (Cable optional) Figure 10 PS/2 Mouse PS/2 KEYBOARD USB port COM1 COM2 parallel port Speaker Line_in MIC Joystic/Midi port

J2 Speaker - Connect to the system's speaker for beeping 1. Speaker 3. GND 2. N/C 4. GND Reset - Closed to restart system. Power LED - Power LED connector 1. Power LED(+) 4. NC 2. N/C 5. GND 3. GND 1 1 1 (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). 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.) Turbo LED indicator - LED ON when higher speed is selected IDE LED indicator - LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard disks is activate J3 1 + + IR Connector 1. VCC 4. GND 2. NC 5. IRTX 3. IRRX 1 Power On/Off

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-3VBM+ mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control. Exclusive Keyboard Power ON Function To innovate a unique feature to benefit users, we devoted the easiest and most convenient way to turn on your system based on the the ATX power supply. How to work with it Step 1: Please check JP4 at the position 2-3 after you finished the system installation. Step 2: You can enjoy the Keyboard Power ON function (KBPO) by pressing any 2 key and BUTTON only to turn on your system. Your system will be turned on automatically, after releasing the keys. To power off you system, you can use the Soft-OFF function under Windows 95. Notes: Intel ATX version 2.0 specification has recommended you use the power supply with 0.72A(720mA) in 5.0VSB. With our EP-3VBM+ mainboard, the 5.0VSB standby power only has to be > = 0.2A (200mA) then you can enjoy this unique benefit. However, the ATX power supply which is < 0.2 (200mA) is still applicable to your system by placed JP4 at the position 1-2 to disable this feature. JP4 K eyboard Power-O N F unction Selection 1-2 : D isabled 2-3 : Enabled (D efault)

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. It is possible for the CMOS battery to fail, this will cause data loss in the CMOS only. If this does happen you will need to reconfigure your BIOS settings. To enter the Setup Program : Power on the computer and press the key immediately, this will bring you into the BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY. Figure 1: CMOS Setup Utility STANDARD CMOS SETUP SENSOR AND CPU SPEED SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE & EXIT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A6LGPAA) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ESC : QUIT : SELECT ITEM F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... é é é é é ê ê ê ê ê è è è è è ç ç ç ç ç

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. 4-1 Standard CMOS Setup Choose “Standard CMOS Setup” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu (Figure 2). The Standard CMOS Setup allows the user to configure system settings such as the current date and time, type of hard disk drive installed, floppy drive type, and display type. Memory size is auto-detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference. When a field is highlighted (use direction keys to move the cursor and the key to select), the entries in the field can be changed by pressing the or the key. Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup 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. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) : Wed, Apr 17 1996 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 14 : 30 : 50 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE Primary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Primary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in. Drive B : None Video : EGA/VGA Halt On : All, But Keyboard ESC : Quit : Select Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify F1 : Help (Shift) F2 : Change Color Base Memory : 640K Extended Memory : 392192K Other Memory : 384K Total Memory : 393216K é é é é é ê ê ê ê ê è è è è è ç ç ç ç ç

: Enabled External Cache : Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking : Disabled Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled Boot Sequence : A, C, SCSI Swap Floppy Drive : Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek : Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status : On IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled Gate A20 option : Fast Memory Parity/ECC Check : Disabled Typematic Rate Setting : Disabled Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) : 6 Type matic Delay (Msec) : 250 Security Option : Setup PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : Disabled OS Select For DRAM > 64MB : Non-OS2 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 UTIL- ITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu. This menu shows all of the manufacturer’s default values for the EP- 3VBM+. Pressing the [F1] key will display a help message for the selected item. Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning: 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. 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. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Esc : Quit : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color F7 : Load Setup Defaults é é é é é ê ê ê ê ê è è è è è ç ç ç ç ç Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled D0000-D3FFF Shadow : Disabled D4000-D7FFF Shadow : Disabled D8000-DBFFF Shadow : Disabled DC000-DFFFF Shadow : Disabled

