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1. Auto OnChip USB Enabled IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto IDE Init Display First PCI Slot Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Esc Quit TV gt Select Item Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 F1 Help PU PD Modify UART 2 Mode Standard F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults 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 HDD Block Mode IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time The default is Enabled Enabled Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Provides higher HDD transfer rates Disabled Disable IDE HDD Block Mode Page 4 14 EP MVP3C 2 BIOS Onchip IDE First Channel The default value is Enabled Enabled Enables Onboard IDE primary port Disabled Disables Onboard IDE primary port Onchip IDE Second Channel The default is Enabled Enabled Enables Onboard IDE secondary port Disabled Disables Onboard IDE secondary port Prim2. 3F8 3FF SERIAL port 1 A 3 TIMER amp DMA CHANNELS MAP TIMER MAP TIMER Channel 0 TIMER Channel 1 TIMER Channel 2 DMA CHANNELS DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 2 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 4 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 System timer interrupt DRAM REFRESH request SPEAKER tone generator Available Onboard ECP Option FLOPPY DISK SMC CHIP Onboard ECP default Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available 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 A 2 EP MVP3C 2 Appendix ona 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 FLOPPY DISK SMC CHIP PARALLEL port 1 RTC clock Available Available Available PS 2 Mouse MATH coprocessor Onboard HARD DISK IDE1 channel Onboard HARD DISK IDE1 channel A 5 RTC amp CMOS RAM MAP RTC amp 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 UA Status register A 0B Status register B OC Status register C UD Status register D OE Diagnostic status byte OF 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 A
3. Card PWI1 AT Power Connector e 12 pin power connector PW2 ATX Power Connector e 20 pin power connector J2 J3 Chassis Panel Connector e Keylock Speaker Reset Sleep Turbo LED and HDD LED IDE1 Primary IDE Connector IDEZ Secondary IDE Connector FDD1 Floppy Controller Connector Page 3 8 EP MVP3C 2 Installation Section 3 3 Device Connectors 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 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 Power On Off Turbo LED indicator LED ON when higher speed is selected IDE LED indicator LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard disks is activate IR Connector 1 VCC 4 GND 2 NC 5 IRTX 3 IRRX KeyLock Keyboard lock switch amp Power LED connector 1 Power LED 4 KeyLock 2 N C 5 GND 3 GND Speaker Connect to the system s speaker for beeping 1 Speaker 3 GND 2 N C 4 GND Reset Closed to restart system Page 3 9 Installation EP MVP3C 2 Section 3 5 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions KBPO On the basis of bounded functions in I O chipset the two serial ports are able to su
4. MHz PCI Bridge MD 0 63 and memory SEENEN LI controller AGP Slot VT82C598 Graphic VT82C596 Video PCI Slots VO Bridge USB O USB 1 ISA Slots Be Flash Memory Serial Port 1 Sch e 2 Winbond PS 2 Mouse 83877TF PS 2 Keyboard Figure 5 System Block Diagram Page 1 3 Introduction EP MVP3C 2 Page 1 4 Page Left Blank EP MVP3C 2 Features Section 2 FEATURES EP MVP3C 2 Features Intel Pentium Processor with MMX technology AMD K6 K6 2 K6 II Cyrix 6x86MX MII IDT C6 amp Rise MP6 operating at 133 500 MHz with 321 ZIF socket 7 provides scalability to accept faster Processors in the future The board is configured by an Easy Setting Dual Jumper E S D J to match your CPU clock speed Designed with VIA MVP3 AGPset Supports up to 384 MB of DRAM minimum of 16 MB on board You can use 168 pin DIMM x 3 It will automatically detect Extended Data Output EDO DRAM at 66MHz only or Synchronous DRAM memory SDRAM at 66MHz or 100MHz please see Section 3 2 Supports 2 16 bit ISA slots 4 32 bit PCI slots 1 AGP slot and provides 2 independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 4 and Ultra DMA 33 66 for EP MVP3C2 only devices The EP MVP3C 2 supports 4 PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging in PCI card s ATA 66 HDD Tested amp Recommended WD AC 313000 for
5. Sec 6 Type matic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup PCI VGA Palette Snoo Disabled A OS sekci For DRAM gt GB Non OS2 Ese Quit M Y gt Select Item Fl Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults 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 Page 4 3 BIOS EP MVP3C 2 Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Note Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning 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 per
