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EPOX EP-3VBM+ Manual

A socket 370 processor based agp mainboard (133/100/66 mhz)
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Manual Revision 1.0
December 20, 1999

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  • Page 1 EP-3VBM+ EP-3VBM+ EP-3VBM+ EP-3VBM+ EP-3VBM+ A Soc A Soc k k k k k et 370 Pr A Soc et 370 Pr et 370 Pr et 370 Pr ocessor based ocessor based ocessor based ocessor based A Soc A Soc et 370 Pr ocessor based A A A A A GP Mainboar...

  • Page 2: User Notice

    In no event shall EPoX be liable for any loss of profits, loss of business, loss of use or data, interruption of business or for indirect,...
  • Page 3 EP-3VBM+ serial number: _________________________________ Contacting Technical Support EPoX technical support is working hard to answer all of your questions online. From our website you can find answers to many common questions, drivers, BIOS updates, tech notes, and important technical bulletins. If you are still unable to locate the solution you are seeking, you always have the option to contact our support technicians directly.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    EP-3VBM+ Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Components Checklist ........1-1 Overview EP-3VBM+ 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-3VBM+ Features ......... 2-1 Section 3 Installation EP-3VBM+ Detailed Layout ......
  • Page 5 EP-3VBM+ Sensor and CPU Speed Setup ......4-22 Change Supervisor or User Password ....4-24 IDE HDD Auto Detection ........4-25 Save & Exit Setup ..........4-27 Exit Without Saving ........... 4-27 Section 5 Appendix Appendix A Memory Map ............. A-1 I/O Map .............
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  • Page 7: Introduction

    EP-3VBM+ Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist ü ü ü ü ü EP-3VBM+ mainboard ü ü ü ü ü EP-3VBM+ user’s manual ü ü ü ü ü Floppy drive ribbon cable ü ü ü ü ü Hard drive ribbon cable ü...

  • Page 8: Ep-3Vbm+ Form-Factor

    EP-3VBM+ Introduction EP-3VBM+ Form-Factor The EP-3VBM+ is designed with Micro-ATX form factor - the new industry standard of chassis. The Micro-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. With these changes the processor is relocated away from the expansion slots, allowing them all to hold full length add-in cards.

  • Page 9: I/O Shield Connector

    EP-3VBM+ Introduction I/O Shield Connector The EP-3VBM+ is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield (figure 2). Joystick/Midi port parallel port PS/2 Mouse USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 COM2 Speaker Line_in Figure 2: I/O back panel layout Power-On/Off (Remote) The EP-3VBM+ has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies.

  • Page 10: System Block Diagram

    EP-3VBM+ Introduction System Block Diagram 133/100/66MHz 66MHz 100/66MHz PCI Bridge and memory controller VT82C693A AM R Slot VT82C686A I/O Bridge USB 0,1 USB 2,3 Figure 4: System Block Diagram Page 1-4...

  • Page 11: Features

    Note: Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” is also supported • Features Award Plug & Play BIOS. With Flash Memory you can always upgrade to the current BIOS as they are released. (http://www.epox.com/ please visit our Technical Support section for the latest updates). •...
  • Page 12 EP-3VBM+ Features • Supports the (4) Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports. The onboard VT82C686A chip provides the means for connecting PC peripherals such as; keyboards, joysticks, telephones, and modems. • Built-in ATX 20-pin power supply connector. • ® Software power-down when using Windows 95/98.

  • Page 13: Installation

    EP-3VBM+ Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Page 3-1...

  • Page 14: Ep-3Vbm+ Detailed Layout

    EP-3VBM+ Installation EP-3VBM+ Detailed Layout Figure 1 Page 3-2...

  • Page 15: Easy Installation Procedure

    EP-3VBM+ Installation Easy Installation Procedure The EP-3VBM+ is designed for all Socket 370 processors, such as Intel FC-PGA 370 CuMine (Coppermine) 128K/256K processors which are based on 0.18 micro process technology and utilizing the AGTL+ bus architecture at 100 and 133MHz. The EP-3VBM+ has the very few jumpers on board, making your installation faster and easier.
  • Page 16 EP-3VBM+ Installation Step 2 Insert the processor. Ensure proper pin 1 orientation by aligning the FC-PGA corner marking with the socket corner closest to the actuation arm tip. The pin field is keyed to prevent mis-oriented insertion. Don’t force processor into socket. If it does not go in easily, check for mis-orientation and Figure 3 debris.

  • Page 17: Jumper Settings

    EP-3VBM+ Installation Section 3-2 Jumper Settings SW1: CPU Mutiple Frequency Selection 1 2 3 4 *reserved The CPU frequency with “*” is reserved for future CPU use and hasn’t been approved and tested yet at this moment. JP3: CPU FSB Selection The FSB can be 66, 100 and 133MHz 66MHz (Default)

  • Page 18: System Memory Configuration

    EP-3VBM+ Installation Section 3-3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The EP-3VBM+ supports (2) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs can be either EDO (Enhanced Data Out) or SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM). • DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns) or 125MHz (8ns) bus speed.

