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EP-3S1A Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Page Components Checklist ................................................... 1-1 Overview Intel Celeron processors (P.P.G.A.) 370 ...................... 1-2 Intel Coppermine processors (FC-PGA) 370 ............... 1-3 Intel® 815 Series Chipset Feature .................................. 1-4 EP-3S1A Form-Factor ................................................... 1-6 I/O Shield Connector ......................................................
EP-3S1A Power Management Setup .............................................. 4-18 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup ........................................ 4-21 PC Health Status ............................................................. 4-22 Frequency Control .......................................................... 4-24 Defaults Menu ................................................................. 4-25 Supervisor/User Password Setting ................................. 4-26 Exit Selecting ................
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EP-3S1A Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist ü A. (1) EP-3S1A mainboard ü B. (1) EP-3S1A users manual ü C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable ü D. (1) ATA66 Hard drive ribbon cable ü E. (1) RS-232 9-PIN ribbon cable F. (1) PS/2 to AT keyboard connector adapter (optional) G. (1) Onboard Graphic and Sound Driver H.
Introduction EP-3S1A Overview Intel Celeron processors (P.P.G.A.) 370 The Intel Celeron processors provide power to handle the internet, educational programs, interactive 3D games, and productivity applications. The Intel Celeron processors at 700, 667, 633, 600, 566, 533, 500, 466 and 433 MHz include integrated L2 cache 128Kbyte. The core for the 700, 667, 633, 600, 566, 533, 500, 466 and 433 MHz processors have 19M transistors due to the addition of the integrated L2 cache 128Kbyte.
EP-3S1A Introduction Intel MMX technology includes new instructions and data types that allow applications to achieve a new level of performance. Intels MMX technology is designed as a set of basic, general-purpose integer instructions that are easily applied to the needs of a wide diversity of multimedia and communications applications.
Introduction EP-3S1A The processor includes an integrated on-die, 128KB or 256KB, 8-way set associative level-two (L2) cache with a separated 16KB level one (L1) instruction cache and 16KB level one (L1) data cache. These cache arrays run at the full speed of the processor core. As with the Intel Pentium III processor, the Coppermine FC-PGA processor has a dedicated L2 cache bus, thus maintaining the dual independent bus architecture to deliver high bus bandwidth and performance.
EP-3S1A Introduction controller to the memory controller, with optimized arbitration rules allowing more functions to run concurrently, enabling more life-like audio and video. The Integrated Audio-Codec 97 controller enables software audio by using the processor to run sound. By reusing existing system resources, this feature adds flexibility, improves sound and modem quality. The 82802 Firmware Hub (FWH, 4MB) stores system BIOS and video BIOS, eliminating a redundant nonvolatile memory component.
Introduction EP-3S1A EP-3S1A Form-Factor The EP-3S1A 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.
EP-3S1A Introduction I/O Shield Connector The EP-3S1A is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield (figure 3). parallel port Joystick/Midi port PS/2 Mouse PS/2 KEYBOARD USB port COM1 VGA1 Speaker Line_in MIC Figure 3: I/O back panel layout Power-On/Off (Remote) The EP-3S1A 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.
Introduction EP-3S1A System Block Diagram Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-8
EP-3S1A Features Section 2 FEATURES EP-3S1A Features: EP-3S1A is based on the Socket 370 Processors including PPGA & FCPGA operating at 433 ~933MHz. The board is configured by a BIOS setting to match your CPU clock speed. The 3S1A designed with Intel 815 chipset that provides optimized support for P.P.G.A Celeron of 66/100MHz and FC-PGA Coppermine of 100/ 133MHz Front Side Bus CPU. Supports AGP universal connector support via dual mode buffers to allow AGP 2.0 3.3V (2X AGP) or 1.
Features EP-3S1A Includes a PS/2 mouse connector. Allows use of a PS/2 keyboard. Features Award Plug & Play BIOS. With 4MB(FWH) Flash Memory you can always upgrade to the current BIOS. EP-3S1A utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protection and longer battery life. The onboard ICH(82801AA) chip provides the means for connecting PC Interface and peripherals such as; PCI Bus I/F, LPC I/F, SM Bus, IDE and USB.