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. CPU Internal Cache: This controls the status of the processor’s internal cache area. The default is Enabled. Enabled: This activates the processor’s internal cache thereby increasing performance. Disabled: This deactivates the processor’s internal cache thereby lowering performance. External (L2) Cache: This controls the status of the external (L2) cache area. The default is Enanbled. Enabled: This activates the motherboard’s L2 cache thereby increasing performance. Disabled: This deactivates the motherboard’s L2 cache thereby lowering performance. CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking: This controls the CPU’s L2 cache to supports Error Checking and Correcting (ECC). The default is Disabled Enabled: Enabled the CPU’s L2 cache to Support ECC function. When enabled this item the performance should be impact 2% ~4%. Disabled: Disabled the CPU’s L2 cache to support ECC function. Quick Power On Self Test: This category speeds up the Power On Self Test (POST). The default is Enabled. Enabled: This setting will shorten or skip of the items checked during POST. Disabled: Normal POST.

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] 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. Enabled: The BIOS will search the floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks. Disabled: The BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number. Note: BIOS can not tell the difference between 720K, 1.2MB and 1. 44MB drive types as they are all 80 tracks. Boot Up NumLock Status: This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots. The default is On. On: The keypad acts as a 10-key pad. Off: The keypad acts like the cursor keys.

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. Gate A20 Option: This refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1MB (extended memory). The default is Fast. Normal: The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard controller or chipset hardware. Fast: The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method. Memory Parity/ECC Check: If the DRAM chip in your system support parity/ECC check, select Enabled. Typematic 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. 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.

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. System: The system will not boot and the access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. Setup: The system will boot; but the access to Setup will be denied if the incorrect password is not entered at the prompt. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: This field controls the ability of a primary PCI VGA controller to share a common palette (When a snoop write cycles) with an ISA video card. The default is Disabled. Enabled: If an ISA card is connected to a PCI VGA card via the VESA connector, and that ISA card connects to a VGA monitor, then that ISA card uses the RAMDAC of the PCI card. Disabled: Disables the VGA card Palette Snoop function. OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: Some operating systems require special handling. Use this option only if your system has greater than 64MB of memory. The default is Non-OS2. OS2: Select this if you are running the OS/2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM. Non-OS2: Select this for all other operating systems and configurations. 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.

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. This will be in 16K byte or 32K byte units, and the size will depend on chipset of the option card. Enabled: Optional shadow is enabled. Disabled: Optional shadow is disabled. 4-3 Chipset Features Setup Choose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu. Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing : SDRAM Fast OnChip USB : Enabled Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing : SDRAM Fast USB Keyboard Support : Disabled Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing : SDRAM Fast OnChip Sound : Enabled SDRAM Cycle length : Auto OnChip Modem : Disabled SDRAM Bank Interleave : Disabled DRAM Page-Mode : Enabled DRAM Fast Decoding : Auto DRAM Read Option : Fast Memory Hole : Disabled Read Around write : Disabled Concurrent PCI/Host : Enabled System BIOS Cacheabe : Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable : Enabled Video RAM Cacheable : Disabled AGP Aperture Size : 64M AGP - 2X Mode : Enabled Esc : Quit : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color F7 : Load Setup Defaults é é é é é ê ê ê ê ê è è è è è ç ç ç ç ç

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. The default is 3. 2: Provides faster memory performance. 3: Provides better memory compatibility. SDRAM Bank Interleave: The item allows you to set how many banks of SDRAM support in your mainboard. The Choice: 2 Bank, 4 Bank, Disabled. 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. DRAM Fast Decoding: The item will effective DRAM operation sequential. DRAM Read Option: The item will effective DRAM reading CMD sequential. Memory Hole: 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. Disabled: Normal Setting. Note: If this feature is enabled you will not be able to cache this memory segment.

