EPOX KP6-FX2 manual

1 TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. The specification is subject to change without notice. KP6 -F X 2 A Pen ti u m ® II P r o cessor based m a i nboa r d[...]

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Parts Checklist Please make sure your package is complete before you start your installation. If you discover a damaged or missing item, please contact your retailer. √ A . 1 KP6-FX 2 mainboard √ B . 1 Users manual √ C . 1 Floppy ribbon cable √ D . 2 IDE ribbon cables √ E . PS/2 to AT keyboard connector adapter √ F . Bus Master Driver ?[...]

T able of Contents Page Introduction 1-1 Pentium ® II Processor Overview --------------------------------------------- 1-1 1-1.1 S.E.C. Cartridge Overview ---------------------------------------------------- 1-2 1-1.2 S.E.C. Cartridge Terminology ------------------------------------------------ 1-2 1-2 KP6-FX 2 Specification ----------------------[...]

Appendixes Appendix A-1: Memory Map -------------------------------------------------- A1 Appendix A-2: I/O Map --------------------------------------------------------- A1 Appendix A-3: Time & DMA Channels Map ------------------------------- A2 Appendix A-4: Interrupt Map -------------------------------------------------- A2 Appendix A-5: RTC [...]

7 Introductio n EPoX is proud to introduce the KP6-FX 2 mainboard to support Intel Pentium ® II Processor Intel ’ s latest technology in CPU ’ s. The KP6-FX 2 is based on Intel ’ s 82440FX chipset, and supports uni-Pentium ® II Processor processor. Full specifications include 4 PCI and 4 ISA slots, USB ready, and a special ring-in feature a[...]

KP6-FX 2 1-2 1-1.1 S.E.C. Cartridge Overview The entire enclosed product is called the Pentium ® II Processor. The 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 tec[...]

9 Introduction 1-3 • KP6-FX 2 is based on the Pentium ® II Processor operating at 233 ~ 300 MHz on slot 1. The board is configured by an Easy-Setting-Single-Jumper (ESSJ) to match your CPU clock speed. • Designed with Intel ’ s 82440 FX PCIset • Supports upto 1 GigaByte of DRAM (minimum of 8 MB) on board, You can use either 72-Pin SIMM x 4[...]

KP6-FX 2 1-4 1-3 KP6-FX 2 Form-Factor Overview EPoX KP6-FX 2 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. With these changes the processor is relocated away fro[...]

11 Introduction 1-5 1-3 I/O Shield Connector The KP6-FX 2 is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/ O shield. (refer to figure 1-3) ATX POWER SUPP LY KP6-FX 2 Board 1-3.1 Power-On/Off (Remote) The KP6-FX 2 has a single 20-PIN connector for ATX power supplies. For ATX power supplies that support the Remote On/Off feature, thi[...]

Pentium® II Processor Processor DBX Data Bus Accelerator 208PQFP PIIX3 I/O Bridge 208 PQFP PD[15:0] CONTROL IDE HDD Graphics Port_A Port_B > < MD[63:0] > MPE[7:0] > > < PMC PCI Bridge and memory controller 208 PQFP BIOS Flash Memory SMC 37C932FR IDE CD-ROM Universal Serial Bus Figure 1-4 System Block Diagram PCI Slots ISA Slots H[...]

13 Installation 2-1 KP6-FX 2 Layout The KP6-FX 2 is designed with Intel 82440FX PCIset chipset which is devel- oped by Intel Corporation to fully support PCI/ISA systems. The Intel 82440FX PCIset chipset provides increased integration and improved performance. The chipset provides an integrated IDE controller with two high performance IDE interface[...]

Figure 2-1 KP6-FX 2 Layout KP6-FX 2 2-2 PCI #5[...]

15 2-2 Connectors and Jumpers This section describes all of the connectors and jumpers built into the motherboard. The jumpers match Figure 2-1 on page 2-2 Speaker - connect to the system's speaker for beeping 1. Speaker 3. GND 2. N/C 4. GND Reset - Closed to restart system. Turbo LED indicator - LED ON when higher speed is selected Sleep/Resu[...]