6. assign IO Memory IRQ amp DMA to PnP ISA devices initialize all PnP ISA ROMs Program shadows RAM according to Setup settings BR A 7 Appendix EP MVP3C 2 53 60 61 62 63 un Program parity according to Setup setting 6 Power Management Initialization Enable Disable global PM APM interface initialization 1 If itis NOT a PnP BIOS initialize serial amp parallel ports 2 Initialize time value in BIOS data area by translate the RTC time value into a timer tick value Setup Virus Protection Boot Sector Protection function ality according to Setup setting 1 Try to turn on Level 2 cache Note If L2 cache is already turned on in POST 3D this part will be skipped 2 Set the boot up speed according to Setup setting 3 Last chance for Chipset initialization 4 Last chance for Power Management initialization Green BIOS only 5 Show the system configuration table 1 Setup daylight saving according to Setup value 2 Program the NUM Lock typematic rate amp typematic sp eed according to Setup setting 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 System Booting This means that the BIOS already pass the control right to the operating system B 2 Unexpected Errors POST hex BO Bl DESCRIPTION If interrupt occurs in protected
7. mode Unclaimed NMI occurs 0 A 8 EP MVP3C 2 Appendix Appendix C NOTE The LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly This function will be necessary when you accept this mainboard or the system CMOS data is corrupted ROM PCVISA BIOS 2ASLEPA9 CMOS SETUPUTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT GL Load SETUP Default Y N Y HSE INTEGRATED PERIPH SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC QUIT M 4 gt SELECT ITEM F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Load Setup Defaults Except Standard COMS SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS A 9 Appendix EP MVP3C 2 A 10 Page Left Blank EP MVP3C 2 Appendix Appendix D D 1 GHOST 5 1 Quick User s Guide Installation is very easy You only need to copy the Ghost5 folder or Ghost exe to your hard disk The current market version is for single Client so the LPT and NetBios portions will not be explained further Description of Menus Ghost clones and backs up Disk and Partition vlolfic Ed In which Disk indicates hard disk options Partition indicates partition options Check indicates check options Disk plolficusti
8. 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 gt 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 Page 4 6 EP MVP3C 2 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 This will be in 16K byte or 32
9. the user wishes to change the default password the SETUP UTILITY will display a mes Page 4 18 EP MVP3C 2 BIOS sage 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 ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2ASLEPA9 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE Primary Master Select Secondary Slave Option N Skip N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 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 Note Some OSes like SCO UNIX must use NORMAL for installation ESC Skip Figure 8 IDE HDD Auto Detection NOTE HDD Modes The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes NORMAL LBA amp LARGE NORMAL mode Page
10. 3 Appendix EP MVP3C 2 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 34 3F Reserve 40 7F Reserved for CHIPSET SETTING DATA A 4 EP MVP3C 2 Appendix Appendix B B 1 POST CODES ISA POST codes are typically output to I O port address 80h POST hex DESCRIPTION 01 02 Reserved CU 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 Cl Auto detection of onboard DRAM amp Cache C5 Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000 FFFFF shadow RAM so that POST will go faster 08 Test the first 256K DRAM 09 OEM specific cache initialization if needed OA 1 Initialize the first 32 interrupt vectors with correspond ing Interrupt handlers Initialize INT numbers from 33 120 with Dummy Spurious Interrupt Handler Issue CPUID instruction to identify CPU type Early Power Management initialization OEM specific Verify the RTC ti
11. 33 PR300 PR400 233MHz 100MHz PR333 PR400 333MHz PR466 PR433 350MHz PR500 PR466 266MHz PR333 266MHz PR400 333 MHz PR466 380MHz PR533 400MHz PR550 66M 300MHz 450MHz 333MHz 100MHz 66MHz 475MHz 95MHz 500MHz 366MHz 266MHz 100MHz 550MHz 300MHz 66MHz 5 5X 100MHz Reserved Page 3 4 EP MVP3C 2 Installation Section 3 2 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The EP MVP3C 2 supports 3 168 pin DIMMs Dual In line Memory Module The DIMMs can be either EDO Extended Data Out or SDRAM Synchronized DRAM The DIMMs may be installed using just one chip N We recommend using SDRAM DIMM can not mixing with EDO DIMM modules N DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz 12ns 100MHz 10ns or 125MHz 8ns bus speed N No Registered DIMM support Figure 2 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations using DIMM 1 Bank 0 1 S Synchronous DIMM 2 Bank 2 3 x EDO DIMM 3 Bank 4 5 Figure 2 Total Memory AR DIMM 2 DIMM 3 z Bank 0 1 Bank 2 3 Bank 4 5 EDO SDRAM ni ces 8MB 16MB 32MB ARE ED 64MB 128MB X ET EDO SDRAM EDO SDRAM vai 8MB 16MB 32MB 8MB 16MB 32MB AO 64MB 128MB X 64MB 128MB X 1 LARA EDO SDRAM EDO SDRAM EDO SDRAM SC 8MB 16MB 32MB 8MB 16MB 32MB __ 8MB 16MB 32MB AE 64MB 128MB X 64MB 128MB X I 64MB 128MB X 1 SD
