EPOX EP-3VHA User manual

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Manual Revision 1.0

May 10, 1999

EP-MVP4MEP-MVP4M

EP-MVP4M

ISAISA

ISA

/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-MVP4M

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-MVP4M mainboard.

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

EP-MVP4M serial number:

__________________________

BIOS Upgrades

Please use either our Web Site or BBS for current BIOS Upgrades.

Internet Access

http://www.epox.com

http://www.epox.com.tw

[email protected]

Modem Access

31-182-618451 (The Netherlands)

You can access this number via a Hayes-compatible modem with a 2,

400 to 28,800 baud rate. The following setup format is required:

8 Data Bits, No Parity, 1 Stop Bit.

If your modem is unable to connect at higher baud rates, try connecting

at 2,400 baud before contacting Technical Support.

Thank you for using EPoX mainboards!

EP-MVP4M

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 documenta-

tion 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

merchantability 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-

MVP4M 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-MVP4M mainboard that

results from failure to follow installation instructions or failure to observe safety

precautions.

CAUTION

The EP-MVP4M mainboard is subject to

damage by static electricity. Always

observe the handling procedures.

EP-MVP4M

Table of Contents

Section 1 Introduction

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

Overview

EP-MVP4M 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-MVP4M Features .................................... 2-1

Section 3 Installation

EP-MVP4M Detailed Layout ........................ 3-1

Easy Installation Procedure

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

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

Device Connectors ........................................ 3-8

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........................ 4-20

Change Supervisor or User Password........... 4-22

EP-MVP4M

IDE HDD Auto Detection.............................. 4-23

HDD Low Level Format ............................... 4-25

Save & Exit Setup ......................................... 4-25

Exit Without Saving ....................................... 4-25

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

Sound Driver Quick Installation Guide ......... A-11

AGP Driver Quick Installation Guide ........... A-13

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IntroductionEP-MVP4M

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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

Components Checklist

üü

ü A. (1) One mainboard

üü

ü B. (1) One user’s manual

üü

ü C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable

üü

ü D. (1) IDE ribbon cables

üü

ü E. (1) COM Port Connector

üü

ü F. (1) Ultra_DMA IDE driver diskette

(1) AGP Drivers

(1) Audio Drivers

USER’S

MANUAL

EP-MVP4M

B

A

C

D

F

or

E

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EP-MVP4M Form Factor

The EP-MVP4M is designed with MicroATX form factor - the new industry

standard of chassis. The MicroATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT base-

board 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.

MicroATX 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 cam be used. High integration on mainboard reduces

the system costs.

Full length

slots

Expandable I/O

5 1/4"

Bay

3 1/2"

Bay

Figure 2: Summary of Micro ATX chassis features

CPU located near

Power Supply

Single chassis

fan for

system

Micro

ATX

Power

Supply

ATX power

connector

Floppy / IDE

connectors

close to

peripheral

bays

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Case (chassis) Power

ON/OFF button

ATX

POWER SUPPLY

Figure 4: Simple ATX Power

ON/OFF Controller

Power-On/Off (Remote)

The EP-MVP4M 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-MVP4M 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-MVP4M’s

onboard circuit controller) that can be controlled by the operating system.

Windows 95 will control this when the user clicks that they are ready to Shutdown

the system.

I/O Shield Connector

The EP-MVP4M is equipped with an I/O back panel.Please use the appropriate I/O

shield (figure 3).

J3

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

socket 7

Processor

100/66 MHz

CRT

VT82C686A

I/O Bridge

USB 0, 1 USB 2, 3

AC97

CODEC

~

AMR Slot

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Section 2

FEATURES

EP-MVP4M Features:

• Intel Pentium

®

Processor, Pentium Processor with MMX technology,

AMD K5/K6, Cyrix 6x86L/6x86MX & idt C6 operating at 133 ~ 500

MHz with 321 ZIF socket 7 provides scalability to accept faster

Processors in the future.

• Designed with VIA MVP4 AGPset.

• Supports up to 512 Mega of DRAM (minimum of 16 MB) on board,

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

• Supports (1) 16 bit ISA slots, (3) 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-MVP4M supports (3)

PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT# control scheme which re-

duces configuration 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-MVP4M 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.

• Supports the CPU and Chassis fan Auto stop in sleep mode.

