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82430TX PCIset
EP-5BTXA-E
ISA PCI
with Onboard PCI IDE and Super Multi-I/O.
TRADEMARK
All products and company names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective holders.
The specification is subject to change without notice.
M a in B o a rd
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  • Page 1 82430TX PCIset EP-5BTXA-E ISA PCI M a in B o a rd with Onboard PCI IDE and Super Multi-I/O. TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. The specification is subject to change without notice.

  • Page 2: Package Checklist

    Package Checklist Please make sure your package containg all items listed below before your installation. If you find any damaged items or missing items, please contact your retailer. One Mainboard One manual One IDE ribbon cable One floppy ribbon cable One parallel port ribbon cable Two Serial port ribbon cable...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 1 - Introduction ........... 1-1 System Block Diagram ............1-2 Chapter 2 - Hardware Design .......... 2-1 2-1 Overview ..............2-1 EP-5BTXA-E Layout ..........2-2 2-2 Connectors and Jumpers ..........2-4 2-3 System Memory Configuration ........2-6 2-4 Cache Memory Configuration ........2-7 2-5 Real Time Clock Battey Replacement ......2-8 2-6 Integrated PCI Bridge ..........2-9...
  • Page 4 NOTE : The "LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly. This function is necessary when you accept this Mainboard, or the system CMOS data is corrupted. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    Introduction 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction The EP-5BTXA-E mainboard is a high performance system hardware based on Intel Pentium processor and is equipped with three PCI slots, three standard ISA slots, a PnP Super I/O controller and two dual-port PCI-IDE connectors for the future expansion. The hardware dimension is an AT form- factor that is 220mm x 200mm with a four-layer design technology.

  • Page 6: System Block Diagram

    1-2 EP-5BTXA-E Pentium processor HOST BUS MA[11:0] > Control SRAM SDRAM MTXC < CONTROL > HOST Bridge < Contro MD[63:0] > < 324 BGA PCI Slots IDE CD-ROM PIIX4 PCI BUS I/O Bridge Port_A Port_B 324 BGA Graphics Universal Serial Bus...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2 - Hardware Design

    Hardware Design Chapter 2 Hardware design 2-1 Overview The EP-5BTXA-E is designed with Intel 82430TX PCIset chipset which is developed by INTEL Corporation to fully support Pentium Processor PCI/ISA system. The Intel 82430TX PCIset chipset can increase integration and improve performance designs.

  • Page 8: Ep-5Btxa-E Layout

    EP-5BTXA-E EP-5BTXA-E Layout DIMM 2 BANK1 DIMM 1 BANK0 PS/2 Mouse USB Conn. W83877F PCI#2 PIIX4 IR CONN. Figure 2-1...

  • Page 9: Connectors And Jumpers

    Hardware Design 2-2 Connectors and Jumpers This section describes all of the connectors and jumpers equipped in the mainboard. Please refer to Figure 2-1 for the location of each connector and jumper.The figure in the following means connecting pin 1&2 and means connecting pin 2&3.
  • Page 10 EP-5BTXA-E KeyLock - Keyboard lock switch & Power LED connector. 1. Power LED(+) 2. N/C 3. GND 4. Keylock 5. GND Speaker - connect to the system's speaker for beeping. 7. Speaker 8. N/C 9. GND 10. VCC Reset - Close to restart system.
  • Page 11 Hardware Design Clear CMOS: 1-2 : Normal operation (Default) 2-3 : Clear CMOS Values This setting allows users to clear current CMOS data to back to default by setting the jumper to 2-3 when system is off. This jumper should be brought back to pin 1-2 to restore the normal operation.

  • Page 12: System Memory Configuration

    EP-5BTXA-E 2-3 System Memory Configuration The EP-5BTXA-E supports two 168-pin DIMM module sockets to extend system memory size. There is not jumper by hardware setting needed for memory configura- tion. The following figures show all possible memory combinations. 3.3V Synchronous DRAM >...

  • Page 13: Cache Memory Configuration

    * DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns) or 120MHz (8ns) bus speed. 2-4 Cache Memory Configuration The second level (L2) cache is installed in the mainboard to increase the system performance. The EP-5BTXA-E supports 512KB piplined burst synchronous SRAM. 64K*64 SRAM...

  • Page 14: Real Time Clock Battery Replacement

    EP-5BTXA-E Real Time Clock Battery Replacement The battery can be replaced by a Sanyo / Panasonic CR2032, or other equivalent coin lithium battery. Please follow the steps below to replace the battery. 2.Insert 1.Remove...

