EPOX EP-8KTA User Manual

An amd socket a processor based mainboard (100mhz) suppor ts pc133/vc133 memory modules

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Page 1 EP-8KT EP-8KT A A A A A EP-8KT EP-8KT EP-8KT An AMD Soc AMD Soc AMD Soc AMD Sock k k k k et et et et et A Pr A Pr A Pr A Processor based ocessor based ocessor based ocessor based AMD Soc A Pr...
Page 2: User Notice
EP-8KTA User Notice The product name and revision number are both printed on the mainboard itself. Handling Procedures CAUTION The EP-8KTA mainboard is subject to damage by static electricity. Always observe the handling procedures.
Page 3 EP-8KTA Technical Support Services EP-8KTA 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-8KTA 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-8KTA Appendix Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D...
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Page 7 EP-8KTA Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist USER’S MANUAL EP-8KTA Page 1-1...
Page 8 Introduction EP-8KTA Overview AMD Duron & Athlon Processors Page 1-2...
Page 9: Hardware Monitoring
EP-8KTA Introduction Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.) Hardware Monitoring Page 1-3...
Page 10 Introduction EP-8KTA EP-8KTA Form-Factor Power Supply 3 1/2" 5 1/4" Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features Page 1-4...
Page 11 EP-8KTA Introduction I/O Shield Connector The EP-8KTA Joystick/Midi port parallel port PS/2 Mouse USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 COM2 Speaker Line_in Figure 3: I/O back panel layout Power-On/Off (Remote) The EP-8KTA Remote On/Off The EP-8KTA ® ® POWER SUPPLY Case (chassis) Power...
Page 12: System Block Diagram
Introduction EP-8KTA System Block Diagram Socket A Processors 100MHz 133/100MHz 66MHz PCI Bridge and memory controller VT8363 VT82C686A I/O Bridge USB 0,1 USB 2,3 Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-6...
Page 13 EP-8KTA Features Section 2 FEATURES EP-8KTA Features: ® ® Page 2-1...
Page 14 Features EP-8KTA Page 2-2...
Page 15 EP-8KTA Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Page 3-1...
Page 16 Installation EP-8KTA EP-8KTA Detailed Layout Page 3-2...
Page 17 EP-8KTA Installation Easy Installation Procedure Section 3-1 CPU Insertion Page 3-3...
Page 18 Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-4...
Page 19: Jumper Settings
EP-8KTA Installation Section 3-2 Jumper Settings ! " # SW1 Pin6 OFF = Vcore adjustable by switch ON = Vcore auto detected *Note: any Vcore setting over CPU specification may cause CPU to be burned. CMOS Clear JP1 = 1-2 Normal (Default)
Page 20 Installation EP-8KTA Power Loss Recovery JP3 = 1-2 Disabled = 2-3 Enabled JP13 Keyboard Power-ON Function JP13 = 1-2 Disabled (Default) = 2-3 Enabled JP14 CPU Host Clock Select JP14 = 1-2 100MHz = 2-3 133MHz Page 3-6...
Page 21: System Memory Configuration
EP-8KTA Installation Section 3-3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout Bank 0/1 DIMM 1 Synchronous Bank 2/3 DIMM 2 DRAM Bank 4/5 DIMM 3 Page 3-7...
Page 22: Dimm Module Installation
Installation EP-8KTA DIMM Module Installation (UNBUFFERED) Page 3-8...
Page 23 EP-8KTA Installation Section 3-4 Device Connectors Page 3-9...
Page 24 Installation EP-8KTA -Data +Data +Data -Data Page 3-10...
Page 25: Device Connectors
EP-8KTA Installation Device Connectors (continued) Power On/Off Turbo LED indicator - IDE LED indicator - IR Connector Power LED - Speaker - Reset - Page 3-11...
Page 26 Installation EP-8KTA Section 3-5 External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) JP13 Keyboard Power-ON Function JP13 = 1-2 Disabled (Default) = 2-3 Enabled ® ® Notes: Page 3-12...
Page 27 EP-8KTA Installation 3-6 STR (Suspend To RAM) Function ® ® Page 3-13...
Page 28 Installation EP-8KTA ACPI Onboard’s LED Status Indicator Table Status Onboard’s Shutdown Plug in the ATX Power ON Green Mode (Soft-OFF) Location Power Core J3(PW-ON) (S1) (S3) (S5) LED1 (Red LED) Blinking Blinking PW_LED Page 3-14...
Page 29: Award Bios Setup
EP-8KTA BIOS Section 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP Main Menu Figure 1: CMOS Setup Utility Page 4-1...
Page 30: Standard Cmos Setup
