EPOX EP-MVP3G-M User Manual

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Page 2: User Notice
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Components Checklist ..........1-1 Overview EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 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-MVP3G-M/2/5 Features ........2-1 Section 3 Installation EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Detailed Layout ......3-2 Easy Installation Procedure Configure Jumpers ...........3-3...
Page 5 EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Save & Exit Setup ............ 4-23 Exit Without Saving ..........4-23 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...
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Page 7: Introduction
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist ü ü ü ü ü (1) One mainboard ü ü ü ü ü (1) One user’s manual ü ü ü ü ü (1) Floppy ribbon cable ü ü ü ü ü (1) IDE ribbon cable ATA-66 IDE ribbon cable (EP-MVP3G2/5 only) ü...
Page 8: Ep-Mvp3G-M/2/5 Form-Factor
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Form Factor The EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 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.
Page 9: I/O Shield Connector
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Introduction I/O Shield Connector The EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 is equipped with an I/O back panel.Please use the appro- priate I/O shield (figure 3). Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard COM2 COM1 Figure 3 Power-On/Off (Remote) The EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies.
Page 10: System Block Diagram
Introduction EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 System Block Diagram Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-4...
Page 11: Features
Supports (2) 16 bit ISA slots, (5) 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 33/66 devices. The EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 sup- ports (5) PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT# control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging in PCI card(s).
Page 12 Features EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 • allows use of a PS/2 keyboard. • EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protection and longer battery life. • 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).
Page 13 EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Installation Page 3-1...
Page 14: Ep-Mvp3G-M/2/5 Detailed Layout
Installation EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Detailed Layout Figure 1 Page 3-2...
Page 15: Configure Jumpers
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Installation The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. Configure Jumpers 3-2. System Memory Configuration 3-3. Device Connectors 3-4. External Modem Ring-in Power On and Keyboard Power On Function (KBPO) We design this motherboard with the fewest jumpers to make your install fast and easy.
Page 16: Cpu Selection
Installation EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 CPU Selection / x i I I I i t l i l p 28 27 112MHz 100MHz 95MHz 83MHz 75MHz 66MHz 5.5X 4.5X 3.5X 2.5X ESDJ * Reserved Page 3-4...
Page 17 EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Installation The EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 supports (3) 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. • DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns) or 125MHz (8ns) bus speed.
Page 18 Installation EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 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).
Page 19 EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Installation Please install the motherboard into the chassis. Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connec- tions (figure 6). Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard COM2 COM1 Figure 6 J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector •...
Page 20 Installation EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 (This is connected to the power button on the case. Using the Soft- Off 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 go into suspend mode when the button is pressed momentarily.)
Page 21 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-MVP3G-M/2/5 mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.
Page 22 Installation EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Page 3-10...
Page 23: Award Bios Setup
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 BIOS Section 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS Instructions 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, so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off.
Page 24: Standard Cmos Setup
BIOS EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 The menu displays all major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving cursor (press any direction key ) to the item and press the 'Enter' key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moving to various items which provides a better understanding of each function.
Page 25: Bios Features Setup
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 BIOS Note: If the Primary Master/Slave and the Secondary Master/Slave are set as "Auto", the hard disk size and model will be auto-detected. Note: The "Halt On :" field is to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if an error occurrs.
Page 26 BIOS EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Enabled : Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when any attempt to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. Disabled :No warning message to appear when any attempt to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Page 27 EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 BIOS Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K. Boot Up NumLock Status: The default value is On. On : Keypad is number keys. Off : Keypad is arrow keys. Gate A20 Option: This refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1MB (extended memory).
Page 28 BIOS EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: This filed controls the ability of a primary PCI VGA controller to share a common palette (when a snoop write cycles) with an ISA video card. The default value is Disabled. Enabled: If an ISA card connects to a PCI VGA card via the VESA connector and the ISA card connects to VGA monitor and uses the RAMDAC of PCI card, the PCI/VGA Palette Snoop is enabled.
Page 29: Chipset Features Setup
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 BIOS These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K byte or 32K byte per unit and the size depends on the chipset. Enabled : Optional shadow is enabled. Disabled: Optional shadow is disabled. 4-3 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Choose the "CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP"...
Page 30 BIOS EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5 DRAM Timing: This value in this field is set by the system board manufacturer, depending on whether the board has paged DRAMs or EDO (extended data output) DRAMs. The Choice: Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5.
Page 31 EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 BIOS Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk: Allows you to stop DIMM/PCI Clock drive when the DIMM site or PCI Slot are not plug. This item may help reduce EMI. The default is Enabled. Enabled: Provides unused DIMM/PCI to stop. Disabled: Provides the clock generator always driving.
Page 32: Power Management Setup
BIOS EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 4-4 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP Choose the "POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP" in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it is absolutely necessary.
