Gigabyte GA-6EX User Manual
6EX
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?..................................................... 1-6
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 .............................3-3
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....................3-8
3.9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION ................................................3-8
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3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION..........................................................3-9
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....................................................................4-16
4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION............................................................................4-19
4.10. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ......................................................................4-21
4.11. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS .............................................................................4-26
4.12. USER PASSWORD........................................................................................4-27
4.13. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION........................................................................4-28
4.14. SAVE & EXIT SETUP.....................................................................................4-29
4.15. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING...............................................................................4-30
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6EX
1.INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE
Welcome to use the 6EX 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
q Slot 1 supports Pentium
q Intel 440EX chipset, Supports AGP / SDRAM / Ultra DMA/33 IDE /
II Processor based PC / AT compatible mainboard.
II Processor running at 200-633 MHz.
Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Power On / ACPI features.
q Supports 3xDIMMs using 3.3V EDO or SDRAM DIMM module.
q Supports 8 MB - 256 MB EDO / 256MB SDRAM memory on board.
q Supports ECC or Non-ECC type DRAM module.
q 1xAGP slot, 4xPCI Bus slots, 3xISA Bus slots.
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 / Keyboard.
q Licensed AWARD BIOS, 2Mbits FLASH RAM.
q 30.5 cm *18 cm ATX SIZE form factor, 4 layers PCB.
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Introduction
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
• DRAM (128 x 1) MB SDRAM (NEC D4564841G5-A10-9JF)
• CACHE SIZE 512 KB included in CPU
• DISPLAY GA-600 AGP Display Card (4MB SGRAM)
• STORAGE Onboard IDE (IBM DHEA-38451)
• O.S. Windows NT™ 4.0
• DRIVER Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 256colors x 75Hz.
Processor
Pentium II processor
TRIONES Bus Master IDE Driver 3.70
Intel Pentium II
266MHz(66x4) 333MHz(66x5)
Winbench98
CPU mark32 721 839
FPU Winmark 1380 1710
Business Disk 1870 1880
Hi-End Disk 4450 4570
Business Graphics 159 181
Hi-End Graphics 175 200
Winstone98
Business 29.7 32.5
Hi-End 33.0 36.3
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6EX
14.318MHz
33MHz
3.3V EDO/SDRAM
DIMM Sockets
33MHz
33MHz
66MHZ
24MHz
Floppy Port
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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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