EPOX EP-3WXM2 User Manual

A celeron socket 370 processor based intel 810 chipset mainboard (100/66mhz)

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Page 2 EPoX has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product. EPoX may revise this manual from time to time without notice.
Page 3 EP-3WXM/2/4 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-3WXM/2/4 Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Components Checklist ..........1-1 Overview Intel Celeron processors, the plastic pin grid array (P.P.G.A.) 370 ............1-2 The plastic pin grid array (P.P.G.A.) 370 processor Installation and Removal .......... 1-3 Intel(R) 810 chipset features ........1-4 EP-3WXM/2/4 Form-Factor ........1-6 I/O Shield Connector ..........1-7 Power-On/Off (Remote) ..........
Page 5 EP-3WXM/2/4 PC Health Status ............4-21 Frequency/Voltage Control ........4-22 Defaults Menu ............4-23 Supervisor/User Password Setting ......4-24 Exit Selecting ............4-25 Section 5 810 VGA and Sound Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation ..........5-1 Appendix Appendix A Memory Map ............A-1 I/O Map ..............A-1 Timer &...
Page 6 EP-3WXM/2/4 Page Left Blank...
Page 7: Introduction
EP-3WXM/2/4 Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist ü ü ü ü ü A. (1) EP-3WXM/2/4 mainboard ü ü ü ü ü B. (1) EP-3WXM/2/4 user’s manual ü ü ü ü ü C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable ü ü ü ü ü D.
Page 8: Overview
Introduction EP-3WXM/2/4 Overview Intel Celeron processors, the plastic pin grid array (P.P.G.A.) 370 The Intel Celeron processors provide power to handle the internet, educational programs, interactive 3D games, and productivity applications. The Intel Celeron processors at 466, 433, 400, 366, 333 and 300A MHz include integrated L2 cache 128Kbyte.
Page 9: The Plastic Pin Grid Array (P.p.g.a.) 370 Processor Installation And Removal
EP-3WXM/2/4 Introduction applications to achieve a new level of performance. Intel’s MMX technology is designed as a set of basic, general-purpose integer instructions that are easily applied to the needs of a wide diversity of multimedia and communications applications. The highlights of the technology are: * Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD) technique * 57 new instructions * Eight 64-bit wide MMX technology registers...
Page 10: Intel(R) 810 Chipset Features
Introduction EP-3WXM/2/4 Removal: To simplify the following process, consider removing the motherboard from the chassis before removing the processor. First, unplug the fan power cable from the motherboard’s connector. Then pull the integrated clip away from the socket’s tab nearest the fan cable. (A small tool, such as a pen or screwdriver, may make this process easier.) Once the clip is free, slowly lift the fan heatsink straight up away from the socket and the processor.
Page 11 EP-3WXM/2/4 Introduction The Accelerated Hub Architecture provides twice the bandwidth of the PCI bus at 266 MB per second. This allows a wider flow of rich information from the I/O controller to the memory controller, with optimized arbitration rules allowing more functions to run concurrently, enabling more life-like audio and video.
Page 12: Ep-3Wxm/2/4 Form-Factor
Introduction EP-3WXM/2/4 EP-3WXM/2/4 Form-Factor The EP-3WXM/2/4 is designed with Micro-ATX form factor - the new industry standard of chassis. The Micro-ATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT base- board rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply.
Page 13: I/O Shield Connector
EP-3WXM/2/4 Introduction I/O Shield Connector The EP-3WXM/2/4 is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropri- ate I/O shield (figure 3). Joystick/Midi parallel port PS/2 Mouse USB port PS/2 COM1 VGA1 Speaker Line_in Figure 3: I/O back panel layout Power-On/Off (Remote) The EP-3WXM/2/4 has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies.
Page 14: System Block Diagram
Introduction EP-3WXM/2/4 System Block Diagram Figure 5: System Block Diagram Page 1-8...
Page 15: Ep-3Wxm/2/4 Features
EP-3WXM/2/4 Features Section 2 FEATURES EP-3WXM/2/4 Features: • EP-3WXM/2/4 is based on the Intel Celeron Processor operating at 300A ~ 466MHz (66MHz) or 100MHz FSB for feature processor on PPGA 370 socket. The board is configured by an Easy-Setting-Single-Jumper (E.S.S.J.) to match your CPU clock speed.