KP6-FX 2 2-4 +12V GND IrDA/ASK IR CONNECTOR: 1. VCC 2. FIRRX 3. IRRXX 4. GND 5. IRTX JP1 Clear CMOS Select 1-2 Normal (Default) 2-3 Clear JP5 The Power Supply (+12V) for the CPU cooling fan. GND JP3 Flash Memory Voltage Select (Both JP2 & JP3) 1-2 12V Flash memory 2-3 5V Flash memory. (Default) J1 1 5 JP2 1 3 1 3 2-2 Connectors and Jumpers (con[...]

17 Installation 2-5 J17 Floppy Disk Connector J18,J19 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector 1 33 1 40 2 39 34 2 2-3 I/O Connectors[...]

3.3 V 11 1 3.3 V -12 V 12 2 3.3 V GND 13 3 GND PS-ON 14 4 5 V GND 15 5 GND GND 16 6 5 V GND 17 7 COM -5 V 18 8 PW-OK 5 V 19 9 5 VSB 5 V 20 10 12 V Note: The ATX power supply has to support 3.3 Volts Power 2-3 I/O Connectors - continued KP6-FX 2 2-6 11 1 10 20[...]

19 The KP6-FX 2 supports different type of settings for the system memory. There is no jumper nor connector needed for memory configuration. The following figure provides all possible memory combinations. SIMM = 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB Fastpage or EDO mode SIMM DIMM = 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 512MB Fastpage or EDO mode DIMM (3.3 volt[...]

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 data will be retained even when the power is turned off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a conf[...]

21 3-1 S TANDARD CMOS SETUP Choose " STANDARD CMOS SETUP " in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu (Fig.3-2). The STANDARD CMOS SETUP allows user to configure system settings such as the current date and time, type of hard disk drive installed, floppy drive type, and display type. Memory size is auto-detected by the BIOS and displayed for your ref[...]

KP6-FX 2 3-3 Note: The Security Option contains "setup" and "system". The "setup" indicates that the password setting is for CMOS only while the "system" indicates the password setting is for both CMOS and system boot up. • Virus Warning: This category flashes on the screen. During and after the system boot[...]

23 Award BIOS SETUP 3-4 • CPU Internal Cache / External Cache: These two categories increase performance to memory access. The Pentium® II Processor CPU includes both Internal/External cache. The default value is Enable. Note: If your Pentium® II Processor CPU is without External Cache then this item " External Cache" will not be show[...]

KP6-FX 2 3-5 • Gate A20 Option: This refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1MB (extended memory). The default value is Fast. Normal : The A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller or chipset hardware. Fast : The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method. • Typematic Rate Setting: This determines the keys[...]

25 Award BIOS SETUP 3-6 Disabled : Video shadow is disabled. • C8000 - CBFFF Shadow : CC000 - CFFFF Shadow: D0000 - D3FFF Shadow: D4000 - D7FFF Shadow: D8000 - DBFFF Shadow: DC000 - DFFFF Shadow: These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K byte or 32K byte per unit and the size depends on chipset. Enabled : Option[...]

KP6-FX 2 3-7 • DRAM Speed Selection: This value must correspond to the speed of the DRAM installed in your system. DO NOT change the default setting of this field, as determined by the system board manufacturer for the installed DRAM. This value is access speed, so a lower value means a faster system. The default value is 60ns. 60ns : (Faster) Bu[...]

27 Award BIOS SETUP 3-8 • DRAM RAS Only Refresh: Permits queuing up to four DRAM refresh requests, so DRAM can refresh at optimal times. The default value is Dis- abled. Enabled : The DRAM Refresh type is RAS only. Disabled : The DRAM Refresh type is CAS before RAS. • ECC Checking/Generation: The default value is Enabled. ECC : This field is en[...]

• CPU- To-PCI Write Post: Enabled : Writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are buffered, to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and the PCI bus. Disabled : The writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle. • CPU- To-PCI IDE Posting: Enabled : To post write cycles from[...]

29 3-4 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 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. In general, these parameters should not be changed unless it's absolutely necessary. Figure 3-5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP Agai[...]

KP6-FX 2 3-11 B. Time-out parameters: System Doze The "System Doze" mode timer starts to count when there is no "PM events" occurred. The valid time-out setting is from 1 minute up to 1 hour. System Standby The "Standby" mode timer starts to count when "System Doze" mode timer timed out and no "PM events[...]

31 Standby Mode When the system standby mode timer times-out, it will enter the standby mode and retain CPU at slow working speed. The screen will be blanked out. Suspend Mode When the system suspend timer times-out, the system will enter the suspend mode and the chipset will stop CPU clock immediately. The power consump- tion in Suspend Mode is lo[...]