12. 4 19 BIOS EP MVP3C 2 Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformations during accessing The maximum number of cylinders head amp sectors for NORMAL mode are 1024 16 amp 63 no Cylinder 1024 x no Head 16 x no Sector 63 x no per sector 512 528 Megabytes If user set his HDD to NORMAL mode the maximum accessible HDD size will be 528 Megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that LBA Logical Block Addressing mode A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck The number of cylinders heads amp 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 amp 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 les
13. C 2 Detailed Lavout Installation EE OK Pe WM T T M N GEET HHHH OS TED SSSA A P ou ons com D 1 JP3 28 27 AT Power Conn ATX Power Conn S S S 2 mi DIMM Bank 2 falls DIMM 2 S SfE DIMM I Santo S N S POWER ON Al S WEIER ars K PHDILED nN FDDI S P IDE2 IDE1 aa HIR CONN AOD SOT SE AGP SLOT VT82C598 PCI Slot 1 PKEYLOCK PSPK n po NN ENEN Beene NEEN HE 64K 64 SRAM IPs 3 E A RESET BES Msoi Slot 2 eon sels PCISlot 3 Nol E PCI Slot 4 Ce Se sos DS D 25 SIE CPU FAN USB CONN za m D H ISA Slot 1 SIR L CHASSIS FAN comm 2 1V SCH ISA Slot 2 EE Figure 1 Page 3 2 EP MVP3C 2 Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system 3 1 Configure Jumpers 3 2 System Memory Configuration 3 3 Device Connectors 3 4 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions KBPO Section 3 1 Configure Jumpers We design this motherboard with the fewest jumpers to make your install fast and easy The following will describe all of the jumpers that you are required to set before moving on to step 3 2 Note The jumpers as depicted as shown Figure 1 in
14. 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 SMC CHIP s Serial port 2 UART Mode Select The mode of the IR Controller The default is Normal IrDA Support a Serial Infrared Inferface IrDA ASKIR Support a Sharp Serial Infrared Interface formats Normal The IRRX and IRTX pins of IR function in normal condition 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 IRQS 3BCH Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7 Disabled Disable Onboard Winbond Chip s LPT port Parallel Port Mode 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 amp EPP Mode ECP Mode USE DMA This field allows the user to select DMAI or DMA3 for the ECP mode The default is DMA3 Page 4 17 BIOS EP MVP3C 2 DMAI1 This field selects the routing of DMAI for the ECP mode DMA3 This field selects the routing of DMA3 for the ECP mode Power On Method There are Button Only Hot Key and An
15. EP MVP3C EP MVP3C2 ISA PCI AGP Mainboard with Onboard PCI IDE and Super Multi 1 0 TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders These specifications are subject to change without notice Manual Revision 1 0 August 9 1999 EP MVP3C 2 User Notice No part of this product including the product and software may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of EPoX Computer Company hereinafter referred to as EPoX except for documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes We provide this manual as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchant ability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall EPoX be liable for any loss of profits loss of business loss of use or data interruption of business or for indirect special incidental or consequential damages of any kind even if EPoX has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product EPoX may revise this manual from time to time without notice For updated BIOS drivers or product release information you may visit our websites at http www epox com or http www epox com tw Products mentioned in this manual are menti
16. EP MVP3C2 IBM DINA 370910 Fujitsu Mpd3043AT Quantum CR8400AT Supports ATAPI e g CD ROM devices on both Primary and Secondary IDE interfaces Designed with Winbond W83877TF 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 Built in ATX 20 pin and AT 12 Pin power supply connector Features Award Plug amp 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 Page 2 1 Features EP MVP3C 2 EP MVP3C72 utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protection and longer battery life 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 Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM System Management Mode Supports Keyboard power ON function KBPO Supports USDM software to offer motherboard various status Supports the CPU PWR and Chassis fan Auto stop in sleep mode Built in WOL Wake On Lan Connector Built in SB LINK Header for Creative Blaster compatible AWE64D PCI Bus Sound Card Page 2 2 EP MVP3C 2 Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Page 3 1 EP MVP3C 2 EP MVP3
17. K byte units and the size will depend on chipset of the option card Enabled Optional shadow is enabled Disabled Optional shadow is disabled Choose the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2ASLEPA9 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Bank 0 1 DRAM Timing Bank 2 3 DRAM Timing Bank 4 5 DRAM Timing SDRAM Cycle length SDRAM Bank interleave DRAM Page Mode DRAM Read Pipeline DRAM Fast Decoding Cache Rd CPU Wt Pipeline Cache Timing Video BIOS Cacheable System BIOS Cacheabled Memory Hole AT 15Mb Addr AGP Aperture Size SDRAM Fast FP EDO Fast FP EDO Fast 3 Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Fastest Enabled Enabled Disabled 64M Auto Detect DIMM PCI CIk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Host Clock CPU PCI Default CPU Warning Temp Disabled Current CPU Temp 37 C 98 Current System Temp 25 C 77 Current CPU Fan Speed 0 RPM Current Chasiss Fan Speed 0 RPM Current POWER FAN Speed 0 RPM CPUcore 2 20 V CPUI O 3 52 V 5V 4 99V 12V 12 09V 12V 12 04V 5V 5 12V Esc Quit M y A Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup Page 4 7 BIOS EP MVP3C 2 SDRAM Cycle length This setting defines the CAS timing paramete
