GIGABYTE 7VT600P-RZ, 7VT600P-RZ-C User Guide

7VT600P-RZ / 7VT600P-RZ-C

AMD Athlon™/ Athlon™ XP / Duron™ Socket A Processor Motherboard

User's Manual

Rev. 1005 12ME-VT600PRZ-1005

without the expressed, written permission of GBT.

Trademarks

Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners.

Notice

Please do not remove any labels on motherboard, this may void the warranty of this motherboard.

Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet.

The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a

commitment to update the information contained herein.

Mar. 20, 2004

Mother Board

7VT600P-RZ

Mar. 20 ,2004

Motherboard

7VT600P-RZ

Preparing Your Computer

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.

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 power connector on the motherboard.

Installing the motherboard to the chassis

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

Table of Content

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

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup ................................................................................................. 21

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

7VT600P-RZ Series Motherboard Layout ..................................................................................... 7

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

Hardware Installation Process ..................................................................................................... 9

Step 1: Set System Jumper (JP1)............................................................................................... 9

Step 2: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) ..................................................................... 10

Step 2-1: CPU Installation .................................................................................................. 10

Step 2-2: CPU Cooling Fan Installation .............................................................................. 10

Step 3: Install Memory Modules ................................................................................................ 11

Step 4: Install Expansion Cards ................................................................................................ 12

Step 5: Install I/O Peripherals Cables ....................................................................................... 12

Step 5-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction ................................................................................ 12

Step 5-2 : Connectors Introduction ...................................................................................... 13

The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : F4c) ...................................................................... 21

Standard CMOS Features ........................................................................................................ 23

Advanced BIOS Features ......................................................................................................... 25

Integrated Peripherals ................................................................................................................ 26

Power Management Setup ........................................................................................................ 28

PnP/PCI Configurations............................................................................................................ 30

PCI Health Status ..................................................................................................................... 31

Frequency/Voltage Control ........................................................................................................ 32

Load Fail-Safe Defaults .. ............................................................................................................ 34

Load Optimized Defaults ............................................................................................................ 34

Set Supervisor/User Password ................................................................................................ 35

Save & Exit Setup .................................................................................................................... 36

Exit Without Saving .................................................................................................................. 36

Chapter 3 Install Drivers ............................................................................................... 37

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Features Summary

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CPU y Socket A processor

AMD AthlonTM/ AthlonTM XP/ Duron 128K L1 & 512K/256K/64K L2 cache on die 200/266/333/400 MHz FSB

y Supports 1.4GHz and faster

Chipset y North Bridge: VIA KT600

y Sourth Bridge: VIA VT8237

Memory y 3 184-pin DDR sockets

y Supports DDR DRAM PC2100/PC2700/PC3200 y Supports up to 3.0GB DDR (Max) y Supports only 2.5V DDR DIMM

Slots y 1 AGP slot supports 8X/4X mode(1.5V)

y 5 PCI slots

On-Board IDE y 2 IDE controllers provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM (IDE1, IDE2)

with PIO, Bus Master (Ultra DMA33/ATA66/ATA100/ATA133) operation mode

Onboard SATA y 2 Serial ATA ports

On-Board Floppy y Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M

bytes

On-Board Peripherals y 1 Parallel port

y 2 Serial port (COMA & COMB) y 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 (4 by cable) y PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interface

On-Board LAN * y VIA VT6103L

y 1 RJ45 port

On-Board Sound y Realtek ALC655 CODEC

y Supports Jack Sensing function 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 SPDIF Out /SPDIF In y CD In / AUX In / Game Port

On-Board USB 2.0 y Built in VIA VT8237 Chipset On-Board SATA RAID y Built-in VIA VT8237

y Supports Disk striping (RAID 0) or Disk Mirroring (RAID 1) y Supports UDMA up to 150 MB/sec

y Up to 2 SATA devices

(Note 1)

(K7)

(Note 1) It is recommended to use SATA (1.5Gb/s) hard disks.

" * " Only for 7VT600P-RZ.

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Introduction

BIOS y Licensed Award BIOS

I/O Control y IT8705 Hardware Monitor y CPU/System Fan Revolution detect

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Additional Features y Supports @BIOS

Overclocking y Over Voltage (CPU/AGP/DDR/PCI) by BIOS

Form Factor y 30.5cm x 20.0cm ATX size form factor, 4 layers PCB.

y Supports Q-Flash

y CPU/System temperature detect y System voltage detect y CPU/System fan fail warning y Thermal shutdown function

y Supports EasyTune

y Over Clock (CPU/AGP/DDR/PCI) by BIOS

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7VT600P-RZ Series Motherboard Layout

20.0 cm

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KB_MS

USB

AUDIO

VT6103L*

-C #

COMA

COMB

CODEC

LPT

LAN *

SUR_CEN

IT8705

GAME

CD_IN

F_AUDIO

BIOS

AUX_IN

AGP

SPDIF_IO

SOCKET A

VIA KT600

PWR_LED

CPU_FAN

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

PCI5

7VT600P-RZ

DDR1

JP1

VT8237

SATA0 SATA1

F_PANEL

DDR2

F_USB1 F_USB2

DDR3

CLR_CMOS

BATTERY

ATX

FDD

30.5 cm

SYS_FAN

IDE2

IDE1

" * " Only for 7VT600P-RZ. " # " Only for 7VT600P-RZ-C.

