AMD GA-7VASFS-FS User Manual

GA-7VASFS-FS

AMD Socket A Processor Motherboard

USER'S MANUAL

Pentium®4 Processor Motherboard

Rev. 0201

12ME-7VASFS-0201

Table of Content

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Item Checklist ..........................................................................................4

Chapter 1 Introduction .............................................................................5

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process ..............................................10

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup .......................................................................... 31

Features Summary ....................................................................................... 5

GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Layout ........................................................... 7

Block Diagram .............................................................................................. 8

Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) ...................................... 11

Step1-1: CPU Speed Setup ............................................................................................... 11

Step1-2: CPU Installation ................................................................................................. 12

Step1-3: CPU Heat Sink Installation ................................................................................ 13

Step 2: Install memory modules ................................................................. 14

Step 3: Install expansion cards .................................................................. 16

Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply .............. 17

Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction .............................................................................. 17

Step 4-2: Connectors & Jumper Setting Introduction ....................................................... 19

The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : D5) .......................................... 32

Standard CMOS Features .......................................................................... 34

Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................................... 37

Integrated Peripherals ............................................................................... 39

Power Management Setup ......................................................................... 42

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PnP/PCI Configurations ............................................................................. 44

PC Health Status ........................................................................................ 45

Frequency/Voltage Control ......................................................................... 46

Load Fail-Safe Defaults .............................................................................. 47

Load Optimized Defaults ............................................................................ 48

Set Supervisor/User Password .................................................................. 49

Save & Exit Setup ...................................................................................... 50

Exit Without Saving ................................................................................... 51

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Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer.

Installing the motherboard to the chassis…

are no slots to attach the spacers, do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the

mounting holes. Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers (the spacer may be a little hard to cut off, so

be careful of your hands). In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying

about short circuits. Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the

motherboard PCB surface, because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be careful, don't let the

screw contact any printed circuit write or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole, otherwise it may

damage the board or cause board malfunctioning.

1. Unplug your computer when working on the inside.

2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the power supply case.

3. Hold components by the edges and try not touch the IC chips, leads or connectors, or other components.

4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the components whenever the components are separated from the system.

5. Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX ower connector on the motherboard.

If the motherboard has mounting holes, but they don't line up with the holes on the base and there

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Features Summary

Form Factor y 30.4cm x 24.4cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB. CPU y Socket A processor

AMD Athlon 128K L1 & 256K/64K L2 cache on die

266/333/400 MHz FSB and DDR bus speeds

y Supports 1.4GHz and faster

Chipset y VIA KT600 Memory/AGP/PCI Controller (PAC)

y VIA VT8237 Integrated Peripheral Controller (PSIPC)

Memory y 3 184-pin DDR sockets

y Supports DDR DRAM PC1600/PC2100/PC2700/PC3200 y Supports up to 1.5GB DDR (Max) y Supports only 2.5V DDR DIMM

I/O Control y IT8705 Slots y 1 AGP slot 4X (1.5V) / 8X(0.8V) device support

y 5 PCI slot supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant

On-Board IDE y 2 IDE bus master (UDMA33/ATA66/ATA100) IDE ports

for up to 4 ATAPI devices

y Supports PIO mode3,4 (UDMA 33/ATA66/ATA100) IDE

& ATAPICD-ROM

On-Board Peripherals y 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M

and 2.88M bytes.

y 1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode y 1 Serial port (COMA), 1 SPDIF port, COMB on Board y 2 IEEE 1394 port y 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 x Rear, 4 xFront by cable) y 1 Front Audio Connector y 2 Serial ATA Connector

/AthlonTM XP/ Duron

(K7)

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to be continued......

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Hardware Monitor y CPU/Power/System Fan Revolution detect

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On-Board Sound y Realtek ALC655 CODEC

On-Board LAN y Build in RTL8101L Chipset

On-Board IEEE1394 y VT6307

PS/2 Connector y PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interface

BIOS y Licensed AWARD BIOS

Additional Features y PS/2 Keyboard power on by password

y CPU/Power/System Fan Fail Warning y CPU Overheat Warning

y System Voltage Detect

y Line Out / 2 front speaker

y Line In / 2 rear speaker(by s/w switch)

y Mic In / center& subwoofer(by s/w switch)

y AUX_In

y Supports Q-Flash

y PS/2 Mouse power on

y STR(Suspend-To-RAM)

y AC Recovery

y USB KB/Mouse wake up from S3

y Acoustic Management for hard drive and optical drive

Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor's specifications.

We don't recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU's specification

because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU,

chipset and most of the peripherals. Whether your system can run under these specific

bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations, including CPU,

Chipsets,SDRAM,Cards...etc.

