EPOX ProNiX EP-9NPAJ User manual

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80 Port Frequently Asked Questions
Below is a list of some basic POST Codes, possible problems and solutions. For
more detailed information about POST Codes, refer to Appendix C in this manual.
POST CODE Problem Solution
FFh or CFh 1.BIOS chip inserted
incorrectly
2. Incorrect BIOS update
version
3. Mainboard problem
4. Add-on card inserted
incorrectly.
1. Reinsert the BIOS
chip
2. Download the correct
BIOS version update
from the manufacturer's
Web site.
3. Replace mainboard
4. Remove and replace the
add-on card
C1h - C5h 1. Memory module
inserted incorrectly
2. Memory compatibility
problem
3. Memory module
damaged
1. Reinsert memory
module
2. Replace memory
with correct type
3. Replace memory
module
2Dh 1. Error occured in VGA
BIOS
2. VGA card inserted
incorrectly
1. Replace VGA card
2. Reinsert the VGA
card
26h Overclock error Clear CMOS or press the insert
key to power on the system
07h - 12h 1. Init keyboard
controller error
2. RTC error
1. Ensure that the keyboard and
mouse are connected
correctly.
2. Replace the RTC battery.
Initial Keyboard

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Table of Contents
Section 1 Introduction
Package Contents ...................................................... 1- 1
Mainboard Features ................................................... 1- 2
System Block Diagram ............................................... 1- 6
Section 2 Specification
Mainboard Specification ............................................ 2- 1
Section 3 Installation
Mainboard Layout ..................................................... 3- 1
Easy Installation Procedure ....................................... 3- 2
CPU Insertion ............................................................. 3- 2
Jumper Settings .......................................................... 3- 4
System Memory Configuration .................................. 3-5
Expansion Slots .......................................................... 3- 6
Device Connectors..................................................... 3- 7
Power-On/Off (Remote) .............................................. 3-14
External Modem Ring-in Power ON and
Keyboard Power ON Function (KBPO) ..................... 3- 14
STR (Suspend To RAM) Function ............................ 3-15
CPU Overheating Protection...................................... 3-16
Section 4 BIOS Setup
Main Menu ................................................................ 4- 1
Standard CMOS Setup ............................................... 4-2
Advanced BIOS Features .......................................... 4- 3
Advanced Chipset Features ...................................... 4- 5
Integrated Peripherals ................................................ 4- 7
Power Management Setup ......................................... 4-11
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PNP/PCI Configuration .............................................. 4-13
PC Health Status ........................................................ 4-15
Power BIOS Features ................................................. 4-17
Defaults Menu ........................................................... 4-19
Supervisor/User Password Setting ............................ 4-20
Exit Selecting .............................................................. 4-21
Section 5 RAID Configuration
Introduction ............................................................... 5- 1
NVidia RAID Features ................................................. 5- 3
Enable RAID Function ............................................... 5- 4
Section 6 Driver Installation
Easy Driver Installation .............................................. 6- 1
Realtek Sound Manager Quick User guide ................ 6-2
Appendix Appendix A
Update Your System BIOS ......................................... A- 1
Appendix B
NVidia RAID BIOS Utility ............................................ B- 1
Appendix C
POST Codes ............................................................... C-1

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Introduction
Page 1-1
Section 1
INTRODUCTION
1-1 Package Contents
Contents
A.Mainboard
B. User’s manual
C. Floppy drive cable
D. HDD drive cable
E. CD (drivers and utilities)
F. I/O Shield
G .S-ATA data and power cable
Powerpack items (Optional)
H. Mini heatsink
I. Tool Pen
OptionalItems
J. Game & COM bracket cable
K. IEEE 1394 two ports cable
L.ExtraUSB2.0 portcable
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Introduction
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1-2 Mainboard Features
Brief Introduction
Socket 939
Socket 939-based motherboards are designed to provide performance enhance-
ments for AMD Athlon 64/ Athlon 64 FX processor-based systems, and it also
expected to be the next-generation of platform innovations.
For more information about all the new features Athlon
TM Processor deliver, check out
the AMD website athttp://www.amd.com
Chipset
The board is designed with NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra or nForce4 chipset, featuring
performance and stability with the most innovative technology and features,
including the world’s first and only native Gigabit Ethernet interface and
hardware-optimized Firewall security solution. A chipset designed for the
enthusiast class/high-end PCs running AMD Athlon 64 FX 53 processors.
For more details about the NVIDIA nForce4, please visit the NVIDIA Web site at
http://www.nvidia.com.
PCI-Express (PCI-E)
Next generation peripheral interface to succeed to current PCI bus for the next
decade. With smaller slot size and 250MB/sec (PCI-E*1) or 4GB/sec(PCI-E*16)
maximum transfer, PCI-Express overcomes PCI bus bottleneck.
DDR400
Supports dual channel of DDR400 memory to give you twice the memory
bandwidth for greater system performance.
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system opera-
tion and status. This includes CPU temperature, voltage and fan speed in RPMs.
GbE LAN
This mainboard is optionally equipped with the NVIDIA Gigabit ethernet LAN
feature. The new Gigabit Ethernet LAN allows data transmission at 1,000 megabits
per second (Mbps), which runs 10 times faster than conventional 10/100BASE-T
Ethernet LANs.