DRAM optimization feature: If a memory read is addressed to a location whose latest write is being held in a buffer contents, and the read is not sent to the DRAM. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled Concurrent PCI/Host: When disabled, CPU bus will be occupied during the entire PCI operation period. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled System BIOS Cacheable: As with caching the Video BIOS above, enabling this selection allows accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H-FFFFFH to be cached, provided that the cache controller is enabled. 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. Video RAM Cacheable: Select enabled allows caching of the video RAM, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. AGP Aperture Size: The amount of system memory that the AGP card is allowed to share. The default is 64. 4: 4MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 8: 8MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card. 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.

and you have a USB peripheral. 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. Disabled: Disable USB keyboard support. OnChip Sound: Turn on/off onchip sound device. OnChip Modem: Turn on/off onchip software modem device. 4-4 Power Management Setup Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTIL- ITY 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. Figure 5: Power Management Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A6LGPAA) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ACPI function : Enabled Power Management : User Define PM Control by APM : Yes Video off After : Suspend Video off Method : V/H SYNC+Blank MODEM Use IRQ : 3 Soft-off by PWRBTN : Delay 4 Sec PWRON After PW-Fail : Former-Status HDD Power Down : Disable Doze Mode : Disable Suspend Mode : Disable ** PM Events ** VGA : OFF LPT & COM : LPT/COM HDD & FDD : NO DMA/master : OFF Modem Ring Resume : Disabled RTC Alarm Resume : Disabled Esc : Quit : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color F7 : Load Setup Defaults é é é é é ê ê ê ê ê è è è è è ç ç ç ç ç Primary INTR : ON IRQ3 (COM 2) : Primary IRQ4 (COM 1) : Primary IRQ5 (LPT 2) : Primary IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) : Primary IRQ7 (LPT 1) : Primary IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) : Disabled IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) : Secondary IRQ10 (Reserved) : Secondary IRQ11 (Reserved) : Secondary IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse) : Primary IRQ13 (Coprocessor) : Primary IRQ14 (Hard Disk) : Primary IRQ15 (Reserved) : Disabled

Mode when the Power Management is set to ‘User Define’. Power Management: Use this to select your Power Management selection. The default is User define. Disabled: The system operates in NORMAL conditions (Non-GREEN), and the Power Management function is disabled. 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. 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. DPMS: Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values. Blank Screen: System only writes blanks to the video buffer.

Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system. Default is IRQ 3. N/A: No IRQ is used. 3: IRQ 3 4: IRQ 4 5: IRQ 5 7: IRQ 7 9: IRQ 9 10: IRQ 10 11: IRQ 11 The EP-3VBM+ supports HDD Power Down, Doze and Standby power saving functions when using the Intel Pentium II Processor. The default is Disabled Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN: Use this to select your soft-off function. The default is Delay 4 sec. Instant Off: Turns off instantly. 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. HDD Power Down: HDD Standby timer can be set from 1 to 15 minute(s). Doze Mode: The “Doze” mode timer starts to count when no “PM events” have occurred. Suspend Mode: This function works only when the Pentium II Processor is installed. The timer starts to count when “System Standby” mode timer is timed out and no “PM Events” are occurring. Valid range is from 1 minute up to 1 hour.

system which has been powered down. LPT & COM: When set to On (default), any event occurring at a COM(serial)/LPT (printer) port will awaken a system which has been powered down. HDD & FDD: When set to On (default), any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive port will awaken a system which has been powered down. DMA/master: When set to On (default), any event occurring to the DMA controller will awaken a system which has been powered down. RTA Alarm Resume: When set to Enable rta alarm resume, you could set the date (of month) and timer (hh:mm:ss), any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down. Modem Ring Resume: When set to Enabled, any event occurring to the Modem Ring will awaken a system which has been powered down. Primary INTR: When set to On (default), any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down.

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. Figure 6: PCI Configuration Setup PNP OS Installed: Do you have a PNP OS installed on your system. The default is No. Yes: Select if you are using a PNP OS No: Select if your OS does not support PNP. Resources Controlled By: Who controlled the system PNP/PCI resources. The default is Manual. Manual: PNP Card’s resources will be controlled manually. You can set which IRQ-X and DMA-X are assigned to PCI/ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards. Auto: If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards, BIOS will assign the interrupt resource automatically. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. CPU to PCI Write Buffer : Enabled PCI Dynamic Bursting : Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write : Enabled PCI Delay Transaction : Disabled PCI#2 Access #1 Retry : Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write : Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Read : Disabled Solt 1 Use IRQ No. : Auto Solt 2 Use IRQ No. : Auto Solt 3 Use IRQ No. : Auto Solt 4 Use IRQ No. : Auto Solt 5 Use IRQ No. : Auto PNP OS Installed : No Resources Controlled By : Manual Reset Configuration Data : Disabled IRQ-3 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-4 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-5 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-7 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-9 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-10 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-11 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-12 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-14 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP IRQ-15 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP DMA-0 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP DMA-1 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP DMA-3 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP DMA-5 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP DMA-6 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP DMA-7 Assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP Esc : Quit : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color F7 : Load Setup Defaults é é é é é ê ê ê ê ê è è è è è ç ç ç ç ç