  • Page 19: Dimm Module Installation

    EP-3VBM+ Installation DIMM Module Installation Figure 7 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 8) until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket (figure 9).
  • Page 20 EP-3VBM+ Installation Figure 9 DIMM Module clip after installation To remove the DIMM module simply press down both of the white clips on either side and the module will be released from the socket. Page 3-8...

  • Page 21: Device Connectors

    EP-3VBM+ Installation Section 3-4 Device Connectors Please install the motherboard into the chassis. Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connections (figure 10). Joystic/Midi port parallel port PS/2 Mouse USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 COM2 Speaker Line_in...
  • Page 22 EP-3VBM+ Installation Device Connectors (continued) (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 23: External Modem Ring-In Power On And Keyboard Power On Function (Kbpo)

    EP-3VBM+ Installation Section 3-5 External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) 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-3VBM+ mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.
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  • Page 25: Award Bios Setup

    EP-3VBM+ 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 26: Standard Cmos Setup

    EP-3VBM+ BIOS The menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction key ) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function.

  • Page 27: Bios Features Setup

    EP-3VBM+ BIOS Note: The “Halt On:” field is used to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if an error occurs. Note: Floppy 3 Mode support is a mode used to support a special 3.5” drive used in Japan. This is a 3.5” disk that stores only 1.2 MB, the default setting for this is disabled.
  • Page 28 EP-3VBM+ BIOS Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector. Disabled: No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector. Note: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message.
  • Page 29 EP-3VBM+ BIOS Boot Sequence: This category determines which drive is searched first by the O/S (Operating System). The default is A,C,SCSI. The following is your list of options: [A, C, SCSI] - [C, A, SCSI] - [C, CD-ROM, A] - [CD-ROM, C, A] [D, A,CD-ROM],[E, A, CD-ROM] - [F, A, CD-ROM] - [SCSI, A, C] [SCSI C, A] - [C Only] Swap Floppy Drive:...
  • Page 30 EP-3VBM+ BIOS IDE HDD Block Mode: IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time. The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode. Provides higher HDD transfer rates. Disabled: Disable IDE HDD Block Mode.
  • Page 31 EP-3VBM+ BIOS The default is 250. 250: 250 msec. 500: 500 msec. 750: 750 msec. 1000: 1000 msec. Security Option: This category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup, or just to Setup. The default is Setup. System: The system will not boot and the access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

  • Page 32: Chipset Features Setup

    EP-3VBM+ BIOS C8000 - CBFFF Shadow: CC000 - CFFFF Shadow: D0000 - D3FFF Shadow: D4000 - D7FFF Shadow: D8000 - DBFFF Shadow: DC000 - DFFFF Shadow: These categories determine whether ROMs from option cards will be copied into RAM. This will be in 16K byte or 32K byte units, and the size will depend on chipset of the option card.
  • Page 33 EP-3VBM+ BIOS 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. SDRAM Cycle length: This setting defines the CAS timing parameter of the SDRAM in terms of clocks.
  • Page 34 EP-3VBM+ BIOS Read Around write: DRAM optimization feature: If a memory read is addressed to a location whose latest write is being held in a buffer contents, and the read is not sent to the DRAM. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled Concurrent PCI/Host: When disabled, CPU bus will be occupied during the entire PCI operation period.

  • Page 35: Power Management Setup

    EP-3VBM+ BIOS OnChip USB: Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus(USB) controller and you have a USB peripheral. USB Keyboard Support: This controls the activation status of an optional USB keyboard that may be attached. The default is disabled. Enabled: Enable USB keyboard support.
  • Page 36 EP-3VBM+ BIOS You can only change the content of Doze Mode, Standby Mode, and Suspend Mode when the Power Management is set to ‘User Define’. Power Management: Use this to select your Power Management selection. The default is User define. Disabled: The system operates in NORMAL conditions (Non-GREEN), and the Power Management function is disabled.
  • Page 37 EP-3VBM+ BIOS MODEM Use IRQ: Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system. Default is IRQ 3. N/A: No IRQ is used. 3: IRQ 3 4: IRQ 4 5: IRQ 5 7: IRQ 7...
  • Page 38 EP-3VBM+ BIOS VGA: When set to On (default), any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which has been powered down. LPT & COM: When set to On (default), any event occurring at a COM(serial)/LPT (printer) port will awaken a system which has been powered down. HDD &...

  • Page 39: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    EP-3VBM+ 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: Conflicting IRQ’s may cause the system to not find certain devices.
  • Page 40 EP-3VBM+ BIOS Reset Configuration Data: This setting allows you to clear ESCD data.. The default is Disabled. Disabled: Normal Setting. Enabled: If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the system and they were recorded into ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data), you can set this field to Enabled in order to clear ESCD.

