Amd socket a processor based agp (8x) mainboard (200/266/333mhz) supports pc1600/pc2100/pc2700 memory modules (ddr memory) (89 pages)
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM EP-3VWM EP-3VWM EP-3VWM EP-3VWM A Soc A Soc A Sock k k k k et 370 Pr et 370 Pr et 370 Pr et 370 Processor based ocessor based ocessor based ocessor based...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM User Notice The product name and revision number are both printed on the mainboard itself. Handling Procedures CAUTION The EP-3VWM mainboard is subject to damage by static electricity. Always observe the handling procedures.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM Technical Support Services EP-3VWM 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.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Overview Section 2 Features Section 3 Installatio Easy Installation Procedure Section 4 Award BIOS Setup...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM Appendix Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM 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 USERS...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Introduction EP-3VWM EP-3VWM Form-Factor Power Supply 3 1/2" 5 1/4" Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features Page 1-2...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM Introduction I/O Shield Connector The EP-3VWM parallel port Joystick/Midi port PS/2 Mouse USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 VGA1 Speaker Line_in Figure 3: I/O back panel layout Power-On/Off (Remote) The EP-3VWM Remote On/Off The EP-3VWM ®...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Introduction EP-3VWM System Block Diagram Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-4...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM Features Section 2 FEATURES EP-3VWM Features: Page 2-1...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Features EP-3VWM ® ® Page 2-2...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM Installation Easy Installation Procedure 3-1. CPU Insertion 3-2. Jumper Settings 3-3. System memory Configuration 3-4. Device Connectors Section 3-1 CPU Insertion Step 1 Step 2 Page 3-3...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Installation EP-3VWM Step 3 Note: Intels reference design thermal solution is an active heatsink; an extruded alumi- num heatsink based and a fan attached to the top on the fin array. (See Figure 5)
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM Installation Section 3-2 Jumper Settings CMOS Clear JP1 = 1-2 Normal (Default) = 2-3 Clear CMOS Power Loss Recovery JP3 = 1-2 Disabled = 2-3 Enabled JP20 CPU Frequency Ratio Select JP18...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Installation EP-3VWM Section 3-3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout Bank 0/1 DIMM 1 -Synchronous -Synchronous Bank 2/3 DIMM 2 Dram. Page 3-6...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM Installation DIMM Module Installation (UNBUFFERED) Page 3-7...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Installation EP-3VWM Section 3-4 Device Connectors J2,J3: IDE1: IDE2: FDD1: PW2: CD_IN: VCD_IN: Page 3-8...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM Installation MODEM_IN: COM2: USB2: -Data +Data +Data -Data r o l e t i e t i Page 3-9...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Installation EP-3VWM Device Connectors (continued) Power On/Off Turbo LED indicator - IDE LED indicator - IR Connector Power LED - Speaker - Reset - Page 3-10...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Appendix EP-3VWM 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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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM 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.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Appendix EP-3VWM 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.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM 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.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Appendix EP-3VWM 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.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM 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...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Appendix EP-3VWM 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.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM 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.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Appendix EP-3VWM Partition From Image (Restore Partition) Select the backup file to be restored. 2. Select the source partition. 3. Select the disk to be restored.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EP-3VWM 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.