EPOX EP-BXBS User manual

Brand: EPOX

Model: EP-BXBS

Category: Motherboards

Type: User manual

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EP-BXBS (SMP)

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Manual Revision 1.0

October 1, 1998

EP-BXBS (SMP)

A Dual Pentium

II Processor based

AGP mainboard (100/66MHz) with

Adaptec Ultra-2 SCSI onboard.

EP-BXBS

Technical Support Services

If you need additional information, help during installation or normal use of this

product, please contact your retailer. If your retailer can not help, you may E-Mail us

with any questions at the following address [email protected]

Record your serial number before installing your EP-BXBS mainboard. (the serial

number is located near the ISA slots at the edge of the board)

The EP-BXBS serial number:

__________________________

BIOS and Driver Upgrades

Please visit our websites for BIOS and driver upgrades.

North American Website (English)

http://www.epox.com

[email protected]

Taiwan Website (Chinese)

http://www.epox.com.tw

[email protected]

Thank you for using EPoX mainboards!

EP-BXBS

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 by any means without the express written permission of EPoX Computer

Company (hereinafter referred to as EPoX) except documentation kept by the

purchaser for backup purposes.

EPoX provides this manual “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express 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 or 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 review this manual from time to time without

notice. For updated BIOS, drivers , or product release information you may visit

EPoX’s home page at: http://www.epox.com

Products mentioned in this manual are mentioned 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-BXBS

and any other device in your system with care and avoid unneccessary contact with

system components on the mainboard.

Always work on an antistatic surface to avoid possible damage to the motherboard

from static discharge.

We assume no responsibility for any damage to the EP-BXBS mainboard that results

from failure to follow installation instructions or failure to observe safety precautions.

CAUTION

The EP-BXBS mainboard is subject to

damage by static electricity. Always

observe the handling procedures.

EP-BXBS

Table of Contents

Section 1 Introduction

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

Overview

Pentium II....................................................... 1-2

S.E.C. Cartridge Terminology ......................... 1-3

SMP .............................................................. 1-4

Accelerated Graphics Port .............................. 1-5

Hardware Monitoring ..................................... 1-5

Adaptec SCSI................................................ 1-5

EP-BXBS ...................................................... 1-6

I/O Shield Connector ...................................... 1-7

Power-On/Off (Remote) ................................. 1-7

System Block Diagram ................................... 1-8

Section 2 Features

EP-BXBS ...................................................... 2-1

Section 3 Installation

EP-BXBS Detailed Layout ............................. 3-2

Easy Installation Procedure

Configure Jumpers .......................................... 3-3

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

Installing a Pentium

II Processor .................... 3-8

Device Connectors ......................................... 3-10

External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard

Power On Function (KBPO) .......................... 3-12

Adaptec SCSI setup....................................... 3-14

Section 4 Award BIOS Setup

BIOS Instructions ........................................... 4-1

Standard CMOS Setup .................................. 4-2

EP-BXBS

BIOS Features Setup ..................................... 4-3

Chipset Features Setup ................................... 4-8

Power Management Setup .............................. 4-13

PNP/PCI Configuration .................................. 4-17

Integrated Peripherals ..................................... 4-19

Change Supervisor or User Password ............. 4-24

IDE HDD Auto Detection............................... 4-25

HDD Low Level Format................................. 4-27

Save & Exit Setup .......................................... 4-27

Exit Without Saving......................................... 4-27

Section 5 Adaptec SCSI BIOS

SCSI BIOS Instructions ..................................5-1

Configuration/View Host Adapter Settings........5-2

Boot Device Configuration ............................... 5-3

SCSI Device Configuration ..............................5-4

Advanced Configuration Options .....................5-5

SCSI Disk Utilities ...........................................5-7

Section 6 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

CPU Clock Frequency selection in BIOS........ A-11

IntroductionEP-BXBS

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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

Components Checklist

üü

ü A. (1) EP-BXBS mainboard

üü

ü B. (1) EP-BXBS user’s manual

üü

ü C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable

(1) IDE Hard drive ribbon cable

üü

ü D. (1) SCSI 50-pin cable

(1) SCSI Ultra 68-pin cable

(1) SCSI Ultra-2 (LVD) 68-pin cable with terminator

üü

ü E. (2) Retention Module

üü

ü F. (1) External SCSI-2 port adapter

üü

ü G. (1) IDE Bus master drivers

(4) SCSI drivers

(1) USDM software (option)

