Epox Ep-mvp4a2 User manual

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Manual Revision 2.1

October 27, 1999

EP-MVP4A2EP-MVP4A2

EP-MVP4A2

ISAISA

ISA/PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP/PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP

/PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP/PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP

/PCI Mainboard with Onboard AGP

VGA, PCI Audio, PCI IDE and SuperVGA, PCI Audio, PCI IDE and Super

VGA, PCI Audio, PCI IDE and Super

Multi-I/OMulti-I/O

Multi-I/O

EP-MVP4A2

User Notice

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even if EPoX has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any

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Handling Procedures

Static electricity can severely damage your equipment. Handle the EP-MVP4A2

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-MVP4A2 mainboard that results from failure to follow instruc-

tion or failure to observe safety precautions.

CAUTION

The EP-MVP4A2 mainboard is subject to

damage by static electricity. Always

observe the handling procedures.

EP-MVP4A2

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

information 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-MVP4A2 mainboard. (The

serial number is located near the PCI slots at the edge of the board.)

EP-MVP4A2 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]

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http://www.epox.nl

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http://www.epox.com.tw

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Thank you for using EPoX mainboards!

EP-MVP4A2

Table of Contents

Section 1 Introduction

Components Checklist ............................................... 1-1

Overview

EP-MVP4A2 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-MVP4A2 Features................................................ 2-1

Section 3 Installation

EP-MVP4A2 Detailed Layout ................................... 3-1

Easy Installation Procedure

Configure DIP Switch ................................................ 3-3

System Memory Configuration ................................. 3-5

Device Connectors ..................................................... 3-7

External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard

Power ON Function (KBPO) ..................................... 3-9

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 ............................................. 4-14

Load Setup Defaults ................................................... 4-16

Integrated Peripherals ................................................ 4-16

Sensor and CPU Speed Setup..................................... 4-21

Change Supervisor or User Password .......................4-23

EP-MVP4A2

IDE HDD Auto Detection .......................................... 4-24

Save & Exit Setup ....................................................... 4-26

Exit Without Saving .................................................... 4-26

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-5

Unexpected Errors ..................................................... A-8

Appendix C

Load Setup Defaults ................................................... A-9

Appendix D

GHOST 5.1 Quick User’s Guide................................ A-11

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IntroductionEP-MVP4A2

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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

Components Checklist

üü

üA. (1) One mainboard

üü

üB. (1) One user’s manual

üü

üC. (1) Floppy ribbon cable

üü

üD. (1) ATA-66 IDE ribbon cable

üü

üE. (1) COM Port Connector

üü

üF. (1) Driver and utility

USER’S

MANUAL

EP-MVP4A2

Introduction EP-MVP4A2

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EP-MVP4A2 Form Factor

The EP-MVP4A2 is designed with ATX form factor - the new industry standard of

chassis. The 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. 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,

joystick, modem, LAN, etc.) to systems. This will help systems integrators

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. Mainboard

could be used in an ATX 2.01-compliant.

• A smaller power supply can be used. High integration on mainboard reduces

the system costs.

Fulllength

slots

Expandable I/O

5 1/4"

Bay

3 1/2"

Bay

Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features

CPU located near

Power Supply

Singlechassis

fan for

system

Micro

ATX

Power

Supply

ATX power

connector

Floppy / IDE

connectors

close to

peripheral

bays

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Case (chassis) Power

ON/OFF button

ATX

POWERSUPPLY

Figure 4: Simple ATX Power

ON/OFF Controller

Power-On/Off (Remote)

The EP-MVP4A2 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-MVP4A2 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-MVP4A2’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.

I/O Shield Connector

The EP-MVP4A2 is equipped with an I/O back panel.Please use the appropriate I/

O shield (figure 3).

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

COM1 VGA1

parallel port

Speaker

Joystick/Midi

USB port

Line_in

MIC

Figure 3

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Figure 5: System Block Diagram

System Block Diagram

PAC

PCI Bridge

and memory

controller

VT82C501

VT82C686A

I/O Bridge

Socket 7

Processor

100/66 MHz

USB 0, 1 USB 2, 3

AC97

CODEC

CRT

AMR Slot

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Section 2

FEATURES

EP-MVP4A2 Features:

• Intel Pentium®Processor, Pentium Processor with MMX technology,

AMD K6/K6-2/K6 III, Cyrix 6x86MX/MII, IDT C6/Winchip, and Rise mp6

series operating at 133 ~ 500MHz with 321 ZIF socket 7 provides

scalability to accept faster Processors in the future.

• Designed with VIA MVP4 AGPset.

• Supports up to 384 MB of DRAM (minimum of 8 MB) on board,

You can use 168-pin DIMM x 3. (please see Section 3-2).

• Supports (5) 32 bit PCI slots, (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-MVP4A2 supports (5) PCI Bus Mas-

ter slots and a jumperless PCI INT# control scheme which reduces configu-

ration confusion when plugging in PCI card(s).

