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EPOX EP-3C1A Manual

A socket 370 processor based agp (4x) mainboard (100/133mhz)
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EP-3C1A
EP-3C1A
EP-3C1A
EP-3C1A
EP-3C1A
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A Soc k k k k k et 370 Pr
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A A A A A GP (4X) mainboar
GP (4X) mainboar
GP (4X) mainboar
GP (4X) mainboar d (100/133MHz)
GP (4X) mainboar
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These specifications are subject to change without notice.
ocessor based
ocessor based
ocessor based
ocessor based
d (100/133MHz)
d (100/133MHz)
d (100/133MHz)
d (100/133MHz)
Manual Revision 1.0
March 15, 2000

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  • Page 1 EP-3C1A EP-3C1A EP-3C1A EP-3C1A EP-3C1A A Soc A Soc A Soc k k k k k et 370 Pr et 370 Pr et 370 Pr et 370 Pr ocessor based ocessor based ocessor based ocessor based A Soc A Soc...

  • Page 2: User Notice

    EP-3C1A User Notice The product name and revision number are both printed on the mainboard itself. Handling Procedures CAUTION The EP-3C1A mainboard is subject to damage by static electricity. Always observe the handling procedures.
  • Page 3 EP-3C1A Technical Support Services EP-3C1A serial number: Contacting Technical Support North American website (English language) European website (Multi-language) Taiwan website (Chinese language) Thank you for using EPoX mainboards! Copyright 2000 EPoX Computer Company. All rights reserved.
  • Page 4 EP-3C1A Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Overview Section 2 Features Section 3 Installatio Easy Installation Procedure Section 4 Award BIOS Setup...
  • Page 5 EP-3C1A Section 5 Driver Installation Section 6 PCI Audio Sound Section 7 Appendix Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D...
  • Page 6 EP-3C1A Page Left Blank...

  • Page 7: Components Checklist

    EP-3C1A Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü USER’S MANUAL EP-3C1A Page 1-1...

  • Page 8: System Overview

    Introduction EP-3C1A System Overview ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® Page 1-2...

  • Page 9: Chipset Components

    EP-3C1A Introduction Chipset Components ® w w w w w Memory Controller Hub (MCH) w w w w w Memory Translator Hub (MTH) w w w w w I/O Controller Hub (ICH) Page 1-3...
  • Page 10 Introduction EP-3C1A w w w w w Firmware Hub (FWH) Page 1-4...
  • Page 11 EP-3C1A Introduction Overview Intel Coppermine processors of Flip-chip pin grid array (FC-PGA) Package Page 1-5...
  • Page 12 Introduction EP-3C1A Flip-chip pin grid array (FC-PGA) 370 processor Installation and Removal Installation: Removal: Page 1-6...
  • Page 13 EP-3C1A Introduction Bandwidth Overview ® Table 1: Intel 820 platform Bandwidth Summary ® Page 1-7...
  • Page 14 Introduction EP-3C1A Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.) Ultra ATA/66 Hardware Monitoring Page 1-8...
  • Page 15 EP-3C1A Introduction EP-3C1A Form-Factor Expandable I/O Single chassis fan for system Power Supply CPU located near Full length Power Supply slots ATX power 5 1/4" Floppy / IDE connector 3 1/2" connectors close to peripheral bays Figure 3: Summary of ATX chassis features...
  • Page 16 Introduction EP-3C1A I/O Shield Connector The EP-3C1A Joystic/Midi port parallel port PS/2 Mouse USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 COM2 Speaker Line_in Figure 4: I/O back panel layout Power-On/Off (Remote) The EP-3C1A Remote On/Off The EP-3C1A Note: For maintaining the SDRAM power during STR (ACPI S3) function, it is strongly recommend to use ATX power supplies that have a +5VSB current of (>=) 1A (1000mA).

  • Page 17: System Block Diagram

    EP-3C1A Introduction System Block Diagram A Socket 370 Processor (100/133MHz FSB only) 100/133MHz 4X, 2X 100MHz 66MHz DIMM Modules (Memory (Memory Controller Translator Hub) Hub) (I/O Controllrer Hub) AMR Slot FWH (Firm Ware Hub) Flash memory Sound Serial Port 1...
  • Page 18 Introduction EP-3C1A Page Left Blank Page 1-12...
  • Page 19 EP-3C1A Features Section 2 FEATURES EP-3C1A Features: Page 2-1...
  • Page 20 Features EP-3C1A ® ® ® ® ® Page 2-2...
  • Page 21 Section 3 INSTALLATION...
  • Page 23 Easy Installation Procedure Easy Installation Procedure Section 3-1 CPU Insertion...
  • Page 26 Section 3-2 Jumper Settings...
  • Page 27 Section 3-3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout...
  • Page 28 DIMM Module Installation...
  • Page 29 Section 3-4 Device Connectors...
  • Page 30 Device Connectors (continued)
  • Page 31 Device Connectors (continued)
  • Page 32 Section 3-5 External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO)
  • Page 33 3-6 STR (Suspend To RAM) Function...