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. 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. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. PCI Dynamic Bursting: When Enabled, data transfers on the PCI bus, where possible, make use of the high-performance PCI bust protocol, in which graeater amounts of data are transferred at a single command. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. PCI Master 0 WS Write: When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are command with zero wait states. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. PCI Delay Transaction: The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specifica- tion version 2.1. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. PCI #2 Access #1 Retry: This item allows you enabled/disable the PCI #2 Access #1 Retry. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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 Figure 8: 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.). IDE Prefetch Mode: Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses. If uou are getting disk drive errors, change the setting to omit the drive interface where the errors occur. Depending on the configuration 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. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. OnChip IDE Channel0 : Enabled OnChip IDE Channel1 : Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode : Enabled Primary Master PIO : Auto Primary Slave PIO : Auto Secondary Master PIO : Auto Secondary Slave PIO : Auto Primary Master UDMA : Auto Primary Slave UDMA : Auto Secondary MasterUDMA : Auto Secondary Slave UDMA : Auto Init Display First : PCI Slot Onboard FDD Controller : Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 : Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 : Auto UART 2 Mode : HPSIR IR Function Duplex : Half TX, RX inverting enable : No, Yes Esc : Quit : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color F7 : Load Setup Defaults é é é é é ê ê ê ê ê è è è è è ç ç ç ç ç Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mode : ECP/EPP ECP Mode Use DMA : 3 Parallel Port EPP Type : EPP1.9 Onboard Legacy Audio : Enabled Sound Blaster : Disabled SB I/O Base Address : 220H SB IRQ Select : IRQ 5 SB DMA Select : DMA 1 MPU-401 : Disabled MPU-401 I/O Address : 330-333H FM Port (388-38BH) : Disabled Game Port (200-207H) : Enabled

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. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE secondary port. 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. 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. Secondary Master PIO: The default is Auto. Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode. Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode. Secondary Slave PIO: The default is Auto. Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode. Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode. 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.

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. Secondary 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. 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. Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode. Init Display First: If two video cards are used (1 AGP and 1 PCI) this specifies which one will be the primary display adapter. The default is PCI Slot. PCI Slots: PCI video card will be primary adapter. AGP: AGP video card will be primary adapter. Onboard FDD Controller: This controls the state of the onboard floppy controller. The default value is Enabled. Enabled: Enable the Onboard floppy drive interface controller. Disabled: Disable the Onboard floppy drive interface controller. Onboard Serial Port 1: This field allows the user to configure the 1st serial port. The default is Auto. AUTO: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is Auto adjusted COM1: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8H/IRQ4. COM2: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8H/IRQ3. COM3: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8H/IRQ4.

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. COM4: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8H/IRQ3. Disabled: Disable Onboard Serial port 2. UART 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 UART2 Mode is ASKIR. The Choice: Half, Full. TX, RX inverting enable: This item invert serial port 2 TX and RX output signal level. No, No TX, RX have no signal inverting. No, Yes RX have signal inverting. Yes, No TX have signal inverting. Yes, Yes TX, RX have signal inverting. 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 LPT port.