Introduction
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Serial ATA II (Optional)
The second generation SATA interface with double the transferring speed up to
300MB/sec. It supports NCQ to provide faster reading speed for your storage
devices. Hot-plug has also become its standard function to plug/unplug
whenever you want.
Serial ATA
Support Serial ATA, an evolutionary replacement for Parallel ATA IDE storage
interface. Increases the peak data transfer speed up to 150MB/sec and allows
future enhancements to the computing platform.
S-ATA RAID
RAID function available on chipset S-ATA¢º, S-ATA ports.
IEEE 1394 (Optional)
Supports IEEE 1394a (or Firewire) for easy connection to Video Camcorder and
external drives. The IEEE1394a specifications defines a transfer rate of up to
400Mbps.
USB2.0
A popular USB standard for plugging in peripherals with up to 480Mbps transfer
speed while maintaining backward compatibility with older USB1.1 device.
8ch
Delivers 8 channel audio to bring you the latest in audio realism from DVD
movies and games. Perfect for your home theatre system.
AMD Cool'n'Quiet TM Technology
AMD's Cool'n'Quiet
TM Technology lowers CPU operating voltage when the
system is in idle mode. This helps to reduce heat dissipation and in effect lowers
the fan speed to noise from your PC. To enable Cool'n'Quiet
TM the BIOS must
support this feature.
NVIDIA ActiveArmor TM (only supported in the NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra MCPs)
Enhances networks security while delivers the highest system performance by
off-loading CPU-intensive packet filtering tasks in hardware, providing users
with a PC networking environment that is both fast and secure.

Introduction
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NV Firewall
An unprecedented addition design for nForce product, provide high performance
& enhanced reliability of PC security solution to the users. The features would be
more advanced than many stand-alone firewalls can provide!

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Special Features
& Magic Health
Reports your system hardware status for every boot-up to help detect faults
early. Monitor hardware status including CPU temperature, CPU/Memory/
Chipset voltage, fan RPM speed for chassis fan, CPU fan & Power supply fan.
& EZ-Boot
Simply press “ESC” to select your bootable device. No more hassle to search
the BIOS menu, change and re-start.
& PowerBIOS
Supporting a full range of overclocking setting via BIOS. Various adjustable
feature include FSB/Chipset/Memory voltage tweaking.
& 80 Port
An onboard LED-display trouble-shooting device, facilitating user to detect
boot-up problems.
& QuickSPDIF
On board SPDIF-out connector for quick connection to multi-channel
speakers. Not only removes cable cluttering but also delivers loss-free digital
audio to let you enjoy DVD movies and games with crystal clear sound.
& EZ-Button
A handy power-on button located onboard to turn on/off the system easily,
especially while debugging or testing the system.
& LEDION
Onboard LED indicators to show the power status CPU, Chipset and DRAM.
You know immediately where to look if the system fails to start.
BIOS Features:
H/W Features:

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1-3 System Block Diagram

Specification
Page 2-1
Section 2
SPECIFICATION
Mainboard Specification
Processor
ŠSupport Socket-939 based AMD Athlon-64/ Athlon-64 FX up to 4000+
with 2.0GTsHyper Transport
Chipset
ŠnVidia nForce4 Ultra or nForce4 Chipset
Main Memory
ŠFour 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets
ŠSupport single-sided or double-sided 2.5v DDR-266/333/400DIMMs
with dual channel architecture in 128/256/512Mb technologies
ŠSupports up to 4GB memory size
Expansion Slots
ŠThree PCI connectors compliant with PCI v2.3
ŠThree PCI-E x1 connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a
ŠOne PCI-E x16 connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a
USB
ŠTen USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller
(4 connectors at rear panel)
P-ATA IDE
ŠTwo IDE interface (up to 4 IDE devices) with UDMA-33, ATA-66/100/133
support from embedded IDE controller
1394a (Optional)
ŠTwo 1394a ports with up to 400Mbps bandwidth from onboardVIA
VT63071394 controller

