EPOX EP-8KTA Spécifications

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Introduction EP-8KTAPage 1-6Figure 5: System Block DiagramSystem Block DiagramPACPCI Bridge and memory controller VT8363133/100MHz133/100MHz66MHz4X

FeaturesEP-8KTAPage 2-1Section 2FEATURESEP-8KTA Features: EP-8KTA is based on the AMD Socket A Processors operating at 600~ 1GHz on Socket A. Design

Features EP-8KTAPage 2-2 4 USB ports provided, 2 ports are onboard and another 2 USB ports as optional. Built-in ATX 20-pin power supply connector.

InstallationEP-8KTAPage 3-1Section 3INSTALLATION

Installation EP-8KTAPage 3-2Figure 1EP-8KTA Detailed Layout

InstallationEP-8KTAPage 3-3Easy Installation ProcedureThe following must be completed before powering on your new system:3-1. CPU Insertion3-2. Jumper

Installation EP-8KTAPage 3-4Step 3Close the socket by lowering andlocking the actuation lever.Figure 4Figure 5Step 4Thermal conductive and qualified h

InstallationEP-8KTAPage 3-5Section 3-2Jumper SettingsThe EP-8KTA motherboard was designed with very few jumpers to make yourinstallation faster and e

Installation EP-8KTAPage 3-6JP13 Keyboard Power-ON FunctionJP13= 1-2 Disabled (Default)= 2-3 Enabled11JP3 Power Loss RecoveryJP3 = 1-2 Disabled= 2-

InstallationEP-8KTAPage 3-7Section 3-3System Memory ConfigurationMemory LayoutThe EP-8KTA supports (3) PC133 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line MemoryModule)

EP-8KTATable of ContentsSection 1 IntroductionComponents Checklist ... 1-1OverviewAMD DuronTM & AthlonTM Proc

Installation EP-8KTAPage 3-8DIMM Module InstallationFigure 3 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMMmemory module.DIMMs h

InstallationEP-8KTAPage 3-9Section 3-4Device ConnectorsFigure 7J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector Power_LED, Speaker, Reset, Sleep, Turbo LED and HDD LE

Installation EP-8KTAPage 3-10AUX1: Auxiliary Line_IN Connector Pin1(Left Line_IN), Pin2/Pin3(GND), Pin4(Right Line-IN)MODEM1: Telephony Connector

InstallationEP-8KTAPage 3-11Device Connectors (continued)(This is connected to the power button on the case. Using the Soft-Offby Pwr-BTTN feature, y

Installation EP-8KTAPage 3-12Section 3-5External Modem Ring-in PowerON and Keyboard Power ONFunctions (KBPO)On the basis of bounded functions in I/O c

InstallationEP-8KTAPage 3-133-6 STR (Suspend To RAM) FunctionThe EP-8KTA supports the STR power management state by maintaining theappropriate states

Installation EP-8KTAPage 3-14ACPI Onboards LED Status Indicator Table Status Onboards LED Location Plug in the ATX Power Core Power ON J3(PW-ON) Gre

BIOSEP-8KTAPage 4-1Section 4AWARD BIOS SETUPMain MenuAwards ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program which allows user tomodify the basic system co

BIOS EP-8KTAPage 4-2The menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need toreconfigure. The selection is made by moving the curs

BIOSEP-8KTAPage 4-3NOTE: If the hard disk Primary Master/Slave and Secondary Master/Slave are set to Auto, then the hard disk size and model will beau

EP-8KTADefaults Menu ... 4-22Supervisor/User Password Setting ... 4-23Exit Selecti

BIOS EP-8KTAPage 4-4Virus Warning: During and after the system boots up, any attempt to write to theboot sector or partition table of the hard disk d

BIOSEP-8KTAPage 4-5First /Second/Third/Other Boot Device: The BIOS attempts to load the operat-ing system from the devices in the sequence selected in

BIOS EP-8KTAPage 4-6Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): This is the number of characters that will berepeated by a keyboard press. The default is 6.6: 6 cha

BIOSEP-8KTAPage 4-7D8000 - DBFFF Shadow:DC000 - DFFFF Shadow:These categories determine whether ROMs from option cards will be copied intoRAM. This w

BIOS EP-8KTAPage 4-8Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5 DRAM Timing: This value in this field is set by the systemboard manufacturer, depending on whether the board ha

BIOSEP-8KTAPage 4-9Memory Hole : You can reserve this memory area for the use of ISA adaptorROMs. The default is Disabled.Enabled: This field enables

BIOS EP-8KTAPage 4-10K7 CLK_CTL Select: Use this item to specify the clock control for ramp rate.Select default for a defaulted time value, and optim

BIOSEP-8KTAPage 4-114-4 Integrated PeripheralsFigure 5: Integrated Peripherals Note: If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector, then you will

BIOS EP-8KTAPage 4-12Primary Master PIO: The default is Auto.Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDEHDD Accessing mode

BIOSEP-8KTAPage 4-13Init Display First: If two video cards are used (1 AGP and 1 PCI) this specifieswhich one will be the primary display adapter. Th

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BIOS EP-8KTAPage 4-14Onboard Parallel port: This field allows the user to configure the LPT port.The default is 378H / IRQ7.378H: Enable Onboard LPT p

BIOSEP-8KTAPage 4-154-5 Power Management SetupChoose the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY todisplay the following screen. This menu

BIOS EP-8KTAPage 4-16User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control powersaving mode.ACPI Suspend Type: This item allows you to s