18. MVP3C 2 BIOS 4 4 Power Management Setup Choose the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen This menu allows the user to modify the power manage ment parameters and IRQ signals In general these parameters should not be changed unless it s absolutely necessary ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2ASLEPA9 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management User Define Primary INTR ON PM Control by APM Yes IRQ3 COM 2 Primary Video off Option Suspend gt Off IRQ4 COM 1 Primary Video off Method V H SYNC Blank IRQ5 LPT 2 Primary MODEM Use IRQ 23 IRQ6 Floppy Disk Disabled Soft off by PWRBTN Delay 4 Sec IRQ7 LPT 1 Primary RM Timers IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled HDD Power Down Disable IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Primary Doze Mode Disable IRQ10 Reserved Primary Suspend Mode Disable IRQ11 Reserved Primary RM Events IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Primary VGA OFF IRQ13 Coprocessor Primary LPT amp COM LPT COM IRQ14 Hard Disk Primary HDD amp FDD ON IRQ15 Reserved Disabled DMA master OFF ll llo l emeg mo 0 l J l J J E Modem Ring Resume Disabled d i A RTC Alarm n Disabled Hse Quit Rae Select Item Fl Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 5 Power Management Setup You can only change the content of Doze Mode Standby Mode an
19. RAM only supports 8 16 32 64 128MB DIMM modules Table 1 Page 3 5 Installation EP MVP3C 2 DIMM Module Installation Figure 3 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMM memory module DIMMs have 168 pins and two notches that will match with the onboard DIMM socket DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down figure 6 until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 7 LEFT KEY ZONE CENTER KEY ZONE UNBUFFERED 3 3 V DRAM Figure 3 Page 3 6 EP MVP3C 2 Installation D Da a A 7 ki Vi babi to ha rimini bhi rabrirtnianie IO ET DID DIO risk rd reeds z Figure 4 x DIMM Module clip before installation Figure 5 x DIMM Module clip after installation To remove the DIMM module simply press down both of the white clips on either side and the module will be released from the socket Page 3 7 Installation EP MVP3C 2 Section 3 3 Device Connectors Please install the motherboard into the chassis Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connections figure 1 J1 PS 2 mouse connector J4 CPU Fan Power e A plug in for the CPU Fan Power J6 Chassis Fan Power e A plug in for the chassis Fan Power J7 WOL Wake On Lan Connector J8 SB LINK Connector e 5 PIN Header for Creative Blaster AWE64D PCI Sound
20. ard The serial number is located near the ISA slots at the edge of the board EP MVP3C 2 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 sales epox com support epox com European website Multi language http www epox nl sales epox nl support epox nl Taiwan website Chinese language http www epox com tw sales epox com tw support epox com tw Thank you for using EPoX mainboards Copyright 1999 EPoX Computer Company All rights reserved EP MVP3C 2 Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Page Components Checklist sees sees eee eee 1 1 Overview Power On Off Remote 1 2 System Block Diagram n 1 3 Section 2 Features EP MVP3C 2 FEalureS once 2 1 Section 3 Installation EP MVP3C 2 Detailed Layout 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure Configure JUMPpets arc nina 3 3 System Memory Configuration 3 5 Device Connectors ciclina 3 8 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Pow
21. ary 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 Page 4 15 BIOS EP MVP3C 2 Primary Slave UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode 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
22. bbon cables ATA 66 IDE ribbon cable EP MVP3C2 only PS 2 Mouse connector COM Port LPT Port Connector Driver and Utility USERS MANUAL EP MVP3C 2 Page 1 1 Introduction EP MVP3C 2 Power On Off Remote The EP MVP3C 2 has a single 20 pin connector for ATX power supplies For ATX power supplies that support the Remote On Off feature this should be connected to the systems front panel for system Power On Off button The systems power On Off button should be a momentary button that is normally open The EP MVP3C 2 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 MVP3C 2 s onboard circuit controller that can be controlled by the operating system Windows 95 98 will control this when the user clicks that they are ready to Shutdown the system sl Se SUPPLY Figure 4 Simple ATX Power DI ON OFF Controller HY ses Ksg EP MVP3C 2 Board Case chassis Power ON OFF button Page 1 2 EP MVP3C 2 Introduction System Block Diagram Socket 7 Processor 100 66 MHz PAC MA 0 13 100 66 MHz 66