EP-3S1A Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Page 3-1
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EP-3S1A Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. 3-2. 3-3. 3-4. 3-5 3-6. CPU Insertion Jumper Settings System memory Configuration Device Connectors External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) STR (Suspend To RAM) Function Section 3-1 CPU Insertion CPU Insertion Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever. Figure 2 Step 2 Insert the processor.
Installation EP-3S1A Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever. Figure 4 Note: Intels reference design thermal solution is an active heatsink; an extruded aluminum heatsink based and a fan attached to the top on the fin array.
EP-3S1A Installation Section 3-2 Jumper Settings JP1 JP10 JP11 1 1 1 CMOS Clear JP1 = 1-2 Normal (Default) = 2-3 Clear CMOS CPU Type Select JP10 JP11 CPU Type Select 1- 2 1- 2 Intel CPU (Default) 2- 3 2- 3 100MHz Others CPU * 2- 3 1- 2 133MHz Others CPU * ReservedFor Cyrix CPU * : Reserved JP13 1 Keyboard Power-ON Function JP13= 1-2 Enabled = 2-3 Disabled (Default) Page 3-5
Installation EP-3S1A Section 3-3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The EP-3S1A supports (3) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs is for SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM). FSB 66/100MHz for 100MHz SDRAM interface only, FSB 133MHz for 100/133MHz SDRAM interface. 32MB to 256MB using 64MB technology (512MB using 128MB technology), maximum 512MB on 3 DIMM sockets. No Registered SDRAM Memory Modules Support. Double Side Unbuffered Memory Module without ECC supports.
EP-3S1A Installation DIMM Module Installation Figure 7 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 8) until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 9). LEFT KEY ZONE (UNBUFFERED) CENTER KEY ZONE (3.
Installation EP-3S1A Section 3-4 Device Connectors Please install the motherboard into the chassis.
EP-3S1A Installation MODEM_IN: Telephony Connector Pin1(Audio_in), Pin2/Pin3(GND), Pin4(Mic-out to Modem) USB Conn.: USB3 and USB4 Connector for optional cable. VCC 6 1 GND -Data +Data +Data -Data GND VCC 5 10 USB port header pin descriptions.
Installation EP-3S1A Device Connectors (continued) Power On/Off J3 (This is connected to the power button on the case. Using the SoftOff 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 1 go into suspend mode when the button is pressed momentarily.
EP-3S1A Installation Device Connectors (continued) w AIMM Card with AGP connector (For integrated graphics to upgrade 4MB display cache). To I/O Rear Panel AIMM Card* AGP Connector Note: The AIMM card for Intel 815 chipset M.Bs AGP slot only. * : The AIMM Card (optional) w The EP-3S1A supports one AMR1 connector to provide a Modem Code (MC) or an Audio/Modem Codec (AMC) configuration. Note the AMR1 connector supports Modem Riser Card (MR), Modem Code (MC) or Audio/Modem Code (AMC) at Secondary only.
Installation EP-3S1A 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 support the External Modem Ring-in Power ON function. Once users connect the external modem to COM1 or COM2, the EP-3S1A mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.
EP-3S1A Installation Notes: 1. Intel ATX version 2.0 specification has recommended you use the power supply with >=1.0A in 5.0VSB. With our EP-3S1A mainboard, the 5.0VSB standby power only has to be > = 0.1A (100mA) then you can enjoy this unique benefit. However, the ATX power supply which is < 0.1 (100mA) is still applicable to your system by placed JP13 at the position 2-3 to disable this feature. 2. We recommended you use the power supply with 1.0A in 5.0VSB. Because this supported PCI 2.
Installation EP-3S1A 3-6 STR (Suspend To RAM) Function The EP-3S1A supports the STR power management state by maintaining the appropriate states on the SDRAM interface signals. The power source must be kept alive to the SDRAM during STR (ACPI S3). Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) provides more Energy Saving Features for operating systems that support OS such as Instant ON and QuickStartTM function. 1.