BIOSEP-8KTAPage 4-17Soft-Off by PWRBTN: Use this to select your soft-off function.The default is Delay 4 sec.Instant Off: Turns off the system insta

BIOS EP-8KTAPage 4-184-6 PNP/PCI ConfigurationThe PNP/PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI/ISA IRQsignals when various PCI/ISA

BIOSEP-8KTAPage 4-19Reset Configuration Data: This setting allows you to clear ESCD data.The default is DisabledDisabled: Normal Setting.Enabled: If y

BIOS EP-8KTAPage 4-204-7 PC Health StatusCurrent CPU Temperature: This is the current temperature of the CPU.Current System Temperature: This is th

BIOSEP-8KTAPage 4-214-8 Frequency/Voltage ControlDRAM Clock : The item will synchronize/asynchronize DRAM operation clock.Host Clock: DRAM has same w

BIOS EP-8KTAPage 4-224-9 Defaults MenuSelecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are describedbelowLoad Fail-Safe DefaultsWhe

BIOSEP-8KTAPage 4-234-10 Supervisor/User Password SettingYou can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differencesbetween are:

IntroductionEP-8KTAPage 1-1Section 1INTRODUCTIONComponents Checklistüüüüü A. (1) EP-8KTA mainboardüüüüü B. (1) EP-8KTA users manualüüüüü C. (1) Flopp

BIOS EP-8KTAPage 4-244-11 Exit SelectingSave & Exit SetupPressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EX

AppendixA-1EP-8KTAAppendix AA-1 MEMORY MAPAddress Range Size Description[00000-7FFFF] 512K Conventional memory[80000-9FBFF] 127K Extended Conventional

AppendixEP-8KTAA-2[2F8-2FF] SERIAL port 2.[360-36F] NETWORK ports.[378-37F] PARALLEL port 1.[3B0-3BF] MONOCHROME & PARALLEL port adapter.[3C0-3CF]

AppendixA-3EP-8KTA6 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP).7 PARALLEL port 1.8 RTC clock.9 Available.10 Available.11 Available.12 PS/2 Mouse.13 MATH coprocessor.14 On

AppendixEP-8KTAA-416 Base memory high byte.17 Extension memory low byte.18 Extension memory high byte.19-2d2E-2F30 Reserved for extension memory low b

AppendixB-1EP-8KTAAppendix BB-1 POST CODESFor BIOS 6.0 CodePOST (hex) DESCRIPTIONCFh Test CMOS R/W functionality.C0h Early chipset initialization:- Di

AppendixEP-8KTAB-23. Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I/Ochips.0Ch Reserved0Dh Reserved0Eh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R

AppendixB-3EP-8KTAchecksum fails, use default value instead.3. Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP use. IfESCD is valid, take into considerati

AppendixEP-8KTAB-434h Reserved35h Reserved36h Reserved37h Reserved38h Reserved39h Reserved3Ah Reserved3Bh Reserved3Ch Test 82543Dh Reserved3Eh Test 82

AppendixB-5EP-8KTA51h Reserved52h Test all memory (clear all extended memory to 0)53h Reserved54h Reserved55h Display number of processors (multi-proc

Introduction EP-8KTAPage 1-2OverviewAMD DuronTM & AthlonTM ProcessorsThe AMD Athlon is a seventh-generation micro architecture with an integrated

AppendixEP-8KTAB-66Dh 1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices.2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if thecorresponding item in Setup is set to

AppendixB-7EP-8KTA84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices85h 1. USB final Initialization2. NET PC: Build SYSID structure3. Switch screen back to text mode

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AppendixC-1EP-8KTAAppendix CNOTE:The "LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS" function loads the system default data directlyfrom ROM and initializes the a

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AppendixEP-8KTAD-1Appendix DD-1 GHOST 5.1 Quick User’s GuideInstallation is very easy. You only need to copy the Ghost5 folder orGhost.exe to your ha

Appendix EP-8KTAD-2Disk To Disk (Disk Cloning)1. Select the location of the Source drive.2. Select the location of the Destination drive.3. When cloni

AppendixEP-8KTAD-34. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes tostart.Disk To Image (Disk Backup)1. Select the location of t

Appendix EP-8KTAD-4Disk From Image (Restore Backup)1. Select the Restore file.2. Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored.3. Click OK t

AppendixEP-8KTAD-53. When restoring disk backup, set the required partition size as shown inthe following figure.4. Click OK to display the following

IntroductionEP-8KTAPage 1-3The AMD Duron processor is derived from the AMD Athlon processor core. Itfeatures full-speed, on-chip cache memory, a 200MH

Appendix EP-8KTAD-62. Select the first partition to be backed up. This is usually where theoperating system and programs are stored.There are 3 parti

AppendixEP-8KTAD-73. 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

Appendix EP-8KTAD-8Partition From Image (Restore Partition)1. Select the backup file to be restored.2. Select the source partition.3. Select the disk

AppendixEP-8KTAD-94. Select the partition to be restored.5. Select Yes to start restoring.CheckThis function checks the hard disk or backup file for b

Introduction EP-8KTAPage 1-4EP-8KTA Form-FactorThe EP-8KTA is designed with ATX form factor - the new industry standard ofchassis. ATX form factor is

IntroductionEP-8KTAPage 1-5Power-On/Off (Remote)The EP-8KTA has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies. For ATXpower supplies that support t