23. 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 Resume by Alarm This option allows you to have the system turn on at a preset time each day or on a certain day This option is only available when Power Loss Recovery is Enabled The default is Enabled Enabled The system will turn on at the preset time Disabled The system will not turn on until you turn it on Date of month Alarm This is how you set the date that the system will turn on The default is 0 0 Setting this to 0 will turn the system on everyday at the preset time 1 31 Represents the day of the month that you need the system to turn on Time hh mm ss Alarm This sets the time that you need the system to turn on The deault is 08 00 00 Page 4 11 BIOS EP MVP3C 2 The PNP PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI ISA IRQ signals when various PCI ISA cards are inserted in the PCI or ISA slots WARNING Conflicting IRQ s may cause the system to not find certain devices ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5LEPA9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PNP OS Installed No CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Resources Controlled By Manual PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled Reset Configurat
24. d Suspend 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 Page 4 9 BIOS EP MVP3C 2 PM controlled APM This option shows weather or not you want the Power Man agement 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 Stan dards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your video sub system to select video power management values Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer Video Off option Tells you what time frame that the video will be disabled under curren
25. er ON Function KBPO 3 10 Section 4 Award BIOS Setup BIOS Instructions vs se SEE DE Eed 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup eee 4 2 BIOS Features Stu iese slee kp eed sege A 3 Chipset Features Setup 4 7 Power Management Setup 4 9 PNP PCI Configuration 4 12 Load Setup Defaults eee 4 14 Integrated Peripherals ee ee 4 14 Change Supervisor or User Password 4 18 IDE HDD Auto Detection 4 19 HDD Low Level Format i 4 21 EP MVP3C 2 Save amp Exit Sep osare 4 21 Exit Without Saving sonic 4 21 Appendix Appendix Memory Mapa A 1 LO A 1 Timer amp DMA Channels Map A 2 Interrupt Map R A 2 RTC amp CMOS RAM Map A 3 Appendix B POSTE ode atea A 5 Unexpected Errors stees deer A 8 Appendix C Load Setup Defaults sss sese sees eee eee ice A 9 Appendix D GHOST 5 1 Quick User s Guide A 11 EP MVP3C 2 Page Left Blank EP MVP3C 2 Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist A I Y B I Ye o D I E 1 VE I v o vm CI i K SCH A One mainboard One user s manual Floppy ribbon cable IDE ri
26. f memory 32 1 Display the Award Plug amp Play BIOS Extension message PnP BIOS only A 6 EP MVP3C 2 Appendix 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 3E Try to turn on Level 2 cache Note Some chipset may need to turn on the L2 cache in this stage But usually the cache is turn on later in POST 61h 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 amp 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 amp wait for user to press lt F1 gt 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
27. following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Partition PIU YS rino A 15 Appendix EP MVP3C 2 There are 3 partition functions 1 Partition To Partition partition cloning 2 Partition To Image partition backup 3 Partition From Image restore partition Partition To Partition Partition Cloning The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition Refer to disk cloning for the operation method Partition To Image Partition Backup 1 Select the disk to be backed up 2 Select the first partition to be backed up This is usually where the operating system and programs are stored NO NAME A 16 EP MVP3C 2 Appendix 3 Select the path and file name for storing the backup file FETES En 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 A 17 Appendix EP MVP3C 2 Partition From Image Restore Partition 1 Select the backup file to be restored ORIGINAL GHO 89 871 827 10 02 1998 11 42 44 Fat32 NO NAME 2102 3 Select the disk to be restored Dale luca ssa inai drive by sn Sinn vu the drive sumbar A 18 EP MVP3C 2 Appendix 4 Selec
28. formance 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 Boot Sequence This category determines which drive is searched first by the O S Operating 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 amp B if you are using two floppy disks The default is Disabled Enabled Floppy A amp B will be swapped under the O S Disabled Floppy A amp B will be not swapped Page 4 4 EP MVP3C 2 BIOS 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