KP6-FX 2 3-13 • Resource Controlled By: The default value is Manual. Manual : PNP Card's resources will be controlled manually. You can set which IRQ-X and DMA-X are assigned to PCI/ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards. Auto : If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards, BIOS will assign the interrupt resource automatically. • Reset Configurati[...]

33 3-6 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Award BIOS SETUP 3-14 ROM PCI/ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS W ARD SOFT W ARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled USB Controller : Disabled IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto USB Keyboard Support * : Disabled IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO : Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO : Auto Onboard Primary PCI IDE [...]

KP6-FX 2 3-15 • IDE HDD Block Mode: Select Enabled only if your hard drives support block mode. Enabled : Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode. Provides higher HDD transfer rates. Disabled : Disable IDE HDD Block Mode. • PCI Slot IDE 2nd Channel: The default value is Enabled. Enabled : Enable secondary IDE port and BIOS will assign IRQ15 for this port. D[...]

35 Award BIOS SETUP 3-16 • Onboard FDC Controller: The default value is Enabled. Enabled : Enable the Onboard SMC CHIP's floppy drive interface controller. Disabled : Disable the Onboard SMC CHIP's floppy drive interface control- ler. • Onboard Serial Port 1: This field allows the user to select the serial port. The default value is A[...]

KP6-FX 2 3-17 3-8 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 (Refer to Figu[...]

37 ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE Primary Master : 343 665 16 65535 664 63 NORMAL Primary Slave : Secondary Master : Secondary Slave : Select Secondary Slave Option (N=Skip) : N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 1 (Y) 0 0 0 0 0 0 NORMAL ESC : Skip[...]

KP6-FX 2 3-19 The maximum number of cylinders, head & sectors for NORMAL mode are. 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 528 Megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that! LBA [...]

39 Award BIOS SETUP 3-20 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. All the software is located in the Award HDD Service Routine (1NT 13h). It may fail to access a HDD with LBA (LARGE) mode selected i[...]

A-1 MEMORY MAP Address Range Size Description [00000-7FFFF] 512K Conventional memory [80000-9FBFF] 127K Extended Conventional memory [9FC00-9FFFF] 1K Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is installed [A0000-C7FFF] 160K Available for Hi DOS memory [C8000-DFFFF] 96K Available for Hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs [E0000-EEFFF] 60K Available for UMB [EF[...]

41 A-3 TIME & DMA CHANNELS MAP TIME 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. DMA Channel 1 Onboard ECP (Option). DMA Channel 2 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP). DMA Channel 3 Onboard ECP (default). DMA Channel 4 Cascade for DMA control[...]

A-5 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP RTC & CMOS: 00 Seconds. 01 Second alarm. 02 Minutes. 03 Minutes alarm. 04 Hours. 05 Hours alarm. 06 Day of week. 07 Day of month. 08 Month. 09 Year. 0A Status register A. 0B Status register B. 0C Status register C. 0D Status register D. 0E Diagnostic status byte. 0F Shutdown byte. 10 FLOPPY DISK drive type byte. 11 Re[...]

43 B POST CODES ISA POST codes are typically output to I/O port address 80h. POST(hex) DESCRIPTION 01-02 Reserved. C0 Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow. 03 1. Initialize EISA registers (EISA BIOS only). 2. Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices includes. -DMA controller (8237). -Programmable Interrupt Controller [...]

Appendix B2 0D 1. Program some of the Chipset's value according to Setup. (Early Setup V alue 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. 0E 1. Test video RAM. (If Monochrome display device found) 2.[...]

45 Appendix B3 3F-40 Reserved. BF 1. Program the rest of the Chipset's value according to Setup. (Later Setup V alue Program) 41 2. If auto-configuration is enabled, programm the chipset with pre-defined V alues. 42 Initialize floppy disk drive controller. 43 Initialize Hard drive controller. 45 If it is a PnP BIOS, initialize serial & par[...]

Appendix B4 61 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. Last chance for Power Management initialization. (Green BIOS only) 5. Show the system configuration table. 62 1. Setup dayli[...]

47 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. LOAD SETUP DEFAULT NOTE : ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AW ARD SOFT WARE, INC. Load SETUP Defa[...]