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Introduction

Block Diagram

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5 PCI

AGPCLK

(66MHz)

AGP 4X/8X

RJ45*

VIA

VT6103L*

AC97 Link

CPUCLK+/- (100/133/166/200MHz)

AMD-K7

System Bus100/133/166/200MHz

VIA

KT600

66MHz V_Link

VIA

VT8237

HCLK+/- (100/133/166/200MHz)

GCLK(66MHz)

33 MHz

48 MHz

VCLK(66MHz)

14.318 MHz

IT8705

DDR RAM

BIOS

Game Port

Floppy

LPT Port

AC97

PCICLK

(33MHz)

" * " Only for 7VT600P-RZ.

CODEC

MIC

LINE-IN

PCICLK (33MHz)

USBCLK (48MHz)

14.318 MHz 33 MHz

2 SATA

Ports

LINE-OUT

8 USB

Ports

CLK

GEN

ATA66/100/133

IDE Channels

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24 MHz

33 MHz

PS/2 KB/Mouse

HCLK+/- (100/133/166/200MHz) CPUCLK+/- (100/133/166/200MHz) AGPCLK (66MHz) V_Link (66MHz) / GCLK (66MHz)

2 COM

Ports

Hardware Installation Process

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

Step 1- Set System Jumper (JP1) Step 2- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 3- Install memory modules Step 4- Install expansion cards Step 5- Install I/O Peripherals cables

Step 2

Step 3

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Step 5

Step 1

Step 4

Step 5

Step 1: Set System Jumper (JP1)

The system bus frequency can be switched at 100/133/166/200MHz by adjusting system jumper (JP1). (The internal frequency depend on CPU.)

Open: Auto

Close: 100MHz

JP1

Open Auto

Close 100MHz

Auto : Support FSB 266/333/400 MHz CPU

100MHz : Fix FSB 200MHz CPU

If you want to use a CPU with 200MHz FSB, please

set JP1 to 100MHz.

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Step 2: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)

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Step 2-1: CPU Installation

Figure 1. Pull the rod to the 90-degree directly.

Before installing the processor, adhere to the following warning:

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

2. The processor will overheat without the heatsink and/or fan, resulting in permanent irreparable damage.

3. 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.

4. Apply thermal grease between the processor and cooling fan.

5. Never run the processor without the heatsink properly and firmly attached. Permanent damage will result.

6. 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, Memory, Cards…etc.

Socket Actuation Lever

Figure 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU

upper corner. Insert the CPU into the socket. (Do not force the CPU into the socket.) Then move the socket lever to the locked position while holding pressure on the center of the CPU.

Step 2-2: CPU Cooling Fan Installation

Figure 1. Apply the thermal tape(or grease) to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and cooling fan.

Figure 2. Fasten the cooling fan supporting-base onto the CPU socket on the motherboard.

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Figure 3. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to the CPU fan connector, than the install completely.

Step 3: Install Memory Modules

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

1. 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 automatically detects memory type and size. To install the memory module, just push it vertically into the DIMM socket. The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch. Memory size can vary between sockets.

Notch

DDR

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)

Total System Memory (Max3GB)

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

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

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

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Step 4: Install Expansion Cards

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

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2. Please make sure your AGP card is AGP 4X/8X (1.5V).

3. Please carefully pull out the small white- drawable bar at the end of the AGP slot when you try to

Step 5: Install I/O Peripherals Cables

the computer.

AGP 4X/8X notch

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 white- drawable bar.

AGP Card

Step 5-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction

X PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse connector

This connector supports standard PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse.

Y /^ USB port

Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. Have a standard USB interface. Also make sure your OS supports USB controller. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade. For more information please contact your OS or device(s) vendors.

Z /\ Serial ports (COMA / COMB)

Mouse and modem etc. can be connected to Serial port.

[ Parallel port (LPT)

Device like printer can be connected to Parallel port.

] LAN port *

LAN is fast Ethernet with 10/100Mbps speed.

" * " Only for 7VT600P-RZ.

[

] *

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