This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode. The default is ECP+EPP. Normal: Standard mode. IBM PC/AT Compatible bidirectional parallel port. EPP: Enhanced Parallel Port mode. ECP: Extended Capabilities Port mode. EPP+ECP: ECP Mode & EPP Mode. ECP Mode USE DMA: This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode. The default is DMA3. DMA1: This field selects the routing of DMA1 for the ECP mode. DMA3: This field selects the routing of DMA3 for the ECP mode. Parallel Port EPP Type: This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I/O chip. The Choice: EPP1.9, EPP1.7. 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. MPU-401: MPU-401 function enabled/disabled. MPU-401 I/O Address: Built-in MPU-401 compatible MIDI I/O port selection: 300-303H 310-313H 320-323H 330-333H (default)

Frequency modulation port at I/O port 388-38BH enabled/disabled. Game Port (200-207H): Built-in joystick port support disabled/enabled(default). 4-8 SENSOR AND CPU SPEED SETUP Figure 9: Sensor And CPU Speed Setup Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk: When enabled the motherboard will automatically disable the clock source for a DIMM socket which does not have a module in it. Same applies for PCI slots. The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enables this option. Disabled: Disables this option. Spread Spectrum : The default is Disabled. Enabled: Enables this option. Disabled: Disables this option. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) SENSOR AND CPU SPEED SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk : Enabled Current CPU Temp. : 31oC/87oF Spread Spectrum : Disabled Current System Temp. : 24oC/75oF CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI) : Default Current CPU Fan Speed : 0 RPM DRAM Clock Is : Host Clock Current Chassis Fan Speed : 0 RPM CPU Fan In Suspend : Off Vcore : 1.87V Vtt : 1.52V 3.3V : 3.28V 5V : 5.02V 12V : 11.88V Esc : Quit : Select Item F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color F7 : Load Setup Defaults é é é é é ê ê ê ê ê è è è è è ç ç ç ç ç

Allows the external clock to be modified depending upon what FSB has been selected. Should not be used to clock processor faster than it was designed for. (See page A-11). The default is Default. 66MHz FSB options: Default, 66.8, 68.5, 75, and 83MHz. 100MHz FSB options: Default, 100, 103, 112, and 133MHz. DRAM Clock Is: The item will synchronize/asynchronize DRAM operation clock. Host Clock: DRAM has same working clock with CPU host bus. 2/3 Host: DRAM running with lower operation clock. 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. Current CPU Temperature: This is the current temperature of the CPU. Current CPU FAN Speed: The current CPU fan speed in RPMs. Current Chassis FAN Speed: The current chassis fan speed in RPMs. CPU(V): The voltage level of the CPU(Vio/Vcore). Vtt, +3.3V, +5V, +12V: The voltage level of the switch power supply.

User Password To change the password, choose the “SUPERVISOR PASSWORD or USER PASSWORD” option from the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu and press [Enter]. NOTE: Either “Setup” or “System” must be selected in the “Security Option” of the BIOS FEATURES SETUP menu. 1. If CMOS is corrupted or the option was not used, a default password stored in the ROM will be used. The screen will display the following message: Enter Password: Press the [Enter] key to continue after the proper password is given. 2. If the CMOS is corrupted or the option was used earlier and the user wishes to change the default password, the SETUP UTILITY will display a message and ask for a confirmation. Confirm Password: 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.

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 “IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION” utility. The BIOS will Auto- detect the hard disk size and model on display during POST. Figure 10: IDE HDD Auto Detection NOTE: HDD Modes The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes : NORMAL, LBA & LARGE NOR- MAL mode Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformations during accessing. The maximum number of cylinders, head & sectors for NORMAL mode are. 1024, 16 & 63 no. Cylinder (1024) x no. Head ( 16) x no. Sector ( 63) x no. per sector ( 512) 528 Megabytes HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE Primary Master : Select Secondary Slave Option (N=Skip) : N OPTIONSSIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTORMODE 2 (Y) 4310 524 255 0 14847 63 LBA 1 4310 14848 9 65535 14847 63 NORMAL 3 4310 928 144 65535 14847 63 LARGE N o t e : S o m e O S e s ( l i k e S C O - U N I X ) m u s t u s e N O R M A L f o r i n s t a l l a t i o n ESC : Skip ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