  • Page 35: Bios Setup

    EP-3C1A BIOS Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu Setup Items Standard CMOS Features Page 4-1...
  • Page 36 BIOS EP-3C1A Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP / PCI Configuration PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Supervisor / User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Save Page 4-2...

  • Page 37: Standard Cmos Setup

    EP-3C1A BIOS 4-1 Standard CMOS Setup Figure 1: The Main Menu Page 4-3...

  • Page 38: Main Menu Selections

    BIOS EP-3C1A Main Menu Selections Item Options Description Date Month YYYY Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically hanges when you set the date Time HH : MM : SS Set the system time Options are in its sub menu Press <Enter>...

  • Page 39: Ide Adapters

    EP-3C1A BIOS IDE Adapters Figure 2 IDE Primary Master sub menu Page 4-5...
  • Page 40 BIOS EP-3C1A Item Options Description IIDE HDD Auto-detection Press Enter Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on this channel. If detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu. IDE Primary Master None Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the Auto remaining fields on this screen.

  • Page 41: Advanced Bios Features

    EP-3C1A BIOS 4-2 Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache/External Cache Page 4-7...
  • Page 42 BIOS EP-3C1A CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Processor Number Feature Quick Power On Self Test First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Page 4-8...
  • Page 43 EP-3C1A BIOS Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Typematic Delay (Msec) Security Option Note: To disable security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just press <Enter>, it will disable security. Once the security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

  • Page 44: Advanced Chipset Features

    BIOS EP-3C1A 4-3 Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Settings (This field is no function) Page 4-10...
  • Page 45 EP-3C1A BIOS SDRAM CAS Latency Time (This field is no function) SDRAM Buffer Strength System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M-16M Delay Transaction Enabled Page 4-11...
  • Page 46 BIOS EP-3C1A AGP Fast Write AGP Aperture Size (MB) Memory Parity Check Page 4-12...

  • Page 47: Integrated Peripherals

    EP-3C1A BIOS 4-4 Integrated Peripherals OnChip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Page 4-13...
  • Page 48 BIOS EP-3C1A USB Controller Enabled USB Legacy Device Support Enabled Init Display First AC97 Modem IDE HDD Block Mode Power On Function Button Only Hot Key Any key Page 4-14...
  • Page 49 EP-3C1A BIOS KB Power On Password Hot Key Power On Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2 UART Mode Select RxD, TxD Active IR Transmission delay Page 4-15...
  • Page 50 BIOS EP-3C1A Onboard Parallel port Parallel Port Mode Normal EPP+ECP EPP Mode Select ECP Mode USE DMA DMA1 DMA3 PWRON After PW-Fail Fomer-Status Page 4-16...

  • Page 51: Power Management Setup

    EP-3C1A BIOS 4-5 Power Management Setup ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Page 4-17...
  • Page 52 BIOS EP-3C1A Disable (default) No power management. Disables all four modes Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min. Max. Power Saving Maximum power management -- ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU’s.
  • Page 53 EP-3C1A BIOS HDD Power Down Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN PowerOn By Ring CPU THRM-Throttling PM Events Enabled Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD, COM, LPT Port PCI PIRQ[A-D] # Page 4-19...
  • Page 54 BIOS EP-3C1A 4-6 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup Reset Configuration Data Resource controlled by Page 4-20...

  • Page 55: Pc Health Status

    EP-3C1A BIOS PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled 4-7 PC Health Status C/91 C/138 0 RPM 0 RPM 0 RPM 1.53V 2.09V 3.42V 4.97V 12.16V 12.28V 5.09V 3.48V 4.89V CPU Warning Temperature Current System Temp Current CPU Temperature Page 4-21...
  • Page 56 BIOS EP-3C1A Current CPU Fan/ Power Fan/ Chassis Fan Speed CPU(V) +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, VBAT, 5VSB Shutdown Temperature Page 4-22...
  • Page 57 EP-3C1A BIOS 4-8 Frequency/Voltage Control Default 2.00V 0.00V 2.00V SDRAM Frequency Select Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk CPU Host/AGP/PCI Clock CPU Clock Ratio CPU Vcore Voltage Page 4-23...

  • Page 58: Defaults Menu

    BIOS EP-3C1A 4-9 Defaults Menu Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Page 4-24...
  • Page 59 EP-3C1A BIOS 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting supervisor password : user password ENTER PASSWORD: PASSWORD DISABLED. Page 4-25...

