Gigabyte GA-6BXA User Manual

6BXA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE..........................................................................................................1-1
1.2. KEY FEATURES...............................................................................................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? ....................................................................................................1-5
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.....................................................................................3-6
3.5. CPU SPEED SETUP........................................................................................3-7
3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM............................................................3-8
3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.....................................................3-8
3.8. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION....................3-9
3.9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION ................................................3-9
3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION .........................................................3-9
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3.11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION.......................................................3-9
3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION..............................................3-9
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.................................................................4-4
4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP................................................................................4-8
4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP.........................................................................4-13
4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP....................................................................4-17
4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION............................................................................4-21
4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS.................................................................................4-23
4.11. LOAD PERFORMANCE 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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6BXA
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE
Welcome to use the 6BXA motherboard. It is a Pentium II / Celeron 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
mainboard.
II / Celeron Processor based PC / AT compatible
q Slot 1 supports Pentium q Intel 440BX chipset, Supports SDRAM / Ultra DMA 33 IDE. q Built-in PCI ESS SOLO 1 audio chip. q Supports external Modem Ring-On on COM A&B and Internal. q Supports Wake-up on LAN (JP10). q Supports 3xDIMMs using 3.3V EDO or SDRAM DIMM module. q Supports 16 MB - 768 MB SDRAM . q 5xPCI Bus slots, 1xISA Bus slots, 1xAGP slot. q Supports 2 channels Ultra DMA 33 IDE ports for 4 IDE Devices. q Supports 2xCOM (16550), 1xLPT (EPP / ECP), 1x Floppy port. q Supports 2xUSB ports, 1xPS/2 Mouse, 1xPS/2 Keyboard. q Licensed AWARD BIOS, 2Mbits FLASH RAM. q 30.5 cm x 19 cm ATX form factor, 4 layers PCB.
II / Celeron processor running at 233-633 MHz.
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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. (The different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)
CPU
Pentium II processor
DRAM (128 x 1) MB SDRAM (TOSHIBA TC59S6408FTL-80H)
CACHE SIZE 512 KB included in CPU
DISPLAY
GA-630 voodoo banshee (16MB SGRAM)
STORAGE Onboard IDE (IBM DHEA 36481)
O.S. Windows NT™ 4.0 SPK4
DRIVER Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 64K colors x 75Hz.
TRIONES Bus Master IDE Driver 3.70a
Processor
Intel Pentium II
500MHz(100x5) 400MHz(100x4)
Winbench99
CPU mark32 1270 1080
FPU Winmark 2560 2070
Business Disk 4200 4070
Hi-End Disk 8210 8300
Business Graphics 228 198
Hi-End Graphics 408 345
Winstone99
Business 34.2 31.3
Hi-End 30.2 26.7
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DIMM Sockets
ESS
14.318MHz
1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM
SLOT 1
66MHz
3.3V EDO/SDRAM
Host Bus
AGP
Slot
66MHz
Ultra DMA/33
IDE Ports
MIC L-IN L-OUT
Game Port
AGP Bus
66MHz
IDE Bus
SOLO-1
PIIX 4
CHIPSET
PCI Bus
82443BX
CHIPSET
DRAM Bus
33MHz
33MHz
Generator
33MHz
48MHz
14.318MHz
USB Bus
I/O
CHIPSET
IT8671F
Clock
24MHz
14.318MHz
USB Ports
COM Ports
LPT Port
Floppy Port
PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Mouse
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1.5. INTRODUCE THE Pentium II Processor & AGP
Figure 1:Retention Mechanism & attach Mount
Introduction
Figure 2:OEM Pentium II Processor
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Figure 3:Heatsink / FAN & Heat sink support for OEM Pentium II Processor
Figure 4:Boxed Pentium II Processor & Heat sink support
1.6 What is AGP
?
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