Page 2 - Table of Contents; AMD Duron; External Modem Ring-in Power ON and
EP-8KTA Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction Components Checklist ........................................ 1-1 Overview AMD Duron TM & Athlon TM Processors ............. 1-2 Accelerated Graphics Port .................................. 1-3 Hardware Monitoring ....................................
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Page 5 - Introduction; Section 1; Components Checklist; EP-8KTA users manual; USERS
Introduction EP-8KTA Page 1-1 Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist ü ü ü ü ü A. (1) EP-8KTA mainboard ü ü ü ü ü B. (1) EP-8KTA users manual ü ü ü ü ü C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable ü ü ü ü ü D. (1) ATA-66 Hard drive ribbon cable E. (1) USB Cable (Optional) ü ü ü ü ü F. (1) Driver and utility A B...
Page 6 - Overview; Processors; 00MHz system interface based on the Alpha EV6 bus protocol.
Introduction EP-8KTA Page 1-2 Overview AMD Duron TM & Athlon TM Processors The AMD Athlon is a seventh-generation micro architecture with an integrated L2cache, which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a largerange of applications, hardware, graphics, and memory technolo...
Page 8 - Bay; Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features
Introduction EP-8KTA Page 1-4 EP-8KTA Form-Factor The EP-8KTA is designed with ATX form factor - the new industry standard ofchassis. ATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT baseboard rotated 90 degreeswithin the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the powersupply. With these cha...
Page 10 - Figure 5: System Block Diagram; System Block Diagram; PAC; AMD; AC
Introduction EP-8KTA Page 1-6 Figure 5: System Block Diagram System Block Diagram PAC PCI Bridge and memor y controller VT8363 133/100MHz 133/100MHz 66MHz 4X AMD Socket A Processors VT82C686A I/O Bridge AC 97 USB 0,1 USB 2,3
Page 11 - Features; Section 2
Features EP-8KTA Page 2-1 Section 2 FEATURES EP-8KTA Features: EP-8KTA is based on the AMD Socket A Processors operating at 600 ~ 1GHz on Socket A. Designed with VIA KT133 AGPset. Supports up to 768MB of DRAM (minimum of 32 MB) on board (please see Section 3-2). EP-8KTA will support Error Ch...
Page 12 - Software power-down when using Windows
Features EP-8KTA Page 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. Software power-down when using Windows ® 95/98 or Windows ® 2000. Supports ring-in feature (remote power-on through external modem, allows syst...
Page 13 - Installation; Section 3
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-1 Section 3 INSTALLATION
Page 14 - Figure 1; EP-8KTA Detailed Layout
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-2 Figure 1 EP-8KTA Detailed Layout
Page 15 - External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON; CPU Insertion; Figure 2
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-3 Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system: 3-1. CPU Insertion 3-2. Jumper Settings 3-3. System memory Configuration 3-4. Device Connectors 3-5 External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions (KBPO) 3-6...
Page 16 - Close the socket by lowering and
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-4 Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever. Figure 4 Figure 5 Step 4 Thermal conductive and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are must a to avoid CPU overheat and burned.
Page 17 - SW1: CPU Vcore Voltage Selection; *Note: any Vcore setting over CPU specification; CMOS Clear
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-5 Section 3-2 Jumper Settings The EP-8KTA motherboard was designed with very few jumpers to make yourinstallation faster and easier. 1 2 3 4 5 ON 6 SW1: CPU Vcore Voltage Selection 1 W S e r o c V U P C ) V ( 1 2 3 4 5 F F O F F O F F O F F O N O 0 3 . 1 N O F F O F F O F...
Page 18 - Keyboard Power-ON Function
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-6 JP13 Keyboard Power-ON Function JP13 = 1-2 Disabled (Default) = 2-3 Enabled 1 1 JP3 Power Loss Recovery JP3 = 1-2 Disabled = 2-3 Enabled 1 JP14 CPU Host Clock Select JP14 = 1-2 100MHz = 2-3 133MHz
Page 19 - Figure 2 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations.