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. During HDD accessing, the IDE controller will transform the logical address described by sector, head & cylinder into its own physical address inside the HDD. The maximum HDD size supported by LBA mode is 8.4 GigaBytes which is obtained by the following formula: no. Cylinder (1024) x no. Head ( 255) x no. Sector ( 63) x bytes per sector ( 512) 8.4 GigaBytes LARGE mode: Extended HDD access mode supported by Award Software. Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support (in some cases, user do not want LBA). The Award BIOS provides another alternative to support these kinds of LARGE mode. CYLS HEADS SECTOR MODE 1120 16 59 NORMAL 560 32 59 LARGE BIOS tricks DOS (or other OS) that the number of cylinders is less than 1024 by dividing it by 2. At the same time, the number of heads is multiplied by 2. A reverse transformation process will be made inside INT 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 per sector ( 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

(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. 4-11 Save & Exit Setup The “SAVE & EXIT SETUP” option will bring you back to the boot up proce- dure with all the changes you just recorded in the CMOS RAM. 4-12 Exit Without Saving The “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING” option will bring you back to normal boot up procedure without saving any data into CMOS RAM. All old data in the CMOS will not be destroyed.

Address Range Size Description [00000-7FFFF] 512K Conventional memory [80000-9FBFF] 127K Extended Conventional memory [9FC00-9FFFF] 1K Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is installed [A0000-C7FFF] 160K Available for Hi DOS memory [C8000-DFFFF] 96K Available for Hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs [E0000-EEFFF] 60K Available for UMB [EF000-EFFFF] 4K Video service routine for Monochrome & CGA adaptor [F0000-F7FFF] 32K BIOS CMOS setup utility [F8000-FCFFF] 20K BIOS runtime service routine (2) [FD000-FDFFF] 4K Plug and Play ESCD data area [FE000-FFFFF] 8K BIOS runtime service routine (1) A-2 I/O MAP [000-01F] DMA controller.(Master) [020-021] INTERRUPT CONTROLLER.(Master) [022-023] CHIPSET control registers. I/O ports. [040-05F] TIMER control registers. [060-06F] KEYBOARD interface controller.(8042) [070-07F] RTC ports & CMOS I/O ports. [080-09F] DMA register. [0A0-0BF] INTERRUPT controller.(Slave) [0C0-0DF] DMA controller.(Slave) [0F0-0FF] MATH COPROCESSOR. [1F0-1F8 ] HARD DISK controller. [278-27F] PARALLEL port 2. [2B0-2DF] GRAPHICS adapter controller. [2F8-2FF] SERIAL port 2. [360-36F] NETWORK ports. [378-37F] PARALLEL port 1.

[3C0-3CF] EGA adapter. [3D0-3DF] CGA adapter. [3F0-3F7] FLOPPY DISK controller. [3F8-3FF] SERIAL port 1. A-3 TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP TIMER MAP: TIMER Channel 0 System timer interrupt. TIMER Channel 1 DRAM REFRESH request. TIMER Channel 2 SPEAKER tone generator. DMA CHANNELS: DMA Channel 0 Available. DMA Channel 1 Onboard ECP (Option). DMA Channel 2 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP). DMA Channel 3 Onboard ECP (default). DMA Channel 4 Cascade for DMA controller 1. DMA Channel 5 Available. DMA Channel 6 Available. DMA Channel 7 Available A-4 INTERRUPT MAP NMI : Parity check error. IRQ (H/W): 0 System TIMER interrupt from TIMER 0. 1 KEYBOARD output buffer full. 2 Cascade for IRQ 8-15. 3 SERIAL port 2. 4 SERIAL port 1. 5 PARALLEL port 2. 6 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP). 7 PARALLEL port 1. 8 RTC clock. 9 Available. 10 Available. 11 Available.

15 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. 15 Base memory low byte. 16 Base memory high byte. 17 Extension memory low byte. 18 Extension memory high byte. 19-2d 2E-2F 30 Reserved for extension memory low byte. 31 Reserved for extension memory high byte. 32 DATE CENTURY byte. 33 INFORMATION FLAG.