BIOS EP-8KTA 4-1 Standard CMOS Setup Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup Page 4-2...
Page 31: Advanced Bios Features
EP-8KTA BIOS NOTE: If the hard disk Primary Master/Slave and Secondary Master/ Slave are set to Auto, then the hard disk size and model will be auto-detected. NOTE: The “Halt On:” field is used to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if an error occurs.
Page 32 BIOS EP-8KTA Note: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message. If you plan to run such a program, we recommend that you first disable the virus warning Page 4-4...
Page 33 EP-8KTA BIOS Note: BIOS can not tell the difference between 720K, 1.2MB and 1.44MB drive types as they are all 80 tracks. Page 4-5...
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Page 35 EP-8KTA BIOS Page 4-7...
Page 36: Advanced Chipset Features
BIOS EP-8KTA 4-3 Advanced Chipset Features Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup Enabled Disabled Page 4-8...
Page 37 EP-8KTA BIOS Enabled: This field enables the main memory (15~16MB) to remap to ISA BUS. Disabled: Normal Setting. Note: If this feature is enabled you will not be able to cache this memory segment. Page 4-9...
Page 38 BIOS EP-8KTA Enabled: Disabled: Page 4-10...
Page 39: Integrated Peripherals
EP-8KTA BIOS 4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals Note: If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector, then you will need to set Onboard Primary PCI IDE: Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE: Disabled Note: The Onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches (45 cm.).
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Page 42 BIOS EP-8KTA 300-303H 310-313H 320-323H 330-333H (default) Page 4-14...
Page 43: Power Management Setup
EP-8KTA BIOS 4-5 Power Management Setup Figure 6: Power Management Setup Page 4-15...
Page 44 BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-16...
Page 45 EP-8KTA BIOS Enabled Enable rtc alarm resume, Page 4-17...
Page 46 BIOS EP-8KTA 4-6 PNP/PCI Configuration WARNING: Conflicting IRQ’s may cause the system to not find certain devices. Figure 7: PCI Configuration Setup Page 4-18...
Page 47 EP-8KTA BIOS Page 4-19...
Page 48 BIOS EP-8KTA 4-7 PC Health Status C/87 C/32 6135 RPM 0 RPM 1.62V 3.22V 5.01V 12.12V Page 4-20...
Page 49 EP-8KTA BIOS 4-8 Frequency/Voltage Control Host Clock: 2/3 Host: Enabled: Disabled: Page 4-21...
Page 50 BIOS EP-8KTA 4-9 Defaults Menu Page 4-22...
Page 51 EP-8KTA BIOS 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting ENTER PASSWORD: PASSWORD DISABLED. Page 4-23...
Page 52: Exit Selecting
BIOS EP-8KTA 4-11 Exit Selecting Save & Exit Setup Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? ; Exit Without Saving Quit without saving (Y/N)? ; Page 4-24...
Page 53 Appendix EP-8KTA Appendix A A-1 MEMORY MAP A-2 I/O MAP...
Page 54 Appendix EP-8KTA A-3 TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP A-4 INTERRUPT MAP...
Page 55 Appendix EP-8KTA A-5 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP...
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Page 57 Appendix EP-8KTA Appendix B B-1 POST CODES For BIOS 6.0 Code POST (hex) DESCRIPTION...
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Page 65: Load Optimized Defaults
Appendix EP-8KTA 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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Page 67 EP-8KTA 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 68 Appendix EP-8KTA 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 69 EP-8KTA 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.
Page 70 Appendix EP-8KTA 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.
Page 71 EP-8KTA 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...
Page 72 Appendix EP-8KTA 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 73 EP-8KTA 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 74 Appendix EP-8KTA Partition From Image (Restore Partition) Select the backup file to be restored. 2. Select the source partition. 3. Select the disk to be restored.
Page 75 EP-8KTA 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.

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