  • Page 15: Integrated Pci Bridge

    Arbitration Scheme Minimizes Arbitration Overhead. The 82371AB(PIIX4) supports PCI Specification Revision 2.1 Compliant and contains a Universal Serial Bus interface with both host and hub control functions. EP-5BTXA-E reserves a USB header or to provide two USB ports for serial transfer at 12 or 1.5 Mbit/sec. This supports legacy keyboard and mouse software with USB-Base Keyboard and mouse.

  • Page 16: Chapter 3 - Award Bios Setup

    AWARD BIOS 3-1 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Award's ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified data will be stored in a battery-backed CMOS RAM so data will be retained even when the power is turned off.

  • Page 17: Standard Cmos Setup

    This menu shows all of the manufacturer's default values of EP-5BTXA-E. Again, user can move the cursor by pressing direction keys and <PgDn> or <PgUp> keys to modify the parameters.
  • Page 18 AWARD BIOS 3-3 ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A59IPA9) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled External Cache : Enabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled D0000-D3FFF Shadow...
  • Page 19 3-4 CHAPTER 3 Quick Power On Self Test:This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST. The default is Enabled. Enabled : Enable quick POST.
  • Page 20 AWARD BIOS 3-5 Typematic Rate Setting This determines the keystroke repeat rate. Enabled Enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming. Disabled Disable typematic rate and typematic delay programming. The rate will be controlled by keyboard controller in your system. Typematic Rate(Chars/Sec) 6 : 6 characters per second.

  • Page 21: Chipset Features Setup

    3-6 CHAPTER 3 C8000 - CBFFF Shadow : CC000 - CFFFF Shadow: D0000 - D3FFF Shadow: D4000 - D7FFF Shadow: D8000 - DBFFF Shadow: DC000 - DFFFF Shadow: These categories determine whether other expansion card optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K byte or 32K byte per unit and the size depends on chipset. If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them, you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow themselves specifically.
  • Page 22 AWARD BIOS 3-7 Note: When you insert slow memory modules in the system and set a faster timing, the system may hang up. DRAM Timing: The default value is 60ns. 60ns : 2 (faster) Burst Wait State, for 60~70ns Fast Page Mode/EDO DRAM. 70ns : 3 (slower) Burst Wait State, for 70ns Fast Page Mode/EDO DRAM.

  • Page 23: Power Management Setup

    3-8 CHAPTER 3 : The default value is enabled. Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled : This field Enables the Video BIOS Cacheable to speed up the VGA Performance. Disabled: Disables the Video BIOS Cacheable function. 8/16 Bit I/O Recovery Time: The default value is 1. 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time: This field defines the recovery time from 1 to 8 for 8- bit I/O.
  • Page 24 AWARD BIOS 3-9 Again, user can move the cursor by pressing direction keys to the field needed to be modified and press <PgDn> or <PgUp> to alter item selection. You can only change the content of Doze Mode, Standby Mode, and Suspend Mode when the Power Management is set to 'User Define'.
  • Page 25 Video off After: Determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management. The settings are Video off after Suspend/standby/Doze/(N/A). The EP-5BTXA-E supports HDD Power Down, Doze and standby power saving functions when Intel Pentium Processor is installed. In addition, the suspend function is supported when the J4's sleep (sleep ref.
  • Page 26 AWARD BIOS 3-11 PM Events: AWARD BIOS defines Reload Global Timer Events in the power management mode (Doze,standby & suspend). The user can initialize any PM Events to be "Enabled" or "Disabled". When the system detects all of the enabled events which do not have any activity, it will start the system Doze timer first if the "Power Management"...
  • Page 27 3-12 CHAPTER 3 Resource Controlled By:The default value is Manual. Manual :PNP Card's resources will be controlled manually. You can set which IRQ-X and DMA-X are assigned to PCI/ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards. Auto :If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards, BIOS will assign the interrupt resource automatically.

  • Page 28: Integrated Peripherals

    AWARD BIOS 3-13 Integated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A59IPA9) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS WARD SOFTWARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled Onboard Parallel Mode : ECP / EPP IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto ECP Mode Ise DMA IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto Parallel Port EPP Type : EPP1.9...
  • Page 29 3-14 CHAPTER 3 IDE Primary Master PIO: The default value is Auto. Auto : BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode. Mode0~4 : Manually set the IDE Accessing mode. IDE Primary Slave PIO: The default value is Auto. Auto : BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode.

  • Page 30: Load Setup Defaults

    AWARD BIOS 3-15 Onboard UART 2 Mode:The default value is standard. This field allows the user to select the COM2 port that can support a serial Infrared Interface. standard:Support a Serial Infrared Interface IrDA. HPSIR:Support a HP Serial Infrared Interface formats. ASKIR:Support a Sharp Serial Infrared Interface formats.