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. Enable Keyboard Interface. 07 Reserved. 08 Verifies CMOS's basic R/W functionality. C1 Auto-detection of onboard DRAM & Cache. C5 Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000-FFFFF shadow RAM so thatPOST will go faster. 08 Test the first 256K DRAM. 09 OEM specific cache initialization. (if needed) 0A 1. Initialize the first 32 interrupt vectors with corresponding Interrupt handlers. Initialize INT numbers from 33-120 with Dummy (Spurious) Interrupt Handler. 2. Issue CPUID instruction to identify CPU type. 3. Early Power Management initialization. (OEM specific) 0B 1. Verify the RTC time is valid or not. 2. Detect bad battery. 3. Read CMOS data into BIOS stack area. 4. PnP initializations including. (PnP BIOS only) - Assign CSN to PnP ISA card. - Create resource map from ESCD. 5. Assign IO & Memory for PCI devices. (PCI BIOS only)

0D 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. - Award Logo, Copyright string, BIOS Data code & Part No. - OEM specific sign on messages. - Energy Star Logo. (Green BIOS ONLY) - CPU brand, type & speed. - Test system BIOS checksum. (Non-Compress Version only) 0F DMA channel 0 test. 10 DMA channel 1 test. 11 DMA page registers test. 12-13 Reserved. 14 Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2. 15 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1. 16 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. 17 Reserved. 19 Test 8259 functionality. 1A-1D Reserved. 1E If EISA NVM checksum is good, execute EISA initialization. (EISA BIOS only) 1F-29 Reserved. 30 Detect Base Memory & Extended Memory Size. 31 1. Test Base Memory from 256K to 640K. 2. Test Extended Memory from 1M to the top of memory. 32 1. Display the Award Plug & Play BIOS Extension message. (PnP BIOS only) 2. Program all onboard super I/O chips (if any) including COM ports, LPT ports, FDD port ... according to setup value. 33-3B Reserved. 3C Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility. 3D 1. Initialize Keyboard. 2. Install PS2 mouse.

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. 3F-40 Reserved. BF 1. Program the rest of the Chipset's value according to Setup. (Later Setup Value Program) 41 2. If auto-configuration is enabled, program the chipset with pre-defined Values. 42 Initialize floppy disk drive controller. 43 Initialize Hard drive controller. 45 If it is a PnP BIOS, initialize serial & parallel ports. 44 Reserved. 45 Initialize math coprocessor. 46-4D Reserved. 4E If there is any error detected (such as video, kb...), show all error messages on the screen & wait for user to press key. 4F 1. If password is needed, ask for password. 2. Clear the Energy Star Logo. (Green BIOS only) 50 Write all CMOS values currently in the BIOS stack area back into the CMOS. 51 Reserved. 52 1. Initialize all ISA ROMs. 2. Later PCI initializations. (PCI BIOS only) - assign IRQ to PCI devices. - initialize all PCI ROMs. 3. PnP Initialzations. (PnP BIOS only) - assign IO, Memory, IRQ & DMA to PnP ISA devices. - initialize all PnP ISA ROMs. 4. Program shadows RAM according to Setup settings. 5. Program parity according to Setup setting. 6. Power Management Initialization. - Enable/Disable global PM. - APM interface initialization. 53 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. 60 Setup Virus Protection. (Boot Sector Protection) functionality according to Setup setting.

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. 62 1. Setup daylight saving according to Setup value. 2. Program the NUM Lock, typematic rate & typematic speed according to Setup setting. 63 1. If there is any changes in the hardware configuration, update the ESCD information. (PnP BIOS only) 2. Clear memory that have been used. 3. Boot system via INT 19H. FF System Booting. This means that the BIOS already pass the control right to the operating system. B-2 Unexpected Errors: POST (hex) DESCRIPTION B0 If interrupt occurs in protected mode. B1 Unclaimed NMI occurs.0

ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly. This function will be necessary when you accept this mainboard, or the system CMOS data is corrupted. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Load SETUP Default (Y/N)? Y STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT PNP/PCI CONFIGURA ETUP INTEGRATED PERIPH SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC: QUIT :SELECT ITEM F10:Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 :Change Color Load Setup Defaults Except Standard COMS SETUP é ê è

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. In which Disk indicates hard disk options Partition indicates partition options Check indicates check options Disk

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. 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.

start. Disk To Image (Disk Backup) 1. Select the location of the Source drive. 2. Select the location for storing the backup file.

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. Select Yes to start.

the following figure. 4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start. Partition

operating system and programs are stored. 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.

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.

1. Select the backup file to be restored. 2. Select the source partition. 3. Select the disk 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.