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S-ATA RAID
ŠS-ATAII---> Four S-ATA ports with up to300MBpsbandwidth from
nForce4 Ultra with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD support, or
ŠS-ATA ---> Four S-ATA ports with up to150MBpsbandwidth from
nForce4 with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD support
LAN
Š1Gbps Ethernetfrom VITESSEVSC8201 LAN PHYsupports:
-nVidiaFireware
- nVidia ActiveArmor Secure Network Engine (only supported in the NVIDIA
nForce4 Ultra MCPs)
Audio
ŠSelectable 2, 6 or 8-CH audio from onboardALC850 AC’97 v2.3 compliant
CODEC
- Support CD-In
- Optical & Coaxial S/PDIF-out available on rear panel
- SupportJack detectionfor fool-proof audio device installation
- Rear panel audio jacks configuration:
I/O
ŠOnboard WinbondW83627THFLPC bus I/O controller
ŠLegacy peripheral interface for PS/2 keyboard & mouse, FDD, Parallel,
Serial, Game and IrDA (v1.0 compliant)
ŠSupport Hardware Monitoring for fan speed monitoring, CPU/System
temperature
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BIOS
ŠFlash EEPROM with Award Plug&Play BIOS
ŠSupport ACPIS3(Suspend To RAM) mode in ACPI compliant O/S
ŠSupportEZ Boot for fast bootable device selection
ŠSupportMagic Health for system hardware status report during system
boot-up
Peripheral Interfaces
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Š PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
Š One Parallel (printer) port
Š OneS/PDIF-Out Coaxialjack
Š One S/PDIF-Out Optical
Š One Serial port
Š One RJ45 LAN connector
Š Four USB2.0 ports
Š Six Audio jacks
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) Onboardconnector andpin-header
Š One floppy drive connector
Š Two ATA-100/133 IDE connector
Š SixextraUSB2.0ports
Š One CD-IN connector
Š One IR connector
Š One Game port connector
Š One Serial Port (COM2) connector
Š Two 1394a connectors (Optional)
Š Four S-ATA connectors
Š Three Fan connectors
Š One RESET and One PW-ON button

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Front Panel Controller
ŠSupports Reset & Soft-Off switches
ŠSupports HDD & Power LEDs
ŠSupports PC speaker
ŠSupports Front Panel Audio connector
Special Features
ŠSupport KBPO function – Keyboard power on, turn on the computer from
keyboard
ŠSupport Wake-On-LAN by PME
ŠSupport USB resume in S3
ŠOnboard 80 Port LED display for system debugging
ŠPowerBIOSfor excellent overclocking capabilities through
- Programmable FSB, PCI-E and PCI Clock output frequency with1MHz fine
tuning
- Support BIOS adjustable CPU multiplier & Core voltage, FSB clock, PCI-E
x16 voltage & clock, Chipset voltage, DIMM frequency and voltage
settings
ŠSupport LEDION – onboard LED power indicator for CPU, DDR and PCI-E
Form Factor
Š305mmx245mmATXsize

Installation
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Mainboard Layout
Note: Depending on the model you purchased, some components
are optional and may not be available.
Section 3
INSTALLATION

Installation
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Step 2
Align pin 1 on the CPU with pin 1 on
the CPU socket and gently insert the
CPU. The CPU is keyed to prevent
incorrect insertion. Do not force the
processor into the socket. If it does not
go in easily, check for mis-orientation
and reinsert the CPU.
Make sure the processor is fully
inserted into the socket.
<Figure 2>
Easy Installation Procedure
The following must be completed before powering on your new system:
3-1. CPU Installation
3-2. Jumper Settings
3-3. System Memory
3-4. Expansion Slots
3-5. Device Connectors
3-1 CPU Installation
Step 1
Open the socket by raising the actuation
lever.
<Figure 1>
Note:
Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by
AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheat damage
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<Figure 3>
Step 3
Close the socket by lowering and
locking the actuation lever.
Apply thermal compound to the top of
theCPU.
<Figure 4>
Step 4
Insert the heatsink as shown above.
Press the clips in the direction of the
arrows shown in Figure 4 to secure the
assembly to the CPU socket.
Step 5
Plug the CPU fan power into the mainboard’s
CPU fan connector.
The installation is complete.
<Figure 5>

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