EP-3S1A Installation d. You must push the Power button connected with onboard J3 pin to wake up you system (not to click to mouse or press keyboard to wake up the system.) Just pushing Power button, your system will quickly back to the last screen for you. The LED Indicator for ACPI Status table shown below will guide you and give you a reference for ACPI status on this mainboard.
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EP-3S1A BIOS Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu Once you enter the AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press to accept and enter the sub-menu. Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen. Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories.
BIOS EP-3S1A Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system. Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your systems performance. Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management. PnP / PCI Configuration This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI.
EP-3S1A BIOS 4-1 Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the or keys to select the value you want in each item.
BIOS EP-3S1A Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Month Time HH : MM : SS Options are in its sub menu (described in Table 3) Options are in its sub menu (described in Table 3) Options are in its sub menu (described in Table 3) Options are in its sub menu (described in Table 3) None 360K, 5.25 in 1.2M, 5.25 in 720K, 3.5 in 1.44M, 3.5 in 2.88M, 3.
EP-3S1A BIOS IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive. Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu.
BIOS EP-3S1A Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use Table 3 to configure the hard disk. Item Options Description IIDE HDD Auto-detection Press Enter IDE Primary Master None Auto Manual Capacity Auto Display your disk drive size Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on this channel. If detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu. Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields on this screen. Selects the type of fixed disk.
EP-3S1A BIOS 4-2 Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the systems default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security. Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep.
BIOS EP-3S1A CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC checking. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Processor Number Feature Pentium III or later CPU new feature. The default is Enabled. Enabled: Processor serial number readable. Disabled: Processor serial number disabled. Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power up the computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.
EP-3S1A BIOS Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. The choice: Enabled/Disabled. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key down. The choice: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30. Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke. The choice: 250, 500, 750, 1000.
BIOS EP-3S1A 4-3 Advanced Chipset Features This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache. It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus. It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered.
EP-3S1A BIOS SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The Choice: 2, 3 SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc Select the number of SCLKs for an access cycle. The Choice: 5/7, 6/8. SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay This field lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance.
BIOS EP-3S1A CPU Latency Timer Enabled: The processor cycle will be deferred immediately after the GMCH receives another ADS#. Disabled: The processor cycle will only be deferred after for 31 clocks and another ADS# has arrived. Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.
EP-3S1A BIOS Paging Mode Control Select the paging mode control. The Choice: Close, Open. RAS-to-CAS Override Select the display cache clock periods control. The Choice: by CAS# LT, Override(2). RAS# Timing This item controls RAS# active to Protegra, and refresh to RAS# active delay ( in local memory clocks). The Choice: Fast, Slow. RAS# Precharge Timing This item controls RAS# precharge (in local memory clocks). The choice: Fast, Slow.
BIOS EP-3S1A 4-4 Integrated Peripherals OnChip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance.
EP-3S1A BIOS USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have USB peripherals. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. USB Legacy Device Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB Legacy Device (Keyboard, Mouse). The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first The choice: PCI Slot, Onboard .
BIOS EP-3S1A 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 function 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.
EP-3S1A BIOS 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 IRQ5. 3BCH: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7. Disabled: Disable Onboard LPT port. Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode. The default is ECP+EPP. EPP: Enhanced Parallel Port mode. ECP: Extended Capabilities Port mode.
BIOS EP-3S1A 4-5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select S1(POS) or S3(STR) function. The choice: S1(POS), S3(STR).
EP-3S1A BIOS There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings. Disable (default) Min. Power Saving Max. Power Saving User Defined No power management. Disables all four modes Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min. Maximum power management -- ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPUs. Doze Mode = 1 min., Standby Mode = 1 min., Suspend Mode = 1 min., and HDD Power Down = 1 min.
BIOS EP-3S1A HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has hung. The default is Instant-off. The choice: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off. PowerOn By Ring This option is used to set the remote ring in and Wake on LAN (WOL) features.