Page 16 Supports the System Power LED (PANEL) blinks in the sleep mode. • Built-in WOL (Wake On Lan) Connector. • Supports the AMR Connector for enables the software modem. The Modem Riser Card (MR) or Modem Codec (MC) must be secondary only on the EP-3WXM/EP-3WXM2/EP-3WXM4. Page 2-2...
Page 17 EP-3WXM/2/4 Installation Page 3-1...
Page 18: Ep-3Wxm/2/4 Detailed Layout
Installation EP-3WXM/2/4 EP-3WXM/2/4 Detailed Layout Figure 1 Page 3-2...
Page 19: Configure Jumpers
EP-3WXM/2/4 Installation The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. Configure Jumpers to match your hardware 3-2. System Memory Configuration 3-3. Device Connectors 3-4. External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) The EP-3WXM/2/4 designs all motherboards with the fewest jumpers to make your installation fast and easy.
Page 20 Installation EP-3WXM/2/4 The EP-3WXM/2/4 supports (2) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs can be either EDO (Extended Data Out) or SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM). • 100MHz system memory bus frequency. Even if the system host bus is 66MHz. • 8MB to 256MB using 16MB/64MB technology (512MB using 128MB technology).
Page 21 EP-3WXM/2/4 Installation 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 22 Installation EP-3WXM/2/4 Figure 5 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 3-6...
Page 23 EP-3WXM/2/4 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 Joystick/Midi PS/2 Mouse USB port PS/2 KEYBOARD COM1 VGA1 Speaker Line_in Figure 6 J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector •...
Page 24 Installation EP-3WXM/2/4 (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.) Power On/Off...
Page 25 EP-3WXM/2/4 Installation 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-3WXM/2/4 mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.
Page 26 Installation EP-3WXM/2/4 Notes: 1. Intel ATX version 2.0 specification has recommended you use the power supply with 1.0A in 5.0VSB. With our EP-3WXM/2/4 mainboard, the 5.0VSB standby power only has to be > = 0.1A (100mA) then you can enjoy this unique benefit.
Page 27: Main Menu
EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS Section 4 BIOS SETUP Main Menu Once you enter the AwardBIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.
Page 28 BIOS EP-3WXM/2/4 Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system. Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system’s performance. Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management.
Page 29: Standard Cmos Setup
EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS 4-1 Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each cat- egory includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to high- light the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.
Page 30: Main Menu Selections
BIOS EP-3WXM/2/4 Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu Item Options Description Date Month YYYY Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically hanges when you set the date Time HH : MM : SS Set the system time Options are in its sub menu...
Page 31: Ide Adapters
EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive. Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984-1998 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter...
Page 32 BIOS EP-3WXM/2/4 Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use Table 3 to configure the hard disk. Item Options Description IIDE HDD Auto-detection Press Enter Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on this channel. If detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu.
Page 33: Advanced Bios Features
EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS 4-2 Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system’s default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984 – 1998 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Enabled...
Page 34 BIOS EP-3WXM/2/4 CPU Internal Cache/External Cache These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset design. Enabled: Enable cache Disabled: Disable cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC checking. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Page 35 EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. The choice: Enabled/Disabled. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key down.
Page 36: Advanced Chipset Features
BIOS EP-3WXM/2/4 4-3 Advanced Chipset Features CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984 – 1998 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features SDRAM CAS Latency Time Item Help SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc ___________________________________ Ø SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay Menu Level SDRAM RAS Precharge Time System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable...
Page 37 EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The Choice: 2, 3 SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc Select the number of SCLKs for an access cycle. The Choice: 5/7, 6/8.
Page 38 BIOS EP-3WXM/2/4 this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled. Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transac- tions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1.
Page 39: Integrated Peripherals
EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS 4-4 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984 – 1998 Award Software Integrated Peripherals OnChip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Item Help OnChip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled ___________________________________ Ø IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Menu Level IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto If your IDE hard drive supports block IDE Secondary Master PIO...
Page 40 BIOS EP-3WXM/2/4 USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have USB peripherals. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard.
