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EPOX P2-133A User Manual

A pentium ii or deschutes slot1 processor based agp mainboard (100/66mhz)
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P2-133A
P2-133A
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P2-133A
A Pentium
A Pentium
A Pentium
A Pentium
A Pentium
Slot1 Processor based AGP
Slot1 Processor based AGP
Slot1 Processor based AGP
Slot1 Processor based AGP
Slot1 Processor based AGP
mainboard (100/66MHz)
mainboard (100/66MHz)
mainboard (100/66MHz)
mainboard (100/66MHz)
mainboard (100/66MHz)
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II or Deschutes
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Manual Revision 1.0
November 25, 1998

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  • Page 1 P2-133A P2-133A P2-133A P2-133A P2-133A A Pentium A Pentium A Pentium II or Deschutes II or Deschutes II or Deschutes A Pentium A Pentium II or Deschutes II or Deschutes ® ® ® ® ® Slot1 Processor based AGP Slot1 Processor based AGP...
  • Page 2 P2-133A...

  • Page 3: Bios Upgrades

    If your retailer can not help, you may E-Mail us with any questions at the following address tech@epox.com Record your serial number before installing your P2-133A mainboard. (the serial number is located near the ISA slots at the edge of the board)

  • Page 4: User Notice

    In no event shall EPoX be liable for any loss or profits, loss of business, loss of use or data, interruption of business or for...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    System Block Diagram ........1-8 Section 2 Features P2-133A Features .......... 2-1 Section 3 Installation P2-133A Detailed Layout ....... 3-2 Easy Installation Procedure Configure Jumpers .......... 3-3 System Memory Configuration ......3-5 ® Installing a Pentium II Processor ....3-9 Device Connectors .........
  • Page 6 P2-133A Power Management Setup ......4-10 PNP/PCI Configuration ........4-13 Load Setup Defaults ........4-14 Integrated Peripherals ........4-15 Change Supervisor or User Password ..... 4-19 IDE HDD Auto Detection ....... 4-20 HDD Low Level Format ......... 4-22 Save & Exit Setup .......... 4-22 Exit Without Saving .........

  • Page 7: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Components Checklist ü ü ü ü ü P2-133A mainboard ü ü ü ü ü P2-133A user’s manual ü ü ü ü ü Floppy ribbon cable ü ü ü ü ü Hard drive ribbon cables ü ü ü ü ü...

  • Page 8: Overview

    Introduction P2-133A Overview Pentium II or Deschutes Processor ® The Pentium II or Deschutes Processor (The Deschutes Processor as 300/ 100MHz, 350/100MHz, 400/100MHz and 450/100MHz speed with 512K-L2 cache ® ® Versions.) is the follow-on to the Pentium Processor. The Pentium II or ®...

  • Page 9: Cartridge Terminology

    P2-133A Introduction packaging technology and each of the physical elements of the product are referred to using accurate technical descriptions. This allows clear reference to the products as just a processor. This is the model used in past packaging technologies like PGA, TCP, PQFP, DIP, etc.

  • Page 10: Accelerated Graphics Port

    Introduction P2-133A ® “Pentium II or Deschutes Processor/Slot 1 processor” or “Deschutes Processor” ® will apply to both the Pentium II Processor desktop processors. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.) Typically, 3D graphics rendering requires a tremendous amount of memory, and demands ever increasing throughput speed as well.
  • Page 11 P2-133A Introduction Page Right Blank Page 1-5...

  • Page 12: P2-133A Form-Factor

    P2-133A P2-133A Form-Factor The P2-133A is designed with ATX form factor - the latest industry standard of chassis. The 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.

  • Page 13: I/O Shield Connector

    P2-133A Introduction I/O Shield Connector The P2-133A is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield (figure 3). Parallel Port Figure 3: PS/2 Mouse P2-133A I/O back PS/2 Keyboard panel layout COM2 COM1 Power-On/Off (Remote) The P2-133A has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies. For ATX power supplies that support the Remote On/Off feature, this should be connected to the systems front panel for system Power On/Off button.

