Gigabyte GA-6LX7A, GA-6LX7 User Manual

6LX7 / 6LX7A

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. PREFACE.......................................................................................................1-1

1.2. KEY FEATHERS............................................................................................1-1

1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST ..................................................................................1-3

1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM.........................................................................................1-4

1.5. INTRODUCE THE INTELCeleronTM Socket 370 Processor.....................1-5

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..................................................................................3-6

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

3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION ......................................................3-8

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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........................................................................4-22

4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS..............................................................................4-24

4.11. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS..........................................................................4-25

4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS...................................................................4-26

4.13. USER PASSWORD.....................................................................................4-31

4.14. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION.....................................................................4-32

4.15. SAVE & EXIT SETUP..................................................................................4-33

4.16. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ............................................................................4-34

APPENDIX A: Audio Driver Driver Installation

A.1. ESS Solo-1 PCI sound driver installation ...................................................... A-1

6LX7 / 6LX7A

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. PREFACE

Welcome to use the 6LX7/6LX7A motherboard. It is a CeleronTM Socket 370 Processor based PC / AT compatible syst7Aem 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 Celeron

mainboard.

q Socket 370 Pins ZIF white socket on board. q Built-in PCI ESS SOLO-1 ES1938S audio chip (Optional).

q Supports Celeron q Intel 440LX chipset, Supports AGP / SDRAM / Ultra DMA/33 IDE /

Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Power On / ACPI features.

q Supports 3xDIMMs using 3.3V EDO or SDRAM DIMM module.

Socket 370 Processor based PC / AT compatible

Socket 370 processor running at 366-566 MHz.

q Supports external Modem Ring-On on COMA & COMB and internal

Modem Ring-On.

q Supports EDO 16MB ~ 768 MB, SDRAM 16MB~384MB memory on

board.

q Supports Wake-up on LAN . q Supports ECC or Non-ECC type DRAM module. q 1xAGP slot, 4xPCI Bus slots, 2xISA Bus slots. q Supports 2 channels Ultra DMA/33 IDE ports for 4 IDE Devices. q Supports 1x Line in, 1x Line Out, 1x Micro in, 2x CD Line in,1x GAME Port

1 x TEL. (Optional).

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q Supports 2xCOM (16550), 1xLPT (EPP / ECP), 1x1.44MB Floppy port. q Supports USB port & PS/2 Mouse/ Keyboard port. q Licensed AWARD BIOS, 2M bits FLASH RAM. q 30.5cm x 19 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

Intel Celeron

366MHz Socket 370 processor

• DRAM (128x 1) MB SDRAM (LGS 72V66841CT7J)

• CACHE SIZE 128 KB included in CPU

• DISPLAY GA-630 AGP Display Card (16MB SGRAM)

• STORAGE Onboard IDE (Seagate ST34520A 7200RPM)

• O.S. Windows NT™ 4.0 (SP4)

• DRIVER Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 64k colors x 75Hz.

TRIONES Bus Master IDE Driver 3.70

Processor

Intel Celeron

(Scoket 370)

366MHz (66x5.5)

Winbench99

CPU mark32 705

Business Disk 4330

Hi-End Disk 10600

Business Graphics 173

Hi-End Graphics 331

Winstone99

Business 26.8

Hi-End 24.3

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