Page 41 EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS UART Mode Select This filed allows the users to configure what IR mode the 2nd serial port should use. The default is Normal. Optional: Normal, IrDA and ASKIR. Onboard Parallel port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port. The default is 378H / IRQ7.
Page 42: Power Management Setup
BIOS EP-3WXM/2/4 4-5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effec- tively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984 – 1998 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled...
Page 43 EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings. Disable (default) No power management. Disables all four modes Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min.
Page 44 BIOS EP-3WXM/2/4 HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Soft-Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.”...
Page 45: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup
EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS 4-6 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
Page 46 BIOS EP-3WXM/2/4 Resource controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means abso- lutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as WindowsÒ95.
Page 47: Pc Health Status
EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled. Choices are Enabled, Disabled. 4-7 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984-1998 Award Software PC Health Status :70 J CPU Warning Temperature Item Help :38 J Current System Temperature ------------------------- :50 J Ø...
Page 48: Frequency/Voltage Control
BIOS EP-3WXM/2/4 4-8 Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984-1998 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CMK Enabled Item Help Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled ------------------------- Ø CPU Speed 266Mhz(66x4) Menu Level CPU Ratio CPU Frequency 66 MHz ¯¬®...
Page 49: Defaults Menu
EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS 4-9 Defaults Menu Selecting “Defaults” from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’...
Page 50: Supervisor/User Password Setting
BIOS EP-3WXM/2/4 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differences between are: supervisor password : can enter and change the options of the setup menus. user password : just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus.
Page 51: Exit Selecting
EP-3WXM/2/4 BIOS 4-11 Exit Selecting Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS.
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Page 53: 810 Vga And Sound Driver Installation
EP-3WXM/2/4 Drivers Installation Section 5 810 VGA and Sound Driver Installation Easy Driver Installation Step 1 : To Click the Intel 810 and 820 Chipset INF Files that enable the Intel(R) 810 Chipsets to be recognized by listed operating systems. This installer will unpack updated .INF files into a specified folder.
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Page 55: Appendix
Appendix EP-3WXM/2/4 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 56: Timer & Dma Channels Map
Appendix EP-3WXM/2/4 [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 57: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map
Appendix EP-3WXM/2/4 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. Minutes.
Page 58 Appendix EP-3WXM/2/4 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 59: Post Codes
Appendix EP-3WXM/2/4 Appendix B B-1 POST CODES For BIOS 6.0 Code POST (hex) DESCRIPTION Test CMOS R/W functionality. Early chipset initialization: - Disable shadow RAM - Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) - Program basic chipset registers Detect memory - Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC.
Page 60 Appendix EP-3WXM/2/4 3. Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips. Reserved Reserved Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R/W- able or not. If test fails, keep beeping the speaker. Reserved Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R/W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD &...
Page 61 Appendix EP-3WXM/2/4 checksum fails, use default value instead. 3. Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP use. If ESCD is valid, take into consideration of the ESCD’s legacy information. 4. Onboard clock generator initialization. Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI & DIMM slots.
Page 62 Appendix EP-3WXM/2/4 Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Test 8254 Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1. Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. Reserved Reserved Test 8259 functionality. Reserved Reserved Reserved Initialize EISA slot Reserved 1.
Page 63 Appendix EP-3WXM/2/4 Reserved Test all memory (clear all extended memory to 0) Reserved Reserved Display number of processors (multi-processor platform) Reserved 1. Display PnP logo 2. Early ISA PnP initialization - Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device. Reserved Initialize the combined Trend Anti-Virus code. Reserved (Optional Feature) Show message for entering AWDFLASH.EXE from FDD (optional)
Page 64 Appendix EP-3WXM/2/4 1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices. 2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to “AUTO”. Reserved 1. Initialize floppy controller 2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. Reserved Reserved Reserved...
Page 65 Appendix EP-3WXM/2/4 3. If password is set, ask for password. Save all data in stack back to CMOS Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 1. USB final Initialization 2. NET PC: Build SYSID structure 3. Switch screen back to text mode 4.
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Page 67: Load Optimized Defaults
Appendix EP-3WXM/2/4 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. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984-1998 Standard CMOS Feature Frequency/Voltage Control...
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