  • Page 31: Change Supervisor Or User Password

    3-16 CHAPTER 3 ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A59IPA9) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT PNP/PCI CONFIGURA ETUP Load SETUP Default (Y/N)? INTEGRATED PERIPH SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS...

  • Page 32: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    AWARD BIOS 3-17 3-9 IDE HDD Auto Detection The "IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION" utility is a very useful tool especially when you do not know which kind of hard disk type you are using. You can use this utility to detect the correct disk type installed in the system automatically.
  • Page 33 3-18 CHAPTER 3 LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck. The number of cylinders, heads and sectors shown in the setup may not be the number physically contained in the HDD. During HDD accessing, the IDE controller will transform the logical address described by sector, head and cylinder into its own physical address inside the HDD.

  • Page 34: Hdd Low Level Format

    AWARD BIOS 3-19 Note: To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be some softwares involved. All these softwares are located in the Award HDD Service Routine (1NT 13h). It may be failed to access a HDD with LBA (LARGE) mode selected if you are running undera Operating System which replaces the whole 1NT 13h.

  • Page 35: Chapter 4 - Technical Information

    TECHNICAL INFORMATION Chapter 4 Technical Information 4-1 I/O & MEMORY MAP MEMORY MAP Address Range Size Description [00000-7FFFF] 512K Conventional memory [80000-9FBFF] 127K Extended Conventional memory [9FC00-9FFFF] Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is installed [A0000-C7FFF] 160K Available for Hi DOS memory [C8000-DFFFF] Available for Hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs [E0000-EEFFF]...

  • Page 36: Time & Dma Channels Map

    CHAPTER 4 4-2 Time & DMA Channels Map TIME MAP: TIMER Channel 0 System timer interrupt. TIMER Channel 1 DRAM REFRESH request. TIMER Channel 2 SPEAKER tone generator. DMA CHANNELS : DMA Channel 0 Available. DMA Channel 1 Onboard ECP (Option). DMA Channel 2 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP).

  • Page 37: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map

    TECHNICAL INFORMATION 4-4 RTC & CMOS RAM Map RTC & CMOS : Seconds. Second alarm. Minutes. Minutes alarm. Hours. Hours alarm. Day of week. Day of month. Month. Year. Status register A. Status register B. Status register C. Status register D. Diagnostic status byte.

  • Page 38: Appendix A: Post Codes

    CHAPTER 4 Appendix A: POST Codes ISA POST codes are typically output to port address 80h. POST(hex) DESCRIPTION 01-02 Reserved. Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow. 1.Initialize EISA registers (EISA BIOS only). 2.Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices includes. -DMA controller (8237).
  • Page 39 TECHNICAL INFORMATION POST(hex) DESCRIPTION Initialization of the BIOS Data Area. (40:ON - 40:FF) 1.Program some of the Chipset's value according to Setup (Early Setup Value Program). 2.Measure CPU speed for display and decide the system clock speed. 3.Video initialization including Monochromc, CGA and EGA/VGA. If no display device found, the speaker will beep up.
  • Page 40 CHAPTER 4 POST(hex) DESCRIPTION 1.Display the Award Plug & Play BIOS Extension message (PnP BIOS only). 2.Program all onboard super I/O chips (if any) including COM ports, LPT ports, FDD port ... according to setup value. 33-3B Reserved. Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility. 1.Initialize Keyboard.
  • Page 41 TECHNICAL INFORMATION POST(hex) DESCRIPTION 1.Initialize all ISA ROMs. 2.Later PCI initializations (PCI BIOS only). -Assign IRQ to PCI devices. -Initialize all PCI ROMs. 3.PnP Initialzations. (PnP BIOS only) -Assign IO, Memory, IRQ & DMA to PnP ISA devices. -Initialize all PnP ISA ROMs. 4.Program shadows RAM according to Setup settings.

  • Page 42: Appendix B: I/O Connectors

    CHAPTER 4 Appendix B: I/O Connectors J1 : PS/2 Mouse Connector: Signal Name Data (Red Wire) Clock (Blue Wire) (Green Wire) (Yellow Wire) COM1, COM2 : Serial Ports Connector Signal Name Signal Name SOUT LPT1 : Parallel Port Connector Signal Name Signal Name STROBE- AUTO FEED-...
  • Page 43 TECHNICAL INFORMATION FDD1 : Floppy Disk Connector Signal Name Signal Name Ground FDHDIN Ground Reserved Ground FDEDIN Ground Index- Ground Motor Enable Ground Drive Select B- Ground Drive Select A- Ground Motor Enable Ground DIR- Ground STEP- Ground Write Data Ground Write Gate Ground...
  • Page 44 4-10 CHAPTER 4 CN1 : USB Header Signal Name Signal Name USBP0- USBP0+ USBP1- USBP1+ (Option USB Cable)

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