29. g you back to normal boot up procedure without saving any data into CMOS RAM All old data in the CMOS will not be destroyed Page 4 21 BIOS EP MVP3C 2 Page Left Blank Page 4 22 EP MVP3C 2 Appendix Appendix A A 1 MEMORY MAP 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 amp CGA adaptor F0000 F7FFF 32K BIOS CMOS setup utility F8000 FCFFF 20K BIOS runtime service routine 2 FD000 FDFFF AK Plug and Play ESCD data area FE000 FFFFF 8K BIOS runtime service routine 1 DMA controller Master INTERRUPT CONTROLLER Masteri CHIPSET control registers I O ports TIMER control registers KEYBOARD interface controller 8042 RTC ports amp CMOS I O ports DMA register INTERRUPT controller Slave DMA controller Slave MATH COPROCESSOR HARD DISK controller PARALLEL port 2 GRAPHICS adapter controller Appendix EP MVP3C 2 2F8 2FF SERIAL port 2 360 36F NETWORK ports 378 37F PARALLEL port 1 3B0 3BF MONOCHROME amp PARALLEL port adapter 3C0 3CF EGA adapter 3D0 3DF CGA adapter 3F0 3F7 FLOPPY DISK controller
30. ion Data Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled ACPI I O Device Node Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Enabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled PCI IRQ Actived By Level Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Esc Quit Td gt Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults 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 IRO 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 Page 4 12 EP MVP3C 2 BIOS Reset Configuration Data 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 PCI IDE IRQ Map To This item allows the user to configure the system for the type of IDE hard disk con
31. keypad acts as a 10 key pad Off The keypad acts like the cursor keys 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 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 re peated 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 Page 4 5 BIOS EP MVP3C 2 Typematic Delay msec This setting controls the time between the first and the second character displayed by typematic auto repeat The default is 250 250 250 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
32. me is valid or not Detect bad battery Read CMOS data into BIOS stack area PnP initializations including PnP BIOS only Assign CSN to PnP ISA card OB E DEL ND A 5 Appendix EP MVP3C 2 Create resource map from ESCD 5 Assign IO amp Memory for PCI devices PCI BIOS only UC Initialization of the BIOS Data Area 40 ON 40 FF UD 1 Program some of the Chipset s value according to Setup Barly Setup Value Program 2 Measure CPU speed for display amp decide the system clock speed 3 Video initialization including Monochrome CGA EGA VGA If no display device found the speaker will beep OE 1 Test video RAM If Monochrome display device found 2 Show messages including Award Logo Copyright string BIOS Data code amp Part No OEM specific sign on messages Energy Star Logo Green BIOS ONLY CPU brand type amp speed Test system BIOS checksum Non Compress Version only OF DMA channel 0 test 10 DMA channel 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 amp Extended Memory Size 31 1 Test Base Memory from 256K to 640K 2 Test Extended Memory from IM to the top o
33. 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 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 Onboard FDD Controller This controls the state of the onboard floppy controller The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable the Onboard Winbond Chips s floppy drive interface controller Disabled Disable the Onboard Winbond Chip s 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 COMI Enable Onboard Serial port I and address is 3F8H IRQ4 Page 4 16 EP MVP3C 2 BIOS COM2 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8H IRQ3 COM3 Enable Onboard Serial port I and address is 3E8H IRQ4 COM4 Enable Onboard Serial port I and address is 2E8H IRQ3 Disabled Disable Onboard SMC CHIP s 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 COMI Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8H IRQ4
34. n 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 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 lt Enter gt key to select the entries in the field can be changed by pressing the lt PgDn gt or the lt PgUp gt key ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2ASLEPA9 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 CYIS 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 Base Memory i 640K Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Extended Memory 31744K Video EGA VGA Other Memory 384K Halt On All But Keyboard Total Memory 32768K ESC Quit M Y gt Select Item PU PD Modify F1 Help Shift F2 Change Color Figure 2 Standa
35. ng A 11 Appendix EP MVP3C 2 There are 3 hard disk functions 1 Disk To Disk disk cloning 2 Disk To Image disk backup 3 Disk From Image restore backup Important 1 To use this function the system must have at least 2 disks Press the Tab key to move the cursor 2 When restoring to a destination disk all data in that disk will be completely destroyed Disk To Disk Disk Cloning 1 Select the location of the Source drive 2 Select the location of the Destination drive 3 When cloning a disk or restoring the backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure A 12 EP MVP3C 2 Appendix 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start MEET Pr Disk To Image Disk Backup 1 Select the location of the Source drive Galassi lusa suures drive by ns Kita va tue drive number 2 Select the location for storing the backup file File uz iu supy huuys iu A 13 Appendix EP MVP3C 2 3 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Disk From Image Restore Backup 1 Select the Restore file BACKUP ve drive by sliskiny vu ihe drive number A 14 EP MVP3C 2 Appendix 3 When restoring disk backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure Usain Dun Unive Uetuils 4 Click OK to display the