• Supports ATAPI (e.g. CD-ROM) devices on both Primary and Secondary

IDE interfaces.

• Designed with lntegrated 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-MVP4A2 utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental

protection and longer battery life.

• Software power-down when using Windows®95/98.

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• 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 USDM software to offer motherboard various status.

• Built-in WOL (Wake On Lan) Connector.

• Built-in Sound Blaster Compatible/DirectSound AC97 Audio.

• Built-in AGP 2D/3D Graphics Accelerator.

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Section 3

INSTALLATION

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Figure 1

EP-MVP4A2 Detailed Layout

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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

Function (KBPO)

Section 3-1

Configure Jumpers

We design this motherboard with the fastest jumpers to make your install fast and

easy.

Note: The jumpers as depicted as shown (Figure 1) in their correct physical orientation.

J7 WOL (Wake On Lan) Connector

Reserved for NIC (Network Interface Card) to

Wake the System.

1-2 - Normal (Default)

2-3 - Clear CMOS

JP1 CMOS Clear

JP4 Disabled(Default)

Enabled

Keyboard Power-ON function (refer to the section 3-4)

1-2 -

2-3 -

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* Reserved

JP2: CPU Vcore Voltage Selection

JP3: CPU Speed Selection

2PJerocVUPC

9-1V8.1

01-2V0.2

11-3V1.2

21-4V2.2

31-5V4.2

41-6V8.2

51-7V9.2

61-8V2.3

JP2

CPU Type CPU

Bus

Clock

CPU

Multiplier

Pentium/MMX

AMD K6/K6-2/K6III

IDT-C6

Cyrix /IBM

6x86MX/MII IDT Winchip 2 Rise MP6

166MHz PR200 66MHz

2.5X

PR233 75MHz

PR266 233MHz 83MHz

PR300 *PR333 95MHz

250MHz PR366 300MHz *PR366 100MHz

200MHz PR266 200MHz 66MHz

PR300 225MHz 75MHz

250MHz PR333 266Mhz 83MHz

PR400 *PR380 95MHz

300MHz *PR433 *PR400 100MHz

233MHz PR300 233MHz 66MHz

3.5X

PR333 75MHz

*PR400 83MHz

333MHz *PR466 *PR433 95MHz

350MHz *PR500 *PR466 100MHz

266MHz *PR333 266MHz 66MHz

*PR400 75MHz

333MHz *PR466 83MHz

380MHz *PR533 95MHz

400MHz *PR550 100MHz

300MHz 66MHz 4.5X

450MHz 100MHz

333MHz 66MHz

5X475MHz 95MHz

*500MHz 266MHz 100MHz

366MHz 66MHz 5.5X

*550MHz 300MHz 100MHz

JP3

ESDJ

29 30

2.5X

3.5X

4.5X

5.5X

66MHz

75MHz

83MHz

95MHz

100MHz

105MHz

115MHz

2.0V

1.8V

2.2V

2.1V

2.4V

2.8V

2.9V

3.2V

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Section 3-2

System Memory Configuration

Memory Layout

The EP-MVP4A2 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.

• 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 2 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations using

Figure 2

* SDRAM only supports 8, 16, 32, 64, 128MB DIMM modules.

* We recommend to use PC100 Memory Module for bus speed between

66MHz and 100MHz.

DIMM 1

DIMM 2

Bank 0/1

Bank 2/3

DIMM 3

Bank 4/5

-Synchronous

-EDO

yromeMlatoT 1MMID )1/0knaB( 2MMID )3/2knaB( 3MMID )5/4knaB(

BM821= mumixaM

*MARDS/ODE ,BM23,BM61,BM8 1XBM821,BM46 enoNenoN

BM652=

mumixaM

*MARDS/ODE

,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821,BM46

*MARDS/ODE

,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821,BM46 enoN

BM483=

mumixaM

*MARDS/ODE

,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821,BM46

*MARDS/ODE

,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821,BM46

*MARDS/ODE

,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM821,BM46

Table 1

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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 4) until it fits tightly into the

DIMM socket (figure 5).

Figure 3

Figure 5

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.

Figure 4

DIMM Module clip before installation

CENTER KEY ZONE

(3.3 V DRAM)

LEFT KEY ZONE

(UNBUFFERED)

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Section 3-3

Device Connectors

Please install the motherboard into the chassis.

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

COM1 VGA1

parallel port

Speaker

Joystick/Midi

USB port

Line_in

MIC

Figure 6

J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector

• Power_LED, Speaker, Reset, Power_ON/OFF, Turbo LED and

HDD LED, IR Connector

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 (Wake On Lan) Connector

IDE1: Primary IDE Connector

IDE2: Secondary IDE Connector

FDD1: Floppy Controller Connector

PW1: ATX Power Connector

• 20-pin power connector

CD1: CD-ROM Audio_in Connector

AUX1: AUX Audio_in Connector

COM2: RS232 COM2 Connector

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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.)

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

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

Power On/Off

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