USERS

MANUAL

EP-BXBS

COM 1COM 2

PS/2

USB

Parallel Port

Ultra-2SCS I

Wide SCSI

Narrow SCSI

Introduction EP-BXBS

Page 1-2

Overview

Pentium II

The Pentium

II Processor is the follow-on to the Pentium

Processor. The

Pentium

II Processor, like the Pentium

Pro processor, implements a Dynamic

Execution micro-architecture -- a unique combination of multiple branch prediction,

data flow analysis, and speculative execution. This enables the Pentium

II Proces-

sor to deliver higher performance than the Pentium

processor, while maintaining

binary compatibility with all previous Intel architecture processors.

A significant feature of the Pentium

II Processor, from a system perspective, is the

built-in direct multiprocessing support. In order to achieve multiprocessing, and

maintain the memory and I/O bandwidth to support it, new system designs are

needed. For systems with dual processors, it is important to consider the additional

power burdens and signal integrity issues of supporting multiple loads on a high speed

bus. The Pentium

II Processor card supports both uni-processor and dual processor

implementations.

The Pentium

II Processor utilizes Single Edge Contact (S.E.C.) (Figure 1) cartridge

packaging technology. The S.E.C. cartridge allows the L2 cache to remain tightly

coupled to the processor, while maintaining flexibility when implementing high perfor-

mance processors into OEM systems. The second level cache is performance

optimized and tested at the cartridge level. The S.E.C. cartridge utilizes surface

mounted core components and a printed circuit board with an edge finger

connection. The S.E.C. cartridge package introduced on the Pentium

II Processor

will also be used in future Slot 1 processors.

The S.E.C. cartridge has the following features: a thermal plate, a cover and a PCB

with an edge finger connection. The thermal plate allows standardized heatsink

attachment or customized thermal solutions. The thermal plate enables a reusable

heatsink to minimize fit issues for serviceability, upgradeability and replacement. The

full enclosure also protects the surface mount components. The edge finger connec-

tion maintains socketabilty for system configuration. The edge finger connector is

denoted as ‘Slot 1 connector’ in this and other documentation.

The entire enclosed product is called the Pentium

II Processor. The packaging

technology and each of the physical elements of the product are referred to using

accurate technical descriptions. This allows clear reference to the products as just a

processor. This is the model used in past packaging technologies like PGA, TCP,

PQFP, DIP, etc.

IntroductionEP-BXBS

Page 1-3

S.E.C. Cartridge Terminology

• Pentium

II Processor

The new enclosed card packaging technology is called a “Single Edge

Contact cartridge.” This is similar to previous names for packaging

technology such as PGA or TCP.

• Processor card

The green PCB (with or without components on it)

• Processor core

The silicon on the PLGA package on the PCB

• Cover

The plastic cover on the opposite side from the thermal plate.

• Slot 1

The slot that the S.E.C. cartridge plugs into, just as the Pentium

Pro

processor uses Socket 8.

• Retention mechanism

Formerly ‘retention module’ the dual posts, etc. that holds the cartridge

in place.

• Thermal plate

The heatsink attachment plate.

• Heat sink supports

The support pieces that are mounted on the mainboard to provide added

support for heatsinks.

The L2 cache (TagRAM, PBSRAM) components keep standard industry names.

The Pentium

II Processor is the first product to utilize the S.E.C. cartridge technol-

Figure 1: Pentium

II Processor CPU

with S.E.C. Cartridge

Processor

Printed Circuit Board

Thermal Plate

Cover

ogy and Slot 1 connector. Unless

otherwise noted, any references to

“Pentium

II Processor,” “Pentium

Processor/Slot 1 processor” or Proces-

sor” will apply to both the Pentium

Introduction EP-BXBS

Page 1-4

Processor desktop processors.

Enterprise Symmetrical

Multi-Processing (SMP)

At last an Enterprise-Class solution for your Bandwidth Critical applications server at

PC prices. This mainboard features the latest Intel Pentium

II Processor horse-

power in a Symmetrical Multi-Processing (SMP) configuration previously only

available on RISC and Mainframe systems.