  • Page 60: Exit Selecting

    BIOS EP-3C1A 4-11 Exit Selecting Save & Exit Setup Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Exit Without Saving Quit without saving (Y/N)? Y Page 4-26...
  • Page 61 EP-3C1A Drivers Installation Section 5 820 and Sound Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation Step 1 : Step 2 : Note Page 5-1...
  • Page 62 Drivers Installation EP-3C1A Step 3 : Page 5-2...
  • Page 63 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound Section 6 PCI Audio Sound CMI8738 Features: Special Features l l l l l ® ® ® • • • Digital Audio (SPDIF IN/OUT)-(Optional) • • l l l l l • • • • •...
  • Page 64 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A Connectors and Jumper setting informations Connector Function AUX-IN AUX_IN Port ( Signals: L – G – G – R ) CD-IN L-G-G-R Analog CD/IN Port ( Signals: MODEM-IN Telephony Connector (Signals Audio-In-G-G-Mic-out to Modem OPTICAL SPDIF- I/O LINE_IN Connect with the audio output port of stereo or nomal line in.
  • Page 65 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound Dos Installation INSTALL [Enter] Win95/98 Installation Page 6-3...
  • Page 66 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A Win95/98 Un-Installation Page 6-4...
  • Page 67 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound Windows NT 4.0 Installation Page 6-5...
  • Page 68 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A Windows Appc. (The Audio Rack) Introduction Page 6-6...
  • Page 69 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound This Audio Rack consists of several major components: Control Center: MIDI Player MP3/Wave Player CD Player System Mixer Showing or Hiding Audio Rack Components MIDI Player, Wave Player, and CD Player CD Player (above, similar to Wave Player and MIDI Player)
  • Page 70 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A System Mixer The names for these controls may vary. Volume Control Recording Control Input and Output Level Sliders and Buttons: l l l l l individual Line-in/Rear l l l l l Page 6-8...
  • Page 71 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound l l l l l Wave l l l l l l l l l l Aux-in l l l l l l l l l l 4SPK l l l l l Surround l l l l l...
  • Page 72 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A MP3 Player MP3 player while the loop function enables. The settings’ window while one of the SPDIF functions is enable. Page 6-10...
  • Page 73 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound The 4 Speakers System ® ® Page 6-11...
  • Page 74 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A Page 6-12...
  • Page 75 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound Optical Fiber Application in CMI8738 SPDIF/OUT (MD/Onboard’s Sound/MP3 Player Setup) OPTICAL SPDIF-I/O from Mainboard’s JX2 OPTICAL IN OPTICAL OUT SPDIF-OUT If you got the noise signal from CD-ROM digital output. SPDIF-IN from Please press [Diagnose] CD-ROM...
  • Page 76 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A EP-SPDIF1 An optical fiber is used to connect the onboard’s sound and the MD. Page 6-14...
  • Page 77 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound The application program setup (please install CMI8738 application program first) Page 6-15...
  • Page 78 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A Page 6-16...
  • Page 79 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound Page 6-17...
  • Page 80 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A Page 6-18...
  • Page 81 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound About Recording 24bit Audio Setting Page 6-19...
  • Page 82 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A The un-selected area will be grayed out. Page 6-20...
  • Page 83 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound The un-selected area will be grayed out. Page 6-21...
  • Page 84 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A The un-selected area will be grayed out. Page 6-22...
  • Page 85 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound Page 6-23...
  • Page 86 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A CMI8738 SPDIF/IN OPTICAL IN MINIDISC DECK OPTICAL IN OPTICAL OUT Page 6-24...
  • Page 87 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound Page 6-25...
  • Page 88 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A Page 6-26...
  • Page 89 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound Loopback(bypass)mode setup CD ROM(Digital Output) to CMI8738(SPDIF/IN)Setup Page 6-27...
  • Page 90 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A Page 6-28...
  • Page 91 EP-3C1A PCI Audio Sound Page 6-29...
  • Page 92 PCI Audio Sound EP-3C1A Page Left Blank Page 6-30...
  • Page 93 Appendix EP-3C1A Appendix A A-1 MEMORY MAP A-2 I/O MAP...
  • Page 94 Appendix EP-3C1A A-3 TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP A-4 INTERRUPT MAP...
  • Page 95 Appendix EP-3C1A A-5 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP...
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  • Page 97 Appendix EP-3C1A Appendix B B-1 POST CODES For BIOS 6.0 Code POST (hex) DESCRIPTION...
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  • Page 102 Appendix EP-3C1A A-10...
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  • Page 105: Load Optimized Defaults

    Appendix EP-3C1A Appendix C NOTE: LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984-1998 Standard CMOS Feature Frequency/Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Feature Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Feature Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup...
  • Page 106 Appendix EP-3C1A Page Left Blank A-14...
  • Page 107 EP-3C1A 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.
  • Page 108 Appendix EP-3C1A 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.
  • Page 109 EP-3C1A 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. A-17...
  • Page 110 Appendix EP-3C1A 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. A-18...
  • Page 111 EP-3C1A 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. Partition A-19...
  • Page 112 Appendix EP-3C1A 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.
  • Page 113 EP-3C1A 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.
  • Page 114 Appendix EP-3C1A Partition From Image (Restore Partition) Select the backup file to be restored. 2. Select the source partition. 3. Select the disk to be restored. A-22...
  • Page 115 EP-3C1A 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. A-23...

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