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-7 Section 3-3 System Memory ConfigurationMemory Layout The EP-8KTA supports (3) PC133 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line MemoryModule). The DIMMs is for SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) only. DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns) or125MHz (8ns) bus speed. If you use both 50n...
Page 20 - Figure 3
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-8 DIMM Module Installation Figure 3 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMMmemory 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...
Page 21 - : Chassis Panel Connector
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-9 Section 3-4 Device Connectors Figure 7 J2,J3 : Chassis Panel Connector Power_LED, Speaker, Reset, Sleep, Turbo LED and HDD LED J4: CPU Fan Power A plug-in for the CPU Fan Power J5: SYS Fan Power A plug-in for the Power Supply Fan Power J6: Chassis Fan Power A plug-...
Page 22 - : Telephony Connector; USB port header pin descriptions.
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-10 AUX1 : Auxiliary Line_IN Connector Pin1(Left Line_IN), Pin2/Pin3(GND), Pin4(Right Line-IN) MODEM1 : Telephony Connector Pin1(Audio_in), Pin2/Pin3(GND), Pin4(Mic-out to Modem) USB2: USB port header pins for adding two additional USB ports. # N I P r o l o c e ri W e...
Page 24 - Exclusive Keyboard Power ON Function
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-12 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 tosupport the External Modem Ring-in Power ON function. Once users connect theexternal modem to COM1 or CO...
Page 25 - 8SE or Windows
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-13 3-6 STR (Suspend To RAM) Function The EP-8KTA supports the STR power management state by maintaining theappropriate states on the SDRAM interface signals. The power source must bekept alive to the SDRAM during STR (ACPI S3). Advanced ConfigurationPower Interface (ACPI)...
Page 26 - ACPI Onboards LED Status Indicator Table
Installation EP-8KTA Page 3-14 ACPI Onboards LED Status Indicator Table Status Onboards LED Location Plug in the ATX Power Core Power ON J3(PW-ON) Green Mode (S1) STR (S3) Shutdown (Soft-OFF) (S5) LED1 (Red LED) OFF ON ON ON OFF J2 PW_LED OFF ON Blinking Blinking OFF d. You must push the Power but...
Page 27 - BIOS; Section 4; Main Menu; To enter the Setup Program :
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-1 Section 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP Main Menu Awards ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program which allows user tomodify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modifieddata will be stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained evenwhen the power ...
Page 28 - Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-2 The menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need toreconfigure. 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 atthe bottom of the screen as the cursor ...
Page 29 - NOTE: If the hard disk Primary Master/Slave and Secondary Master/; -2 Advanced BIOS Features; Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-3 NOTE: If the hard disk Primary Master/Slave and Secondary Master/ Slave are set to Auto, then the hard disk size and model will beauto-detected. 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 i...
Page 31 - drive types as they are all 80 tracks.
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-5 First /Second/Third/Other Boot Device : The BIOS attempts to load the operat- ing system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items.The choice: Floppy, LS120, HDD, SCSI, CDROM, Disabled. Swap Floppy Drive : This will swap your physical drive letters A & B if y...
Page 33 - Enabled
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-7 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 onchipset of the option card. Enabled : Optional shadow is enabled. Disabled : O...
Page 34 - SDRAM Cycle length; -3 Advanced Chipset Features; Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-8 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 parame...
Page 37 - Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals; Primary PCI IDE: Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE: Disabled; : Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-11 4-4 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals Note: If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector, then you will need to set Onboard Primary PCI IDE: Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE: Disabled Note: The Onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18...
Page 41 - Figure 6: Power Management Setup
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-15 4-5 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 notbe changed unless its absolute...
Page 43 - On
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-17 Soft-Off by PWRBTN : Use this to select your soft-off function. The default is Delay 4 sec. Instant Off : Turns off the system instantly. Delay 4 Second : Turns off the system after a 4 second delay. If momentary press of button, the system will go into Suspend Mode. Press the...