In SMP Operating Systems such as Unix

and Windows

NT the two main tasks of

I/O and Application thread can be most efficiently done if split evenly over two

CPU’s. The core benefit to you is not only the reduced outlay in infrastructure, but

also the PC-architecture that you need for security of investment and future

compatibility.

This mainboard is also an excellent single-user Workstation solutions for Mission-

Critical 32-bit applications such as Adobe

Photoshop for Windows

NT, where

double floating-point power can really smooth out your work-load. Also provided are

the latest PC Workstation technologies including A.G.P., USB, and PC2.1 Expansion

Slots.

Operating Systems that

support Dual Processing

IntroductionEP-BXBS

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Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.)

Typically, 3D graphics rendering requires a tremendous amount of memory, and demands

ever increasing throughput speed as well. As 3D products for the personal computer become

more and more popular, these demands will only increase. This will cause a rise in costs for

both end users and manufacturers. Lowering these costs as well as improving performance is

the primary motivation behind AGP. By providing a massive increase in the bandwidth

available between the video card and the processor, it will assist in relieving some of these

pressures for quite sometime.

Hardware Monitoring

Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your systems operations and

status. These include features such as CPU temperature, voltage and fan RPM’s.

Adaptec SCSI (Legacy/SE & Ultra-2 LVD)

The EP-BXBS mainboard features the advanced Adaptec AIC-7890 Ultra-2 Wide SCSI

controller. This controller provides support for Low Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI devices

as defined under the Ultra-2 section of the SCSI-3 standard. LVD SCSI devices allow for data

transfer rates of up to 80 Mbytes/sec and can use cable lengths of up to 12 meters! Addition-

ally the AIC-3860 Adaptec controller is also provided for backwards compatibility with single-

ended (SE) legacy SCSI devices such as SCSI-1, Fast, Fast Wide, Ultra and Ultra Wide. Below

is a chart summarizing the possible data-transfer rates available with SCSI.

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Introduction EP-BXBS

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EP-BXBS Form-Factor

The EPoX EP-BXBS is designed with ATX form factor - the latest 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, audio, etc.) to systems. This will help systems integrators differentiate their

products in the marketplace, and better meet your needs.

• By integrating more I/O down onto the board and better positioning the hard

drive and floppy connectors material cost of cables and add-in cards is reduced.

• By reducing the number of cables and components in the system, manufacturing

time and inventory holding costs are reduced and reliability will increase.

• By using an optimized power supply, it's possible to reduce cooling costs and

lower acoustical noise. An ATX power supply, which has a side-mounted fan,

allows direct cooling of the processor and add-in cards making a secondary fan

or active heatsink unnecessary in most system applications.

Full length

slots

Easy to

access

memory

modules

Expandable I/O

5 1/4"

Bay

3 1/2"

Bay

Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features

CPU located near

Power Supply

Single chassis

fan for

system

ATX

Power

Sup-

ply

ATX power

connector

Floppy / IDE

connectors

close to

peripheral

bays

COM 1COM 2

PS/2

USB

Parallel P ort

Ultra-2SCSI

Wide SCSI

Narrow SCSI

Adaptec SCSI

connectors

IntroductionEP-BXBS

Page 1-7

I/O Shield Connector

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

shield (figure 3).

ATX

POWER SUPPLY

EP-BXBS Board

Power-On/Off (Remote)

The EP-BXBS 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-BXBS 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-BXBS’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.

Figure 3:

EP-BXBS

I/O back

panel layout

Case (chassis) Power

ON/OFF button

(J3-PWON)

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

Parallel Port

COM1

USB

COM2

Figure 4: Simple ATX Power

ON/OFF Controller

COM 1COM 2

PS/2

USB

Parallel Port

Ultra-2SCSI

Wide SCSI

Narrow SCSI

J3-PWON

Introduction EP-BXBS

Page 1-8

Figure 5: System Block Diagram

System Block Diagram

PA C

PCI Bridge

& memory

Controller

i443B X

PIIX4E

I/O Bridge

Pentium II

Processor

Pentium II

Processor

100/66 MHz

MA [0:13]

MD [0:63]

MPE [0:7]

AGP Slot

Graphic

Video

100/66 MHz

66 MHz

AGP Bus

PCI Slots

USB 0 & 1

BIOS

Flash Memory

Winbond

83C977

Serial Port 1

Serial Port 2

LPT Port

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

ISA Slots

Floppy

Drives

IDE Devices

Primary &

Secondary

AIC-7890

Ultra-2

LVD

SCSI

AIC-3860

Legacy

SCSI

Ultra-2 LVD Mode Only

H.D. H.D. H.D.