36. oned for identification purposes only Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies The product name and revision number are both printed on the mainboard itself Handling Procedures Static electricity can severely damage your equipment Handle the EP MVP3C 2 and any other device in your system with extreme care and avoid unnecessary contact with system components on the mainboard Always work on an antistatic surface to avoid possible damage to the mainboard from static discharge Always have the power supply unplugged and powered off when inserting and removing devices within the computer chassis EPoX assumes no responsibility for any damage to the EP MVP3C 2 mainboard that results from failure to follow instruction or failure to observe safety precautions ra a CAUTION The EP MVP3C 2 mainboard is subject to damage by static electricity Always observe the handling procedures EP MVP3C 2 Technical Support Services 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 MVP3C 2 mainbo
37. pport the External Modem Ring in Power ON function Once users connect the external modem to COMI or COM2 the EP MVP3C 2 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 JP4 _ Keyboard Power ON Function Selection m 1 2 Disabled Default 3 2 3 Enabled Step 2 You can enjoy the Keyboard Power ON function KBPO by pressing any 2 key 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 1 Intel ATX version 2 0 specification has recommended you use the power supply with 0 72A 720mA in 5 0VSB With our EP MVP3C 2 mainboard the 5 0VSB standby power only has to be gt 0 2A 200mA then you can enjoy this unique benefit However the ATX power supply which is lt 0 2 200mA is still applicable to your system by placed JP4 at the position 1 2 to disable this feature Page 3 10 EP MVP3C 2 BIOS Section 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS Instructions Award s ROM BIOS provides a built in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameter
38. r 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 default value is Disabled Disabled Normal Setting 2 Bank 4 Bank SDRAM 2 or 4 Bank Interleave Memory Hole at 15M 16M 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 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 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 3 3V 5V 12V The voltage level of the switch power supply Page 4 8 EP
39. rd 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 Page 4 2 EP MVP3C 2 BIOS NOTE The Halt On field is used to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if an error occurs NOTE Floppy 3 Mode support is a mode used to support a special 3 5 drive used in Japan This is a 3 5 disk that stores only 1 2 MB the default setting for this is disabled Selecting the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY 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 MVP3C 2 Pressing the F1 key will display a help message for the selected item ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2ASLEPA9 BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled External Cache Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence A C SCSI D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disable D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Diskette Access For All Gate A20 option Fast Memory Parity ECC Check Disabled Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars
40. s 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 un changed 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 lt Del gt key immediately this will bring you into the BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2ASLEPA9 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC 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 CONFIGURATION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC QUIT y gt e SELECT ITEM F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 1 CMOS Setup Utility Page 4 1 BIOS EP MVP3C 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 An on line help message is displayed at the bottom of the scree
41. s 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 Page 4 20 EP MVP3C 2 BIOS 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 Service Routine INT 13h It may fail to access a HDD with LBA LARGE mode selected if you are running under an Operating System which replaces the whole INT 13h UNIX operating systems do not support either LBA or LARGE and must utilize the Standard mode UNIX can support drives larger than 528MB 4 10 HDD Low Level Format Interleave Select the interleave number of the hard disk drive you wish to perform a low level format on You may select from 1 to 8 Check the documentation that came with the drive for the correct interleave number or select 0 for automatic detection Auto scan bad track This allows the utility to scan first then format by each track Start Press lt Y gt to start low level format 4 11 Save amp Exit Setup The SAVE amp EXIT SETUP option will bring you back to the boot up procedure with all the changes you just recorded in the CMOS RAM TI Exit Without Saving ___ The EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option will brin