EP-3S1A BIOS 4-6 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings. Reset Configuration Data Normally, you leave this field Disabled.
BIOS EP-3S1A into each of the sub menu that follows this field (a sub menu is preceded by a Ø). The choice: Auto(ESCD), Manual. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled. Choices are Enabled, Disabled. INT Pin1 to Pin4 Assignment These settings allow the user to specify what IRQ will be assigned to PCI devices in the chosen slot. Options available: Auto,3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14 & 15. The defaults are Auto. 4-7 PC Health Status 33oC/91oF 59oC/138oF 0 RPM 0 RPM 0 RPM 1.53V 2.09V 3.42V 4.97V 12.
EP-3S1A BIOS Current CPU Temperature This is the current temperature of the CPU. Current System Temp This is the Current temperature of the system. Current CPU Fan/ Power Fan/ Chassis Fan Speed The current CPU fan speed in RPMs. CPU(V) The voltage level of the Vtt, Vcore, Vcc. +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, VBAT, 5VSB: The voltage level of the switch power supply. Shutdown Temperature This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the effects of an overheating system.
BIOS EP-3S1A 4-8 Frequency/Voltage Control 2.00V 0.00V 2.00V Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk This item allows you to enable/disable auto detect DIMM/PCI Clock. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. CPU/SDRAM/AGP/PCI/Spd Spec The mainboard is designed to set the CPU/SDRAM/AGP/PCI clock at jumperfree. This item allows you to select the CPU Host speed and PCI clock speed by Enter key. If default is means the CPU Host speed that depend on the CPU is 100MHz or 133MHz.
EP-3S1A BIOS 4-9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations.
BIOS EP-3S1A 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differences between are: supervisor password : can enter and change the options of the setup menus. user password : just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.
EP-3S1A BIOS 4-11 Exit Selecting Save & Exit Setup Pressing on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is restarted again.
EP-3S1A Drivers Installation Section 5 815 Series VGA and Sound Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation Step 1 : To Click the Intel Chipset INF Files that enable the Intel(R) 815 Chipsets to be recognized by listed operating systems. This installer will unpack updated .INF files into a specified folder. Supported operating systems: Microsoft Windows* 95 OSR 2.1+ and Windows* 98 operating systems. Step 2 : To Click the Intel INF Installation Utility. This installer will install updated .
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Appendix EP-3S1A Appendix A A-1 MEMORY MAP Address Range [00000-7FFFF] [80000-9FBFF] [9FC00-9FFFF] Size 512K 127K 1K [A0000-C7FFF] [C8000-DFFFF] 160K 96K [E0000-EEFFF] [EF000-EFFFF] 60K 4K [F0000-F7FFF] [F8000-FCFFF] [FD000-FDFFF] [FE000-FFFFF] 32K 20K 4K 8K Description Conventional memory Extended Conventional memory Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is installed Available for Hi DOS memory Available for Hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs Available for UMB Video service routine for Monochrome & C
Appendix [2F8-2FF] [360-36F] [378-37F] [3B0-3BF] [3C0-3CF] [3D0-3DF] [3F0-3F7] [3F8-3FF] EP-3S1A SERIAL port 2. NETWORK ports. PARALLEL port 1. MONOCHROME & PARALLEL port adapter. EGA adapter. CGA adapter. FLOPPY DISK controller. SERIAL port 1. A-3 TIMER & 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.
Appendix EP-3S1A 6 7 8 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 & CMOS RAM MAP RTC & 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. 0A Status register A. 0B Status register B. 0C Status register C. 0D Status register D.
Appendix 16 17 18 19-2d 2E-2F 30 31 32 33 34-3F 40-7F A-4 EP-3S1A Base memory high byte. Extension memory low byte. Extension memory high byte. Reserved for extension memory low byte. Reserved for extension memory high byte. DATE CENTURY byte. INFORMATION FLAG. Reserve. Reserved for CHIPSET SETTING DATA.
