EPOX 7KXA
SPECIFICATIONS
uP Type Slot-A
200MHz FSB
Format ATX
Chipset VIA KX-133 (VT8371) Northbridge, VIA 686A Southbridge
ISA Slots 1 (1 PCI/ISA shared)
PCI Slots 5 (1 PCI/ISA shared)
AGP Slot (speed) 1 (4x)
AMR Slot 1
CNR Slot 0
USB 2 (+2 optional through onboard connector)
Memory Slots 3 (DIMM 168-pin SDRAM, 100/133MHz, max. 3x 256MB)
Other 2x Onboard IDE UDMA33/66
Onboard FD connector
2x Onboard Serial port
Onboard parallel port
Optional IR port
Clockgenerator: Cypress W210H (83, 88, 90, 95, 100, 110, 115 MHz)
DRIVERS
See VIA chipset Drivers
BIOS
AWARD Flash 8.12 Flash program for EPoX 7KXA
13-11-2001 Epox EP-7KXA, EP-7KXA+ and EP-7KXA/P bios (256 KB; for 2Mb BIOS EEPROM)
Changes:
  • Hibernate issue under Windows ME
  • Windows XP, event viewer errors
09-08-2001 Epox 7KXA and Epox 7KXA+ bios (256KB; for 2Mb BIOS EEPROM) Changes:
  • Fixed detection issue with 128MB VCM memory
  • Added BIOS Lock support
  • Fixed compatibility with KEY-PRO device issue with the LPT port
  • Fixed detection issue with 36GB+ HDD
  • Added Hyundai 29F002T & AMIC A29002 2M Flash ROM support
  • Updated K7 L2 cache timing for better system stability
14-11-2000 beta Changes:
  • Added BiosLock function
  • Fixed compatibility with VCM memory causing trouble booting the system
25-07-2000 Changes:
  • Fixes the ECC memory problem with this board (even if set to "enabled" in the bios options the ECC function remained disabled)
  • Another fix is that the "Suggested CAS Latency 2" bios message is gone
  • SDRAM CAS Latency is set "3" as the default value to increase the system stability
  • Fixed RTC (Year) is not adjustable in the CMOS setting
  • Fixed S3 Savage4 AGP card can not go in to the suspend mode
24-05-2000 beta Changes:
Unknown.
22-05-2000 Changes:
  • Added DMI function
  • Fixed suspend (S1) mode issue with selected AGP CARDS
  • Fixed booting system from CD-ROM
10-05-2000 Changes:
  • Fixed use of Windows 95 4.00.950 (Retail Release) to prevent BIOS corruption
  • Fixed Windows 98 shut down lockup with USB Keyboard support enabled in the CMOS
25-04-2000 beta Changes:
  • fixed the use of the FSB adjustment options in the CMOS
17-04-2000 beta Changes:
  • Fixed AMD Athlon 900MHz recognition issue
  • Fixed AGP speed (2X/4X) automatic detection by reading AGP voltage (Such as S3 diamond AGP card issue)
  • Updated AMD CPU L2 cache configuration table
  • Added support for PCI Latency timer option in the CMOS
  • Fixed "HCT unreported memory test" issue
  • Added 256MB AGP Aperture Size support
  • Increased IDE performance
  • Onchip MR is disabled as default value
  • awdflash utility is updated to Ver 7.61
10-03-2000 Changes:
  • Set L2 cache ECC checking disabled as a default setting
  • Improved IDE performance
  • Fixed "Init Display First" CMOS option
  • Fixed cracking sound problem when an additional sound card is installed
LINKS
EPOX Homepage
EPOX 7KXA bios page #1
EPOX 7KXA bios page #2