42. t power management settings The default is Standby Standby Video powers off after time shown in standby mode setting Doze Video powers off after time shown in doze mode setting Suspend Video powers off after time shown in suspend mode setting N A Video power off not controlled by power management MODEM Use IRQ 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 IRO 4 5 IRO 5 7 IRO 7 9 IRO 9 10 IRQ 10 11 IRQ 11 The EP MVP3C 2 supports HDD Power Down Doze and Standby power saving functions when using the Intel Pentium II Processor The default is Disabled Doze Mode The Doze mode timer starts to count when no PM events have occurred Page 4 10 EP MVP3C 2 BIOS Suspend Mode This function works only when the Pentium II Processor is installed The timer starts to count when System Standby mode timer 1s timed out and no PM Events are occurring Valid range is from 1 minute up to 1 hour HDD Power Down HDD Standby timer can be set from 1 to 15 minute s VGA Active Monitor Use this option if your monitor has advanced power saving features The default is Enabled Enabled Your monitor s power features will be included in power management Disabled Your monitor s power features will not be included in power management Soft Off
43. t the partition to be restored Salas des Dua Dau vue Dun trou driver d l Ob Fat32 NO NAME 2102 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 A 19
44. their correct physical orientation JP 1 Lie 1 3 CMOS Clear 1 2 Run Mode Default 2 3 Clear CMOS momentarily Keyboard Power ON function refer to the section 3 5 1 2 Disabled Default 2 3 Enabled DIMM Clock Selection 1 2 DIMM AGP 2 3 DIMM CPU WOL Wake On Lan Connector Reserved for NIC Network Interface Card to Wake the System SB LINK Header Reserved for Creative SB LINK Sound Blaster LINK T with the Sound Blaster AW E64D PCI Sound Card to Compatible DOS games and Multimedia applications Page 3 3 Installation EP MVP3C 2 SWI CPU Vcore Voltage Selection ON gt UG UU JP3 CPU Speed Selection ESDJ JP3 2827 112MHz N N 100MHz NM 95MHz N M 83MHz E E 75MHz mm 66MHz E E 5 5X EE 5X mm 4 5X HE 4X N 3 5X NN 3X EE 2 5X NN 2X NN 2 1 SWI CPU 1 2 3 4 5 Vcore ON ON ON 1 8V ON ON ON ON 2 0V ON 2 1V ON 2 2V ON ON 2 3V ON 2 4V ON 2 8V ON ON 2 9V ON ON 3 2V CPU Type Pentium MMX AMD K6 K6 2 K6lll IDT C6 166MHz Cyrix IBM exgemx mii PT Winchip 2 Rise MP6 CPU Bus Clock CPU Multiplier 66MHz 75MHz 233MHz 83MHz PR333 95MHz 250MHz 200MHz 300MHz 200MHz PR366 PR266 100MHz 66MHz PR300 225MHz 75MHz 250MHz PR333 266Mhz 83MHz PR400 PR380 95MHz 300MHz 233MHz PR4
45. troller in use By default the BIOS assumes that the hard drive controller is an ISA device rather than a PCI controller If you are using a PCI controller then you will need to change this to specify which PCI slot has the control ler and which PCI interrupt A B C or D is associated with the connected IDE devices Assign IRQ For USB This item allows BIOS to assign whether IRQ is with USB or not If you have not connect the USB device Can release the IRQ for other device The default is Enabled Enalbed Provides IRQ for USB device Disabled Release IRQ for other device PCI 5 PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 1 INTD INTD INTC INTB INTA INTA INTA INTD INTC INTB INTB INTB INTA INTD INTC INTC INTC INTB INTA INTD Figure 7 The Combination of PCI INT lines Page 4 13 BIOS EP MVP3C 2 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 ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2ASLEPA9 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 OnChip IDE Second Channell Enabled Onboard Parallel Mode ECP EPP IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled ECP Mode Use DMA 39 IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Parallel Port EPP Type EPP1 9 IDE Primary Master PIO
46. y key can be chosen by this field that allows users to select one of these various functions as Power On Method for their requirement The default value in this selection is Hot Key Ctrl F1 Hot Key User can press Control Key Ctrl and Function Key from F1 to F12 individually to power on the system The interval between Ctrl key and function Key F1 F12 must be short Anykey Press anykey to power on the system Button Only This power on method is controlled by J3 pw on Use Power On Button to power on the system Password User can Power On the System by password the password can be entered from 1 to 5 characters The maximum of password is 5 characters If user forget lost the password please go into BIOS setting to change the Power On Method or keyin another words as password instead of original one 4 8 Change Supervisor or 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 Ifthe CMOS is corrupted or the option was used earlier and
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