CD Tape

Scanner

Legacy SE Mode

TerminatorTerminator

FeaturesEP-BXBS

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Section 2

FEATURES

EP-BXBS Features:

• EP-BXBS is based on the Dual Pentium

II Processor operating at 233 ~ 333

MHz (66MHz) or 300-450 MHz (100MHz) on Slot 1. The board is configured

by an Easy-Setting-Single-Jumper (E.S.S.J.) to match your CPU clock speed.

• Designed with Intel’s 82443 BX AGPset.

• Supports up to 1 Gigabyte of SDRAM (minimum of 8 MB) on board, You can

use 168-pin DIMM x 4. It will automatically detect Extended Data Output

(EDO) DRAM or Synchronous DRAM memory (SDRAM) (please see

Section 3-2).

• EP-BXBS will support Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) when using

parity DRAM memory modules. This will detect multiple bit errors and correct

1-bit memory errors.

• 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 devices. The EP-BXBS supports (4) 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 Adaptec AIC-7890 Ultra-2 Wide SCSI for LVD (80 Mbytes/

sec) devices and Adaptec AIC-3860 for legacy single-ended SCSI devices.

(please see Section 3-6).

• Designed with Winbond W83977 Multi I/O: (1) floppy port, (1) parallel port

(EPP, ECP), and (2) serial ports (16550 Fast UART), (1) IrDA.

Note: Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” is also supported

• Includes a PS/2 mouse connector.

• Allows use of a PS/2 or AT keyboard (with optional adapter).

Features EP-BXBS

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• 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-BXBS utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protection

and longer battery life.

• Supports the Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. The onboard PIIX4 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).

• Power on 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 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) facilitating the management

of desktop computers, hardware and software components and peripherals,

whether they are stand-alone systems or linked into networks. (option)

• Supports Hot Key, Any Key, or password Keyboard power ON function

(KBPO).

• Supports USDM software which allows Windows

95/98, or Windows

NT 4.

0 to monitor various aspects of the system hardware.

• Supports stopping the CPU, AUX, and Chassis FANs during sleep mode.

• Supports blinking of the System Power LED (PANEL) during sleep mode.

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

• Built-in SB-LINK Header for Creative Labs Sound Blaster

AWE64D PCI

sound card.

InstallationEP-BXBS

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Section 3

INSTALLATION

Installation EP-BXBS

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PCIs et

JP1

Clear

CMOS

Secondary IDE

Primary IDE

IDE1

IDE2

FDD Connector

FDD1

PCI Slot #1

AGP SLOT

CPU Cartridge SLOT 1

PCI Slot #2

PCI Slot #3

PCI Slot #4

ISA Slot #1

ISA Slot #2

COM 1COM 2

USB 1

(Top)

Mouse

(Top)

USB 0

(Bottom)

PS/2

Keyboard

(Bottom)

USB

Parallel Port

Primary

Secondary

ATX Power Input

PW1

DIMM 2

DIMM 1

Flash M emo ry

for BIOS

Bank 0

Bank 1

DIMM 3

DIMM 4

200

Bank 2

Bank 3

Intel

PIIX4

PCIs et

Intel

82093A

CPU 1

Fan

Chassis

Fan

CPU 2

Fan

Adaptec

AIC-3860

Wake On-Lan

Wide SCSI (legac y)

Narro w SCSI (lega c y)

SCJ2

SCJ1

Ultra-2 SCSI (LVD)

SCJ3

233

266

300

333

366

MHz

300

350

400

450

500

550

MHz

Adaptec

AIC

7890

Winbond

83977

I/Oset

SB-Link

KBPO

JP13

JP100

SCSI R AID (option)

PWR/ON

RST

TBLED

H/D LED

SPEAK

KEYLOCK

/PWR LDE

Figure 1

EP-BXBS Detailed Layout

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