  • Page 41: Load Setup Defaults

    EP-3VBM+ BIOS 4-6 Load Setup Defaults The “LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS” function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly. This function will be necessary only when the system CMOS data is corrupted. 4-7 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 42 EP-3VBM+ BIOS Onchip IDE Channel: The default value is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE primary port. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE primary port. Onchip IDE Channel: The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE secondary port. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE secondary port. Primary Master PIO: The default is Auto.
  • Page 43 EP-3VBM+ BIOS Primary Slave 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. Secondary Master UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive.
  • Page 44 EP-3VBM+ BIOS COM4: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8H/IRQ3. Disabled: Disable Onboard Serial port 1. Onboard Serial Port 2: This field allows the user to configure the 2nd serial port. The default is Auto. AUTO: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is Auto adjusted COM1: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8H/IRQ4.
  • Page 45 EP-3VBM+ BIOS Onboard Parallel Mode: This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode. The default is ECP+EPP. Normal: Standard mode. IBM PC/AT Compatible bidirectional parallel port. EPP: Enhanced Parallel Port mode. ECP: Extended Capabilities Port mode. EPP+ECP: ECP Mode & EPP Mode. ECP Mode USE DMA: This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode.

  • Page 46: Sensor And Cpu Speed Setup

    EP-3VBM+ BIOS FM Port (388-38BH): Frequency modulation port at I/O port 388-38BH enabled/disabled. Game Port (200-207H): Built-in joystick port support disabled/enabled(default). 4-8 SENSOR AND CPU SPEED SETUP ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) SENSOR AND CPU SPEED SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk : Enabled Current CPU Temp.
  • Page 47 EP-3VBM+ BIOS CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI): Allows the external clock to be modified depending upon what FSB has been selected. Should not be used to clock processor faster than it was designed for. (See page A-11). The default is Default. 66MHz FSB options: Default, 66.8, 68.5, 75, and 83MHz.

  • Page 48: Change Supervisor Or User Password

    EP-3VBM+ BIOS 4-9 Change Supervisor or User Password To change the password, choose the “SUPERVISOR PASSWORD or USER PASSWORD” option from the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu and press [Enter]. NOTE: Either “Setup” or “System” must be selected in the “Security Option” of the BIOS FEATURES SETUP menu.

  • Page 49: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    EP-3VBM+ BIOS 4-10 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. But now you can set HARD DISK TYPE to Auto in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP.
  • Page 50 EP-3VBM+ BIOS If user set his 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: A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck.

  • Page 51: Save & Exit Setup

    EP-3VBM+ BIOS Service Routine (INT 13h). It may fail to access a HDD with LBA (LARGE) mode selected if you are running under an Operating System which replaces the whole INT 13h. UNIX operating systems do not support either LBA or LARGE and must utilize the Standard mode.
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  • Page 53: Appendix

    EP-3VBM+ 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 ROMs [E0000-EEFFF] Available for UMB...

  • Page 54: Timer & Dma Channels Map

    EP-3VBM+ Appendix [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. TIMER Channel 1 DRAM REFRESH request. TIMER Channel 2 SPEAKER tone generator.

  • Page 55: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map

    EP-3VBM+ Appendix 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. Minutes. Minutes alarm. Hours. Hours alarm. Day of week. Day of month. Month.

  • Page 56: Post Codes

    EP-3VBM+ 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 57 EP-3VBM+ Appendix 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 & decide the system clock speed. 3. Video initialization including Monochrome, CGA, EGA/VGA. If no display device found, the speaker will beep.
  • Page 58 EP-3VBM+ Appendix Try to turn on Level 2 cache. Note: Some chipset may need to turn on the L2 cache in this stage. But usually, the cache is turn on later in POST 61h. 3F-40 Reserved. 1. Program the rest of the Chipset's value according to Setup. (Later Setup Value Program) 2.

  • Page 59: Unexpected Errors

    EP-3VBM+ Appendix 1. Try to turn on Level 2 cache. Note: If L2 cache is already turned on in POST 3D, this part will be skipped. 2. Set the boot up speed according to Setup setting. 3. Last chance for Chipset initialization. 4.
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  • Page 61: Appendix C Load Setup Defaults

    EP-3VBM+ Appendix Appendix C NOTE: The "LOAD SETUP 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. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LGPAA) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
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  • Page 63: Ghost 5.1 Quick User's Guide

    EP-3VBM+ Appendix Appendix D D-1 G H OST 5. 1 Q u ick User’ s G u ide 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 64 Appendix EP-3VBM+ 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 65 EP-3VBM+ 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. A-13...
  • Page 66 Appendix EP-3VBM+ 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. A-14...
  • Page 67 EP-3VBM+ 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 A-15...
  • Page 68 Appendix EP-3VBM+ 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 69 EP-3VBM+ 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 70 Appendix EP-3VBM+ Partition From Image (Restore Partition) Select the backup file to be restored. 2. Select the source partition. 3. Select the disk to be restored. A-18...
  • Page 71 EP-3VBM+ 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. A-19...

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