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

• Built-in Sound Blaster/DirectSound AC97 Audio.

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

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Section 3

INSTALLATION

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Figure 1

EP-MVP4M 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

Section 3-1

Configure Jumpers

We design this motherboard with the two DIP Switch to make your install fast and

easy.

Note: The DIP Switch as depicted as shown (Figure 1) in their correct

physical orientation.

1WS

UPC

erocV

1234 5

NOV1.2

NOV2.2

NOV4.2

NOV8.2

NONOV9.2

NONOV2.3

2WS

suB

kcolC

1234

NOzHM66

NOzHM57

NONOzHM38

NONOzHM09

NONOzHM59

NONONOzHM001

NONONOzHM501

NONONOzHM511

2WS

UPC

reilpitluM

566

NOX2

NONOX5.2

NOX3

X5.3

NONOX4

NONONOX5.4

NONOX5

NOX5.5

SW1: CPU Vcore Voltage Selection

SW2: CPU Speed Selection

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* Reserved

CPU Type

SW2

CPU

Bus

Clock

CPU

Multiplier

Pentium/MMX

AMD K5/K6

IDT-C6

Cyrix /IBM

6x86MX/MII

1234567

166MHz PR200 ON ON ON 66MHz

2.5X

PR233 ON ON ON 75MHz

PR266 ON ON ON ON 83MHz

PR300 ON ON ON ON 95MHz

250MHz PR366 ON ON ON ON ON 100MHz

200MHz PR266 ON ON 66MHz

3X

PR300 ON ON 75MHz

250MHz PR333 ON ON ON 83MHz

PR400 ON ON ON 95MHz

300MHz *PR433 ON ON ON ON 100MHz

233MHz PR300 ON 66MHz

3.5X

PR333 ON 75MHz

*PR400 ON ON 83MHz

333MHz *PR466 ON ON 95MHz

350MHz *PR500 ON ON ON 100MHz

266MHz *PR333 ON ON ON 66MHz

4X

*PR400 ON ON ON 75MHz

333MHz *PR466 ON ON ON ON 83MHz

380MHz *PR533 ON ON ON ON 95MHz

400MHz *PR550 ON ON ON ON ON 100MHz

300MHz ON ON ON ON 66MHz

4.5X

450MHz ON ON ON ON ON ON 100MHz

333MHz ON ON ON 66MHz

5X475MHz ON ON ON ON 95MHz

*500MHz ON ON ON ON ON 100MHz

366MHz ON ON 66MHz

5.5X

*550MHz ON ON ON ON 100MHz

JP1 Clear COMS

1-2 : 1-2 Normal(default)

2-3 : Clear CMOS

J7

WOL (Wakup On Lan) Connector

Reserved for NIC (Network Interface Card) to

Wake the System.

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Section 3-2

System Memory Configuration

Memory Layout

The EP-MVP4M supports (2) 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.

• We recommend using SDRAM DIMM can not mixing

with EDO DIMM modules.

• DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (-12ns), 100MHz (-10ns) or

125MHz (-8ns) bus speed.

• No Registered DIMM support.

Figure 2 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations using

* SDRAM only supports 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB DIMM modules.

Table 1

yromeMlatoT

1MMID

)0knaB(

2MMID

)1knaB(

BM652=

mumixaM

*MARDS/ODE

,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM652,BM821

enoN

BM215=

mumixaM

*MARDS/ODE

,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM652,BM821

*MARDS/ODE

,BM46,BM23,BM61,BM8

1XBM652,BM821

DIMM 1

DIMM 2

Bank 0

Bank 1

-Synchronous

-EDO

Figure 2

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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

CENTER KEY ZONE

(3.3 V DRAM)

LEFT KEY ZONE

(UNBUFFERED)

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Figure 4

DIMM Module clip before installation

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.

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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 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

JP1: CMOS Clear

AUX1: AUX Audio_in

CD1: CD-ROM Audio_in

COM2: RS232 COM2 Connector

IDE1: Primary IDE Connector

IDE2: Secondary IDE Connector

FDD1: Floppy Controller Connector

PW1: ATX Power Connector

• 20-pin power connector

USB Conn.: The second and third USB port (Cable optional)

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

COM1 VGA1

parallel port

Speaker

Joystick/Midi

USB port

Line_in

MIC

Figure 6

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