Page 33 EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 BIOS Min. saving: Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode. User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode. PM controlled APM: This option shows weather or not you want the Power Management to be controlled the Advanced Power Management (APM).
Page 34 BIOS EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN: Use this to select your soft-off function. The default is Delay 4 sec. Instant Off: Turns off instantly. Delay 4 Second : Turns off after a 4 second delay. If momentary press of button, the system will go into Suspend Mode. Press again to take system out of Suspend Mode.
Page 35: Pnp/Pci Configuration
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 BIOS 4-5 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION The PNP/PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI/ISA IRQ signals when various PCI/ISA cards are inserted in the PCI or ISA slots. WARNING : Any misplacing IRQ could cause system can't pick out the rescouces.
Page 36 BIOS EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Reset Configuration Data: The default value is Disabled. Disabled: Normal Setting Enabled: If you plug some Legacuy cards in the system and record into ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data). You can set this field to be Enabled and to clear ESCD at one time, when some Legacy cards are removed.
Page 37: Integrated Peripherals
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 BIOS 4-6 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 4-6 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 4-6 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 4-6 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 4-6 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5LEPAE) INTEGRATER PERIPHERALS WARD SOFTWARE, INC. OnChip IDE First Channel : Enabled Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7 OnChip IDE Second Channel...
Page 38 BIOS EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. IDE HDD Block Mode: The default value is Enabled. Enabled : Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode. The HDD transfer rate is better than Disable. Disabled: Disable IDE HDD Block Mode. IDE Primary Master PIO: The default value is Auto.
Page 39 EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 BIOS IDE Secondary Master UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive. The default is Auto. Auto : The computer will select the optimal setting. Disabled : The hard drive will run in normal mode.
Page 40 BIOS EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 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 format.
Page 41: Load Setup Defaults
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 BIOS Parallel Port EPP Type: This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I/O chip. The Choice: EPP1.9, EPP1.7. USB Keyboard Support: The controls the activation status of an optional USB Keyboard that may ne attached. The default is disabled.
Page 42: Change Supervisor Or User Password
BIOS EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 CHANGE SUPERVISOR or USER PASSWORD CHANGE SUPERVISOR or USER PASSWORD 4-8 CHANGE SUPERVISOR or USER PASSWORD CHANGE SUPERVISOR or USER PASSWORD CHANGE SUPERVISOR or USER PASSWORD To change the password, choose the "SUPERVISOR PASSWORD or USER PASS- WORD " option from the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu and press [Enter].
Page 43: Ide Hdd Auto Detection
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 BIOS 4-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 4-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 4-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 4-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 4-9 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.
Page 44 BIOS EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 If an user sets the HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible HDD size will be 528 Megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that! LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode: This is a new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck.
Page 45: Save & Exit Setup
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 BIOS Note: To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be some softwares involved. All softwares are located in the Award HDD Service Routine (1NT 13h). It may fail to access a HDD with LBA (LARGE) mode selected if you are running under on Operating System which replaces the whole 1NT 13h.
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Page 47: Appendix
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Appendix Appendix A A-1 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...
Page 48: Timer & Dma Channels Map
Appendix EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 [2F8-2FF] SERIAL port 2. [360-36F] NETWORK ports. [378-37F] PARALLEL port 1. [3B0-3BF] MONOCHROME & PARALLEL port adapter. [3C0-3CF] EGA adapter. [3D0-3DF] CGA adapter. [3F0-3F7] FLOPPY DISK controller. [3F8-3FF] SERIAL port 1. A-3 TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP TIMER MAP: TIMER Channel 0 System timer interrupt.
Page 49: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Appendix 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: Seconds. Second alarm.
Page 50 Appendix EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Base memory high byte. Extension memory low byte. Extension memory high byte. 19-2d 2E-2F Reserved for extension memory low byte. Reserved for extension memory high byte. DATE CENTURY byte. INFORMATION FLAG. 34-3F Reserve. 40-7F Reserved for CHIPSET SETTING DATA.
Page 51: Post Codes
EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Appendix Appendix B B-1 POST CODES ISA POST codes are typically output to I/O 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.
Page 52 Appendix EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Create resource map from ESCD. 5. Assign IO & Memory for PCI devices. (PCI BIOS only) 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.
Page 53 EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 Appendix 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. 2. Install PS2 mouse.
Page 54: Unexpected Errors
Appendix EP-MVP3G-M/2/5 5. Program parity according to Setup setting. 6. Power Management Initialization. Enable/Disable global PM. APM interface initialization. 1. If it is NOT a PnP BIOS, initialize serial & parallel ports. 2. Initialize time value in BIOS data area by translate the RTC time value into a timer tick value.

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