  • Page 14: System Block Diagram

    Introduction P2-133A System Block Diagram P e n tiu m II o r D e sc h u tes P ro ce ss o r 1 0 0 /6 6 M Hz 1 0 0 /6 6 M Hz 6 6 M Hz...

  • Page 15: Features

    Supports (2) 16 bit ISA slots, (5) 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 P2-133A supports (5) PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT# control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging in PCI card(s).
  • Page 16 Features P2-133A • P2-133A utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protection and longer battery life. • Supports the Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. The VIA 82C596A chip provides the means for connecting PC peripherals such as; keyboards, joysticks, telephones, and modems.
  • Page 17 P2-133A Installation Page 3-1...

  • Page 18: P2-133A Detailed Layout

    Installation P2-133A P2-133A Detailed Layout Figure 1 Page 3-2...

  • Page 19: Configure Jumpers

    P2-133A Installation The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. Configure Jumpers to match your hardware 3-2. Install memory chips 3-3. Install Pentium II or Deschutes Processor 3-4. Device Connectors We design this mainboards with an ESDJ to make your installation fast and easy.
  • Page 20 Installation P2-133A Note: Based on the implementation of VIA Chipset Apollo Pro+, P2-133A is able to provide two host bus frequencies -- either 66 or 100MHz for Slot1 processor and memory operating. The default is set at 100MHz once Pentium ®...
  • Page 21 P2-133A Installation The P2-133A supports (3) 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). The DIMMs can be either EDO (Extended Data Out) or SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM). The DIMMs may be installed using just one chip. • We recommend using SDRAM DIMM can not mixing with EDO DIMM modules.
  • Page 22 Installation P2-133A Table 1 * SDRAM only supports 8, 16, 32, 64, 128MB DIMM modules. ® * EDO only supports Pentium II Processor at 66MHz, not supports Deschutes Processor at 100MHz. Figure 3 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMM memory module.
  • Page 23 P2-133A Installation Figure 6 DIMM Module clip before installation Figure 7 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 24 Installation P2-133A The P2-133A uses the Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot for a Pentium II processor packaged in an SEC cartridge. The SEC slot is not compatible with other non- Pentium II processors. Please have ready the following list of components so that we may install the proces- sor onto the motherboard.
  • Page 25 P2-133A Installation bottom make sure you press firmly on SEC cartridge to firmly secure into the Slot 1 Socket. Now we need to secure the heatsink with the top half of the support (figure 11). Take the top piece of the support and slide it into the bottom fin (figure 11) on the heatsink and then push forward until it clips into the bottom base (figure 9) that is already there (figure 11).
  • Page 26 Installation P2-133A Please install the motherboard into the chassis. Now that your motherboard is installed you are ready to connect all your connections (figure 12). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5...
  • Page 27 P2-133A Installation Reset - Closed to restart system. Speaker - Connect to the system's speaker for beeping 1. Speaker 3. GND 2. N/C 4. GND KeyLock - Keyboard lock switch & Power LED connector 1. Power LED(+) 4. Keylock 2. N/C 5.

  • Page 28: Keyboard Power On Function (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 P2-133A mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host's dial-up control.
  • Page 29 Notes: 1.Intel ATX version 2.0 specification has recommended you use the power supply with 0.72A(720mA) in 5.0VSB. With our P2-133A mainboard, the 5.0VSB standby power only has to be > = 0.1A (100mA) then you can enjoy this unique benefit. However, the ATX power supply which is < 0.1 (100mA) is still applicable to your system by placed JP13 at the position 2-3 to disable this feature.
  • Page 30 Installation P2-133A Page 3-14...

