Gigabyte 6VX User Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE ......................................................................................................1-1
1.2. KEY FEATHERS............................................................................................1-1
1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST..................................................................................1-2
1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM.........................................................................................1-3
1.5. INTRODUCE THE PENTIUM II PROCESSOR & AGP.............................1-4
1.6. WHAT IS AGP?..............................................................................................1-6
2. SPECIFICATION
2.1. HARDWARE..................................................................................................2-1
2.2. SOFTWARE...................................................................................................2-2
2.3. ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................2-2
3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION
3.1. UNPACKING.................................................................................................. 3-1
3.2. MAINBOARD LAYOUT .................................................................................3-2
3.3. QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS & CONNECTORS.......................... 3-2
3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION .................................................................................3-5
3.5. CPU SPEED SETUP.....................................................................................3-5
3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM.........................................................3-6
3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION..................................................3-7
3.8. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.................3-7
3.9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.............................................3-7
3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION...................................................... 3-7
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3.11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION....................................................3-7
3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION...........................................3-7
4. BIOS CONFIGURATION
4.1. ENTERING SETUP.......................................................................................4-1
4.2. CONTROL KEYS........................................................................................... 4-1
4.3. GETTING HELP.............................................................................................4-2
4.3.1. Main Menu .....................................................................................4-2
4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu.......................4-2
4.4. THE MAIN MENU..........................................................................................4-2
4.5. STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU..............................................................4-5
4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP............................................................................. 4-9
4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP......................................................................4-13
4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP................................................................. 4-16
4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION........................................................................4-20
4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS .............................................................................4-23
4.11. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS .......................................................................... 4-24
4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ................................................................... 4-25
4.13. SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD.........................................................4-30
4.14. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION.....................................................................4-31
4.15. SAVE & EXIT SETUP..................................................................................4-32
4.16. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING............................................................................ 4-33
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE
Welcome to use the 6VX motherboard. It is a Pentium II Processor based
PC / AT compatible system with AGP / PCI / ISA Bus, and has been designed to
be the fastest PC / AT system. There are some new features allow you to
operate the system with just the performance you want.
This manual also explains how to install the motherboard for operation, and how
to set up your CMOS CONFIGURATION with BIOS SETUP program.
1.2. KEY FEATURES
q Intel Pentium
II Processor based PC / AT compatible main board.
q Slot 1 supports Pentium
II processor running at 200-633 MHz.
q VIA VT82C691 chipset, Supports AGP / SDRAM / Ultra DMA33 IDE/
Internal/External Modem Ring on.
q Supports 3xDIMMs using 3.3V SDRAM DIMM module.
q Supports 16 MB – 768 MB SDRAM memory on board.
q Supports ECC or Non-ECC type DRAM module.
q 1xAGP slot, 5xPCI Bus slots, 2xISA Bus slots.
q Supports 2 channels Ultra DMA 33 IDE ports for 4 IDE Devices.
q Supports 2xCOM (16550), 1xLPT (EPP / ECP), 1x1.44MB Floppy port.
q Supports 2xUSB ports, 1xPS/2 Mouse & 1xPS/2 Keyboard.
q Licensed AWARD BIOS, 2M bits FLASH RAM.
q 30.5 cm x 17 cm ATX SIZE form factor, 4 layers PCB.
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1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST
The following performance data list is the testing results of some popular
benchmark testing programs.
These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different
testing data values gotten by users. (Different Hardware & Software
configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)
• CPU
Pentium II processor
• DRAM 128 MB SDRAM (TOSHIBA TC59S6408FTL-80H)
• CACHE SIZE 512 KB included in CPU
• DISPLAY
ATI 3D RAGE PRO 2X AGP Display Card (4MB
SGRAM)
• STORAGE Onboard IDE (IBM DHEA-38451)
• O.S. Windows 98
• DRIVER
ATI Display Driver 5.20a
1024X768X64K colors 75Hz
Direct X6 for Windows98
VIA BUS Master IDE Driver 2.9
Intel Pentium II
Processor
333MHz(66x5) 350MHz(100x3.5)
Winbench98
CPU mark32
835
920
FPU Winmark
1720
1800
Business Disk 1390 1370
Hi-End Disk 4080 3890
Business Graphics 150 167
Hi-End Graphics 169 192
Winstone98
Business 25.1 26.8
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1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM
24MHz
3.3V SDRAM
DIMM Sockets
14.318MHz
33 MHz
33MHz
Ultra DMA/33
IDE Ports
IDE Bus
PCI Bus
ISA Bus
AGP Bus
LPT Port
Keyboard
Floppy Port
COM Ports
PS/2 Mouse
USB Bus
14.318MHz
48MHz
14.318MHz
I/O
CHIPSET
Winbond
W83877TF
AGP
Host Bus
VIA
82C691
VIA
82C596
ICS 9148-58
SLOT 1
66MHz
66 /
100 MHz
66 /
100 MHz
33 MHz
66 /
100 MHz
USB Ports
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1.5. INTRODUCE THE Pentium II Processor & AGP
Figure 1:Retention Mechanism & attach Mount
Figure 2:OEM Pentium II Processor
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