Appendix EP-3S1A Appendix B B-1 POST CODES For BIOS 6.0 Code POST (hex) CFh C0h C1h C3h C5h 0h1 02h 03h 04h 05h 06h 07h 08h 09h 0Ah DESCRIPTION Test CMOS R/W functionality. Early chipset initialization: - Disable shadow RAM - Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) - Program basic chipset registers Detect memory - Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. - Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow RAM.
Appendix 0Ch 0Dh 0Eh 0Fh 10h 11h 12h 13h 14h 15h 16h 17h 18h 19h 1Ah 1Bh 1Ch 1Dh 1Eh 1Fh 20h 21h 22h 23h A-6 EP-3S1A 3. Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips. Reserved Reserved Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R/Wable or not. If test fails, keep beeping the speaker. Reserved Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R/W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD & DMI support. Reserved Use walking 1s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry.
EP-3S1A 24h 25h 26h 27h 28h 29h 2Ah 2Bh 2Ch 2Dh 2Eh 2Fh 30h 31h 32h 33h Appendix checksum fails, use default value instead. 3. Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP use. If ESCD is valid, take into consideration of the ESCDs legacy information. 4. Onboard clock generator initialization. Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI & DIMM slots. 5. Early PCI initialization: - Enumerate PCI bus number - Assign memory & I/O resource - Search for a valid VGA device & VGA BIOS, and put it into C000:0.
Appendix 34h 35h 36h 37h 38h 39h 3Ah 3Bh 3Ch 3Dh 3Eh 3Fh 40h 41h 42h 43h 44h 45h 46h 47h 48h 49h 4Ah 4Bh 4Ch 4Dh 4Eh 4Fh 50h A-8 EP-3S1A Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Test 8254 Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1. Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. Reserved Reserved Test 8259 functionality. Reserved Reserved Reserved Initialize EISA slot Reserved 1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. 2.
EP-3S1A 51h 52h 53h 54h 55h 56h 57h 58h 59h 5Ah 5Bh 5Ch 5Dh 5Eh 5Fh 60h 61h 62h 63h 64h 65h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch Appendix Reserved Test all memory (clear all extended memory to 0) Reserved Reserved Display number of processors (multi-processor platform) Reserved 1. Display PnP logo 2. Early ISA PnP initialization - Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device. Reserved Initialize the combined Trend Anti-Virus code. Reserved (Optional Feature) Show message for entering AWDFLASH.
Appendix 6Dh 6Eh 6Fh 70h 71h 72h 73h 74h 75h 76h 77h 78h 79h 7Ah 7Bh 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 7Fh 80h 81h 82h 83h A-10 EP-3S1A 1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices. 2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO. Reserved 1. Initialize floppy controller 2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. Reserved Reserved Reserved (Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if : - AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive.
EP-3S1A 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 90h 91h 92h 93h 94h 95h 96h FFh Appendix Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 1. USB final Initialization 2. NET PC: Build SYSID structure 3. Switch screen back to text mode 4. Set up ACPI table at top of memory. 5. Invoke ISA adapter ROMs 6. Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7. Initialize APM 8. Clear noise of IRQs. Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti-Virus code 1. Enable L2 cache 2. Program boot up speed 3.
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Appendix EP-3S1A Appendix C NOTE: The "LOAD Optimized 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.
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EP-3S1A 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.
Appendix EP-3S1A 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.
EP-3S1A Appendix 4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start. Disk To Image (Disk Backup) 1. Select the location of the Source drive. 2. Select the location for storing the backup file.
Appendix EP-3S1A 3. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start. Disk From Image (Restore Backup) 1. Select the Restore file. 2. Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored.
EP-3S1A Appendix 3. When restoring disk backup, set the required partition size as shown in the following figure. 4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start.
Appendix EP-3S1A 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.
EP-3S1A Appendix 3. Select the path and file name for storing the backup file. 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.
Appendix Partition From Image (Restore Partition) 1. Select the backup file to be restored. 2. Select the source partition. 3. Select the disk to be restored.
EP-3S1A Appendix 4. Select the partition to be restored. 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.