  • Page 31: Standard Cmos Setup

    P2-133A BIOS 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 32 BIOS P2-133A 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 33 Selecting the “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu. This menu shows all of the manufacturer’s default values for the P2-133A. Pressing the [F1] key will display a help message for the selected item.
  • Page 34 BIOS P2-133A 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 35 P2-133A 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]...
  • Page 36 BIOS P2-133A hardware. Fast: The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method. Typematic Rate Setting: This determines the keystrokes repeat rate. The default is Disabled. Enabled: Allows typematic rate and typematic delay programming. Disabled: The typematic rate and typematic delay will be controlled by the keyboard controller in your system.
  • Page 37 P2-133A BIOS uses the RAMDAC of the PCI card. Disabled: Disables the VGA card Palette Snoop function. OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: Some operating systems require special handling. Use this option only if your system has greater than 64MB of memory.
  • Page 38 BIOS P2-133A Choose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LFPAB) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing : Fast System/CPU Warning Temp. : 50 C/122 ° °...
  • Page 39 P2-133A BIOS Memory Hole at 15M-16M: You can reserve this memory area for the use of ISA adaptor ROMs. The default is Disabled. 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 40 BIOS P2-133A CPU(V): The voltage level of the CPU. +1.5V: The voltage level of the CPU’s GTL+ Bus. +3.3V, +5V, +12V: The voltage level of the switch power supply. Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals.
  • Page 41 P2-133A BIOS mode. Min. saving: Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode. User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode. PM controlled APM: This option shows whether or not you want the Power Management to be controlled the Advanced Power Management (APM).
  • Page 42 BIOS P2-133A The P2-133A supports HDD Power Down, Doze and Standby power saving func- tions when using the Intel Pentium II Processor. The default is Disabled Doze Mode: The “Doze” mode timer starts to count when no “PM events” have occurred.
  • Page 43 P2-133A BIOS Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm: This sets the time that you need the system to turn on. The deault is 08:00:00. 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.
  • Page 44 BIOS P2-133A Cards. Auto: If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards, BIOS will assign the interrupt resource automatically. Reset Configuration Data: This setting allows you to clear ESCD data. The default is Disabled Disabled: Normal Setting.
  • Page 45 P2-133A BIOS ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LFPAB) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. OnChip IDE Channel0 : Enabled Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7 OnChip IDE Channel1 : Enabled Onboard Parallel Mode : ECP / EPP IDE Prefetch Mode : Enabled ECP Mode Use DMA...
  • Page 46 BIOS P2-133A Onchip IDE Second Channel: The default is Enabled. Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE secondary port. Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE secondary port. Primary Master PIO The default is Auto. Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode.
  • Page 47 P2-133A BIOS 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. The default is Auto. Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting.
  • Page 48 BIOS P2-133A Disabled: Disable Onboard SMC CHIP’s 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 49 P2-133A BIOS Power On Method: There are “Button Only”, “Hot Key” and “Any key” can be chosen by this field that allows users to select one of these various functions as Power On Method for their requirement. The default value in this selection is “ Hot Key”. (Ctrl-F1) Hot Key: User can press “Control Key”...
  • Page 50 BIOS P2-133A 3. After pressing the [Enter] key (ROM password if the option was not used) or current password (user-defined password), the user can change the password and store new one in CMOS RAM. A maximum of 8 characters can be entered.
  • Page 51 P2-133A BIOS 1024, 16 & 63 no. Cylinder (1024) x no. Head ( 16) x no. Sector ( 63) x no. per sector ( 512) 528 Megabytes If user set his HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible HDD size will be...
  • Page 52 BIOS P2-133A INT 12h in order to access the right HDD address! Maximum HDD size: no. Cylinder (1024) x no. Head ( 32) x no. Sector ( 63) x bytes per sector ( 512) 1 GigaByte Note: To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be some software involved.

  • Page 53: Memory Map

    P2-133A 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...

  • Page 54: Timer & Dma Channels Map

    Appendix P2-133A [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. DMA CHANNELS: DMA Channel 0 Available.

  • Page 55: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map

    P2-133A Appendix 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. Year. Status register A.
  • Page 56 Appendix P2-133A Page Left Blank...

  • Page 57: Post Codes

    P2-133A 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 58 Appendix P2-133A 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 59 P2-133A 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.

  • Page 60: Unexpected Errors

    Appendix P2-133A 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.

  • Page 61: Load Setup Defaults

    P2-133A 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.

  • Page 62: Cpu Clock Frequency Selection In Bios Setting

    Appendix P2-133A Appendix D CPU Clock Frequency Selection In BIOS Setting. There is a special function for CPU over-clocking requirement which can be chosen and set by BIOS, please refer to the following steps for adjustment. 1. Enter the BIOS CMOS setup program.

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