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GA-7VASFS-FS Motherboard Layout

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KB_MS

USB_1394

SPDIF

COMA

USB_LAN

AUDIO

CODCE

LPT

RTL8101L

F_AUDIO

CNR

ATX_12V

AUX_IN

SOCKET A

KT600

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

PCI5

CPU_FAN

AGP

SW1

IT8705

BIOS

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DDR1

DDR2

VT6307

F_1394

DDR3

PWR_FAN

VT8237

ATX

IDE1

F_USB2

F_USB1

RAM_LED

S_ATA1

S_ATA0

CLR_CMOS

SYS_FAN

PWR_LED

FDD

IDE2

BAT

S_IRQ

F_PANEL

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Block Diagram

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AGPCLK

(66MHz)

5 PCI

PCICLK

(33MHz)

AGP 2X/4X/8X

CODEC

MIC

AC97 Link

AC97

LINE-IN

LINE-OUT

AMD-K7

VT8237

8 USB

Ports

System Bus100/133/166 MHz

VIA

KT600

66MHz V_Link

VIA

ATA66/100/133

IDE Channels

CPUCLK+/- (100/133/166MHz)

HCLK+/- (100/133/166MHz)

AGPCLK66MHz

48 MHz

Serial ATA

Channels

33 MHz

14.318 MHz

BIOS

IT8705

24 MHz

33 MHz

DDR RAM

1394

Floppy

LPT Port

PS/2 KB/Mouse

COM Port

PCICLK (33MHz)

USBCLK (48MHz)

14.318 MHz 33 MHz

CLK

GEN

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HCLK+/- (100/133/166MHz)

CPUCLK+/- (100/133/166MHz)

AGPCLK (66MHz)

V_Link (66MHz)

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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process

To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps:

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Step 1- Set system Switch (SW1)

Step 2- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Step 3- Install memory modules

Step 4- Install expansion cards

Step 5- Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply

Step 4

Step 3

Step 4

Step 1

Step 2

Step 4

Congratulations you have accomplished the hardware installation!

Turn on the power supply or connect the power cable to the power outlet. Continue with the BIOS/

software installation.

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Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Step1-1: CPU Speed Setup

The system bus frequency can be switched at 100/133/166/200MHz by adjusting system switch

(SW1). (The internal frequency depend on CPU.)

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SW1

SW1 CPU CLOCK

100MHz Auto

1 ON OFF

Default Setting: 100MHz

O: ON / X :OFF

100MHz : Fix FSB 200MHz CPU

Auto : Support FSB 266/333/400 MHz CPU

You must set SW1 to 100MHz when

you used FSB 200MHz CPU.

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Step1-2: CPU Installation

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Before installing the processor, adhere to the following warning:

1.Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard.

2.If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will

cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.

CPU Top View CPU Bottom View

Socket Actuation Lever

Pin1 indicator

1. Pull up the CPU socket lever

and up to 90-degree angle.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look

for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU

upper corner. Then insert the CPU

into the socket.

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Step1-3: CPU Heat Sink Installation

Before installing the CPU Heat Sink , adhere to the following warning:

1. Please use AMD approved cooling fan.

2. We recommend you to apply the thermal paste to provide better heat

conduction between your CPU and Cooling Fan.

3. Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector, this

completes the installation.

Please refer to CPU cooling fan user's manual for more detail installation

procedure.

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1. Press down the CPU socket

lever and finish CPU installation.

3. Fasten the heatsink supporting-base

onto the CPU socket on the main-

board.

2. Use qualified fan approved by AMD.

4. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged

to the CPU fan connector, than install

complete.

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Step 2: Install memory modules

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cally detects memory type and size. To install the memory module, just push it vertically into the

DIMM Slot. The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch. Memory size can vary

between sockets.

Before installing the memory modules, adhere to the following warning:

1. When RAM_LED is ON, do not install / remove DIMM from socket.

2. Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the one notch. Wrong orientation will cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.

The motherboard has 3 dual inline memory module(DIMM) sockets. The BIOS will automati-

Notch

Support Unbuffered DDR DIMM Sizes type:

64 Mbit (2Mx8x4 banks) 64 Mbit (1Mx16x4 banks) 128 Mbit(4Mx8x4 banks)

128 Mbit(2Mx16x4 banks) 256 Mbit(8Mx8x4 banks) 256 Mbit(4Mx16x4 banks)

512 Mbit(16Mx8x4 banks) 512 Mbit(8Mx16x4 banks)

Only two double side DDR 400 memory modules are allowed to be used!

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DDR

1. The DIMM slot has a notch, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction.

2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it down.

3. Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM slots to lock the DIMM module. Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module.

DDR Introduction

Established on the existing SDRAM infrastructure, DDR (Double Data Rate) memory is a high

performance and cost-effective solution that allows easy adoption for memory vendors, OEMs,

and system integrators.

DDR memory is a great evolutionary solution for the PC industry that builds on the existing

SDRAM architecture, yet make the awesome advances in solving the system performance

bottleneck by doubling the memory bandwidth. Nowadays, with the highest bandwidth of

3.2GB/s of DDR400 memory and complete line of DDR400/333/266/200 memory solutions, DDR

memory is the best choice for building high performance and low latency DRAM subsystem that

are suitable for servers, workstations, and full range of desktop PCs.

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Step 3: Install expansion cards

1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into

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2. Remove your computer's chassis cover, necessary screws and slot bracket from the computer.

3. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.

4. Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot.

5. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card.

6. Replace your computer's chassis cover.

7. Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS.

8. Install related driver from the operating system.

the computer.

AGP Card

Please carefully pull out the small white- drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to install/ Uninstall the AGP card. Please align the AGP card to the onboard AGP slot and press firmly down on the slot .Make sure your AGP card is locked by the small whitedrawable bar.

Issues To Beware Of When Installing CNR

Please use standard CNR card like the one in order to avoid mechanical problem.

Standard CNR Card

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