Page 44 - Figure 7: PCI Configuration Setup
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-18 4-6 PNP/PCI Configuration The PNP/PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI/ISA IRQsignals when various PCI/ISA cards are inserted in the PCI or ISA slots. WARNING: Conflicting IRQs may cause the system to not find certain devices. Figure 7: PCI Configuratio...
Page 46 - Current CPU Temperature
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-20 4-7 PC Health Status Current CPU Temperature : This is the current temperature of the CPU. Current System Temperature: This is the Current temperature of the system. Current CPU FAN Speed : The current CPU fan speed in RPMs. Current Chassis FAN Speed : The current chassis fan ...
Page 47 - Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-21 4-8 Frequency/Voltage Control DRAM Clock : The item will synchronize/asynchronize DRAM operation clock. Host Clock: DRAM has same working clock with CPU host bus. 2/3 Host: DRAM running with lower operation clock. Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk : When enabled the motherboard will au...
Page 48 - Load Fail-Safe Defaults
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-22 4-9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are describedbelow 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 49 - supervisor password :
BIOS EP-8KTA Page 4-23 4-10 Supervisor/User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differencesbetween 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...
Page 51 - Appendix; Appendix A
Appendix A-1 EP-8KTA Appendix A 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 Av...
Page 53 - Diagnostic status byte.
Appendix A-3 EP-8KTA 6 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP). 7 PARALLEL port 1. 8 RTC clock. 9 Available. 1 0 Available. 11 Available. 1 2 PS/2 Mouse. 1 3 MATH coprocessor. 1 4 Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel. 1 5 Onboard HARD DISK (IDE1) channel. A-5 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP RTC & CMOS:0 0 Seconds. 0 1 Second...
Page 54 - Base memory high byte.
Appendix EP-8KTA A-4 1 6 Base memory high byte. 1 7 Extension memory low byte. 1 8 Extension memory high byte. 19-2d2E-2F3 0 Reserved for extension memory low byte. 3 1 Reserved for extension memory high byte. 3 2 DATE CENTURY byte. 3 3 INFORMATION FLAG. 34-3F Reserve.40-7F Reserved for CHIPSET SETT...
Page 55 - Appendix B; DESCRIPTION
Appendix B-1 EP-8KTA Appendix B B-1 POST CODES For BIOS 6.0 Code POST (hex) DESCRIPTION CFh Test CMOS R/W functionality. C0h Early chipset initialization:- Disable shadow RAM- Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below)- Program basic chipset registers C1h Detect memory- Auto-detection of DRAM size, type a...
Page 63 - Appendix C; The; LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS
Appendix C-1 EP-8KTA 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. LOAD Optimize...
Page 65 - Appendix D; Description of Menus
Appendix EP-8KTA D-1 Appendix D D-1 GHOST 5.1 Quick User’s Guide 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. Description of Menus Gh...
Page 66 - Source drive
Appendix EP-8KTA D-2 Disk To Disk (Disk Cloning) 1. Select the location of the Source drive . 2. Select the location of the Destination drive . 3. When cloning a disk or restoring the backup, set the required partition size as shown in the following figure. There are 3 hard disk functions: 1. Disk T...
Page 67 - Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select
Appendix EP-8KTA D-3 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.
Page 68 - Disk From Image
Appendix EP-8KTA D-4 Disk From Image (Restore Backup) 1. Select the Restore file. 2. Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored. 3. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to start.
Page 69 - the following figure.
Appendix EP-8KTA D-5 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
Page 70 - operating system and programs are stored.
Appendix EP-8KTA D-6 2. Select the first partition to be backed up. This is usually where the operating system and programs are stored. There are 3 partition functions: 1 . Partition To Partition (partition cloning) 2 . Partition To Image (partition backup) 3 . Partition From Image (restore partitio...
Page 71 - Select the path and file name for storing the backup file.
Appendix EP-8KTA D-7 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 lo...
Page 72 - Select the backup file to be restored.
Appendix EP-8KTA D-8 Partition From Image (Restore Partition) 1. Select the backup file to be restored. 2. Select the source partition. 3. Select the disk to be restored.
Page 73 - Check
Appendix EP-8KTA D-9 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.
