Isa/pci agp motherboard with onboard pci ide and super multi-i/o (9 pages)
Summary of Contents for EPOX BX6
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motherboard TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. These specifications are subjected to change without notice. Manual Revision 1.0 Feb. 16 , 2000...
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Supports (1) 16 bit ISA slots, (6) 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 devices. The BX6 supports (6) PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT# control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging in PCI card(s).
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Features • BX6 utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protec- tion and longer battery life. • Supports the Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. The onboard PIIX4E chip provides the means for connecting PC peripherals such as; keyboards, joysticks, telephones, and modems.
Installation The following must be completed before powering on your new system: Configure Jumpers System memory Configuration Device Connectors The following will describe all of the setting that you are required to set before moving on to step 2. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A69KPAI) SENSOR &...
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Installation I I I Note: Based on the implementation of the Intel 440BX AGPset, the BX6 is able to provide multiple front side bus (FSB) frequencies for Slot 1 processors and memory operations. The motherboard's FSB is easily se- lected by BIOS Setup listed above to match the FSB required by your processor.
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Installation J P X 1 & J P X 2 J P X 1 T h e F ifth o r Six th P C I M a ster S elect & 1 -2 - S ix th S la v e (D efa u lt) J P X 2 2 -3 - S ix th M a ster S B -L IN K C o n n ector...
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Installation The BX6 supports (3) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs can be either EDO (Extended Data Out) or SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM). • We recommend not mixing SDRAM DIMM and EDO DIMM together. • EDO DIMM can only be used with the 66MHz FSB.
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Installation Please install the motherboard into the chassis. Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connec- tions (figure 7). Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard COM2 COM1 Figure 7 J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector • Power LED, Speaker, Reset, Turbo LED, HDD LED, IR Conn., Sleep/ Power_ON CPU Fan Power •...
Installation Power On/Off (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 immediately), or 4 sec delay (you need to hold the button down for 4 seconds before the system turns off).