Gigabyte GA-6VMA User Manual
Table Of Contents
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 / III Processor .................................................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..............................3-1
3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION.....................................................................................3-7
3.5. CPU SPEED SETUP.........................................................................................3-7
3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM.............................................................3-9
3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION......................................................3-9
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
3.11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION........................................................3-9
3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION...............................................3-10
4. BIOS CONFIGURATION
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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.........................................................................4-12
4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP....................................................................4-17
4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION ............................................................................4-21
4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS.................................................................................4-22
4.11. LOAD PERFORMANCE DEFAULTS .............................................................4-23
4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.......................................................................4-24
4.13. SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD...............................................................4-29
4.14. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION........................................................................4-30
4.15. SAVE & EXIT SETUP .....................................................................................4-31
4.16. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ...............................................................................4-32
APPENDIX A: VIA Chipset Driver Installation
A.1. VIA Patch 95/98 Driver Ver.1.1(Win95/98 ONLY).............................................A-2
A.2. VIA AGP Driver Ver.2.9(Win95/98 ONLY)........................................................A-5
A.3. VIA PCI Routing Mimiport Driver Ver.1.3(Win98 ONLY)...................................A-8
A.4. Bus Master IDE Driver ......................................................................................A-10
APPENDIX B: Audio Driver Driver Installation
B.1. ESS Solo-1 PCI sound driver installation...........................................................B-1
APPENDIX C: Bugs & Limitations…………………………………………….C-1
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Introduction
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE
Welcome to use the 6VMA motherboard. It is a Pentium II / III / 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 / III / Celeron Processor based PC / AT compatible
q Slot 1 supports Pentium
II / III / Celeron processor running at 233-633
MHz.
q VIA Apollo Pro-Plus chipset, Supports AGP / SDRAM / Ultra DMA33 IDE /
Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Power On / ACPI features.
q Built-in PCI ESS SOLO-1 audio chip.
q Supports external Modem Ring-On on COMA & COMB and internal
Modem Ring-On.
q Supports Wake-up on LAN (JP7).
q Supports 3xDIMMs using 3.3V SDRAM DIMM module.
q Supports 16MB - 768MB SDRAM memory on board.
q 3xPCI 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 Supports1x Line in, 1x Line Out, 1x Micro in, 2x CD Line in,1x GAME Port,
1x TEL Port.
q Supports 2xUSB ports, 1xPS/2 Mouse, 1xPS/2 Keyboard.
q Licensed AWARD BIOS, 2Mbits FLASH RAM.
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q 24.5 cm x 20 cm Micro-ATX form factor, 4 layers PCB.
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 (TOSHIBA TC59S6408FTL-80H)
• CACHE SIZE 512 KB included in CPU
• DISPLAY GA-630 AGP Voodoo banshee(16MB SGRAM)
• STORAGE Onboard IDE (IBM DHEA-36481)
• O.S. Windows NT™ 4.0
• DRIVER Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 64k colors x 75Hz.
Processor
Pentium II processor
VIA Bus Master IDE Driver 2.3.12
Intel Pentium II
350MHz(100x3.5) 450MHz(100x4.5)
Winbench99
CPU mark32 881 1110
FPU Winmark 1800 2300
Business Disk 3910 4220
Hi-End Disk 8530 8380
Business Graphics 161 194
Hi-End Graphics 281 354
Winstone99
Business 27.2 31
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DIMM Sockets
Hi-End 23.2 27.2
Port
1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM
SLOT 1
Introduction
3.3V EDO/SDRAM
Ultra DMA/33
IDE Ports
MIC
L-IN
L-OUT
Game
AGP SLOT
AGP Bus
IDE Bus
SOLO1
66MHz
82C693
CHIPSET
PCI Bus
82C596A
CHIPSET
ISA Bus
VIA
VIA
Host Bus
DRAM Bus
33MHz
33MHz
Generator
33MHz
48MHz
14.318MHz
USB Bus
I/O
CHIPSET
Winbond
83977EF
100MHz
100MHz
Clock
14.318MHz
24MHz
14.318MHz
USB Ports
COM Ports
LPT Port
Floppy Port
PS/2 Keyboard
24.576MHz
PS/2 Mouse
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1.5. INTRODUCE THE Pentium II / III Processor
Figure 1:Universal Retention Mechanism & attach Mount
Figure 2:OEM Pentium II Processor
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